A Plague Tale: Innocence

35 Achievements

12-15h

GOG

Not a toy anymore

Fully upgrade the sling

Uncommon

16.4%

How to unlock the Not a toy anymore achievement in A Plague Tale: Innocence - Definitive Guide

Apostle92627

TrueAchievements

04 Feb 2020 04:11

This guide is for upgrading the sling. Get to Chapter 10. While it's loading, press and hold

until the chapter is loaded, then wait for a few seconds. Now, hold

, then highlight an already-crafted upgrade (if you don't have one yet for that row, highlight the locked one to the right. Then, while holding

like you normally would to craft ammunion, quickly select the one you want to craft, then keep holding

and

until the entire row is upgraded.

Here's a video showing it working:

I take no credit in the making of this video.

NOTE: When I did this on Xbox, I had made it to Chapter 14, then replayed Chapters 10-13 hoping to keep my upgrades. When I reached Chapter 15, my Chapter 10 upgrades were gone.

However, when I did it on PC, I used the glitch to complete the upgrades right when I got to Chapter 10 (through Chapter select obviously), and I was able to keep them for the rest of the game, allowing me to save my precious crafting materials for my weapons.

So try to go for these achievements before completing the chapter.

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04 Feb 2020 04:11

80 Comments

Thanks so much for this. The achievement was somewhat tedious!
In your instructions I'd suggest changing "Now use the RIGHT joystick to select the an item you can craft from the wheel." I was a bit confused as I had been playing with mouse and keyboard!
Cheers

By ihensn on 28 Feb 2020 23:33

Thanks magical alpaca!!

By JMpower85 on 02 Mar 2020 21:23

Magical Alpaca's comment helped me a ton. For those here playing the Windows 10 version, it workes over there as well.

By FivePartTrilogy on 18 Feb 2020 08:03

Is there a reason you have to wait till level 10?

By Mr SpinelesS on 20 Feb 2020 09:48

I think it's because there's no actual cut scene. I tried on level 12 (I was on level 13) but couldn't get it to work. Then, on level 14, the upgrades were gone. Not sure why... I had replayed levels 10-12 in their entirety before playing level 13.

By Apostle92627 on 20 Feb 2020 15:52

30 JAN 21 STILL WORKS! thank you! 😁

By JOHNHOLM09 on 30 Jan 2021 17:04

Took a try or two to get it working but it worked! Thank you!

By Klaxosaur002 on 07 Mar 2020 08:45

WORKS!!! Saved my life 3/9/2020

By simonsez755 on 09 Mar 2020 20:58

To make sure that the glitch is works you have to open chapter 10 from the "chapter selection" in the menu and NOT from "continue".

By DoctorFla on 02 Mar 2020 22:11

This isn't working for me. 3/6/20

Correction: It did work for me once i read all the comments and saw to use the wheel and craft the fire chemical first, then it worked like a charm. Thank you!

By MiZ Dove OG on 06 Mar 2020 21:07

It works!! 07/03/2020

By vinacha on 06 Mar 2020 23:22

I was able to keep in until chapter 14, but I had made it that far before getting both achievements and then replayed chapters 10-13.

By Apostle92627 on 10 Mar 2020 13:36

WOW! Thanks. It worked (03/19/20) thanks to magical alpaca =)

By Bauigel Iza on 19 Mar 2020 15:32

Muito bom acabei de fazer , ainda funciona sensacional 25/03/20

By MG360BR on 25 Mar 2020 14:12

Continua funcionando 28/03/2020
Thanks.

By ALAN RAVENOR on 28 Mar 2020 21:56

Still working april 2nd 2020. Amazing solution! Thanks

By PauloFortes on 02 Apr 2020 10:16

Still working as of 7th april 2020!

By CraziDutchman on 07 Apr 2020 19:46

Or you can just play through the game and have upgraded it during normal game play

.

Without going too crazy on ammo creation you can get the sling fully upgraded by around chapter 11/12.

By xCROSSWINDSx on 17 Apr 2020 16:42

I upgraded other stuff cause I didn’t study the achievements properly. Therefore I end up, at the end of the game, with only 4 leather missing to complete the sling upgrade.

Lucky I didn’t have to replay the game, I was able to get it with this glitch. But it took me a few attempts before realizing how this trick actually works.
After you start pressing “A”, you actually have to wait that the craft bar slows downs, before moving above the slots you want to unlock. That’s the signal that the glitch worked and you can start upgrading slots.
Use the d-pad to select the slots you want to upgrade.

By Poia on 19 Apr 2020 16:22

Is this failure still working? I've tried so much here and I can't.

By sandrexhots on 29 Apr 2020 12:25

can confirm it still works, Thanks, was doing a clean up to get the stuff i missed and by the end of the game I was one leather short to fully upgrade the sling. this saved me having to restart the game just for 1 achievement.

By SLASHER000 on 03 May 2020 09:53

Still working! Awesome glitch! Now I have upgraded my sling and my equipment at full, unlocking this way that two achievements. Thanks a lot!!

By BRN6'O on 04 May 2020 15:18

Took me a while to get the glitch working but it does still work in May 2020

By stoketom1986 on 11 May 2020 21:22

05/15/2020 Can confirm this is still working! Thumbs up!

By on 15 May 2020 18:24

16th may 2020 still works. The solution itself doesn't explain much but the first comment by magical alpaca was helpful.

By GROV3R117 on 17 May 2020 00:59

Tried Forever until I read Alpaca. Many Thanks!!!

By Goots 88 on 21 May 2020 00:31

Confirmed may 21 still works. Alpaca is really helpful

By AlsoYes on 22 May 2020 03:03

It took quite a few attempts but it worked for me. 5/26/2020

By JPFYEBISHHH on 26 May 2020 15:51

THANKS

By OGhamster on 30 May 2020 04:18

I just cant get it to work. Has it been patched or something?

By Joe Cobra on 04 Jun 2020 20:05

Great Guide !!! Worked Perfect !!! Thumbs Up 👍🏼

By BadCranky on 05 Jun 2020 13:01

I just got it to work on the second go. Some extra details:-

1. Let go of the menu button soon after the level is loaded. Then press and hold rb to have both menus loaded.

2. A KEY detail is that you press a and start holding it on an already upgraded bit of equipment but then quickly use the dpad to select the next locked upgrade whilst still holding A. You should see the speed of the progress bar at the bottom start going slower which means A is now running the "upgrade equipment" action and NOT the "craft ammunition" action.

By Irrotational on 10 Jun 2020 22:18

Did this July 08th. Works like a charm. I used this video guide : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYfktumapMc

By Yume3n on 08 Jul 2020 19:19

as of August 2nd 2020 it still works, cheers!

By SSBMVictor on 02 Aug 2020 17:35

This has been patched as of September 15th 2020

I wasn't able to craft a Bag oder Sling upgrade, it only crafted the stuff like Ignifier

EDIT: Ok, nvm. the comment from Magical Alpaca helped me (error was not using D-Pad)

By HellAlex92 on 15 Sep 2020 21:02

Looks like you must have the ability to craft without a workbench for this to work

By Itzhak Nahaboo on 26 Nov 2020 07:54

December 3rd, it still works! Thumbs up!

By Moliitov on 06 Dec 2020 09:20

28.12.2020 works thank you 😀😀😀😀

By Imothep Czech on 28 Dec 2020 08:47

Brilliant. Have no idea how can anyone find a glitch like this on his own.

By Jissi on 09 Feb 2021 05:21

Someone in a comment for another solution suggested it, so I tried it and it worked after a few tries.

By Apostle92627 on 09 Feb 2021 16:53

I’m on 1.0.0.8 and it’s not working.

By MrWhite2U on 16 Feb 2021 02:24

I’m on 1.08 and it isn’t working anymore.

By MrWhite2U on 16 Feb 2021 02:54

Do I have to have Attirail to level 2?

By MrWhite2U on 16 Feb 2021 02:59

If it doesn’t require any upgrades then why isn’t it working?

By MrWhite2U on 16 Feb 2021 15:41

If it doesn’t require any upgrades then why isn’t it working?

By MrWhite2U on 16 Feb 2021 18:17

So I finally got it to work only because I came across a different more descriptive instruction. First try and it worked. https://forum.psnprofiles.com/topic/85878-all-upgrades-glitc...

By MrWhite2U on 17 Feb 2021 00:39

Neither method works. At all.

By lee1987xz on 18 Mar 2021 12:47

Didn't worked for me... Then I waited until she said "where I find roses here" then pressed and hold RB. Don't press any buttons before that (not even left stick or right stick). Worked! Thank you!

By JimmieWorld on 17 Apr 2021 22:22

Check the comments by Uznai and Isaac on the other solution. They're a little more descriptive. Can confirm this works, by the way.

By LionQ on 20 Apr 2021 19:02

Yeah, I tend to be a little more to the point at less descriptive. Sorry about that.

By Apostle92627 on 20 Apr 2021 20:12

If anyone is wondering why it doesn’t work for: wait until she stops talking. you need to press and hold RB, then select any ammunition using the right stick, press and hold A and keep pressing RB. Then select to Upgrades you want to have using the left stick while still holding A and RB.

By TrekTM on 20 Jun 2021 12:56

Still works on v1.0.0.9 - Thanks!

By Th4kk1 on 06 Jul 2021 11:20

This just worked for me on July 11th 2021! It took me a little while to get it. It kept crashing my game. You have to keep holding the select button down the whole time too.

By R2trooper on 11 Jul 2021 18:02

Worked 7/11/21 - be sure to move right stick to an item that can be crafted and then push A - move d-pad to items.

By Poopi3Pantzz on 11 Jul 2021 19:45

Still working! July 12, 2021. Thank you!

By Moshmall0w on 11 Jul 2021 22:06

July 27 2021 works fine, had to try a couple times. A lil' tip: If the cast is fast then you're crafting amunition and not the upgrade, stop pressing A and press it again until the cast is slow.

By Ritsu95 on 27 Jul 2021 11:54

22/08/2021, still working although game promptly force closed itself after unlocking the upgrade achievements.

By Stubaru90 on 22 Aug 2021 15:43

September 4th 2021 still works on a Series X

By RoninSouly on 04 Sep 2021 12:14

I don't know how this glitch was found, but thanks !

By WallooBZH on 24 Sep 2021 21:21

I heard about it in the comments section of another solution, actually.

By Apostle92627 on 24 Sep 2021 23:30

Para os brasileiros.
Vídeo em português
https://youtu.be/hgqGi1GF0Ec

By JohnxxFacs on 04 Jan 2022 17:13

Worked as of 17 Feb 22

By AnthroMetal on 18 Feb 2022 03:26

still works 5 April 22

By Sunny Kloud on 05 Apr 2022 20:08

still works 14,May 22

By NOosaoiK0 on 14 May 2022 21:38

Still works as of June 17 22. took a few tries but got it

By BlackBoi0524 on 18 Jun 2022 03:07

Can confirm the commented solution from Lt Davo still works 30/June/2022.

By Mattista98 on 30 Jun 2022 15:37

Seems to be not working if you start up Chapter 10 with a full inventory :(

By SanJol on 05 Jul 2022 12:31

Seems to be not working if you start up Chapter 10 with a full inventory :(

By SanJol on 05 Jul 2022 20:06

Magical, thanks for the clarification and it still works as of Sep 2022

By Joker Phase on 08 Sep 2022 12:12

For me it crashed on using the Ignifer (maybe because it was full). So I used Deforantis and even switches to Odoris while crafting. Worked like a charm.

By SimonG597 on 11 Sep 2022 07:34

Solution still works as of 9/15/2022

By qb TOXIN dp on 15 Sep 2022 05:01

Still works as at 7th October 22... although I used BoxKingKevin's video below to explain it a little clearer.

By TTDog666 on 07 Oct 2022 16:55

Funciona 01/02/2023

By EdwardXSS on 01 Feb 2023 23:57

gostaria de saber se ainda esta funcionando?

By Christian85 BR on 08 Jan 2024 00:31

Video was helpful, but had trouble getting it to work.

What worked for me was when I was holding down the buttons to upgrade the item I already unlocked then move the dpad to the item I needed. Clarification below:

Things to know
Only works from chapter select.
Hold menu Down until she starts talking.
Move the left joystick to ensure glitch is working. She should move with the menu up.
Choose an item that you can craft before pressing RB.
Once you have selected the item now press RB. Your normal crafting wheel should display.
It is now safe to let go of menu.
Now use the joystick to select the an item you can craft from the wheel.
Next use the d pad to select an item that you have already unlocked.
Hold down A to begin crafting. While crafting the item that is already unlocked. Move the dpad to the item you actually want before it completes.
You should now be able to move to any other items with the glitch in place.
Do not let go of RB/A.

Took me a while but as soon as I tried moving the Dpad to the item I needed while it was upgrading the original one that was previously unlocked then it worked.

Good luck.

Works as of 2/16/20

By magical alpaca on 15 Feb 2020 22:37

Might be fixed now or im doing something wrong, cant keep upgrading. Says already upgraded or not enough materials after i do the first.

Or is it because i play it via game pass?

EDIT: tried again and managed a few before the game crashes

EDIT 2: Managed to do all before the game crashed again. So it works but the game crashes, for me atleast, so you have to be pretty quick and hope it doesn't crash before you're done.

Great tip though! Thanks for the guide!

By Lu Xun 280 on 02 Feb 2021 14:18

One question: do you keep all that equipment or can you drop out after the achievement pops and load the chapter and continue? Playing with everything unlocked is lame if you only plan for a single playthrough.

By X30 Engerling on 10 Mar 2020 09:32

I know people are getting this to work, but even with the previous comments, I still found the instructions a little confusing, and it took me many retries and reading a lot of assorted comments to understand what I needed to do. Here's my attempt at making it as foolproof as possible in one set of instructions.

This assumes that you have enough materials in your inventory to craft one ignifer. If you don't, then replace the word ignifir below with another potion that you do have enough materials to craft.

Steps 1, 6, 7, and 8 are timing-sensitive. Steps 2 through 5 are not.

1. Use chapter select and load Chapter 10. Immediately press and hold the Menu or Back button

on the controller.
2. When the chapter loads, the Crafting menu will appear on the left half of the screen. As Amicia is speaking, and with

still held, press and hold

. The Crafting menu on the left will be replaced by the Upgrade menu, but meanwhile the Crafting wheel will come up on the HUD on the right.
3. Keep

held but release

.
4. Use the left joystick

to select ignifir on the crafting wheel.
5. With

held, press and hold

to begin crafting an ignifir.
6. While the ignifir is being crafted, quickly use the D-pad to select an upgrade that you need. Keep

and

held. The crafting progress bar will slow down, and the upgrade will be crafted.
7. Keep

and

held and use the D-pad to select your next upgrade.
8. Continue thusly until all upgrades have been crafted.

By Lt Davo on 30 Apr 2022 18:51

I managed to do it despite having a full inventory. Do the glitch to open the upgrade menu while still having control over Amecia, throw all your crafted ammo, then you can proceed to highlight the upgrades while crafting new ammo.

By TheLoneRaver on 06 Sep 2022 21:59

Continua funcionando! Tentei muitas vezes, até entender que precisa mudar o item que precisa de upgrade antes de encher a barra de craft, mas só a primeira vez.
Eu selecionei o capítulo 10, segurei o botão de menu como menciona a solução, mexi com o analógico esquerdo antes pra ver se ela tava se mexendo. Então eu selecionei o Ignite e só então apertei o RB. Assim que abriu a roda pra selecionar o ítem, soltei o botão de menu pra ficar mais fácil de selecionar o equipamento com o D-Pad. Qualquer equipamento vai fazer upgrade, não precisa ser o primeiro e não precisa ser na ordem. Apenas atente-se de, no primeiro, mudar pra outro antes de a barra do craft encher. Se não der certo, vá para o menu e carregue o capítulo 10 e repita tudo novamente. Vai dar certo!
Obrigado ao criador desta solução e ao Magical Alpaca pela descrição claríssima.

By Marco 8Bits on 30 Mar 2020 15:08

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BoxKingKevin

TrueAchievements

11 Sep 2022 02:35

Glitch still works on both XBOX and Windows as of 9/10/2022 (version: 1.10)

Original text guide and no commentary video here:

The Handfull of pockets achievement in A Plague Tale: Innocence worth 71 pointsFully upgrade the equipment

I'm only making this video WITH commentary since I personally had trouble reading and understanding the text tutorial and wanted to actually add commentary talking about how to do it. You can do this glitch very last or during your playthrough, it works every time. This glitch works on selecting Chapter 10 (Chapter X) because there's no cutscene at the beginning of the level.

(Yes I know I'm 3 years late on this game but I loved the game so much even if I only played it recently)

11 Sep 2022 02:35

5 Comments

Thanks a lot, I was maybe too dumb for the regular tutorial, but with yours, I got it on my first try :D

By vbailo on 24 Mar 2023 03:23

Don't thank me, I just wished someone else made the video instead so I wouldn't have needed to lol. Glad it could help tho!

By BoxKingKevin on 24 Mar 2023 05:33

16/12/2023 still works
This guide was really helpful, ty!

By ImAnG31 on 16 Dec 2023 08:26

I'm very glad to be helpful to my fellow achievement hunters in the community!

By BoxKingKevin on 16 Dec 2023 14:54

Worked a treat. Good explanation. Ty

By Le Gonk 80 on 08 Jan 2024 22:31

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sm4k

TrueAchievements

06 Jul 2019 08:58

This achievement is for fully upgrading the Sling in one play through, you do NOT need to have the Pocket, Ammunition Bag, Attirail, or any of the alchemy stuff upgraded to factor into this (though it is possible to get them both in a single play through). Avoid crafting any ammunition that requires leather or fabric. Even though you're focusing on the sling, it won't hurt to upgrade your Pocket first (so you aren't leaving materials behind because your stacks are full).

If you missed this on your first shot, a full second play through is not required. Many people recommend starting at chapter 9 and playing on, but in general just explore and scavenge as much as you can.

One important note - starting a mission via chapter selection will start you with the inventory and upgrades you had when you FIRST completed the previous mission. For example, if on your first play through, you raced through Chapter 3 and started Chapter 4 with 1 piece of fabric, then did Chapter Select to re-play Chapter 3, this time ending with 12 fabric - it does not replace your original "state" - if at any point you chose Chapter Select on Chapter 3 again, you're starting with your original 1 fabric. This is the case for any Chapter you select - whatever you started that Chapter with originally is what you'll get.

You can continue replaying the game without any issues, but if know that you didn't do much scavenging on your first run through, either plan on doing chapter selection from an EARLY mission once, and re-playing from that point forward (Chapter 3 is the earliest you start collecting crafting materials), or bite the bullet and start a new save slot.

06 Jul 2019 08:58

13 Comments

https://youtu.be/uP5jhJbbPtQ
This glitch still works to upgrade everything

By Just Sweezy on 30 Jan 2020 19:20

Glitch didn't work for me. I think it's patched with current version 1.08

By leventdepevent on 31 Jan 2020 11:07

The glitch works perfectly also on Win 10, but I just need to add something else. You need to select the ammunition that can be crafted more than once such as Ignifer. Then you only need to follow Uznai's instructions and get the jobs done.

By Isaac P2YCH0 on 01 Feb 2020 08:45

Thank you so much Uznai and Isaac P2YCH0 for writing it out. It worked on the first try. Crafting ignifer did the job I think. Thanks guys!

By leventdepevent on 01 Feb 2020 09:26

Heads up, I noticed the game crashing when letting the upgrade bar fill up on something that is fully upgraded. While bar is in the slower phase.

By WHTphoenix on 04 Feb 2020 08:43

WHTphoenix is correct. Whilst you need to move the D-PAD, it is best to move it to the right so it is not on the already upgraded white diamond and causing the crash.

By iXedde on 11 Feb 2020 21:45

Also worked for me on the 1.08 patch. Thanks all.

By TheLightMaster on 01 Mar 2020 08:23

The glitch is not working for me at all. I think it's because i dont have the upgrade where she doesn't need a workbench. UGH.

By MiZ Dove OG on 07 Mar 2020 19:40

Instructions from Uznai above worked like a charm, unlocked on Feb 26th, 2022.

By Pedle Zelnip on 26 Feb 2022 23:13

I'm nearing the end of the game, and haven't fully upgraded the sling. I must've wasted too many resources on ammo. Fabric and leather seem seem so hard to find! When I replay chapters, I'll definitely avoid making ammo that needs those two resources…

By ttfp saylow on 03 Jun 2022 02:48

Where abouts do you find Tools? So far I've only found one, and I'm on Chapter 5. I usually scout around most areas, but I can't find any, so it doesn't look like I'll be upgrading the sling in my first playthrough

By JJR0906 on 25 Jul 2019 14:40

During my 1st play through I didn't manage to get all the upgrades for the sling and equipment, I guess I wasted too much materials on ammo.

I think the tip for doing chapter select after you completed the game, and then start at ch9 again is really good. Doing this I found enough materials to have the sling fully upgraded in ch11. Then restart at ch9 again, and I had equipment fully upgraded in ch12. I think this also depends with what you already upgraded and materials found up to ch9, but I my case it only took a few more chapters after ch9 to do it.

By JelmerF on 29 Jan 2020 14:13

The glitch still works with 1.08.
- While Chapter X is loading press and hold Select button
- Release it once level loaded and menu opened on the right
- Move a little forward using left stick, press and hold RB
- Using right stick select something to craft on the right wheel menu
- Using D-pad select already upgraded white square for the sling
- Press and hold A button to start crafting. Do no release it all the way!
- To start glitch press D-pad in any direction immidiately after first blank square passed. You will notice if glitch works by slowed down upgrade progress bar and previously blanked square became white.
- Do not release A button, navigate using D-pad to upgrade everything the rest
If game crashes it means you did something wrong. Start it again and repeat.

By Uznai on 01 Feb 2020 07:09

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ImaginaryRuins

XboxAchievements

The upgrade function for Amicia's sling is unlocked during Chapter 2 upon a brief tutorial. All six upgrades below are required to fully upgrade the sling.

Strings:

Tier 1: Hitting enemies in the head kills them instantly (mandatory upgrade)
Tier 2: Reduces the time it takes Amicia to get out and load her sling (7 Salpeter, 4 Fabric, 9 Cord, 1 Tool)
Tier 3: The sling no longer makes any noise (10 Salpeter, 6 Fabric, 15 Cord, 1 Tool)

Pouch:

Tier 1: Reduces the time required to achieve maximum accuracy of a shot (7 Alcohol, 3 Leather, 1 Tool)
Tier 2: Reduces the reloading time of the sling (9 Alcohol, 7 Leather, 4 Cord, 1 Tool)
Tier 3: Allows two shots in a row without reloading and recharging (10 Alcohol, 12 Leather, 9 Cord, 1 Tool)

Please refer to "Handfull of pockets" for upgrade tips.

Daniilsmoe

stratege.ru

28 Jan 2020 09:18

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A small life hack. When there is only one improvement left for the sling and you have the materials for it, you do this: Save it to the cloud or flash drive, then fully improve it and get a trophy for the sling, then load it again. This is such a small saving in materials)

28 Jan 2020 09:18

Zim1991

stratege.ru

28 Sep 2020 07:37

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There is nothing difficult in obtaining this trophy; you can get a pumped-up sling and pockets in one go without any downloads or glitches, if you carefully inspect the locations. Towards the end, I had already accumulated a supply of leather, fabric and rope (the least amount of leather, you need to be more careful here) which was no longer needed. I didn’t improve alchemy and crafted consumables when necessary, but I can’t say that I limited myself in their use (except for those that required a lot of resources and the game itself warned about this).

28 Sep 2020 07:37