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MW2 - Gunless

MW2 - Gunless

Finish 'Alone' without firing a gun.

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How to unlock the MW2 - Gunless achievement in Call of Duty - Definitive Guide

As the achievement reads, you'll need to finish the mission "Alone" without firing a gun. Without spoiling anything, you'll begin this mission with nothing and you're objective is to meet back up with Ghost at a church. Once you meetup with Ghost, your objective will be to escape in a pickup truck. The achievement will pop once you are in the pickup and the cut scene begins. A few things to note

  • You'll be asked to obtain a weapon during the mission. As long as you do not fire the pistol, you should be fine. You are free to use it as a melee weapn.
  • There is a safe in the mission that contains a crossbow. DO NOT use this crossbow. It is considered a gun in this context.
  • Crafting equipment is very beneficial and could make a huge difference if you're playing on higher difficulties.
If you take your time an examine the environment as you progress then you shouldn't run into any issues. Using bottles to gain the attention of the guards really helped me out quite a bit.
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21 Oct 2022 00:40

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You did this on Veteran? You're a legend. I gave up halfway through once I met the armored dudes. I'll go back on recruit later. The hell with that!
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By qwxx on 21 Oct 2022 03:56
For general information, there is a crossbow you can obtain in the safe within the Garage just before the river/swimming portion.......it counts as "as firing a gun". I used it during my playthrough and did not get the achievement
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By TempestasLux on 21 Oct 2022 07:43
Did this on veteran and killed everyone on the way with everything i could craft. was a fun challenge
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By oONeonDemonOo on 21 Oct 2022 21:12
FYI the throwing knife is okay to use
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By TheProwlerKing on 21 Oct 2022 23:11
Thanks @RetlawsNuhtz, came here to check if I could use the crossbow
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By MattyMoore08 on 22 Oct 2022 08:52
I did it on veteran this was A good challenge especially when u have to get pass all the guys before the river alley place lol feels good doing most of the difficult ones on veteran
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By GØDz JØYKiLL on 22 Oct 2022 14:04
Crossbow is considered a firearm. That should have just been common sense my friend.
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By xXBiGxBaNGXx on 22 Oct 2022 22:02
So you can't use the crossbow?
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By Zephax on 23 Oct 2022 19:33
So you can't use the crossbow?
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By Zephax on 25 Oct 2022 01:19
Just completed this on veteran as well. You can use throwing knives, melee knockdown, trap mines, molotov, smoke bombs. The area going to the church is quite hard. I used 3 smoke bombs, one after after to create a path for myself. You'll need more depending where you're hiking it from. Can't stay in one place too long as patrols have unlimited spawns and patrols all paths.
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By Jayrg79 on 25 Oct 2022 01:26
@xxBiGxBaNGXx why should that be considered common sense? A crossbow uses no gun powder. It's not considered a firearm outside of the law lol.
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By SnoaaH on 25 Oct 2022 19:59
I think also the door that is rigged to a shotgun can void the achievement as I didn't fire any weapon but triggered the shotgun door and it didn't give me the achievement
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By MORBSTA on 27 Oct 2022 22:27
@Morbsta that would explain my lack of achievement here aswell then.

Set the Shotgun off attempting to crawl under the wire.
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By Nod Nolan on 28 Oct 2022 05:07
Just want to mention that smacking/bunting someone with your pistol does NOT void the achievement. Contrary to the edit above, I smacked the shizz out of a heavy in the sewers and it saved right after. So I continued anyways and when I got to the gate the cheev still popped. That edit had me worried. Great guide my man but I’d take that edit out :)
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By BradLeafsFan9 on 28 Oct 2022 18:31
Guide has been updated. Appreciate the insight, BradLeafsFan9!
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By McFuzzyBoots on 28 Oct 2022 18:36
Completed on Veteran. Tip for the last stretch after the church, take the right hand side path, do not follow Ghost despite him telling you to stay close. It's a clear shot to the truck.
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By The Fallen Sky on 29 Oct 2022 06:34
If you are surrounded and keep dying like I was, I found that just always going into the takedown animation will keep you alive even when three others are shooting at you. On Veteran, it was nice when Ghost showed up since he was my distraction. smoke gas is your friend.
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By Deus Entropy on 29 Oct 2022 12:43
Achievement only unlocks when you enter the pickup truck and cutscene starts. This description got me confused, thinking that achievement should unlock when you meet up with Ghost.
P.S. I did not downvote
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By HamsterLV on 29 Oct 2022 18:29
Yes, you can use a throwing knife or stab with RS. Thumbs up!
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By Vingador Brambz on 01 Nov 2022 03:54
The fact that you CANNOT even use the crossbow is so stupid! The Achievement and in the description literally have the weird "gun" in them, despite a crossbow not being considered a gun.
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By Aenal666Assasin on 04 Nov 2022 03:09
@HamsterLV same man, I got this far on Veteran and nearly gave up trying for the achievement thinking I’d messed up.

The wording makes sense but op can you edit to make it clear that it doesn’t pop until you get into the pickup.
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By McGrady on 04 Nov 2022 23:11
@D00M Edit has been made.
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By McFuzzyBoots on 05 Nov 2022 03:32
Crossbows are guns though
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By CaptainBozko on 05 Nov 2022 21:28
This would be less confusing if you just re-wrote the solution properly, rather than filling it with edits and strikethroughs
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By Sneaky G Wizard on 06 Nov 2022 19:33
@Sneaky G Wizard good point. I went ahead and reformatted it. Hope it's easier to read and understand.
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By McFuzzyBoots on 06 Nov 2022 21:28
Thanks Dude +1
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By Sneaky G Wizard on 07 Nov 2022 04:50
throwing bottles at guys to stun them works quite well, you can go in for a free kill doing so
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By Maughty Bear on 11 Nov 2022 23:01
im not sure if it was just a bug or something but for me using the crossbow WILL void the achievement.
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By Dawneslayer on 18 Nov 2022 02:12
Got this on veteran with alot of trial and error. At the church part ended up hiding in buildings and doing enough melee take downs to make it look like a splinter cell conviction walkthrough. Was being shot as i went to the pickup truck but once it registered i flipped off the tv and called it a miracle. Im mad at myself for doing this on veteran.
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By Noble Wolf on 13 Jan 2023 05:33
This is one of the worst achievements ever because all you want to do at the very end is shoot your way out of the mission. Failed with this achievement devs.
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By JBH III 703757 on 18 Feb 2023 19:48
Who let this guy in?
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By Sneaky G Wizard on 13 Mar 2023 18:38
Went through the door, stacked a couple of dead bodies on the floor. My lyrical prowess makes me wanna bang a countess.
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By on 14 Mar 2023 10:02
This is perfectly doable on Veteran, ive just managed to do this.
Collect and craft plenty of mines and molotovs, use plenty of bottles and make sure to pick up the knife to excute enemy's in melee takedowns.

Youl find the knife around half way through when you see two guards excute a guy infront of a fountain.
Follow the guard and use bottles to distract him and swing in to the door on the left and its on the dead body.

But many just use offensive craftables, bottles and takedowns.
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By grizzIydean on 21 Oct 2022 16:39
I just completed this on realism, no gun…however I did use the crossbow that I found in the safe in the auto shop and did not get the achievement. If they’re considering a crossbow to be a gun…then they need to reword this to “firearm” and not call it gunless…multiple attempts for this…beyond irritating
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By RetlawsNuhtz on 22 Oct 2022 04:17
Did this first time on veteran. There are a couple of tricky sections, specifically from the garages through the port about 2/3 of the way through and then the last sprint from the church to the car. That last bit was a real bitch, spam smoke grenades and run like hell. Oddly enough I did not have any real trouble reaching the church through the last plaza. I stayed in the rightmost houses and then snuck into the middle through the cars.
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By Juste on 25 Oct 2022 08:46
Crossbow will void your achievement
Throwing okay
RESTARTING FROM CHECKPOINT WORKS (ie you can still get the chevo)
It pops once you get in the truck
If you’re having trouble getting to the truck, run through the farthest RIGHT buildings since you have two hall ways to keep you cover until reaching it
Did it on veteran, but recommend lower difficulty lol
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By throwbackj on 20 Nov 2022 08:09
I did it on veteran took ages as the 2nd to last part i was stuck in a building on a save point so had to use molotovs and knife kills to kill them all it took a few goes was annoying. And to top it off at the end to make it to the car with ghost if i died the checkpoint will crash the game and have to restart the game so that was fun doing that 6 times loading up the slow game till i made it i just ran the right side while ghost took the left and camped a building throwing molotovs at anyone that came in the door and it work only had to kill 4 people.
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By thug spencer on 22 Feb 2023 08:14
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By on 13 Mar 2023 17:30
Doing this on my veteran play through take down an enemy and it glitches me through a fucking wall and gives me a checkpoint there lmao what a joke this trash game is
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By Lightz on 14 May 2023 16:28
ARE GRENADES COUNTING AS ‘GUNS’
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By kenjisugita7 on 16 Jul 2023 13:17
Is it ez melee lowest difficulty?
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By beastman rules on 15 Nov 2023 22:13
Got on veteran as well... if you shoot your gun accidentally reload to last checkpoint...i did it twice and still got the achievement...

The water section you can avoid the guys by swimming around them

The section just before the church go immediately left after the cut scene door...and get into the first building there on the left side of the street...there is a checkpoint here just before opening that buildings door...this provides you cover and opportunity to kill on your terms avoiding direct fire and funneling the baddies into cq inside the buildings, one molotov can take out several at once...make sure you have 4 each molotovs and mines and smoke bombs...you have to exit and duck back in under fire perhaps toss a smoke grenade onto the the street behind you to cover your advance...you can find materials along the way to craft more of the three...

Once ghost rushes out go back the way you came have a molotov or two ready and duck back in side the buildings reversing the way you came eventually you will run out where the truck is... easy peasy...the ding will occur once pressing x to enter the truck
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By HumorlessFOX on 28 Nov 2022 09:19
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The first chunk of the COD MW2 mission 'Alone' doesn't include a gun or gives the option to equip one thus we skipped ahead to the fountain.

As you approach the fountain part, make sure to grab bottles, tape, chemicles and other supplies. Continue to craft various equipment by accessing the backpack and don't be afraid to use your knife.

Both the throwing knife and your melee knife will help you and NOT void the achievement. The same goes with the proximity mines. USE YOUR EQUIPMENT.

There are parts, for example, after you leave the bookstore after the fountain that require you to just run despite being shot at hence why it's almost needed to try the MW2 Gunless Achievement on Recruit difficulty.

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This guide is very helpful, but for some reason I never got the knife, despite picking up the knife. Made it a lot harder without the knife, and I accidentally picked up a gun at some point. In case anyone else wonders, gun butts void the achievement.
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By Xorthromauth on 23 Oct 2022 13:39
Complete 'Alone' without firing your gun. This includes the crossbow which you find in the safe. If you fire your weapon at any point, you'll either have to restart last checkpoint or the mission to try again. Achievement/trophy pops upon completing the mission and if you never fired a gun.

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Well this is rather bloody violent
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By on 14 Mar 2023 10:02