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Do you need... A hand?? Bahaha!

Do you need... A hand?? Bahaha!

Beat the Hand of the King without taking a single hit.

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How to unlock the Do you need... A hand?? Bahaha! achievement in Dead Cells - Definitive Guide

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Be aware this guide was written before a patch was done that changed the game's behaviors. I do not know the full extent of the changes, so I have not updated the guide outside of this note.

changes I do know have happened:

- assist mode no longer disables achievements. this should make getting this and any other no hit achievements much, much easier.

- supposedly the 'save state' system outlined in this guide has changed. I'm not 100% on the changes, but from what I'm told it still sort of works but you can no longer save scum your way to a no-hit victory.
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There's a trick to getting this and any other no-hit boss kill achievement.

Dead Cells has a sort of quick save/save state system. This is at any time you press cn_guide, the game will save at exactly that point wherever you are. The moment you die, this save feature is disabled so if you press cn_guide, dashboard, and quit the game you will continue off the last time you pressed cn_guide while alive. If you never did, you will restart at the very start of whatever level you made it to. This trick will allow you to retry for the no-hit achievement without having to restart from the beginning of the game.

note: if you get hit, you want to be completely DEAD before pressing cn_guide, or else you will create a save and void the achievement for that run.

2nd note: I'd highly suggest doing this with the I Like to Live Dangerously achievement (beat game with cursed sword).

This no-hit boss achievement is the hardest of the 4. The Hand of the King is very difficult and some of his attacks are very hard to dodge. The best suggestion is to overwhelm him with high offense.

obviously play on easiest difficulty, and at least upgrade the blacksmith's +, and ++ drop chances as high as they can go at least

my recommended loadout:

every single upgrade scroll in the game should be spent on TACTICS (purple lightning bolt)

Weapons:
cursed sword
multiple-nocks bow or explosive crossbow

Traps:
wolf trap
double crossbow-o-matic

Mutations:
ammunition
support
(your choice)

If you're familiar with Hand of the King, you know his fight is broken up into 3 parts. In between these parts, he freezes and summons minions. The moment he gets stunned is a perfect opportunity to press cn_guide

if you have a decently leveled weapon and a very high tactics level, you can quickly beat Hand of the King down before he can even attack the first 2 phases. You have to be a little more careful on the 3rd since he has enough health he may pull off an attack or 2, and (as you likely know) his reach is insane and he's more prone to using the harder to dodge stuff at that point.
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19 Mar 2019 07:32

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Hi, does it work after the last update?
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By DiegoTan on 26 Sep 2019 15:34
Hi All. Can confirm this still works as of November 9, 2019. You should wait until your body starts disintegrating before pressing the Guide button to quit the game. Good luck!
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By flames42 on 10 Nov 2019 03:47
Is there a similar method on the Windows 10 version?
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By Liebers87 on 23 Nov 2020 21:20
no idea, sorry. If its anything like the One, saving is briefly disabled the moment you hit 0 HP until roughly the end of the death animation. Unless the Win 10 version is different, this exploit should still work if you can shut the game down during the death animation.
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By Archer Spense on 24 Nov 2020 05:50
On Windows 10 this doesn't work in exactly the same way, in that pressing the home button will not enable you to close the application like on Xbox. Instead you have to remove the batteries from the controller, forcing the game to pause and enabling you to close the game via task manager or whatever. Hope that makes sense.
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By Skinfasst on 01 Apr 2021 21:35
Does the assist mode option help for this achievement or not ??
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By Dark ANUBlS on 25 Jun 2022 13:33
This guide was written before assist mode was added.
If assist mode doesn't disable achievements, and lets for lowering boss health, obviously yes it does.
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By Archer Spense on 25 Jun 2022 20:40
FYI: if one of the elite that HoTK spawns hits you, cheevo is voided too. You have to avoid damage from all of the enemies during the battle
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By FaSCoRP on 10 Jul 2022 00:13
I got it today with assist mode on. Used a no boss cell run specifically. The cursed sword costs 150 now, be aware. The whole fight is amazingly fast like that, third phase dodge is usually where I’d die. He’s pretty predictable depending on where you land when the ice ledge collapses, so if you always land in the same spot you should usually know when and how to evade. I used a bow and traps, mutations have more options now, the one where enemies take damage over time for each arrow in them is great for this fight.
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By TymanTheLong on 19 Dec 2022 08:09
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Use a arma almadiçoada para pegar 2 ou mais conquistas juntas! Além de que ela da um belo dano wink

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17 Feb 2020 05:46

I don’t recommend bothering with it during normal playthroughs, because there is a trophy for beating the game with a cursed sword. This sword has crazy damage, but you die after the first hit. So if you beat the game with this sword, you will get a trophy whether you want it or not. When you open the sword recipe, so as not to turn the trip into hell, study it right before the main boss, then it will be given out immediately and you will only need to kill the boss. You need to level up for brutality, and reforge the sword for maximum damage, since the incoming damage no longer matters, because you won’t survive anyway. The boss itself is incredibly difficult and can take forever to kill without the reload trick. Therefore, at least save after each blow, if it doesn’t work out, or at least after each phase, which here is marked by the appearance of a pack of monsters.
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13 Aug 2018 12:34

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The boss can be easily passed without damage with the wings of a raven.
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By Pashka74 on 07 Jun 2022 02:25
Very easy to do in a green build with a green cursed sword.
Ice shield + ice grenade + cursed sword open right in front of the boss, save/load just in case. No cells. Mod assist is turned to minimum.
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By Gofrein on 23 May 2023 13:48
See the tip for Steam rolled. / Rolled out
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05 Mar 2020 22:33