Gears 5
181 Achievements
2,500
1000+h
PC
Xbox One
Xbox Series
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
As Jack, converted one of each weapon to Power using the Forge in Horde
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0.13%
How to unlock the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle achievement in Gears 5 - Definitive Guide
Set-up
In Horde play as Jack, get 10K fabricator points then buy a forge from the fabricator.
How to
Hold to pick up a weapon while hovering over it.
Then when hovering over the forge and hold to melt the weapon.
Grenades and Pistols are not required and cannot be melted.
This can be completed accross multiple Horde games.
What you need to melt is:
-Boomshot - - - - (J.D.)
-Breaker Mace - - Only dropped by a Warden Boss.
-Buzzkill - - - - - - Only dropped by Scions
-Claw Light Machine Gun - - - Only dropped by Elite Drones
-Cryo Cannon - - - - - -Only dropped by Ice Scions
-Dropshot - - - - - - - - Only dropped by Scions
-Embar - - - - - - - - - - (P-Fahz)
-Enforcer - - - - - - - - -(Del)
-Gnasher Shotgun - - - (Marcus, JD, Kait)
-Hammerburst - - - - - -Dropped by Drones
-Lancer with chainsaw - Only dropped by allies. (Marcus)
-Lancer with Grenade Launcher - Only dropped by allies. (P-J.D.)
-Retro Lancer - - Only dropped by allies. (Kait, P-Marcus)
-Longshot - - - - (Fahz)
-Markza MK1 - - (Fahz)
-Mulcher - - - - -Only dropped by Scions
-Overkill - - - - - (Del, P-Kait)
-RL-4 Salvo - - - Dropped by Guardians and DR-1's
-Torque Bow - - -Only dropped by Hunter Elites
-Tri shot - - - - - -Dropped by a Stump mini-boss, Guardians and DR-1's
Notes:
"(Named Charater)" means they start with the weapon
A name with "P-" before it means they can purchase the weapon from the Fabricator
You cannot remove a weapon from a Guardian corpse as Jack so you would need your allies help if you were to go for their salvo/trishot.
Mini-Bosses only spawn in at waves 5,15,25,35,45.
Bosses only spawn in at waves 10,20,30,40,50.
Only dropped by allies:
The easiest way to get the Lancers done is to Play split screen or with a freind in a private game. Set the wave to 41 so you have enough scrap immediatly to make a forge before the wave starts and have your human drop a weapon, by holding his right or left D-Pad button for 7 seconds.
Struggling to find:
If you're struggling to find the boss you want, I recommend you start your own private game on wave 10 with in split screen or with a friend as a normal character and you as jack with the Ai turned off and keep getting killed until you get the boss you want then use the human player to slaughter the desired boss. (the same can be done on wave 5 if you want a miniboss weapon)
Waves 6 -10 (16-20 etc) tend to either be DR1's Gaurdians snipers and all other bot enemies with very few swarm enemies if any at all or Scions, Hunter Elites and only swarm allies, it tends to stay static for that 10 wave set unless you lose a round. if you're struggling to find specific swarm do the above solutions set up but be on wave 9 (19,29 etc) for the best results for specific swarm/bot weapons. it is random wether it changes over or not so this may require multiple round losts.
In Horde play as Jack, get 10K fabricator points then buy a forge from the fabricator.
How to
Hold to pick up a weapon while hovering over it.
Then when hovering over the forge and hold to melt the weapon.
Grenades and Pistols are not required and cannot be melted.
This can be completed accross multiple Horde games.
What you need to melt is:
-Boomshot - - - - (J.D.)
-Breaker Mace - - Only dropped by a Warden Boss.
-Buzzkill - - - - - - Only dropped by Scions
-Claw Light Machine Gun - - - Only dropped by Elite Drones
-Cryo Cannon - - - - - -Only dropped by Ice Scions
-Dropshot - - - - - - - - Only dropped by Scions
-Embar - - - - - - - - - - (P-Fahz)
-Enforcer - - - - - - - - -(Del)
-Gnasher Shotgun - - - (Marcus, JD, Kait)
-Hammerburst - - - - - -Dropped by Drones
-Lancer with chainsaw - Only dropped by allies. (Marcus)
-Lancer with Grenade Launcher - Only dropped by allies. (P-J.D.)
-Retro Lancer - - Only dropped by allies. (Kait, P-Marcus)
-Longshot - - - - (Fahz)
-Markza MK1 - - (Fahz)
-Mulcher - - - - -Only dropped by Scions
-Overkill - - - - - (Del, P-Kait)
-RL-4 Salvo - - - Dropped by Guardians and DR-1's
-Torque Bow - - -Only dropped by Hunter Elites
-Tri shot - - - - - -Dropped by a Stump mini-boss, Guardians and DR-1's
Notes:
"(Named Charater)" means they start with the weapon
A name with "P-" before it means they can purchase the weapon from the Fabricator
You cannot remove a weapon from a Guardian corpse as Jack so you would need your allies help if you were to go for their salvo/trishot.
Mini-Bosses only spawn in at waves 5,15,25,35,45.
Bosses only spawn in at waves 10,20,30,40,50.
Only dropped by allies:
The easiest way to get the Lancers done is to Play split screen or with a freind in a private game. Set the wave to 41 so you have enough scrap immediatly to make a forge before the wave starts and have your human drop a weapon, by holding his right or left D-Pad button for 7 seconds.
Struggling to find:
If you're struggling to find the boss you want, I recommend you start your own private game on wave 10 with in split screen or with a friend as a normal character and you as jack with the Ai turned off and keep getting killed until you get the boss you want then use the human player to slaughter the desired boss. (the same can be done on wave 5 if you want a miniboss weapon)
Waves 6 -10 (16-20 etc) tend to either be DR1's Gaurdians snipers and all other bot enemies with very few swarm enemies if any at all or Scions, Hunter Elites and only swarm allies, it tends to stay static for that 10 wave set unless you lose a round. if you're struggling to find specific swarm do the above solutions set up but be on wave 9 (19,29 etc) for the best results for specific swarm/bot weapons. it is random wether it changes over or not so this may require multiple round losts.
48 Comments
I am assuming this doesn't have to be completed in one sitting, right? You can probably do it over multiple matches to accumulate up to the total requirements. Just make sure to write down the ones you have done.
Once Xbox Live is back online after this moment, I'll try to run a test of this. Meanwhile, +1 vote.
Once Xbox Live is back online after this moment, I'll try to run a test of this. Meanwhile, +1 vote.
By TG Airborne 88 on 07 Sep 2019 02:01
+1 indeed,
great guide, just how I like them..
Will print the list of weapons and keep it next to me to mark them off!
Keep up the good work.
great guide, just how I like them..
Will print the list of weapons and keep it next to me to mark them off!
Keep up the good work.
By EI Bikerboy on 07 Sep 2019 11:28
This achievement is much easier as of the Operation 4 update on July 14th, 2020 as all characters are now able able to purchase all weapons and the heavy weapons that were previously only dropped by bosses can now also be purchased.
4 Comments
I wasted an hour trying to get the right enemies then saw this solution and got it in minutes. Thanks brother thumbs up from me
By KashThePriest on 27 Jul 2020 17:50
Yep. I did this today. Used two controllers, set the game to wave 50. With the first controller (as Jack) I bought the Forge and a Weapons Locker (leveled it up to 2), and then I used the other to quickly buy two weapons and store them on the Locker. After that, I switch to the first controller again, and had Jack pick them up from the Locker, then dismantle them in the Forge. When we died, I just restarted the wave until I went through the list of weapons to figure out which ones I was missing.
By Fl0ydPinkert0n on 16 Aug 2020 16:13
This guide was translated automatically.
When playing as Jack, you need to pick up each type of weapon and put it in a special “furnace” to be melted down and converted into energy. If the weapon you need is not on the field, you can take it from the player or buy it through the fabricator menu.
This guide was translated automatically.
No guns needed