InFamous 2
52 Achievements
25-30h
With Great Power Comes Greater Power
Unlock and purchase all powers.
8.2%
How to unlock the With Great Power Comes Greater Power achievement in InFamous 2 - Definitive Guide
New powers will be become available to you as you progress through the story, and by going up in your karmic rank. As with the first game, the type of abilities that become available to you will be dependent on your karmic rank. Leaning towards the Hero side and you'll be locked out of the Evil powers, and vice versa.
It is not recommended you mix and match, as in choosing to be a good guy in the beginning, and then deciding to be evil midway. Otherwise, you'll end up having to grind good/bad opportunities to reach max karma rank end game.
In addition, you are not required to purchase all powers on one save file in order to unlock the trophy. You only need to unlock and purchase all powers that are possible on your current save file. For example, if you're focusing on being a good guy on your first playthrough, you'll only need to purchase all the basic abilities and the good karma ones; evil abilities are not required.
Please note that Ionic Storm is required for this trophy, which you get as part of the story near the end of the game.
List of powers is as follows:
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Alpha Bolt - N/A
- Unlocked automatically. You begin the game with this power
Pincer Bolt - 400 XP
- Unlocked for purchase after completing the story mission, "Evolution"
Artillery Bolt - 800 XP
- Get five Climbing Assault stunts
Magnum Bolt - 1,200 XP
- Reach Champion Karma Rank; Get 10 Head Shock stunts
Skull Bolt - 1,200 XP
- Reach Outlaw Karma Rank; Get 5 Clueless Enemy stunts
Bolt Stream - 2,800 XP
- Reach Hero Karma Rank; Get ten Stick it to Em stunts
Scythe Bolt - 2,800 XP
- Reach Infamous Karma Rank; Get a Astonishing! stunt
Alpha Blast - N/A
- Unlocked automatically. You begin the game with this power
Detonation Blast - 600 XP
- Get five Watch Your Step stunts
Graviton Blast - 1,200 XP
- Reach Champion Karma Rank; Get a Rubber Rocket stunt
Punch Blast- 1,200 XP
- Reach Outlaw Karma Rank; Get a Blast Party stunt
Shatter Blast - 2,800 XP
- Reach Hero Karma Rank; chose Kuo in "Storm the Fort"
Nightmare Blast - 2,800 XP
- Reach Infamous Karma Rank; chose Nix in "Storm the Fort"
Alpha Grenade - N/A
- Unlocked automatically. You begin the game with this power
Sticky Grenade - 1,400 XP
- Reach Guardian Karma Rank; Get five Enviro Kill stunts
Double Grenade - 1,400 XP
- Reach Thug Karma Rank; Get a CARnage stunt
Ice Grenade - 2,600 XP
- Reach Champion Karma Rank; chose Kuo in "Storm the Fort"
Napalm Grenade - 2,600 XP
- Reach Outlaw Karma Rank; chose Nix in "Storm the Fort"
Cluster Grenade - 5,500 XP
- Get ten Precise Head Shocks stunts
Alpha Rocket - N/A
- Unlocked automatically as part of the story
Redirect Rocket- 2,000 XP
- Reach Guardian Karma Rank; Get five Hit Flying Enemy stunts
Tripwire Rocket - 2,000 XP
- Reach Thug Karma Rank; Get a Rocket Party stunt; chose Nix in "Storm the Fort"
Sticky Rocket - 2,600 XP
- Get three Dead Eye stunts
Freeze Rocket - 4,100 XP
- Reach Hero Karma Rank; chose Kuo in "Storm the Fort"
Hellfire Rocket - 4,100 XP
- Reach Infamous Karma Rank; chose Nix in "Storm the Fort"
Kinetic Pulse- 600 XP
- Unlocked for purchase after completing the story mission, "Forward Momentum"
Lightning Tether - N/A
- Unlocked for purchase after completing the story mission, "Easy Going"
Ice Launch - 2,400 XP
- Reach Guardian Karma Rank; chose Kuo in "Storm the Fort"
Firebird Strike - 2,500 XP
- Reach Outlaw Karma Rank; chose Nix in "Storm the Fort"
Frost Shield - 2,500 XP
- Reach Hero Karma Rank; chose Kuo in "Storm the Fort"
Spikers - 3,000 XP
- Reach Infamous Karma Rank; chose Nix in "Storm the Fort"
Ionic Vortex - N/A
- Unlocked for purchase after completing the story mission, "Storm's Coming"
Ionic Freeze - N/A
- Reach Guardian Karma Rank; chose Kuo in "Storm the Fort"
Ionic Drain - N/A
- Reach Outlaw Karma Rank; chose Nix in "Storm the Fort"
Ionic Storm - N/A
- Unlocked for purchase after completing the story mission, "The Final Piece"
Amp
Melee - N/A
- Unlocked automatically. You begin the game with this power
Finisher Attacks - 600 XP
- Unlocked for purchase after completing the story mission, "Evolution"
Ultra Attacks - 1,200 XP
- Unlocked for purchase after completing the story mission, "Storm's Coming"
Ultra Drain -1,600 XP
- Unlocked for purchase after completing the story mission, "The Final Piece"
Quicker Combos - 3,000 XP
- Unlocked for purchase after completing the story mission, "Ray Field Energy"
Upgrades
Megawatt Drain - 500 XP
- Finish 10 side missions
Ionic Charge 2 - 1,200 XP
- Finish 20 side missions
Gigawatt Drain - 1,200 XP
- Finish 30 side missions
Ionic Charge 2 - 1,800 XP
- Finish 40 side missions
Precision Enhanced - 2,100 XP
- Finish 50 side missions
Blast Shard Sense - 2,500 XP
- Finish 60 side missions
There's an easy way to grind out XP, specifically on Mission 35. Credits to TigerLust for the following tip:
While playing missions 35, you will be climbing the ice tower. You will now have to turn some valves. Turn the first two, then kill yourself with some grenades.
- You will be at the second valve. Run around the corridor to the left, and around the bend. You will see a line of yellow boosting poles, jump on one of the middle poles, land on the next boost pole, then land on the roof.
- Run forward a bit and get the two guys to notice you, then back up to where you landed on the roof.
- Now spam grenades like mad. The best is cluster grenades, but if you don't have it spam whatever you can. Buy the grenade cluster upgrade as soon as you can. You will get more stunt combos than the game can display at one time! You can get a few hundred XP on hard in under a minute. Simply hit L2 to recharge your energy and your health (assuming you hit it before the screen turns white.). Kill everyone with the grenades. Don't be shy, you can hit the same guy with 5 grenades, and get stunt points for Each and every one.
- Do NOT turn the third valve. When all the enemies are dead, commit suicide with grenades. Repeat from step 1.
PS: this is also a great place to work any stunts you need to unlock powers or trophies
If you do not wish to earn your XP legit, you can abuse the following glitch and earn them like so:
Video courtesy of PowerPyx
inFamous 2: Infinite experience, XPIn order to have infinite experience, you need to press the START button and select User Materials / Create a new operation (we can not create anything). Then click - Perform current operation, go to abilities and buy what you need, BUT YOU MUST have as much/more experience to buy the ability. You will see that the experience does not end. If you bought what you need, go to the menu, Edit current. operations. We exit the editor (you can save it, you can not) and that’s it.