The Evil Within 2
52 Achievements
30-35h
They Never Even Stood A Chance
Completely upgraded all weapons.
14.3%
How to unlock the They Never Even Stood A Chance achievement in The Evil Within 2 - Definitive Guide
TLDR.
I got this...
•New game plus (you get more gel and scrap and your upgrades from the first playthrough carry on through)
•Just after the camera obscura boss
•And after doing the shooting range (unlocked after chapter three - you get even better gel and scrap rewards this time round)
- with your upgrades you should find this fairly easy
•Weapon types you need to upgrade - handguns - shotguns - sniper rifle - crossbow - assault rifle - magnum (need to complete the game first).
- NB: Upgrading the pistol upgrades all pistols (same for shotguns)
Ok this is going to take a little while and the most annoying part is that new game plus has to be in the same difficulty you completed the story - so you have to do this cheevo first before moving on to the next hard/hardest difficulty.
After you complete the story you can access new game plus which will make this easier as you get a lot more gel and upgrade components. You will not be getting this cheevo in one playthrough.
Playthrough one I was the biggest scavenger but still didn't max out gel or weapon upgrades.
Jumped on new game plus, scavenged a lot again and didn't get it til the camera boss.
Edit. LoL @ negative votes.
What even is the point?
Edit. Thanks to Xx bRICKed xX for this vid suggesting all Red Gel/High Grade Weapon Parts locations:
Shooting Range: When the timer begins, press the Y button to go into slo-mo and hold the Left Trigger the ENTIRE TIME. The entirety of the challenge will be in slow motion and you should blow past the required thresholds for each difficulty. Playing through every level up to very hard will net you huge amounts of weapon parts and green gel.
Chain Attack: When the timer begins, press the Y button to go into slo-mo and hold the Left Trigger the ENTIRE TIME. You won't be able to see the colours of the tiles but they all have the same symbol on them so match them up that way. The second you get at least twelve tiles of the same symbol vibrating, shoot them for points.
With slo-mo enabled, you have all the time in the world to carefully make matches. In fact, I was regularly over 60 seconds shortly after my first few tile matches. You want to score 100,000 points which will net you huge amounts of weapon parts and green gel.
To upgrade weapons, you must be at a workbench. Workbenches can be found at various locations throughout the game, but the workbench you’ll be visiting the most is the one that can be accessed at Sebastian’s office by using one of the mirrors.
You’re going to have to gather up a total of around 25,000 weapon parts. You’ll be needing a few high-grade weapon parts as well. Fortunately, weapon parts are plentiful in new game +, just like green gel. You must completely upgrade the Handgun, Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, Warden Crossbow, Assault Rifle, and Magnum.
For a list of the weapons that can be acquired in the game, see the “Powerhouse” achievement below.
Here is a list of the locations where high-grade weapon parts can be found in the game:
Chapter 3:
- The first one can be found at the end of one of the train cars on the west side of the map, hiding inside of some crates.
- Another is located in the hidden supply cache underneath the Auto Repair Shop on the west side of the map. Go below ground, and when you get to the door that requires a security code, punch in "9676" on the security panel. Enter the door and you’ll find the parts inside a duffel bag to your right.
- Your search for Lily will lead you to the large warehouse in the scrapyard. In the warehouse, head upstairs, then enter the first door on your left. The parts are sitting on the workbench.
Chapter 6
- Continue past Hoffman’s saferoom and leave the Marrow. You’ll have to go to Union: Post Plus. As soon as you arrive at Post Plus, turn around and the parts are in a duffel bag.
Chapter 7
- Save Sykes and complete his “Getting Back Online” side mission. Then go to the tool shed in the north east corner of the map where the Full Barreled Shotgun is found. The tool shed is locked, and you’ll need a storage key located on a body in the south west corner of the map. Once you’ve opened the tool shed with the storage key, go inside the tool shed and open the orange box. The parts are inside the orange box.
Chapter 11
- At the beginning of the chapter, go through the door by Torres. Then enter the door immediately on your right. A mirror will be here, and the parts are on a shelf to your left.
- Soon after the previous part, you’ll be chasing after Hoffman. You’ll have to enter an elevator, but before going into the elevator, look to the room on the right. The parts will be in here.
- After defeating the Harbinger boss, go through the door next to the boss and immediately turn to your right and you’ll see the parts on a table.
Chapter 13
- You need to have saved Sykes and completed his “Getting Back Online” side mission for these next two parts. Go inside the same exact tool shed where you found the high grade part in chapter 7 and open the same orange box again. There is another part here in the same exact location as the one in chapter 7.
- This next part is in the same tool shed as the last part. Go to the back of the tool shed and it’s on the desk.
Chapter 15
- After the fog room/cutscene with Myra near the beginning of the chapter, go right and continue down the stairs. Go through the doorway next to the mirror and look to the ground on your right for the parts.
To upgrade weapons, you must be at a workbench. Workbenches can be found at various locations throughout the game, but the workbench you’ll be visiting the most is the one that can be accessed at Sebastian’s office by using one of the mirrors.
You’re going to have to gather up a total of around 25,000 weapon parts. You’ll be needing a few high-grade weapon parts as well. Fortunately, weapon parts are plentiful in new game +, just like green gel. You must completely upgrade the Handgun, Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, Warden Crossbow, Assault Rifle, and Magnum.
For a list of the weapons that can be acquired in the game, see the “Powerhouse” achievement below.
Here is a list of the locations where high-grade weapon parts can be found in the game:
Chapter 3:
- The first one can be found at the end of one of the train cars on the west side of the map, hiding inside of some crates.
- Another is located in the hidden supply cache underneath the Auto Repair Shop on the west side of the map. Go below ground, and when you get to the door that requires a security code, punch in "9676" on the security panel. Enter the door and you’ll find the parts inside a duffel bag to your right.
- Your search for Lily will lead you to the large warehouse in the scrapyard. In the warehouse, head upstairs, then enter the first door on your left. The parts are sitting on the workbench.
Chapter 6
- Continue past Hoffman’s saferoom and leave the Marrow. You’ll have to go to Union: Post Plus. As soon as you arrive at Post Plus, turn around and the parts are in a duffel bag.
Chapter 7
- Save Sykes and complete his “Getting Back Online” side mission. Then go to the tool shed in the north east corner of the map where the Full Barreled Shotgun is found. The tool shed is locked, and you’ll need a storage key located on a body in the south west corner of the map. Once you’ve opened the tool shed with the storage key, go inside the tool shed and open the orange box. The parts are inside the orange box.
Chapter 11
- At the beginning of the chapter, go through the door by Torres. Then enter the door immediately on your right. A mirror will be here, and the parts are on a shelf to your left.
- Soon after the previous part, you’ll be chasing after Hoffman. You’ll have to enter an elevator, but before going into the elevator, look to the room on the right. The parts will be in here.
- After defeating the Harbinger boss, go through the door next to the boss and immediately turn to your right and you’ll see the parts on a table.
Chapter 13
- You need to have saved Sykes and completed his “Getting Back Online” side mission for these next two parts. Go inside the same exact tool shed where you found the high grade part in chapter 7 and open the same orange box again. There is another part here in the same exact location as the one in chapter 7.
- This next part is in the same tool shed as the last part. Go to the back of the tool shed and it’s on the desk.
Chapter 15
- After the fog room/cutscene with Myra near the beginning of the chapter, go right and continue down the stairs. Go through the doorway next to the mirror and look to the ground on your right for the parts.
You can upgrade your weapons on the Working Bench inside Sebastian’s Office and inside some of the safe houses. To upgrade the weapons, you need:
- Weapon parts: can be found all around Union. You can find them inside locked chest, on the ground, inside the wooden crates. They’re pretty everywhere and you will recognize them as they look like bolts. You need a big amount of them to upgrade completely all of your weapon.
- High-Grade Weapon parts: they are more rare and they're like collectables. Some of them are hard to find. You need 2 of them for each weapon to reach higher level of upgrading. Unluckily, like the red gels, they're not enough in one playthrough, forcing you to search for them on NG+ casual. You will need 6 more, try to get them as soon as possible as your goal is to get all upgrades in Chapter 14.
The weapons you need to upgrade are:
- Gun
- Shotgun
- Sniper Rifle
- Warden Crossbow and bolts
- Assault Rifle
- Magnum
You don’t need to upgrade bare-hands weapons like the knife and you don't need to upgrade the flamethrower. Also, when you upgrade one of this kind of weapon, you will automatically upgrade all the other weapon of the same kind. For example: Upgrading the gun, you will automatically upgrade Handgun, Revolver, Silenced Handgun and so on.
For the location of the weapons, refer to Powerhouse.
For the location of High-Grade weapon parts, follow this guide by Trophy Germany: LINK
You will find other suggestions about collectables in the trophy description of Story-related trophies, as there are no-return points and you should get all the parts before reaching that points. I will enlighten you here so you will have the situation under control at every moment:
- Chapter 3 = Get the High-Grade weapon part in Chapter 3, before entering the warehouse. The second one is inside the warehouse.
- Chapter 6-7 = The high-grade weapon parts are outside the Marrow. To get the second one, you need to find a key to open a warehouse and complete the secondary quest of Syke to open the locked chest. Do this before entering the theatre.
- Chapter 11 = Get the first two High-Grade Parts before removing the chip from the head of the Mobius Guard. The last one is after the boss battle.
- Chapter 15 = The last one is in the room right behind the mirror.