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Knife Beats Chainsaw

Knife Beats Chainsaw

Took out the Sadist with a sneak kill in Chapter 3.

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How to unlock the Knife Beats Chainsaw achievement in The Evil Within - Definitive Guide

I did this on Survival and you can get this Achievement in Chapter 3. Once you have cleared out all the enemies your going to want to pick up the Crossbow which can be located across and to the left of the barn. This will give you Explosive Bolts but you are also going to want Flash Bolts and they are found across from the barn up a tall ladder. You'll find extra Bolts nailed to walls where the Shotgun enemy was and on the stairs from where you got the Crossbow. Once you have all these items you need, you'll need to have 3 Explosive Bolts and 2 Flash Bolts. Walk into the barn and turn left and walk forward until the Sadist breaks free and equip your Explosive Bolts and hit him with all 3 once that's done switch to your Flash Bolts and hit him with 1 and he'll be stunned sneak up around the back of him and use your cn_A attack to sink him to he's knees. Back up and wait for him to get back to he's feet before hitting him again with a Flash Bolt and then sneak/stab him once more and the Achievements yours.
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14 Oct 2014 00:14

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Do you have any idea why I can't get the chainsaw guy to run after me? I keep going right upto the spot where he busts out of but he won't break through. He just keeps making those stupid annoying sounds. What am I doing wrong?
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By mitcHELLspawn on 15 Oct 2014 01:22
Do you have any idea why I can't get the chainsaw guy to run after me? I keep going right upto the spot where he busts out of but he won't break through. He just keeps making those stupid annoying sounds. What am I doing wrong?
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By mitcHELLspawn on 15 Oct 2014 02:50
Great guide! Thanks.
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By Phil0s0pher on 15 Oct 2014 05:14
@mitcHELLspawn have you gone up to the gate and triggered the scene where Sebastian says he needs something like a chainsaw? or failing that you can shoot he's gate open with the shotgun.
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By Deranged Asylum on 15 Oct 2014 12:57
perfect guide very well set up and delivered, thanks.
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By AngryXSuperManX on 27 Oct 2014 05:38
**HEADS UP FOR THOSE GETTING THIS ON CASUAL DIFFICULTY** 3 explosive bolts will kill him. I did 2 explosive and then it took 3 Flash and stabs on Casual. Otherwise this is spot on.
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By RKangel on 30 Oct 2015 03:15
Worked like a charm. Thanks!
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By Nexxun on 27 Apr 2016 12:41
No worries, glad it helped :)
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By Deranged Asylum on 27 Apr 2016 19:04
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This takes place at the end of Chapter 3.

After gaining access to the final area, you'll need to get a chainsaw to open the gate. The chainsaw is only found on the sadist which is a boss type enemy found inside the barn. Before going into the barn and releasing him from behind the gate, you'll want to explore the house with the rifle man on the balcony which contains a bow and shotgun. You'll also want to go up the ladder of the tall watchtower in the middle of the area where you'll find flash bolts at the top. You'll also want to disarm traps in order to gain parts to craft a total of 3 explosive bolts & 2 flash bolts. With your equipment ready, it is time to go to the barn and release the sadist by shooting open the gate.

Once the sadist comes out you will want to directly hit him with 3 explosive bolts as fast as possible. After those 3 bolts you can use you shotgun to hit his legs from a distance in order to weaken him a little, but make sure you DO NOT KILL HIM. With the enemy weakened, you'll want to take out your flash bolt and aim it near the enemy's feet, in order to stun him. Once he is stunned, crouch behind him and press the button prompt to preform a stealth knife strike. If he is weak enough he will die on the first try. If not, use your second flash bolt and try it again in order to kill him. If your knife strike kills him the achievement will unlock.

If you are not successful, you can craft more flash bolts, or die on purpose in order to be reset to a checkpoint so that you can try again.

You can view the video for an in-depth tutorial of this method:
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14 Oct 2014 22:10

At the end of chapter three, an enemy will break out of the barn with a chainsaw. You will need to injure him with any weapon so he is almost dead. (Three explosive bolts will work perfectly). Then Use a flash bolt to stun him, then sneak up to him with cn_RB then press cn_A to sneak kill him.
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13 Oct 2014 22:36

Did it a few moments ago on Survival difficulty on my first try!

I had the shotgun equipped (with 6 bullets total), two explosive bolts and a flash bolt. I suggest if you have ANY shotgun shells, save them for the Sadist and don't use them on the common enemies roaming the area.

Essentially you want to shoot the Sadist with a small snap back look, while continuing the move forward. You need to stay away from the chainsaw, obviously, so you want to keep forward at all times. I did small laps around the cart in the center of the map, right when you first take cover behind the zombie with the shotgun on the balcony.

Once he's on your heels sprint in spurts so you don't deplete your stamina. Keep your distance and basically just try and hold off for shots that you know you can make and connect with. There's nothing worse than missed aimed bullets.

I have no clue of his HP but I shot him 4 times with the pump-action shotgun, followed up with 2 explosive bolts then stuck him with the flash bolt. When he's stunned from the flash, sneak up to him in any direction and initiate a stealth knife kill. You'll attack the weakened, blinded enemy and kill him. 40 G is your's, along with 20 G if you hadn't beat this chapter before.

Good luck!
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18 Oct 2014 05:07

In Chapter 3 you will get to a small town area. You will want to explore and kill all the enemies. There are many useful items found like the crossbow and the flash bolt. The flash bolt is found on a watch tower. Any enemies not killed will join in the boss fight so make sure to clean house. When you trigger the boss in the barn use 2 explosive bolts and a few shot gun rounds if you have it. Now switch to flash bolts on the crossbow and sneak kill him when the prompt appears. Repeat the last section until he is dead. You can craft move flash bolts mid-fight.
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19 Oct 2014 03:42

Like many guides best way to do it is with 3 explosive bolts and 2 flash bolts.

Do the explosive first and then flash him and knife him directly afterwards. After 2 times he is finished.

There are enough traps around to get the parts for it.
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19 Oct 2014 22:12

This Trophy is easier to get if you've cleared out all of the enemies on the map save for the Sadist. There's nothing worse than running into a Haunted while Chainsaw Ed is chasing you. Also, leave the Bear Trap on the second floor. I also suggest disarming the two traps in the barn. The Sadist always seems to run right by them without triggering them and you don't need to worry about them going off as he chases you.

Go into the barn and whip out the ol' Agony Crossbow. Fire two Explosive Bolts into the dirt at the bottom of the red ladder leading to the second floor then climb the ladder. Switch to a Grenade and toss it into the Sadist's area. Needless to say he's not going to be happy about that. While he's starting up his chainsaw head around the second floor, go past the ladder leading to the third floor, turn around to face where the Bear Trap is, set your Agony Crossbow to Flash Bolts and wait. Chainsaw Ed will run to the first ladder, setting off the two Explosive Bolts, then climb up to run around the second floor into the Bear Trap. After he frees himself from the Bear Trap hit him with the first Flash Bolt as soon as he is at the bottom of the little stairway. Quickly run up, crouch and stab him in the gut. You may have to repeat the Flash & Stab a couple times depending on your difficulty level and how high your Explosive Bolts are upgraded. Note: do not try to hit him with a Flash Bolt while he is down on one knee after you stab him. The flash won't work and you will have wasted the shot. The Trophy will pop after the final killing stab and he falls down.

Ideally, you will want to have 1 Grenade, 2-3 Explosive Bolts and 2-3 Flash Bolts for this Trophy. I did this with Explosive Bolts upgraded to 4/5. It may take a couple tries to get the timing of the Flash & Stab down but once you do it's an easy Trophy.
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Worked like a charm! Cheers!
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By Gnutron on 21 May 2015 12:32
This achievement is awarded by killing the Chainsaw Sadist in Chapter 2 with your knife. Easiest way to achieve this is to combine your explosive and flash bolts. The number of explosive bolts needed will unfortunately vary depending on difficulty and upgrade. I did this on survival and used 3 Explosive bolts and 2 Flash Bolts + Sneak Kills. On casual I believe you can only use 2 explosive bolts and 3 Flash bolts + sneak kills

DO NOT try to weaken the Sadist with the Magnum. A fully upgraded Magnum will one shot the sadist.
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01 Mar 2018 00:00

To get this you must eliminate the final boss of Chapter 3 with a knife.For this you need light bolts, which you'll get in this chapter. Shoot 1 or 2 explosive bolts and then light bolts, and use stealth mode to kill him. You can see how to do it in the video.
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07 Nov 2014 01:19

During Chapter 3: Claws of the Horde, you will have to fight the chainsaw wielding Sadist in order to progress. You can earn this trophy on your first run or New Game+, however it may be easier on New Game+ by using chapter select.

The easiest method for knifing the sadist is to shoot him with three explosive agony bolts and then a flash agony bolt. Once he is blinded, move behind him and crouch to perform a stealth kill. You will unlock the trophy shortly after he dies.
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To get this, in chapter 3, I first took out all the "living" enemies I could find. And I saved frequently, by going through the mirror in the back room of the lower level of the main house. I picked up an ax (there are several - this one was in the barn right near where Chainsaw Guy is chained up) and I attacked the wall to break it open, then I attacked him once with the axe to get him to break free.

Then I just readied the crossbow with Flash Bolts. I had enough materials to make several bolts. The hardest thing was just making sure I crafted a new bolt after using one, because it seems to want to switch to a different bolt if you don't.

There were other enemies then too -- possibly ones I hadn't burned, but I'm not sure. Chainsaw Guy actually took them out for me in his efforts to reach me.

Basically, Just ran away. Chainsaw Guy would close in, and I'd hit him with a flash bolt. Immediately get close and do R2 to crouch and X when prompted to stab. Then run away until he recovers, keeping away from other enemies if needed.

After 5 times (crafting new Flash Bolts) as needed, he was finished.
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26 Oct 2014 20:08

An easy achievement. The first thing you need to do is find the Agony crossbow in the village and create several blinding bolts for it. Then, during the boss battle, shoot 10 rounds of ammunition into it from a revolver (at the Survival difficulty level, this is enough) then switch to the crossbow, blind him, go up and do a stealth kill ( RT + A ), if this is not enough to kill him, repeat the procedure


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15 Oct 2014 12:04

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The video shows where to find blinding arrows, how to properly weaken and blind the enemy before the fatal blow of the knife. https://youtu.be/2i31iMLqtwA?list=PL...DMp3uJQpZigBOR
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By Rudolf_Hess on 29 Oct 2014 01:15