The Outer Worlds

The super easy way:

- Change your difficulty to “story” (optional)
- Travel to Byzantium on Terra 2
- equip any weapon that has the blue lightning bolt icon
- save your game
- shoot Gardener robots, ad drones, security bots, or any other robots you see
- reload your game and repeat

NOTE: The above solution is exactly how I earned the achievement, but some people have issues. If the achievement does not seem to be progressing when you reload your save, try this: after you shoot the bots, save your game to a DIFFERENT slot, then reload your first save. Keep repeating this because saving your game seems to progress other achievements that normally don't.

From Cobb AUS: "Worked like a charm! Changed the difficulty every time i reloaded the save and it counted towards it."

From ChooseMyFate: "The tracker doesn't lock in your kills till you save in another slot. If you go to your achievements tracker after getting kills you'll notice that the bar is a different color gray for the kills you got. Save in another slot. Go to the tracker again and you'll notice it "locked in" the kills. Load the save before you killed the robots. Rinse and Repeat!"

- You need to use weapons with Shock elemental damage to kill mechanical enemies (super effective against automechanials too btw!)
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- You can either find a shock damage weapon or just mod one yourself with a shock ammo mod

- To grind these you can make a SAVE when your close to a group of Robots,
The city of Byzantium on Terra 2 has tons of ad drones and others you could kill
I advise going w/o companions so they don't steal your kills. Then just go crazy on all the robots making sure to make a NEW SAVE before re-loading your OG SAVE file so that the kills stay registered!!

*You will see lots of these enemies throughout the game, IMO there's no need to "grind" this one, just make sure you have a shock weapon for the robots

All of my HD Achievement Guides for The Outer Worlds can be found here! :) (Mobile Friendly)
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In this video guide I will show you how to kill 30 automechanicals with shock damage. Now first things first. If you started your character right off the bat with increasing the intelligence and perception attributes. The damage will for weapons will be greater. Also making this achievement easier. Another way to make this easier would be to put points into the ranged category under skills. Not to mention there are some perks called: Scanner and Revenge for increased damage to help out. Also your companions have some perks to help. Nyoka and Parvati both have the perk called: Fine Aim for increased ranged damage.

Now a little insight on the weapons. If you look at the DPS color, it will be blue. Indicating shock damage. If you can't find a shock weapon, you can always mod one to make it shock. Go to your workbench on your ship or wherever. Then go into the weapon you want to use under modify. Next hit RT to go into the magazine types. If you have one it will be called: Mag-2-Zap. Make sure to put that on to start working on the achievement.

Now in order for this achievement to actually count, you will need to get the final blow with the shock weapon. The higher the damage the better the chance. A good spot to get a few robot kills for this would be on Monarch. Look to the South by the water. There will be a factory called: C&P Boarst Factory. Head there and once you get there make a manual save. Now go ahead and kill the robots that are at the front door, some right inside the living area, and in the factory. One other good area to mention is HRS-1084. This area has a good amount of robots as well.

Now this is very important. You won't get progress for the same exact enemy. So when you kill the robot once, it won't count again. Once you kill the final robot with a shock weapon, the achievement will pop.

This achievement unlocks after you kill 30 automechanicals (robots, drones, and the like) with a shock weapon. A shock weapon is a melee or ranged weapon configured with a modification that changes its damage type to shock.

You might find weapons with the mod already installed or you can modify weapons yourself. The mag-2-zap mod will convert a ranged weapon to deal electrical damage. The Mr. Shock mod will convert a melee weapon to deal electrical damage. There are plenty of robots to get the achievement through normal gameplay. Ensure you are using a shock weapon when fighting them. The achievement will pop after you kill your 30th automechanical with a shock weapon.

Shock weapons or mods to convert melee and ranged weapons to shock weapons can be found (or stolen) as loot in chests, cabinets, and other receptacles. They can also be looted from defeated enemies or bought from vendors or vending machines.

Recommended] approach:
As you near the main entrance to the town of Edgewater, you encounter Silas who gives you the side quest, A Small Grave Matter. You must collect fees from 4 people including Ludwig. With this quest active, follow the quest marker to find Ludwig. He's close by. Turn right before going in the main entrance to Edgewater and follow the path around town until you can turn right to the landing pad.

In addition to collecting the grave fees, you discover Ludwig's obsession with a machine rebellion. He will give you the Die, Robot side quest and instruct you to investigate a machine in the junkyard. Repair the machine. You can do it if you have a high enough engineering skill. Very likely, you will have to wait till Parvati joins your party and she will fix the robot for you.

Go to the canteen in Edgewater. Facing the bar, go left, enter a door to find the lavatory. Search behind the toilet to find a package. With the robot fixed and the package in hand, return to Ludwig who will reward you with a Mag-2-Zap mod. Apply this mod to a ranged weapon. An assault rifle is a good one to use.

As you proceed through Emerald Isle, you acquire the main story quest, Comes now the Power. You must go to the geothermal plant. There are automechanicals guarding the plant both outside and inside. Equip your shock weapon. Set your companion(s) to passive--you want to make the kills yourself companion kills do not count towards the achievement. For convenience, use the console's achievement tracker to monitor progress towards the achievement.

Kill the automechanicals outside the facility and enter. Kill the automechanicals inside the plant until you arrive at a room with hazardous steam vents. If you get the optional task, Reprogram the Automechanicals, do not use it. The task hacks the robots so they kill each other and these kills do not count towards the achievement. Similarly, if Jeremy, the robot you fixed in the junkyard, is present and offers his assistance, decline.

Once you arrive at the steam room make a save. If playing on supernova, backtrack, exit the facility and reenter. This will create an autosave. There are 6 automechanicals in the room with hazardous steam and just beyond. Kill them, load your save, and kill them again. Repeat this process several times until the achievement pops. Continue with the game. You are now free to kill robots and drones using any method you want.