The Surge 2

The Surge 2

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Reverse Engineering

Reverse Engineering

Kill a Gideon's Rock statue with its own weapon

10 XP

7.0%

How to unlock the Reverse Engineering achievement in The Surge 2 - Definitive Guide

I attempted killing the statues with the Gaia Lancer dozens of times, however the only thing that unlocked the achievement was start the fight with your normal weapon equipped, target its right arm, as soon as you chop off its arm, pick up the salvage, then switch weapon to the GAIA lancer, at this point finish the statue off and the achievement will unlock.

I attempted multiple other methods this was the only thing that worked for me
Here is a short clip
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08 Apr 2020 12:27

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Thank you!!!
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By Sniggleworth on 25 May 2023 06:52
This one should be at the top, this is the only way that works. Also, although you can’t get it from statues that have become infected with nanites, there’s still a regular one in the large grass plaza just straight up the boar’s path from the central area.
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By WhyattThrash on 21 May 2020 23:23
Legitimately perfect guide. Thanks.
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By Aegico on 01 Jun 2020 18:35
Legitimately perfect guide. Thanks.
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By Aegico on 01 Jun 2020 18:44
Perfect guide. Thank you.
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By corpirate on 30 Aug 2020 21:36
Thanks for figuring this out. Very appreciated.
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By Tuschi on 18 Oct 2020 18:14
The first statue, near hunters hub. I kill it many times to farm drawings for quest, to farm resources for its armour. Also, I got this achievment and I just kill it with it's lancer, no tricks.
I did it after activating one nano repeller and after captain Cervantes kill me on our first meeting.
so, basically for few hours i train my skills with this single "sparring partner" and got this achievment :)
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By Ox566f6c6a6b61 on 06 Sep 2021 22:00
Thank you for the method of removing the arm before equipping the weapon! Unlocked flawlessly, I was convinced it was glitched until I saw your solution.
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By IzunaDropped on 03 Dec 2021 15:57
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Simple achievement. Once you get to Gideons Rock you will encounter statues that come to life. You just need to kill one with the weapon you get from it (by chopping it off).

The weapon is called "Gaia Lancer," and honestly is a pretty decent weapon.
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30 Sep 2019 02:49

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How do you chop it off? Also these things are owning me, what’s the best way to deal with them?
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By Bootybandit1#751 on 23 Mar 2020 22:44
It doesn't work if killing the statue directly. To get this achievement, you must chop off its right arm first and then kill it (using Gaia Lancer during this entire fight).
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By EvanGameHK on 26 Mar 2020 06:48
I can confirm. You must chop off his weapon, pick it up then kill him with it
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By Born Again Gen on 26 Mar 2020 07:23
How do I get this if I didn't do it on the first try? Tried again after that several times - didn't work. gamepass version
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By headXcrash on 02 Apr 2020 16:21
Nevermind. Restarted the game and 4 achievements popped. Including this one
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By headXcrash on 03 Apr 2020 12:45
This is missable, the correct type of statue stops respawning after a while
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By boydo1990 on 03 Apr 2020 17:33
It needs to be one of the shielded ones, can't be one of those mutated ones stuck to the floor. I had to do it on my second playthrough.
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By boydo1990 on 08 Apr 2020 19:16
I thought the same ,that i would get it 2nd run through after only noticing after the statues had melted,but im here right now and just finished the statue for the 3rd time with ghia lancer and nothing, anyone have any ideas?
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By fffoolish on 30 Apr 2020 00:20
I needed to do a semi second playthrough, needs to be one of the shielded Ghia's. They stop spawning after a certain point. I had one spawn randomly late game, but that was a statue that hadn't been activated before, I reloaded the checkpoint to try again, but the statue was gone from its stand the second time. If you are lucky enough to have a un-activated statue with turns into a shield one, try do it and reload your save from the cloud if you fuck it up, otherwise it won't spawn again.
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By boydo1990 on 30 Apr 2020 08:56
Try equipping directional parry implant. Then just parry their attacks and riposte with high damage.

To chop off their weapon, focus on their right arm by using RS. Damage it sufficiently and then hold X when prompted.
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By on 25 Mar 2020 10:20
I was a bit confused by this as I got the weapon the first time I encountered one but killed it with my own weapon. SO went back to the medbay to respawn it and equipped the new weapon. Killed it 5 or 6 times no achievement. As mentioned above even if you already have the Lancer you must cut the right arm and pick up the Lancer again even if you have it already and swap to it to finish it off.
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By Calex dEUS on 08 Apr 2020 18:56
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So the achievement did pop for me after killing out right with the weapon so heres what you need to do first off you have to chop off the left arm then the right arm and then kill it
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06 Oct 2019 00:37

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You just need to chop off his weapon arm, pick it up and equip it, then kill him
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By Born Again Gen on 26 Mar 2020 07:24
Trophy description is a bit vague compared to what you have to actually do.

Killing it with the GAIA lancer isn't enough, you need to do the following:
- Have a GAIA lancer equipped
- Chop off the statues right arm
- Pickup the item it drops
- Kill the statue

Missing any steps above and the trophy won't pop
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02 Oct 2019 07:12

Gideon's Rock statues are quite obvious when you come across them. They look like solid rock until you get close, then they turn into a very tall robot to fight. These enemies fight with a large spear, and your first goal is to chop one's arm off to get the spear added to your inventory. You can equip the spear right away and finish that same enemy to get the achievement, or finish the enemy and go jump in the med bay to respawn it. However, if you come across a full-health statue enemy, it will have its spear again. The achievement only unlocks when you cut the arm holding the spear off AND kill the statue while the spear is equipped on your character during the same fight.

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A mi después de probar todo lo anterior,solo me lo dio cortándole primero el brazo de el arma y después una pierna,todo con su arma,espero que os sea de ayuda.un saludo.
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16 Mar 2021 12:22

I've killed multiple statues with the Gaia Lancer and the achievement hasn't popped. I've killed the infected statues with it and the regular walking statues... still hasn't popped. I gave up and I'm on NG+, now, so I'll try it again when I get back to Giddeons Rock.
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03 Oct 2019 20:55

Gideon's Rock statues are quite obvious when you come across them. They look like solid rock until you get close, then they turn into a very tall robot to fight. These enemies fight with a large spear, and your first goal is to chop one's arm off to get the spear added to your inventory. You can equip the spear right away and finish that same enemy to get the achievement, or finish the enemy and go jump in the med bay to respawn it. However, if you come across a full-health statue enemy, it will have its spear again. The achievement only unlocks when you cut the arm holding the spear off AND kill the statue while the spear is equipped on your character during the same fight.
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Aim at the right hand of the statue and cut off its weapon - the spear of Gaia. After that, finish off the statue with him. I didn't need to cut off two arms.
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28 Sep 2019 16:22

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1. Cut off a hand with a weapon, finished it off, received a weapon.
2. Already with a weapon, he again cut off the hand with the weapon, finished off
Video guide (ru).
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By normax on 30 Dec 2020 19:28
First he cut off his right hand, then finished off by cutting off his left hand. That's the only way the trophy dropped.
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By mysilentscream on 20 Apr 2020 17:41
Only cutting off both of the robot's arms worked.
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By Fzis on 31 Dec 2020 09:53
The trophy is skippable, at the 2nd transformation of the world there is a statue of Gaia, there is only one in Gideon’s rock and it will not respawn, be careful
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By Kurotcu on 21 Jun 2021 22:51
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Big clarification! They gave it only after I cut off both hands of the statue! Before this, I thought the trophy was glitchy.
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27 Sep 2019 09:32