Dead Space 2 - Hardcore Mode Guide & Encyclopedia

[alexcba]

awesome for noobs to dead space and veterans alike. great info yewjhin. awesome so far

[stonehead76]

looking good so far ill be starting my hardcore playthrough soon and im sure this guide will help loads thanks yewjhin

[vladzealot]

nice guide it'll help a lot.
I don't know if it's been said before but you could add that if you kinesis pull every corpse in a room to you and stomp them, then the infectors have nothing to infect and will make those spots a lot easier.
If you know the areas where they spawn then it works great.

[JonnyVu]

Just got to chapter 7 and did my 1st save. My last time I did HD mode i got to chapter 7 on my second save. this time I read all the comments and kept Contact beam on me. Ammo was 1000 each. Just kept getting them. pretty sure i'll finish Hardcore by tmr. THANKS!

[hckjimmypop]

Here's a guy who put up an entire HARDCORE walkthrough...

YouTube - Landscape97's Channel

[Gameguardian]

Great idea with a Hard Core guide yewjhin This will help us all out a lot as we're attempting Hard Core mode. Knowing where to strategically position yourself at different key points is a valuable survival technique. Also great with a video walkthrough for those tricky places, so thanks hckjimmypop and everyone else who contributes with tips and tricks for this awesome game.

[megaman80]

game set and match i got it! keep it up all you hard workers hehe

[Salvation]

Bought myself the Supernove pack, hopefully it will help me out but Im thinking of beating the game on Zealot first.

[UnholyInfinity]

Originally Posted by hckjimmypop

Here's a guy who put up an entire HARDCORE walkthrough...

YouTube - Landscape97's Channel

nice one i just watched a litte of it and saw that he used javelin gun and that it's pretty effective. so i went from my chapter 9 save and actually switched from plasma cutter to javelin gun (took nodes out of plasma and put into javelin) and omg the javelin gun is way better than the plasma cutter. you need about 13 nodes to fill all alt points and the special one from the javelin gun and you pretty much kill everything with one shot + alt (electrify) and when you have the special of the javelin gun it even explodes. sure you shouldn't be standing next to it but if there are enemies next to it they are pretty much done as well. went from chapter 9 to the end (so yeah just got plat hehe) without dying using upgraded javelin gun in most situations, upgraded contract beam in some and unupgraded plasma cutter for those little guys that die from one shot or those spitting things on the wall/ceiling/ground.

using alternate attack after firing a spear uses one more spear (logical? not really but oh well) so 2 spears for 1+ kill and 2 spears cost 400 so pretty much nothing. even with full dmg in plasma cutter you'd still need 2-4 shots depending on enemy type to kill so you'd have to spend 3 times as much money per kill.

so i can just recommend switching from plasma cutter as "main" weapon to javelin gun when you have enough nodes (including the ones in the plasma cutter at chapter 7+) to get the special of the javelin gun.

[LG ONE]

Originally Posted by yewjhin

2.0. Known Exploits

2.1 - Unlimited Money:(Requires Weapons & Suits DLC)
Original Link: Unlimited Money Glitch at the Beginning of the game!



2.2 - Semi-Unlimited Money/Items in Chapter 7:
Original Link: Glitch found by yewjhin - More to explore!
Note: Limited use for Hardcore Mode, but useful for other difficulties



2.3 - Unlimited Power Nodes in Chapter 14:
Original Link: Unlimited Power Nodes Glitch Exploit
Note: Limited use for Hardcore Mode, but useful for other difficulties

Video by PowerPyx
YouTube - Dead Space 2 - Infinite Power Nodes & Semiconductors Glitch

Hi @ all,

i have a little extension on the Money Glitch.

Example: If you shout out the ammo and sell the detonator. you only have 3 rounds..

you can upgrade it to 4 rounds with one power node..
but if you sell it .. you lose the power node (and get only half the worth of it)
right? No .. you can keep it.. and it doesn`t matter if its 1 node or fully upgraded..


I tell you how

I bought the Supernova Pack, and there are 2 Line Gun`s.

And i Upgraded one of them, 4x .. 4 nodes..

and i accidently sold the one i upgraded.. (i shoud get the half price from the 4 nodes = 20 000 credits) but i didn`t get the money.


so why? .. if you have 2 same weapons from the DLC`s you can upgrade one of them and the other weapon is
upgraded too.

You can shoot out the ammo, sell the weapon and rebuy them for 0 credits. And the ammo is full.
(you still have the other weapon in the safe or inventar*). (*don`t know the english word lol )


and you can refill the ammo on both weapons but never sell them both at once ..

you have to have always at least one of the upgraded weapons in your safe or inventar so the power nodes
can not be sold with the weapon. ..

that means you can upgread full capacity with the detonator (don`t know how many shots there are)
6 i think .. with 2 detonator each 6 shots.. (or more)

but not only the detonator, the line gun or the contact beam as well. (upgrad & sell them) .. that way you don`t have to reload and can save the ammo for your next play through .. (or on hardcore .. you will surely need ammo) ..

yo .. thats what i noticed .. i hope it will help some of you.


sorry for my english ..

Liebe Grüße aus Wien, Luka