Boneworks VR - How Ammo Works, Getting Dev Weapons In Story, Max'ing Ammo Guide

[@corombb]

Also, 9 things to note about melee: 1: Crowbars are excellent tools for hooking onto items/ledges that are out of reach to climb to inaccessible spaces or pull things closer to you (i.e. crates on shelves). They're also an excellent general purpose melee weapon that works equally well against crates and enemies. Axes and sledgehammers are also somewhat effective but not as much as the crowbar. 2: *Everything* is vulnerable to knives and cleavers 3: Good headshots/headhits/headstabs for Omniprojectors (the roller guys) and Nullbodies (orange guys) are almost guaranteed instant kills 4: Sprinting/jumping/falling or otherwise having speed/momentum with your hit drastically increases the damage and knockback of an attack. - remember that Boneworks is a very physics-based game. Pointed edges are also more powerful than blunt edges, so hitting someone with the curved tip of a crowbar will hurt them much more than hitting them with the handle. Sprinting/jumping at Nullbodies/Omniprojectors and hitting them in the head with a crowbar or knife is an almost guaranteed kill. Zombish (the zombies, also called FordEarlyExit in menus) are much more resilient but will still die with a knife stab to the head. Snap turn also counts as momentum though using it practically is difficult. 5: Crablets are very vulnerable to damage in general because they're so weak and light, so they can be picked up and headbutted to kill them. They can also be stabbed as they jump at you, and you can punch them in midair to send them off course. You can also grab them and sprint-slam them into a wall to instantly kill them. Sometimes I like to pick them up and repeatedly ram them into my fist as my fist stays in place. 6: The sledgehammer is a joke when used one-handed. Most two-handed weapons are impossible to use effectively one-handed due to their weight making them swing uncontrollably. 7: The sledgehammer is also a joke when used two-handed. Hitting something with the hammer itself is insanely difficult. It's best used for smashing any destructible crate in a single hit. 8: Melee weapons can be held in either direction with your hand facing either direction, i.e. knives can be held facing upwards towards your thumb, or held "reverse" with the knife facing away from your thumb which is particularly effective when held under a pistol or when sprinting at enemies. The same applies to flashlights. 9: Limbs can be disabled/crippled. Smack the legs of a nullbody with a bat and he will flop around on the ground. Smack his arms and he'll just repeatedly walk towards you and swing his broken arms uselessly.

[@AdamDitheridge]

Nice tips.... thanks. Also, regarding the flashlight, if you store it in your upper left storage holder, the flashlight illuminates the way ahead.

[@ryanmorehead9118]

You can break some bottles to get sharp objects. You can also grab cleanup crew to aim there gun.

[@niklasneighbor6726]

GET THE KNEECAPS!

[@niklasneighbor6726]

10: put crablets on enemy faces for free entertainment

[@maxruble5433]

You know, stabbing the head sometimes doesn't kill, but going for the neck kills no matter what.

[@Serpentar9000]

most ppl in boneworks: *john wicking through level with dual pistols, jumps and slowmos* Scotsman : "Aight,imma grab trash can and a brick" *cleanup crew start visibly sweating in fear*

[@ssj3fox]

This is the most important Boneworks video on the internet!

[@GreasedScotsman]

Heh. Thank you very much for the kind words. Glad the guide helped you.

[@ringadu]

They just pushed an update that fixes the "hand in monomat" pushing you out of the map, good work though :)

[@GreasedScotsman]

Yeah... I'm very glad for that, as I had to re-buy at least 3 of the developer weapons due being launched through the map.

[@SirMatthew]

The fact that I didn't notice I could just aim all the cannons first BEFORE firing is pretty infuriating

[@GreasedScotsman]

If it helps, I too ran around dodging Crablets and Zombie bolts my first time through... It was pretty hectic.

[@namename9627]

Yeah I feel so stupid now smh

[@Johnof1000Suns]

Btw the devs are apparently updating the game to make it possible to grab either type of ammo at any time. This means you don’t need to use some of your ammo to buy the rifle and pistol to switch ammo and can just use it solely on dev weapons.

[@GreasedScotsman]

I read that recently. It'll be a nice quality of life change.

[@TheBaldrickk]

You can dump pistol ammo into the monomat in time tower, then pick up a rifle ammo box, switching the active ammo, and so dump all your ammo without having to buy a weapon to make the switch

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@TheBaldrickk Awesome tip.

[@jolt9771]

@@TheBaldrickk thanks

[@hypnis1081]

another big thing for people doing it now: save as much as you can. When you save, it saves all the ammo you're carrying. You can load the save by reloading the scene of the level you're in. It's useful if ammo clips through the floor, or if you forgot some and need to backtrack in sewers or something.

[@VexBend]

I use the utility gun to spawn in fords and use them as shields so then I can distract the clean up crew while getting ammo easily

[@GreasedScotsman]

Resourceful. I like it.

[@mathgasm8484]

@@GreasedScotsman I got this game when I was new to VR. I got sick so I put it down for a few months now im back trying to get the utility gun on my first play through so I can spawn in knives to melee it.

[@bradymeredith491]

@@GreasedScotsman I know I’m really late and your not gonna see this but how much ammo do these cost? I wanna know before I waste all my ammo on one and I can’t get it

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@bradymeredith491 You won't waste ammo. You can reclaim whatever item you can afford, finish the level, restart the level. You'll start with all your ammo again. Buy a new item. Reclaim. Complete the level. Repeat. Since you always start each level with your best ammo count, once you can afford a weapon, you can ALWAYS afford it. You just need to reclaim and finish the level for each one. As for seeing how much they cost, just hop into Time Tower and check the Monomat.

[@DreamsDiabolic]

Watched all of your Boneworks vids. Good god these were insanely helpful. Had no idea the lore and backstory ran so deep. Also no clue that the ammo worked the way it did. I wasted a ton of ammo on my first playthrough just shooting random things. You got a sub out of me!

[@Xombie1337]

thank you so much for making this it is an amazing video and has been THE video i have been looking for

[@GreasedScotsman]

You are most welcome.

[@GreasedScotsman]

@Harvey Austin Really glad it's helped.

[@BigBenzilla]

You know on the streets level you can just hang onto your yellow key from earlier, and bypass the boneworks box across the swinging platforms. 😉

[@Ryan-sw6jx]

I had no idea that ammo = score, thanks!

[@namename9627]

Idk if you know this or not but a useful tip just in general is that if you jump in real life at the same time you jump in game you’ll go really high and this has saved me a lot of time and even let me skip a few puzzles

[@DiggerDeeper01]

A new, far better note now: *The Gravity Plate and Gravity Pads can be reclaimed in the handgun range and the Utility Gun can be reclaimed in Hover Junkers along with The Wasp.*

[@SkooBalls]

@@vynric only if you unlocked it..

[@NoOne-us9os]

@@SkooBalls what do you mean

[@SkooBalls]

@@NoOne-us9os Not sure that was a while ago

[@aero6298]

so if i buy the utility gun and reclaim it and finish the level, can i reload that same level with that same amount of ammo and buy the other dev weapons without losing the other weapon and still have the same ammo count?

[@virgilolson7938]

Yes

[@namename9627]

I’ve also seen other people do a trick where they pull the handle to open it and push the refund button at the same time to get the thing without losing any ammo and this has worked for me as well

[@hugowijk3676]

Thank you for this! I had only seen a couple of your ammo pickup and collectibe guides, but the fighting tactics and overall tips here were super helpful! Now I feel like I might have a chance to get those dev guns! :D

[@GreasedScotsman]

Cinder block plus trash can lid = overpowered. It takes a bit to melee clear levels, but thankfully, enemies don't respawn, so once you've cleared things, you can explore without worry.

[@hugowijk3676]

@@GreasedScotsman yeah the cinder block seems a bit op, although my right shoulder actually hurt after finding runoff from constantly holding it up above the trash bin.

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@hugowijk3676 Hah, yeah... It makes me really appreciate using guns after I finish a melee only run

[@TheBaldrickk]

Trash can lid is the best shield. For run-off and tower, the best melee weapon against the omni projectors (clean-up crew) is actually the rifle. The katana is best against everything else, but the rifle also does a good job here. I'll just use whatever I have on hand on the zombies in tower

[@corombb]

6 things to note about the Time Tower Monomat: 1: Don't bother buying any guns to switch ammo types. When you load into any level the game will default to pistol ammo. Deposit all of your pistol ammo, then go back into the "courtyard" area and climb up the grass wall or the pipe wall and collect one (or both) of the crates of rifle ammo. When you pick up the ammo it will switch your selected ammo type to rifle ammo, then you can go back to the Monomat and spend your rifle ammo without wasting any ammo on guns. Do not collect either of those crates without first depositing all of your pistol ammo, otherwise you'll be unable to switch back to pistol ammo without buying a pistol. 2: When you load Time Tower it will always default to your current ammo "high score". Spending ammo on weapons then completing the level and reloading it will use the same current high score, so you can buy any weapon, complete the level, then come back and get another weapon to rinse and repeat until you unlock everything. 3: If you need a little extra ammo, it is possible to jam the elevator by pushing the crates under the lip at the top. It's unreliable so you might need to reload the level once or twice but once you do it successfully you can collect all the ammo in the arena then drop back into the Monomat room and spend it. Once you have the dev manipulator you can jam the elevator more easily with the stone benches (from what I've heard, though I haven't tried that tip myself). The elevator automatically goes down if you're under it, so it will come down once you drop into the Monomat room. 4: You can grab two magazines at a time using both your hands which lets you transfer ammo at ~400/s into the Monomat. The clipping bug in the video has been fixed so you don't need to worry about that anymore. 5: Once you have the dev manipulator, you don't need to use the cannons to launch the gravity cores into the system clock. Just grab em and slap them in or slingshot them (by pulling the little orb on the manipulator backwards like a slingshot) into the slots. 6: If you don't want to deposit your stuff before loading the cannons (i.e. you just got the dev manipulator and you're using it to load the cannons or just directly using it to put the gravity cores in the slots) save the cannon/slot near the reclaimer for last. Once you insert the 4th gravity core you have a very limited amount of time to deposit your weapons/items before the level ends, so being near the reclaimer gives you the most time to put everything in without wasting time sprinting across the level.

[@GreasedScotsman]

Did you watch the video? Almost all of these things are mentioned or shown except for jamming the Time Tower elevator, but I never bothered talking about needing ammo from Time Tower because my intention was always to have my ammo guide provide players with way more ammo than needed for the Nimbus by the time I spawned into the map. I'm glad they fixed the clipping bug... that one was annoying. I also don't bother showing much gameplay with the dev weapons themselves since the goal of the ammo guide is to GET the weapons, and I find it very frustrating to watch other guides where they're just running around with dev weapons, using them to get ammo boxes that are high up or are otherwise hidden, etc. It doesn't help the person who doesn't yet have those dev weapons and still needs to get the ammo. Same with Time Tower... yes, the dev manip makes it faster, but most people won't have the weapon, so showing a method that is still fast and safe seemed ideal.

[@corombb]

@@GreasedScotsman I thought I'd just offer clarification on some points

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@corombb Sounds good. The tip about switching ammo types is especially useful and I wish I had learned it before making the video as it's great info.

[@stick6969]

I HAD NO IDEA THE MACHINES TAKE BULLETS!!! I WAS EXPECTING TO BE GIVEN LIKE "a money score" AFTER I BEAT THE GAME I DIDNT KNOW AAAAA

[@WhaminePL]

Thank You! Super useful and easy-to-follow video, great work.

[@KeyboardQuartz8801]

i have a technique to make a nimbus gun that doesn't no-clip step:1 attach a gravity plate to yourself. step 2:summon the manipulator. step 3 activate the manipulator while its pointed at the gravity plate. step 4:while holding the trigger,point to where you want to go. step 5:flight.

[@GreasedScotsman]

Yup, I've used this method a few times. Pretty fun.

[@jedigrandmaster6471]

or... ya know... buy the nimbus gun

[@x3non500]

Thanks a lot for this guide! I can't wait to unlock the Dev-Tools :D

[@GreasedScotsman]

Very glad it helped.

[@Zyro1331]

This is an amazing guide, thanks for teaching me and I will now be on my way to unlock everything!

[@DiggerDeeper01]

There are two boxes with Rifle Ammo in the Monomat area of Time Tower. One requires Gravity Cups to get to but the other can be climbed up to via the pipes. It's on the left side as you enter the area. If you throw in ALL your Pistol ammo, and then go grab the Rifle Ammo, your ammo type will change and you don't need to spend ANY ammo at all on the cheap Monomat.

[@cameroncoffie4977]

extemely helpful, thank you

[@BatmanChickenCrossesLeRoadツ]

I highly recommend buying the utility gun first

[@GreasedScotsman]

Yes, as soon as you have the Util Gun reclaimed, you can spawn any NPC, weapon or other collectible you've gathered for your Sand Box into Story Mode.

[@kbyrnenc]

@@GreasedScotsman Hey do you lose the utility gun when you restart the campaign

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@kbyrnenc I've never restarted, just used level select.

[@jedigrandmaster6471]

@@kbyrnenc i believe you can just use the menu to get a utility gun anywhere in the campaign or in some sandbox levels

[@K1ttyGam3r]

The one I’m going for first is the Power Puncher, because 1. It’s least expensive and a little easier to obtain 2. I wanna punch things *r e a l l y* far

[@Semaze]

Lil thing, you don't need to finish a level once something is dropped into a reclamation bin. You can just exit the level using the menu. Also holding the jump button, and running up to enemies and letting go (also throwing your arms up) you can do a super jump headbutt if you aim right at their heads. This frequently insta kills for me. But downside is it doesn't work well when over crowded.

[@stendersenhendersen6862]

What I do for the vending machine on Time Tower is I grab all the ammo on the floor with the giant sphere but make sure the last ammo type I pick up is pistol ammo. I go back down to the vending machine, place all pistol ammunition in, then I grab the rest of the ammo on the grass wall and pipe wall which happens to be rifle ammo. Once you grab them, it swaps your belt with rifle ammo and now you can use every bit of ammo on the dev weapons.

[@GreasedScotsman]

Yup, excellent solution.

[@BatmanChickenCrossesLeRoadツ]

Stendersen Hendersen explain it but simplier

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@BatmanChickenCrossesLeRoadツ He's pointing out that I bought a pistol and a rifle at the cheap Monomat in order to switch ammo types on my belt. He's saying that instead, you can just pick up ammo in the level in order to switch ammo types on your belt--you don't have to buy a gun.

[@K1ttyGam3r]

Thank you so much for posting this comment, I just used this method to obtain the Power Puncher

[@MuAlexJS]

great the 10 hour playthrough will now become a 40 hour playthrough

[@BatmanChickenCrossesLeRoadツ]

When you spawn a weapon does it spawn with ammo

[@GreasedScotsman]

No. You'll need to load a mag from your belt.

[@Mitsurugi2424]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but, I wanna say that in last stand the kill has to be on the enemy that killed you. I have been killed by omnis and killed 2 nullmen during the sequence and still went down. Same with the zombish that shoot energy. When I got out of the tubes and on the platform before the spillway where you showed your cinderblock/trashcan technique, the energy zombish was 3rd inline, all were to far away to hit me physically, when my guy said "I'm dying" I shot and killed 2 zombish and still died. Reloaded, intentionally got shot, shot the shooter, didn't die.

[@thecodeson99]

Man I'm not gonna lie after i beat the game I did a melee only run to try to get all ammo and i actually feel like that was the most fun in any vr game I have ever had. Especially during later levels when being completely surrounded. It became like a puzzle where you could use stealth or brute force with a trash can lid as a shield lol

[@GreasedScotsman]

Glad you enjoyed the hunt

[@Larrying.]

huge help, thank you so much

[@Jijan6]

I got the dev weapons by starting with pistol ammo and putting it all into the dev weapon I wanted and then in the starting room the ammo boxes contain rifle ammo and collecting them switches your ammo type, so that's how I did it...

[@Fella_12]

Idea to cut to the chase locate every ammo box get the nimbus gun and fly through everybody so you can get all the ammo and all the dev items

[@Infantry492]

Around the 9 minute mark, is that music from gex 2 that I hear?

[@threemooseqateers9689]

Ah shit, time for a melee only run

[@masterzoroark6664]

Mele run Ford be like: *Caveman noises* BRIIIIIICK!!!

[@theorange4527]

Also, the way that i counter cleanup crew is that i literally run in with a brick grab their heads and smack them once, it tends to be one shot.

[@laf9937]

great video!

[@GreasedScotsman]

Thanks. Hope it was helpful to you.

[@twoxer_g]

3:20 you can actually just use one type of ammo in the developer weapon monomat (saving enough for a weapon with the opposite ammo type) and then go over to the cheap one and buy the weapon. It's a little unnecessary but it saves ammo so what the hell?

[@Guitarman012]

tip for the clean up crew, just run up and punch them no need for a shield

[@macnugetz]

wait does unlocking the utility gun give you everything besides the dev gun or do you have to unlock everything

[@Mitsurugi2424]

Can you still get the katana? Or has it been made so nothing spawns from barrels?

[@copper.head.0]

things i learned playing boneworks: Cinderblocks are OP

[@GreasedScotsman]

Watch my Ammo guide for Tower to learn about the power of Chairs. :)

[@TheFuzzyOcelot]

Would it be possible to use the nimbus gun to fly into the big prize Monomat, grab a dev weapon, then fly out and up to the reclamation bin? Because if that is possible, then the "meta" should be to shoot for the nimbus gun by default.

[@Stiftoad]

Once you have enough for the nimbus gun you have enough for all the others, it does save you reloading time though i guess..m

[@oddoccult9606]

the utility gun doesn't work for me do i have something because I try to spawn thing but there nothing do I have to reload the gun or something because I try to spawn things but I cant

[@anaalileipa4589]

Quality content subbed

[@blax140]

oh thats what the sum of best means

[@bartekcalinski1221]

i can't be the only person who took all the ammo from the museum level on my first playthrough

[@diseasedworm9209]

you arent 1 year later

[@bartekcalinski1221]

@@diseasedworm9209 yes i am you idiot

[@diseasedworm9209]

@@bartekcalinski1221 huh

[@didgeridoot6115]

Can you use the utility gun in sandbox without unlocking it?

[@multiguneur696]

nice guide !

[@Celticjamz]

Fun fact: in the new sandbox fro hover junkies there is an area where u can get a utility tool, but if u bring it to the end where the replication bin is, u can drop that gun in there, and get it FOR FREE

[@donovanjoseph737]

...can you elaborate? That is really intriguing, but I would like some more info. A video link, maybe?

[@Celticjamz]

@@donovanjoseph737 basically, u just go to the area with the weapons and enime spawner and there is a gun u can spawn things with, take that gun with u to the reclamation bin and toss it in. Congrats, u just got the utility gun for free

[@angeljr7958]

hey do you know how to get unlimited ammo in zombie warehouse via the save game file?

[@ORIGINALFBI]

So how do you block the elevator like you said to claim all the ammo in time tower and use it?

[@GreasedScotsman]

Use your Bone Noodle. You'll think of something

[@ORIGINALFBI]

@@GreasedScotsman I actually figured it out like immediately after posting thr questions. I used the oval bench to do it

[@Nina-NerdyReindeer]

I kinda use trash can lid apperntly it works gives your head instant cover from ranger units idk bout zombie fords throws lighting

[@boxdude8141]

uhh guys i hvae a question if i complete a level and found all of the ammo and i replay this and shoot alot of ammo out does that change my ammo???

[@GreasedScotsman]

You always start a level with your best ammo score. While it is possible to decrease your ammo score while playing a level by shooting your weapon, that only matters on the attempts you're trying to get a high score of ammo. If you are just messing around or going Collectibles hunting, weapons free.

[@trickymister9687]

Should I buy the power puncher first or the utility gun first?

[@jedigrandmaster6471]

utility gun

[@TheBaldrickk]

I've got a good way to get all the ammo needed. Cheat. Got that from your guide. Thank you oh mighty one.

[@daviduhmg4794]

I made 2 run of boneworks and I didn't knew that if I kill an enemy while dying I would be revived

[@bullseye28]

Only melee to get a lot of ammo, when I did that I got. L: 6000 something M: 7000 something. still no utility gun but trying my best ):

[@GreasedScotsman]

If you get stuck on finding enough ammo,here's a Playlist that will help you find every single ammo pickup possible in the game: kzbin.info/aero/PLCeTCgp5ty70bEBnccBM3SDaUQ8EbExQt

[@bullseye28]

Thanks so much (:

[@ImTyMac]

If you die, do you lose any ammo?

[@Asa45400]

So what if I missed some ammo on one level? Can I go back to the level to get it and still keep my later ammo or do I just have to restart?

[@GreasedScotsman]

Think of each level as having its own high score/maximum amount of ammo to gather from it. Every time you start a level, you start it as if your ammo count on THAT level is 0 and must do your best to collect as much as you can and then complete the level. If you leave without completing the level, you will lose your ammo progress for that level (unless you use a save point). However, the game only tracks your best ammo count from a level, so if you play though a level and do worse than a previous ammo run on that level, you don't lose anything. What you cannot do is play a level and get all of the ammo at the first half of the level, complete it, restart it and then get all the ammo in the second half of the level and complete it and hope the two runs will combine in some way. In short, you have to gather all the ammo for a level in one attempt (you can use save points if you need to take a break).

[@Asa45400]

@@GreasedScotsman thanks

[@asherwyllie7113]

I have a question can you get the utility gun then finish the level do all the stuff then go back to time towers and get the other dev items

[@GreasedScotsman]

Get the Util Gun, reclaim it, finish the level. Now you can rinse and repeat for every other Dev Gun you can afford because you always start the level with your best amount of ammo from the prior levels. If you don't have enough ammo for more expensive Dev items, do a melee only run for the maps you're missing ammo... Any better ammo run you do will improve your overall ammo. You can check your ammo completion status for any level from the Main Menu scoreboard

[@asherwyllie7113]

Thanks for the info

[@asherwyllie7113]

And will the stuff that you have in sandbox will also be in the utility Gun ?

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@asherwyllie7113 Yup.

[@asherwyllie7113]

Thank you

[@chanceslaughter3237]

Do you need to playthrough multiple times? Or can you just go back to the level with all your ammo and go to the monomat?

[@GreasedScotsman]

Just hop back into the level with all of your ammo. You always start a level with your best total gathered "high score" of ammo.

[@chanceslaughter3237]

@@GreasedScotsman so once you get like 24k you've basically done all the work for all the weapons?

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@chanceslaughter3237 yup. Just load up time tower, buy the weapon you want, reclaim it, finish the level and then go back into Time Tower and buy, reclaim, beat again for another weapon. If you buy and reclaim the Util Gun and Nimbus first, this means that you can use the Nimbus on other Time Tower runs to reclaim whatever other items you want and then literally fly to the Boneworks door exit. No need to do anything with the clock or canons.

[@ClaireTheSaltyHypocrite2309]

but in runoff there are cleanup crew dudes too far up to melee how do you deal with them?

[@GreasedScotsman]

Edit: Just checked and it looks like I pulled the Old runs from the Ammo Pickup Guides Playlist for clarity/ease of use, but the videos are still on the channel. One of the old Runoff runs shows more combat, including how to reach the enemies that are up high. Here's a direct link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goqviJSsnZaLjNE

[@JustAHat]

8:42 breaks the box but doesn't get the ammo lol

[@ORIGINALFBI]

If I don't have enough do I have to start the game over from 0 ammo?

[@GreasedScotsman]

No. You just restart the map and will always have the highest amount you've collected. You can even return to individual levels and try to improve your ammo count on a map. Any improvements will get added to your total. So, look for a map with lots of missing ammo. Go gather as much as you can and complete the level. Then return directly to Time Tower and you'll see the extra ammo that was an improvement on that map's ammo collection added to your total in later maps.

[@ORIGINALFBI]

@@GreasedScotsman Ah. I get it. So the tower currently has whatever my highest number is. Go back and collect more than what I currently have to increase the amount. Thanks

[@GreasedScotsman]

Yup. Think of ammo as a per map high score. You always start a map with your best ammo count for a map. So, if you go in and shoot every single bullet you own and restart the level, you will be right back to whatever your best run was. Each map later in the campaign is the sum of all of your best ammo runs on prior levels, so that by the time you get to Time Tower, it's the high scores of all the previous maps.

[@Minecraftbauer9]

When I punch the cleanup crew in the head, they die instantly

[@jackthewolfman3075]

so does getting the utility gun allow you to unlock everything in the game?

[@GreasedScotsman]

Reclaiming the utility gun allows you to spawn anything else you've reclaimed in Story Mode. This includes the other developer weapons once you can afford them that you reclaim by playing the Time Tower level repeatedly and reclaiming different Dev Weapons each time.

[@jackthewolfman3075]

@@GreasedScotsman ok perfect thank you

[@BatmanChickenCrossesLeRoadツ]

GreasedScotsman so I buy the utility gun How to I use on a different level Is it like when you touch the utility gun you can always the utility menu? Even on different levels??

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@BatmanChickenCrossesLeRoadツ Yes. Once you've reclaimed the Utility Gun, on any level in Story Mode, you'll now be able to spawn it, and, when holding it, will have access to the Utility Menu in Story Mode.

[@skeebo5388]

So I’m on central station with around 9 to 10 k should I be on good ammo then

[@BatmanChickenCrossesLeRoadツ]

You need more than that

[@GreasedScotsman]

If you follow the guides the whole way through, you should end up with 25,298 ammo when you spawn into Time Tower.

[@1fly2sky]

Ok i love the trash can strat with the rifle men, but how about just punching them. Fun fact! they have no health at all.

[@centauridev]

Hey, if i buy a Thing for, lets say 15000 in time tower. Will i still have Them if i restart time tower?

[@GreasedScotsman]

Buy the thing. Reclaim it. Finish the level. Restart Time Tower. Yes, you still have all of your ammo again, plus the item you reclaimed. Buy something else. Reclaim it. Finish the level. Rinse repeat.

[@centauridev]

@@GreasedScotsman ok, nice. Now i just need to get the ammo ;)

[@BatmanChickenCrossesLeRoadツ]

GreasedScotsman ok how much ammo we need. Do I need 19k for utility gun

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@BatmanChickenCrossesLeRoadツ The most expensive item is the Nimbus Gun, which costs 24,500 ammo. If you follow my Full Ammo Pickups guides, you'll get more than that, about 25,298 ammo by the time you reach Time Tower, so you'll have more than enough to afford everything (as all other weapons are cheaper than the Nimbus Gun).

[@chanceslaughter3237]

I heard you have to do it all in one playthrough, is that true?

[@GreasedScotsman]

If you quit a map without saving, you'll lose that map's progress, but only that map. You can return to older maps and improve your ammo count there, beat the map, and it will increase your overall ammo total across all maps. Think of each level as having a high score of ammo to gather. The best ammo amount you've gathered becomes in previous maps becomes your starting ammo for the next map.

[@chanceslaughter3237]

@@GreasedScotsman ahh, so you can finish a level, exit game and come back the next day to continue... Someone told me you had to do it all in one sitting, which I wouldn't have time for. Thanks!

[@kopotato1278]

so all we have to do is go to the save with the most ammo

[@GreasedScotsman]

Not sure what you mean by "save with the most ammo."

[@kopotato1278]

like the chapter with the most ammo

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@kopotato1278 not exactly... You need to collect as much ammo as you can on each without also firing your weapon, but if you find yourself missing a chunk of ammo to afford Dev Weapons, I recommend replaying whatever map you might be missing the most ammo on as that should increase your overall ammo total the most as you improve your collection score.

[@dewie1529]

There is an alternate way to get the utility gun and the Dev Manipulate gun

[@dewie1529]

The way to get Dev manipulate gun is go to the end of redacted get ballon gun and grab a crate along with the gun and you get that gun as well

[@monkeyojacko]

Well now the utility gun and dev manipulator are free

[@aadummy]

what I do to the crew is I just run and punch em

[@hooksie36]

When your at the main menu there's a space for a blue key how do you get that age are there any other unlockable other than the sand box and arena?

[@GreasedScotsman]

The blue key in the main menu is in one of the lockers if memory serves. It allows you to bypass the height check at the very start of the game and is shaped like a Ford head. Currently, there are only Sandbox and Arena modules.

[@hooksie36]

Cheers I've unlocked those couldn't find any references to that key anywhere I'll have a look just need to go back through and get those dev weapons and a few npcs and regular weapons now 👌

[@thetarr2]

8:53 wee

[@frakanazz]

come pick me up mom, im scared

[@TheOGjarilo]

Thanks for the vid, but wtf I picked up every stupid crate I came a long and still only had 18k. Please tell me to get to 22k I don't have to pick up all those same stupid crates again

[@GreasedScotsman]

Did you fire your weapon at all? On a melee-only playthrough, did you look in every nook and cranny? There's tons of ammo hidden in trash cans, behind boxes, up in ceiling rafters, etc.

[@TheOGjarilo]

@@GreasedScotsman Yea, I went through the maps after I cleared the enemies like a fine tooth comb ( or whatever that saying is ) . I fired a gun here and there but come on, what's that like 300 ammo?

[@GreasedScotsman]

@@TheOGjarilo I'll be making an All Ammo Pickups guide after I find the stuff they added in today's patch.

[@TheOGjarilo]

@@GreasedScotsman Thanks man, really appreciate it. Dude you have 18k alone in pistol ammo, I definitely don't get it even after watching the vid. So does this mean that it stacks when a replay the same level or something? How do you do that. There is no way there is that much pistol ammo in the game.

[@TheBaldrickk]

@@GreasedScotsman I've already started doing that. I have some videos on my channel already, covering break-room, museum, streets, warehouse and time tower, the others to come soon. (I've got all the dev weapons, but am missing a couple of pickups on the other maps. Annoyingly, sewers is bugged and you _can't_ hit the max ammo count as two pickups don't give the full ammo count

[@shTree]

Wait, how do you have 900 in museum, when the best possible is 860?

[@GreasedScotsman]

Ah, I was going through my inbox and thought this was the All Ammo Pickups Guide for the early levels, not the How Ammo Works Guide video, so ignore the earlier comment I deleted as I misunderstood the context of your question. For this How Ammo Works Guide, I altered my save file to zero out ammo for certain levels and I believe I set the amount for the early levels so that math would be easy for the examples I was going to present. In my first draft of the video, I had several "gather this much ammo then complete the level gives you a new starting total"-type examples. I ended up cutting all but one example because it became redundant.

[@breadd4971]

WARNING FOR PLAYERS IN 2021: grinding for the utility gun now will be a massive waste of time! Just complete hover junkers with ur utility gun!!

[@caveresch]

Just edit your save file to have tons of ammo and then buy every one of the dev weapons. Boom problem solved

[@anaalileipa4589]

Id rather experience the game tho

[@caveresch]

@@anaalileipa4589 you will still experience the game, you just won't have to worry about ammo so you can have way more fun. Trust me I've played it like 30 times.

[@anaalileipa4589]

@@caveresch yeah but making the effort and playing the game will make the reward feel more gratifying for me

[@caveresch]

@@anaalileipa4589 I dig it and I thought the same way until I realized that I had to whack people with crowbars the entire play through lol I did about three honest runs then gave up but if you truly do it I'll respect you.

[@andygrebel284]

How

[@vibechecker2514]

so just use onl melee cuz im gonna

[@bobybill3]

beans

[@trevorbigelow6144]

i tried to hack the system and grab a bunch of ammo from the despencer in sandbox and load back . . . worst half hour of my life

[@ian-exe7531]

so you cant shoot in a fucking shooting game

[@GreasedScotsman]

Of course you can. There's literally thousands of extra ammo beyond the most expensive item. However, for my tutorials, I did a melee-only run just to ensure every single ammo pickup possible was included and counted.

[@Garrold]

just download someones save file

[@thevoice6378]

Or with the power of M O D S. I may or may not had to redownload Boneworks at least 40 times because I fucked up using mods

[@RabbitConfirmed]

just download save file

[@GreasedScotsman]

Some people don't like to do that; it means more when you earn stuff.

[@RabbitConfirmed]

@@GreasedScotsman well not always, in this case it means more to me when I can use the time having fun instead of farming. Personal preferences.

[@optimisticscales7081]

@@RabbitConfirmed It's that "sense of pride and accomplishment" stuff that EA person talked about on reddit. It's bullshit when you try to make money off of that, less bullshit when you try to make your ambitious future game justify it's price. The thing is "pride and accomplishment" doesn't mean shit to people who just wanna have fun, and if manipulating the save files weren't so easy I'd count it as a legitimate knock against the game considering how much work you have to put into something that most games wouldn't. But the other side of that is Stress Level Zero isnt as experienced or well funded as many AAA developer studios, so I'll take the centrist route and say that this compromise is justified.

[@RabbitConfirmed]

@@optimisticscales7081 no some people just have a fucking job and study besides that and have no fucking time for that farming bs, who cares about EA anyways? lol

[@blax140]

id rather grind i payed £29 for the game i want my moneys worth

[@ethanhauser4522]

So when I go into streets, do I leave and then go back or what