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Hardcore Mod - How To Struggle Without Upgrades
By CandleSign
Many people tend to get stuck in the Hardcore Mod of Waste World - because they have few upgrades, not the ones they need, or even are without any.
HERE IS how to get past it: as far as I can tell, there is only one strategy that works, and here it is unfolded, step by step.
At least for the first level, the second one being easier I will only give you some general advice.

(ummm, and yes, I know there is another way to get past it, with the skull and stuff, making this guide kind of useless... but honestly, you must prefer to beat the level rather than to skip it, don't you?)
   
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First level
ROUND 1
You begin the battle near the Raiders, who will prevent you from escaping and limit your possible movements. This is why, first, you shall eliminate the one to Rust's left, who blocks the path to the largest part of the map.







































ROUND 2

Keep doing so...







































ROUND 3

You have now cleared the path. You shall go toward the top of the map, to avoid getting surrounded by the Raiders. However they will be near enough to hurt you - but you have no choice.

Due to the order in which the Raiders will move, the farthest one is actually the most dangerous. You shall kill him first.





















ROUND 4

You got hit and lost 4 HP (if you have no armor of course) - that means you can still take one blow more without dying. Keep attacking the same Raider.







































ROUND 5

Because you killed the right Raider first, the other one is too far away to hit you. Now, you cannot shoot him twice without getting hurt, but you have enough HP to do it. Unless you fail on purpose, you have already won the battle. Let's get this over with.







































ROUND 6







































Congrats! You succeeded!
Second level
As I already said, I will only provide you with general advice - it is easy enough not to need a full plan. You must actually not even need the guide to finish it, but I write it anyway because it would not be complete if I did not.

You shall kill the Radrats first, since they will come to you before the Raiders. You will surely take one or two blows while eliminating them, but it has no importance.
Once it is done, take refuge here:

If they come from the top, which is the case, the Raiders cannot follow you here. You just have to switch between the two locations the screenshot shows and attack the Raiders until they are both defeated.
5 Comments
ホニカル_コヂング / Honi 28 May, 2022 @ 11:02pm 
It's kind of weird, I remember having this trouble, I don't know, but in my case what it helped was losing once and looking the screen with attention, the skull there is like glitching, and it actually worked in my case to kill the others before they hurt Rust
Kaos 19 Mar, 2022 @ 1:26pm 
you can also use [SPOILERS (not to major, not to minor)] the kill cheat code from walk (shift-c-k)
TrueBerserk 19 Dec, 2021 @ 10:49am 
Thx man
dont take mine upgrade and that level was a bit problematic
CandleSign  [author] 6 Jan, 2021 @ 5:26pm 
I'm glad it helped you!
Ceiyne 6 Jan, 2021 @ 3:33pm 
Thank you for this guide! I hadn't gotten the mines upgrade so the first battle was brutal for me.