Severed Steel

Severed Steel

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Severed Steel Achievement Guide
By kikiokyo
A quick and comprehensive guide to acquire the achievements in Severed Steel for Campaign, Bonus Campaigns, New Game Plus, Firefight and Rogue Steel (as of the Rogue Steel update).
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Campaign Achievements
These achievements are naturally earned by completing the campaign chapters (42 levels total), each chapter ending with a cut-scene.

Finished Chapter 1
Earned after the Cybermedicine level completion.

Science and Industry
This is part of Chapter 1, and earned by completing R&D and Production lab levels.

Finished Chapter 2
Earned after the Train level completion.

Finished Chapter 3
Earned after the Prison level completion.

Finished Chapter 4
Earned after the Portal Lab level completion.

Finish Chapter 5
Earned after beating the CEO boss in his office.

Finish Chapter 6
Earned after completing the final stage of the campaign.

Catharic Escapism
Last level in the campaign. If this did not pop up after completing the campaign, it can be selected in the "Mission Select" menu.
Bonus Campaign Achievements
These achievements are earned upon completing the bonus campaigns, all added in the [BONUS] section in the campaign screen. Difficulty and mutators do not effect the achievements.

CHURCH
Earned after completing the CHURCH campaign.

CHALET
Earned after completing the CHALET campaign.

ICARUS
Earned after completing the ICARUS campaign.

SOUL - HORIZONS
Earned after completing the "SOUL - HORIZONS" campaign.

INPUT - [QUERY]
Earned after completing the "INPUT - [QUERY]" campaign.

COMMAND - [EXIST]
Earned after completing the "COMMAND - [EXIST]" campaign.
New Game Plus Achievements
Upon completing the game the first time, the campaign button will be changed to "Campaign +", which will give you the option to play the game in New Game + if selected ("New + will be at the bottom of the campaign menu.)



In New Game +, there will be more enemies than before and randomized spawn location. In addition, some of levels will have respawning enemies. Nevertheless, select the difficult, options and have fun with the new campaign run!

New Game Plus
This achievement is self-explanatory, complete the entire campaign in New Game + mode on any difficulty.

Party Hard
During the New Game Plus campaign, complete the Party Mansion level to earn this achievement.

Remember the Armory
For this achievement, it can be completed during your New Game Plus campaign run or in mission select and turning on the New Game + Mode mutator. For this, just run throughout the level killing everyone. Eventually, more foes will spawn in, and this will include heavies with lobbers. Difficulty does not matter to earn this achievement.

Compliments to the Chef
This can be acquired by starting a fresh New Game Plus campaign run with the Warrior Monk mutator selected and played to this level or in Mission Select with the New Game + Mode and Warrior Monk selected with the Gravity Gun equipped.

Firefight Leveling Achievements
These achievements are only earned through the Firefight mode, a score attack game mode that allows you to replay stages that is all about clearing them out in style and speed. Experience points towards the next level are only earned upon completion of the stage (based on the score), so any deaths will force a restart of both level and score.

There are mutators that will change how the game plays, enemies spawn, and either buffs or debuffs to Steel. Also, certain mutators have a multiplier for the overall score such as Warrior Monk is 1.5x the total score, while Big Head will be cut the score in half.

Mutators, weapons and stages are all unlocked by leveling up (indicated by the level requirement next to the weapon, mutator or map. Most of the Arm Cannons like the Impact Driver or Meta Grenade Cannon are only unlocked from completing challenges per level (such as 5 headshots or 3 kills in one dive). So feel free to go back to older stages to try and beat the previous score, complete challenges or test out different mutators/weapons on a map.

Firefight Level 10

Firefight Level 20

Firefight Level 30

Firefight Level 40

Firefight Level 50

Firefight Level 60

Firefight Level 70

Firefight Level 80
Kill Achievements
These achievements will come naturally from playing the game.

These can be earned quickly by playing on Cold Steel difficulty and turning on the "Triple Threat" Mutator (tripling the enemy count on a level) on a Campaign run or Mission Select/Firefight level.

50 Headshots


100 Kills


200 Headshots


1000 Kills
Level Specific Achievements
For these achievements, they can be done individually in the Campaign menu under the "Mission Select" button. Each one has their own specific requirement, but there are no difficulty requirements. But to unlock mutators and arm cannons, you will have to play Firefight mode and level up/complete challenges first.

Time Paradox
Equip any arm cannon and complete the Cybermedicine level.



Off the Hinges
Equip the Gravity Gun arm cannon and complete the Corridor level.



Hologram Summer
Equip the Meta Grenade Cannon and complete the City level.



Savor the Moment
Equip the Limited Slow-Mo Mutator and complete the Museum level.



Overclocked
Equip the Floor is Lava Mutator and complete the Server Room level. Recommended on Cold Steel difficulty as it has an auto-heal perk, full ammo gun pickup and infinite slow-mo.


Fire in the Hole
Equip the Floor is Lava Mutator and complete the Greens level. Recommended on Cold Steel difficulty as it has an auto-heal perk, full ammo gun pickup and infinite slow-mo.


Huge Success
Equip the One in the Chamber mutator and complete the Portal Labs level.



The more elaborate stage achievements will have their own sections below:
Hey Thats Cheating Achievement
For the Admin Vents level, do not hit the floor panel to activate the fans. Instead, use the walls in the level to wall run and jump on top of the rooms. You may need to use the kick to help climb up the sides of the rooms as well. Continue climbing this method until you reach the final room and enter the exit door.

The screenshot below shows the panel at the waypoint, which is to be avoided for this achievement.

But Why? Achievement

In the Production Lab level, kill all the enemies in the level, but leave all 7 of the highlighted consoles untouched. Accurately take down enemies and try to angle yourself to not hit any of the consoles until it is all clear. After all enemies are dead, go ahead and destroy the consoles to finish the level.

The screenshot below shows the location of the highlighted consoles.

Warrior in a Garden Achievement
Equip the Gravity Gun and Warrior Monk Mutator and complete the Gardens level. Use the rocks in and around the garden maze to take out the mooks quickly (screenshot below), while throw, shoot items and kick the flamethrower heavies in their back weak spot. Killing everyone will prompt the lights and opening the exit to acquire the achievement.

Out of Order Achievement
Highly recommend equipping the Plasma/Meta Grenade Cannon, but any cannon that can make craters will be fine. There is a heavy with a lobber in the center of the map that can be used to create pathways as well. Moreover, avoid the stairs at the edge of the level, instead use the pillars in the middle of the map as a foundation to climb, use the kick off the wall. Complete the Middle Admin level without touching the stairways by exiting out the elevator to earn the achievement.

The screenshots below show examples of holes to create to access the different levels.

Pain Train Achievement
This will only count from either the Campaign run or Mission Select at the Train Station. The Firefight variant does not have a timer, so it is excluded from the achievement.

Highly recommend equipping the Meta Grenade Cannon and playing on Cold Steel difficulty for this mission. It is a lot of trial and error to learn the enemy spawn locations and to hunt down foes hidden in hallways and doorways. The Meta Grenade cannon is useful for taking own the shielded enemies as well as not requiring a charge to make a hole in the ground for a quick path to the exit.

There are 21 total enemies on this stage to take out in under 40 seconds (though solo-mo will elongate that time).

I have included my play-through video for the achievement below (quite a bit sloppy, but the timer is lenient in taking everyone out.)

Pacemaker Achievement
Highly recommend equipping the Meta Grenade Cannon for this achievement, playing on Cold Steel difficulty will help immensely as it has infinite slow-mo.

In the Conscience level, the final boss has multiple stages to go through in order to be defeated. The first four parts (activate the portal, start the process, kill all the enemies, take down [initial] shields) have no time limit, so take your own pace. However, as soon as the last node for the initial shield is destroyed, the timer will start when the heart is able to be damaged (when the large health bar appears above your screen).

The 3 segments of this achievement will be the 1st time damaging the heart, then destroying 4 generators for the shields, then finally taking it down once and for all. There are quite a lot of jetpack foes to recharge your arm cannon in this fight as well. Once the heart is truly defeated, exit the level quickly to earn the achievement.

The image below is of the arena with the heart and the initial shields being up.


Included is a video of the achievement run below.

Rogue Steel Achievements
These achievements are only earned through the Rogue Steel mode, a score attack game mode that selects ten stages with different spawn locations and randomized weapon pickups. Each stage ramps up in difficulty and enemy numbers. It encourages multiple runs in order to unlock cosmetics that are applicable throughout the game.

There are options in the Advanced section, allowing you to select a difficulty modifier (Cold Steel and Molten Steel), Perma-death (only allowing a limited amount of lives to play through the run), random select (randomizing the levels) and shorten run (reducing each run to just 8 levels instead of the default 10).

First Blood
This achievement is acquired in the first complete Rogue Steel run, meaning you just have to make it through all the levels.

The Gambler
In the Advanced section within the Rogue Steel menu, check off the "Random Select" option before a run and complete it to recieve this achievement.

On The Edge
In the Advanced section within the Rogue Steel menu, check off the "Perma-death" option before a run and complete it to earn this achievement. Checking off the "Cold Steel" and "Shorter Run" will make this easier to finish.

The Collector
Throughout the multiple runs, you will be able to select from various cards with 6 starting weapon cards. There are 51 total cards in this mode, and each new one that you have not acquired yet will have a yellow "!" mark on it. The cards are randomly given, so it will take multiple runs to get them all.

5 Runs
Simply finish 5 Rogue Steel runs. Checking off the "Cold Steel" and "Shorter Run" will make this quicker to complete.

10 Runs
Simply finish 10 Rogue Steel runs. Checking off the "Cold Steel" and "Shorter Run" will make this quicker to complete.

20 Runs
Simply finish 20 Rogue Steel runs. Checking off the "Cold Steel" and "Shorter Run" will make this quicker to complete.

Kitted Out
To get the last cannon skin, the total score will need to reach 26,000,000 points in the Rogue Steel mode. It will take multiple attempts to acquire it as each run will accumulate points, but there are some random cards that will give you a massive multiplier while making the run more difficult.

Fresh
The last Jacket unlock requires 25 runs to get this achievement. Checking off the "Cold Steel" and "Shorter Run" will make this quicker to complete.
Firefight 2.0 Achievements
An update on October 27th, 2023 revamped Firefight to have an additional score and combo ranking system, allowing players to creatively take out enemies on the map in style. Similar to other spectacle action games, there is a bar that fills the more kills the player does in various feats like sliding, melee, diving, flip kills and headshots. The score multiplier will increase with rapid succession of kills and style. On the other hand, any sort of down time between kills will cause the combo meter/multiplier to decay over time. Modifiers from the previous Firefight version will still along with some Rogue Steel modifiers available as well, some of which will increase, decrease or nullify the score (though note that turning on mutators/modifiers will disable the score from being uploaded to the online leaderboard).

Developer Firefight 2.0 Style Video
The developer has set up a video guide to how to get a high rank score in the firefight stages, and the what mindset to be in for Firefight 2.0.

S Rank
This achievement is acquired by achieving the S rank score for the first time on any firefight stage. The difficulty scales the score a bit, so this will take practice to learn the map and chain kills with style. With this accomplished, Mirrored will be unlocked for that Firefight stage.


Mirrored
Complete the Mirrored level in Firefight (score and rank does not matter) to unlock this achievement.


S Rank x 5
Achieve S rank on 5 Firefight stages to earn this.


S Rank x 15
Achieve S rank on 15 Firefight stages to earn this.


S Rank x 30
Achieve S rank on 30 Firefight stages to earn this.
Addendum
Thanks to Greylock Studio for creating the game. And thank YOU so much for reading!

Please rate this guide and feel free to comment below with any additions to be made for this guide, I will try to update as soon as possible.

~kikiokyo
33 Comments
SHADOW 16 Sep @ 1:17am 
Rogue Steel mode has been updated. Now you need 10,000,000 points to get the last gun. And you need 11 runs to get all the clothes
ghost 28 Apr @ 8:59am 
ty, very helpful :magicsparkle:
Flashie 1 Mar @ 2:56am 
Beat the campaign in New Game +
darkster 11 Feb @ 7:18am 
I need help guys! How do i unlock "new game + mode" mutator?
Scooby Jew 18 Jan @ 3:43pm 
thank you so much it helped out a ton
Necronomicron 17 Jan @ 2:24pm 
Production Lab level has only 5 panels.
Eternal Eclipse 12 Jan @ 9:24am 
I have same question as Derispe. Do I need to do more firefight levels in order to unlock New Game+ mutator or what's up with that.
Wehzy 12 Jan @ 4:51am 
Kitted Out takes yeaaars to get. What a pain.
Derispe 30 Sep, 2024 @ 12:05pm 
How to open New Game+ mutator? I have completed a new game, but the mutator is unavailable
lilchode 17 Aug, 2024 @ 6:20pm 
How do you unlock percect accuracy?