Shadow Warrior 2

Shadow Warrior 2

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The Ropes of SW2 (Outdated)
By Goldmask
This is "The Ropes" on Shadow Warrior 2, this guide will intail everything that I know and what you know, leave comments and suggest things to put in, and I shall make it so and give you credit.
   
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Introduction
THIS GUIDE IS NOT JUST ME, COMMENT ON THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR REMOVE, I WILL REPLY AS FAST AS I CAN AND MAKE EDITS AND GIVE CREDIT.

I've taken the time to make this guide because I love this game, and I don't see to many guides that are different, only how to get the "King Skeletor gun" and "Secrets... on how to get the king skeletor gun..." and there was no place to go for INFORMATION, such as what are the upgrades worth keeping, or what is the best way to complete a achievement or level. You know? Just basic info that no site or guide has up right now. So this is where you come in to help expand this guide as a hub for people to find information they need or would like to elaborate upon.
DLC
Pre-order DLC

This DLC includes the Razorback weapon.

Preorder DLC link

Deluxe Edition

Deluxe Edition: http://cs2bus.com/steamstore/bundle/1364/

AS OF NOW, YOU CAN ONLY GET THE FOLLOWING DLC FROM THE DELUXE EDITION!

  • Shadow Warrior 2 - Soundtrack
  • Shadow Warrior 2 - Solid Gold Pack
  • Shadow Warrior 2 - Digital Artbook

Shadow Warrior 2 - Soundtrack: The soundtrack to the game. You can locate the soundtrack under "\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Shadow Warrior 2\soundtrack".
http://cs2bus.com/steamstore/app/522333/

Shadow Warrior 2 - Solid Gold Pack: This gives you a Solid Gold sword called "Goldshaft", a Solid Gold machine gun called "Wang Touch", and a Solid Gold player model for Co-op. (You can access the player models under your settings)
http://cs2bus.com/steamstore/app/522334/

Shadow Warrior 2 - Digital Artbook: This is the Digital Artbook, you can access this in game under "Extras" at the home screen.
http://cs2bus.com/steamstore/app/522335/

DLC Skins

There are DLC Skins you could get if you participated in a event (but as of 10/17/16 you can download them for free, read on to see how)

Shadow Warrior 2 - Alienware DLC
This DLC is obtainable from the event at: https://eu.alienwarearena.com/giveaways/shadow-warrior-2-alienware-dlc-giveaway

Shadow Warrior 2 - PAX West DLC
This DLC is obtainable from attending PAX West.

Shadow Warrior 2 - Quakecon DLC
This DLC is obtainable from attending Quakecon.

Credit to: DeluxeFreak for showing this method on how to obtain the Alienware, PAX West, and Quakecon DLC skins for free.

http://cs2bus.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=782172917


Weapons
This is the weapons obtainable in SW2, If there is something in here you don't see, comment it.

Imgur Link for a Photo Gallery[imgur.com]

http://cs2bus.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=782956289
Guide I use for weapons, made by @Deodus

Swords

Lil' Wang


Goldshaft

How to obtain: If you bought the Deluxe Edition this is a DLC (Solid Gold Pack) weapon from it.

Blades of Zaibatsu


Sword of Oni


Crimswords


Twin Dao


Z45-Katana


Blade of Exile


Arm of Orochi


Ryuken


Short Blades

Ghidorah


Kazagurma


Kuzuri


Plasma Cutters


Primal Boneblades


Ripper


Shredders


Talon's Arm


The Beast


True Patriot


Light Firearms

Deck-ARD


Devolver Anaconda


Jigoku


Marvin


Point Five-O


Swift & Messon


The Triad


Medium Firearms

AR-53


Ëinhander


Eternal Infinitor


Plasmoid


Sidekick


The Overseer


Wang Touch

How to obtain: If you bought the Deluxe Edition this is a DLC (Solid Gold Pack) weapon from it.

Shotguns

Boner


Cerberus


Hammershot


Hauer


Major Fletcher


Puncher


Shogun


The Purgator


The Stick of Doom


Heavy Firearms

Agent of Chaos


King Skeletor


MG Triple-6


Raven


The Last Kiss Goodbye


Zweihänder


Launchers

Destroyer of Realms


Fujin


Monsoon


Genocider


One-Trick Pony


Sheng-Long


The Duke


Wyrm's Breath


Projectile Weapons

Bullseye & Barton


Devolt


Judgement of Enra


Perforator


Raijin


Springchester


Stapler


Yumi


ZI-R0B1N


Special Weapons

Emperor's Touch


Feuerfaust


Hedgehog


Lumberjack's Caress


Razorback

How to obtain: From the Pre-order DLC

Saw Blade
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Crafting
This is the BASICS of crafting, not much in-depth because not much Information has been found out, comment if you found anything out, I'd gladly add it.

Where/when do you Craft?

You get the ability to craft, (warning spoilers)after Master Smith dies, the anvil becomes available for use.

How DO you craft?

When you are at the crafting station (The Anvil) you want to put in 3 "Upgrades" from any of the "Upgrades" categories of the same rarity (Categories are Weapon Upgrades, Fire Modes, Ammo Upgrades, Elemental Upgrades, Armor Upgrades, Power Upgrades, and Multiplayer Upgrades). After you selected your 3 it infuses to one "better" one. If you infuse three yellow, you have a chance of an orange. If you infuse 3 whites you have a high chance at a blue but a low chance at a yellow and so on.

Things to clear up

-If you infuse lets say 3 +10% damage items, you WILL NOT get a +30% damage item! You will get something with random stats in return of your 3 items fused together.

- 3 orange gems give another orange gem 100% of the time

- 3 elemental gems give a gem with the same element (only works for this type of gems, others give completely random results)

- The level of the resulting gem depends on your progression in the story + difficulty and has a little of RNG too - crafting at the end of the game will give you higher level that just when you unlock the forge. It does not depend on the level of your character !

- Blue gems can sometimes results in an orange gem

- Crafting result upgrade quality depends on source upgrades quality now, crafting price depends on expected result quality
Crafting - Gem Prefixes and Suffixes
Gem Prefixes and Suffixes

NOTE: The Infix of the word means nothing, such as Carnivorous Core of Haste, the Carnivorous and Haste mean something but the infix has no set defined stat. Elemental affixes and Multiplayer Upgrade affixes have no meaning. They just come with stats for the type it is. Such as 3 electricity ones could be called "Core of Electricity" and all have different stats.

Prefixes

Accurate - Miss rate

Agile - Rapid fire

Angry - Shadow Fury duration

Avoiding - Vulnerability to elemental effects

Carnivorous - HP after enemy killed

Cartridge - Ammo found

Clash - Light firearms damage

Dark - Chi capacity

Deadly - Damage to Superior and Elite enemies

Doubled - Doubled Ammo

Eerie - Chi drain

Elemental - Damage converted to elemental

Erupting - Flaking Ammo

Explosive - Explosive Ammo

Flying - Grip of Darkness duration + Grip of Drakness range

Frugal - Ammo save chance

Geminate - Dual wield

Hawking - Damage to small enemies

Healing - Heal amount

Hefty - Ammo clip size fairly/slightly increased

Hunting - Damage to large enemies

Immense - Damage radius

Loaded - Items drop chance

Lucky - Critical Chance

Magic - Chi after enemy killed

Mighty - Charged shot

Quick - Movement speed

Reckless - Damage

Remote - Detonator

Robust- Damage Resist

Sensitive - Enemy elemental resist

Stinging - Critical damage bonus

Strong - Pushed enemies damage

Swift - Clip reload time

Vampiric - Life drain

Viable - Hit points

Suffixes

Ambidexterity - Dual wield

Blowup - Explosive Ammo

Brawl - Heavy weapon damage

Certainty - Miss rate

Charge - Ammo found

Defense - Turret

Detonation - Detonator

Dragon - Shadow Fury damage bonus

Drain - Life drain

Drill - Chi drain

Eagle - Damage to small enemies

Edge - Melee damage

Fate - Karma gained

Fluke - Critical Chance

Force - Pushed enemies damage

Glue - Stickable Ammo

Gold - Money found

Haste - Fire rate

Hurry - Clip reload time

Keen - Ammo clip size fairly/slightly decreased

Levitation - Grip of Darkness range

Madness - Multishot

Momentum - Movement speed

Navigation - Remote Guidance

Pace - Rapid fire

Package - Doubled Ammo

Particle - Damage converted to elemental

Penetration - Piercing Ammo

Peril - Damage

Power - Charge shot

Protection - Damage resist

Skirmish - Heavy Weapon Damage

Stag - Heal amount

Stature - Ammo clip size fairly/slightly increased

Threat - Damage to Superior and Elite enemies

Twilight - Chi drain

Vulnerability - Enemy elemental resist

Witchcraft - Chi after enemy killed
Amulets
NOTE: Amulets are key game items that give you a big benefit in the game, use them and test them out, you can only equip one at a time.

This section is thanks to @fenr1r!


- Courage of Rabbit : damage resist : +20% while moving / -30% while standing still

- Wizard Stone (bought at one of the 2 merchants) : powers chi cost -30% / damage resist -15%

- Bone of patience : regenerate +0.5 fury per second / fury gain -100%

- Heavy Metal : dual wielding enabled for assault rifles (no malus)

- Marksman soul (bought at one of the 2 merchants) : Light/heavy firearms damage +30% / powers chi cost +50%

- Dominator : chance to affect superior creatures with chi blast and grip of darkness +50%

- Ninja touch (found in Wang's apartment I think) : melee damage +30% / light/heavy firearms damage -20%

- Iron skin : damage resist +25% / movement speed -25% (very strong in insane, dash is unaffected)

- Healer tar : healing wave chi cost -100% / medikits heal value -100%

- Furious heart : fury gain +30% / chi gain -30%

- Forbidden fruit : exotic statistics on weapon +25% (exotic stats =/= stats given by upgrade, it concerns only some weapons which have special stats)

- Hand of the Reincarnation : -60 sec cd on second chance ability

- The Frog : regenerate life +0.5 per sec, life regen cap +100% / never drain life

- Eye of the Collector : +30% ammo found / -20% Karma gained
Achievements
This is NOT a in-depth Achievement guide, this will not be one any day soon either. I will link in-depth guide when one does come out.

http://cs2bus.com/stats/324800/achievements

This is a List of Achievements and their statistics on a Global basis.

No I will not write down, screenshot, and format 59 achievements, when it is done so for us already on steam. Thank you for your understanding.
Secrets
NOTE: This guide yet again will not have a massive Secrets section, @IndigoZap allowed us to use his guide instead.


http://cs2bus.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=782614856


This guide encompasses every secret for the "Get 50 secrets" achievement.
Insane Mode
NOTE: Like a lot of things, not much has been found out, so bear with out little knowledge on these subjects.

Added 3 new ultra-difficult tiers for Insane difficulty with much better loot to find!

Modes:

Insane 1: Regular mode.

Insane 2: Level 31+ Greater loot

Insane 3: Level 51+ Better loot

Insane 4: Level 71+ Best loot possible

This is for Insane difficulty only! "Aka: No Pain No Gain" Difficulty.
Update list (Big list)
Update 10/21/16

Balance and gameplay changes:
-"Serene Mind" skill nerfed
-"Auto-Reload" skill nerfed
-"Like the Wind skill" nerfed, 5th stage added
-"Second Chance" skill 4th stage added
-"Arm of Orochi" weapon significantly nerfed
-More auras on single enemy for Hard and Insane difficulties
-More enemies attacking at the same time for Hard and Insane difficulties
-Enemies speed increased for Insane difficulty
-Added 3 new ultra-difficult tiers for Insane difficulty with much better loot to find
-Upgrade drops quality now better reflects game difficulty - on higher difficulties better drops start occuring right from the beginning of the playthrough
-Added cap for gaining experience speed for every difficulty: after reaching certain character level player gets experience much slower, appropriate information added to difficulty description
-Fixed bug when player could get quest reward Skill Points more than once per quest per character. If character earned more than maximum number of Skill Points (level + all quests reward) - Skill Points will be capped
-Due to skills rebalance player will have all skill reset after map loaded - inventory will be automatically opened and message box will be shown
-Crafting result upgrade quality depends on source upgrades quality now, crafting price depends on expected result quality
-Final boss drop ("Ryuken" weapon) now available as final quest reward
-More special enemies, more respawns and better loot on Free Roam missions
-Elite and Superior enemy "Hellhound" won't fetch grenades now

General fixes:
-Fixed bug when player could pickup "King Skelletor" weapon before designed mission
-Gauss rifle shot tuned down and smoothed, added alternative reload animation
-Fixed bug when dual melee secondary weapon didn't inherit primary weapon stats (elemental, damage etc)
-Fixed weapon being removed from inventory when spawned as turret on map change
-Fixed "Destroyer of Realms" weapon turret throw animation
-"Damage resist" player stat now works properly
-Fixed "Second Chance" skill bug when player couldn't die even if none enemy was killed
-Fixed bug when player frezees or looses weapon when damaged or killed during teleporting
-Enemies with "Swift" aura now return to correct speed after unfreezing
-Fixed "Belly" enemy animation when reacting to Grip of Darkness
-Fixed entering T-pose for enemies with uzi.
-Some cutscene fixes
-Some walkmesh fixes
-Some missions fixes

UI changes and fixes:
-Fixed crash when replacing gems in weapons
-Fixed bug when player couldn't replace gem when all slots were occupied
-Hint area on loading screen now resizes correctly
-Added option to sell all junks with mouse, added confirmation dialog
-Corrected various translation and textual errors, added missing strings
-Fixed enemy "Tumor" mesh in Wanglopedia.
-Multiplayer fixes:
-Performance issue for co-op partners fixed
-Fixed bug when "Bunny Lord" didn't drop loot for clients
-Co-op network bandwidth usage optimizations
-Fixed bug when using "Emperor's Touch" weapon produced excessive lags
-Fixed issue when client was not able to open Inventory or change weapons when using teleport during (or directly before) cutscene

Engine fixes:
-Fixed bug when game freezes on loading on 2-core CPUs
-AlienFX is now by default disabled due to crashes on some configs (add -alienfx to properties->general->set launch options in order to enable it)
-Added -nochroma switch (add -nochroma to properties->general->set launch options in order to disable Razer Chroma)
-Fixed shadow and geometry flickering
-Fixed recovering from GPU driver crash
-Non persistent console commands (e.g. r_weapon_fov) can now be loaded from autoexec.cfg
-Fixed crash when mfplat.dll is not present in system
-Optimized weapon switching CPU performance
-Fixed "DX11 Device not found" error on some notebooks
-HDR Display options are now only available when Full-Screen mode is selected (as only in this mode HDR Display works)
-Reduced audio stuttering (VO and music)
-Optimized shadow rendering performance
-On first game start dedicated GPU will be enabled instead of an integrated one

Photomode fixes:
-Increased exposure slider range
-Fixed slowmo after exiting photomode bug
-Fixed screenshot rendering (tile mode and anti-aliasing)
-Fixed FOV when entering photomode with weapon zoom enabled
-Fixed tiled screenshot mode artifacts (screenshot resolution multiplier > 1 screenshots)
Helpful Builds
NOTE: This section needs contributions to workout well. Because I'm not going to be doing 100 builds and find out which is best. If we could have people have a Build they like, please send it my way.

Format of build please:

Name of Build and Maker:

Difficulty Mode/Insane Difficulty designed for:

Total Character Level:

Weapon(s) With Upgrades(Fire Modes, Elemental, Ect.):

Skills Perks/Skills Used (if any):

Total Skill Points (if any):

Upgrades (Amulets/Player, Upgrades/Multiplayer, Upgrades, Ect.):

Tactics/Strategy to Build:


Builds

Name of Build and Maker: Stiff Arm - Goldmask99

Total Character Level: 32

Difficulty Mode/Insane Difficulty designed for: No Pain No Gain, Insane 1

Weapon(s) With Upgrades(Fire Modes, Elemental, Ect.): Arm of Orochi: Hawking Essence of Fluke ( Damage to Small enemies, Critical Chance ), Sensitive Aspect of Peril ( Enemy elemental resistance, Damage ), Carnivorous Component of Peril ( HP after enemy killed, Damage ).

Skills Perks/Skills Used (if any): Life Mastery (Maxed), Second Chance (1), Shadow Fury (Maxed), Sting (Maxed), Vortex (Maxed), Like the Wind (Maxed), Vanish (Maxed), Healing Flame (Maxed), Serene Mind (Maxed), Chi Mastery (Optional)

Total Skill Points (if any): 78 Skill Points

Upgrades (Amulets/Player, Upgrades/Multiplayer, Upgrades, Ect.):
Armor Upgrades: Viable Spirit of Edge ( Hit points, Melee damage, ammo found -), Avoiding Spirit of Edge (Vulnerability to elemental Damage, Melee Damage ), Carnivorous Essence of Threat (HP after enemy killed, Damage to Superior and Elite enemies ) Aim for HP, Elemental Resistance, Melee damage, Life Drain, and Heal per kill.

Ninja touch amulet: +30% Melee damage, -20% Light and Heavy firearms

Power Upgrades: Healing Soul ( Healing Amount, Healing Wave cast time ), Soul of Dragon (Shadow Fury duration, Shadow Fury damage), Healing Soul ( Resist damage after healing, Heal amount).

Multiplayer Upgrade: Essence of Vigor ( Co-op player heal per second, Healing aura radius)

Tactics/Strategy to Build: Well as the build uses mainly a sword that shoots beams, you want to run in there, knock them down with C if possible, and start hitting really close, focus weaker guys first, run from big guys if they hurt a lot. Use Dash to get in and out of situations, like to heal or to get around them. And pay attention to your HP, it is vital you do. Focus on HP buffs, Damage, and Resistance, It is worth it at that high of a difficulty.
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To Do List
  • To Finish the sections.

  • Planning on adding the following sections: Builds for Weapons, Tips/Tricks, Secrets, and more to come. (suggestions would be appreciated).

  • To make some In-depth sections/descriptions. Wont be soon as there is no information to go off of.
Credit
ALL PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED WILL BE IN THIS SECTION

@optimuswhat Helped with the list on the weapons.

@Eli Helped with the Majority of the Crafting section.

@Deodus Allowed us to use his guide on weapons.

@IndigoZap Allowed us to use his Secrets guide.

@ChubbyCox Helped with the Prefixes and Suffixes.

@Fenr1r Made the "Amulets" section.
49 Comments
✪✤Monkey D. Luffy✤✪ 27 Sep, 2021 @ 6:40am 
hello ! need help ,- Healer tar : healing wave chi cost -100% / medikits heal value -100% where drop location?
Goldmask  [author] 24 Nov, 2018 @ 7:58pm 
@cloudspider it can be bought from Larry after the mission "Body Shaking" which I believe is the 8th story mission.
cloudspider 24 Nov, 2018 @ 7:48pm 
any idea when the Boner shotgun is available for purchase? just finished my first insanity 1 playthough and didnt see it for sale at any point
Bernard Henribéry 12 Dec, 2017 @ 5:02am 
List of new skills from Bounty Hunt DLC :

- Revenge [shadowwarrior.wikia.com] (received for completing* Infernal Affairs)
- Demolition Man [shadowwarrior.wikia.com] (*High Voltage!)
- Backstabber [shadowwarrior.wikia.com] (*A Delicate Subject)
- Sword Master [shadowwarrior.wikia.com] (*The Traitors Among Us)
- Death Cheater [shadowwarrior.wikia.com] (*Returning Some Video Tapes)
Bernard Henribéry 12 Dec, 2017 @ 4:45am 
Hi !

If you want to add weapons/skills from dlcs,
here is a list of missing weapons :

Payday crossover :
- Money Bundle (Melee Weapon) [shadowwarrior.wikia.com]
- AMCAR (Assaultt Rifle) [shadowwarrior.wikia.com]

Way of wang :
- Fist of Gozu (Sword) [shadowwarrior.wikia.com]

Bounty Hunter:
- TBSM (Assault Rifle) [shadowwarrior.wikia.com]
- Chill Factor (Power Gauntlet) [shadowwarrior.wikia.com]
- EX-GF01 (Gatling Gun) [shadowwarrior.wikia.com]
- Medusa Ray (Power Gauntlet) [shadowwarrior.wikia.com]
Fastie 29 Oct, 2016 @ 1:46pm 
Ninja Touch is created with the forge and the tiny Nobitsura Kage at the end of the Ninja'd scrolls side missions.
chocelite 27 Oct, 2016 @ 11:46am 
Does anyone know what all of the enemy tags mean? For instance, "Powers Immune," or "Vital?"
Phoenix91 23 Oct, 2016 @ 12:58pm 
hmmm...i tested some with 3 of the same pre and suf and its still random. I was trying to get something like Stinging X of Fluke or Stinging X of Peril
Goldmask  [author] 23 Oct, 2016 @ 10:01am 
@Phoenix91 It comes out random because the infix doesn't have a set stat. So you could have a healing damage, with a speed boost or magazine decrease. That part is random, but for the good bit, the prefixes and suffixes are correct and work.
Phoenix91 23 Oct, 2016 @ 8:31am 
Any additional tip on crafting? i tried the prefix and suffix i want but it all come out to be something completly random. It reallys make crafting useless and grinding like when Diablo 3 first came out