EXAPUNKS

EXAPUNKS

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Bonus Achievement Hint Guide (Updated 18/09/18)
By Renwallz
Hints on how to get the PIZZA_PARTY, DISC_READ_ERROR, HOME_RUN, TONER_LOW, KLEPTOMANCER, BLACKOUT, RITE_OF_PASSAGE and DRIVING_TEST achievements, without just giving the answer away.
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Introduction
Welcome!

In this guide I'm hoping to give some subtle hints and pointers for how to unlock the "Bonus" Achievements, without just straight out telling you how to get them. There's nothing more rewarding than working out a puzzle yourself, so I'm aiming to only give as much info as is necessary.

In this guide there will be multiple hints under each achievement, for which level to get it from and what steps to take. The hints are ordered from most vague to most explicit, so I recommend reading them from the first one down.
PIZZA_PARTY
Throw a rave at the pizza parlor

Where?
A1: The achievement text pretty much says it all, Euclid's Pizza

How?
H1: What makes something a rave?
H2: What other hardware registers are there in the level? Can any of them affect what that cam sees in the top corner?
H3: Maybe the next clue can help light the way
H4: Strobe lights would be ideal, we'll have to improvise

A1: Flick the lights on and off really quickly a few times and this one will unlock.
DISC_READ_ERROR
It was just doing it's job...

Where?
H1: Disc Read Error...
H2: That probably means somewhere where there's a disc being read
A1: Sawayama Wonderdisc

How?
H1: The poor little guy just wanted to do it's job
H2: How does the disk normally get read by the SAWAYAMA Reality - Processor?
H3: How can you make that little guy stop working when you drop off a file?
H4: You can be rather direct. It's not murder if it's an EXAbot
A1: Use the kill instruction on the exa that collects the disc data
HOME_RUN
Participate in America's new pastime.

Where?
H1: American Pastime? Home Run? That sounds sports like!
H2: Specifically, that sounds baseball-like.
A1: Some kind of XTREME LEAGUE of BASEBALL?
A2: XTREME LEAGUE BASEBALL

How?
H1: A home run is running around all four bases, in case you weren't aware
H2: It looks like there's a convenient diamond over there
H3: You don't have athletes, but you do have something that can run the loop
A1: Make an EXA run through each base in the diamond on the top right.
TONER_LOW
Place a high volume work order.

Where?
H1: TONER LOW, the bane of printers everywhere
H2: Somewhere has a lot of printers
A1: ZEBROS COPIES

How?
H1: You can't just print in this level, but you can do other things
H2: Time to put the COPIES in ZEBROS COPIES
H3: This one takes a bit of time to unlock. You'll get steam achievement pop-ups along the way, so keep an eye out for those as you're running
A1: Keep writing values out to each #COPY register. Don't forget H3 as you're doing this one
KLEPTOMANCER
Verily hath every item been unduly purloined.

Where?
H1: We're stealing things. We've done that a few times
H2: Verily? Hath? What is this, medieval times?
H3: Don't leave your fantasies behind
A1: Kings Ransom Online

How?
H1: Items and buildings, take the lot!
H2: Items don't have their owner's players IDs? Well that makes things a bit tougher
H3: There's more than one way to purloin a cat
H4: There's never more than 9 items total. Seems like an oddly specific number...
H5: If it's in my home, then it's mine
H6: Don't know the file id for all the items? Me neither! Hopefully they're somewhere between 200 and 300
A1: Grab all the items and take them back to your host
A2: You'll have to guess the file IDs. Check out pg13 of TWN Issue #1
A3: Make sure to ignore the buildings while you do this
BLACKOUT
Trigger an excessive service outage.

Where?
H1: Somewhere where you flip the power off.
H2: Think big scale
A1: ALLIANCE POWER AND LIGHT

How?
H1: Think big scale
H2: The mission asks you to be precise. But who's got the time for that?
H3: PUT OUT THAT LIGHT!
A1: Turn off every power block. Leave no block unturned-off
RITE_OF_PASSAGE
You have the bog witch’s approval. Now complete the rite of passage.

This one is the hardest to find if you're going off achievement text alone.

Where?
H1: Bog Witch? I don't think we've met one of those
H2: This sounds kind of RPG like. I would guess Kings Ransom Online
H3: It's not King's Ransom Online
H4: It is game related though. Look through some of the other files in some of the game related levels
H5: It's in a save file from some kind of hand held gaming device
A1: TEC REDSHIFT

How?
H1: Finding it is the hardest part. Once you get access to it it should be easy
H2: You'll need to get into the secret area first
H3: Once you're in, look for a file with the RITE OF PASSAGE
H4: FALSE. Hmm, if only there was an easy way to set this to TRUE
A1: Go into the secret area, open up file 220 and set the last value to TRUE.
A2: You can grab the TRUE from the entry above it
DRIVING_TEST
Keep a safe distance as you reverse into the space.

Where?
H1: Driving Test... I feel like I'd know if I had unlocked this level
H2: Perhaps there's a level taking place at some kind of Drivers School
A1: Motor Vehicle Administration

How?
H1: Remember Home Run? I reckon this'll be similar to that
H2: Look, a convenient road!
H3: Whelp, you can't pass a practical test by sitting here, best get out on the track
H4: It's not enough to just park in the reverse parking spot, you can't just leave a test unfinished
A1: Go around the test track, making sure to back into the parking spot on the way
A2: You'll get the achievement once you return to the PUBLIC room
That's It!
If you've got any questions or hints of your own, feel free to add them to the comments below. Don't forget to use [spoiler] tags [/spoiler]
4 Comments
Valoxi 27 May, 2023 @ 3:13pm 
For TONER_LOW, to help with the solution, rather than looping, just put high values in the register and halt
Scooter 6 Nov, 2018 @ 12:12pm 
for KLEPTOMANCER, you only have to steal the items in one test simulation, it doesn't have to run for 100 simulations. You can figure out the file IDs in a particular test by KILLing the EXAs. Then just hardcode for those files. Source: I did this.
これはアニメじゃない 3 Nov, 2018 @ 11:55am 
I love the format you chose for this!
It's really helpful, and doesn't spoil the fun!
fawncashew 25 Aug, 2018 @ 10:40am 
I wish there was this sort of guide for everygame, I love figuring this stuff out but dont normally have that patience to bother fininding where to do achievements like this! Thanks very much