***************************************************************************** ********************Armored Core: Hidden Parts FAQ*************************** ***************************************************************************** Technical stuff I gotta do: Final Version Date: 2004 Author: SIMSteven A GameFAQs Strategy Guide and ONLY for GameFAQs and those I have given permission to. I will put their names on the bottom so don't lie! This is a must for any FAQ, and if you haven’t noticed by now I’ll spell it out for you: COPYRIGHT (C) NOTICE!!!!!!!! COPYRIGHT (C) NOTICE!!!!!!!! COPYRIGHT (C) NOTICE!!!!!!!! COPYRIGHT (C) NOTICE!!!!!!!! COPYRIGHT (C) NOTICE!!!!!!!! COPYRIGHT (C) NOTICE!!!!!!!! COPYRIGHT (C) NOTICE!!!!!!!! C-O-P-Y-R-I-G-H-T (C) N-O-T-I-C-E-!!!!!!!! FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY!!!!!!!! COPYWRITED (C) 2003-2004 BY SIMSteven!!!!! HAVE I MADE MYSELF CLEAR?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I just HATE people who copy/plagiarize other people’s work and call it their own. 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Other sites will be sites with special privileges, and will only get a FAQ of mine if I contact them personally. This FAQ is about a really old game: Armored Core. In Armored Core, there are hidden parts that you can find. These parts cannot be bought, and can only be found on missions. This guide will help you find them. Page width of this document: This FAQ is best viewed in MS Word, Courier New, size 10 font, with 1 inch margins around the document. Apparently, when I change the margins in Word to 1 inch all around, it resets the left and right margins to .92 inches. Just to let you know. Test: |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| ***************************************************************************** ********************************E-Mail Policy******************************** ***************************************************************************** As mentioned above, I will not give anyone my FAQ's so don't ask for them. 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Version 1.0: I just put in all the parts. ***************************************************************************** ****************************Table of Contents******************************** ***************************************************************************** 1) Hidden Parts 2) Plus, Overweight Mode, and 100% completion 3) People who have permission to use this FAQ 4) Credits ***************************************************************************** *****************************1) Hidden Parts********************************* ***************************************************************************** Just a quick note: To pick up parts, push O or whatever button the blade is set to. You have to be standing right over the part. Mission: Eliminate Strikers Part: Back Part: WR-L24 -- Large Rocket How to Acquire: Jump the barrier behind the starting point and you should find the part. Mission: Remove Gun Emplacement Part: Leg Part: LN-SSVT -- Humanoid Legs How to Acquire: Complete the mission. Mission: Destroy Fuel Depot Part: R-Hand Weapon: WG-1-KARASAWA -- Laser Rifle How to Acquire: On a far wall, there is a raised area. Destroy the fuel tanks here and search the ground. You should see the part somewhere on the ground. Mission: Guard Freight Train Part: Head Part: HD-X1487 -- Defensive Head How to Acquire: Destroy the containers farthest away from the railroad tracks. You should find the part inside one of the containers. It should be in one of the containers farthest away from the railroad tracks. The location is near the back-center. Mission: Guard Factory Entrance Part: Booster: B-T001 -- Regular booster How to Acquire: Search the northeast corner. In the out-of-area zone there is a container with the part inside. Mission: Secret Factory Recon Part: Back Part: WM-S60/4 -- Small missile How to Acquire: Head to the southwest corner and destroy a box. It's in the out-of-area zone. Inside the box is the part. Mission: Guard Wharf Warehouse Part: Back Part: RZT-333 -- Radar How to Acquire: It's inside the warehouse you start next to. You will fail the mission. Mission: Stop Gang, "Dark Soul" Part: Optional Part: SP-AXL -- Accelerates lock-on time How to Acquire: Complete the mission. Mission: Exterminate Organisms (Part 1) Part: FCS: QX-AF -- Wide and Shallow FCS How to Acquire: Find the Queen of the Organisms. Search the floor opposite of the room's entrance to find this part. It should be slightly to the left of the back-center of the room. Mission: Destroy Intruders Part: Right-hand weapon: WG-FG99 -- Flamethrower How to Acquire: There's a hole in the wall below the start of the mission. It should be to the left and just under the bridge you start on. There should be a container with a part inside. There's more than one hole. This hole should be underneath a bridge. Mission: Destroy Plus Escapee Part: Generator: GBG-XR -- Best Generator How to Acquire: Go down two floors from the starting point. It should be on a ledge somewhere down there near the destroyed catwalk. Mission: Prototype MT Test (Part 2) Part: Optional Part: SP-SAP -- Decreases Cannon Recoil How to Acquire: Complete the mission. Mission: Retake Air Cleaner Part: Back Part: WX-S800-GF -- Dual Missile How to Acquire: The part should be in the ceiling on the south end of the main chamber. Mission: Kill "Struggle" Leader Part: L-Hand Blade: LS-99-Moonlight -- Best Blade How to Acquire: A ways into this mission, you will come across a room where you have to jump through the ceiling. A little bit further in, you will be going down a long corridor with fireballs coming from behind you. The floor here can be destroyed. You'll know when you're in the right area when you come across a mine that destroys the floor when it explodes. Down at the bottom of the very long shaft is an alter. On it is the part. ***************************************************************************** **************2) Plus, Overweight Mode, and 100% completion****************** ***************************************************************************** Plus Mode: Plus is a special trick that you can do to get extra abilities for your AC. To do it, you'll need to go -50,000C in debt. In general, you'll want to do this a total of six times in order to get all the upgrades. Plus 1: Special Radar Plus 2: Blade Beam Plus 4: Fire Any Back Weapon While Moving Plus 6: Energy Consumption is Halved Overweight Mode: In version 1.0 of the FAQ, I made a mistake. I had said that in order to get Overweight Mode, you have to get 100% completion. I had been corrected by Ravensoul Blackblade. Here's what he said: "One thing I notice you mention is that you have to have 100% completion to get the overweight to work. This is NOT true actually. All you have to do is complete every mission. Even if you get all the secret parts, then go plus and then beat the game and then go and finish all the incomplete missions you will be able to go overweight. I recently went back and beat the game and didn't even bother with any of the hidden weapons except for the karasawa since it is the easiest to get. After completing the game I quickly went and completed all the incomplete missions as a test, still without getting any weapons or parts, I had 93% completed and was able to go overweight.. I even madea superlight with 2 gernade launchers and the karasawa and completed a few missions with no issues. I THEN went and started again and went until I was a mission or two before destroy floating mines, collecting everything along the way. I went ahead and lost all my cash to -50,000 and got plus, starting over. I completed all the plus operations and beat the game and all the incomplete missions. I got a 93% completion rate and was able to go overweight. So all you need to do is get all the missions completed." ***************************************************************************** **************3) People who have permission to use this FAQ****************** ***************************************************************************** 1) www.gamefaqs.com 2) www.geocities.com/simsteven01 3) faqs.ign.com 4) www.gamenotover.com ***************************************************************************** ********************************4) Credits*********************************** ***************************************************************************** 1) To me, of course. ^_^ 2) To Ravensoul Blackblade for tipping me off on how to really get Overweight Mode. 3) To CJayC, for being the best host for the best gaming website in the www. 4) And to Agetec for making a great video game series.