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Hotline Miami Trophy / Achievement Guide

Tips, strategies, and general help for the game's 35 achievements.

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Perform every ground kill in the game

Executions! Lots of points and lots of blood - what's not to love? For this achievement, you'll need to knock enemies down and use a whopping 22 different weapons to finish them off. The table below lists these weapons and provides a few spots where you're guaranteed to find some of them.

It's worth noting that you don't have to complete a chapter or sub-level for the executions to count, as long as you weren't interrupted while doing the deed - and that these need to be ground executions, so you'll need to knock enemies down before grabbing the throwing weapons.

Weapon Name Chapter Notes
Baseball Bat Every level Often used by mobsters
Lead Pipe Every level Often used by mobsters
Golf Club Every level Often used by mobsters
Look for the tiny 'head' at the end to distinguish it from the lead pipe.
Knife Every level Often used by mobsters
Equip the wolf mask (AKA Dennis) to begin a level with it
Briefcase Prelude - The Metro Found on the second floor
Crowbar Chapter 5 - Full House Exclusive to Chapter 5, Full House
Nightstick Chapter 13 - Assault Exclusive to Chapter 13, Assault
Equip the Wolf mask (AKA Dennis) to begin chapter 13 with this weapon.
Boiling water Chapter 2 - Overdose Exclusive to Chapter 2, on a stove in the bottom-left corner of the second floor
Empty pot Chapter 2 - Overdose
Chapter 4 - Tension
'Created' when the boiling water is used
Pool Cue Chapter 3 - Decadence
Chapter 4 - Tension
Chapter 5 - Full House
Chapter 9 - Crackdown
Found on pool tables
Broken Pool Cue Any chapter with a pool cue 'Created' when using a pool cue on an enemy
Drill N/A Exclusive to the grasshopper mask (AKA Carl)
Fire Axe Chapter 6 - Clean Hit
Random spawn
Inside a case on Chapter 6's second floor
Can also be unlocked and spawn randomly
Frying Pan Chapter 5 - Full House
Chapter 7 - Neighbors
Found on stovetops
Katana Random spawn Must be unlocked before it will appear
Machete Random spawn Must be unlocked before it will appear
Sledgehammer Random spawn Must be unlocked before it will appear
Brick Random spawn Must be unlocked before it will appear
Dart Random spawn Must be unlocked before it will appear
Glass Bottle Random spawn Must be unlocked before it will appear
Hammer Random spawn Must be unlocked before it will appear
Scissors Random spawn Must be unlocked before it will appear

Levels notable for their high number of random weapon spawns include Chapter 3 (Decadence), Chapter 5 (Full House), and Special Chapter (Exposed), with the latter found at the far end of the chapters menu after beating the game. Letting yourself die and restarting the level to make different weapons appear in these levels after getting an execution you need is recommended.

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