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Hotline Miami Trophy / Achievement Guide

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

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Knife for Pros


Use all melee weapons at least once

Who needs guns, right? This achievement tasks you with using fourteen skull-cracking bollock-slicing melee weapons, securing a kill with each one. Some appear randomly while others are exclusive to certain levels, so for a bit of help tracking them all down, refer to the table below.

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 this weapon.
Crowbar Chapter 5, Full House Exclusive to Chapter 5, Full House
Pool Cue

Chapter 3, Decadence
Chapter 4, Tension
Chapter 5, Full House

Found on pool tables, unsurprisingly
Broken Pool Cue Any level with a pool cue 'Created' when using a pool cue on an enemy
Frying Pan

Chapter 5, Full House
Chapter 7, Neighbors

Found on stovetops
Fire Axe

Chapter 6, Clean Hit
Random spawn

Inside a case on the second floor of chapter 6
Can also be unlocked as a random spawn

Empty Pot

Chapter 2, Overdose
Chapter 4, Tension

If the pot is full of water (i.e in Chapter 2), swing or perform a ground execution to get rid of it.
Nightstick Chapter 13, Assault Exclusive to Chapter 13.
Equip the Wolf mask (AKA Dennis) to begin chapter 13 with this weapon.
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

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. You don't have to beat the chapter or sub-level to save your progress after getting a kill, so letting yourself die and restarting the level to make different weapons appear in these levels is recommended.

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