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Dead Space 2 Cheats, Codes & Guides

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Dead Space 3 - Must-know facts about the Dead Space universe

Dead Space 2 Guides

Dead Space 2 FAQs

Dead Space 2 Easter Eggs

Hidden Stross Audio Recording

Entry location:
*SPOILER*
*SPOILER*

Pick Stross's body with kinesis and then launch his body like you would a projectile, a hidden audio recording should fall off his corpse.

Dead Space 2 Hints

Make quick cash

Another way to make quick cash is to buy the contact beam early, each bullet from it's gun is worth 1,000c and you can have up to 6 bullets per clip.

Dead Space 2 Unlockables

Respec Ability

Entry location:
Chapter 7
At the beginning of Chapter 7 Isaac will be able to respec any weapon, RIG, or Stasis unit for 5000Cr. Respeccing resets a weapon/armor's specs to zero and returns any Power Nodes used on it.

Respeccing the RIG will completely restore Isaac's health, which can be a cheap way to completely heal him.

Unlock Hardcore Difficulty

Unlock Hardcore Difficulty mode: Complete the game on any difficulty level to unlock Hardcore mode.

Hardcore mode is the same as Zealot Difficulty but you may only restart from saved points instead of the automatic checkpoints and you may only save 3 times during a playthrough. You cannot use a New Game + for Hardcore mode.

Arctic Sentry Suit

Unlock Arctic Sentry Suit: Complete the game on Zealot difficulty to unlock this suit. Acquire it at a store on a New Game+ playthrough.

Soldier Suit

Unlock the Soldier Suit: Complete the game on Hardcore difficulty.

Elite Suits

All elite suite are only available during a New Game + playthrough.

Elite Engineer Suit: Schematic can be found in Chapter 2 near the first store.

Elite Vintage Suit: Schematic can be found in Chapter 6 during the Brute battle where Elle and Stross are talking to you from the balcony.

Elite Security Suit: Schematic can be found in Chapter 9 after exiting the tram with Ellie. Look over the railing to find it.

Elite Advanced Suit: Schematic can be found in Chapter 11; turn around at the top of the yellow elevator and it's between the ledge and the lift.

Hacker Suit

Unlock Hacker Suit: Complete Dead Space: Ignition in single player mode.

The Hacker Suit adds a bonus to your hacking ability in addition to unlocking a Hacker skin for your Contact Beam and access to additional Audio Logs, Power Nodes, Health Packs and Credits.

Unlock Hand Cannon

Unlock the Hand Cannon: Complete the game on Hardcore difficulty.

The Hand Cannon is a foam finger with unlimited ammunition that does huge damage to enemies. It can be accquired at the first store in a New Game+ after completing Hardcore.

Peng Treasure Location

To unlock the “Collect Peng” Achievement/Trophy, you’ll need to find the hidden Peng treasure. It’s located in Chapter 7, in the room after you’ve used telekinesis to light up blocks either green or purple. Make them purple, and you’ll find the treasure in a newly unlocked route.

Achievements

...And Stay Down (10) - Kill 25 crawling enemies with Stomp (single player only)
Bouncing Betty (10) - Kill a Cyst by catching its Mine and throwing it back
Brute Juke (10) - Kill a Brute without taking damage
C-Section (10) - Knock down an enemy with Contact Beam Alt-Fire then kill it with Primary Fire before it stands up
Clean Cut (10) - Sever all three tentacles of a Lurker with one Line Gun Primary Fire shot (single player only)
Clever Girls (10) - Survive your first encounter with Stalkers
Collect Peng (20) - Find the Peng treasure
Cross your Heart, Hope to Die (30) - Survive the Eye Poke Machine
Derailed (20) - Survive the Train Sequence
Elevator Action (15) - Knock off every Tripod during the Elevator Sequence
Epic Dismemberment (50) - Dismember 2,500 Necromorph Limbs (single player only)
First Aid (10) - Use Quick Heal ten times (single player only)
Frozen in Time (10) - Kill 50 Necromorphs while they are in Stasis (single player only)
Fully Loaded (50) - Simultaneously have four completely upgraded weapons
Fully Outfitted (30) - Upgrade your RIG and Stasis completely
Going for Distance (20) - Impale an enemy and make him fly through the air for 17 meters - it must stick to the surface
Hard to the Core (50) - Complete the game on Hard Core setting
Hornet's Nest (30) - Destroy the Tripod Nest
It's a Trap! (20) - Kill 20 enemies with Detonator Mines in a deployed state
Knock Knock (25) - Complete the Drill Ride
Lawnmower Man (10) - Kill 4 enemies with the same Ripper blade
Lightspeed de Milo (10) - Dismember the Lightspeed Boy Statue
Looking good (10) - Purchase the Advanced Suit
Made Us Whole (10) - Complete the game on any difficulty setting
Mission Impossible (50) - Complete the game on Zealot setting
My Boom Stick (20) - Kill 6 enemies at once with Line Gun's Alt-Fire (single player only)
Necro Flambé (10) - Kill 50 enemies using the Flamethrower
One Small Step (10) - Get through the first Zero-G area
Operation! (15) - Snare the Shard with the Ishimura
Patient on the Loose (15) - Get your first Suit
Peek a Boo! (20) - Kill a Stalker with the Seeker Rifle while in Zoom Mode
Picking favorites (30) - Upgrade 1 Weapon completely
Powered Up (15) - Complete the Solar Array Puzzle
Romper Stomper (25) - Stomp 10 Containers
Shock Therapy (10) - Impale an enemy with the Javelin Gun and use its Alt-Fire to shock 3 others (single player only)
Shoot the Limbs! (10) - Dismember 25 Necromorph Limbs (single player only)
Shut Down (10) - Defeat the AI
Skewered in Space (15) - Impale an enemy into a Decompression Window to cause it to blow out
Taste of your own Medicine (20) - TK Impale a live Slasher to a surface using a Slasher's arm - it must stick to the surface
The Electrician (10) - Collect 10 Semiconductors
The Engineer (10) - Collect 10 Schematics
The Final Sacrifice (50) - Destroy the Marker
The Fugitive (50) - Escape the Facility
The Graduate (20) - Win the fight at the School
The Librarian (10) - Collect 100 logs
The Nanny (10) - Kill 30 Crawlers without detonating them
The Sampler Platter (20) - Kill a Necromorph with every Weapon in the game (single player only).
Think Fast (15) - Kill 30 Necromorphs with Kinesis objects
Torment Me No More (20) - Kill the Tormenter
Vacuum Cleaner (30) - Decompress 20 Necromorphs without getting sucked out yourself

Refurbished Plasma Cutter

If you start the game with save data from the original Dead Space on your console, you can pick up the Refurbished Plasma Cutter from the first store - it looks more like the original cutter.

Multiplayer Unlockables

Force Gun - Reach Level 11
Increased Damage (Seeker Rifle) - Reach Level 50
Increased Magazine Size (Force Gun) - Reach Level 29
Increased Magazine Size (Javelin Gun) - Reach Level 44
Increased Magazine Size (Line Gun) - Reach Level 25
Increased Magazine Size (Plasma Cutter) - Reach Level 14
Increased Magazine Size (Seeker Rifle) - Reach Level 33
Increased Weapon Damage (Force Gun) - Reach Level 46
Increased Weapon Damage (Javelin Gun) - Reach Level 57
Increased Weapon Damage (Line Gun) - Reach Level 42
Increased Weapon Damage (Plasma Cutter) - Reach Level 34
Javelin Gun - Reach Level 28
Line Gun - Reach Level 07
Seeker Rifle - Reach Level 17
Solid Army Green Suit - Reach Level 04
Solid Black Suit - Reach Level 13
Solid Olive Suit - Reach Level 16
Solid Red Suit - Reach Level 08
Tiger Camo Army Green Suit - Reach Level 45
Tiger Camo Blue Suit - Reach Level 41
Tiger Camo Military Suit - Reach Level 52
Tiger Camo Red Suit - Reach Level 49
Urban Camo Army Green Suit - Reach Level 23
Urban Camo Blue Suit - Reach Level 20
Urban Camo Military - Reach Level 32
Urban Camo Olive Suit - Reach Level 36
Urban Camo Red Suit - Reach Level 26
Visceral Games Suit - Reach Level 59
War Torn Suit - Reach Level 56

Riot Suit

Log into the Dead Space iOS game with the same EA account you used for Dead Space 2. The Riot Suit increases Contact Beam damage by 10%, and offers 25 inventory slots, and 25% armor.

Trophies

...And Stay Down (Bronze) - Kill 25 crawling enemies with Stomp (single player only)
Bouncing Betty (Bronze) - Kill a Cyst by catching its Mine and throwing it back
Brute Juke (Bronze) - Kill a Brute without taking damage
C-Section (Bronze) - Knock down an enemy with Contact Beam Alt-Fire then kill it with Primary Fire before it stands up
Clean Cut (Bronze) - Sever all three tentacles of a Lurker with one Line Gun Primary Fire shot (single player only)
Clever Girls (Bronze) - Survive your first encounter with Stalkers
Collect Peng (Silver) - Find the Peng treasure
Cross your Heart, Hope to Die (Bronze) - Survive the Eye Poke Machine
Derailed (Bronze) - Survive the Train Sequence
Elevator Action (Bronze) - Knock off every Tripod during the Elevator Sequence
Epic Dismemberment (Silver) - Dismember 2,500 Necromorph Limbs (single player only)
First Aid (Bronze) - Use Quick Heal ten times (single player only)
Frozen in Time (Bronze) - Kill 50 Necromorphs while they are in Stasis (single player only)
Fully Loaded (Bronze) - Simultaneously have four completely upgraded weapons
Fully Outfitted (Bronze) - Upgrade your RIG and Stasis completely
Going for Distance (Bronze) - Impale an enemy and make him fly through the air for 17 meters - it must stick to the surface
Hard to the Core (Gold) - Complete the game on Hard Core setting
Hornet's Nest (Bronze) - Destroy the Tripod Nest
It's a Trap! (Bronze) - Kill 20 enemies with Detonator Mines in a deployed state
Knock Knock (Bronze) - Complete the Drill Ride
Lawnmower Man (Bronze) - Kill 4 enemies with the same Ripper blade
Lightspeed de Milo (Bronze) - Dismember the Lightspeed Boy Statue
Looking good (Bronze) - Purchase the Advanced Suit
Made Us Whole (Bronze) - Complete the game on any difficulty setting
Mission Impossible (Gold) - Complete the game on Zealot setting
My Boom Stick (Bronze) - Kill 6 enemies at once with Line Gun's Alt-Fire (single player only)
Necro Flambé (Bronze) - Kill 50 enemies using the Flamethrower
One Small Step (Bronze) - Get through the first Zero-G area
Operation! (Bronze) - Snare the Shard with the Ishimura
Patient on the Loose (Bronze) - Get your first Suit
Peek a Boo! (Bronze) - Kill a Stalker with the Seeker Rifle while in Zoom Mode
Picking favorites (Bronze) - Upgrade 1 Weapon completely
Powered Up (Bronze) - Complete the Solar Array Puzzle
Romper Stomper (Bronze) - Stomp 10 Containers
Shock Therapy (Bronze) - Impale an enemy with the Javelin Gun and use its Alt-Fire to shock 3 others (single player only)
Shoot the Limbs! (Bronze) - Dismember 25 Necromorph Limbs (single player only)
Shut Down (Bronze) - Defeat the AI
Skewered in Space (Bronze) - Impale an enemy into a Decompression Window to cause it to blow out
Taste of your own Medicine (Bronze) - TK Impale a live Slasher to a surface using a Slasher's arm - it must stick to the surface
The Electrician (Silver) - Collect 10 Semiconductors
The Engineer (Silver) - Collect 10 Schematics
The Final Frontier (Platinum) - Earn all Trophies in Dead Space 2
The Final Sacrifice (Bronze) - Destroy the Marker
The Fugitive (Gold) - Escape the Facility
The Graduate (Bronze) - Win the fight at the School
The Librarian (Bronze) - Collect 100 logs
The Nanny (Bronze) - Kill 30 Crawlers without detonating them
The Sampler Platter (Bronze) - Kill a Necromorph with every Weapon in the game (single player only).
Think Fast (Bronze) - Kill 30 Necromorphs with Kinesis objects
Torment Me No More (Bronze) - Kill the Tormentor
Vacuum Cleaner (Bronze) - Decompress 20 Necromorphs without getting sucked out yourself

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