The Alone mission in Modern Warfare 2’s campaign has Soap gathering items to craft while being hunted in the streets. The Gunless Achievement is awarded to players who go through the entirety of the level without firing their gun. This is more easily done on lower difficulties, but players can do it on any difficulty if they are careful enough. A lot of crafting material is necessary to make as many weapons as possible. This is how to finish the Alone mission without firing a gun in MW2.
How to unlock the Gunless achievement in Modern Warfare 2 - Find a sharp weapon or bomb
In order to get through the entirety of theAlonemission, players will have to collect as many resources as they can in order to sneak past guards or take them out entirely. They find it hard to avoid mines, as demonstrated in theViolence and Timingmission. There are a few ways that players can go about it without firing their weapon such as:
Depending on what players want to go for, they will have to search for the corresponding crafting material.
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How to get past the first group of guards in Alone
After using themetalfrom the fan andbindingfrom the corpse, players will get inside the building. In thebathroom,there is morebindingthat can be found. Players will have towait until the guards go outsidein the next room before advancing. From there, they will grab aheadlampthat they can use to backtrack and get thebindingfrom theblue cabinet. From there, more materials can be found from other blue cabinets. In the street, there is somebindingby the lit gate andmetalby the other.Waxcan be found upstairs on the table by the window.
There arethree bottlesthat can be found in the first area. The two buildings near the first guard have:
The other two buildings will lead players to theknife, giving them the ability to do silent takedowns. The items inside each building are:
Players can find additional materials in the street bythree guardsthat can be picked up after they are taken out. Players can take out the guard nearest the clothing store and trash cans with asilent takedown. The other guard by thefirst buildingcan also be taken out with a silent takedown, leaving there remaining three guards. Amineor two can be used, but players can also use aSmoke Bombto do a silent takedown on two of them after blowing up one of them.
How to get through the second group of guards in Alone
There is a lot of loot that players can grab in the streets leading up to the next group of guards. Ashotgunon a string can be found as well, but players won’t be using it. Inside the same building,metal,wax, andbindingcan be found. Outside,two black boxeswithexplosivescan be unlocked.
Above therestaurant, more materials can be found as well asone of the three safes in the game. More materials can be acquired downstairs, but players don’t have to collect too many of them. The guards are constantly on patrol and can change their directions depending on how much noise is made. To deal with them, players should follow these steps:
The best place to get to is thebuilding across from the restaurant. It was a stairwell that players can climb and lay mines by while they craft more. They can still beshot from outside, but diminishing the numbers of the guards is a lot easier when they attempt to all get to Soap.Gascan be found inside as well to craft aMolotov cocktailfor any remaining enemies.
How to get past the final area in Alone
OnRecruitdifficulty, this section is relatively painless. There are a lot fewer guards in this section and the guards by thewatercan all be taken down withunderwater takedowns. Any guards that give players trouble can be dealt with by usingthrowing knives. When reachingGhost, players can run past all the enemies at this point and have him do the shooting.
OnVeterandifficulty,smokecan be used to do the takedowns instead, but players shouldsavesome for the end when more guards come in. Additional components can be obtained in the buildings to theright, but there are so many materials that can be picked up from the previous area that players should have more than enough to get through the final fight and earn the achievement.
For more Modern Warfare 2 Achievement guides, check outHow to reach the penthouse without killing or triggering the alarm – MW2 Campaign Guideon Pro Game Guides.
