Evil West Trophy Guide & Roadmap

When you finish your first playthrough, NG+ unlocks immediately and can be started from the main menu. This puts you back at the start of the game. During NG+, you can collect cash and chests again, earn new perk points and level up Jesse even further. With that said, expect the game to get much harder. Overall, Evil difficulty is a test of patience and endurance rather than proper skill. Most encounters, including boss fights, are rather lengthy. This is because you will have to dodge and roll away more than landing shots. As a matter of fact, you deal even smaller damage than on any of the other difficulty settings and you go down in 2-3 hits. It’s a lot more effective to play defensively rather than go all in on your foes. Provided you’ve played the game at least once before, if you follow the suggestions outlined below, you can make Evil difficulty a lot more tolerable.

1. Be constantly on the move: dodging attacks and rolling away are your best allies. As you do, use any window of opportunity to land a shot. Even a couple of shots can make a difference, but don’t get too greedy. Again, the key to a successful Evil run is to play defensively and take it slow.
2. Prioritize ranged attacks rather than melee: it’s a lot safer to keep enemies at a distance and use ranged attacks rather than go one-on-one on them. Not only will this give you more room to dodge if you need to, but allow you to hit weak spots when they appear.
3. Prioritize health upgrades and perks over weapons’: if you still don’t have all three upgrades for the Agent Tools by the end of the first playthrough, spend your cash on these during your Evil run. Especially, Amp Snack can make all the difference in a boss fight. Amp Snack uses Energy to heal if Healing is currently on cooldown. This upgrade has saved me from certain death on multiple occasions.
4. Kill healers: if in an encounter you have healers, like the one with spinning beehives or certain type of gunslingers, these have to go down first as you otherwise wouldn’t be able to take down the others.
5. Fully upgrade the crossbow: the crossbow is an automatic, story-related unlock. While you deal less damage than the electrically-augmented Railgun, you can hold to repeatedly shoot electrically-augmented bolts at your target. The Railgun deals slightly more damage, but has much fewer ammo and takes longer to reload.
6. Lightning Tornado: the third upgrade for Explosive Bundles can weaken enemies pretty fast and is super useful when you’re surrounded by swarms of enemies.
7. Create tool combos: whenever you’re surrounded by many enemies or are facing bigger foes, especially the giant bats. If they’re not on cooldown, using the Crippling Rod, Lightning Tornado, Death Ray, and Scorcher in quick succession can deal enough damage to give you an advantage over your foes.
8. Suggested Perks: below is a list of suggested perks that can make Evil slightly easier. Use your perk points on these, both during your first run and your Evil run.
   1. Pump Jack: dealing damage with the Gauntlet reduces the cooldown of the Healing Dispenser. If you’re low on health you can deal melee damage. If you want to increase your odds of survival, the perk Bait & Switch allows you to dodge sideways or backwards to avoid enemy attacks without interrupting your melee combos.
   2. On the Spot: hitting an enemy’s Weak Spot has a 15% chance to drop a Health Pickup. This perk is a must-buy because you will be hitting lots of enemies’ weak spots during the game. This perks is perfectly combined with another perk called Pick It Up which collects all Pickups (health and energy) from a much wider distance.
   3. Vital Superpowers: Maximum Health is increased by 15%. It goes without saying the more health you can rely on, the less likely you’re to suffer death.
   4. Death Defied: receiving the lethal damage doesn’t cause death. Instead, it heals the 25% of maximum Health and grants a 3-second invulnerability, shoving the nearby enemies away. The ability doesn’t reset until death. This is a one-off perk that basically gives you a second chance at surviving. This has personally saved me from certain death many times and I cannot recommend this enough for your Evil run.
   5. Healthy Lifestyle: whenever an energy pickup is about to be dropped, a health pickup is created instead. This increases the odds of getting a health pickup when you need one. This perk is perfectly combined with Work-Life Balance (35% of each health pickup goes to energy and vice versa). It goes without saying that this increases your chance of getting through an encounter or boss fight unscathed. Healthy Lifestyle is found in Chapter 10 – Bats in the Belfry, Work-Life Balance is found in Chapter 11 – A Man of People.
   6. Life Support: the Gauntlet is now capable of regenerating Health at a slow pace. It takes 90 seconds to charge an entire Health bar. This allows your health bar to constantly regenerate over a set time span. This is a particularly useful perk to have, especially when you need to refocus during an encounter or boss fight and are waiting for your tools to recharge. This perk is found in Chapter 13 – Old Friends.
   7. Zapper Slam: hold while looking at a Midair enemy to smash them into the ground with an electric arc. Slamming enemies creates a small blast which knocks down other enemies. This perk can turn out pretty handy if you have a lot of smaller mob enemies. These are easily eliminated by means of this perk and can get an encounter less stressful. However, do note that while using the Zapper Slam you’re still susceptible to damage. Enemies killed through Zapper Slam drop a health pickup. This means, if combined with other perks, health pickups can be turned into Energy when you’re on full health and have a much higher chance of using the Supercharge.
   8. Supercharged Mode, Supercharged Blast, and Very Very Frightening: Supercharge is an automatic, story-related unlock at the end of Chapter 4 – From Dusk Till Dawn. All Supercharge perks require energy, but if you combine these perks with Healthy Lifestyle, Zapper Slam, Extra Juice (see below) Blood and Thunder (see below), you can rely on a pretty consistent energy recharge.
   9. Extra Juice: Maximum Energy is increased by one energy slot. The more energy you can use, the more often you can use the Supercharge.
   10. Blood and Thunder: this is probably the most important perk to have for your Evil run. The Zapper slowly drains your health in exchange for energy. It takes 30 seconds and 50% of maximum health to load on energy segment. Careful, the bleeding can be lethal. This is a high risk-high reward perk, but if you combine this is with Extra Juice, and all Supercharge perks, and especially Life Support, you can increase your odds at using Supercharge while staying alive.
   11. Tooldown: collecting a pickup slightly reduced the Crippling Rod cooldown. This is pretty useful because the Crippling Rod stuns all enemies, regardless of where they are. As a matter of fact, granting more frequent use of the Crippling Rod allows you to then do more combos (Crippling Rod > Lightning Tornado > Scorcher > Death Ray).

If you keep all of these suggestions in mind, you won’t have much of a problem with Evil difficulty. It’s still pretty challenging, but it’s not too bad if you play defensively, have patience, and use the perk combinations outlined above. For strategies on how to beat the main story’s bosses on Evil difficulty, check the relevant trophy descriptions.

The weapons and their upgrades are:

1. Rentier Gauntlet
   1. Fists of Steel
   2. Great Finish
   3. Up the Sleeve
2. Rentier Revolver
   1. Midair Shot
   2. One Bullet Shy
   3. Blaster
3. Agent Tools
   1. Do Not Disturb
   2. Say Cheese!
   3. Amp Snack
4. Rentier Rifle
   1. Free Bullet
   2. Big Gun
   3. Railgun
5. Rentier X-Bow
   1. XXL-Bow
   2. Bursting Bolts
   3. Amped Bolts
6. Rentier Gatling
   1. The Cocoon
   2. Fire & Forget
   3. Death Ray
7. Rentier Boomstick
   1. At the Ready
   2. Snap Shot
   3. Boom Eternal
8. Scorcher
   1. Flame Jet
   2. Extra Crispy
   3. With a Bang
9. Explosive Bundles
   1. Sticky Sticks
   2. Triple Charges
   3. Lightning Tornado

You won’t be able to unlock this trophy during your first run because there isn’t enough cash in one playthrough to buy everything. During NG+, cash will respawn, so you will be able to gather enough to buy whatever you’ve got left. Check » Evil West Collectibles Guide – 100% Completion.

The electrically-augmented firearms are:

1. Blaster
2. Railgun
3. Amped Bolts
4. Death Ray
5. Boom Eternal
6. Lightning Tornado

You won’t be able to unlock this trophy during your first run because the last electrically-augmented firearm (Death Ray) unlocks right at the end of Chapter 16. You will unlock this trophy in NG+.

Suggested Perks: On the Spot, Tooldown, Vital Superpowers, Death Defied, Healthy Lifestyle, Life Support, at least one Supercharge perk, Extra Juice, Blood and Thunder, Bait and Switch

Suggested Upgrades: Blaster, fully upgraded Agent Tools, at least one upgrade for the Crossbow and the Scorcher, Lightning Tornado

The Bruch boss fight spans over three phases and has no midfight checkpoints.

Phase 1: as soon as the fight starts, the Bruch will come hurtling towards you with a tailspin attack. He will do this 4 times. Don’t dodge, but spam to parry. His tailspin attacks have a pretty wide AoE and avoiding them is a lot harder than parrying them. When he’s done, land a few bolt shots at his face and get ready to spam again. This time he will do his tailspin attack 7 times. Keep spamming until he’s done and then resume landing bolts on his face. Meanwhile, he will spawn either leech minions or summon the enemies outside of the arena into it. If he spawns the leech minions, use the Blaster (hold ) to quickly get rid of them and if he summons the guys from outside of the arena, either use a Lightning Tornado or your zap perks to quickly get rid of them. Do note that some of these will span projectiles which may be lethal. Having Projectile Block as an active perk here may turn out useful. Also note that if the leech minions damage you or get too close to the Bruch, the Bruch will heal. After getting rid of either side enemy, activate Supercharge on the Bruch for some considerable damage if you can followed by the Crippling Rod, Scorcher, and Death Ray. Soon after the Bruch will leave the arena to spawn a large meteorite. Prevent this from happening by shooting the weak spots. When he returns to the arena, he will charge at you again, so get ready to shield his claw attacks again by spamming . This time he will do his claw attack three times. When his health is halfway through you will be able to hit his weak spots for some additional damage and stun him. Once stunned, go in and land a few more bolt shots.

Phase 2: phase two plays very similarly to phase 1, but this time the Bruch will spawn walls of leeches. Through the wall, he will cast meteorites at you that you need to roll away from. When he’s done, he will cast the wall at you, so dodge or side-step to avoid it. It can’t be parried. After the wall, he will charge at you for another set of tailspin attacks. Spam to parry. He will tail-spin three times. Now land some more bolt shots and get ready for some more claw attacks. Again, spam to parry. Now he will spawn a couple more leech mobs. Use the Blaster as before to get rid of them. Now he will spawn rotating walls of leeches. Run away from them and land a Supercharge on the Bruch if you can. He should now retreat on the brink of the arena, fashioning a meteor. As before, hit the weak spots to avoid this. For the last chunk of his health, he will use the same attacks he’s used so far, so it’s just a matter of playing defensively and wait for the weak spots to appear on his body to finish him off.

Suggested Perks: On the Spot, Tooldown, Vital Superpowers, Death Defied, Life Support, Extra Juice, Blood and Thunder, Bait & Switch

Suggested Upgrades: Up the Sleeve, fully upgraded Agent Tools, at least one upgrade for the Crossbow, Boom Eternal, Lightning Tornado

The Parasiter boss fight spans over three phases and has no midfight checkpoints.

Phase 1: during the first phase, the Parasiter will spawn its two plant tentacles. One tentacle will spit poison balls that can be interrupted by hitting the weak spot, the other will try to slam you. Here you need keep an eye out on both tentacles and act quickly depending on what happens. When either tentacle is on the ground for a few seconds, zap-dash to it and land a few Gauntlet punches. When both tentacles are down, hit the weak spots in the Parasiter’s mouth. Now the Parasiter will slam the tree and drop rocks from above. Till your camera so that you have a top-down for the area and avoid standing in the red circles. Dodge, roll, side-step.

Phase 2: the second phase plays exactly like the first, but this time the Parasiter will drop an egg of those explosive kamikaze enemies running at you. Destroy the egg if you can, so that they won’t hatch. If you can, drop a Lightning Tornado.

Phase 3: the third phase plays exactly like the first and second phase, but this time the Parasiter will also slam the tree and drop rocks on the ground. Use the same strategy you used in phase one, but get ready to dodge a bit more often now.

Suggested Perks: On the Spot, Tooldown, Vital Superpowers, Death Defied, Healthy Lifestyle, Life Support, at least one Supercharge perk, Extra Juice, Blood and Thunder, Bait and Switch

Suggested Upgrades: fully upgraded Agent Tools, at least one upgrade for the Crossbow and the Scorcher, Lightning Tornado

William Rentier boss fight spans over three phases and has midfight checkpoints.

Phase 1: during phase 1, William Rentier will start shooting at you. Shoot him back until the area goes black. When it does, be ready to dodge as he will try dash-fist you. After that, he will stand still for a couple of seconds, so seize the opportunity to land a few bolts. When he’s at a distance, a wet spot will occasionally appear, so keep an eye out for it and shoot it when it does. Occasionally, William will also create a red circle of attack on the ground. When he does, step away. Continue until one third of his health is down.

Phase 2: during phase 2, tentacles will span out of his back and will cast projectiles at you for a total of three times. The first time he will cast projectiles twice, the second time he will cast projectiles three times, the third time he will cast projectiles four times, with a small break between the third and fourth wave. You need to dodge all waves. Here the Bait and Switch perk can prove really useful, allowing you to extend your dodge. After he’s done with the projectiles, he will try to dash-punch you, so dodge away again and be ready to land a few bolts. Next, he will try to dash-punch you again and then he will immediately slam-punch the ground for an AoE attack. Dodge away in both cases. Now he will cast projectiles at you again, so use the same starry detailed above and when he kneels, zap-dash to him for some Gauntlet attacks. Remember to dodge his AoE attacks and if the area goes black roll away when he tries dash-punching you. His attack patterns are now the same for the remainder of phase 2, so keep dodging and rolling away, and if you can use the Crippling Rod to prevent him from dash-punching you when the area goes black. When the second half of his health is gone, phase three will start.

Phase 3: during phase 3, he will soar in mid-air and be shielded by a red barrier. From mid-air he will cast projectiles at you in the exact same way he did during phase 2. Dodge and roll away and move the camera as he moves to not lose track of him. Be ready to shoot him when a weak spot appears on his shield. Keep doing the same until his shield is gone and he drops into the ground. When he does, land a Supercharge attack if you can to whittle down his health even further. Eventually, he will soar in mid-air again, turn the area black and cast clones of his shielded self. Here you have to quickly rotate your camera based on where the yellow waypoints appear and shoot the weak spots. Since you have to rotate the camera pretty often here, having Assisted Lock enabled in the Settings here is really helpful. Continue doing so until he drops down again and you should be able to finish him off.

After destroying the very last gate in the level (near a Lore collectible), close the game and make a back up save on the PS Cloud after defeating. This way, if you fail the trophy requirements, you can reload the save and try again. Alternatively, let yourself get killed to start the boss fight over and try again.

During phase 1 and phase 2, the Bruch will occasionally spawn leech minions. If they damage you or get too close to the Bruch, the Bruch will heal himself. So, keep your distance and use the Blaster to quickly kill them. Luckily, they go down pretty fast. As for the Bruch himself, you should be able to use Supercharge pretty often if you leave this trophy for Step 3 when you already have all weapon upgrades and best perks.

It is highly encouraged to take care of this trophy during Step 3. Before then, you’re still underpowered and possibly lacking some of the essential perks to unlock this trophy without too much frustration. To make things even easier, set the difficulty on Story to sustain great amounts of damage as well as deal a lot of it.

When the Bruch goes down and he hasn’t been healed by any of the leech minions, you will unlock this trophy.

After defeating the enemies in the monster’s mouth, close the game and make a back up save on the PS Cloud after defeating. This way, if you fail the trophy requirements, you can reload the save and try again. Alternatively, let yourself get killed to start the boss fight over and try again.

During phase 2 and 3, the Parasiter will spawn eggs containing kamikaze minions. When the eggs spawn, you can destroy them before the minion hatch. For this trophy, you must ignore the eggs. Just let the minions come out and chase you. While they chase you, don’t shoot them. Instead, get close to them and they will blow up instantly. This is fine and won’t void the trophy. You just can’t kill them yourself.

It is highly encouraged to take care of this trophy during Step 3. Before then, you’re still underpowered and possibly lacking some of the essential perks to unlock this trophy without too much frustration. To make things even easier, set the difficulty on Story to sustain great amounts of damage should the minions explode in your face as well as deal a lot of damage.

Once the boss fight ends and you haven’t killed any yourself, you will unlock this trophy.

After destroying the Glamour illusion at the end of the level, you’ll have to burn through some cobwebs to reach the boss arena. After burning the last cobweb, before climbing up the chained ladder, close the game and make a back up save on the PS Cloud. This way, if you fail the trophy requirements, you can reload the save and try again. This time, letting yourself get killed won’t work as the time doesn’t stop even with midfight checkpoints.

Throughout the entire fight, and especially towards the end, on William Rentier’s body weak spots will appear. Hitting the weak spots consistently is what speeds this fight up. If you don’t hit the weak spots, the phases will last longer, making it more difficult to finish him off in less than 6 minutes. By following this strategy, I managed to unlock this trophy, even with a midfight checkpoint. Just like with the Bruch, you should be able to use Supercharge pretty often if you leave this trophy for Step 3 when you already have all weapon upgrades and best perks.

It is highly encouraged to take care of this trophy during Step 3. Before then, you’re still underpowered and possibly lacking some of the essential perks to unlock this trophy without too much frustration. To make things even easier, set the difficulty on Story to sustain great amounts of damage as well as deal a lot of it.

When William Rentier is defeated and if you’ve done so in less than 6 minutes, you will unlock this trophy.

After clearing the enemies from the theatre stalls and before reaching the mission marker, close the game and make a back up save on the PS Cloud. This way, if you fail the trophy requirements, you can reload the save and try again. If you accidentally heal, you can’t let yourself get killed because, thanks to the midfight checkpoints, the game creates a new save every time you start a new phase.

Felicity D’Abano Beast boss fight spans over three phases, with each phase introducing new attack patterns.

Phase 1: as soon as the fight starts, she will start rampaging towards you. Roll away and immediately redirect the camera towards her. Next, she will do 4 stomp attacks in quick succession. Again, roll away. If you get too close to her, she will try to snatch you. Again, roll away as needed. She will occasionally rampage towards you 5 times in a row. The key here is to dodge, redirect your camera towards her, rinse and repeat. There are very few windows of opportunity to deal damage here, so the strategy here is to play defensively, wait for your tools to become usable again, and land a few bolts when she twists her body or rests after rampaging through the stage. Continue with the same strategy until a new cutscene starts in which she enlarges her body even further.

Phase 2: phase two plays exactly the same as phase 1, but introduces a new attack pattern. At times, she will bolt over to the side of the stage where she slams the props causing the burning balls to land onto the stage. However, she will be surrounded by weak spots, so hit them, trying to limit the damage you’ll get from the falling debris. When she gets back on stage, resume using the strategy outline in phase one until a new cutscene starts in which she enlarges her body even further.

Phase 3: phase three plays exactly like phase two, but introduces four new attack patterns. The first one is an AoE attack: she will leap into the ceiling and try to squash you thereafter. When she does, immediately check the floor for an AoE ring and quickly roll away and out of it. Next, she will use her new second attack pattern: she will start smashing the ground, causing the ceiling to collapse. Just like before, avoid standing in the AoE ring and roll away as needed. When she stops slamming the ground, she will start using her third new attack pattern: she will grab burning rocks from the floor and throw them at you. Do NOT use the pieces of fallen ceiling for defense as you will need this for an otherwise unavoidable attack in a bit. Instead, simply roll away as she tries to hit you. If you feel like it, you can interrupt her throws with a weak spot hit. All her new attack patterns can also be interrupted by means of your tools, especially the Crippling Rod which is especially good in this fight as it leaves her stunned and ready for a finisher (body must glow gold) which, if taken advantage of, will whittle down her health even further. During the rest of the phase, she will resume using any of the new attack patterns, but in random order. Eventually, she will start crouching and you will hear her screaming. When she does, here comes the fourth attack pattern: hide behind any of the fallen pieces of ceiling that should still be on stage. You’re almost done with the fight now. Simply study her movements and avoid whatever attack pattern she decides to use against you. Needless to say, use tools or the Supercharge if available.

It is highly encouraged to take care of this trophy during Step 3. Before then, you’re still underpowered and possibly lacking some of the essential perks to unlock this trophy without too much frustration. To make things even easier, set the difficulty on Story to sustain great amounts of damage as well as deal a lot of it.

When Felicity D’Abano is defeated and if you’ve done so without healing, you will unlock this trophy.