The best place to get cheats, codes, cheat codes, walkthrough, guide, FAQ, unlockables, tricks, and secrets for NieR: Automata for PC. Nier Automata Walkthrough Part 23 - Adam Boss Battle & The Copied City. //goo.gl/xvvDJD Welcome to part 23 of this commentary 1st time playthrough of the much acclaimed and loved Nier Automata.

Introduction

Welcome to Neoseeker's Nier: Automata walkthrough and guide. Nier: Automata is a PlatinumGames action RPG and the successor to Nier, both of which are part of the Drakengard series. This soon to be comprehensive guide will cover primary quests, side quests, loot, achievements, and more. Be warned: spoilers are littered throughout.

Nier: Automata is an open world post-apocalyptic game and is set thousands of years after the first title during a time when war has broken out between machines, of which you are one. If you haven't played any of the Drakengard games or just haven't played Nier, don't worry as this is a standalone title.

Developed by the beloved Yoko Taro, the game confronts issues like violence and prejudice.

Combat is aplenty and is much improved over its predecessor, sporting fast but light attacks, hard but slow attacks, evasive maneuvers, parrying, and counter attacks. For weapons, expect short swords, long swords, bracers, and spears, which you can alternate between for combo attacks.

RPG elements include quests, experience, stats (health, defense, attack power), and various perks (called Chips) like the ability to see enemy stats, status buffs for yourself, etc.

Gameplay Tips

• The dark purple orbs enemies send at you can only be destroyed with melee attacks while in your ship.
• When temporarily knocked down, you can still use your gun.
• You should always be using your gun and melee in conjunction with each other.
• Lock-on is disabled on all but Easy and Normal difficulty. If you're on one of those, abuse it when not overwhelmed to focus your damage better.
• Undocumented PC controls include mouse 1 and mouse 2 for light and heavy attacks, respectively, and scroll wheel up to switch weapon sets and scroll wheel down + E to use items. When fishing, mouse 1 and mouse 2 will cast/reel or stop fishing, respectively.
• Speak to your companion to adjust their combat style to your liking.

• There is no auto saving. Be sure to use quick save when the game allows you to (at an access point or when near one).
• Double tap or use the evade button/key to dash and/or avoid enemy attacks, especially when they're signalling a big attack.
• Double tap up or down or use the evade button/key and hold to ascend or descend ladders quickly. Jump and press no other buttons/keys to get off a ladder midway.
• If you die, you'll lose your Chips and some EXP. To retrieve both, find your corpse using the minimap (it will show a green icon). If you don't find it for awhile or if you die again, your corpse will disappear and you won't be able to retrieve your stuff.
• Animals can be ridden to get around faster; just buy or find Animal Bait or Sachet and use it on them first. Alternately, acquire the Choice Sachet from Half-Wit Inventor to ride them freely.

Mods and Tweaks

If you're playing Nier: Automata on PC, you'll absolutely want to download FAR before diving into the game. Importantly, it fixes resolution and performance issues, and allows you change some advanced settings.

To use it, download it via the automatic installer above. Run it, select the Testing branch and click Migrate to complete the installation.

Next, navigate to C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonNieRAutomata, open dxgi.ini, change BackBufferCount=-1 to BackBufferCount=2 for reduced input lag. All other settings should be fine as is.

Boot the game, and press Ctrl + Shift + O to hide the overlay that appears, then Ctrl + Shift + Backspace to fiddle with the advanced settings. Our recommendations:

• Adjust Global Illumination to High or Medium for a significant performance boost at little cost to visuals.

• Increase Bloom and Ambient Occlusion resolution for moderately improved visuals at minimal performance cost.

• Uncheck 'Use Busy-Wait for Capped FPS to possibly reduce stuttering in game. It's said to increase stuttering in cutscenes but we didn't really notice any and they're rare anyway.

• If experiencing performance issues, try Minimum Light Extent at about 20.0, which will reduce lighting somewhat but with a potentially major performance boost in exchange.

You can also try removing the 60 FPS cap, though this may cause various issues.

Walkthrough (Route A/B)

Side Quests (Route A/B)

Walkthrough (Route C)

Side Quests (Route C)

Guides

Walkthroughs for Nier: Automata are located on this page. The game necessitates 3 playthroughs to unlock the 'Final' Ending, but there's a total of 26 Endings to unlock. If you follow the suggestions below, you will get to the destination without much fuzz. See the Side Quests page for details on alternative and optional objectives.

There are 3 Routes on the game, played consecutively as 3 playthroughs. Route A, Route B and Route C. The chapter list below shows you which route and quest each chapter belongs to. Click on the quest link to find where you are.

Walkthroughs

Chapter 01: Prologue

2B and 9S have been ordererd to gain intel and destroy a Goliah-class weapon. They find their target and engage in combat, but 9S ends up getting wounded trying to protect 2B.

Ch 01-01: YoRHa Descent

• Ch. 01-01_1: 2B's Aerial Battle (A)
• Ch. 01-01_2: 9S Disarmds the Defense System (B)

Ch 01-02: Abandoned Factory

• Ch 01-02_1: 2B's Defense Machine Battle (A)
• Ch 01-02_2: 9S Outside the Factory (B)
• Ch 01-02_3: 2B inside the Factory (A)
• Ch 01-02_4: 2B's Defense Machine Battle 2 (A)

Ch 01-03: Goliath Battle

• Ch 01-03_1: 2B's Battle on Land (A)
• Ch 01-03_2: 9S Aerial Combat (B)
• Ch 01-03_3: 2B's Aerial Combat (A)

Ch 01-04: The Bunker (Reboot)

• Ch 01-04_1: 2B Awakens (A)
• Ch 01-04_2: 9S Gets 2B Set Up (B)

Ch 01-5: The Mission (Gathering Intel) (A & B)

Chapter 02: Resistance Camp

2B and 9S have to gain intel from the Resistance at the city ruins. When they arrive at the camp, they find many androids who need their help.

Ch 02-01: Landing at the City Ruins (Gathering Intel) (A & B)

Ch 02-02: Traveling to the Desert (The Machine Surge) (A & B)

Chapter 03: Adam and Eve

While heading to the desert area, 2B and 9S run into machines that can talk. Chasing after them, they find a machine lifeform that looks exactly like an android..

Ch 03-01:At the Desert (The Machine Surge) (A & B)

Ch 03-02: Desert Residential District (A & B)

Ch 03-03:Battle with Adam (A & B)

Ch 03-04: YoRHa Recon (MIA) (A & B)

Chapter 04: Mad Songstress

'2B and 9S head to the Amusement Park, where they are welcomed by strangely dressed machines. They also have an audience with an aspiring opera singer.'

Ch 04-01: Amusement Park (MIA) (A & B)

Ch 04-02: Tank Boss (A & B)

Ch 04-03: Advent of the Songstress (A & B)

Ch 04-04: The Messenger Arrives (Machine Recon) (A & B)

Chapter 05: Excavated Land

'A large hole has opened up in the City Ruins, and 2B and 9S travel down it to find the alien mothership. Inside, they run into Adam and Eve'

Ch 05-01: Pascal's Village (Machine Request, Machine Trade)(A & B)

Ch 05-02: Goliath Attack (Assault) (A & B)

Ch 05-03: Alien Ship (Flooded City Recon) (A & B)

Ch 05-04:Battle with Adam and Eve (A & B)

Chapter 06: King of the Forest

'2B and 9S head to the forest kingdom. As soon as they find the king, he is destroyed by a mysterious female android. Her name is A2 and she is a deserter'

Ch 06-01: Reporting to the Commander (Alien Report) (A & B)

Ch 06-02: To the Commercial Facility (The Forest Kingdom) (A & B)

Ch 06-03: Searching the Forest (A & B)

Ch 06-04: Forest Castle (A & B)

Ch 06-05: A2's Revenge (A & B)

Chapter 07: Lost Child

'The aircraft carrier is under attack, so 2B and 9S head there to offer support. Once they arrive, a huge machine lifeform appears out of the depths of the ocean.'

Ch 07-01: Reporting to Pascal (Report on A2, Resupply) (A & B)

Ch 07-01: The Aircraft Carrier (Missile Supply Mission) (A & B)

Ch 07-01: Battle Over the Ocean (A & B)

Ch 07-01: Monster (A & B)

Chapter 08: Copied City

'9S has disappeared after the destruction of the giant machine. 2B sets out to find him and ends up in a mysterious white city where Adam is waiting for her'

Ch 08-01: A Young Prisoner

• Ch 08-01_1: 2B Searches for 9S (9S MIA, Redheads) (A)
• Ch 08-01_2:2B's Battle with Adam (9S Captured) (A)
• Ch 08-01_3:9S's Memory Area (B)

Chapter 09: Deranged Religion

'2B and Pascal head to the abandoned factory to negotiate peace with a group of machines. They find a religious cult that soon turns out to be hostile'

Ch 09-01: Those Who Believe

• Ch 09-01_1: 9S's Data Overhaul (B)
• Ch 09-01_2: Trends Among the Machines (Olive Branch) (A)
• Ch 09-01_3: Negotiate Peace (Twisted Religion) (A)

Ch 09-02: Escape

• Ch 09-02_1: 9S Supports 2B (B)
• Ch 09-02_2: 2B Escapes the Factory (A)
• Ch 09-02_3: Multi-leg Goliath Battle (A)

Ch 09-03: The Truth

• Ch 09-03_1: Multi-leg Goliath Destroyed (A)
• Ch 09-03_2: 9S Learns the Truth (B)

Chapter 10: Loss

'The City Ruins are overrun with machines, so 2B and 9S head there to support the Resistance. One particularly large weapon turns out to contain a very angry Eve.'

Ch 10-01: Machines out of Control

• Ch 10-02_1: 9S Placed in Battle (B)
• Ch 10-02_2: 2B Requests Backup (Weird Machines) (A)
• Ch 10-02_3: 2B Assists the Resistance (A)
• Ch 10-02_4: Multi-leg Goliath Battle (A)

Ch 10-02: Spherical Machine Battle (Threat Disposal) (A & B)

Ch 10-03: Attack on Pascal's Village (A & B)

Ch 10-04: Battling Eve (A & B)

Ch 10-05: 2B and 9S

• Ch 10-05_1: The End of Battle (Ending A) (A)
• Ch 10-05_2: The Beggining of Battle (B)

Chapter 11: Full-scale Attack

'Having destroyed Adam and Eve, the YoRHa turn their attention to the other machines. however, they are wiped out by a large-scale virus, which has now spread to 2B as well..'

Ch 11-01: 2B's Invasion Begins (Onward to War) (C)

Ch 11-02: 9S Hacks the Defense System (C)

Ch 11-03: 2B's Battle for Control (Take Control) (C)

Ch 11-04: Contaminated YoRHa (Report) (C)

Ch 11-05: 2B Escape the Bunker (Loss) (C)

Ch 11-06: 2B's Final Moments (C)

Ch 11-07: 9S Gets Separated (C)

Chapter 12: Memories of Sand

'Pod 042 received 2B's final order to support A2, and stuck fast to her through her travels - whether A2 lifed it or not'

Ch 12-01: A2 Awakens (Destroy Machines) (C)

Ch 12-02: A2's Battle in the Desert

Chapter 13: Meat Box

'Having accessed the Tower, 9S was compelled to head for the Resource Recovery Unit. This led him towads the massive unit near the forest castle'

Ch 13-01: 9S Awakens (Tower Recon) (C)

Ch 13-02: 9S Accessess the Tower (Obtain Keys) (C)

Ch 13-03: 9S's Determination (C)

Ch 13-04: 9S and the Meat Box (C)

Chapter 14: Pascal’s Despair

'The machines of Pascal's village suddenly went haywire. A2 rushed to the village to help Pascal and the children escape, but they find no safe harbor. A2 fights beside Pascal, but..'

Ch 14-01: A2 and the Oil Filter (Maintenance) (C)

Ch 14-02: A day in the Life of Pascal (It Takes a Village) (C)

Ch 14-03: Pascal Needs Help (A Villager's Request) (C)

Ch 14-04: Cannibal Machines (Village Turmoil) (C)

Ch 14-05: A2 and the Children (Protect the Children) (C)

Chapter 15: Soul Box

'9S's next target is the Resource Recovery Unit in the Flooded City. Through deft hacking, he obtains the second Tower access key, but his body is left unable to fight.'

Ch 15-01: 9S Continues Fighting (Obtain Keys) (C)

Ch 15-02: 9S and the Soul Box (C)

Ch 15-03: 9S Wounded (Recover NFCS) (C)

Ch 15-04: 9S Repaired (C)

Chapter 16: God Box

'9S fights the corrupted Operator 210 inside the recovery unit and again encounters A2. As soon as he turns his ire upon her, a machine lifeform crashes their reunion'

Ch 16-01: 9S and the Resource Unit (Obtain Keys) (C)

Ch 16-02: A2 and the Resouce Unit (C)

Ch 16-03: 9S and the God Box (C)

Ch 16-04: A2 and the Machine Siblings (C)

Chapter 17: The Tower

'9S and A2 are guided into the Tower, unaware of the purpose for which it was built by machine lifeforms. A truth awaits them inside, as hideous as the Red Girl's nightmare.'

Ch 17-01: 9S Heads to the Tower (Tower Infiltration) (C)

Ch 17-02: 9S Searches the Tower (C)

Ch 17-03: A2 Heads to the Tower (C)

Ch 17-04: A2 Searches the Tower (C)

Ch 17-05: 9S Self-repairs (C)

Ch 17-06: The Red Girls (C)

Ch 17-07: To the Peak (To the Top) (C)

Ch 17-08: Combined Multi-leg Machine (C)

Ch 17-09: 9S and A2 (C)

Ch 17-10: The End (Ending C and D) (C)