One of the fundamental mechanics that makes A Plague Tale: Requiem different from its predecessor is its use of gear and weapons, delivering a more nuanced combat and stealth system. The game offers more crafts to improve Amicia's weapons and gives her special items to make beating off the French Inquisition easier. However, players can't upgrade their gear any time they want. To improve gear in A Plague Tale: Requiem, players must combine tools and pieces at workbenches throughout the game, and many aren't easy to spot.
To begin, there are 34 tools scattered throughout the game's 17 chapters. They can be found in either Large Chests, which are gold with a sheet dangling out of them, or Secret Chests, which require Amicia to break into with a knife. Knives are a limited number of items that can only be used once, so players should save them for Secret Chests. Chests are hidden throughout the world, similar to the secret brace armor in A Plague Tale: Requiem at the windmill puzzle. Most chests require stepping off the game's main path and exploring every room and cranny. For example, the first tool is in an alcove of the gate exiting the city in Chapter 3. Other chests are in hard-to-access areas, such as tool 13, found in a locked room that requires players to shoot the lock off the door from the back of the wooden shack.
Pieces are easier to find than tools. Amicia can collect Pieces by searching the regular chests scattered around the game or picking them up in various nooks. Gear upgrades are a combination of Tools and Pieces. These upgrades occur on Workbenches which can be found in Chapters 3 through 16 and tend to have a light nearby, illuminating the tools hanging on the wall. Players can access the workbench to examine the five different categories of equipment: the sling from A Plague Tale: Innocence, the Crossbow, Amicia's Alchemy Items, Gear (which expands the inventory), and Instruments (which improve the crafting process).
Every Gear Upgrade Available
Each equipment category has three upgrades. Players will want to be strategic about which upgrades they make and not waste tools.
Sling Upgrades
- Softened Cords: This upgrade quiets the sling's launch, allowing for easier stealth attacks.
- Double Cradle: Amicia can now fire two shots before needing to reload. This is an important upgrade for any play style, as it allows for more actions with the sling in less time.
Crossbow Upgrades
- Flexible Limb: The crossbow has a shorter reload time, making this upgrade perfect for combat-focused players.
- Bigger Quiver: Another good upgrade for fans of the A Plague Tale's Aggressive skill tree, Amicia can now carry more bolts.
- Reinforced Bolts: Amicia can take bolts out of corpses, reducing the waste of resources in making fresh bolts.
Alchemy Upgrades
- Hidden Pockets: If players love using Amicia's alchemy items, they'll be able to carry more with this upgrade.
- Strong Fire: Amicia combines her Ignifer with a jar to make a 14th-century grenade, killing all the enemies in the blast radius
- Unstable Reaction: When Odoris comes into contact with fire, it explodes and kills unarmored enemies.
Gear Upgrades
- Ringed Belt: Amicia now carries an extra jar in her inventory, which, combined with Strong Fire, can help players feel like Junkrat from Overwatch 2.
- Bottomless Bag: If players prefer to use their alchemy to solve problems, they can carry more alchemical materials with this upgrade.
- Belt Cases: Amicia has extra room for knives and Pyrites on her belt.
Instrument Upgrades
- Recycling Tool: If Amicia has too many jars, bolts, Pyrites, or knives, she can break them down into pieces.
- Traveler Tools: This upgrade makes workbenches irrelevant, as Amicia can upgrade her equipment anywhere in the world.
- Unbreakable Tool: This effectively lowers the cost of future upgrades. One of the required tools is unbreakable and can be reused for future upgrades.
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A Plague Tale Requiem
- Franchise:
- A Plague Tale
- Platform:
- Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Released:
- 2022-10-18
- Developer:
- Asobo Studio
- Publisher:
- Focus Entertainment
- Genre:
- Action-Adventure, Stealth
- ESRB:
- M
- Summary:
- The sequel to A Plague Tale: Innocence, released in 2019, A Plague Tale: Requiem, is an action-adventure single-player stealth game developed by Asobo Studio. The story, set six months after the original game, follows Amicia and her brother Hugo as they continue their quest to cure Hugo's rare blood disease. Members of the Inquisition are pursuing the two and contending with literal hordes of rats spreading the black plague throughout Europe. Players will control Amicia, who uses simple yet effective weapons to deal with her armored French pursuers and chemical mixtures to deal with the more significant threats. The game is a somewhat linear experience with large open areas, allowing players to approach the next area as they want. In some instances, Hugo can control the rats to solve puzzles or dispatch enemies - but if the two find themselves in dark places, the rats will pursue them. A Plague Tale: Requiem releases on next-gen consoles, PC, and Cloud for Nintendo Switch on October 18 2022.
- Prequel:
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- How Long To Beat:
- 17 hours
