Dishonored 2 is an interesting game in terms of progression not only mechanics-wise... but also in how much more they played around with the various individually-rendered smaller items that populate each level.
Me: Okay, we'll just stick to swords and collectables like last time right?
Brain: POTENTIAL USE POTENTIAL VALUE
Me: Right, counting the tools it is then.
Aaand then it occurred to me several missions in that a few items that I was counting had been present in previous missions and thus were un-counted... On the bright side, I kind of wanted to play around with the whole New-Game-Plus thing anyways.
For the record, I didn't touch theDeath of the Outsider Expansion. The whole demystifying-our-setting's-biggest-mythological-figure thing just doesn't gel with me, and so I instead pretend that it doesn't exist.
On another note, this one's broken down into a few categories on account of there being more items to keep track of. With that out of the way, onwards to the record!
Weapons and Personal Equipment:Guard Sword: 321
Gang Cleaver: 10
Overseer Sabre: 137
Howler Blade: 70
Whalebone Sword: 70
Pistol: 172
Wristbow: 38
Grenade: 42
Sticky Grenade: 14
Springrazor: 24
Stun Mine: 34
Rewire Tool: 41
S&P Elixir: 131
Addermire Solution: 95
Bottle of Chloroform: 49
Bottle of Howler Dust: 19
Orbon Rum: 86
Gristol Cider: 294
Mulberry Mead: 193
Rivera Fig Wine: 218
Padilla Pear Soda: 160
Pratchett Jellied Eels: 145
Barrel of Wine: 820
Dispersed Incendiary Release: 2
Fire Hardening Treatment: 2
Combat Sleep Dart Formula: 2
Mercury Vapor Distillation: 2
Pyro-Sonic Casing: 1
Alloy Polarization: 2
Conductive Filaments: 2
Slug Splintering Wedges: 2
Reverberation Tubing: 1
Triggered Housing: 1
Configurable Grooving: 1
Secondary Coiling: 1
Spiked Grenade Housing: 2
Firing Chamber Pivot: 1
Small-Scale Combustion Refinement: 1
Folded Galvani Resin: 2
Blade Conversion: 2
Dual-Layered Galvani Weave: 1
Counter-Blast Inversion: 1
Oil Lantern: 248
Typewriter: 83
Alarm Clock: 117
Table Clock: 79
Magnifying Glass: 61
Microscope: 32
Telescope: 3
Camera: 47
Projector: 29
Large Projector: 5
Hammer: 44
Mallet: 28
Handsaw: 43
Short Saw: 55
Hacksaw: 43
Wrench: 72
Wheelchair: 64
Shovel: 29
Pickaxe: 26
Meat Cleaver: 7
Portable Generator: 52
Gold Reserve Block: 146
Bathing Salts: 49
Blood Amber: 46
Copper Wire: 89
"Lucky" Sphalerite: 22
Pied Avocet Feathers: 21
Processed Whale Oil: 22
Silver Dust Pouch: 15
Tyvian Ore: 19
Ivory Scrimshaw: 28
Pearl Fan: 25
Gold Ingot: 16
Silver Ingot: 48
Summary of the Relatively Important:
321+137+70+70=598 Swords
172 Single-Shot Pistols
42 Fragmentation Grenades
14 Sticky Fragmentation Grenades
24 "Cutting" Anti-Personnel Mines
34 Electric-Charge Anti-Personnel Mines
131 Vials of Immune-System-Boosting Medicine
95 Vials of Restorative Serum
49 Bottles of Chloroform Gas
19 Bottles of an Explosive Stunning Compound
86 Bottles of Rum
294 Bottles of Cider
193 Jugs of Mead
218 Bottles of Fig Wine
160 Bottles of Pear-Flavored Soda
145 Cans of Jellied Eels
820 Barrels of Wine
248 Oil Lanterns
83 Typewriters
117+79=196 Mechanical Clocks
47 (Silver) Block-Print Cameras
29+5=34 Projectors
52 Hand-Portable Generators (Presumably Oil-Powered)
89 Coils of Copper Wire
146 Large Blocks of Solid Gold
22 Bottles of Processed Whale Oil
15 Pouches of Silver Dust
16 Ingots of Solid Gold
48 Ingots of Solid Silver
Blueprints allowing for the Reproduction of Incendiary Bolts, Distilled-Mercury-Injecting Stinging Bolts, Howler-Dust-Containing Howling Bolts, Sticky-Grenades, and Explosive Bullets
A formula for an instant-effect anesthetic compound
Instructions for hardening the metals used in bullets and bolts
A blueprint allowing for the creation of a magnetized bullet capable of disrupting electronics
A blueprint allowing for the creation of grenades that detonate on contact
19 Rewired Clockwork Soldiers
Some Final Thoughts:
-They brought back chokedust as Not!Chokedust, yet for some reason also stuck a bug on the crossbow "bolt" that contains it... for some reason.
-The masterwork upgrades dredge up that question about upgrading multiple pistols provided that enough funds are available yet again, given the existence of additions including but not limited to:
- A solid feed strip as opposed to a loose belt of bullets hanging down from the side
- A scope and upgraded accuracy to the point that one essentially has a "sniper pistol"
- Conversely to the above, the ability to make a pistol function akin to a sawn-off shotgun
- The ability to go beyond semi-automatic into burst-fire or fully automatic fire
- Those hand-portable generators are rather interesting in that they're small enough to feasibly be transported without the need for a vehicle. They'd probably still be quite heavy, though.
-Speaking of weight, I have no idea how to figure out just how much gold the reserve blocks have. I couldn't find anything outright stating the weight of the blocks, though for reference the things are a bigger than the average human head. Don't ask.
-While there is nothing guaranteeing that any/all bottles and barrels actually have liquor in them, the fact that the devs felt compelled to actually label said bottles and the fact that some are sitting on shelves untouched lets me believe that at least most of them do have the proper contents within.
-Partway through the second playthrough I realized that there were a bunch of metal tanks of rum. I was not committed enough to looting to go for a third playthrough. Besides which, I'm even less sure of their contents than I am the wine barrels'.
-While the S&J elixir no longer restoring mana was probably a balancing decision, I am still obligated to boo the devs for taking away the mana-restoring properties that would have undoubtedly been present due to Piero's work being incorporated into the stuff.
EDIT: AHA, ALMOST FORGOT!
Fun Fact: You can rewire the "clockwork soldiers" to fight on your side. While gameplay balances mandated their self-destruction, personally I like the idea that one could possibly just hack the things permanently. Can also just shut the things down and pack them on a cart or truck without the usual issues of "living" matter. As such, I'm counting the lot of them as loot and nobody can stop me.
