100% Completion Checklist

- Story Missions

- Secondary Missions
> - Fletus Races
> - Death Rack (Lift)
> - Sneak Attack (Ambush)
> - Cannon
> - Hunter
> - One-offs

- Collectables
> - Motor Forges (x11)
> - Bound Serpents (x120)
> - Buried Metal (x24)
> - Landmark Viewers (x32)
> - Legends (x13)
> - Lightning Plug Jumps (x24)
> - Tab Slabs (Solos)(x12)

- Upgrades (Base game, no DLC)
> - Deuce Upgrades
> - Primary Weapons
> - Secondary Weapons
> - Paint Jobs
> - Guitar Strings
> - Axe Treatments
> - Special Attacks
> - Mt Rockmore Effigies

- Concept Art
> - Storyboard
> - Ironheade

The first three points on the list are very self-explanatory. All missions appear on your map, and the Collectables are all tracked on the Stats page, so you can see exactly how many you still need to grab.

Personally, I enter a Motor Forge a total of three times. Once to get a piece of Concept Art, and also to buy upgrades. First time is to buy the necessary upgrades to the Deuce for the mission "Tour of Destruction", the second time is after I've finished "Pilgrimage of Screams" to get some more Deuce upgrades, as well as an Axe-dip, Guitar Strings and a Special Attack. And the third time I do all the way at the end of the run to get to 100%.

Note that doing all of the above (and nothing else) will NOT give you enough Fire Tributes to purchase all 47 necessary items from the Motor Forge. A good method to get the required amount of Fire Tributes is to complete random encounters in the overworld in which Ironheade units are fighting units from other factions. These encounters award you with 15 Fire Tributes.

Finally, there's concept art. There are two sections you need to pay attention to; Storyboard, and Ironheade. Let's look at Ironheade first.

There are seventeen pieces of Concept Art in this section. You're going to need to grab seven of them in the Campaign, and ten in Multiplayer. The problem that you may have noticed if you've tried to run this game BEFORE consulting this guide is that since you're in a hurry and skipping all the cutscenes, you're only going to receive five out of seven of the Campaign arts.

Here's exactly how to avoid this issue. The first one you would be missing is the Ophelia art. At the end of the introductory mission "Welcome to the Age of Metal", when you ramp off the end of the highway, simply don't skip the cutscene. Let it play out until the pre-rendered section starts playing. You can then skip that by pressing Escape. You should see a pop-up that you've unlocked new Concept Art.

Secondly, there's the Kill Master art. Same as before, there's a cutscene you're gonna want to -NOT- skip. In "Kill Master's Mercy", when you reach the top of the hill, there's a cutscene that plays after the Success screen. Watch the cutscene in full, and you'll get the concept art you're after.

You should now have seven of seventeen pieces of concept art. Now exit the campaign whenever you like, and go to Multiplayer. Set up a Custom Match as Ironheade on the map 'Feeding Area', or 'Altar of Blood'. Make sure you don't have an opponent. That's going to make doing this a lot easier.

You're going to want to spawn a number of every type of unit available to Ironheade. The exact numbers vary from unit-to-unit. Also note that any units spawned in the Campaign count towards this total.

Ironheade Concept Art
- 25 Headbangers, Razorgirls, Thunderhogs.
- 10 Fire Barons, Headsplitters, Bouncers.
- 15 Roadies, Metal Beasts.
- 5 Rock Crushers.

Make some infantry units and send them around the map, capturing all the Fan Geysers. I recommend you only spawn one type of unit at a time so it's clear which Concept Art you unlock, and don't have a healing unit out with infantry, so they can die as fast as possible. Once you've got all the Fan Geysers captured just go around your unit-menu, spawning one type of unit until the Concept Art unlocks, and then go to the next. This part of the run is going to feel ridiculously slow, but we haven't found any faster way to do this as of yet.
- For Feeding Area, simply send them into the center-area of the map where they can get killed, so that you don't max out your Load.
- For Altar of Blood, send your units into the center of the map, and when your Load is nearly maxed out, enter the temple and use your groundpound to drop the engine and kill your units.

After you get through all your units, you should have all the Ironheade Concept Art, so let's move on to Storyboard. This whole section is once again related to cutscene-skipping. I'll go through them in chronological order.

First we've got 'Bat Out Of Hell', which unlocks during the final cutscene of "Welcome to the Age of Metal", just like the Ophelia art.
Second, we've got the 'Motor Forge Intro', which unlocks the first time you enter a Motor Forge, provided you do not skip the cutscene.
The next two Artpieces on the list are "The Crushing Pit", and "Gyre Destroyed". The first is unlocked in the very first cutscene, even before choosing to start the mission. Thankfully, you don't actually have to fail the mission to unlock the second Concept Art. After freeing some Headbangers, entering the main Gyre-area and clearing it of the Lionwhyte loyalists, a cutscene will play starting with Eddie saying "That all you got, Mittens?". Don't skip this cutscene.

Next we have 'The Kill Master', which unlocks at the ending cutscene of the mission "Kill Master's Mercy", same as his Ironheade character-art.

Sixth on the list is 'Pounding the Corpse', which unlocks during the cutscene where Eddie builds the Thunderhog, immediately after defeating the Metal Queen in, you guessed it, "Lair of the Metal Queen".

Seventh, we've got 'Meet Lionwhyte', which unlocks during the cutscene directly after you spawn your first few units in "Battle for Bladehenge", appropriately, where you 'Meet Lionwhyte'.

Eighth, we've got 'Wings of Agony', which unlocks in the cutscene where Eddie gets his wings; the first cutscene of "Fists Shall Fall".

And finally there's 'Sermon On The Stack'. This Concept Art unlocks when acquiring the amps on "Pilgrimage of Screams".

So remember, do not skip any of these cutscenes while playing the game. You can skip all of the others, but not these. If you accidentally do, your run isn't necessarily dead, but you'll have to go into Chapter Select at the end of your run and restart the appropriate mission for the piece of Concept Art that you missed.

If anything is still unclear to you, please do let me know, and I'll do my best to clear it up.

Good luck on your runs!

Any% Video Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUeHMmd3fe7BjkmRrzHAAC87tURaYVoTZ

Some outdated strats, but still relevant for beginners.

HOW TO: Import save archives

https://i.imgur.com/psVE6fb.gif

- Navigate to 'C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\doublefine\brutallegend\<STEAM_USER_ID>'
- Delete everything (except for 'prefs.sav')
- Unpack save archive into current folder

That's all!

Lair of the Metal Queen stategy guide

This is the guide on Lair of the Metal Queen. Most useful information you can find here is manipulating the Queen into performing that one attack you can counter and do damage afterwards. But I described all I know anyways. The mission is not only the Metal Queen herself but also her minions, getting through her lair on foot and making escape on wheels.

PART 1 - THE RUN

There is not much to it. You just run forward and not stop. It is possible to completely dodge all the little spiders and make it to the end without stopping. But dodging first swarm of little spiders is tricky and most likely you'll get grabbed. In this case, obviously, stop and play Earthshaker. I prefer to quickly tap Solo button to immediately transition from running to standing still without the need to slow down so I can do the Earthshaker right off.

PART 2 - THE FIGHT

In this part there will be a lot of talking about magic spots. Observe distinctive bumps in the ground to memorize them.

The Metal Queen. It is possible to make her do desired pattern every time. I suspect that it has to do something with vertical position difference between you and her. Here is consistent setup for the opening of the fight:
 - After skipping cutscene, when the real fight starts, don't move. Wait for the Queen to start moving and then start moving yourself. You don't have to start exactly when she does. You can even start a little later.
 - While you stand still, aim for that magic spot so that you start running in the right direction.
 - Don't sprint. Run at default speed. Pacing is important.
 - Just run until she does her thing.
 - If you are practicing and reloading that fight's checkpoint, camera resets so that it is aimed at the exact direction you are supposed to move towards. But only then. When you first arrive, camera is left in the state from before cutscene (?). You can keep reloading checkpoints to learn the angle and practice the pacing.
 - Hi-Fi simulator is ON. I assume you have it ON anyways because it lets you skip cutscenes faster, but as far as I remember, the setup doesn't work if this setting is OFF.
 - Sometimes after skipping cutscene the queen walks towards you right off and sometimes she stands still. It's random (?). Be ready for both options.
 
She does her thing. Shocker. Axe swings. This brings us to first wave of lesser spiders. The idea here is to hit all 4 of them with one Earthshaker and then finish them off with single Shocker for each. Position yourself so that they surround you as they land. You should be able to find a spot where part of them lands within range of an Earthshaker while the other part lands so far that their first action is to walk towards you and not around you. When you find your spot, work on the Earthshaker timing. I prefer to hit the buttons as the spiders touch the ground, or fraction of second later. When the Earthshaker connects, one Shocker is enough to finish a spider off. While electrocution damage over time kills spiders, you should start working on the magic spot for Metal Queen round 2
 
Metal Queen round 2. My strategy is to stand in a magic spot and do nothing afterwards as the events unfold - Queen jumps in, spits as she lands, knocking you back, and does the attack we want. As in the beginning, I suspect that it has to do something with vertical position difference. This is how I would describe the magic spot:
 - It is close to the queen's landing spot
 - It is around her 10 o clock
 - You should notice a bump on the ground. Specifically the plane tilted towards the queen's landing spot. This plane is your magic spot. The more to the right the better.
Apparently there are other magic spots that correctly manipulate the queen in this phase. I descriibed one that worked for me.
  
Lesser spiders wave 2. Initially 4 of them appear and as you kiil 2, another ones appear. I use Facemelter here. The plan here is similar as in wave 1, but this time we want Earthshaker to hit only 2 spiders. Same goes for the Shockers afterwards. While electrocution damages the spiders, start playing Facemelter. If done right, two spiders should die, more spiders would come for backup and all of them would surround you perfectly as your Facemelter is about to go off. If you do Facemelter too early, you will miss the later spiders. If you do it too late, you die. Timing is not strict. You can delay Facemelter by a second or two.
 
Metal Queen round 3. Exact same thing as round two. Make sure you hit her 19 times with an axe or else you will go through an extra cycle. Remember that after the Shocker connects, all hits count, even when queen doesn't appear to be knocked down. 
 
PART 3 - THE DRIVE
 
You just drive like if someone's life depended on it. In this part keep in mind couple things.
 - Your vehicle's turbo lasts for 3 seconds (unless interrupted) and has no cooldown. Just like any other Thunderhog in the game. You are able to fire at will.
 - When jumping out of the lair and landing on concrete road you will most likely be under influence of Turbo and hold Forward. This pretty often leads your Thunderhog to derail violently. If you face this issue, make a landing while NOT holing Forward and accelerating only after you make sure you are safe. If that doesn't work, try landing while holding handbrake. Remember about the turbo after you land.
 - When driving up the mountain remember that the road is uneven and driving at full speed will make you lose traction and crash into a wall just as you are supposed to make a sharp turn. Learn those places and remember to slow down.

That would be all. Keep rockin now.

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100% Completion Checklist	KinzyKenzie 7 years ago
Any% Video Tutorial	KinzyKenzie 5 years ago
HOW TO: Import save archives	KinzyKenzie 6 years ago
Lair of the Metal Queen stategy guide	SimpleUnit 7 years ago