Mercenaries

Mercenaries Tips & Tricks

• Replenish health and ammo for free

  When you are low on Health or Ammo during free roaming mode, go to any faction headquarters and talk to the guard. After you listen to the mission briefing, walk out of the door instead of accepting the mission will fill your health and ammo back up

• Multi-player invincibility

  In any multi-player level, press Start. You can be shot at, but receive no damage. You cannot move, but it is better than dying.

• Upgrade prices

  The prices for upgrades will drop (sometimes drastically) as you progress through the game. When an upgrade is offered by the Barter Droids it will be continued to be offered until you purchase the upgrade. Items such as the Scatter Blaster, Rocket Launcher, etc can be found later in the game (dropped by enemies) for free.

• How to beat Scouts

  To deactivate a Scout quickly and easily, run up to it, preferably from behind. Get as close as you can before it notices you. Use the Scatter Blaster on it. Do not use coring charges or rockets on it; they take far to much time to re-fire/reload. The Rivet Gun is too accurate, and there are only five rivets to a clip. The Mining Laser should not be used, for obvious reasons. If it gets too far away to use the Scatter Blaster, get the SPEW out and use that.

• How to beat Sentry turrets

  When dealing with a Sentry turret, get around the back of it and jump onto the platform on its back. You can shoot at it, but it will not be able to shoot back. When it turns around to fire at you, you will still be behind it. It will just end up turning around and around.

• How to beat Mils

  Mils are a lot less likely to "know" what is shooting at them if you are in a vehicle.

• Secret chips

  There are a total of 143 secret chips in the game. There are 104 hidden chips to find, and 39 speed chips. REMEMBER: There are no speed chips for levels 1, 18, and 37.

• Additional barter droid dialogue

  If you visit Shady and Mr. Pockets (the barter droids), then leave without buying anything, they will say something other than their usual set of parting phrases.

• Grenade warning

  Every grenade you launch can hurt you if you are close to it.

• Drive on the wall

  On any level that has the car with the claw, have the wall on your left or right. Then, strafe left or right and you will begin to drive on the wall.

• How to get people in your car.

  drive in any army car mostly an allies and press circle and they get in your car

• Alternate ending.

  In the last Ace contract where you have to capture or kill Song if you don't enter the code into the computer to stop the nukes or if the computer gets destroyed the news report at the end will be different than if you stopped the nukes.

• Free vehicle repair

  Heres a way to get free vehicle repair and ammo go into a headquarters of any country and leave youll have full ammo and full health on your vehicle.

• Free ammunition and repairs

  Choose a mission. Park a damaged vehicle in the base where the mission is located, accept the contract, then immediately cancel it. Select "No" at the "Retry" menu. Your vehicle will be repaired with full ammunition at no cost.

• Alternate costumes

  After you have captured or killed the Ace of Diamonds, you will be sent to the northern MASH. There should be a tent by the man who takes you between the north and southern areas. Once you find it, you character will be able to switch costumes.

• Alarms

  Blow up the alarm. If the enemies sound the alarm, do not run up to the alarm to turn it off. Just blow it up. They already know that you are there.

• Not paying Medivac

  To skip out on paying the $10,000 when you warp to the medivac, save the game. Load the game and you will appear at the medivac, but not have to pay the $10,000.

• Jump

  When in the in the Northern Province go left when exiting the mash, then go straight. When you get to the bridge call a powerful airstrike on it. When the bomb explodes there should a jump.

• Free ammunition and repairs

  Choose a mission. Park a damaged vehicle in the base where the mission is located, accept the contract, then immediately cancel it. Select "No" at the "Retry" menu. Your vehicle will be repaired with full ammunition at no cost.

• Replenish Health and Ammo for free

  When you are low on Health or Ammo during free roaming mode, go to any faction headquarters and talk to the guard. After you listen to the mission briefing, walk out of the door instead of accepting the mission will fill your health and ammo back up

• South Province Chopper Locations

  WZ-9 Chopper - Pyongyang Airport. This chopper is available after the Chinese mission involving Nampo when finished with success

• North Province Chopper Locations

  AN Gunship - You also need a sniper rifle. Head to the east entrance of the Kusong MASH and climb the surrounding hills. A random set of gunships and transport choppers hover over the MASH (if you do not see a gunship, you can save/load your game). Snipe the pilot of a gunship as it passes over the MASH; the resulting accident will usually leave the gunship in barely flyable condition, and cost you $25,000 (for killing the AN pilot).