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Penny Pincher achievement in Defense Grid 2

Penny Pincher

Win a mission with at least 5,000 resources remaining.

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How to unlock the Penny Pincher achievement

  • Elite1111111111Elite1111111111
    24 Sep 2014 01 Oct 2014 01 Oct 2014
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    I was able to earn this on level 01 on Story Mode on Normal Difficulty.
    Feel free to do it on Easy.

    I first built cannons blocking the top left and bottom right roads, and one in the middle of the rectangle.
    After wave 2, I started upgrading them to yellow.
    During wave 5, I started upgrading them to red.
    During wave 13, I built 2 more cannons near the core housing and upgraded them to red.
    During wave 18, I built one more cannon near the core housing and upgraded it to red.
    I used the orbital laser during wave 20 to kill aliens from wave 19 and wave 20.
    I ended the level with 5070 resources, if you somehow don't have this much you can just sell your cannon towers. Each one is worth 1050 resources.

    This achievement should unlock at the score screen.

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    Netechmaworked for me, even without the orbital (on easy anyway) thanks Elite!
    Posted by Netechma on 13 Mar 17 at 11:22

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  • DARK X STEVEDARK X STEVE
    14 May 2016 19 May 2016
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    For these achievements I would pick level 1 and build 3 cannons anywhere on the map. As soon as you can upgrade the cannons to level 3 and then leave them until about the 12th wave, at that point build 2 more cannons to level 3. This set up should get you until wave 20 which is when you need to sell all 5 towers do this as quickly as you can as you get about 20 seconds after the wave completes before the game stops you doing anything and goes to your score page. As long as you sell all 5 towers you should pick up all 3 achievements.

    I have included a video below in case you want more help and guidance.
  • vegansoundvegansound
    10 Jul 2017 17 Jul 2017
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    Don't bother trying getting this achievement, because on your way for the 'Master Strategist' achievement ('Earn 100 Gold Medals on any missions'), you'll get it.

    Here's a YouTube playlist made by JogandoEAndando with videos on how to beat EVERY mission on EVERY mode on NORMAL difficulty. I've used it from A to Z to beat the game (50hrs) and each guide is perfect. Very nice work from him, congrats!

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyx3ruPOCg3_g0ZCN_9in...
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