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Mightier than the Sword achievement in The Outer Worlds

Mightier than the Sword

Save Edgewater permanently.

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How to unlock the Mightier than the Sword achievement

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Missable Achievement

This achievement requires that you make some specific choices during the game. It’s mutually exclusive of the achievement Ludwig was Right, however, it's possible to earn both achievements in the same playthrough with a well timed save.

For this achievement at the start of the game you need to choose to redirect power to Edgewater, then convince the deserters to return but not have Reed step down as leader.

Much later in the story Sophia Akande will ask you to send a tracking signal on Phineas' terminal as part of the quest Long Distance. I believe it does not matter whether you send a corrupted signal or not. I sent the corrupted signal. Afterwards, Sophia will ask you to meet with her. Before talking to her make a manual save.

Assuming you directed the power back to Edgewater and Reed was left in charge, you will be awarded the achievement after speaking with her.

Afterwards, reload your save and before talking with Sophia, travel to Edgewater and kill Reed. This will switch the outcome you get when talking to Sophia allowing you to unlock the other achievement once you complete the quest she gives you.

The Secret Achievement achievement in The Outer Worlds worth 66 pointsContinue playing to unlock this secret achievement
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As stated above by Fir7shadow, the statement in the original solution that you can't do this and "Ludwig was Right" in the same playthrough is absolutely incorrect. The walkthrough here on TA details the approach that will let you get both with a save before going to talk to Sophia. Basically, you go and kill Reed before talking to her to get "Ludwig was Right", and then reload and go straight to Sophia to get this one. Very easy to do as long as you get all the prerequisites as stated in the walkthrough.
Posted by JKSullivan on 24 Aug 20 at 13:40

I'm a bit late to the game but you can skip going to Monarch completely if you get Percival to "open" the door to The Chairman's office for you.

Jump on his desk, crouch, start to pickpocket him until he starts to chase you, run to the door on the left (not Akande's) and he'll open the door when he gets near it.

Pass the speech check with him, watch the movie on the terminal, speak to Akande, achievement should pop afterwards.
Posted by AlphaC3ntari on 21 Sep 20 at 21:55

Skipping monarch didn’t work. I followed that exactly but the achievement didn’t pop even though she talked about Edgewater
Posted by AvocadoFire on 02 Nov 20 at 21:26

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Mightier Than the Sword | Ludwig Was Right
- These are 2 Very Missable Achievements CAN be acquired in the same play-through making the right decisions and using Saves
**Make NEW SAVES often throughout to give yourself options if you screw up along the way, which is easy to do!**

I speed ran these 2 cheevs after my first play-through.

Here's what you must do early in the story:
} Redirect Power to Edgewater (Adelaide tries to change your mind)
} Convince Deserters to return to Edgewater (Only need to do the side-quest for 1 of the 2 people)
} DO NOT make Reed step down! *I did this before realizing lol

A fair bit later after getting Udom Bedford's Seal from Gladys and agreeing to take out the Cartographer for Sofia. You will then be tasked with sending a signal from Dr. Welles' Terminal in his Secret Lab that you can fly to.
(Don't have to turn in Phineas, you can just send the corrupt signal from Phineas' Terminal)

You will now have to continue with the main quest for Sofia
"SIGNAL POINT IN SPACE"
until you deal with the broadcasts on Monarch , eventually this mission will say
[] Return to Sofia.
*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***

**You will want to SAVE before talking to Sofia after you have dealt with the broadcasts**

For Mightier Than The Sword talk to Sophia after making that Save,
then re-load that SAVE

- You can now go to Reed in Edgewater and KILL HIM, you can then return to Sophia and she will make you do a mission involving Edgewater. Finish that side-quest to get the Ludwig Was Right achievement (unlocks right after finishing the automechs in Edgewater).

Doing this will net you both cheevs without having to do a new play-through! :)
*You can now load up any SAVE you like so that you can play the story the way you would like to!

All of my HD Achievement Guides for The Outer Worlds can be found here! :) (Mobile Friendly)
https://www.bradleafsfan9.com/the-outer-worlds
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You can steal the Seal from Gladys in her safe. It’s the first item in the safe, so be quick and grab it before she catches you. Then just silver tongue your way out of being caught.
Posted by InquisitorZac on 21 Jan 20 at 22:34

The 2 dislike from the makers of the other two guides.
Posted by JimmieWorld on 27 Aug 22 at 21:06

Can you just kill Gladys to get the seal or does that mess up the achievement?
Posted by Cryostatic17 on 24 Nov 22 at 06:26
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For anyone looking to get this achievement as fast as possible here is my speed run of doing the achievement in about 1hr20min:
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I don't understand the down vote. This is a very streamlined way to get the achievement especially if you need to knock out the tossball kills.
Posted by Allgorhythm on 29 Apr 20 at 00:46

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