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Gnome Grinder achievement in Overlord II

Gnome Grinder

Kill 1000 Gnomes

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How to unlock the Gnome Grinder achievement

  • WeisGuy9WeisGuy9
    27 Jun 2009 28 Jun 2009
    This solution will get you both the "Minion Lover" achievement for collecting 5,000 lifeforce, and the secret "Gnome Grinder" achievement for killing 1,000 gnomes.

    First you need to forge "The Evil Eye" helmet; this will double all lifeforce you pick up. (It is also the helmet needed to go with the Elemental Armor for the Blue Steel Look achievement.)

    Next, go to Everlight Facility and draw out all brown minions - as many as you can. I recommend at least 40.

    Go out to the main road and hang a right toward the facility. Go down the long hallway to the first room. In the very first room you enter, there will be a floor switch on the left side in a short hallway. Plant all of your minions about 10-15 feet from the doorway where the gnomes will come from, then draw back about 5-8 minions to keep with you.

    Sweep your minions over the floor switch to release the infinite supply of gnomes and let the carnage begin. Just run in occasionally to pick up lifeforce and use the minions you have with you to chase down any that escape.

    Just watch out for the gnomes that attach to you and explode. If you get low on health, just run back to the Netherworld gate and heal up. If the gnomes stop coming out (happens occasionally) just leave the map and come back.

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    Cat In Furnacefor when gnomes attach to you you can press attack and magic at the same time to do a spin attack and they will fall off
    Posted by Cat In Furnace on 10 Aug 09 at 22:25
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  • PokuPoku
    26 Jul 2009 29 Jul 2009
    An alternative to the above guides can be done during the main storyline, while powering up the dungeon heart in the wasteland sanctuary.

    After you have charged the stone at the first shrine you will drop and gnomes will steal the heart. Your task is 'retrieve the heart from the gnomes'.

    When the heart is removed an infinite supply of exploding gnomes arrives. All you need to do is stand in the water and place all your minions in front of you on a marker. The exploding gnomes cannot reach you and your minions will kill them over and over again.
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    BradisonI did this way as well. But I stood at the gate and just held down the trigger. I would get about 10 at a time. It's pretty easy to do if you have about 30 mins to spare.
    Posted by Bradison on 20 Mar 11 at 23:12
    Brutal Hamstersgreat guide !
    Posted by Brutal Hamsters on 17 Sep 12 at 19:51
    atryeu1I found this spot without a guide and finished my last 400 off. The quest completed, no achievement :( Guess I'll try again on my 2nd playthrough....

    Edit: It wasn't just this, the entire game glitched achievements. A story related one did not unlock awhile after either. Shutting the game down and restarting the entire thing fixed the glitch and this achievement just unlocked correctly this time although now I have lost more than an hour of progress :(
    Posted by atryeu1 on 25 May 20 at 02:48
  • Van UdenVan Uden
    27 Jun 2009 27 Jun 2009
    When you find the green hive in the guarded empire building and have to transport it back to your tower you will find creatures that shoot blue lightning (name?) there are a couple that you need to distract in order to kill them more easily. In order to do so you there are 2 buttons in that area you can push. Pushing these will open a cell and gnomes will come out. The stream of gnomes is endless, so you can kill all the gnomes you like to get extra lifeforce and this achievement.

    I'm not 100% sure if this works for both buttons, but for the second one you find it worked for me on 2 different occassions.
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    AnyMulesI used the same place to get this achievement. Put myself in a place facing the gnome hole, then stuck a rubber band on the controller holding down RT to send minions towards it. Walked away and came back 20 or so minutes later and had the 1000 achievement pop up shortyly afterwards.
    Posted by AnyMules on 03 Feb 11 at 23:24
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