Welcome to Neoseeker's The Surge walkthrough and guide. The Surge is the latest Dark Souls-like game from the creators of Lords of the Fallen!

Set in a heavily dystopian future as Earth nears the end of its life, those who remain in the overpopulated cities must work to survive.

This comprehensive guide will endeavour to cover all aspects of the game including a complete walkthrough to the main game from beginning to end as well as links to the walkthrough for the expansion DLC. It also features a list of NPCs and their associated side-quests as well as incorporating this information into the main walkthrough to ensure you don’t miss anything. The walkthrough will also provide you with a heads up for specific locations in which you can obtain mission/context specific achievements/trophies as well as useful items so you can collect 100% of everything in the game.

In addition, this guide will also presents brief enemy strategy primers each time you encounter a new enemy type and will also include the locations of all of the game's many collectibles – Weapons, Audio Logs and Comic Books.

Please edit the guide or contact me (Sokkus) on Neoseeker if there is anything missing, you have an alternate strategy or any advice that you would like to give.

To use this guide, you can look at the Table of Contents on the right-hand side (or on a mobile device, the Table of Contents button at the top of the page). You can also refer to this first page for links to all key sections of the guide.

What this guide will offer:

• Complete walkthrough to the game from start to finish.
• A list of boss encounters and strategies.
• A list of NPCs and associated side-quests.
• Location Guides for every Audio Log, Comic Book and Weapon.
• Achievement/trophy guide.

Gameplay Basics

The Surge can be a little tough on newcomers thanks to its Dark Souls/Lords of the Fallen inspired gameplay and the complete lack of shields! As such, this section aims to fill you in on some of the game’s mechanics, systems and gameplay so that the beginner stages are a lot less painful and you can get to stomping mechanical butt much quicker. The sections include:

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• Tech Scrap Tips - Tips on gaining Tech Scrap, Tech Scrap Multipliers and Tech Scrap loss and retrieval.
• Using an Ops/Command Centre - How to level RIG Core Power, Install Implants and improve Weapons and Armor.
• Managing Action Bars - How to monitor Health, Stamina and Energy bars and what they mean.
• Combat - Using combat techniques, targeting enemy components and utilising Drone support.

Walkthrough

The Surge features an approximately 40+ hour campaign spanning 7 core mission zones (Abandoned Production, Central Production B, Resolve Biolabs, Research and Development, Executive Forum and Nucleus). Each of these areas is further broken down into a series of named areas. Below you'll find links for walkthroughs for how to approach and complete each area in order from start to finish.

• Abandoned Production
• Central Production B - First Visit
  • Conveyor Hub
• Resolve Biolabs
• Central Production B - Second Visit
• Research and Development
  • Exhibition Floor
• Central Production B - Third Visit
• Executive Forum
• Backtracking and Area Clean Up
• Nucleus

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Boss Encounter Strategies

Bosses are the biggest, toughest enemies in the game and will present the biggest challenge during your progression through the game. Fortunately, we've created a detailed boss fight strategy guide ofr each of the five bosses in the game complete with text and videos. Looking for help with one of the bosses, we've got you covered. Check out the links below for the boss of your choice:

The Surge Side-Quests

In addition to the story-based NPCs in the game (of which there are several), you can also find a number of other NPCs inhabiting the various locations in The Surge's game world. Many of these NPCs will give you optional side-quest tasks which often result in some nifty rewards.

• Alec Norris - Ghost in the Machine - Alec and his daughter can be found in the Command Centre/Medbay Research and Development but can also be found later in the Nucleus zone.
• Davey - Pusher Man - Davey is first found in the Material Depot section of Central Production B.
• Don Hackett - CREO Killed the Video Star - Don is the PR spokesman that you see on the videos scattered throughout the CREO facility. He can be found in the Executive Forum area.
• Gene Barrett - Homo Machinalis - Gene Barrett is one of the scientists located in the Research and Development area.
• Hobbs - Rescue Hobbs - Hobbs is first found in the Material Depot section of Central Production B.
• Irina - Duty Bound - Irina is encountered in several locations in Central Production B and the Executive Forum areas but can first be found in Conveyor Hub area of Central Production B.
• Jo - Repeat Customer - Jo is initially found in the Toxic Waste Disposal section of Central Production B but is also encountered in the Research and Development area.
• Sally - Turing Test - Sally is the hologram of the lady that you'll see throughout the game at the Contact Terminals in the Command Centre/Medbay areas. She can be found in the Executive Forum area.
• Vending Machine Cult - Infidel - The Vending Machine Cult is good for an Achievement/Trophy and can be found in the Conveyor Hub section of the Central Production B area.
• Smelter Bots and Ironmaus Gear - You'll find five Smelter Bots in total in the Abandoned Production, Central Production B and Resolve Biolabs areas. Killing them will enable you to find the hidden Ironmaus gear.

Collectible, Gear and other Useful Item Locations

There are a large number of different Collectibles littered throughout the various zones comprising The Surge’s sizeable game world and they come in a number of different forms. This locations guide will give you a brief description of each type of collectible and gear type, a brief intro on how and what they are used for and then a complete list of all of the different collectibles, weapons, implants and armour in the game sorted by the game's major and secondary locations. I have included a brief description of the location of each collectible to assist you in finding them.

The following pages will help you find the most important of the collectibles – Weapons, Armor Sets, Implants, Audio Logs and Comic Books sorted by type and level:

• Weapon Locations – Weapons can be acquired through either defeating enemies/bosses or locating specific Loot Pyramids holding them. They are used as your primary source of attack, so it’s a good idea to find a few that you like.
• Armor Locations – Armor in the game can only be crafted using blueprints acquired through severing pieces of armour from enemy combatants. There are several sets of armor and a number of different class types. Each set has four blueprints for collection.
• Implant Locations – Implants can be found by locating trickily hidden Loot Pyramids in the environment or by defeating specific enemy types. These can be inserted into empty sockets in Warren’s RIG to grant a range of different passive bonuses.
• Audio Log Locations – Audio Logs appear as glowing tablet computers on the floor or activated Communication Terminals. Finding these will give you a little additional backstory into the CREO Company and the game world’s inhabitants.
• Comic Book Locations – These are the trickiest of the collectibles to find as they look just like a normal book.

Achievements and Trophies

The walkthrough/guide also features a complete achievement/trophy guide which lists every achievement/trophy in the game, their unlock criteria and a solution as to how to earn each of them.