GamesActionStellar BladeHow to get the Hacking Tool in Stellar BladeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
GamesActionStellar BladeHow to get the Hacking Tool in Stellar BladeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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The Stellar Blade Hacking Tool used to open certain chests is spoken about a while before you can actually get it, meaning that you’ll have to return with it to previous areas later on to crack open the loot you were forced to pass on the first time around. While the Hacking Tool only becomes accessible at a certain point in the story, it might still take longer to get it, as you’ll need to know where to look. With that in mind, I’ll explain how to get the Hacking Tool in Stellar Blade below, as well as what chests it can and can’t open.
How to get the Hacking Tool that unlocks chests in Stellar Blade
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The Hacking Tool in Stellar Blade is a drone upgrade thatonly becomes accessible once you’ve progressed the story up until the point where you first unlock the gun -or rather, the change to your drone that allows you to turn it into a gun. This will be about 5-10 hours in, depending on your rate of progress and how much side content you’re doing, and is part of the main quest - ranged attacks aren’t something you can skip or miss out on. For more info, check out our page onhow to get the Stellar Blade gun.
How to use the Hacking Tool
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The first thing to know is that the Hacking Tool in Stellar Blade won’t open every locked chest you come across. Some, like theStellar Blade red code chestat the beginning of the game, are mission-locked and won’t open until a specific moment in the game.The Hacking Tool unlocks “High Security Sealed Chests”, which are marked with a police tape-like hologramwrapped around them as seen above. The Hacking Tool automatically opens these with no effort required on the part of the player - as you approach, the Drone will automatically scan the crate and remove the seal, meaning you can just open it as normal.
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