Infamous: Second Son Cheats on Playstation 4 (PS4)

Quicklinks

• Powers
• Mega Vent Glitch
• Blast Shards
• Destroyed Objects
• Prototype 2 Alex Mercer Reference
• Cough Drop Trophy Easy
• Double Smoke Stack Attack Trophy Easy
• Keep an Eye Out
• Ranged Damage
• Cole McGrath's Electronics
• Chest Unlockables
• Raid Location
• Karma Path
• Hat Trick Trophy Easy
• Total CARnage Trophy Easy
• Karma System and Powers
• Keep it Up Trophy Easy
• Karmic Streak Attacks
• Side Missions
• Trophies
• Powers Guide

Powers

Hints

• Take the time to learn how your powers work, so you can choose the best one for any situation. You should also practice your melee and close-range fighting skills to prepare yourself for later boss battles where you can't hide or fight from the rooftops.
• Smoke power is good for close-range attacks, but it is the slowest transportation power.
• Neon power is good for transportation and long-range attacks, but not for close-range.

Mega Vent Glitch

Glitches

This is a glitch you can do with smoke power and a vent. This glitch will allow you to gain lots of height, sometimes enough to shoot you into a kill plain very high up.

Find a vent and enter it. While you are in the vent, start rotating the left stick in circles quickly.

When you exit the vent, wait a split second and press the circle button, and then wait another split second before hitting the square button. You should gain enough height to go far above the space needle and D.U.P. Tower.

If you can't get it, keep trying and try messing with the timings.

Note: Sometimes spamming circle in the vent will help with your timing.

Other note: This glitch was discovered by a YouTuber and Twitch streamer by the name of Macasadia

Blast Shards

Hints

You can get Blast Shards from Core Relay stations, Tracker Drones, and checkpoints. Whenever you destroy a Core Relay, you'll be able to see the locations of the Blast Shards in that district. Get as many as you can to upgrade your powers. Your first priority should be to upgrade the abilities you will need the most. Light Speed Run and Cinder Missile are two good choices. As you progress in the game, you might consider saving some of your Blast Shards in case you encounter the need for a specific upgraded power.

Destroyed Objects

Hints

Certain objects, including Signal Jammers and Mobile Command Center helicopters, will be permanently gone as soon as you destroy them. If you're having trouble fighting through the enemies to reach one, you can rush in, destroy it, and die. When you respawn, it will still be destroyed.

Prototype 2 Alex Mercer Reference

Easter Eggs

At first when you get to the bridge the the DUP destroyed in therror mini cutscene you will see road sign that says ' Mercer St'.

Cough Drop Trophy Easy

Hints

To easily get the "Cough Drop" trophy, find a random spawn of drug dealers, marked with a blue syringe on the map. They will always spawn, regardless of your karma and progress in the story. Throw a Sulfur Bomb, let it detonate, and then jump into the air to use Comet Drop to hit three at once. To make it even easier, get the Corrosive Fumes and Giant Sulfur Bomb upgrades first.

Double Smoke Stack Attack Trophy Easy

Hints

To easily get the "Double Smoke Stack Attack" trophy, go to Uptown and head to the DUP command center on the left side of the map. Use your Vent Dash power to enter a red vent on the street level. Next, use Double Dash and Glide to make your way to a second vent. When it launches you into the air, use Comet Drop on the DUP mobile command platform.

Keep an Eye Out

Hints

• If you use the rooftops to travel around the city, you will have fewer enemy encounters. To clear out the enemies in a given distract, you must destroy the Core Relay and reduce the D.U.P.'s level of control to 30% or lower. You can then fight them once and for all in a District Showdown.
• Keep an eye on the map to spot D.U.P. cameras. Destroy them before they catch you and alert the D.U.P.
• If you're fighting enemies that are on a rooftop, you can hang from the edge to use the wall itself as cover, and shoot them. This is a useful tactic for the He Who Dwells boss battle.

Ranged Damage

Hints

You can use your Smoke powers to deal ranged damage from rooftops. If you also use it to escape enemies via vents, you will almost never be in danger.

Cole McGrath's Electronics

Easter Eggs

*Contains Spoilers!*

During the boss battle with Eugene there should be a set of two red doors in his 'lair'. On these doors it is written Cole McG's Electronics with a small blue lightning bolt above it. This is a reference to the first two infamous game's protagonist Cole McGrath who had the ability to use electricity.

Chest Unlockables

Unlockables

• Delsin's Legendary Vest - This is a part of the Collector's Edition content.
• Cole's Legacy Vest - This is unlocked when you finish the Cole's Legacy DLC.

Raid Location

Hints

Even when you have cleared enemies from a location, more will spawn during DUP raids. The raid location will be marked with a red circle on your map.

Karma Path

Hints

Early on, you should decide if you want to take the Good Karma path or the Evil Karma path. For Evil Karma, you will need to be quick and destructive, and for Good Karma, you will need to be precise and merciful.

Hat Trick Trophy Easy

Hints

To easily get the "Hat Trick" trophy, find either a lone enemy or take out all but one enemy in a group. Shoot the single enemy one time with each power before killing him.

Total CARnage Trophy Easy

Hints

To easily get the "Total CARnage" trophy, use the Smoke Power's fully upgraded Cinder Missile ability, which will allow you to use 5 missiles. Go to the street and wait for five cars to come along, and then shoot each one with a missile. It is also possible to get this trophy in a parking lot.

Karma System and Powers

Hints

Due to the way the karma system affects your powers, you shouldn't switch between the two or try to balance them. If you're going to follow the Good path, try to always perform Good actions. If you're going to follow the Evil path, try to always perform Evil actions.

Keep it Up Trophy Easy

Hints

To easily get the "Keep It Up" trophy, you must have the Video Power and the Airwave skill. Go to the northeast and find the highest skyscraper in the Belltown district. At the top, enter a satellite dish to be launched into the air. Then, hold the X button to glide and use the Airwave ability to remain in the air long enough for the trophy.

Karmic Streak Attacks

Hints

Your karmic streak attacks can help you out of bad situations. They're especially effective when you're fighting the dangerous enemies at Mobile Command Centers. Build them up (by killing enemies, executing enemies who have surrendered, and killing civilians for Evil Karma, and by non-lethally incapacitating enemies, accepting surrenders, and saving civilians for Good Karma) and use them when you're in trouble.

Side Missions

Hints

If you're having trouble, take a break from the main story to do some more side missions, especially the Stencil Art ones.

Trophies

Trophies

Icon	Title	Description	Type
	Enjoy Your Powers	Collect all trophies	Platinum
	Unstoppable	Finish the game on Expert difficulty	Silver
	Sacrifice	Risk your freedom to protect those you care about	Bronze
	Ruthless	Look out for yourself, no matter the consequences	Bronze
	Temperance	Practice self-control	Bronze
	Malice	Get them before they get you	Bronze
	Courage	Stand up for the helpless	Bronze
	Contempt	Don't fear the weak	Bronze
	Mercy	Everyone deserves a second chance	Bronze
	Revenge	An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth	Bronze
	Justice	Expose the corruption of the powerful	Bronze
	Dominance	Show the world that nobody can protect them	Bronze
	Reconciliation	Finish the story with Good Karma	Gold
	Rebellion	Finish the story with Evil Karma	Gold
	Everybody Out	Rescue 10 suspects from suspicion pens	Bronze
	Spin-off	Beat down 10 sign twirlers	Bronze
	Everyone's a Critic	Take out 10 street musicians	Bronze
	Just Say No	Bust 10 drug dealers	Bronze
	Freedom of Speech	Disrupt 10 activist rallies	Bronze
	What Did You Call Me?	Kill 10 obnoxious Akuran gang members	Bronze
	Someone Your Own Size	Rescue 10 escaped conduits from angry mobs	Bronze
	Walk It Off	Heal 10 wounded civilians	Bronze
	Kicking and Screaming	Finish off 10 wounded enemies or civilians	Bronze
	True Hero	Achieve Level 5 Good Karma	Silver
	Infamous	Achieve Level 5 Evil Karma	Silver
	Bweep! Bweep! Bweep!	Collect half the Blast Shards	Bronze
	Shardcore	Collect all the Blast Shards	Silver
	Nothing To See Here	Destroy half the D.U.P. security cameras	Bronze
	Blinded	Destroy all of the D.U.P. security cameras	Silver
	Inside Track	Collect all the Informant Audio Logs	Silver
	Blown Cover	Defeat all the D.U.P. Secret Agents	Silver
	Big Brother	Destroy all the D.U.P. Hidden Cameras	Silver
	Coloring Inside the Lines	Complete all the Stencil Art	Silver
	Prank Call	Complete a District Showdown	Bronze
	Hello Operator	Complete Showdowns in half of the districts	Bronze
	Final Showdown	Complete all of the District Showdowns in the city	Silver
	One Down	Clear the D.U.P. completely out of a district	Bronze
	Home Field Advantage	Clear the D.U.P. out of half the districts in the city	Bronze
	Clean Sweep	Clear the D.U.P. out of the entire city	Silver
	Total CARnage	Destroy 5 cars in 5 seconds	Bronze
	Drop Everything	Comet Drop over 170 meters	Bronze
	Keep It Up	Stay in the air for more than 45 seconds	Bronze
	Put That Anywhere	Defeat 10 enemies by detonating ammo crates	Bronze
	Hat Trick	Defeat an enemy using three different power sources	Bronze
	Double Smoke Stack Attack	Dash through two red air vents without touching the ground and then Comet Drop on an enemy	Bronze
	Cough Drop	Comet Drop on three coughing enemies	Bronze
	Make Fetch Proud	Hit three weak points with Neon Beam in 6 seconds	Bronze
	Excessive Force	Use a Karmic Streak attack to defeat exactly one enemy	Bronze

Powers Guide

Guides

Smoke

• Basic Skill: Drain Smoke - By pressing the touch pad, you can drain smoke from any Smoke source, such as chimneys and cars. You can upgrade this to drain more smoke.

Upgrades:

• Quick Drain - You can drain smoke twice as fast.
• Basic Skill: Smoke Dash - When you press the circle button, you will become turn into smoke, which allows you to cross through permeable barriers and move quickly to ambush or escape enemies.

Upgrades:

• Double Air Dash - You can dash twice without landing in between.
• Car Boost - You can use a car's exhaust fumes to give you an extra boost if you jump while on top of a car.
• Vent Dash - If you Smoke Dash into a red vent, you will go straight up to the roof.
• Vent Healing (requires Good Karma) - If you Smoke Dash into a red vent, you will regain some health.
• Enhanced Vent Launch (requires Evil Karma) - If you Smoke Dash into a red vent to launch yourself into the air, you will go higher.
• Basic Skill: Smoke Shot - If you press R2, you will fire a blast of smoke that can hit enemies at medium range.

Upgrades:

• Cinder Blast - You can charge up a Smoke Shot to do more damage, although it also depletes your Smoke Energy faster.
• Obliterating Blast (requires Evil Karma) - Cinder Blast will cause instant death for some enemies in its path.
• Sulfur Headshots (requires Good Karma) - Precise Smoke Shots make enemies cough, incapacitating them.
• Knockout Headshots (requires Good Karma) - Precise Smoke Shots immediately subdue enemies.
• Sustained Fire (requires Evil Karma) - This gives you a rapid-fire burst of Smoke Shots.
• Basic Skill: Cinder Missile - If you press R1, you will fire a powerful Heavy Ammo missile.
• Basic Skill: Sulfur Bomb - If you press L1, you will throw a bomb that will stun enemies without killing them.

Upgrades:

• Corrosive Fumes (requires Good Karma) - The effects of Sulfur Bomb will last longer.
• Giant Sulfur Bomb (requires Good Karma) - The range of Sulfur Bomb is increased.
• Karma Bomb: Orbital Drop - When your Karma Streak is full, you can press down on the D-pad to leap into the air and land with a powerful explosion. If you have Good Karma, enemies caught in the blast will be subdued. If you have Evil Karma, they will be killed.

Melee

• Basic Skill: Dash Strike - First, dash toward an enemy, and then hit the melee button to deliver a quick attack with the advantage of surprise.

Upgrades:

• Dash Subdue (Requires Good Karma) - If an enemy is surrendering or vulnerable, you can dash toward them and immediately subdue them.
• Dash Slam (Requires Evil Karma) - This makes Dash Strike a lethal attack.
• Basic Skill: Karmic Healing - When you subdue an enemy, you will regain a little health.
• Basic Skill: Comet Drop - While you are in the air, hit the square button to hit the ground and produce a damaging shockwave.

Upgrades:

• Obliterating Drop (Requires Evil Karma) - You can use Comet Drop to instantly destroy an enemy.
• Basic Skill: Execute (Requires Evil Karma) - Instead of subduing a surrendering or vulnerable enemy, you can kill them.

Upgrades:

• Energy Drain (Requires Evil Karma) - When you execute an enemy, you will regain some energy.

Neon

• Basic Skill: Drain Neon - By pressing the touch pad, you can drain neon from any Neon source, such as lights and signs. You can upgrade this to drain more neon.

Upgrades:

• Quick Drain - You can drain neon twice as fast.
• Basic Skill: Light Speed - Press and hold the circle button to become a fast streak of neon light, which also allows you to run up walls and over other barriers.

Upgrades:

• Photon Jump - If you press the X button while using Light Speed and on the ground, you will perform a high jump.
• Endless Speed (Requires Good Karma) - With this, you can use Light Speed without any breaks.
• Basic Skill: Neon Beam - If you press R2, you will fire a neon attack effective at long range.

Upgrades:

• Rapid Refire (Requires Evil Karma) - You can fire Neon Beams at an increased speed.
• Basic Skill: Phosphor Beam - If you hold R1, you can charge up a powerful Heavy Ammo attack.
• Basic Skill: Stasis Bubble - If you press L1, you will launch a stasis field that will trap enemies, allowing you to either earn Good Karma or Evil Karma.

Upgrades:

• Enhanced Stasis (Requires Good Karma) - If you attack an enemy in a Stasis Bubble, they will be subdued.
• Extended Bubble (Requires Good Karma) - Stasis Bubbles will last longer.
• Deadly Stasis (Requires Evil Karma) - If you kill an enemy in a Stasis Bubble, they will be obliterated.
• Basic Skill: Laser Insight - Zoom in on enemies to see parts of them marked in blue or red. Shooting blue areas will subdue them, while shooting red areas will execute them.

Upgrades:

• Laser Focus - Time will pass more slowly when you are zoomed in.

Upgrades:

• Extended Focus - Time will pass even more slowly when you are zoomed in.
• Speed Loader - When you use Light Speed, your Laser Focus power will be recharged.
• Karma Bomb: Radiant Streak - When your Karma Streak is full, you can press down on the D-pad to launch nearby enemies into the air for an attack of neon power.

Video

• Basic Skill: Drain Video - By pressing the touch pad, you can drain video power from any Video source, such as TV and computer screens. You can upgrade this to drain more video power.

Upgrades:

• Quick Drain - You can drain video power twice as fast.
• Basic Skill: Shroud of Invisibility - If you press L1, you will transform into almost invisible pixels, leaving behind a decoy to fool enemies.

Upgrades:

• Extended Invisibility (requires Good Karma) - The Shroud of Invisibility will last longer.
• Enhanced Invisibility (requires Good Karma) - While invisible, you can subdue a single enemy without losing your invisibility.
• Summon Wingman - You won't leave behind a decoy, but instead you will summon an Angel to help you fight enemies.

Upgrades:

• Demon Twins (requires Evil Karma) - Summon two demons to fight enemies.
• Unholy Trinity (requires Evil Karma) - Summons three powerful demons to fight enemies.
• Basic Skill: Video Surge - If you hold the circle button, you will be able to fly over barriers and up walls. If you fly into a satellite dish, you will turn into a transmission and be sent high into the air.

Upgrades:

• Signal Boost - While using Video Surge, you can touch the ground and press the X button for a high jump.
• Double Air Surge - You can dash twice without landing in between.
• Airwave - While using Video Surge in the air, hold down the X button to glide and increase your speed.
• Hovering Fire - When you zoom in, you will hover.
• Basic Skill: Video Torrent - Hold R2 to fire a ranged attack.

Upgrades:

• Extended Torrent (Requires Evil Karma) - Your Video Torrent attack will last longer.
• Narrow Band (Requires Evil Karma) - Both the accuracy and range of Video Torrent will be increased.
• Basic Skill: Bloodthirsty Blades - Target an enemy with R1 to fire a Heavy Ammo attack of three blades.

Upgrades:

• Blade Flurry - Bloodthirsty Blades will use four blades.
• Blade Storm - Bloodthirsty Blades will use five blades.
• Karma Bomb: Hellfire Swarm - When your Karma Streak is full, you can press down on the D-pad to call a horde of angels to help.

Concrete

• Basic Skill: Drain Concrete - By pressing the touch pad, you can drain concrete power from defeated enemies. You can upgrade this to drain more concrete power.
• Basic Skill: Boulder Dash - Press the circle button to dash across the ground in concrete armor.

Upgrades:

• Extended Dash - You can cross further distances using Boulder Dash.
• Endless Dash - You can hold the circle button to continuously use Boulder Dash.
• Basic Skill: Concrete Thrusters - Press L1 to jump high into the air and hold it in the air to shoot straight up.

Upgrades:

• Double Lift - Press L1 a second time for a second boost.
• Triple Lift - Press L1 a third time for a third boost.
• Basic Skill: Strength of Stone - When you are using Concrete powers, the damage you take will be reduced by 10%.

Upgrades:

• Strength of Granite - When you are using Concrete powers, the damage you take will be reduced by 20%.
• Basic Skill: Concrete Shrapnel - If you press R2, you will fire an attack effective at medium range.

Upgrades:

• Extended Shrapnel - Your Concrete Shrapnel attack will last longer.
• Basic Skill: Concrete Barrage - If you press R1, you will fire a Heavy Ammo attack that launches slabs of concrete.

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