Getting promotion points
You can get Promotion Points (PP) by doing the following.
Completing a level: 1 PP
Keeping all of your pigs alive in a level: 1 PP
Completing all the levels on a island: 5 PP
Completing special tasks on some levels: 1 to 5 PP
Easy kill
This trick only works if you have Freeze Gas and Hide.
First throw Freeze Gas on your opponent(s); then Hide for as many
rounds as necessary for the opponent(s) to sneeze themselves to
death. Even the strongest opponent (legend) can be defeated in
this way. However, this may take up to (150-15)/10 i.e. 14 rounds;
weaker opponents are finished off sooner. The advantage of this
method is that even if you are outnumbered and/or very weak you
can still kill really strong opponents while guaranteed that you
get away unharmed.
Use a weapon that can knock Pigs far, such as the Cattle Prod.
Knock them far out into the water and they will lose a lot of
health trying to swim back to land, and they may even drown. This
is also useful if the water is Poison -- even if they make it
back to land they will be poisoned. Note: Commandos and Heroes
will not lose health in the water.
Use the following trick to ensure a hit with a missile launcher.
Get close (but not too close) to the enemy. Level the sight of
you bazooka so it is straight. Aim at the enemy, then apply full
power. This will definitely do 40 damage to him.
On "The Spying Game" level, make sure you have a sapper
with at least two mines. During the level, two enemy spies come
down on to two pig heads. Place a mine on both heads. When the
spy comes down, he will have 60 health taken off him on impact.
Easy level completion in multi-player
mode
Choose multi-player mode and set it for two players
and one CPU player. Choose a level then pick the team you want.
Next, select the player you want to help you then the player you
want to play against. You can control the first and second player.
It will now be easier to defeat your enemy because you will have
twice as many hogs as the them. When you defeat the enemy, have
player two skip a turn. Have player two keep skipping turns until
you kill all of player two's hogs to win.
Destroying vehicles, pillboxes or
artillery
When you are attempting to destroy vehicles, pillboxes
or artillery, an excellent way to do so is to have a pig with
a flamethrower (Pyrotechnics have them, level 3 heavy weapons
soldiers, or they can be used in multiplayer mode). Walk it up
close to the intended target. Face the target, and let rip with
the flamethrower, so all the flames hit the vehicle, pillbox or
artillery. It should suffer about 102 to 108 points of damage.
Attack with jetpack
If you have jetpacks that you do not need, walk up
to an enemy and turn around so you are facing directly away from
your target. Equip a jetpack, and aim directly upwards. Fire the
jetpack, and then release it after about two seconds. The enemy
will suffer a maximum of 20 points of damage from the blast caused
by the jetpack hitting the earth, plus any additional damage caused
according to where the pig lands. Your pig should land safely
by parachute, but try and make him land on an enemy. If you can
do so, you will inflict 1 point of damage. You can repeat this
as many times as needed one turn, providing you have enough jetpacks
and do not suffer damage yourself -- using a jetpack does not
end a turn.
Heal yourself
Heal yourself with a medi gun by pointing the gun straight
up in the air. Shoot, and it will hit and heal you.
Double all pigs' heath
Select the "Multiplayer" option at the main
menu. After player setup, go to level setup. Select health to
double or half. This effects all pigs in multi-player mode. This
also works in single player mode and loaded saved games.
Get Commandos before the level 1
Start a new game and enable the "Bonus FMV sequence"
code. Play the training mission and after the loading screen two
FMV sequences will start. The game will then return to the starting
screen or the men upgrade screen, depending on your version. Select
multi-player mode, and choose a deathmatch. Then, select the Play
Pen level and choose paratroopers for your entire team. Start
the game, and you will see the FMV sequences again. After they
complete, you should have Commandos at the men upgrade screen.
Swimming
Commandos and Heroes are the only ones that can swim
without losing health. All other Pigs will lose health trying
to swim.
Hiding place
If you find a "?" box, this may be one of
the Pigs hiding. This will not appear on the mini-map.
Destroy bridges
To destroy a bridge, set TNT or Super TNT on it to
blow it up. Note: This may not work on all bridges.
Easy completion of last level
Make sure to kill the purple gunner in the pillbox.
When the legends come down, poison them. Every pig sould have
one poison gas, which is just enough to poison each legend. Choose
one pig (you should have commandos and heroes by now) and make
him hide for the rest of the battle. With the other pigs, you
can make them hide, or to speed it up, keep attacking the enemy
until you die. As this is the last level, it does not matter if
only the pig who keeps hiding survives.
Close-range attack weapons
Bayonet
Damage: 10
Owners: Grunt
Info: The weakest weapon in the game
Trotter
Damage: 15
Owners: "Heavy Weapons" career and "Engineer"
career
Info: A punch
Knife
Damage: 15
Owners: "Espionage" career, "Medic" career,
and Commando
Info: A normal attack weapon
Cattle Prod
Damage: 25
Owners: Commando
Info: Can knock pigs far
Sword
Damage: 25
Owners: Hero
Info: The best attack weapon
Normal shooting weapons
Rifle
Damage: 20
Owners: Grunt, Scout (Level 1 Espionage), and "Medic"
career
Info: The most basic shooting weapon
Pistol
Damage: 20
Owners: "Heavy Weapons" career
Info: Same as Rifle
Shotgun
Full Damage: 30
Owners: Sapper (Level 1 Engineer), and Engineer (Level 2 Engineer)
Info: Only useful at close-range and will not knock pigs far back
at all
Sniper Rifle
Damage: 40
Owners: Sniper (Level 2 Espionage), Spy (Level 3 Espionage), Commando,
and Hero
Info: Good for long-range and nice power
Flame-thrower
Damage: 30
Owners: Pyrotech (Level 3 Heavy Weapons)
Info: User will turn left to right to left white firing this
Super Shotgun
Full Damage: 30
Owners: Saboteur (Level 3 Engineer)
Info: Can knock pigs very far back and is only useful at close-range
Rifle Burst
Full Damage: 45
Owners: Surgeon (Level 3 Medic)
Info: User will shoot three rounds each one doing 15 damage
Machine Gun
Damage: 20
Owners: Commando
Info: User will fire rounds by turn left and moving to the right,
also, if a pig gets hit by more then one round, that pig will
just get knock back with no added damage
Heavy Machine Gun
Damage: 40
Owners: Hero
Info: User will fire rounds by turn left and moving to the right,
also, if a pig gets hit by more then one round, that pig will
just get knock back with no added damage
Heavy Weapons career
A pig in this career has long-range weapons like the
bazooka, and is good for long-range combat. This is a good career
if you can aim long-range well and can help on levels where your
normal weapons cannot hit your enemies. However This is not a
good career if you cannot aim long-range weapons that well. Also,
you cannot fight that well at close-range. The three ranks of
the "Heavy Weapons" career are:
Gunner
Health: 75
Skills: Trotter, Pistol, and Bazooka.
Bombardier
Health: 90
Skills: Trotter, Pistol, Mortar (three uses), and Bazooka.
Pyrotech
Health 120
Skills: Trotter, Pistol, Flame-thrower (three uses), Mortar (five
uses), Bazooka, and Airbusrt (one use).
Engineer career
A pig in this career has close-range weapons like the
Shotgun and explosives, good for close-range combat; also, you
can see mines, good health. This is a good career if your not
that good at aiming long-range weapons. Also this is the only
career that you can see mines, making it good to negotiate minefields
to get weapons and extra promotion points. However this is not
a good career for long-range combat and you almost cannot do anything
on "long-range shootout" levels with your starting weapons.
The three ranks of the "Engineer" career are:
Sapper
Health: 80
Skills: Trotter, Shotgun, Mine (three uses), and TNT (one use).
Engineer
Health: 100
Skills: Trotter, Shotgun, Shrapnel Grenade (three uses), Mine
(three uses), TNT (two uses), and Suicide (one use).
Saboteur
Health: 120
Skills: Trotter, Super Shotgun, Shrapnel Grenade (three uses),
Mine (three uses), TNT (three uses), and Suicide (one use).
Espionage career
A pig in this career will not appear on the enemy's
mini-map, can hide, can steal a pig's skills, and will show up
on the mini-map if its that team's turn with a pig in the career.
This is a good career to use because you can use the skill "hide"
to hide in a "?" box or in a tree. You can also make
a pig somewhat harmless by stealing their skills with "Pick
Pocket" and using the "Sniper Rifle". However,
it is not the best career for combat, and only has one long-range
weapon (Sniper Rifle). The three ranks of the "Espionage"
career are:
Scout
Health: 75
Skills: Knife, Rifle, Poison Gas (one use), Pick Pocket (one use),
and Hide
Sniper
Health: 90
Skills: Knife, Sniper Rifle, Poison Gas (one use), Suicide (one
use), Pick Pocket (two uses), and Hide
Spy
Health: 120
Skills: Knife, Cattle Prod (three uses), Sniper Rifle, Poison
Gas (one use), TNT (one use), Pick Pocket (three uses), and Hide
Medic career
A pig in this career can heal other pigs. This is a
good career to keep all of your pigs alive to get the "Survival
Bonus" promotion point and to keep your good pigs alive.
However, these types of pigs have low health, only basic attack
weapons like a knife and rifle, and are not good for combat. The
three ranks of the "Medic" career are:
Orderly
Health: 60
Skills: Knife, Rifle, Grenade (three uses), and Healing Hands
(three uses)
Manic
Health: 80
Skills: Knife, Rifle, Medicine Dart (three uses), Grenade (three
uses),
Medicine Ball (three uses), and Healing Hands (three uses).
Surgeon
Health: 120
Skills: Knife, Rifle, Rifle Burst (three uses), Medicine Dart
(three uses), Tranquilizer (one use), Grenade (three uses), Medicine
Ball (three uses), and Healing Hands (three uses).
