Ready or Not 1.0 - Top 15 Rank S Tips 

Now knowing that the alert, gun ready AI reacts in 0.1s, it's absurd.

little oversight: people keep thinking heavy armor decreases speed but its the acceleration that it decreases when moving, your top speed is always going to remain the same

Some goods tips here, I'd swap c2 charges for a bunch of wedges though, because map control is very important for S rank imo

14:45 Just a heads up, that they can still get up after dropping their second weapon. Not sure if they’ll be hostile, but some NPCs can definitely throw hands

If the enemy is standing right on the other side of a door, kicking or ramming it will stun them. It can help with enemies that are alert.

The swat AI aren't affected by gas or flashes even if they don't have gas masks or flash goggles. just equip them with ballistic masks so they (hopefully) don't get one tapped in the face.

Watched this, cleared Rust Belt in two attempts after countless hours of struggle bussing it and brute forcing S ranks (I am at 7/18 now). Didn't usually like the VKS but knowing about splash damage really helped, as did pretty much every other tip! Good show chap.

Never really saw or felt the speed decrease when using heavy armor, its mostly the plates that slows you down. Even then plates only affects acceleration, you'll still be as fast as everyone else the only difference you'll take a while to reach max speeds. Other that the only downsides I have with it for is less slots for utility. Also another bonus tip SWAT AI doesn't require Gas masks they are immune to their effects same goes for flashes and stingers, but they can still be damaged by the flash explosion tho so becareful when throwing those near AI. Gas masks from suspects don't do anything either and are still affected by CS and Pepperballs. Other than that these tips were great good luck on those S ranks my dudes.

I also suggest to activate subtitles/captions because it allows you understand if there is a contact nearby or when you flash/gas a room to identify how many people got stunned

Tbh this guide improved my game experience by a LARGE amount. Props to you my man, you earned a subscribe

This is the best S rank tips video I've seen. Thanks for uploading!

Super useful tips, I'm going to try out getting S rank in Valley of Dolls. That mission giving me aneurysm for keeping suspects under controls.

Now this is what I was looking for, a video made by someone who really masters the game, ty very much, very helpful :)

Damn, this is actually quite useful. Was hesitant to watch, so many 'advanced tips' videos are useless shit or things that are already super obvious, but even after 30hrs this is solid info. I'm struggling with the campaign since 1.0, and lazy to do extensive testing, as you said too something you only just learned, am so keen to try these out.

Did all On S and even the Hermit Its not toooo Bad actually Its important to give you team a Less lethal and 0 mackup magazines .. otherwise they switch to pistol.

goood tips! about steel, it can richocet rounds at short range, which can intercapitate suspects, had that many times during s runs

4:42 that classic RoN AI

Just completed all the missions and didn't know any of these tips! Super helpful and looking forward to future playthroughs now!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! All help is welcome!

Great video! Although there is one trick that I use that wasn't shown in this video. This trick could be handy at times, but is also risky, so be careful when using it. If you use the mirrorgun under a door, and see that a suspect is standing directly on the other side of it, you can stun them by kicking and hitting them with the door itself, without having to use any ammo or grenades. This is equivalent to bashing them and they will surrender most of the time. Keep in mind: not all doors open with one kick, so make sure to peek the door first so its open before kicking it. You still have the option to kick a door after you peek it open. The reason this can sometimes be risky is because any other suspects in the room will hear you kick the door, become alerted to your presence, and will either hold an angle at the door, rush you, or even sometimes start shooting at the doorway. As long as they are close enough to the door, this trick works almost 100% of the time and is an easy arrest. Hope this helps. 👍

keep in mind your ping is accounted AFTER AI's 100ms reaction time. a player with 70 ping has 0.03 seconds to react.

Free lean is such a big tip. It is crazy how useful it is, enemies have a really hard time hitting you when you do that. Combined with the armored mask you have a lot of protection when free leaning behind a good wall

This video really did help.

Very helpful, thanks so much!

Thanks you for the tips!

Good video! Not sure if there was an update but on my S rank runs I swap between the pepper ball and shotgun for tm8s, I haven’t noticed them kill anyone (yet). Also door wedges are huge for my play style, it is nice to be able to lock off a side of the map and then work from another angel. Love all the updates that have come out since I played in early access, can’t wait to see how many more they have

Thank you for this!

Thanks for the video! Tips are valid

Finally, a RU-vidr that doesn't complain about the AI but find a way around it. Kudos to you

Great video - thanks!

I've always used the AI companions and their perks since I knew from the get-go they're just as cracked as the enemy AI with their aim and utilizing their nades is pretty useful too. One drawback is that they really can't gauge their nades and rarely they completely miss. I found it extremely hilarious when I asked the team to flash and it bounced directly towards us, one of my teammates threw their weapons up, both primary and secondary plus went knees down and hands up. I was totally confused like "dude are you okay? 😂" when the rest of the team cleared it's like he realized oh shit I'm SWAT and stood up

I knew as soon as you started to speak that you were portuguese. Great vid man

One thing I noticed when doing S rank runs is that on occasion, the Swat AI members will try to switch to their sidearm thinking that it has ammo when it has none in it, thus resulting in them standing around like complete buffoons while they get lit up like a christmas tree. Not sure if this is an issue with them and the beanbag shotgun, or if it's just giving them no secondary ammo.

As an experienced player, this was a great guide. Awesome job

5:05 that’s interesting because IRL a knife can go through kevlar unlike ceramic or steel

Great video, but one thing about ceramic armor. It still blocks 40% of damage taken after being broken, so it doesn't become completely useless.

Im always sneaking (hold shift) and using free lean (alt+directions). Getting better results.

I get my AI teammates switching to their empty sidearms and dying mid-breach in a lot of my nonlethal runs. Void left some huge gaps in the friendly AI when they rushed 1.0 and it really shows.

Didn't know officer perks stacked, or how effective Armorer was. Thanks!

Was agreeing with everything until you got to the tazer part. In my opinion the tazer is the best LTL weapon for CQB by far. The fact that it is short makes it insanely OP through doors, super easy to manuver. The only downside is that it doesnt have an "infinite" range like the LTL shotgun but Ive actually underestimated how far it can actually reach.

One more thing about gas grenades. You can throw it near a closed door and an enemy on the other side of the door will start coughing. Helped me few times while mirrorgun showed someone holding a hostage behind the door I was about to enter

I don't think the armor types (light vs heavy) affect movement speed. Only the plates do (as far as I can tell when I test it out in game and from what I've read online and from the in game descriptions).

That flick at the beginning was dirty ngl

So many great tips, thank you ! Question about door opening sound - so basically if the door is unlocked and I just open it I am alerting AI's around ? Should I always peek and physically push in for minimum sound alert ?

I got a perfect run on Rust Belt today finally but got -2 for friendly fire (which I’m pretty sure was done by an AI squadmate) and only got A+. It’s so frustrating getting a perfect score in this game, and I’m still trying really hard to get it on House of Dolls and Relapse. I’ll try Rust Belt again later but I’m tired of playing that map. I really hope the AI suspects get nerfed because although the lethality of the weapons is great, they shouldn’t react so quickly and have such great aim.

They should add multiple potential spawns and rng to spawning of soft objectives. Would make it more important to be thorough in search instead of just going in and going through the motions

3:24 AFAIK max speed is the same for Light and Heavy armor. Acceleration is slower though.

As somebody else mentioned, NPCs can get up at least three times, I've had them go down with a rifle, get back up with a pistol, and then get up a third time with a knife.

Thanks you helped me 👋👋

Took me two days of grinding to S-rank neon tomb. I had some suicide bombers take 20 mags of pepperballs, dozens of beanbags, flashbangs, tasers and muzzle strikes for 2 minutes straight until they just fall over dead. And if I stop shooting to break the stunlock they just blow up and kill everybody. I only have carriers on the vine, hospital and port left

For beginners i recommend AI mods and health mods to get a feeling for the game

I'd bind free lean to one of my extra buttons on the mouse so its easier for me to press

try the following. if the enemy is right next to the door, Peek the door and then kick it open, its gonna stun enemy for a short time.

Many Thanks!! I tried out all your tips, and I finally managed to completed S rank Valley of Dolls. It did took me a couple times (mostly my fault) but it when alot more smoothly with your super tips. (^_^)-b

If you take too much damage to your arms use heavy armor, if it's mostly headshot or legs, then keep light armor

hey takibo, thanks for the tips! Quick question - does gas/pepperball and stingers affect civilians in the room too? (worried about unauthorized/excessive use)

11:19 what would you advise for PS5 Controller?

Grenade launchers should not be too slept on. Gas GL is pretty mid, but the other two make for decent player weapons. They guarantee an arrest on suicide bombers, cannot kill even with direct hits, have no minimum arming distance, and otherwise can be used like a super generous beanbag shotty. Pretty good for dealing with problem areas like larger rooms, and they completely trivialize Elephant, since you have as many rounds as there are shooters.

nice video, how can i make surrendered people come toward me in multiplayer? i mostly play with my friends and most incidents happen during cuffing in open areas...

Beanbag shotty definitely gets suspects to surrender faster, but you've got to be careful not to land a headshot when going for S rank, otherwise you might kill the suspect and have to start over again. Happened to me more than once, which is why I'll usually run with the VKS

14:00 I never seen a target get killed by a C2. After you blow it up they will apear dead, and you can even call to TOC that the suspect is dead, but they aren't really, if you just restrain them they will get up or if you wait long enough the same will happen. You do not lose S rank by doing this. If anyone has seen a suspect actually die in the C2 blast please correct me, but I use them all the time against suspects that are hugging the door and never seen one die

I think SWAT AIs are immune to pepperballs, stun and gas grenades, and stingers regardless of whether you equip with a gas mask/anti-flash goggles. You just have to worry about yourself.

14:40 I literally had a suspect on rust belt with uzi and two sidearms. Happens once for me tho

I once had a civ that didnt surrendered even after a couple of tasers and outright fisted me to death after i run out of taser ammo ...

Love this game so much, the aim bot ai is fun to fight, because with holding left alt, you can pew them very quick. Use mirror to locate, everywhere, then hold left alt to position and slowly leak out and you are 100% faster. I put the mod on to remove that ai bot but its not fun, too easy

13:50 To deal with the target. Ram the door or peek and kick it.

Looking forward to trying this. I knew the gas grenades were strong, but they take a while to trigger, which has made me go more with bangs lately. Good tip on removing the sidearm ammo. What happens if you give an officer a shield, no sidearm ammo and a taser? Will he use the taser?

For graphics set shadows to medium for better performance.

Don't use stinger grenades at all. Many have reported they are ineffective as a game issue prevents them from hitting targets. Even if they DO PATCH, gas can travel around walls and are always best. Flashbangs are a close 2nd as the effects travel around obstacles and corners.

If you have 2 criminals, order the far criminal to come to you 1st then secure the close one. While they shuffle towards you on their knees they can NOT draw a pistol or knife until they get close as part of the game mechanics.

I highly recommend making all your AI specialised in S. For example, have a breacher, 'door wedger', grenader, rifleman/arrester. If not aiming for S, I don't recommend this, as you will continue when one AI dies. But for S rank, nobody can die anyway

Equip beanbag shotgun and steel plates witg full coverage Make ai use the same armor but ballistic mask and pepperball AR Don't do traditional breaches And flash bang a lot

HAHA 12:09 nice nade

One more thing about free lean, you can free lean through the door to see what is going on behind that door and the suspect can’t see you

I FOUND OUT ON THE NEON CLUB MAP THAT THE SUSPECT WITH THE SUICIDE VEST CAN BE ARRESTED IF YOU PICK THE LESS LETHAL SHOTGUN FOR YOUR TEAM AND ORDER THEM TO BEAN BAG HIM 2-3 TIMES HE WILL SURRENDER AND CAN BE CUFFED FYI

Search and secure command becomes available after you bring order to chaos. There's no other requirements for it

The TPL should be a secondary. A lot more people would run it if it was. I have never used my pistol other than when using a shield. SWAT AI should be immune to all effects and have inbuilt night vision, so it might be better to give them ballistic masks.

The flash bang is supremely useful in my experience

Hearing never using tazers and heavy armor being bad is some heretic stuff man.

Im pretty sure ive seen suspects get up a 2nd time. They just tend to pull a knife the next time.

Bom vídeo, cá espero o Hanged man achievement video, tem sido difícil para mim, quero ver como iras fazer maquina. EDIT: Já consegui todos os achievements Ready or Not, mas mesmo assim fico a espero do vídeo :)

Does peeking then opening give the same results as peeking then pushing open the door?

17:55 even though you remove all of their mags, they still have one in the pistol so they can still kill enemies

I never knew that flashbangs sucked so much in this game

I don’t think rank S is the hardest thing to do. I’m about to finish it. I’m about to start my iron man run/iron man without losing any officer run. That seems harder to me but I don’t know the general consensus.

Valley of the dolls S-rank is what brought me here :(

Flash and stinger last for 8 sec gas is 22 sec, thats why i carry the gaslauncher instead the mirror , i call for my enemies and gas the whole area, i got 10 gas nades on me and pepperballs , gastime baby.

Honestly just use ceramic ive NEVER had my ceramics break before

Yeah I love wearing gas grenades on my head

my problem with the VKS gun is that I am the one taking damage when shooting....this game is so broke up man....I get damage after shooting 10 rounds or more, and when I go to arrest the suspect that I just shot, I get damage from the pepper that it's on him.......

How do you highlight the guns what setting is that

i feel like they should remove the illumination of dropped weapons to make it a fully realistic sim

Hey, is it just me or has the performance dropped huge after the full release? My friends and I played in early access a long qwhile ago and it worked perfect. Now we are frequently getting 25-30 fps with great computers. This is not great news in a game where enemies have 0.1 second reaction time

Why equip them with battering rams when most of the time you peek/mirror/slowly open doors. Wouldn't m32a1 launcher be a better option? That's like 6*4=24 extra gas/stinger grenades. Wedges are also important for S rank, especially on Brisa Cove

my closest S runs were ruined by an npc killing themselves after being stunned 😂

I feel so dumb after watching this video 😂, for the longest time I couldn’t get my ai team to stop killing ppl with there sidearm, didn’t think to just give them no ammo 💀

11:00 omg, free LEAN 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🥶

When you pull off a S tier with a team with long guns using tasers as less lethal 💪 (It was not that impressive cause it was the beach map)

After I was in Paris on 13th/11/15 (because of Disneyland) I really dont want a S for the neon club mission. This mission almost breaks my soul.

My friends and i have been stuck S ranking sinous trail. We've played it over 10+ hours and 300+ times.... Ive kept tracked.