Polymer Sample Collection

Collect Secateur energy supercharger and 5 Alionka cards in Atomic Heart: Annihilation Instinct to upgrade weapons and defeat imaginative enemies.

Collecting Polymer Samples in Atomic Heart: Annihilation Instinct is crucial for upgrading your arsenal. This guide details the locations of key items like the Secateur energy supercharger and Alionka cards, essential for maximizing your combat effectiveness. Efficient collection ensures you are well-prepared for the DLC's imaginative enemy designs and challenging encounters.

Key Collectibles and Locations

To fully enhance your abilities and weapons, locate these important items:

• Secateur - energy supercharger: Found at 1:06:55 and again at 1:35:06.
• Alionka card: The second card is at 1:24:53, the third at 1:54:25, and the fourth at 2:02:34. There are 5 Alionka cards in total within the DLC.
• Secateur magazine: Located at 1:27:50.
• Klusha blade: Found at 1:32:56.
• Chirper: A chirper is located at 1:46:15. There are 10 chirpers in the DLC.
• Red October: Found at 2:07:15.
• A Girl's Best Friend: Located at 2:11:58.
• Maximum Strength: Found at 2:13:38.
• Lord of the Flies: Located at 2:18:51.
• Return to Utopia: Found at 2:43:17.

Weapon Upgrades

You can upgrade both the Klusha and Secateur to their maximum potential before reaching the 7th BEA-D. The Klusha handle blueprint is found in the swamp area before reaching the lab where the Secateur gun is acquired. The expanded storage blueprint is found in a corridor after acquiring the first two BEA-Ds.

Alionka Card Strategy

Three Alionka cards are sufficient to earn the achievement for killing 15 enemies. On Armageddon difficulty, using Alionka on the final boss, especially during phases 2 and 3, is highly effective. The 7th BEA-D location is ideal for using Alionka bars due to the high enemy density.