Hard Reset

Hard Reset

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All secrets and N.A.N.O.s
By WinuX
This guide contains all secrets and all of the N.A.N.O.s for both the base game, and the Exile DLC, as far as we know. Credit goes to ThePonz and inspiral66 for helping out with three pieces of missing N.A.N.O.s. Some of the secrets in Exile come from Bonq's guide here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2812083
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Introduction
Please note the following:

- I assume you know your way around the game, how to get to the next area, how to jump, red things blow up when you shoot at them, and so on.
- N.A.N.O.s and other pickups can be knocked around by explosions, enemies, and whatnot, so they might not be at the exact location described here. I have also witnessed some of them being knocked into an object (glitchy collision detection I guess), such as a box, which might make it impossible to get. The Railgun might be able to knock it out if you are lucky.
- Terminology: "energy barrier" - the red things that block you from going further. "container" - large metal boxes with doors on the sides. "dumpster" - smaller metal boxes that come in a variety, one with a slanted roof that you can jump on, another one is yellow, and so on. They are probably not really dumpsters. "small house" - small house like building with grating on the windows. "booth" - similar in size to the small house, metallic, rounder in shape. Reminded me of a newspaper or tobacco stand. "hug the left / right wall" - pretty standard description in guides, stand next to the wall in question and follow it, wherever it goes. Sometimes this will require you to go around a corner, or objects that block your path to be able to follow the wall some more, so use your brain.
- There is a combat gear upgrade that shows the N.A.N.O.s on your HUD (Hydra Awareness Module upgrade), it is very useful if you want to get them. Also, have at least one weapon that causes an explosion type effect as sometimes you will not have a barrel or the like in the vicinity when you have to demolish a wall. The secondary fire of your basic energy weapon (Typhoon Plasma Condenser upgrade) is good for this, RPGs work too.

N.A.N.O.s are mentioned like this: 70 43%, the first is the value of the N.A.N.O., the second is a percentage you can track if you press Tab.
Level 1 (4 secrets)
- Hard to miss, it is on your way, and the game points it out with a hint. 50 6%
- Secret 1: Instead of turning right here, blow up the wall in front of you. The game also points this secret out if you have hints enabled. 200 11%
- Hard to miss, it is on your way, just as you jump over a blockage. 50 16%
- At the next intersection, turn right, and go behind the car. 200 21%
- Continue the other way, go up a set of stairs, and on the left hand side behind a dumpster. 70 22%
- At the next energy barrier you are going to be ambushed by an enemy that charges at you. If you face where it came from the N.A.N.O. is on your right in a corner. 50 27%
- Secret 2: Follow the cable of this barrier to two cars. Shoot at the one the cable goes under to blow it up, along with the wall beyond it. 200 32%
- In this area there are two big metal doors (from now on these will be called garage doors) that you can blow up by shooting at the red thing on top of them. Look for a barrel behind the door that was on the right to blow up the wall of the section that is between these two doors. 200 37%
- Go past the now disabled barrier, over the metal bridge, and head right to find the next N.A.N.O. behind a yellow dumpster at the end.
- As you walk back towards the metal bridge from here there are more garage doors that you can blow up. The one closer to you has a charging enemy behind it, as well as the next N.A.N.O. 200 43%
- Right next to that N.A.N.O. is a barrel, blow up the wall with it. 50 49%
- Secret 3: Blow up one more wall here. 200 53%
- Secret 4: Now go back to the metal bridge, and continue the other way until you see a set of stairs to the right. Go up, and head to the right of the next set of stairs, behind the dumpsters to find the last secret of this level. 200 58%
- Go back down the stairs and turn right. Head past the police car, and go around the large cylindrical column to the right of it. 200 63%
- Turn around and a few feet away is a greenish car. Behind it is a yellow dumpster, behind that is the next N.A.N.O. 70 65%
- Go up the stairs here, and you will be attacked from behind two yellow dumpsters. Behind them in the corner is the next N.A.N.O. 200 69%
- The next one is hard to miss, it will be behind the next energy barrier, with an upgrade machine. 150 85%
- Get past the flames you can turn off, and jump down to be attacked by a lot of enemies. When you are done, go back to where you have jumped down to this area, and face back towards the flames you have turned off. Turn right 90 degrees and you should see it in the distance (one of the chargers came out of that room). 70 87%
- As you get out of this room, hug the left wall all the way past an upgrade machine and a car. 70 88%
- Keep hugging the left wall, past two dumpsters and into another room from where another charger came out of. 70 90%
- Hard to miss, it will be on the way, just past the next flames. 50 95%
- Hard to miss, it will be on the way, shortly after you jump down to fight the last enemies on the level. 50 100%
Level 2 (8 secrets)
- In the immediate area, roughly where you face as the level starts. Between the collapsed, burning stairs and the upgrade machine, behind some rubble. 70 2% - credit goes to ThePonz for telling me where it is.
- Get out of the immediate area, up a set of stairs, turn left at the top, and follow this walkway around to the left. The N.A.N.O. is behind an explosive barrel. 70 4%
- Follow this walkway in the other direction from the top of the stairs, and hug the left wall around a corner. 70 5%
- Hard to miss, in the room where you use the switch to open the annoying banging door that is stuck. 50 9%
- Secret 1: Go through the now open door, keep going forward and you should get to another garage door that you can blow up. 200 13%
- Just as you step out from this garage, to your left. 50 17%
- Around the next corner you will be attacked by another charger, in the middle of this area is another N.A.N.O. 50 20%
- A few feet ahead from here is a yellow dumpster, circle around it from the right. 50 24%
- Secret 2: Circle back, continue up a set of stairs, and you should see some trash bags in front of you (before you get to the next energy barrier). You will need to use them to jump up to a narrow ledge behind them. Turn around 180 degrees and you should see the goodies on a balcony you can get to from this narrow ledge. 200 29% --- alternative way by TheVhampster: "you can actually just get to the top of that small flight of stairs and the ledge starts right near the barrier. simply walk onto the ledge and hop/cut the corner to jump to the secret"
- Hard to miss, in your way, just past the energy barrier. 50 32%
- Secret 3: Around the next corner a lot of enemies will attack. When you are done, walk out to the square up ahead. Stop here for a moment and look around. In front of you is a spherical advertisement and an upgrade terminal. To your left are some billboards and a HOGS sign. To your right is a large ad with a silhouette, and the text "be fit". The actual secret is near the bottom of the "be fit" ad, to the left of it. 200 37%
- Almost directly under the HOGS sign is the next N.A.N.O. 70 38%
- Go to the spherical ad and look for the upgrade terminal, right there is another N.A.N.O. 70 40%
- Go to the exact opposite corner of this lower area, behind the trash bags. 70 41%
- Secret 4: You will soon get through the barrier close to the spherical ad. As soon as you step into this building, go to the right and follow the corridor to the next N.A.N.O. 70 43%
- Hard to miss, it is in your way as you go to plant the tracking device in this building. 50 46%
- Head through the now open door close to the HOGS sign. Two hard to miss items here, to the left and to the right. 70 48% and 50 52%
- You will be attacked from a set of stairs around the next corner. Go up the stairs around to the left. 50 55%
- Secret 5: Go up to the very top of these stairs (requires you to jump over a hole). 200 60%
- Secret 6: As you go down to the middle floor, over the hole again, head a bit more forward until you get to some stairs. At the top of those stairs is a switch. When you activate that an elevator will come down that you need to catch. Get to the bottom of the stairs, sprint towards the elevator, and jump when you are close to it, to make it over the raising frame of the elevator. On this elevator is Secret 6. 70 61% --- alternative way by TheVhampster: "you can alternatively use a grenade to get the secret from the elevator, but you still have to get on the elevator to get the other secret up in the pipes"
- If you turn around, you should see a N.A.N.O. on top of some metal tubes / pipes. This one is often knocked down to ground level. 70 63%
- Secret 7: Get back on the elevator you have just used, and face the button that would lower it. Next to it is what is probably the motor, and behind that is a metal beam. Jump on the motor, then on the button, then on the metal beam (it is easy to fall off here). Go out to the very end of the metal beam, and you should see this secret to the left. Jump on the metal tubes below it, and jump to grab it. 200 67%
- Directly below Secret 7, you might even collect it, if you fall down from Secret 7. Look out for the screen prompt about it, or check your % counter to be sure. 70 69%
- Hard to miss, in the next room where you use the terminal to access the mainframe. 50 72%
- After you cross the beam to the next building, immediately to your right. 70 74%
- After you pass two doors, one you open with the switch, the other opening automatically, head down the stairs to the bottom. 200 78%
- Hard to miss, as you head up the stairs from the entry level of this area, halfway to the next floor. 70 80%
- Secret 8: Go up one more floor, and get to the other side of the room. The last secret of this level is behind some cylindrical objects. 200 84%
- Directly below Secret 8, down one floor from it is a door. Head through it, and it should be hard to miss the next N.A.N.O. here as you go a little further. 50 88%
- Hard to miss, it is after you ride the elevator down. 50 92%
- After the next elevator ride, head up the stairs. 70 93%
- In the area with the big fight. 50 97%
- Hard to miss, as this is next to the last console where you plant a tracking device. 50 100%
Level 3 (11 secrets)
- Secret 1: As soon as you start the level, turn around to the right to see it. 200 4%
- Go outside and then forward, up a few steps, turn right, and this N.A.N.O. is behind a rotating ad here. 50 8%
- Secret 2: Go the other way, out to a larger area. There is a dumpster here next to two cars at the other end from you. Jump on the dumpster and then over the fence to the left of the dumpster. 200 12%
- You will soon have to move a forklift out of the way. Start it, and check where it is headed. It will soon turn left and crash. Go where it was heading before the turn, and find the N.A.N.O. between the blue dumpster and the fence. 70 13%
- When you are facing the electrical discharge you have to turn off to continue, turn left, and start following the cable. There is a room on the right with a N.A.N.O. 70 14%
- As you get out from underground, there will be an energy barrier in front of you. Turn around and go for the N.A.N.O. in the corner. 70 15%
- Secret 3: Right here is a garage door and a cracked wall that you can demolish for this secret. 200 19%
- As you head to the other direction from the hole you came out of, there will be a hard to miss N.A.N.O. on the right. 50 23%
- You are very close to a broken bridge now that we will use as a reference point. As you walk under it from where you are there will be a N.A.N.O. on the left and another to the right as well. 70 27% and 50 28%
- Walk up the sloping road here, away from the broken bridge. On your right will be some boxes and a scaffolding, remember that for a second. Keep going towards the car here, turn right at the corner, and walk into a small area. 50 33%
- Secret 4: Return to the boxes and the scaffolding, and jump up to the top. Turn left and jump over the railing here. Turn left, and walk out to the part of this balcony that is a little thinner, to its end. Turn left to face the railing and jump on top of it. You will have to walk around to the right on this narrow ledge, and jump behind the fence to the base of a large generator looking gizmo. Behind it is the secret. 200 36%
- Get out of here, past the car. There are two underground entrances here that are closed now. Remember these as we will return a bit later. Go up the stairs here, and keep going until you get to the broken bridge. Face it, then stop looking at that drawn girl and focus. There is a GIRLS sign here that points downwards, go there to find two N.A.N.O.s. 50 41% and 50 45%
- Secret 5: Go back to the other side of the broken bridge, and face the GIRLS sign again. To the left of that is a ledge on the building. Jump onto that, and follow it. 200 49%
- Go back to the other side of the broken bridge, and face the GIRLS sign yet again. This time get on the ledge to the right, and follow it the same way you did just a moment ago in the other direction. The N.A.N.O. is on a small balcony here. 70 50%
- Secret 6: Still on this small balcony, you will need to follow the ledge some more. This might be difficult as there is an object in the way, try to jump past it. Good luck. If you succeed, keep following the ledge to an even smaller balcony (before you get to the other, intact bridge). 200 53%
- Head over to the other side of the intact bridge, there is a hard to miss N.A.N.O. there. 50 57%
- When you head back over the intact bridge a bit later, there is a room to the left that is now open. 70 58%
- Secret 7: In this room is a switch, use it. You can now return to the previously mentioned two underground entrances that are now open. The one that is closer to you as you get down to that area has Secret 7. 200 62%
- The other one contains another N.A.N.O. 70 63%
- Secret 8: This same underground entrance also has a breakable wall, behind that is Secret 8. 200 66%
- After you get through an energy barrier you will be attacked. To the left of the stairs you need to go up to advance is another N.A.N.O. 70 67%
- Go up these stairs and there is a hard to miss N.A.N.O. here. 50 72%
- Before you use the elevator to go up a bit later, check near it, in a corner. 70 73%
- Secret 9: Go up with the elevator, and get on the ledge to the right. Be careful not to go too deep into the building as you will be closed off from this secret. Just follow the ledge around to get it. 200 76%
- Go back up with the elevator you used a moment ago, and when you get in the building, hug the right wall. 70 77%
- If you go back to the entrance now, go the other way and left around a green car to see the next N.A.N.O. on the other side of a fence. Just hug and follow the fence around to get it. 70 78%
- Near the energy barrier at the other end of the room is the next one. 50 83%
- Go outside and walk under the PARADYZ sign. Behind the second dumpster on the left is another one. 70 84%
- To the right of the PARADYZ sign is a slanted part with a green car, check behind that. 50 88%
- Secret 10: From here, turn around and walk back up on this slanted road hugging the left wall. After you turn left, there is a box you can use to jump over the barricade, then use the yellow dumpster to jump over the fence. 200 92%
- Go back to the PARADYZ sign, turn around 180 degrees, and start walking. You will soon get to the building you need to enter a bit later. Facing this building, go to the right side of it. 70 93%
- Secret 11: After grabbing the previous N.A.N.O., turn around and hug the left wall. You will need to turn left in a moment, move a little more forward here. On your left is an actual dumpster with trash in it. To the right is a container, on top of which is the target. To get there, jump to the top of the dumpster. This might take a few tries. Turn to face the container, and jump to it. You can shoot at its door with the rifle to make it open, which might help you getting to the secret, the last one on this level. 200 96%
- Behind the other container that is close to the actual dumpster is the last N.A.N.O. 50 100%
Level 4 (12 secrets) - Part I.
- As soon as you start it is in front of you. 150 4%
- Secret 1: After you go down the stairs from this room, you will see a N.A.N.O. in front of you, on the other side of a fence. We will return for it shortly. Instead of going for that, turn left, and hug the left wall. After you turn left, go down the stairs. This is a secret that might be impossible to get if you are unlucky. You have to shoot the exploding object to propel the N.A.N.O. out to where you are. It has happened to me more than once that it did not slide out, forcing me to restart the level after fooling around a little with explosions to no avail. Good luck. 70 5% *** skirov has recommended using a gravity grenade to pull this N.A.N.O. out, if you have it. ***
- Secret 2: Now head back the other way towards the previously seen N.A.N.O. As soon as you turn left after going past the stairs you got down here on, stop. There is a destructible wall on the right. 200 8%
- Get out, and finally go for the one you have seen on the other side of the fence a while back. 150 11%
- You have probably seen yet another one, in the room close to the N.A.N.O. near the fence. 50 13%
- The next one is hard to miss, in front of you as you walk in to extinguish the flames. 70 14%
- As you walk through where the flames were, hug the left wall. 70 15%
- Another hard to miss one, you practically have to jump onto it to proceed. The next one should also be visible to the left. 50 16% and 150 20%
- Just past the forklift, to the left. 150 23%
- There is an energy barrier at some distance from here. Before heading there, find the upgrade terminal in this area. To the left of that, behind a metal booth is another N.A.N.O. 70 25%
- Secret 3: From here, turn around, and hug the left wall past the upgrade terminal. You will eventually find the hidden N.A.N.O. 70 26%
- Secret 4: Return to the forklift, and face it from this side. To the right of it is a box you can use to jump to the roof of a small house. Keep going forward over the roofs, and you will fall down on Secret 4. 200 29%
When you get to the Caul-Dron, stop for a second, and read this. There is a secret very close to the Caul-Dron, on a ledge behind it. In order to get it, you have to destroy the Caul-Dron so that when it is finally off, it faces towards that ledge. By "faces" I mean the part of it that fires at you has to point towards the ledge. The reason for this is that you will have to jump on the Caul-Dron and from there to the part of the ledge that has the secret, but the side of the Caul-Dron opposite from where it fires from has nothing to jump upon.

SCBTripWire mentioned an alternative for this secret that supposedly works regardless of which way the Caul-Dron is facing. I have not tested this.

- As you get to this area with the Caul-Dron, hug the left wall. 50 30%
- Go to the side of the room opposite from where you entered, and look for a green glowing switch that you are cut off from by pipes for now. To the right of that is a garage door you can blow up. Go through, and head right. 200 34%
- Go to the switch now, there is a hard to miss N.A.N.O. close to that. 50 35%
- Secret 5: Climb up the metal walkway here, and head around to where you are supposed to. As you get to the opening on the right wall, stop. The Caul-Dron is now on your left, and in front of you a few feet away are two boxes. The secret is on the other side of these boxes. Jump on the Caul-Dron, and from there to behind the boxes. 70 36%
*** There is a N.A.N.O. in this room that more often than not - at least for me - ended up becoming unobtainable by glitching through a surface, such as the floor. If you are lucky, you can get it, if not, you will always be missing ~1% compared to these values. *** If you can get it, either on the walkway or the ground: 70 37% cake has submitted a very easy way to get it
- As you go out to the next area there is a hard to miss N.A.N.O. close by. 70 38%
- After you turn left here to continue, another hard to miss one is here. 50 39% *** This N.A.N.O. is originally on top of the second house on the left, but gets thrown down to street level very often. If you cannot find it here, do not worry, you will pass over its location when you go for Secret 6 ***
- After that, turn right around the corner to see yet another one. 150 43%
- As you move along the middle path - the one between the houses - turn right after passing three small houses on the right. In this little area is another N.A.N.O. 150 46%
- Go back to the middle path, continue along it, and turn left when the row of small houses ends on the left side. Walk in there for one more N.A.N.O. 70 47%
- Keep going until you face an energy barrier. There is a forklift here, go to the left of it before passing through. 150 51%
- To the right of the energy barrier is another N.A.N.O. 50 52%
- You should see a box a bit further ahead from the last N.A.N.O. Use that to get to the roof of the house close to it. 50 53%
- Secret 6: Turn right to see a FISH sign and some boxes. Go along the roofs to the left here until you have to stop next to a metal sheet. Jump over to the roof to the left of it and keep going. You will have to jump over to another roof belonging to a house that was part of the left side of the middle path. Move along the roofs, and eventually you should see the secret N.A.N.O. 200 56%
- Secret 7: As you move past the forklift, there is a cracked wall to the right 200 60%
- Go to the metal stairs, face them, and collect the N.A.N.O. in the corner to the right. 200 63%
- When you go to disable the barriers a bit later you will go up some stairs and turn left. There will be two available paths here, one on the outside of a building (left path), the other on the inside (right path). The building houses an energy barrier and behind it the next secret. You will have to return here in a moment. Keep going to the switch that disables the energy barriers, and you will stumble upon the next N.A.N.O. 50 64%
- Turn off the barriers with the switch, and from there, head in the opposite corner of this area (for example, through one of the containers that had enemies in it). Here you will find a N.A.N.O., and the generator you need to blow up for the secret. 70 65%
- Secret 8: Just return to the building above now and claim the secret. 200 69%
- As you walk through the now disabled barrier a bit back (not the one here with Secret 8, but the one that you had to get to this area to disable), hug the right wall. 70 70%
- Secret 9: From where you are now, on the other side of a rotating ad is a small set of stairs with boxes on top. Behind them is the secret. 70 71%
- After you come back out from there, hug the right wall until you pass the booth. 70 72%
- Go through the automatic door and get outside again. Go right, and there is a N.A.N.O. behind the stack of boxes. 70 73%

Continued in the next section.
Level 4 (12 secrets) - Part II.
- Secret 10: In the area with the next forklift is a container. Shoot the doors to make them open, and reveal the secret. 200 77%
- As you jump over the boxes and the fence here, to the left is another N.A.N.O. 150 80%
- Face the big door here, turn around 180 degrees, and you should see the N.A.N.O. next to a stack of paper boxes in the distance. 70 81%
- As you go through this big door, hug the left wall. 50 82%
- Move to the second room, all the way to its back. Next to one of the columns here is another N.A.N.O. 70 83%
- On top of some stairs, hard to miss. 50 85%
- When you get to the switch to open the next door here, there is a walkway to its left if you face it. Check behind the boxes there. 70 86%
- As you go to disable the next energy barrier you should stumble upon the next N.A.N.O. close to it. 50 87%
- As you move over the metal bridge, you should see it to the right. 50 88%
- Secret 11: After going up a set of stairs a bit later, hug the right wall to get behind a dumpster and find this secret. 200 91%
- As you get out from behind this dumpster, you should see the next N.A.N.O. up ahead. 70 93%
- As you get through the next energy barrier, walk over to where its generator was to the right. 50 94%
- The next one is hard to miss, located very close to a switch. 50 95%
- As you approach the PEACE CORPS building you practically walk over it. 50 96%
- Secret 12: Turn right around the corner here, and hug the right wall to find the last secret on this level. 200 99%
- In front of the PEACE CORPS building. 50 100%
Level 5 (4 secrets)
- Jump over from the starting area, and hug the left wall. As you pass the second column on the right, the N.A.N.O. is right there. 70 2%
- As you continue, there will be a set of stairs that are closed off at the top. Just get back down, keep walking, and go up the stairs at the other end of this elevated road. 70 4%
- Go down the stairs behind the barriers and a smaller set of stairs as well, and it is behind a small house to the right. 70 5%
- Get past the forklift, and hug the left wall. You should spot the next N.A.N.O. behind a column. 70 7%
- Turn around after getting the last piece, and you should spot the next one behind a small house. 200 11%
- Secret 1: Right here is a wall you can demolish. 200 16%
- Get to an open area, and between two energy barriers, behind a dumpster is the next N.A.N.O. 70 17%
- Secret 2: As you go up and through a disabled barrier, you should spot it behind another energy barrier. You can simply disable it by blowing it up (might have to back up a few feet and find the explosive object inside). 200 22%
- As you get out from this part, there is a set of stairs to the right. Go down and find the N.A.N.O. next to a yellow dumpster. 70 23%
- As you continue you will see two paths. One of them is an elevated one, like on the other side earlier. Both paths contain one N.A.N.O. as you go along them. 50 26% and 50 30%
- After you pass through two disabled, sparkling barriers, keep going forward, down a small set of stairs and head left behind the dumpster. 70 31%
- As you go back from here, go past the small set of stairs, hugging the left wall. When you get to the next set of similar stairs on the right, face it, and there is another N.A.N.O. to the left. 70 33%
- Go up this second small set of stairs, and hug the right booth. 50 36%
- As you get out from behind this booth, you will be looking at a small house. Go in to its left, and turn right. 70 38%
- Secret 3: As you walk back towards this small house, there is a crack on the right wall. Blow it up, go in, and jump on the first stack of boxes in front of you. Jump over to the second stack of boxes ahead, and push the only moveable box down to the ground. If you turn left whilst on this second stack, you should spot the secret. Use the box you have pushed on the ground to get to it. 200 42%
- After going up two sets of metal stairs, turn left 90 degrees and follow the metal walkway. 50 45%
- Go back to the metal stairs and you should spot the next N.A.N.O. to the left. 200 50%
- After you blow up the generator and drop down, hug the right wall to get to an explosive barrel that you can use to topple the small fence over. Behind it is another N.A.N.O. 70 52%
- As you go out from here, hug the right wall all the way until you get to a periodically shooting flame. Go past it when it is safe to get the next N.A.N.O. 150 62%
- Blow up the generator that is here with the last N.A.N.O., and pass the barrier it was feeding. Hug the left wall for quite some time, until you can get into a fenced area. 50 65%
- As you get to an energy barrier that you disable with the switch right next to it, face it, and turn right. 50 69%
- Go through the hole in the wall and keep right on the walkway. 70 70%
- Go up then down on two sets of metal stairs, turn left, and you should spot two N.A.N.O.s, one to the right at the end of the walkway, the other to the left in the elevated part of the walkway. 200 75% and 50 78%
- As soon as you get back on the ground from this walkway, turn around 180 degrees, and get behind the small house on the right. 70 79%
- Secret 4: The next energy barrier is going to be on your left, go down a small set of stairs to the right, then turn left to see a green dumpster with a small house. The N.A.N.O. is behind the house. 70 81%
- After you go up two sets of stairs with sparkling vampires, I mean barriers, turn right and hug the left wall. 70 82%
- You will have to go a bit for the button that disables the next barriers. When you get to it, face it, and go to the left. 200 87%
- As you get down to the area with ATLAS, at the base of this statue, next to the upgrade terminal. 50 90%
- If you turn now and face ATLAS'... lower back... there will be one N.A.N.O. to the left, and one to the right in this area. 50 94% and 50 97%
- There is one more N.A.N.O. in this area, in the part that is somewhat lower then the one with ATLAS. 50 100%
Level 6 (7 secrets)
- Simply hug the left wall to get the first N.A.N.O. 50 1%
- After the idiot runs past you and blows itself up, go to the part where he ran out from. 150 3%
- As you go out from this "room", hug the left wall and go upstairs. 150 5%
- Secret 1: Go back down to the "room", and face the way you came here from. The stairs you have just came down on should be to your left. Start walking, past the stairs on your left. Stop when the train is going directly under you (this is a few feets' walk). Turn left and face the way from where the trains are coming from, and you should spot the first secret on a crossbeam further ahead. You will need to use the narrow ledge on the left to get there whilst the trains are speeding under you. If you fall, good bye. A heartfelt thanks now goes to the developers of this game, along with a pig tied to a rocket (yes, I know it is not a pig). 200 13%
- Return to the "room" once more, and hug the right wall as you come out of it until you get into a toilet area. 50 14%
- After you get past the big climbing robot, hug the left wall. 50 14% *** The percentage counter does not change here, it remains at 14%. ***
- In the next large open area, hug the right wall until you get into another, smaller toilet. 50 15%
- As you get out of there, keep hugging the right wall to yet another toilet. Seriously, devs, we get the point. You love toilets. Sheesh. 50 16%
- If you keep hugging the right wall you will eventually get into the corner opposite from where you got into this area. 50 16%
- Go up the stairs that are now closer to you to see another N.A.N.O. Grab it quickly as that part of the building will fall down after you step on it. 150 18%
- The next one is hard to miss, on the way when you go to the office with the next switch. 50 19%
- As you walk into the room with the switch here, there are three N.A.N.O.s altogether in this room. One on top of the stack to the left, one on top of the stack to the right, and one in the far left corner behind a desk. Jump into a stack to topple it over. 50 20% and 50 21% and 50 21%
- After you go through the door you have just opened, and another two doors, it will be very close, to your right. 50 22%
- After you go through the door you have to open manually and get out to the metal walkway, go right. There is a set of stairs there. Go up. 50 23%
- Go back downstairs, go right to another set of stairs going down this time. You will have to walk a bit to get to the end of this portion of the walkway, but two N.A.N.O.s will wait for you. 150 25% and 150 27%
- Turn around and start going back. At the top of the first set of metal stairs you will see the second set of metal stairs to your left, and left of that is the way to two more N.A.N.O.s. 150 29% and 150 31%
- As you go through the next manually opened door and fall down from the broken walkway, in front of you is another N.A.N.O. 50 32%
- Close to you to the right is the second trench, counting from where you fell off. In the middle of it is the next N.A.N.O. 150 34%
- There are two buttons in this area that you use to lower the train. Go to the one on the side where you fell off and face it. Turn around, and go behind the train you see to the left. 50 34%
- There are three sets of stairs in this half of the large area, each leading to an area with a N.A.N.O. (the rightmost such area has more stairs leading to the next level) 50 35% and 50 36% and 50 37%
- After you cross the moving walkway, to your right. 50 37%
- Secret 2: Wait for the walkway to move back, cross it again, and look to your right. 200 45%
- When you move back over this walkway, keep going forward for another N.A.N.O. 50 45%
- As you get into the next room with the big generators you need to turn off, hug the right wall. 50 46%
- Go back to the door you came through to get into this room, and face the room. With the generators to your right, hug the left wall until you get into another room. 50 47%
- As you come out of this room, hug the left wall some more. 50 48%
- Secret 3 and Secret 4: The generator closest to you now, and the generator furthest away from you have these secrets on their tops. Disable all generators, and use the objects (computer equipment, and so on) around this room to get to the top of both generators. 200 55% and 200 63%
- As you go through the exit from here, to your left. 50 63%
- As you get out of the building onto another metal walkway, to your left. 50 64%
- As you cross using the crane, stop at the very end of it, before you fall down. Look downwards. There is a door frame a few degrees to the right of your current direction. Go through that for another N.A.N.O. 50 65%
- Facing the door frame from the side with the crane, go left, around the corner to a container that has the next N.A.N.O. inside it. 50 65%
- After you fall down through the hole, turn around. 50 66%
- Hug the left wall from here to get into a room. 150 68%
- Secret 5: From this room, go out, head left, and notice the crack on the left wall. 200 76%
- In the same area, in the last room on the left hand side of the corridor. 50 76% Credit goes to inspiral66 for this one.
- You will soon get back to a room you have already been in, at least on a lower floor then now. This is after a manually opened door, and some stairs. Hug the right wall here, and go behind some boxes. 50 77%
- Secret 6: You will soon get into an office looking room that is most likely an office. As soon as you get into that room, turn left to see an air duct. Go John McClane on it. 200 85%
- As you return through the air duct, peek to your left just before you drop down from it. 50 85%
- Soon you will get to another construction-site like area, and you will need to drop down to continue. Immediately turn around as you land. 50 86%
- Secret 7: The final secret of this level is after you go down another set of stairs to a corridor. Turn left, and go all the way to the end. 200 94%
- After the next time you have to drop down, there will be two N.A.N.O.s, one to the left, and one to the right, both in corners. 50 94% and 50 95%
- The next one is hard to miss, in the next room. 50 96%
- Again, hard to miss, at the bottom of a set of stairs. 50 96%
- In the room with the switch that opens the emergency gate. 50 97%
- As you cross the train tracks and get past some doors, hug the left wall in the next room to go down some stairs into an area with a N.A.N.O. 50 97%
- There is another N.A.N.O. in this area, but I could not determine where it came from. For me, it ended up next to the wall on the right from the entrance. Follow the green dot on your HUD to locate it. 50 98%
- Next is hard to miss, on the way where you need to go. 50 99%
- In order to end this level, you have to go down some tracks. Before you do that, look for a set of stairs near where you go down to the tracks. Go up, and turn around. It is possible to get this by jumping, but if you have trouble with it, try pushing a nearby trashcan below it, and jumping upwards to grab it. 50 100%
- As you go along the train tracks, look out for the last N.A.N.O. on the right. Make sure not to go further as the level will end. 50 100%
Level 7 (9 secrets)
- First one is hard to miss, it is where you need to go. 50 2%
- Secret 1: As you get to a stairwell, head down. 70 4%
- Secret 2: Go to the very top of the same stairwell. 70 6%
- In the next larger room is a side corridor next to the upgrade terminal. 70 8%
- The next room also has a side corridor, below the walkway. 70 10%
- The next one is hard to miss, it is after an automatic door. 50 12%
- As you get out to a glass roofed corridor, head to the left. 50 14%
- Just past the next forklift, hard to miss as you practically fall on top of it. 50 15%
- Keep going along this corridor and there will be two more N.A.N.O.s, on the left hand side. The second one is after a jump over a broken part of this corridor. 50 17% and 100 20%
- As you go through the door you open, to the left. 100 24%
- Hug the left wall until you get to the next corner. 150 28%
- Go up the stairs in this room, and then another set of stairs to the left. 100 31%
- In the room with the reboot switch. 100 35%
- Return to the stairs mentioned at the 31% description. This time head up on the stairs to the right. In front of you is a slanted, almost broken off part of the floor with a N.A.N.O. 50 36%
- Face the room in which you have used the switch, and go to its left. 50 38%
- In the last room on the right, if you turn around here and move on. 70 40% Credit goes to ThePonz for this one.
- As you approach the next automatically opening door, both to its left and to its right are N.A.N.O.s. 70 42% and 70 44%
- In the room with the next automatic door. 50 46%
- Past that automatic door is a corridor, go into the first room on the left. 70 47%
- In the next room on the left, with one of the AI matrices. 50 49%
- As you cross to the next section through the wall that was just destroyed, hug the left wall. 50 51%
- Secret 3: Head back from here, and go into the room on the left. 70 53
- The next one is hard to miss, before you jump to the metal walkway. 50 55%
- Hard to miss, on the metal walkway after the first corner. 50 56%
- Secret 4: After you jump across the metal walkway and get back inside the building again, go down the stairs here. 200 62%
- Secret 5: As you go through the next automatic door, right in front of you will be a cracked wall with some stairs behind it that lead to this secret. 200 68%
- In the next corridor you can enter two rooms with one AI matrix each. And one N.A.N.O. each, as well. 50 70% and 50 72%
- Secret 6: Next to one of these two AI matrices, to the left of it is a cracked wall. When you were in the corridor, this room was to your right. 200 78%
- The next one is hard to miss in the room you can get into after grabbing all AI matrices and before you jump out to another metal walkway. 50 80%
- Another hard to miss one on the metal walkway. 50 81%
- Secret 7: After riding the elevator you will get to a mostly collapsed section of the building. To your right is a door, head through it, and turn right to see the next secret. Be careful! 200 87%
- Secret 8: After you go through a door that explodes, go through another door on your right, hug the right wall. 200 93%
- Hard to miss this one as you go down some stairs. 50 95%
- Secret 9: As you go through the next automatically opening door you should see it on the other side. I could not jump over there, but a well placed grenade moved the N.A.N.O. to me anyway. This is the last secret of the base game. 200 97%
- After the next elevator ride, keep going forward and it will be on your left. 50 99%
- At the top of the stairs you lower with a switch. 50 100%
Exile DLC, Level 8 (5 secrets)
- In the starting area. 70 3%
- At the end of the corridor where you are first attacked. 50 5%
- In the area where you are attacked next, just keep going after you get on top of the stairs. 50 6%
- Secret 1, Part 1: If you look back where you came from, you should see an exploding barrel to the left, on a ledge. Blow it up. You will be able to get the secret itself a little later.
- Where the first charger enemy comes out from, a toilet. 150 12%
- In the area where you find the first PDA on the ground, both to the left and to the right of that, at the two ends of the room. 70 14% and 70 16%
- Secret 1, Part 2: Right next to one of these will be the demolished wall through which you can get the first Secret. 200 23%
- The next time you get into a room from this factory like setting, check in the left corner. 50 25%
- In the corner a couple of feet away. 70 27%
- After the checkpoint, and another attack, you will be next to a second toilet. There is a N.A.N.O. in one of the stalls. 50 29%
- Secret 2: In this toilet, there is a glass ceiling part near the middle that you can shoot. A N.A.N.O. is hovering in the air, shoot it to make it fall down. 70 31%
- At the left end of the trench, with the chains dangling down. 50 33%
- In the same trench, as you keep moving ahead in it, in your way. 50 34%
- After you get out from the trench, and into the more open area, where you are first attacked by helicopter-like enemies, one will be to your right that you should see as you get attacked. 70 37%
- Another one is to your right, you have to walk behind the scenery all the way almost to the beginning. This is where the last generator is later on, when you need to disable three of them. 50 38%
- As you walk out from this part, one will be to your right, hard to miss (you have probably seen it when you were coming for the previous one). 50 40%
- In your way when you are attacked a little later on by a lot of little guys and a bigger one that smashes through to open up your way. 50 42%
- A little ways back where you came from, to the right, as you walk down on the slope. 50 44%
- As you get back down to the lower level from here, to your left. 70 46%
- A few feet more, and again, to your left. 70 48%
- After yet another fight, you should see one up ahead, close to the door for which you need to disable three generators. Before going for it, check to the right, in a corner. 70 50% and 50 52%
- After you finally get in through the door, go all the way to the end of this trench. 50 54%
- In one of the little corridors to the left in the area after the trench. 50 56%
- In the last little corridor to the left. 50 58%
- In the first little corridor to the left, after you go to the other side of the room. 70 60%
- In one of the little corridors to the left (the last little one). 70 62%
- When you get to the door that you ned to open, look to the left for a corridor that is somewhat longer than the previous ones. 50 64%
- Secret 3: When you open the door, it opens up another, earlier door that was closed. Run all the way back to the beginning of this room / area, and it will be to your right. It is basically a mirror of the last N.A.N.O. location. 200 71%
- Hard to miss, in the next trench as you walk along it. 50 72%
- After you get out to the grinders you should see one where you need to go. 50 74%
- Secret 4: In the back of the third grinder / crusher, in a very visible place. One hit, and you are dead, so be careful. 200 81%
- You have to walk over it, to continue, a few feet from the secret. 50 83%
- The next area where you will fight a lot has four N.A.N.O.s altogether. Neither of them is hidden at all. One of the four is next to the switches, the other can be found by circling around the outer ring. 50 84%, 50 86%, 50 88%, and 50 90%
- In the room you get into by blowing up the metal door. 70 92%
- Secret 5: In the same room, jump to it from the top of the boxes. Annoying jump. This is the last secret of the level. 200 99%
- On your way, you have probably seen it earlier, before you blew up the metal door. 50 100%
Exile DLC, Level 9 (5 secrets)
- Secret 1: At the start, to the left, past the flames to the left. 200 10%
- At the start, to the right, you should see it as you walk back from the secret. 50 11%
- As you walk past the big tube door, to the right. 50 12%
- When you are attacked, it will be to your left in a corner. 70 15%
- As you walk down from here, the next one is where you are looking, behind a big bent metal girder. 50 16%
- In a metal tube on your left a few feet away. 50 18%
- Secret 2: As you get out of this tube, a train car will be in front of you. You will need to move a barrel or a box next to it to be able to jump in. 200 27%
- After you get through the big tube, it will be to your right, in a corner next to the switch. 50 28%
- Go back to the exit of the tube, and turn where the tube is pointing towards. If you head there, there are two N.A.N.O.s. 50 29% and 70 32%
- Secret 3: Right here, on the other side of the fence is a box-shaped control booth of sorts. Use the wrecked car to jump on top of the fence, and from there, to the N.A.N.O. It is very easy to fall to your death here. 200 41%
- As you head onwards from here, after a large fight, it will be to your right. 50 43%
- A few feet more, again, to your right. 50 44%
- After you cross the bridge, to your right. 50 45%
- After you get through two big metal doors, then down some stairs, and fall down to the ground, there will be two N.A.N.O.s here. At least one them comes from higher up, where you fall down from, so you might have already picked it up. 50 46% and 50 47%
- After you get out of these pits, and walk up some stairs you should see it ahead to the right of another flight of stairs. 50 48%
- You will practically walk over the next one as you get into a room. 50 50%
- Again, hard to miss, as you get into the next room. 150 53%
- Secret 4: As you get out from this room, check the corner to the left. 200 62%
- Next to the forklift a little further from here. 150 66%
- As you go down the stairs behind the forklift, instead of going all the way down, walk a few feet further when you get to the next level, and you should see it behind some debris. 150 69%
- When you fall down to the pits again, it will be in the first one, under the metal girders. 50 70%
- Before you get back inside, turn around from the opening you will go through, and you should see it in the distance. 150 74%
- Go through that opening now, and in both ends of this corridor with the forklift. 150 77% and 150 81%
- You will fall on top of the next one from the corridor. 150 84%
- In this same area, hard to miss. 150 88%
- Secret 5: As you walk along the bridge here, look to your right. There are some very thin metal pieces here that you can walk along. Follow them to the last secret. I have managed to not fall down here, but I presume you are dead if you do. This is the last secret of the level. 200 97%
- Again, hard to miss, next to the switch in the building. 50 98%
- One level above, in the building. You can go up there with the stairs outside 50 99%
- Quite a lot later, after a lot of fights, you will finally get to the other side. The last piece is there, to the right after you go through the vehicle that you have lowered. 50 100%
Exile DLC, Level 10 (8 secrets)
- At the start, on the walkway on the left. 50 2%
- Secret 1: Blow up the stuff right below the first N.A.N.O., go in and then to the right. 200 9%
- Hard to miss, right where you will be attacked for the first time. 150 14%
- Still in this area, follow the walkway around that goes next to the upgrade machine. 150 19%
- Secret 2: Still in this area, start to go backwards on this walkway, and on your left will be a machine. The N.A.N.O. is behind it, on the ground. 70 22%
- Secret 3: As you step through the door from this area, turn right, and blow up the barrel. Go into the container for the secret. 200 28%
- In this area, a little ways from the door, hard to miss. 50 30%
- As you fall down from the fence you got on by using the forklift, there are two traincars that you can open. They both have N.A.N.O.s in them. 150 35% and 50 37%
- Right there where you fall down from the traincar to your right in the previous area. 50 39%
- After you go through another traincar, hug the left wall to the next one not far from here. 70 41%
- Secret 4: From the previous piece, there is a traincar to the right that you can open. It has a lot of paper boxes in it. Climb up, and drop down to the other side. 200 47%
- Keep on going towards the other end, past the control booth, to find another traincar you can open. This is one of the two that you will lift up, the N.A.N.O. might not be available after that. 150 53%
- In the control booth where you activate two switches. 50 54%
- After you have used the two switches you will be able to move further along, past the opening on the left, to yet another traincar. 150 60%
- After you get through the opening there is a traincar to the right. This is where you will continue you journey after you pick the rest of the N.A.N.O.s here. 50 61%
- There is a traincar on the left a little further. 50 63%
- As you get out from there, you should see the next piece to the left, in a corner. 70 65%
- After you continue your journey, there is a N.A.N.O. in the area where you fight. 50 67%
- Secret 5 and Secret 6: There are two containers here, you can jump to the top of one of them by using the boxes and such in the corner, and by shooting at the door to get it open, so that you can jump on that. Get to the other one from this one, but shoot the door first to open it, so that you can reach it. 200 74% and 200 80%
- Secret 7: It is in this same area, you might have seen it already. It is behind a barrier that you can disable in the house where you need to go to use the next switch. On that level there is a red generator on the wall that you have to blow up, then go back for the N.A.N.O. after you use the switch. 200 87%
- Secret 8: In the next area where you will fight a lot, open the middle door, and blow up the doors of the container. This is the last secret of the level. 200 93%
- Go to the leftmost door after this, and when you climb up the sloped ramp that almost fell on your head, you should see it on your right. 150 99%
- In front of you right here is a walkway you can follow to the right. 50 100%
Exile DLC, Level 11 (6 secrets)
- As you start walking it will be to your left. 50 4%
- Walk around in the room in a circular fashion to get to the other end, close to where you originally started from. 150 15%
- Secret 1: As you travel up with the elevator, you should spot it, jump towards it to get it. 200 23%
- Secret 2: As you get off the elevator, follow this walkway all the way to its other end, the N.A.N.O. is to the right. 200 30%
- Go up the stairs and the next piece is in the first room you walk into. 50 34%
- In the next room to the left, hard to miss. 50 37%
- In the next room, again, hard to miss. 70 40%
- Secret 3: Still in the same room, blow up the cracked wall. 200 47%
- As you get out from the rooms, follow the walkway all the way to the left. 200 55%
- On this level, at the other end is a room closed off with a barrier. You can open it by blowing up the corresponding generator one level below. 150 66%
- Secret 4: On the top of this building is a secret N.A.N.O. It is not easy to get, fire a grenade up there, and pray it is propelled down to an area where you can pick it up. 70 68%
- Secret 5 and Secret 6: There are two containers in the room you can get into now, in two corners. Blow up the structures in front of them. These are the last secrets of the level. 200 76% and 200 83%
- After you go down with the next elevator, hard to miss. 50 87%
- In the same room, go around to the other side of the boxes in front of you. 150 98%
- About two rooms further, in a cafeteria-like room. 70 100%
Exile DLC, Level 12 (2 secrets)
- Secret 1: Close to the beginning, blow up the wall on the right hand side. 200 23%
- After you fall down from the walkway, on the other side of the room, ahead, where you are facing. 70 31%
- After some fights you will able to get to the same side again. 50 42%
- In the room with the next switch. 50 54%
- Secret 2: On the other side of this same area, there are explosive barrels, use them to demolish the wall. This is the last secret of Exile. 200 77%
- In the next area, on the right is the next N.A.N.O. 50 89%
- In the next, final area, hard to miss. 50 100%
End Note
Since it is possible that the game displays 100% as your statistic, even if you do not have all of the N.A.N.O.s (as seen on level 6, where you get 100% before picking up the last piece), it is impossible to tell whether we have really found all of the N.A.N.O.s or not.
73 Comments
WinuX  [author] 31 Dec, 2024 @ 6:14am 
You are very much welcome!
Power Guido 31 Dec, 2024 @ 6:08am 
Thank you!
WinuX  [author] 14 Oct, 2022 @ 12:39pm 
I also like written guides better most of the time. There wasn't any good ones for this game, so I gave back to the community a bit with this one.
Planetfall Survivor X 29 May, 2022 @ 4:26pm 
You did a great job! Usually one will find several "guides/walkthroughs" all over the internet. You know ign, gamespot etc usually have this covered, but not so much for this game.
I find it more convenient when guides are written. You know, you can have the guide open on a extra screen without having to tab out all the time.
Videos do work better when stuff gets really more complex. Puzzles or long and convoluted games like Alien: Isolation.
WinuX  [author] 29 May, 2022 @ 2:35pm 
Thanks! I also appreciate written guides more, but there were times when I found it kind of difficult to properly explain where to go and what to do, so videos definitely have their use.
Planetfall Survivor X 29 May, 2022 @ 12:26pm 
Hey! Thanks for this guide! Under appreciated feature that it's written and doesn't bother with videos! Currently using it for "Redux".
WinuX  [author] 10 Apr, 2022 @ 7:09am 
Nice work!
♉♆ Daacals ♆♉ 10 Apr, 2022 @ 7:07am 
I got it! I was on the outside edge of the elevator and jumped over the rail after it got up, but it took more than 10 tries
WinuX  [author] 10 Apr, 2022 @ 6:40am 
You can try to check some other guides online, maybe there is another way of doing it, other, than being quick. Good luck!
♉♆ Daacals ♆♉ 10 Apr, 2022 @ 6:36am 
I gave up at level 2 Secret 6