There is a lot of info online about how to do The Hanged Man but none of it seems definitive to me.

Some posts say you can use a shield to bash enemies, others that you can use any attachments you want and some claim to have gotten the achievements accidentally during a lethal run...

And none of them seem to agree on what the requirements for the achievement actually are.

So here, after a few failed attempts at getting the achievement, I compiled all the info I have on HOW I GOT IT.

From the info I've seen online, I found this video by Alpha-D-Juliett to be pretty helpful for understanding everything you need to know about getting the achievement.

He goes into many details about his equipment for the achievement, the route he takes on the map (which I'm not going to discuss here), etc.
So if that's something you want to see for yourself here's the video.

BUT the most helpful thing I got from this video is this comment by @Mineshame lol
I followed it with a few adjustments which I'm going to discuss next.

Here's said comment:
GREEN means I followed this rule
ORANGE means I followed the rule, but with adjustments

Originally posted by @Mineshame:

Important things
-- No shields for Ai
-- No Night-Vision
-- No doors without Ai
-- Better no any bullets for prim/sec weapons, no any weapon gadgets like scopes/laser/flashlights
-- No glasses, only helmet (Ai can wear face-armor)
-- No chemlights
-- Not contacting with civ/sus/evidence

So, the full list of requirements and suggestions I followed and got the achievement.

Keep in mind, I've completed this achievement IN COMMANDER MODE, so I'm assuming you're doing the same and I can't say if it's doable in other modes. (my guess is yeah, but idk lol)

Here goes:

You're allowed to:

• Bring teammates with you
  
• Bring any gadget with you (BUT DON'T EQUIP OR USE IT)
  
• Order teammates to restrain suspects, collect physical evidence, sweep the area, OPEN doors, KICK doors, use FLASHBANGS
  
• Order your teammates around in general
  
• Report CRATES WITH SUS CONTENT (BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE like guns)
  
• Open and close unlocked doors yourself
  
• Use weapon bash WITH TASER (B)
  
• Use flashbangs and Taser
  
• Use helmets and ballistic masks (so do your teammates)
  
• Your teammates CAN safely drop chemlights (as they usually do) after clearing out an area. BUT DON'T USE THEM YOURSELF!

MY equipment looked like this:

You're NOT allowed to:

• Use ANY gadgets (equipment slot on the 5 key)
  
• Use a shield bash and equip shield (I've tried to do the achievement with shield bashing but didn't get it. BUT I did kick doors myself in that attempt so idk. For safety, I didn't use shield in my next run and didn't kick doors)
  
• Order teammates to use ANY gadgets (no opening doors with ram, no lockpicking doors, no flashbang-launchers, etc.)
  
• Use NVGs (neither your teammates, unequip them)
  
• Use googles or gasmasks (neither your teammates, unequip them)
  
• Use any other weapon except for Taser and Flashbangs (unequip all the ammo from yourself and your teammates)
  
• Use ANY ATTACHMENTS (even the built-in laser on Taser. Unequip everything from yourself and your teammates and DON'T TURN ON THE LASER ON THE TASER)
  
• Use chemlights (forget about the letter C)

Again, for safety's sake I unequipped ALL the attachments from ALL OF THE SQUAD.

So, like I've stated above, you can open unlocked doors and crates yourself and you can report evidence like contraband-crates.

But don't touch physical evidence or restrain any of the suspects yourself!
Let your teammates do it instead.

Use free-lean (ALT key) and if the area has enemies - flashbang them and start ordering them to surrender. If they start resisting - use the Taser.

The Taser (as of writing this guide on the 5 of July 2025) comes with 3 magazines and 2 shots in each. Bring however much ammo and flashbangs you think you'll need yourself.
You can reliably order a scared suspect to comply with 1 zap.
Suspects that are actively fighting you might take more than 1 zap, so it's best to use flashbangs on them.

Best traits for your teammates to have, in my opinion, are:

• Armorer - more armor to tank hits
  
• Nutritionist - more health to tank hits
  
• Intimidator - suspects are more likely to surrender for each individual teammate
  
• Negotiator - suspects are more likely to surrender when you yell at them

If the map's too dark for you - my advice is turn up the brightness using Nvidia Filters.
By default, press ALT+F3 to bring up the menu and look for Brightness/Contrast settings. Tune them to your liking. You can disable them afterwards.

After getting The Hanged Man I've tried to get the Beat Cop achievement.

The description for it states you must complete the Narcos level using ONLY LETHAL PISTOLS, but without using any grenades or launchers.

So I did that, using attachments on my and my teammates pistols AND using Ram and Opti-wand.
I didn't get the achievement.

So, from my understanding, to complete Beat Cop you need to:

• Use the same philosophy for the equipment as in The Hanged Man (NO ATTACHMENTS, NO GADGET USE)
  
• Don't kick, lockpick, ram or shoot doors with the shotgun by yourself
  
• Let your teammates KICK (ONLY kick. Again no ram, lockpicks, etc.) doors for you
  
• No attachments on any of the guns
  
• No NVGs, gasmasks, etc.
  
• Use only pistols

Following these rules, I was finally able to get Beat Cop too.
Use any pistol you want (I, personally, went with Five-Seven, AP rounds).

Way Out West is another one of those achievements with tricky requirements.

For one, the description reads "Complete Coyote using only .357 Magnum as a weapon".
"Wtf is a Coyote?" you might rightfully ask.
It's the old name for the Rustbelt level.

I've completed it in December of 2023 WITH NVGs AND LASER ATTACHMENT.
But I can't say for sure that this info is still correct and that the requirements haven't changed.

So take this info with a grain of salt and, to be sure, don't use NVGs or any attachments on your magnum.
Again, use Nvidia Filters to brighten up the image inside the caves and you're good to go.

If you have any suggestions or 100%-sure-info on correcting my requirements for these achievements - fill free to write them in the comments and I'll add it to the description!

GGs and GL to y'all