There are not many enemies in Contempt, but when there are, boy are they hard. There ‘robot baby‘ with the grenade launcher boss in act 5 is the toughest of these enemies, with multiple phases and strategies required to finally defeat it.
We’ve got a detailed strategy for each phase of the Grenade Launcher boss fight in Scorn’s Act 5 below, including how to defeat the second baby mech that’s setting its angry eyes on you.
If you ever run into a bug or glitch that halts your progress while fighting these bosses, you can quit and relaunch the game to access your last autosave. If your health is very low when autosaving, it might be best to do the act again instead.
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Scorn Grenade Launcher Boss Act 5 Phase 1 Strategy
To complete the first phase of the Grenade Launcher boss fight in Scorn, you must trick the boss into using all his ammoso what shoot the red tank sideways when he kneels down to reload. You’ll need to do this a total of four times if you fire the shotgun-like weapon, but it may take longer with the pistol-like weapon.
Here are some general tips for surviving this first boss phase:
- Use both cages to run around and avoid getting hit – but be careful, the grenades can still hit you between the bars!
- If you need more health or ammo, go to the area where you picked up the Red Baby Egg and refuel at the stations.
- Don’t hit the boss until he exposes his red tank or you’ll waste precious ammo.
- Only reload when the boss has taken him down after hitting his tank, and try to heal only here as well.
You’ll know this first phase is complete when the boss falls forward and stops, allowing you to interact with its grenade launcher.
The baby mech doesn’t like it very much, however, and attacks you, starting the next phase of the fight.
Scorn Grenade Launcher Boss Act 5 Phase 2 Strategy
The second phase of the grenade launcher boss in Scorn follows the same lines as the strategy of the first phase, but this time you have to trick the boss into swinging his arm at youso what shoot the red tank in its belly when the metal case opens. You have to do this twice if you shoot the shotgun-like weapon, but it will likely take longer with the pistol.
Here are some tips for completing the second phase of the Grenade Launcher boss fight:
- Do not fire unless the red tank is exposed! Sometimes the boss swings around and doesn’t reveal the tank, so you’ll have to be patient.
- You can continue to take advantage of cages to run and dodge grenades more easily.
- The boss still needs to reload, so use that time to heal or reload your own weapon.
- Remember that you can get more ammo or health from the stations located where you picked up the red baby egg, but only if you haven’t already depleted them.
The second phase of the boss fight ends when the robot kneels and the baby falls. You can finally go get that grenade launcher. You’ll also automatically pick up the baby, which is part of the next puzzle you need to solve before the second boss fight.
Scorn Act 5 egg puzzle solution for nursery
Take the baby to the same room where you last dropped off, then return to the room where you just defeated the boss.
At this point, you may have noticed that you can’t switch to any weapon other than the grenade launcher, because you’re too entangled with the being controlling you. You are not left out of the puzzles though, so don’t worry! Anyway, you only need the grenade launcher to solve this puzzle in the room with the baby eggs.
The solution to this riddle in Act 5 is to stand on the raised part of the ground between the two small egg chambers, then throw a grenade at the two pillars now on display in the room in front of you.
This opens the locked egg room, allowing you to pick it up and put it into the new mech suit that spawned where the old one was.
This new baby mech is just as angry as the previous one, and even faster too.
Act 5 Scorn Grenade Launcher Boss Second Strategy
While this second Act 5 Grenade Launcher boss is faster and fires grenades at a higher velocity, it’s thankfully easier to defeat now that you have your own Grenade Launcher.
The strategy for this second grenade launcher boss fight is to trick him into using all his ammunition againthen shoot a grenade into the red hole on his back – and that’s all! A well-placed shot right behind the boss should do it, but you may have to try again if your own grenade is thrown back.
You can now pick up this last baby and dispose of it the same way as before to finally pick up the filled capsule, unlocking the way back to the two sleeping bodies.
Good luck with Scorn’s latest puzzles!
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