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NPC Tips publishes guides, tools and reference data for video games: mission walkthroughs, fixes for the spots where players get stuck, and tables read straight from the game files.

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  • IRON NEST

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    Achievements

    See all 33 IRON NEST Steam achievements, grouped by mission, gold-medal challenge, and ending, with links to the guide for each unlock path.

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    Calibration Fire

    Complete IRON NEST Mission 1, Calibration Fire, with a build-checked walkthrough for its firing task, miss feedback, Hospital boundary, and stand-down signal.

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    Review

    An evidence-based IRON NEST review to decide whether its deliberate artillery routine fits you, using sourced facts, reported experiences, and a Demo self-test.

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    White Shells

    Complete IRON NEST White Shells with a build-checked Mission 15 walkthrough, betrayal target guide, restart advice, and endings handoff.

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    Calculate Elevation

    Learn how to calculate elevation in IRON NEST from range and matching charges, use a bounded manual estimate, and handle an offline computer.

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    Community Resources

    Use the verified IRON NEST Discord link, understand each community destination, and check support, subreddit, and soundtrack limits before leaving the guide.

Tools and reference data

Tools and tables built for the questions players keep coming back to. Where a table lists values from the game, they were read from the game files of the build named on the page, not copied from other sites.

IRON NEST · Tool

Calculator

Use the IRON NEST calculator to compare six charge solutions, predict flight time, schedule impact timing, and pin shots to a session target log.

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  • IRON NEST · Reference data

    Field Data

    Reference tables for IRON NEST read straight from game build 24750322: shell types, medals and the requisition console, each with its extraction date.

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    Medals

    All 15 IRON NEST medals with their bronze, silver and gold conditions, which mission each appears in, and why they are not Steam achievements.

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    Requisition Console

    All 32 purchasable punchcards in IRON NEST with costs from 1 to 666, how requisition credits are earned and lost, and when the console is available.

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    Shell Types

    All 21 shell types in IRON NEST 1.0 with in-game descriptions, blast values, punchcard costs, and which shell to fire at which target.

Games

Each game has its own hub with walkthroughs, reference tables and tools. Pick a game, or jump straight to the sections players use most.

  • IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

    Released August 6, 2026 · Version 1.0 (1683)

    A single-player heavy turret simulator for PC. Our hub covers campaign mission walkthroughs, manual fire solutions, medals and achievements, and values read from the game files.

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