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Finding workbenches inSniper Elite: Resistanceis one of the ways to progress in terms of equipment.
Except for the introduction in Behind Enemy Lines,each campaign mission inSniper Elite: Resistancehas three workbenches.
Each workbench hasupgrades for a different class of weaponor unlocks a brand-new gun.Sometimes, it is inconsequential and hardly worth the trouble; other times, your finds can completelytransform how you play the rest of the campaign.
Most of the workbenches in this guide have a handful of enemies around them, but nothinga daring SOE operativecan’t handle.
verify to follow the steps in thisSniper Elite: Resistanceworkbench locations guide when you play these missions to avoid having to backtrackand play everything again to unlock your upgrades!
Behind Enemy Lines
Pistol Workbench: Various Attachments
Unlike other maps, Behind Enemy Lines has nothing for SMG or rifles. The standard flow of the mission takes you through the workbench location.
Once you take the shot to pressurize the dam ahead of the Lancaster attack run,move into the brick barn with the flowers outside.
Look to the left to find planks covering a hole in the wall. Once you clear them, the workbench will be at the far end of the barn.
Rifle: Marksmanship Mods
In the southwestern corner of the map, look behind the church for a building that allows you toclimb into the second floor using the boxes on the street.
Make sure you have bolt cutters in your inventory, as you will need them to break the gate hiding the workbench inside the building.
SMG: Control Mods
This is the easiest workbench to find during Dead Drop as it’s right by one of the main mission objectives. It also means you’ll have to fight your way in.
In the castle where you search Vertigo’s office,look for the gate on the wall to the left of the main entrance. Pop it open with the bolt cutters to find the workbench on the other side.
Pistol: Carbine Mods
Move to the northeastern corner of the map, and enter the shop adjacent to the large building.
Exit the shop on the rear right entrance, then head down the tunnel. Pick the lock on the gate, then enter the room to find the workbench in front of you.
Sonderzüge Sabotage
Rifle: Assault Mods
This is the most important workbench in the game as it is your first opportunity to pick up a rifle suppressor.
After you cross the river (which is much easier to do through the eastern railroad), get down to the docks between both bridges.
Look out for the largest building on the west side of the areafor the workbench inside. This is also where you need to kill a French collaborator for bonus points, so make it count.
SMG: Capacity Mods
This is the quickest workbench you can reach in Sonderzüge Sabotage. Right off the start, follow the winding road while sticking to the left side until you find a cluster of buildings with a staircase.
Walk down to the fountain, preferably without allowing the Gestapo officers to raise the alarm. Then, search for the locked wooden gate to your right.Pick it to find the workbench there.
Pistol: Capacity Mods
Approach the trainyard on the far east side of the map through the south side, then head to the covered area.
Aftercracking the lock with bolt cutters, enter the first building to your left. Then, head up to the second floor for the workbench and a decent vantage point.
Collision Course
Rifle: Mobility Mods
On the eastern bank of the dam, head up to the north of the map until you see a cluster of buildings.
Go inside,turn left at the end of the corridor, then break your way into the room on the left after killing the German soldier by the deskto find the rifle workbench.
SMG: Stability Mods
After you blow up Nazi tech on the westernmost end of the map along the railroad, look for a gate by the leftmost target.
Open it,slide down the ladder, and enter the bunker to find the SMG workbench.
Pistol: Power Mods
On the west side of the map, go all the way south to find a farmhouse with a Lorraine cross on the eastern edge.
Climb in using the vines, then look to the northeastern cornerof the building to find the pistol workbench.
Devil’s Cauldron
Rifle: Upgrade Materials
Head to the church on the southwestern corner of the map, then search for the staircase.
Beneath it is a lock you can pick, leading to a basementthat holds this mission’s rifle workbench.
SMG: Barrel Mods
Go to the very southern tip of the map, thenfollow the main road into a tunnel crawling with enemies.
Clear them, then head into the room to your left side for the workbench with SMG barrel upgrades.
Pistol: Stealth Mods
After crossing the bridge on the northern limits of the map, follow the tracks into the factory with the giant Nazi flags flanking the tunnel entrance.
Enter the workshop on your left side, then climb to the second floor using the stairs to your left.
The door with the workbench is locked and can’t be picked up, but you can open it with a key or asatchel charge.
Assault On Fort Rouge
Rifle: Caliber Conversion
This workbench is in the hottest area of the map, so verify youhave enough ammunitionbefore you go there.
Go to the northeastern corner of the map, then climb down the bunker entrance.
Follow the path marked with blue paint down a staircase over the main hangar until you reach the central room.
Ignore the ladder, and follow the corridor out of the hangar while keeping the zipline to your left.
Once the corridor turns white, turn left and follow it all the way down. The locked door can be opened with the key or a satchel charge and contains the workbench.
SMG: Assault Mods
Followthe road covered in rubbleon the eastern side of the map until you see a stairwellleading underground.
Walk down, remove the planks blocking the funnel, then head down the corridor to find the workbench.
Pistol: Weight Reduction
Using the kill list area for reference, head into the top corner of the abbey to the northeast of his location.
Find the shed on the northeastern corner, pick the lock, and then find the workbench opposite the door.
Lock, Stock, and Barrels
Rifle: Muzzle Mods
Look out forthe farmhouse on the southwestern end of the map, south of the fork on the road, right by the river.
Climb through the second floor using the vines to find the workbench inside the room.
SMG: Recoil Mods
Using the manor that’s the main objective as a reference, head east thenfollow the road south until the last building before the forested area.
Go inside the barn and climb up to the second floor to find the workbench.
Pistol: Caliber Conversion
On the very northwestern corner of the map,go to the building flanked by curved black tracks, just south of the optional objective one with straight-edged ones.
Next to the door is a green ladder you can take to the second floor. After you enter, turn left to find the workbench.
End of the Line
Rifle: Recoil Mods
This workbench is almost impossible to miss as it is located inside the main objective area in the factory.
Head up the middle stairs,walk past the control room then turn right until you find a locked room at the corner of the building. Open it with a key or blow the door open to reach the workbench.
SMG: Handling Mods
Head to the railroad on the northwestern corner of the map, then keep the map boundary to your right until you reach the warehouse on the western corner.
Enter the building, then head up the stairs to find the workbench by the Nazi flag.
Pistol: Marksmanship Mods
Search for the house near one of the flak guns inside the optional objective areaon the southeastern edge of the map.
Climb the vines on the side of the building to reach the second floor, then head down the stairs once you are inside to find the workbench.
