Hello All, thank you for taking time out of your day to read this and possibly answer any questions I have if I’m lucky.

Title. I am on Playthrough 3, farming Hardcore to prep myself for Professional; skips and all. I know for the desired rank posted in the title, I need to start a fresh save—so I was wondering would any of the CP shop items such as accessories be valid during the playthrough? Or would it invalidate it and make teaching said rank impossible?

I believe you need to go through the game with the handgun and knife only, no upgrades yeah?

If I am incorrect on anything, which I probably am—please do correct me. I just want to get everything straight before going through Professional.