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Collateral Carnage

Collateral Carnage

20 Taken have been drowned, electrocuted, or dispatched by some other indirect means.

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How to unlock the Collateral Carnage achievement in Alan Wake - Definitive Guide

Here's a video guide i made for this achievement. I tell you exactly how and where to get it, and i provide a voice over to help you every step of the way!
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20 May 2010 22:32

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MrFraggs, thanks for posting this. However I don't seem to hear any voiceovers? Also it doesn't really tell me what you need to do (different) to get the achievement.
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By deutschZuid on 19 Oct 2010 04:30
Good guide thanks for the voiceover
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By Tan110688 on 01 Jan 2013 09:46
Rather than relying on luck, such as them walking into electric wires or stumbling off of a cliff, there are two very reliable ways to do this.

The first is if you can find a Taken nearby a possessed object. Align yourself so that the Taken is between you and the object and just dodge when it fires. This will wipe out the Taken in one fell swoop and get you one notch towards this achievement.

The second is in any area where you see the red and white explosive canisters. Any Taken that are blown up by these will count towards this achievement so these are the easiest way to get this achievement. In Episode 2 there are a number of chances to use these to blow up enemies so this will be the biggest chance for you to work towards this achievement.
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19 May 2010 03:54

I found a fairly easy way to get this achievement.

In Episode 3, when you encounter the possessed bulldozer, around 3 or 4 Taken enemies spawn with it. Use your Flashlight or flares to take down their protection, then just run around and lead them into the path of the bulldozer. Once the initial wave of Taken is killed, one enemy will respawn after a few moments. Just light him up, lure him into the bulldozer, and repeat until the achievement pops. Took me about 8-10 minutes.

Before then I probably only got about 2-3 kills through pure luck with environmental causes (like stumbling a Taken off a ledge, or catching one in a Safe Haven light after kickstarting a generator). This is probably the most painless way of getting the achievement, and it's rather satisfying watching a ghost bulldozer mow down possessed loggers/axe murderers.
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25 May 2010 22:05

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Dam wish id have read this guide before i already finished this level. Thanks thumbs up.
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By Tan110688 on 01 Jan 2013 09:48
Yeah, the bulldozer gave me my last kill. I actually thought I killed the bulldozer for a second but nope. I died a few seconds later. I killed the bulldozer on my next try though!

It was also my 20th poltergeist object destroyed so I got "They're Heeeeeeeeeeere!" on top of that. laugh
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By Apostle92627 on 29 Apr 2017 19:57
I found you get credit for this achievement by using spotlights throughout the game. In episode five when you get on top of the Dam, there is an event where you're rushed by a large amount of taken and objects. Every taken you defeat by this means is added to your indirect kill counter, making the achievement easily.
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25 May 2010 19:10

*Somewhat Spoilerish*
Heres an easy way for getting this achievement without risking yourself. Towards the end of episode 4 before you reach the Anderson's Farm. Barry and Al will be split up. Al will be on top of a cliff with no way down. Barry sees a Taken and uses a flare gun to kill it. This counts towards the achievement for some reason. It was the last one I needed. Theoretically you should be able to reload the checkpoint over and over again to get the achievement.
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08 Jul 2010 15:38

****MINOR SPOILERS****

Take the obvious ways of shooting explosive canisters (I believe they start showing up in chapter 3).

But you'll get most of them in Chapter 5, where you have friends to help you kill stuff. Each time they kill a Taken, it counts as an indirect kill. Just run around and burn the darkness off, letting your buddies do most of the killing. I actually got this achievement right as the cutscene started where you meet Barry again. :)
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31 Aug 2010 06:31

With the following method you can get nearly all of the weapon achievements in the game:

During Episode 3-2 when you are at the Coal Mine Museum, a short way into the level you will walk through a door and enter a building into a long hallway. Three Taken will drop from the ceiling and another will walk in from the left at the same time. There are a couple of explosive containers right where the Taken drop down. Shoot the closest container and you will usually kill three of them, if not all four. Now reload the checkpoint. You will be right outside the door again. Walk back into the hallway, wait for them to drop and shoot the container again. Rinse and repeat to get all twenty.

You can use the same technique to get all of the flare gun and flashbang kills here. This is also a great place to get the shotgun/hunting rifle achievement, depending on which one you are carrying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&...
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27 Oct 2011 13:54

Catching Taken in explosions, forcing them to walk into dangling electrical wires, etc. Basically, getting them killed without you actually doing the killing.

I think, but I'm not sure, that includes getting them to dive at you just as you sidestep out the way, allowing them to plunge into the cleansing light of a safe haven!
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27 Sep 2010 02:46

The easiest way to get this is to make use of the inanimate objects controlled by the darkness, especially bulldozers.
You can drain the shadow barrier around the taken with your flares, just so long as the killing blow is not by your hand it will count.
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01 Oct 2010 15:12

You'll have to kill the Taken indirectly, using explosive barrels, Safe Haven lights, poltergeists. As far as I've tried, Taken don't seem to trigger bear traps.
Something interesting, when you reach the Anderson's Farm, when you are doing the Stage part, from time to time Barry will activate some fireworks, these can kill the Taken and will count as "indirect kills", I got mine this way.
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You really don't need to watch a video to see how to get this achievement, It's fairly simple. If you're in any of the mountain areas, go to a cliff but make sure you're in an area where the Takens will appear. Stand by the edge of the mountain and allow them to come at you. Perform the slow motion dodge and in most cases they will go over the edge. By any chance that they don't, if you have the revolver, shoot them one time and they're guaranteed to go over the cliff but when you're doing this, DO NOT use the flashlight to take away their darkness because there's certain Takens that will die after one shot. If you accidently die by falling off the cliff, the indirect kills that you've accumulated from the Taken, will still be accounted for.
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01 Jul 2011 12:12

Shoot barrels to blow up Takens with them.
Easily achievable as you play through the game, specially if you are going for all achievement anyway.
Here is 100% complete guide to all achievement/collectibles and full game:
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09 Dec 2023 00:00

You'll need to vanquish 20 Taken with what are basically environment kills; electrified fences, explosive canisters, etc. There are big red explosive canisters throughout the game, shoot them once and they'll explode. However, this achievement is easily gained at the end of Episode 4 during the stage battle at Anderson Farm. Many of the Taken will be killed by the fireworks at this point. If you do not happen to get the achievement, reload your checkpoint and continue the battle until it does.
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Indirect means to kill a Taken with either electricity, explosive canisters, water, or whatever. So long as you haven't taken the final shot, but YOU kill them, it works. The train yard is good for that. Get them close to the gas canisters and shoot them and not the Taken. Otherwise, there is an electric fence in the Power Station towards the end of the game. Use the torch to push them into it.

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