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Breaking the Ice

Breaking the Ice

Free all civilians frozen in cryogenic ice

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How to unlock the Breaking the Ice achievement in Batman: Arkham Origins - Definitive Guide

UPDATE: HolyMolster confirmed. You should collect them all before finishing the main story a achievement pop. Same thing with Anarky tags.

UPDATE: This achievement is buggy so be sure to collect them all before finishing the main story.

You will be able to start working on this achievement once you equip your XE suit.
Here is the video with all 20 locations of the Victims in Ice.

I f you have any ideas how improve my guide let me know.

Video is from XCVii007r1
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22 Apr 2014 21:47

28 Comments
damn, glitched on me as well, round 2
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By PlanesWalker 97 on 11 Jan 2016 03:22
Hmmm interesting. I will wait for more feedback.
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By LAS7 WeemaN on 23 Apr 2014 13:29
It unlocked just fine for me. The last civilian I found was the one with the remote batarang, I had 19/20 before I finished the DLC. And these are really easy to find using detective vision, didn't even need a guide.
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By RumbleFish10 on 23 Apr 2014 18:30
I ran into the same problem. Got the last of my 20 victims (and 12 anarky tags) after the DLC ended, and neither achievement unlocked.
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By ixnay37 on 24 Apr 2014 06:08
Unfortunately I'm having the same problem.
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By TAC14SPECOPS on 25 Apr 2014 01:41
The coding might be similar to getting Harley's balloons in A:C. Had to that one in game as well. I understand that there is free roam here, but it's possible that you might need to get these before the last storyline cheevo.
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By xx Hollywood on 25 Apr 2014 22:12
Just started a new game as it didn't unlock for me. Will collect everything before completing it this time ti see if it unlocks.
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By HolyMollster on 25 Apr 2014 23:03
HolyMolster: I am pretty sure I finished it after main story but let me know how it is works.
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By LAS7 WeemaN on 26 Apr 2014 08:43
Thank you.
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By LAS7 WeemaN on 26 Apr 2014 12:26
Did all the Anarky Tags and Rescued all the Frozen civilians before completing the story on my second play through. Both achievements unlocked that way.
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By HolyMollster on 28 Apr 2014 11:17
Awesome thank you I will add guide
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By LAS7 WeemaN on 28 Apr 2014 12:59
You all must have been really unlucky with this achievement since I finished up the frozen civilians and Anarky tags AFTER I had finished the DLC. I would say I had done about 90% of it though during the story and it unlocked as soon as I got the last one of each. So I don't think your guide is accurate by adding that you MUST finish the collectibles before the storyline ends. It wouldn't make sense to include free roam afterwards, yeah maybe their coding sucks but still. I don't remember the Harley Quinn DLC having free roam and that's why you had to do all the balloons in one go.

The only thing I can think of that I did differently, perhaps, is that I rescued frozen civilians and scanned Anarky tags where I first came across them in the locations following the storyline(after you get the XE Suit) instead of going back to them after the end of the DLC during free roam.
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By RumbleFish10 on 28 Apr 2014 21:05
I can confirm that I had 16/20 freed people when I finished the story and still got the achievement after I got the last 4.
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By sjpsjpsjp on 29 Apr 2014 01:48
Picked up a piece of the drill after starting the Last Anarky mission (to disarm the bomb) then failed. Now I cant activate the last Anarchy mission anymore, and anytime I try to unfreeze someone he says "I need to deal with the bomb first".
VERY VERY Nasty game breaking glitch don't touch the drill pieces until anarchy missions are done.
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By BaneDain on 14 May 2014 01:34
No issues for me, I got 18/20 before finishing the story, got the last 2 victims after that and achievement unlocked no problem.
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By JonnyBlazin5 on 22 May 2014 22:10
On my second run i completed this and the tags before the end of the main story line as the last guard for me was located right before the final battle and it glitched. Map stats showing 20/20. But no cheevo.
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By Real Riggs 09 on 04 Sep 2014 17:55
When you say get the collectibles before the completing the main story, did you mean the core game's main story? Or the story of the dlc?
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By Solario32 on 16 Dec 2014 03:32
Story of the dlc of course wink
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By LAS7 WeemaN on 16 Dec 2014 09:35
Thanks for the quick reply :) nervous about all the stories of the glitches in this game. Just want the single player experience to be as smooth as possible.
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By Solario32 on 17 Dec 2014 00:18
One more question... do you recommend getting all of the core game achievements done before downloading any of the dlcs?
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By Solario32 on 17 Dec 2014 00:20
Hmmm hard to say I am pretty sure I dont complete game to 1000G than dlc released. So in my opinion feel free to download it.
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By LAS7 WeemaN on 17 Dec 2014 09:19
Thanks man. Everything went smoothly :)
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By Solario32 on 02 Feb 2015 13:49
I had the same issue as Real Riggs 09 I completed all frozen guys before completing the DLC and the last one was the one you find after using the drill and no achievement.
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By napoearth on 12 Mar 2015 18:31
It unlocked on a second run through.
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By napoearth on 12 Mar 2015 21:10
please help me ! I have rescued the 20 victims before the main story finish and I dont have the trophie..... what happens?????!!!!!!
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By PONDERATOX on 16 Jul 2015 09:45
Trying for a 3rd time
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By Real Riggs 09 on 17 Sep 2015 17:15
I had 18/20 and finished the story. Collected the last 2 afterwards (both outside) and the achievement popped straight away.
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By l BlackBrian7 l on 07 Sep 2016 13:36
Had a nightmare with this one.

Completed after story - didn't work.
Completed during story (Cryodrill guy last) - didn't work.
Completed during story (Cryodrill guy first) - WORKED!

My theory is that quitting out the game is what can cause the glitch. I tried starting the DLC fresh, blasting through story & collecting just the frozen dudes (starting w. the cop after the cryodrill next to The Penguin).

Can't confirm this is a guaranteed fix but if you're like I was & looking for any semblance of hope, this method finally got the pop. Hope it helps :)
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By RAWCollings on 20 Dec 2016 11:52
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After arriving at "My Alibi" you will recieve XE suit from Alfred. This suit allows you to use heat gloves to unfreeze civilians frozen in ice by thugs with cryogenic blasters.

Video below covers all 20 victims based by zone they are in.

- My Alibi Club - 3 Victims
- Diamond District - 5 Victims
- GothCorp - 7 Victims
- Coventry - 5 Victims
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22 Apr 2014 22:18

For achievements like this I prefer maps over videos. I found this map from IGN useful:
Click here for map.
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21 Oct 2017 02:31

There are 20 civilians frozen in cryogenic ice, found in both indoor and outdoor locations of Coventry and Diamond District. They cannot be freed until after you equip the XE Suit. However, you are able to approach and analyse them at any time, which marks their location on the map system. Freeing the frozen civilians simply involves approaching them and holding to break the ice they're in. Once all 20 civilians have been freed, the trophy will unlock. Even though they are much easier to find than the Anarky tags, a video guide can be found below (credit to Gaming Since Gaming):

 

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There are a total of 20 civilians that must be saved from their cryogenic entrapment. Do take note however, that you will not be able to break the ice that surrounds them until you have retrieved the XE Suit later on in the story. 

Thus, if you see any civilians trapped in ice before getting your new suit, be sure to approach them. Getting close enough will mark the civilian's location on your world map with a small, frozen head symbol. Batman's detective vision also picks up the civilians from very far away, so gliding around Gotham with your detective vision active will help you spot them.

Once you have retrieved the XE Suit, you can return to all of the civilians and free them by breaking the ice with the Suit's thermal-heated gloves. Remember, you can track your progress for this achievement by referring to the Collectibles Progress Bar on the bottom left of the world map. Likewise, the breakdown of each civilian's location is as follows:

  • My Alibi- 3
  • GothCorp - 7
  • Coventry - 6
  • Diamond District - 4

Additionally, you can use the video below as an aid in tracking down all 20 civilians. 

 

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