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Bolt-Ons

Bolt-Ons

Unlocked 10 Character Heads or Skins.

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31.77%

How to unlock the Bolt-Ons achievement in Borderlands 3 - Definitive Guide

***UPDATE 16th of February 2020***
Kooky Cow 32 reports, that they unlocked the achievement as a second player, so this achievement may be fixed. I can't confirm this and would still recommend doing this as described below.
Original Solution:
A quick heads up for everybody. As of now (15th Sep. 2019) the tracking for this achievement only works when you are the host or you are in your own singleplayer game.

DONT UNLOCK Skins/Heads from your inventory or buy them from Earl when you are in the game of another player.

When you find Heads/Skins, keep them, start your own game and unlock them.

EDIT: If you seem do not find any more Skins/Heads, the 3rd Slot-machine in Moxxis-Bar has them as rewards. Also: Playing another Character and finding the heads for the other classes is an option.

The third slot-machine is the third one from the entrance. The first right around the corner. Check the boards directly above the 3 slot rolls, the prizes are displayed there. The third one will have have multiple heads as prizes.
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15 Sep 2019 12:53

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Progress didn't more when I kept my heads and skins from a co-op game to a solo game. HOWEVER I did put them in the bank before I used them.
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By BlazeFlareon on 16 Sep 2019 03:12
I’ve done every side quest I can, I haven’t gotten any skins from Main missions or side quests at all. I’m level 21 and I’m not getting skins from quests or side quests I’m at 50% and I’ve gotten them all from crazy earl. I don’t get it
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By RED047 on 16 Sep 2019 11:22
@RED047: Sadly, it might be bad luck. I'm a more casual player, and I've gotten 2 heads and 2 skins from random enemies/side-quests. :/
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By Vaciks Ghost on 16 Sep 2019 13:30
@RED047 for the longest time I thought skins no longer dropped, but as we progressed through the game I started to see them more and more. Level 35 right now and they probably started popping up more frequently around mid 20s for us
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By MrCh1valry on 16 Sep 2019 14:02
Maybe a flag needs to be submitted that this is a solo only game achievement?
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By Ms Dudette on 16 Sep 2019 21:04
It seems to be glitched ive been stuck on 90% and ive only played solo and ive unlocked two skins and brought heads from earl and still not moved. I aint getting any skins or heads drop in world any more either
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By Io PRoTotypE oI on 17 Sep 2019 19:12
Many thanks for the heads up on this one toast I had unlocked many heads/skins in my friend’s game and was wondering why he had gotten the achievement and I hadn’t. Then I read this solution and started saving them. The achievement unlocked no problem in my game.
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By LitaOsiris on 18 Sep 2019 21:03
When you say "third " slot, which does that mean? As in third from left-to-right?
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By NoHeroes94 on 19 Sep 2019 15:55
Clarification: The third slot-machine is the third one from the entrance. The first right around the corner. Check the boards directly above the 3 slot rolls, the prizes are displayed there. The third one will have have multiple heads as prizes.
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By Zetenge on 19 Sep 2019 17:47
Is it just the tracking ability that’s disabled, or the entire achievement? My coop partner has no tracking, but hasn’t done 10 yet to check.
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By Lavindathar on 21 Sep 2019 01:23
Welp, wish I had known this before playing and unlocking everything in my boyfriend's save when I played with him.
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By Acydable on 30 Sep 2019 14:54
Still not fixed as of today, it won’t progress in co-op.
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By Lavindathar on 21 Oct 2019 00:25
I have been at 90% since game launch and have only played solo with all skins unlocked with zane. Wondering if it might be broken on his file and I need to make a nee one.
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By Gae Bulgg on 23 Dec 2019 16:47
I just unlocked this as the 2nd player (not host) in online Co-op.
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By Kooky Cow 32 on 16 Feb 2020 04:05
Thanks, edited the solution.
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By Zetenge on 16 Feb 2020 04:34
Still a problem on local only in your own game, the achievement won’t give me any more progress. Stuck at 90% and have done everything I’ve seen on every forum to try and get it...ridiculous
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By Whey Too Lit on 01 Oct 2019 06:45
From my experience it's not only the tracker but the whole achievement. I unlocked over 15 skins/heads in the game of a friend before realising this.
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By Zetenge on 21 Sep 2019 05:43
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In this video guide I will show you how to be able to unlock 10 character heads or skins, plus while buying 20 cosmetics from Crazy Earl. Now this will not be until you reach the ship in space. From there you will do a side mission for checking up on everyone. Once that is done the final person is Crazy Earl. After that you can buy stuff from him. Make sure to buy all of his heads or skins first to get the Bolt-Ons achievement. Then buy what is the cheapest cosmetics from there to pop the achievement for My Name Is Earl faster.


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21 Sep 2019 16:02

GLITCHED

Whilst I didn't have any issues with this trophy, some people have. The best ways to mitigate any potential glitch are to either find 10 Heads and Skins then redeeming all of them at once or save up enough Eridium to buy 10 of them from Crazy Earl. If this trophy does glitch on you and earning more Heads and/or skins fails to unlock it, your only option is to delete your saves and start a new character from scratch.

Contrary to what the trophy description says, you can use a combination of Heads and Skins to pop the trophy. Here is a list of all the fast ways you can earn Heads and Skins for your character:

- Buy them from Crazy Earl's shop in Sanctuary III's Cargo Hold (marked on the map, by an icon of Earl's Head).
- Trade with your friends.
- Killing bosses (rare drop chance).
- Complete all stage of the Borderlands Science Mini-game/Side Mission
- Buy them from the PS Store (credit to danc for this tip)

In theory, the customisations from the limited time events should count towards this trophy but this is currently unconfirmed.
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At the moment there is a problem with the trophy, if you joined a friend/another player, the heads and skins opened in his session will not count towards the trophy. We launch the single player game and there we already activate the heads and skins. They also come from other characters, the main thing is to open them in a single player game.
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24 Sep 2019 10:01