Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

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Who Needs Air?

Who Needs Air?

Suffocated for 5 continuous minutes without dying.

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How to unlock the Who Needs Air? achievement in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - Definitive Guide

The other solutions are great, but here's a very simple one that worked for me.
The character I chose (I think her name is "Nisha"?) doesn't have any abilities to regenerate health (at least not outside of combat) and I haven't found any equipment that helps me do that...

If you are in the same situation and don't wanna search/wait for the gear you need in the other solutions, do this:

1. fast travel to "Outlands Spur"
2. disable the oxygen machine next to the station
3. stand next to the vending machine that allows you to buy health
4. everytime you are low on health, you buy some!

Everything you need is right next to the fast travel station and no enemies are spawning there either, just stand there and wait to get this achievement done ;)
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11 Jun 2015 03:55

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pretty simple and effective, thank you
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By FaSCoRP on 18 May 2016 12:21
Perfect
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By Fista Roboto on 03 Aug 2016 13:26
Thanks! Worked great!
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By BigTymer2047 on 14 Jun 2018 14:34
Only extra minor point is as Wilhelm you can also use the Saint ability to keep your health up for free as well as using the vending machine. But very simple effective solution so thanks.
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By Captain Heroic on 28 Jul 2019 10:58
I assume I can't get this achievement using Claptrap cause he's a fucking robot with no lungs?
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By SoulyTheDude on 18 Mar 2020 00:37
Sadly not, I did my first playthrough with claptrap and his oxygen level stays at 1, I think the creators planned ahead with that one
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By Dancing Jebus on 26 May 2020 18:22
Ppl there's a much easier way I played as enforcer I was level 4 was on mission called marooned in regolith range,as you enter area right at start there's a air bubble machine just turn it off unequipp your shield and oz kit go stand next to the health machine every time your health gets low just buy a health injection so so easy
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By ENG69FEST3R on 06 Dec 2021 12:10
Is clap trap good use this is he, bar achievement, try solutions Ty drop like
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By LIAM SLANEY86 on 28 Mar 2022 13:07
NG69FEST3R is the quicker solution 🫶🏽
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By StelioKontos on 21 Aug 2022 20:51
Claptrap’s O2 does not stay at 1, it gets to 0. But you still can’t get the achievement with him either way.
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By Vulker707 on 21 Dec 2023 17:18
Well, the developers want you to try all characters and this achievement is a way to force that upon players that only play with Claptrap. They use some skill-character-related achievement in each installment but they keep in mind it shouldn't take hours to complete such a achievement in case people don't want to level all characters fully.
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By Jerick85 on 02 Sep 2020 11:43
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I got this achievement using Wilhelm. With wolf and saint when you have them out, you are being healed and it is faster than you lose health when you are out of air. After a couple level ups, if you focus on the far right perk tree and put your points in the left option called Auxiliary Tanks you will reduce the cooldown time for Wolf and Saint.

Once you have reached a level to max out Auxilary Tanks (and possibly have a class item to reduce the cooldown time more) and have about 500-600HP just let your O2 run out and launch Wolf and Saint when you get down to about 50 health. They will heal you completely, then call them back. By the time you are down to 50-100 health they should be recharged, just launch them again and repeat.

Hope it helps!
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07 Apr 2015 02:01

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Worked perfectly at level 5 with minimal gear and c.200 HP - thanks for sharing.
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By DueAsh on 12 Aug 2019 19:20
This is how I earned this achievement:
(If you wait until AFTER the main game to achievement hunt, like I do, this will work for you no problem, since you will have a decent amount of health)

-Go to Moxxi's bar in Concordia.
-Purchase the Squil Syrup cocktail at the bar for 10 Moonstones (on the left side of the bar all the way to the right). This cocktail regenerates 0.8% of your health every second and lasts 30 minutes.
-Go to Triton Flats (or anywhere else that's outside), and waste all you oxygen by simply double/boost jumping. Once you're out of oxygen you will now start your 5 minute countdown (make sure you're somewhere out of the way so no enemies attack you during this!). The Squil Syrup will regenerate your health while you suffocate, so it will prolong (or even halt, like it did with me) you dying from suffocation!
-Wait 5 minutes and you'll have your achievement!
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25 May 2016 03:02

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Brilliant solution, thanks. 👍
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By sunkenvilla on 30 Oct 2020 11:05
This is BY FAR the best way to do this. I did this achievement while I was doing dishes, didn't even have to touch the game!
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By The Cherished on 28 Oct 2023 14:52
The way I got this achievement actually required zero additional effort, just play the game as you normally would until you get a shield of 0z kit that regenerates health, preferably 2-3 per second. I got one at level 11, and they are common once you get higher leveled. Once you have it, equip it and go stand outside for 5 minutes. The health drain from suffocating is not enough to keep up with your regen, and my health did not drop more than 1 point for the whole 5 minutes, easy achievement!
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04 Apr 2015 23:27

There are a number of different ways to get this achievement, and this is what worked for me.

I used Athena and getting the achievement was pretty simple.

Requirements:
-Vanguard ability (Phalanx skill tree, 2nd one down on the left, mine is fully leveled but if you have enough HP, just having the ability should do the trick)

I simply let my health go down a little, pressed LB to activate skill, healed, let health go down, press LB, heal, repeat until achievement pops.
Very simple if you already use Athena.
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09 Jun 2015 03:07

This can easily be done if you play Jack, the Doppelganger. All you need is his teamwork skill (middle tree, tier 2). What it does is everytime you use you action skill and one of you digi jack dies, you regenerate health. The digi jacks are stationary and everytime you get too far away from them, they respawn near you and teamwork procs.
I had 4/5 skill points spent and 2 digi jack deaths were enough too outheal the suffocate effect. So choose a location without oxygen (I did it in den veins of helios), loose all of your O2, use your action skill and run around in large circles. The cooldown of your action skill is relatively short, so you won't die before you can use it again.
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01 May 2015 06:29

Get a second controller and play co-op. Drop your O2 kit and stand right outside with your second account standing inside right in front of you. When you suffocate and drop to the ground use your second account to revive yourself. Just a regular revive and NOT with O2.

My main is only level 11 Athena and my second account is level 1. My health is 233 and only needed one revive. If your health is lower it'll still work and just need more revives lol.
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16 Apr 2019 04:04

Easy solution here.

1. start a new game
2. skip through all the jack stuff until you get to the moon
3. now you'll wake up do the cut scene and be suffocating
4. start a timer and traverse across the map
5. now the base should be on your right
DONT GO THERE, DONT GO INTO ANY AIR POCKETS
6. go down to the lower level next to the lava pool
7. camp here and smash rocks to get the health packs, keep doing this to maintain good health
8. now also here you can snipe or shoot the monsters that spawn in the lava
9. let them run at you, shoot them and collect the health they drop
10. stay alive and after 5-6 minutes it will pop
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03 Apr 2015 12:55

SOLUTION FOR ATHENA USERS

Requirements:
-Vanguard ability (Phalanx skill tree, 2nd one down on the left. Either fully level the ability or make sure you have plenty of health if only slightly leveled.)

Simply let your health go down a little, pressed LB to activate skill, heal, let health go down, press LB, heal, repeat until trophy pops.
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02 Sep 2018 18:34

This can be your very first trophy you unlock, the way I did is, play Wilhelm, as soon as you land on the moon, you can get that trophy.
His action skill allows you to regenerate health so, just stay on the moon, keep suffocating and using you action skill when around 50 health and boom goes an easy trophy.
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23 Apr 2020 21:54

For this achievement you will need to survive in the oxygen starved outdoors of the moon for 5 whole minutes after your Oz has ran out without replenishing it. The best way for this would first to be a rather high level so that you have a lot of Health, and also that you have a Health Regeneration perk active from a Class Mod or a Co-Op partners Class Mod. As long as your Health Regeneration exceeds your slow oxygen starved death, you will survive forever in this state. Do this for 5 minutes and the achievement is yours.

You can obtain this achievement as you discover Moxxi's bar in Concordia. The drink costs 10 Moonstones, and it is the one called “Squill Syrup”. And it will give you a 0.8% health regeneration for 30 minutes. Go somewhere where there aren’t any enemies after taking the drink and remove your oz kit. The health regeneration will cancel out the damage, so you can stand there for five minutes and survive.

This CANNOT be obtained using ClapTrap as he is a robot and thus does not require oxygen to survive.

Huge thanks to 'Predni' for the video:

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First off, the obvious solution of playing as Claptrap does not work. While he doesn't need oxygen, he also doesn't suffocate.

The easiest method is to use 10 moonstone to purchase the Squil Syrup cocktail from Moxxi's. It heals you for 0.8% health per second for 30 mins. This is faster than the lack of oxygen will damage you. Just sit around and wait for the achievement to complete.

If you don't have 10 moonstone, it's very easy to farm it in the Triton Flats area nearby Concordia. Periodic meteors will fall, and upon breaking will drop gold chunks and often moonstone.

The alternate, harder methods are having enough HP to just last 5 minutes, or use various healing perks. Not recommended though.
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11 Dec 2023 00:00

For this achievement you will need to survive in the oxygen starved outdoors of the moon for five whole minutes after your Oz has ran out without replenishing it. The best way for this would first to be a rather high level so that you have a lot of Health, and also that you have a health regeneration perk active from a class mod or a co-op partners class mod. As long as your health regeneration exceeds your slow oxygen starved death, you will survive forever in this state. Do this for five minutes and the achievement is yours.

You can obtain this achievement as you discover Moxxi's bar in Concordia. You will be able to buy eight different 'Moxxtails' and one of them, 'Squill Syrup' grants you health regeneration. The Moxxtail lasts for 30 minutes, so buy it, then go out into the open somewhere, let your Oz deplete and wait for five minutes and the achievement will unlock.

This CANNOT be obtained using ClapTrap as he is a robot and thus does not require oxygen to survive.

Huge thanks to Predni for the video:

 

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Everything is much simpler, we buy a cocktail from Moxy in the bar for 10 moonstones, to regenerate health, remove the oxygen mask and go out to where there is no air, go drink tea for 5 minutes and your trophy)))
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05 May 2015 18:24

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just go out into the open space without a mask and resurrect yourself after death using the 2nd controller. 5 minutes in total
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By tramabus on 09 Apr 2017 10:19
This trophy is made even easier. You take off your breathing pack, just run around the location and open boxes that contain money, ammunition, and most importantly a first aid kit . Health dropped to 50%, picked up a first aid kit. Do this for 5 minutes and the treasured ding
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By NovoSan4eZ on 16 Nov 2017 21:44
I don’t know about you, but I only got the trophy after I put the mask back on and spent all the air. When I just took it out of the slot, I stood there for about 15 minutes to no avail.
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By Svoloch_Abramov on 27 Jan 2016 18:48
everything is much simpler, take off the oxygen mask and go into battle, enemies will drop health and oxygen cylinders, you will automatically pick up only health, and thus hold on for 5 minutes until the trophy pops up!)
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By pentagon_usa on 07 Oct 2017 09:02
Claptrap does not lose health without oxygen, so he is not suitable for the trophy, any other character is needed
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By Eridan on 16 Mar 2024 10:30
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When the player runs out of oxygen, his screen begins to periodically darken and his health gradually decreases. I received this trophy for Wilhelm (Steam achievement). The idea is simple: we find some quiet place where there is no oxygen and just wait until the entire air supply runs out. To avoid dying, I used an active skill (Wolf and Saint). The saint will heal us, thereby preventing us from suffocating completely. But it is better to complete this trophy at the moment when you have already reached at least level 20, so that you have a large reserve of your own health, allowing you to suffocate until the main skill is restored. After 5 minutes the trophy is yours.
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18 Oct 2014 12:23