Brink
43 Achievements
1,250
20-25h
A burning Thing
Kill an enemy with a Napalm Grenade
20
How to unlock the A burning Thing achievement in Brink - Definitive Guide
This achievement requires you to score a kill with the soldiers Napalm Grenade. (You can kill either a human player or a bot, it doesn't matter.)
First of all, you'll need to purchase the Napalm Grenade skill and equip it to one of your D-Pad buttons. With that done, it's a simple case of finding the most effective spots to employ your new incendiary.
Now, napalm grenades can be basically described as a combination between a Molotov Cocktail and a Caltrop Grenade. It is thrown in a similar arc to the Molotov, explodes on contact like a Molotov, and leaves a flaming damaging residue, similar to (yet more visible than) Caltrops.
I would recommend attempting to Napalm Grenade a weakened, standing enemy. Use your Napalm Grenade like a Molotov Cocktail and you'll have this achievement in no time,
~ Hirsute Dave ~ also recommends using the Napalm Grenade on players who are close to walls - the knockdown and splash will floor enemies in the area-of-effect, for an easy confirmed. Thanks Dave!
If you want to boost this achievement, it is one of the simpler achievements to boost. You require only one friend. Simply meet up in a Private Freeplay match (Min/Max players 1v1), fire at your enemy to weaken half their health or so, then Napalm them quickly after. Simply set up a Private Freeplay match with 1 Minimum/Maximum players.
Edit: I can only assume the negative is because I'm extolling the use of these grenades like Mollies. Just to be clear - the Napalm grenade is more than capable of killing a full-health player. It just relies on them being dense enough to remain in the Area-Of-Effect until they die - like a Pyro Mine. Shooting them a little first just removes this choice from their hands.
Required Class: Soldier
Required Ability: Napalm Grenade
Ability Unlocked: Rank 5
Same as a regular grenade with fire damage. Select using and press to throw. Most effective when thrown into a group of enemies where heavy fighting is taking place. This will unlock when an enemy dies from the napalm grenade.
You will need to be Rank 5 level 20 and use one credit to be able to use the Napalm Grenade. From the Main Menu > go to Characters & Weapons > then Abilities. Under Soldier Abilities there will be the Napalm Grenades Ability to the far right in the middle. You will need to use one credit to get this one. You get one credit every time you level up.
Choose any mission to play on and choose the Soldier as your character classes to play as. After the mission starts, press or (Depending if you have abilities already). After you reach a good amount of enemies in your area press the button to throw the Napalm. There will be a fire that will last for a short time. You will need to kill at least one enemy for this trophy to unlock.
The trophy may take a while to pop and if it doesn't try to throw another Napalm grenade again. Shoot the enemy first and then throw the bomb at least that way you know the little health the enemy has left will be depleted once the Napalm goes off.