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Hands Off the Merchandise

Hands Off the Merchandise

Kill the Pentagon thief before it can steal your load-out.

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How to unlock the Hands Off the Merchandise achievement in Call of Duty: Black Ops - Definitive Guide

Just got this finished. Mostly luck will get this achievement, except for the guide from XCVii007r1 (which was done very nicely I might add).

I finished with 2 other guys, we had 1 hobbler running around and when we felt we were ready (we had a feeling the Thief was coming out after the last zombie died during this round as the power had been turned on for a level before) we killed the last hobbling zombie to start the Extra Thief Round. Right after killing the hobbling zombie, he dropped the Death Machine. One of our team retrieved the Death Machine and the thief popped up to only be shot down in 1 sec from the Death Machine.

Now onto the non-luck howto guide:
In the below video, Upon hearing the alarms going off (which only happens when the thief will appear), XCVii007r1 in essence is killing himself (while having a Revive) with a cooked grenade. The thief then appears seconds later. While your dead, you have dual laser grenade launcher pistols (very very high damage), and within mere seconds the Thief is downed.

Many thanks goto XCVii007r1 for the below video guide. Enjoy and Happy Hunting...
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12 Nov 2010 02:08

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Awesome. Take out the first video though, it's not as good.
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By Mr Z53 on 13 Nov 2010 14:00
We tried this but he never came... what level exactly does he come...?
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By SoiledDoughnut on 13 Nov 2010 14:05
I always thought he came after the 8th round was over, but in the 2nd video, he came after the 5th. XCVii007r1 has from the looks of things played Zombies mode a lot, and he thinks its random any time after the power is turned back on.
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By p0iz0ned on 13 Nov 2010 16:52
He comes any round after round 4 when the power is on. So if power is off on round 7 and you turn it on he will come on round 8. If power is off on round 6 and you turn it in he will be on round 7 etc. Etc.

Great video! We tried for like 3 hours doing the team way going for instakill! Failed. It sucked. Do it solo. But also let the zombies in so you get double points and maxx ammo. If you get a bomb use it at end/begining of a round for 400 points. I had all the points I needed going Down the first elevator.
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By on 14 Nov 2010 15:16
Excellent solution on the 2nd video. Worked first time on rnd 5 like a charm
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By ResDogsMrPink on 14 Nov 2010 17:14
2nd solution is amazing, got it on my second try.
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By MustangNox on 14 Nov 2010 21:06
2nd video worked great.
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By PsychoPappy5 on 14 Nov 2010 22:29
Took me like 4 or 5 tries but the second video worked perfect. A small note for people who may have the issue I was having, when you clear the junk from the first elevator at round 3, hover around in it picking off headshots but if you see or feel like you're about to get over-run. Get out of there and run down the hallway back into the first room circling the desks picking them off 1 by 1 and repair windows as you past them for some extra points, when 1 is left at the end of the 4th round, follow the rest of the video.
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By Skurkitty on 14 Nov 2010 23:45
Lmao, so im doing the 2nd video solution and on wave 5 he comnes. I have a minigun with instakill. Yes, BOTH at the same time. Didnt need no super pistols.
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By Gogore WoD on 15 Nov 2010 00:43
Ah yes, that 2nd video is a life saver indeed! Read all the comments beforehand and didn't bother to check the first video, but this one is helpful! I didn't get my theif round to appear until Round 6 though, even though I did everything in order step by step in this video.

Like it was mentioned above, they don't always appear at round 5, but it's still possible. You'll know as soon as you hear that alarm and the breach noise in the elevator at the end when you're at the right round...
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By BurNt CracKer on 15 Nov 2010 08:53
Why does he put himself in 'last stand' mode with the grenade at the end?
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By Valyc on 15 Nov 2010 09:15
So he can get dual wield grenade launcher pistols...
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By JMELAWR on 15 Nov 2010 12:18
Great video, I messed it a little bit up but i was lucky that i got a Death machine right before he came after me.
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By Hyp3rNova NL on 15 Nov 2010 19:00
You should get rid of the first video the second was WAY easier
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By therealdnaz on 16 Nov 2010 03:31
Your right about the luck, I accidentally bought claymores of a wall and put one down, then the thief came and I china laked the claymore and both explosions killed him =P
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By macewindi on 16 Nov 2010 07:02
He doesn't come at the start of round 5 for me :(
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By IQwz on 16 Nov 2010 23:33
The solution has been finalized and will receive no more updates. Thank you for the positive votes.
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By p0iz0ned on 18 Nov 2010 00:02
great vid matey,i think the important thing is that it dosnt really matter what round he comes on as long as ya have revive and at least 1 nade,thanx again..
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By Adz j74 on 19 Nov 2010 00:50
Awesome m8 i tried it last nite but no luck just got overwhelmed,but chilled 2day after getting the Collector Achiev so i thought ill try this 1 well 4 more times and got to the start of the 6th round and the alarm went off killed myself and started blasting out the elevator door and bleep 20g Hands Off the Merchandise.

Thanks dude saved me a lot of time and giving u a big positive vote cause it works evem with the patch that ppl says stop him from showing so early.
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By xCHRONIC KAOSx on 19 Nov 2010 01:31
Thanks a lot. The vid worked for me and I got the achievement on my third try!
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By Unnamed Saint on 20 Nov 2010 17:19
I just happened to get an Insta-Kill at the end of the round before this guy came so i got super lucky, but this video looks like a smart way to do it. Thanks for sharing.
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By MissFuchsiaFire on 24 Nov 2010 09:47
Yup, great help. I didn't get the theif till wave 8 though, make sure you know how to lead zombies around before getting frustrated by getting this achievement.
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By Icy iNs on 27 Nov 2010 19:39
okay well I had it, recovered my tag and lost it. Killed him again today and no achievement, fucking bullshit.
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By Sethy Vee on 28 Nov 2010 21:34
never get the thief at rd 5!
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By AirNath on 01 Dec 2010 17:53
thanks for this mate. 2nd solution worked like a charm. got it on solo at round 7. turned on the power at round 5 though, was able to get a new nuke on round 6 and he appeared at the teleport just like the video.
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By Vaporub 0310 on 01 Dec 2010 19:18
Excellent guide. Got it in 1. Thank you :)
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By The Silvatung on 02 Dec 2010 15:17
I can never get him to come out at round 5. Have no idea what the problem is.
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By dzauk on 02 Dec 2010 20:32
awesome guide dude, got it on my second try playing solo and the nutty prof came in round 5...thx
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By BenGoose on 10 Dec 2010 14:44
Just got the achievement. Did it on my first go as well. This has got to be the BEST guide on this site. Terrific video. Great job.
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By II FeSta II on 11 Dec 2010 13:57
If you want the highest money by the end of the rounds, here are my suggestions:

First Round - 4 body shots with Pistol follwed up by a knife.

Second Round - 1 body shot with the M14 followed up by a knife.

Third Round - 2 body shots with the M14 followed up by a knife.

Forth Round - Since the numbers will start to increase using your knife isn't suggested, focus on getting headshots with your M14 instead.
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By Jaggexedge on 12 Dec 2010 21:36
excellent solution. He came up for me after the fifth round, so I survived an extra round. I did that by sitting in the second elevator, between level 2 and 3, and using the M14, then the stakeout. Whenever I got overrun, I just activated the elevator and took a breather.

Tip: use that elvetator to take a break and reload if you are overrun if you need to survive that extra round for the thief to show up.
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By Yemeth on 29 Dec 2010 17:49
How do you get the dual pistols when you are downed?
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By Minots59 on 31 Dec 2010 15:00
great video, i don't understand why you have any negative votes, some people...
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By vikingbloodlust on 07 Jan 2011 22:28
who knows. lol
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By p0iz0ned on 14 Jan 2011 13:19
Great strategy, I finally got it, took like 7 tries though, was down on my luck. Important advice: Try to get the power turned on before Round 5, or you run the risk of not getting the thief until nearly Round 10. Also, it does take at least a few hits with the dual rocket pistols while downed so make sure you aim carefully.
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By Scambush on 19 Jan 2011 20:31
Great video guide! I got my achievement using this strategy in 15 minutes or so.
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By III INDIGO III on 03 Feb 2011 22:30
Worked perfect, thief turned up on round 6
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By Steamydog on 04 Feb 2011 22:36
Took a couple of frustrating tries, but eventually it worked. I am so glad to finally have this achievement and for that grubbing bastard to finally be dead!
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By Radient Star on 20 Feb 2011 00:09
dude this achievement was easy thanks to the 2 guides, the video helped me more :D LOVEYOUUUUUU
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By iTzDanski92 on 25 Feb 2011 00:23
OK.. In the video at about 1:55 it says "survive on level 2 until the thief appears" but how do you know when the thief appears?
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By OiiNamiSwan on 28 Feb 2011 02:58
The one thing I found easier about this is to only buy the quick revive and M14, and not open the door to the hall with the elevator until you have one zombie left in round 4, then if you have not died you should have no problem turning on the power and getting in position to get this achievement in round 5.
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By Panzer x360a on 28 Feb 2011 06:55
Thumbs up from me.
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By on 25 Mar 2011 22:36
Followed the video and got it first try. Great solution!
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By Page Daemon on 01 Apr 2011 18:56
thank you uploader. me and a friend have been trying to get this for a while but other videos never gave much help. after watching this video my friend has now got it for himself and is working on retrieving it or me. so thanks again to the guys who created the video much appreciated
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By jagracer132 on 27 Apr 2011 20:45
if your lucky enough to get an insta kill before you trigger the the thief it WILL kill him one shot
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By Blue265 on 04 May 2011 15:30
This video helped me get it. Thank you so much i didnt think i would ever get it.
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By Th3Freak55 on 18 May 2011 03:44
The video strategy worked very well, thanks.
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By Dumb M0nk3yz on 02 Jun 2011 01:34
1manned thanx to the video. however had to do it 7 times (plus all the times i failed) because the damn thief didnt spawn in wave 5. he finally did tho and i got it.
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By Phoenix C64 on 13 Jun 2011 18:26
if anyone needs help with this achievement message me, if anyone thinks there legit enough to last high rounds in "Five" add me. I'm looking to reach farther than round 30.
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By s1nTh23 on 15 Jun 2011 06:35
Got it first time level 5, nice one mate!
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By Earlydaze on 28 Jun 2011 15:25
XCVii007r1 :s video works like a charm :)
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By Pa1ppi on 03 Sep 2011 22:49
BTW Sometimes he spawns at wave 6 and DONT kill yourself until you see blue light and hear "intruder detected"
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By Pa1ppi on 03 Sep 2011 22:53
I like how this guy posts a shitty story about how he got the achievement then posts a talented person doing it cuz he cant
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By ItsRoflz on 30 Sep 2011 03:46
Awesome solution. Just got it using this method. Works like a charm. If you turn power on and raise defcon level on round 4, the thief comes on round 5 everytime like clock work. I tried this like 4 more times after I got this achievement. Kept working the same.
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By M0NKEY R4NGER on 15 Oct 2011 19:10
Just curious... How long does this take? Or is the video real time (i.e. no editing)? Thanks
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By Onza on 28 Mar 2012 15:00
2nd try this worked like a charm cheers
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By o DELANEY 96 o on 31 Mar 2012 15:52
The video has been edited, but it takes no time at all. I had to do it a few times as the thief would not appear, but brilliant video.
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By RubberTypeX on 05 Nov 2012 10:01
Brilliant! Got it on my first try! Much thanks!
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By Xx1337SniPerzxX on 22 Jan 2013 04:43
I can't down myself with the grenade, while holding it, it just won't explode, any tips?
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By cptn cookie 1 on 16 Apr 2013 10:34
Worked great. I was listening to music while I was doing though and the first two times I cooked the grenede a little early. Wait until you hear the music which will indicate he's coming, then cook the grenede.
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By Zymotic on 28 Oct 2013 07:30
THANKS, got it on my 2nd go!
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By REPOMAN NL on 09 Dec 2013 23:53
In the video at 1:58 he says wait for the Thief for the appear. But how do you know if the Thief appears?
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By EstocoImo on 28 Apr 2014 20:04
Great video thanks! For the several who posted it, when the screen does blue and the alarms go off between rounds, the thief is coming. Also from another guide and comments above, I turned on the defcon switches dotted around level 2 to get to defcon 5 before killing the last zombie of round 4 and twice in a row the thief spawned immediately
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By BenL72 on 20 Apr 2019 17:03
This guide is awesome! Ben's comments on using the switches to raise the defcon level is vital as well. There are four of them and they can prevent you from having to wait or survive until the pentagon thief arrives. Only took me 2 tries :)
Upvote from me!
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By Lord Betus on 10 Feb 2020 17:05
The first time I did it he didnt come after round 4 either. I tried to continue but was overrun. I did it again, though and he appeared as in the video. Just keep trying and eventually he will appear when he supposed to.
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By Hoff the Charts on 17 Nov 2010 20:43
Thanks for the video i did it in my first try, a tip to get points faster in the first round use only your pistol shot a zombie 4 times and then stab him this will give you 170 points per zombie, in the second level use the M14 shot the zombie in the chest one time and then stab him this will give you 140 points per zombie. i get the achievement and i had left like 1600 points.
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By CarSeg7 on 17 Nov 2010 20:55
I used this solution in Solo play to get the achievement. Worked great.

One thing I might add is I was having trouble surviving until the thief showed up. What is discovered is if you get down to the second floor when you have enough funds (around 6000) to open the elevator, gate on the stairs, and the 2 gates on the floor, you should be able to run laps on the floor and survive many rounds. I got to round 21 using this method. I couldn't pass round 7 previously.
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By LionSquirrel02 on 25 Mar 2011 18:53
You mad bro? I could probably do this achievement in my sleep by now, being a year later. LoL. I completed it many times after in groups with others. Hell this game sux so bad I sold it about 8 months ago.
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By p0iz0ned on 01 Oct 2011 18:39
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A very easy way to get this achievement is to start a solo zombies game. As soon as you start buy quick revive (you dont need the power on.) Now save all the money you can until the end of round 4 spending only what you have to on a gun. Make sure you try to get a "crawler" or at least one zombie alive. Now open everything nessasary to turn on the power. Now take the elevator from level 3 (bottom level) to level 2. Kill your last zombie on round 4. Stay between the lower elevator (that goes to level 3 and where you turn on the power) and the portal. As soon as round five starts cook a grenade and put yourself down (the quick revive you bought will pick you back up without two people also the pistols you get while downed are stronger that anything else on the game.) As soon as the "thief" comes through the portal in front of you start shooting him. He should die before he reaches you as long as your far enough away from the portal. Note some people have to wait until round seven if this happens just wait until then.
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Glad to help
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By Village1d107 on 17 Nov 2010 04:43
never get the thief at rd 5!
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By AirNath on 01 Dec 2010 17:54
Some people get the theif at 5 7 or i have even got him at round 9 i got him on 5 when i played solo 7 with 2 people and 9 with 4 no matter what round you get him my guide works
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By Village1d107 on 04 Jan 2011 07:06
Took a few tries, not too easy, but your guide definitely helped me. Thanks! + feedback
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By anarchyandyandi on 06 Jan 2011 02:30
Just wanted to say that this solution worked great! Thanks!
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By RabidDolphin87 on 30 Jan 2011 01:56
Great solution. Just tried it and got the achievement after a couple of tries. Thanks
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By BIGHAIRYCHEST on 01 Mar 2011 23:48
Took a couple of tries to get the money to clear my way to the power switch but did it in the end :)
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By Nath360skillz on 26 Apr 2011 17:00
Just picked this game up and I don't see what zombie map to do this on. Is this on Five?
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By RVM on 11 May 2011 16:07
good guide
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By jensy0008 on 12 Sep 2011 16:49
this is for the zombie map "Five."
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By Village1d107 on 23 Oct 2011 21:59
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easiest to get by yourself:

you can get this by yourself:

1) buy quick revive
2) turn on the power
3) sit in the elevator that takes you downstairs to the power, and wait for the scientist
4) If the thief appears at the end of a round, the screen will turn blue and an alarm will sound. This means the thief is coming. Cook a grenade to down yourself to use the special effect of the Quick Revive. Once you see him, shoot at him with the dual wielding pistols to kill him. This should unlock the achievement before he comes up to you and steals your weapons.
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29 Apr 2011 23:56

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I used this guide and it worked all good so was weel chuffed to have got it as most of my mates are useless at it but highly recomend this guide
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By Dadams369 on 17 Jun 2011 12:54
Nice solution...worked perfect...
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By Yacobs1 on 24 Feb 2013 13:52
isn't a bad way,but the solution above is WAY MORE hard to fail
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By Amendocrem on 02 May 2011 21:50
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Ok, so I found this easiest to do in Solo.You need Quick Revive for this solution to work. By about round 4-5 you should be looking at turning on the power. When the thief round comes along, get into the war room and then wait for him to come through the teleporter, then cook a grenade. This will down you, meaning that the pentagon thief will just be standing there. Shoot him a couple of times and the achievement will pop up. ;)
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13 Jan 2011 13:11

you can get this achievement with 4 of your friends easy. just use the crawler technique until level 10 or 15 or 19(thats when he popped up for us every time). all u have to do is hold down the death con room(2 people watch the front door and 2 watch the windows) until yal have enough to get 2 upgraded starter pistols and 2 ray guns or 1 pistol 3 rays or any combo with the freezer gun as long as one person upgrade their starter pistol. then do the XCVii007r1 method where yal all wait in the elevator and soon as he come out the portal let loose. we killed him every time. claymores in from of the elevator dont hurt none.

the 1st video is the way to hold down the death con room. 2nd is the XCVii007r1 method
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I was helping some friends to try and get the achievement when one of them did a glitch that made it really easy to get.
This video has some glitches in it to show you some ways to get the achievement

Thanks to skippy9191 for the video hope that it helps
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22 Nov 2010 13:47

Yeah, the videos are great, but I prefer to play with friends. This achievement is about 30% skill and 70% pure luck. My friend and I stayed in the starting room for the first 4 waves getting as many knife kills as possible and only buying the M14. At the start of round 5 we headed to the elevator and made a straight shot to the other elevator cleared it and fought off the wave down to 1 or 2 zombies bought the shotgun on the wall, then hit the button to go down. We bolted down the hall to turn the power back on and booked it back to the elevator.
Now that the 30% skill is over, here is the 70% luck. Once we got into the elevator we continued to fight off the wave. Any time it got even close to being over ran we hit the button and went up and repeated. Now, on the second floor at the end of wave 6 one of the zombies dropped the Death machine upgrade, I grabbed it and my buddy hit the button and down we went and as soon as the doors open the alarm sounds for the Thief to show up. As soon as he appears I went Mac from Predator on his ass and the achievement popped!

The very next round we did the exact same thing, the only change was we were in the basement when we killed the last zombie of wave 5 and it dropped InstaKill. My buddy picked it up and the alarm sounded for the the Thief. It turned the corner and my friend fired one round....pop achievement!

So we both unlocked this in back to back rounds but only with extreme luck that got us a Death machine and then an InstaKill.

*Last minute tip. Staying in the elevator is our best routine. Being able the shut the doors and get a moment to reload is reassuring. Everytime the Thief came we were in the elevator at the basement level.
*Also, the best we can figure out, the Thief only comes for one person at a time and only the person he targets can see him. The others only see a faint red mist where he is.
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15 Dec 2010 14:12

This achievement requires you to kill the pentagon thief before he can steal you gun. This is done on the zombie map FIVE. This can be done solo or co-op. In solo you need to buy quick revive. At round five you need to turn on the power . After you turn the power the next round the thief will come. As soon as he comes down yourself with a grenade and you'll have a pack a punched m1911. Fire about 6 shots at him and he'll die and you get your acheivement. For co-op the achievement is mostly luck. I got the achievement because after I turned the power I killed the last zombie. The zombie dropped a death machine and then the thief appeared. As soon as he apeared I shot him with the death machine and I got my achievement. Also if you kill the thief before he steals your gun he drops a bonfire sale causing all teleporters to take you to the pack a punch machine and it will cost 1000 points instead of 5000 points to pack a punch your weapon. If you kill the thief after he takes your weapon everyone gets there weapons back. If you don't kill the thief he will drop a max ammo in the power room.
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17 Jun 2011 22:19

This is me x Arklight posting another vid to help you out with this achievement so feel free to comment on it cause its my vid!!!
*If your doing this in co op both players need to shoot the theif to obtain the achievement
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31 Dec 2011 01:22

Here you go.... for those who speak Portuguese take a look at my version on How to get this achievement... You might figure it out too even-though you don't speak it...
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09 Dec 2011 02:14

Hands Off the Merchandise - 20G (Original Achievement)

Difficulty: Medium

Estimated Period of Time: Long
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By far the easiest way to do this is playing a round of Solo Zombies on "Five".

The first thing you must do is spend your initial 500 points on Quick Revive nearby seeing as you do not need the power to be on to get it. (Make sure you never go down before I say to below.)

The next step is to raise 500 again sometime before Round 4 and buy either the Olympia or M14 (whichever you prefer, I suggest the M14 as head shots are easier to get and give 100 points.), use this to keep you alive until you are at the end of Round 4 and one zombie is left alive. Most people suggest making a crawler at this point by tossing a grenade at the zombies feet and blowing off its legs, but usually it just kills the zombie for me so i'd suggest having your last zombie be the slowest one you can find.

Once you have your Slow/Crawler Zombie, buy everything that's needed to get to the Power Switch and turn it on (750 Points to open the door, 1000 Points to open the Elevator, 250 Points to use the Elevator, 1000 points to clear the debris leading downstairs, 1000 points to clear Elevator 2, 250 points to use Elevator 2, Turn on Power, 250 Points to go back up Elevator 2. So that's about 4,500 points you'll need.

Once you reach the top of Elevator 2, find and kill off the Slow/Crawler Zombie and start Round 5. Wait inside Elevator 2 and look at the portal directly in front of you. If the area turns blue and you hear a siren going off, then the Pentagon Thief is coming so pull out a grenade and cook it to down yourself. Quick Revive will automatically start to pick you back up, but in the time you are down the Thief will come running out of the Portal ahead of you. Quick Revive also gives you two pistols that work like Grenade Launchers, so simply blow him away to get your Achievement and a free Pack-a-Punch Coupon.
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06 Nov 2012 17:32

I had a ton of trouble with this solo. The theif never came no matter what i had all the defcon switches on and nothing. The easiest way i found to do it, is do everything you would solo but with samo friends who also need the achievement. theres a widow to the left of the elevator (if you are looking at it from the teleportor) in the defcon room where the window climbing glitch still works. Zombies can hit you here but the Pentagon Thief cannot. Now the boards have to be repaired in a certain order. As long as there is no board acroos the top you should be fine. Now on to the hard. Hit all of the defcon swithches and at the end of r=each round have the window and the guy gettin in the window ready. By this i mean have him be the closest to the teleportor. The second he sees the lighting turn blue, have run and get in the window. Now the thief will run into the corner under him unable to hit him. So now everyone shoot and have the window guy at least throw a grenade under himself to hurt the thief. As long as everyone at least damaged the thief everyone will get the achievement.
Good luck!
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09 Jun 2011 15:34

DO THIS BYSELF, SO MUCH EASIER AND YOU DONT HAVE TO DEPEND ON OTHERS. This is how I did it. However, you need to do the glitch. PLAY SOLO, playing multi is pain because there too much going on and yo have to depend on others. Go to FIVE. Right off, go buy the M14 for 500. Do the glitch where you break the window on the door, rebuild it, jump on them and then jump to the middle table. If you don't know this glitch, check utube. From here kill zombies with head shots, they can't touch you. Go to wave 5 and then leave ONE zombie alive. Just make sure leaving area 1, you have 2800+500(revive) but if you got to wave 5 like i told you to, you should have enough. Now, run and buy a revive (YOU CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT REVIVE), AVOID the zombie use the elevator to get to war room.
Go down to the other elevator and open it and go down to the basement. Turn on the power and get back to the war room. Wait for the zombie to come around and kill him. The alarm will sound, quickly cook a grenade and kill yourself. Because you bought a revive, you will have double shot which are so powerful, aim, shoot and kill the thief. Just a warning, sometime he does not show up even after round 4, 5 or 6. Most of the time he does. If this happens, do it all over again unless you are good at killing zombies by yourself on high waves.
NO, THE GLITCH IS ONLY PATCHED ON MULTIPLAYER. I just bought this game last week and play solo and glitch worked fine.
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First off attempt to clear your cache and see if this will remove the patches if this doesn't work like in my case then this solution is for you.

This solution is not for people who hate glitches or ways of getting around patches, instead it is for those people who are having extreme difficulties with obtaining this achievement. All credit for the idea goes to my friend WaviestDouble07.

First you are going to need a xbox memory card or a USB. If you are using a USB then you have to format it for the xbox. This can be done by going to my xbox> system settings> select memory> and then press y on the usb. From here you can either configure the whole thing or a portion of it. Don't worry this can be undone once you have finished. If any of this was unclear see this site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981974

Now that u have another storage device you are going to go to My xbox> system settings> memory> the device your gamer profile is on> gamer profile then select your profile and move it to the other storage device.

Once your profile is on the other storage device turn your xbox off, remove your hard drive or what ever everything is saved on and disconnect your xbox from the internet.

Now you are going to start up your xbox and load your gamer tag from the other storage device. None of the patches will be on the game now and you are able to get on the table and easily get this achievement by jumping on the table that is seen in the video below from GrynarGaming. You need to obtain about 6-7 thousand points then leave one zombie and turn on the power. Then return to the top, jump back on the table and continue to play until the thief shows up and kill him.

If there are any problems with this guide or something is not clear just leave a comment and i will answer your question or adjust the guide accordingly and please before voting negative please leave a comment as to why.
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11 Jan 2011 07:50

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Achievement\Trophy - Hands Off the Merchandise - Xbox 360
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15 Jul 2016 16:39

The way I did it was I loaded up a solo game of Five, spun the box once, got a ray gun, and killed him in less than two second. But that wont work for everyone. I would advise getting on the catwalk in the War Room, and waiting until he's facing you. Then, open fire on his face, and you should kill him as long as you have an automatic weapon.
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19 Feb 2020 15:03

This can only be done on the map “FIVE” in Zombie Mode. Maps courtesy of Kuawa Road Productions:
Top/Starting Floor (Briefing Room) and Second Floor (War Room)
 
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Third/Bottom Floor


Walkthrough:
1. First wave, you start off in the Briefing Room with 500 points. Use your knife R318x18.png to destroy all the glass panels on the doors, then repair them by holding square18x18.png and you gain 10 points for each plank you managed to fit on. You should only use your pistol for the first wave to kill enemies. Kill all but one zombie, and go around repairing every opening to rack up some points, then kill him.

2. Second wave, you should have about 1000+ points, goto the Quick Revive machine on the left side and buy a Revive. If you're playing solo, when you die you will enter a Last Stand mode and your handguns (don't throw them away!!) are upgraded significantly to deal insane damage for a short time until you are resurrected providing (if you bought a Revive). You should also buy the M14 gun on the right wall and use it to score headshots for this and all future waves as much as possible. It costs 500 points

3. Third wave, focus on surviving and not dying. As before, leave the last zombie and go around repairing everything.

4. Fourth wave, same thing again, but this time leave the last zombie. At this point you should have about 5000+ points if you did what I asked. You will need a total of at least 4500 points to open up access to the following areas. Open the door on the right side for 750 points. Clear the debris to the elevator in the back of the right corridor for 1000 points. Use the elevator to go down for 250 points. (Spent 2000)

2nd level, go down the stairs and clear the debris in the middle for another 1000 points. Go to the left side of the lower level, clear the debris and use the elevator for a total of 1250 points again. (Spent 4250 total)

On the 3rd level, move forwards and as you approach the first left turn enter the building marked with "3" (1:20 in video). Inside you should find the power generator so activate it. Now return to the previous level via the elevator for another 250 points then to the upper deck and stand at the catwalks opposite the staircase but overlooking that red globe/teleporter in the middle. (Spent 4500 total)

Wait for that last zombie to appear and kill him. Raising DEFCON to level 5 is NOT necessary to make the thief appear. Raising DEFCON is only used to access the room with Pack-A-Punch machine, which you do not need with this strategy.

5. Now the next part, the thief may or may not appear after you kill that zombie. He tends to come at different times, but the times usually range from between Round 5 to Round 8. When he decides to appear, it will always be at the end of a round after every other enemy is dead. If he doesn't appear, then you just have to keep surviving until he does. I have tested this method about 7-8 times and he appeared before Waves 5-6 about 50% of the time for me. If you hear the computer saying "Breach detected" and screen goes blue-ish that means the thief is coming for you and he will take away whatever weapons you have (hence the title of the trophy).
He always appears via the nearest teleporter to you (as indicated by the blue badge/shield icon with 2 guys), therefore the War Room is the best place because the only teleporter is on the Bottomside, and you standing on the Topside opposite the stairs forces him to move some distance before he can reach you. He won't shoot you after taking your weapons but he'll teleport/run away very very quickly. When you hear the "breach" announcement immediately cook grenades at your feet to get yourself killed.

When playing in a group, if the thief doesn't steal anyone's loadout, you will all get the trophy. But if he steals any one person's loadout, no one gets the trophy. I suggest you do this one solo.

Note: As a further update, XcVii007 demonstrates in video guide below that camping in the elevator instead of the upper deck is another viable method that gives you direct line of sight of the Thief.

As I mentioned before, you will be given upgraded dual handguns with 20 bullets each and you need to shoot and kill him before he reaches you. Pickup the items that he drops to unlock the trophy.

There's some degree of luck involved but with practice you can do it. If you're lucky and a zombie drops a Death Machine/minigun for you and the thief appears in the same round, the minigun drops the thief in 1-2 shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN-lzjN5QgM
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This is accomplished in the Zombie game type playing solo on the level "Five". You must first complete the campaign on any difficulty to unlock the level "Five" in Zombies.

Tips before playing:

  • Do not pick up nukes if it is the fourth round as this is the round you need to leave a crawler for.

  • Pick up instant kills and double points when possible during the first through third round.

  • Buy only the M21, it gives you the most power.

  • Try to keep one zombie alive during the end of a round so you can run around and repair all the windows that the zombies come through.

  • Use grenades on the big bunches, this will cause crawlers and kill a majority of the zombies.

  • Always watch your back. Two hits from any zombie will end the round.

  • Always run around at the start to see where the zombies are coming from so that while you are waiting at a window they aren't coming through. You don't turn around to find 20+ zombies behind you.

  • Reload your weapon before it empties out. It will reload much faster.

  • The thief may not appear every time you attempt it, but raising the Defcon to level 5 after you have turned on the power raises the chances a lot.

Round 1:
For the first round you want to buy the M21 found in the main conference room. While the zombies attack, only attack with your knife by pressing . You can sit at the windows even when they are ripping the protection off the doors.

Between Round 1 and 2:
Repair all the windows that the zombies came through for some quick points.

Round 2:
On the second round you want to do just like the first. Knife the zombies at the windows when you see them near the window (it will take two knife hits to take out a zombie). A couple zombies will be able to get out. If you have your M21 out, switch to your pistol with  and shoot the zombies in the stomach. Each shot will earn you +10 points. You will probably run out of pistol ammo before this round is over.

Between Round 2 and 3:
Repair all windows that zombies came through for some quick points.

Round 3:
In the third round you will only be able to stick to the M21 as it will take too long to knife the Zombies until they die. Run around the corridors until you have eliminated the zombies. There will be a good amount of zombies coming after you. Try your best to line up as many as you can when you do shoot at them to kill the ones behind the first zombie.

Between Round 3 and 4:
Repair all windows that zombies came through for some quick points. Prepare yourself for the final round needed.

Round 4:
When the round begins, run around the windows that have been opened to see where the zombies are spawning and listen to where they are. Once you find a door that has the most zombies you can see, start shooting at them through the window. Early on zombies will break all the windows and crawl through them to attack you. Be aware of this, as this can kill you quicker than you may think. You will surely see a large cluster of enemies coming at you, so cook a grenade by pressing  and throw it at them. This will surely cause a crawler or two to be created by the zombies.

Protect yourself as much as possible, and move as quickly as you can. What you need to do is leave one crawler in that round. At the end of the fourth round when the crawler is left, you need a total of at least 4500 points. Do not kill him until you need to which is after of all this:

  • Once you have the last enemy being a crawler, go into the conference room and have the TV screens behind you. Go to the first left door and take a left out the door. This will take you to the Quick Revive Machine to buy a Quick Revive. This will costs you 500 points.

  • Afterward, go back to the previous room and go to where you bought the M21. To the left of this, is a door that you need to open. Open this door to open up a new area, costing you 750 points.

  • After this door, turn right and go to the end of the hallway. There will be an elevator with debris in front of it. Clear the elevator debris, costing you 750 points. Once in the elevator, go down it costing you 250 points.

  • Once outside the elevator, in front of you will be stairs with debris blocking your way. This will cost you 1000 points. Once you clear the debris, go to the left side and you will see a hallway.

  • In this hallway you will find another pile of debris to clear costing you another 1000 points. Go down the elevator costing you 250 points.

  • Once the doors open, go down the hallway and go left on the next available hallway. After this, you will see a door immediately on your right. Go straight and activate the power for the facility.

  • Return to the elevator you were previously in and go back upstairs. Costing another 250 points.

  • Once back into the big room, you will see little panels that have "Defcon" written on them. You start at Defcon 1 and need to get to Defcon 5. There are two switches found on the ground level and two more switches found on the upper level. Activate all these switches until you are in Defcon 5.

  • Go back to the elevator, and you will see a teleporter in the center of the room if you are looking from the elevator. This is where you kill the zombie, and cause the round to end. If the thief appears at the end of a round, the screen will turn blue and an alarm will sound. This means the thief is coming. Cook a grenade to down yourself to use the special effect of the Quick Revive. Once you see him, shoot at him with the dual wielding pistols to kill him. This should unlock the achievement before he comes up to you and steals your weapons.

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On the Zombie Pentagon map in the underground level there will be one zombie who is faster and larger, and you need to eliminate him. We are talking about the thief who robs you at the end of 4, 8 and so on rounds.
We launch the zombie mode, the FIVE map. It is better to open the achievement online with three more people. We gradually open the territories until we go down to the lower basement on the freight elevator. There we turn on the piano, otherwise the Pentagon thief will not appear. As soon as he emerges from the portal, the hunt begins. Only those whom he is now chasing and those whom he has already robbed can see him. To get the achievement you need to kill him before he catches up with you. It is easiest to kill him with an improved weapon, since it will be difficult with a simple one. Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VciBcLVlagM&feature=player_embedded
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08 Jul 2011 01:26

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can be done alone. We buy a resuscitator, get to the electricity and turn it on. Then we wait until he appears, we blow ourselves up on our grenade (while holding it in our hands, and we shoot at him from the Mustang and Sally.
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By KoHTpoLep on 27 Jul 2013 14:34
I unlocked this achievement alone. First of all, we'll buy a resuscitator, turn on the light, when the Pentagon thief appears, we hold a grenade in our hands and naturally fall. While self-reanimation is taking place, shoot the thief with both hands with explosive cartridges, the answer is yours.
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By stasof on 30 Mar 2012 08:36