Call of Juarez
36 Achievements
1,000
25-30h
Xbox 360
Archeologist
Episode XI finished in less than 10 minutes.
25
How to unlock the Archeologist achievement in Call of Juarez - Definitive Guide
The basic flow of the level is:
1) Ride down to the cemetery.
2) Bury the man and get the key from the boy.
3) Ride to the church and go out the back door.
4) Examine the rightmost grave to be shown the boulder that conceals the exit. (optional)
5) Examine said boulder to find it's too heavy to move. You then are shown another boulder perched on a hill. (optional)
6) Make your way to that second boulder -- climb the rock pile by the church back door, climb onto the roof, use the unhinged door to get up higher, and jump over to the ground that almost meets the roof. Make your away around the winding path until you see two outcroppings with a branch between them. Swing across. Then head right and follow the path, swinging across another couple of gaps, until you get to the second boulder. Go past it, up the hill and end up behind the boulder.
7) Use the whip to swing towards the boulder and jump. If done correctly you will collide with it and it will roll down the hill, nailing the first boulder.
8) Approach the newly revealed hole in the ground to end the level.
It turns out that you don't even need to do 4 and 5 at all. They are just there so you can figure out what to do without a guide. Skipping them will save some time. The time limit is not that tight, and you probably can grab the collectibles without worry. One is in the cemetery inside one of the picket fence structures, and the other is in a chest inside the church.
When I didn't know the basic flow of the level, I found the other solution fairly confusing. Reading it gave me the impression that you were to swing into the same boulder that covers the hole, for example. I hope this clarifies things a bit. I realize I still leave certain pathing details vague, but rather than get into laborious detail, here's a video I found on Youtube to make everything crystal clear. All credit goes to its creator tehgr8tec0rtez.
1) Ride down to the cemetery.
2) Bury the man and get the key from the boy.
3) Ride to the church and go out the back door.
4) Examine the rightmost grave to be shown the boulder that conceals the exit. (optional)
5) Examine said boulder to find it's too heavy to move. You then are shown another boulder perched on a hill. (optional)
6) Make your way to that second boulder -- climb the rock pile by the church back door, climb onto the roof, use the unhinged door to get up higher, and jump over to the ground that almost meets the roof. Make your away around the winding path until you see two outcroppings with a branch between them. Swing across. Then head right and follow the path, swinging across another couple of gaps, until you get to the second boulder. Go past it, up the hill and end up behind the boulder.
7) Use the whip to swing towards the boulder and jump. If done correctly you will collide with it and it will roll down the hill, nailing the first boulder.
8) Approach the newly revealed hole in the ground to end the level.
It turns out that you don't even need to do 4 and 5 at all. They are just there so you can figure out what to do without a guide. Skipping them will save some time. The time limit is not that tight, and you probably can grab the collectibles without worry. One is in the cemetery inside one of the picket fence structures, and the other is in a chest inside the church.
When I didn't know the basic flow of the level, I found the other solution fairly confusing. Reading it gave me the impression that you were to swing into the same boulder that covers the hole, for example. I hope this clarifies things a bit. I realize I still leave certain pathing details vague, but rather than get into laborious detail, here's a video I found on Youtube to make everything crystal clear. All credit goes to its creator tehgr8tec0rtez.
2 Comments
video was perfect thank you.
By D0NTMoCKMe on 22 Apr 2014 17:03
I got this achievement despite my time played in the level being 10:10, so I'm guessing cutscene time isn't subtracted from the overall time, but it's also not counted against you.
By VictimOfDesire on 17 Sep 2021 00:15
It's an easy achievement - you should be able to finish it in about 5-6 minutes. Jump on the horse, go to the cementery (sings will show you the way), talk to the boy in the right corner and help him to bury his father. You'll get a key. Go inside the church (you don't have to follow the road - just go through the mountains) and go through the back door. You'll see three graves. Stand next to the first one on the right and press X, then stand on the grave and press X once again (you'll see a boulder). Now turn around, climb the rocks on the left side of the church, walk through the roof and follow the long path to the boulder you've seen before. Use a rope and kick the boulder so it falls down and shows you a hole. Just get into this hole and that's all.
Okay, you need to be fast. Jump on the horse and immediately follow the signs to the cemetery. Talk to the boy in the corner and bury his father, and get the key from him for the church. Go inside the church and run out the back door. Run up to the third grave on the right, and hit . Run over to the stone shown in the cutscene and hit . Run forward a bit and look at the boulder on the cliff above you. Run back to the church, climb the rocks on the left side, and follow the long path to the boulder. Swing from the branch and kick the boulder down the cliff, then run inside the hole it reveals.