Call of Juarez

Call of Juarez

36 Achievements

1,000

25-30h

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Hatman

Hatman

6 hats shot off from enemies' heads in Episode VI.

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How to unlock the Hatman achievement in Call of Juarez - Definitive Guide

This one gave me a lot of trouble, and none of the solutions I have seen even remotely worked. Here's the solution that works.

Whenever you shoot hatted enemies in the level, use concentration mode and aim for the brim of the hat. Do not aim for the head itself, as it will usually count as a headshot and not a "hatshot". You want to aim for the brim to the left or right of his head, and the reticle will turn red when aiming. If done properly, the hat will fly off of the guy's head and he will not die. You may follow the hatshot immediately after with a headshot, even while still in concentration mode. (Headshots where the hat flies off may count, but I found that many of my headshots, even near the edges of the hat, did not blow off his hat.)

It does not matter which types of hats you shoot -- I got this achievement very early in the level and did not shoot a single bowler cap.
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16 Jun 2010 21:38

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Can confim this. Has nothing to do with Bowler hats, just shoot the brims of any hat, achievement unlocked.
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By Apexios on 12 Oct 2010 15:22
I'm almost positive that headshots where the hat flies off do not count. Unless you're saying that the game is inconsistent on this point and they sometimes count, rather than expressing uncertainty. If that type of thing counted, I would've had 6 long before I did.
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By jaganshihieiyyh on 13 Dec 2011 00:52
Yep, that was my experience - I've just seen a lot of solutions that allowed for headshots, so I'm assuming that mileage may vary. For me, they needed to live, just lose their hat.
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By The Globalizer on 13 Dec 2011 01:56
i am doing this now. i am 100% shooting the hat off and then killing the guy. my method is read the bible to them and when they stop shoot the hat off. im 2/3 on getting the hat before they move again. so that's a fairly easy way.
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By D0NTMoCKMe on 21 Apr 2014 14:16
I found it easier to just shoot them off manually, not by using concentration mode, since with that your aim keeps moving.

Not sure how this 100% works though, as I only knocked off maybe 3-4 hats without killing.
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By EarthboundX on 10 Jul 2018 11:52
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This can be kind of tricky. The best way to do this is to zoom in on an enemy with a hat on, and shoot the side of the hat to knock it off his head. You may get credit if you kill them with a headshot that knocks the hat off, but I didn't get the achievement until I knocked the hat off two enemies without killing them.

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