Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077

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Must Be Rats

Must Be Rats

Perform the Distract Enemies quickhack 30 times without drawing attention to yourself.

15 XP

1.0%

How to unlock the Must Be Rats achievement in Cyberpunk 2077 - Definitive Guide

If you are looking to get it over and done with easily, there is a location in Watson where you can hide behind a box and hack a TV to attract some thugs, which can be repeated constantly.

Fast Travel to 'Pershing St' this is in Northside Watson. from there walk south underneath the building and in a side alleyway you will see three thugs watching TV which can hacked.
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15 Dec 2020 23:18

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This spot worked perfect for me, I think after you use the quick hack if he sits back down again it's bugged and you have to reload your save, at least that is what happened to me, so pay attention and do the next quick hack as soon as he sort of jumps back.
This is also the same spot referenced in this Solution for Daemon In The Shell In Cyberpunk 2077
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By DJ Traxion on 24 Feb 2021 16:46
This is the easiest and quickest way.
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By Tu on 20 Apr 2023 21:46
Sadly this one bugged out for me. Even when I reverted to a previous save it did nothing. As a last attempt, I made a new character and tried the same spot after I got through the beginning of the game... still nothing. I'll try again once the DLC comes around, maybe.
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By Sylis3D on 29 Jul 2023 02:36
Did it work?
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By beastman rules on 07 Oct 2023 03:48
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You can get this achievement within the first hour of gameplay. When you unlock the tutorial, you run through the Hacking portion. If you want a quick (quicker than normal story progression) way of doing this, just keep replaying the Hacking portion.

If you fully complete the tutorial, you have to mop up the remaining successions through normal play. DONT LEAVE THE TUTORIAL WITHOUT BEING SATISFIED WITH YOUR PROGRESS.

My tracking bar went up 3% with each run, but it also gave me a fair amount of XP for my stealth skills, which is needed for another achievement (max one skill). Replaying the tutorial is incredibly boring (at least to me) but it’s a faster and sure fire way to get the achievement.

If you downvote, let me know what I can do to make it better!

EDIT: As I forgot to mention when I made the post, I had to play the hacking tutorial all the way through for my progress bar to increase.
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10 Dec 2020 08:04

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I just checked it with my Tracker active: counter goes up, once the enemy reaches the distracting device and scratches his head, or squats in front of it.
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By ElSelcho on 26 Dec 2020 23:10
I don't know if it was a glitch in the tracking, but I noticed that the tracker only went up when I waited for the enemy be at the screen and I was told to go ahead and take him out. The few times I took him out early it didn't track.
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By wolfzero01 on 12 Dec 2020 16:22
i dont know if it is just me or not, but the only way i could make progress is by distracting enemies and letting the distraction timer above their head run out. Kill them, then do it with another enemy. If i kill them before the distraction is over, it doesnt seem to count for me.

*edit* it triggered as soon as my 30th was distracted and the timer was running. it may just require more than 30 or it isnt counting it sometimes.
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By snake42069 on 19 Dec 2020 22:54
You can do this easily in pacifa, near the old hotel and the beach. There is a street rave party going on with two speakers. You can use distract on the speakers. They are also not aggresive.
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By Zymesh on 27 Dec 2020 15:09
I’m stuck at 60% progress. Tried multiple areas and different saves. Anybody having same problem?
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By StaceWindu14 on 28 Dec 2020 14:46
yeah still having no luck. may try the method to just restart a new game and do it in the tutorial. thanks for the advice tho!
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By StaceWindu14 on 28 Dec 2020 21:39
and wow it finally started working again. . .got it finally. what a pain
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By StaceWindu14 on 28 Dec 2020 22:01
At the bottom of Watson little China, next to the afterlife on the corner of a street, there is normally a group of 3 cops with a ton of spontaneous craving machines, just spam distract enemies without getting seen and after a bit it should pop
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By griuty on 12 May 2021 19:30
What is a district hack?
I am 40 hours into this game.
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By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 25 Feb 2022 00:58
https://imgur.com/a/irAHNtE

One of the options that should appear when you use RB on a camera, screen, or other device near enemies..
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By logicslayer on 01 Mar 2022 03:56
i play stealth netrunner, i got this naturally just by playing. it does NOT have to be all in a row like some guides suggest
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By Phoenix C64 on 10 Mar 2022 18:59
i dont want some gaming-addict cheat for the achievement, i just want to know EXACTLY WHAT to do, so i can unlock it while playing.
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By LaTrickster2 on 31 Dec 2022 07:57
It's not a "gaming-addict cheat", it's literally in the tutorial for quick-hacking. You have to quick hack a screen and distract an enemy with said screen.
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By Divine Fear on 31 Dec 2022 19:32
@stace, i just popped this through progression but I got a jump on it in my tutorial spot. I’d notice that my tracker would only go up when I wasn’t detected at all. If I partially alerted someone and hid from them and used the distraction it wouldn’t count. Maybe that helps?
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By Divine Fear on 28 Dec 2020 16:40
@StaceWindu14 I've been stuck at 96% completion for 30 or so hours or gameplay. How did you get it working again?

Edit: Finally got it. I must've done 300+ distract hacks across 100~ enemies on my main save and still no achievement. I gave up, started a new game, played until I was allowed to free roam and then found a group of enemies. Used the distract hack exactly 30 times and the achievement unlocked.
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By b3n irl on 29 Dec 2020 15:35
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By far the best spot to achieve this is right here:
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In the southwest corner of The Glen, northeast of the fast travel point labelled "Metro: Glen South," and west, slightly south of "Velentino Alley." The area you want is beneath the intersecting overpass.

There is a large, open alley here with a massive skull mural and a cluster of thugs, surrounded by at least SIX hackable devices if not more. If you stand on the shipping container looking right at the skull you can overlook the area and hack each device one by one in a loop, all will count toward the achievement.

This will unlock the achievement very rapidly, don't bother grinding it in the tutorial.
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21 Dec 2020 20:42

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This location worked great, thanks.
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By FF7 Bryan on 01 Feb 2021 04:19
This was the best location for me. Plenty of things to hack while waiting for the cool down ram etc. Thanks.
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By HybridZ4cH on 16 Mar 2023 21:40
I think the guides have been making more out of this than needed. You don't need a special spot to do it in. I picked the nearest set of enemies I could find and did it in minutes once I understood the requiements.
And understanding the requiements is half the battle here. I haven't seen much explaining the actual requirements, as the achievement text doesn't explain it well.

Clarification 1
You must use Distract Enemies 30 times IN A ROW without being detected. I can't confirm if this means not being partially spotted, but suspect you can't, to be safe, do the 30 from a distance and don't let anyone see you at all.
Your unlocked achievement will likely show a percentage in the Xbox menu, this is the highest streak of Distract Enemies you have attained to date, you need to do 30 all in one go, it is not cumulative.

Clarification 2
An enemy must be near the distraction. You must do the distraction near a character with a red icon over their head and vision cone on the mini map. Doing it around civilians won't cut it.

Tip
Did you know you can zoom when scanning? When you hold cn_LB to scan, look away from any hackable device, and press cn_up a few times. (if you are pointed at a hackable object, it won't work, look at the sky or ground to zoom then point where you need)
Doing this means you can do the distract enemies hack from very far away, making detection less likely.

Method
To use Distract Enemies, find a spot with some bad guys. The baseball bat (assault in progress) icons on your map are good places to look, as they will likely have some hackable objects littered about.
Find yourself a distant hiding place with a good view of the area.
Hold cn_LB to scan, zoom in with cn_up if need be, and find a hackable object. They will usually have a green texture over them when scanning and have a red icon. The common objects that can distract enemies are vending machines, TV screens, and light rigs. You should get a list of hacks available, choose distract enemies if available.
Over time, most things can be hacked multiple times, just wait and hack things as many times as you need, just stay out of view, you can duck behind cover once the hack is set off to be sure.
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11 Dec 2020 12:54

If you are following the main storyline, right after leaving Tom's Diner after speaking with Takemura, I found 3 Tyger Claw members around a TV screen at a food stand. Climbed up on top of another neighboring stand and was able to get all 30 in about 20 minutes.
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18 Dec 2020 15:12

When scanning with l1.png on an area with enemies, you can see many stuff like TV screens, lamps, etc that can distract the enemies. They will appear in green and you'll be able to use the Distract Enemies quickhack. Then if an enemy is close to that thing, he'll be attracted and will investigate the area for a few seconds. Make sure to not get detected.

You can do that pretty much everywhere as long as there's enemies but you can also farm this on the same enemy. You'll just have to wait until they finish to inspect the area (you'll see a timer above their heads).
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The Distract Enemies quickhack is one of the basic quickhacks that you start the game with, and it can be used on the majority of electronic systems (most things that are green when scanned). It typically only costs 1 or 2 RAM to use this quickhack on electronic systems, so you shouldn't need to level up at all to be able to use this ability. As for the achievement requirements, you only need to make sure that you're not in combat and not being seen by an enemy when you perform the quickhack. Enemies will react and respond to the quickhack, and you'll get credit towards this achievement once the enemy walks over to the device you hacked. Do this a cumulative total of 30 times anywhere in the world to unlock this achievement.

Note that, if you want, you can use manual save reloading to grind this out on the same enemy/enemies over and over.
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Use L1 to scan objects that are highlighted in green (vending machines, TV screens, etc.). They can be used to distract enemies (cameras can also distract enemies). While in scanning mode, look at such a device, select a script to distract enemies and press square.
Repeat this 30 times during the game
You shouldn't be in a fight
As you progress through the story, there will be fewer and fewer enemies, so it is better to start completing the achievement as early as possible.
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10 Dec 2020 03:47

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I’ll add that distracted opponents must reach the object for the blue icon to appear.
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By igorsev1997 on 13 Dec 2020 14:40
You can use distraction on the same enemy multiple times. It is very convenient to farm on the coast in Pacifica.
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By maxfriden on 13 Dec 2020 15:57
I would like to add that if the enemy stops halfway and returns to his place, then such distractions do not count.
Video guide (ru).
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By Miss.A.IR.T on 05 Jan 2021 23:27
objects may not be accessible after N uses (N is always different)
+ enemies can start looking for reasons
save often
I got it at the very beginning of the game at the market in Kabuka, where for extra. mission (Girls of La Mancha) was to find police officer Anna

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By PraK on 14 Dec 2020 13:17
If you go for platinum, you shouldn’t be distracted by stupid farming, as the “smart guys” above advise, it’s all bullshit. In any case, in as many hours as necessary, you will distract enemies, and most often in the first 10-15 hours. The most important thing is to wait until the enemy reaches the hacked device and begins to examine it, then there will be a question mark and a distraction timer above his head. then it will count as a distraction
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By Mikhail098 on 24 May 2022 19:09
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Audience task - to get to the third sniper, there is a person sitting on the second floor, a laptop next to him, we hack it, he gets up and inspects it, then he sits down, we do it to victory
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17 Dec 2020 13:15