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#1 Ball Buster

#1 Ball Buster

Mini Golf - Use every Ball Buster on other players

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How to unlock the #1 Ball Buster achievement in Dead Rising 4 - Definitive Guide

The power ups are the big balls with a ? on them while playing online and hitting your golf ball through these, while keeping your ball in play will earn you a random ball buster. These 9 are random as far as i know at the minute so the only way to get them is to keep playing.

They do stack across games so they don't have to all be done in one course and having your own ball land on yourself does count according to a lot of members unlocking it as they had their last one land on themselves and still get the achievement.

The 9 you need to use are;
Personal Object - You spawn an object in front of the opposing player
Ball Swap - Both players or if more than 2, the player using the ball buster and the chosen player swap each others ball positions
Small Sweet Spot - Your opponents Sweet spot to strike the ball perfect is smaller
Hide the meter - Your opponents swing meter is hidden
Bouncy Ball - Your opponents ball gains more height after hitting off a surface
Randomizer - Makes your opponents power bar go crazy when taking a shot
Fast Meter - Your opponents Swing meter is much quicker
No Arc - Your opponent can no longer see the arc of the shot
Reduced Shot Power - Your opponents shot power is reduced

Edit: This is my first ever solution so feedback would be nice from the negative voters
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20 Jun 2017 15:18

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So this achievement is definitely a bit buggy. By the time that I in fact had gotten all 9, two of them I had only got activated on myself and I didn't get the achievement. So I thought, "Ok, I need to get those two to activate on the other person now." I kept a list on Notepad whether I got them on another player, myself, or both. So two ball busters later, I got the achievement but it was weird. The first one was Hide The Meter, which I've gotten both on myself and a player. Then it was No Arc, again both on myself and another player. On those goes I got them to land on the other player and it unlocked. So if it for some reason still counted those other two even though I only got them on myself, I dunno why it didn't just unlock right then and there and only unlocked after I got two of the previous ones done already. But whatever, at least it unlocked. Seems like really you just gotta keep going at it and you'll get it even if maybe you shouldn't, I don't know.
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By ThaDevilzHand on 22 Sep 2019 10:12
Have you done in in one course or over more? Is it accumulative?
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By funkyTii on 20 Jun 2017 19:30
do debuffs that ended up being used on myself also count ?
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By xGamBeaTx on 20 Jun 2017 20:12
Does anyone know if this has to be done online, or can you use local multiplayer?
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By Fluffytoast on 20 Jun 2017 21:56
Sorry have been out after finishing this off, i tried local games but you are one controller over x amount of players so nothing would register as well as having everything unlocked already. It took me around an hour and a half to get the first 8 but struggled to get the ninth for another hour or so. Having your own ball land on yourself doesn't count either as i had used my last one on myself.
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By AgEnT STARZz on 20 Jun 2017 22:34
Just to clarify....randomizer makes the power bar goes crazy. It is not any of the other 8.
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By Necro#5576 on 21 Jun 2017 00:37
Thanks for that - Updated
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By AgEnT STARZz on 21 Jun 2017 00:38
just can't get bouncy ball... have been playing for 3 hours shock
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By Dr Marty on 08 Jul 2022 03:30
It was the same for me but with reduced shot power, i had it early on but it landed on myself and i didnt see it again for hours
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By AgEnT STARZz on 21 Jun 2017 06:58
Thanks for providing this list - I was trying to find something like this last night with no luck. This helps show what I still need to get etc - 2 more to go!
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By GHOST INS1DE on 21 Jun 2017 13:45
I wonder if getting the same ball give you random busters or is the same most of the time.
Think I miss ball swap after playing almost all day yesterday...
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By ParadoxReal8 on 21 Jun 2017 16:18
You can have multiples of the same ball on the same hole Paradox unfortunately and your welcome heartagram
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By AgEnT STARZz on 21 Jun 2017 16:27
RNG on top of RNG skewed against you if you aren't in a 4 player game. Designer should get fired
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By xGamBeaTx on 21 Jun 2017 17:35
I just unlocked the achievement and the RNG decided to land the final ball buster on me. weird stuff, but doesn't matter, got it :P
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By xGamBeaTx on 21 Jun 2017 19:24
@xGamBeaTx true !
Doesn't matter and congrats!
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By ParadoxReal8 on 21 Jun 2017 20:54
Also having a ton of trouble getting ball swap. I'm playing with my friend and we both have used everything more than once and not a single ball swap yet.
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By SiegfriedX on 21 Jun 2017 23:11
I just got Fast Meter on me and it unlocked for me so yeh
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By Chaos Mythology on 21 Jun 2017 23:21
Any suggestions on which map would be best to boost this on?
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By The SCHWARTZ 00 on 22 Jun 2017 00:40
Ok so right after I posted that, I got the achievement. It actually popped when I hit the button and it "chose" my opponent, but the arrow actually landed on ME. So I think it still counts for you as long as you time it right and "choose" an opponent. It doesn't matter if the arrow lands on you or not.
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By The SCHWARTZ 00 on 22 Jun 2017 01:11
Yes, this also popped for me, right after I cast it on myself.
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By TrimSkink on 22 Jun 2017 20:30
Is there any way to tell which ones you've already gotten? I think I've only gotten 3 that actually counted because several I got ended up happening to me.

I hate the idiot who thought this was good game design.
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By ResidentialEvil on 23 Jun 2017 02:23
Alright I just unlocked it in a random player lobby and I can confirm it unlocked even with the buster activated for myself on the wheel. I didn't hit cn_A I just let it roll out and I got the penalty. Aywayz one more achievement to go.
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By BLAZE VII on 23 Jun 2017 14:51
I'm assuming this can't be unlocked in local multiplayer?
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By BGnasty on 24 Jun 2017 15:14
So does getting yourself on the randomizer count or not?
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By ResidentialEvil on 24 Jun 2017 20:23
As far as i can tell if the effect lands on you it still counts, just got this achievement tonight and at least 2 only landed on me.
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By Dave Bodom on 24 Jun 2017 23:46
Guys, i hit the ball buster 3 times but nothing happened, even if my ball stays on track... no spin, no buff or debuff, nothing!
What's wrong?
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By Roveliss1 on 25 Jun 2017 09:09
BGnasty this cant be done in Local and i have updated the solution to confirm that having the ball land on yourself does count but i would still keep a list of what you have done to others and what has landed on you like i did just in case it still doesn't unlock!
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By AgEnT STARZz on 25 Jun 2017 10:31
Roveliss1 were you in a multiplayer game by yourself? As if someone leaves the game you can still play on (i would recommend this to get the win trial as it still counts if they leave and then play the next course and you will gain another win) If you were in a game with other players and you hit the ball and nothing come up, did the opponent already have a ball against there name?
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By AgEnT STARZz on 25 Jun 2017 10:34
Guys, i hit the ball buster 3 times but nothing happened, even if my ball stays on track... no spin, no buff or debuff, nothing!
What's wrong?
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By Roveliss1 on 25 Jun 2017 12:05
Ops, sorry for the 2nd post. Already solved it, probably some lag problems or something like that. Thank u
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By Roveliss1 on 25 Jun 2017 12:06
I freakin hate this achievement. I need at least 2 more and I keep getting the same damn ones over and over. The developer that thought this was a good idea can go to hell.
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By ResidentialEvil on 25 Jun 2017 12:28
Also thanks to the idiots for not showing how much you lack on the achievement; the percentage stays at 0 no matter how many you get.
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By ResidentialEvil on 25 Jun 2017 12:36
So I unlocked it finally this morning, but I think how you unlock it might be jacked, because it unlocked when I got a Reduced Sweet Spot but I know I had already gotten that one on someone else before. I'm pretty positive I never actually got a Bouncy Ball ever.
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By ResidentialEvil on 25 Jun 2017 18:11
Has anyone determined which course has the best and easiest ball busters to hit?
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By ShazamFTW on 26 Jun 2017 07:36
The Small Sweet Spot can be found on Hole 3 of Pirate's Revenge; it is the BB on the right.
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By danmusashi on 30 Jun 2017 14:53
Well, looks like they aren't in fixed locations. Must be random. Nuts!
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By danmusashi on 30 Jun 2017 15:47
Okay I have had 9 all 9 in 2 days 8 landed on opponent 1 landed on me (randomiser) but no achievement?
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By iTzDanski92 on 03 Jul 2017 21:25
vG x Madness, you seem to have the same luck as me. I needed all 9 to land on me but loads of others have reported they had some land on themselves and still unlocked the achievement. After having the randomiser land on your opponent you should unlock it.
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By AgEnT STARZz on 03 Jul 2017 21:31
Does anybody know were at least a more likely spot for randomized is. I've hit probably 120 busters n have not even seen an opponent get one.. this is insane..
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By xUNDEAD CHIEFx on 21 Jul 2017 21:58
I had 3 on the vine yard round but i think they are just random
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By AgEnT STARZz on 24 Jul 2017 08:21
I've been writing down all my hits on me and opponents.. got a randomized today n hit my opponent n no chievo.. so it's not really a hit ur opponent or ur screwed it's a hope capcom shitty game gives u the chievo.. this is the worst game I've ever seen as far as glitches..
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By xUNDEAD CHIEFx on 25 Jul 2017 04:33
Bit late but just wanted to add my two cents on having just got the achievement and the circumstances along the way.

Last Ball Buster I needed was the Ball Swap one and I hit it on myself, so if you do this along the way don't worry thinking hitting yourself with the ball swap one won't count, it does!

Also, I hit the Small Sweet Spot in a game on myself where my opponent eventually quit out before finishing the course, I continued on to finish the course myself and it still counted as it was the one and only time I ever hit that Ball Buster. So don't worry too much if your opponent quits out part way through the game, it won't void any BB's you've already hit prior to that.
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By ninjaraiden2003 on 26 Nov 2017 17:47
Anyone still looking to do this? Posting sessions up this week. Tis the season to play DR4.
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By ClaytThaGreat on 05 Dec 2017 09:26
No one plays this game anymore or at the very least, mini golf. This is practically impossible to get now,.
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By AShotOfAwesome on 15 Jan 2018 23:08
No one plays this game anymore or at the very least, mini golf. This is practically impossible to get now,.
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By AShotOfAwesome on 16 Jan 2018 00:44
Looking for someone to join me getting this achievement, message me if interested.
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By Divinefury21790 on 18 Jan 2018 18:00
I Need Help with This. Message Big Luigi 24
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By BiG LuiGi 24 on 02 Mar 2018 01:21
Anyone to play minigolf?
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By Seyji on 09 May 2019 17:12
Anyone want to run this achievement with me? Gamertag is : TeamSiowMo
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By TheSIowMo on 30 Sep 2019 03:51
I just unlocked this and tracked everything. I unlocked the achievement with a bouncy ball against my opponent but I am 100% certain that I only got both Randomizer and Ball Swap against myself.
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By IVIr IVIeNsA on 31 Oct 2019 21:41
I can confirm that you can unlock the achievement without having the ball buster land on your opponent.

I had "Personal Object" and "Fast Meter" self-inflicted and still got the achievement.
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By d3str0y3r619 on 03 Jan 2020 21:18
Feel free to message me if you need help with this. I haven’t completed yet. GT is Notorious BBW
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By Notorious BBW on 20 Oct 2020 21:13
Can some1 tell me if this counts in local as you can play as two players ?
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By SinSTeRS DEVIL on 15 Dec 2020 11:45
No you cannot unfortunately. It seems like achievements are turned off in local multiplayer
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By Name145 on 28 Dec 2020 18:54
It seems odd not to be able to do this in local Multi considering that you can unlock achievements in single player
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By PlumsVs on 08 Jan 2021 18:47
I got the last on me, so maybe not only others players count.
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By zsoltee53 on 31 Aug 2021 19:57
If anyone would like to help message on xbl. I need help.
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By Ninja Squirt1es on 11 Oct 2021 14:25
I need a bud to help me with this...
GT: klauslewis
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By klauslewis on 03 Mar 2023 18:58
Anyone up for some mini golf? Add me!
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By TrevorBozeman on 20 Nov 2023 16:14
I could use help obtaining this. Would be much appreciated
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By JKUHN503 on 28 Dec 2022 21:39
I've been playing all day. I've only seen Randomizer once, when an opponent had it. Online achievements are bad, but online achievements that are basically roulette spins? That's a new low. I'm pretty sure Randomizer is the last one I need, so I guess I'll just keep trying.
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By Jack Stover on 21 Jun 2017 04:05
It just pop for me when the randomness wheel fall on me. In fact, the achievement even pop before seeing who has it. dance

So I think that it can work also when it's use on yourself.
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By ParadoxReal8 on 21 Jun 2017 20:58
I have hit every ball buster. Ball swap I've only hit once and landed On myself so I don't know if that counts for that one because there was no effect.....I'll update if it ends up unlocking on a ball swap that I actually did hit.
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By slam123 on 27 Jun 2017 04:41
I can confirm that you will earn the achievement even you choose YOURSELF on the ball Wheel. Got it yesterday within 45 minutes. Started with a random dude i meet online and we just keept plaing over the Courses one after another. It really helps making notice which one you already have for Progress... Both of us got the achievement unlocked with no Problems.

So everone else should Keep on tring. If theres anybody who still cant get it it COULD HELP to delete your seave file or start over with anew one just for the mode you Need to finish (Single, Multilayer, Golf.

Kind Regards
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By Evil Kenivl on 30 Aug 2017 07:34
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There are 9 different ball busters that you must use. Some tips to make the process smoother and more efficient when working with a partner are listed. This can be accomplished through multiple games.

This must be done in online multiplayer with at least two people.

The nine balls that you need are as follows:
1. Randomizer
2. Small Sweet Spot
3. Ball swap
4. Personal Object
5. Reduced Shot Power
6. Bouncy Ball
7. Fast Meter
8. Hide the meter
9. No Arc

Tips
1. Whenever one of you have a ball buster on you (meaning that you are affected by it) you must get rid of it (you can triple press A for a short swing). If you don't get ride of the buster and you or someone else gets a ball buster it will not count (the game will skip the animation wheel for a buster).

2. Do not finish the hole or complete your 7th and last swing until everyone is finished getting their ball busters. If there is only one person left on the course and they get a ball buster it will not count (the game will skip the ball buster animation wheel).

3. Make sure that whenever you are going for a ball buster that your ball does not end up out of bounds. If you get a ball buster and you get out of bounds the ball buster will not count (the game will skip the ball buster animation wheel). The only exception to this is if you are on your 7th and last swing. If you get the ball buster on your last swing it will count. So if it's your turn and it's your 7th swing make it count.

4. As a recommendation, if you and your partner are stuck and keep getting the same balls try switching who the host is. My partner and I did this and got 2 new balls on our next hole that we hadn't encountered before.

5. My partner and I found that golden apple vineyards was the best course to farm ball busters since many of the holes have ball busters that are guaranteed to be hit. As well, many of the holes have multiple ball busters that can be reached. In the end, though, it's all down to preference.

6. Try to get as many ball busters to land on your opponent (people say that it counts if it lands on you, but try to get your opponent just in case, you don't want to have to do them all over again). In order to do so on the spin wheel for the ball busters aim for your opponent (right on the first tick mark or two) and it'll land on them. Make sure to keep track of which ball busters you hit on yourself and which ones you hit to your partner.

7. Make sure to have a patient and loyal partner who will go through the ball busters with you. It's completely random so you could get the same ball buster a million times or you could get all 9 back to back. For me, my partner had to stick around an additional 2 courses after he finished.

8. If only one of you needs the achievement have the person who is done shoot for the hole land as close as possible (5-10 yards is a good idea). The reason that this is necessary is because in golf the person who is furthest from the hole must shoot (thanks Hiro for the reminder). Then have the person who needs the achievement keep swinging at the ball busters until they succeed and get the achievement.

Please feel free to comment and add any suggestions.
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27 Aug 2017 20:02

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To elaborate on item 8: The game switches turns to the person who's farthest from the hole land. This means that if a player is as close as possible to the hole, the game will never swtich to him unless his opponent go out of strokes (quantity of swings he can make) or get closer to the hole than him/hits the hole. Useful if there's only one player going for the achievement.

This might be a well known golf rule, but i wasn't aware of it until Bastian here pointed it out when we were boosting, so i figure many others wont realize it for a while

Takes a while due to randomness, but not that bad if you're boosting. Took us about 10~15 games.
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By Maverick Hiro on 28 Aug 2017 02:59
Thanks for the reminder Hiro. I have added that part to the solution.
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By Bastian Reader on 09 Sep 2017 17:30
Can this be done in local multiplayer?
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By xCrimsonLegendx on 03 Oct 2017 03:12
This achievement must be done in online multiplayer with another player.
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By Bastian Reader on 03 Oct 2017 08:38
I used all 9 effects but no achievement. Can someone help me? thank
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By ox BlackJack xo on 06 Oct 2017 18:49
Did you play online multiplayer or in local multiplayer? You can only get this achievement in online multiplayer.
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By Bastian Reader on 06 Oct 2017 19:26
I unlocked. I have tried again and it is pop with an effect I had already done
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By ox BlackJack xo on 06 Oct 2017 20:46
Does that mean you are playing in online multiplayer?

As well were there any ball busters that you only hit on yourself instead of your opponent. The community is divided in this regard. Some people believe that they count regardless if you hit a ball buster on yourself or your opponent. Some people believe that they don't count. If there were some balls that you by on yourself I suggest trying to get them again on your opponent.
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By Bastian Reader on 06 Oct 2017 21:11
I can confirm that "Ball Swap" counts toward this achievement even when used on yourself. I only got it, with my main account, once between the 2 accounts I used and it landed on myself but the achievement popped.
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By Bonkekook on 03 Dec 2019 22:18
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There are 9 ball busters in total.
1. Ball swap
2. Personal Object
3. Hide the meter
4. Fast meter
5. Randomizer
6. Bouncy ball
7. Small sweet spot
8. No arc
9. Reduced shot power

This must be done online and is easiest to do with one other friend, on the course, Golden Apple Vineyard.

For sure method to hit a moving ball buster:
1. Make sure you’re on the island closest to the ball buster you’re going for.
2. For a ball buster moving up and down, aim at its lowest point.
3. Make sure your shot will land in bounds with the LB button.
4. Start to shoot the ball when the ball buster is at its highest point, just as it starts moving downard again.
5. Hit the ball at full power.

Same can be done with ball busters that move left to right. Just aim at the ball busters’ furthest right location and beginning shooting when the ball buster is as far left as it goes.

It took me 24 ball busters and between 3-4 hours to get all 9 of the ball busters.

Hope this helped!
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08 Feb 2018 05:05

Online required. There are 9 different Ball Buster types. When you hit a ball buster, the one you get is entirely random:

  • Ball swap: Balls swap places
  • Bouncy ball: The ball bounces crazily when it hits the ground
  • Fast swing meter: Your swing meter moves quickly
  • Hidden swing meter: Your swing meter is hidden
  • No arc: You can't see the arc of your shot
  • Personal obstacle: An obstacle spawns in front of the ball (I saw a swinging anchor and a door that opens and closes)
  • Randomizer: Makes the swing meter go crazy
  • Reduced shot power: Shot power is cut in half (in practice this means the swing meter only goes halfway up)
  • Small sweet spot: The sweet spot to hit the ball is smaller


This can take awhile – it took my boosting partner and I about 5-6 hours to do it (ironically, we got it on the same hole). Some notes that are helpful:

  • It doesn’t matter who the roulette wheel settles on – even if you end up hitting yourself, it still counts.
  • If you hit a ball buster but your ball goes out of bounds, the roulette wheel won’t pop up, and it won’t count. An exception to this seems to be if it’s your final shot of the round (i.e. shot number 7). I had the wheel pop up a couple of times when this happened.
  • If the other person has already sunk their ball in the hall, the roulette wheel won’t show up. Ergo, the strategy for this achievement is to not get the ball in the hole until all ball busters are off the course.
  • If the other player is already affected by a ball buster, and you hit another one, the roulette wheel won’t pop up.
  • Related to this, the person who shoots next is always whoever’s farthest away from the hole. Thus, if the other person is already under the influence of a ball buster, and it’s your turn to shoot, you have no choice but to get your ball closer to the hole than them.
  • I found Golden Apple Vineyards had the easiest Ball Busters to hit.
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