Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
81 Achievements
1,570
48-62h
Ashes to Ashes
Breach: Complete the Santeau Darknet File.
15
0.11%
How to unlock the Ashes to Ashes achievement in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Definitive Guide
In order to unlock the Santeau Darknet File (the fourth Darknet file), you must first complete the third Darknet File. The Prime Unit in the final third Darknet File has Titan armor. Though not invincible, if activated, it prolongs the battle and there is a very short time limit. I cloaked immediately to avoid detection and stunned him with the stun rifle before he activated his armor. While stunned, he quickly succumbed to an A Class 10 mm pistol with standard rounds. I had to stun him a couple more times between pistol volleys to keep him incapacitated. This is not the only way to defeat him, naturally, but my weapons of choice throughout Breach Mode were stun rifle and 10 mm pistol with standard and EMP ammo.
It helps to work on or complete the below achievement before the Santeau Darknet file. The expansion items you get by doing so level your avatar up by an order of magnitude. The six expansion items I got for the achievement increase my avatar's HP by plus 450 HP and plus 150 energy. This permanent (so long as the expansion items are in your loadout) increase to energy and HP make it a lot easier to get all achievements for this DLC. WhiterValkyrie has a good guide that helped me figure out how to get the achievement:
The principles you have employed to get to the fourth Darknet file will enable you to clear them. One of the files, DF1_CAISSON, has an extreme HP static burn when you are standing still so your approach should be to stay constantly on the move. You can get most of the fragments by avoiding enemies. Where you are exposed, cloak and focus will help you get by. All the Santeau Darknet feature an abyss so, once you meet the conditions to clear the server, you can jump into the abyss to respawn at the exit point. The achievement unlocks following the customary Picus newscast at the end of the file. The Darknet servers in this file are as follows:
DF1_CAISSON
DF2_CAISSON
DF3_REBAR
DF4_CAISSON
DF5_CAISSON
Edited to add: There have been a couple of comments about clearing DF5_CLAYMORE in the third Darknet file. Below is a video solution of how to clear it. I get a little distracted making these videos (I'm still not very good at making them) and am embarrassed to point out that I missed one of the 10 fragments on the top floor. The fragment is in plain sight and easy to pick up. Although I miss it, there are more fragments than the 22 required to clear the server so the server objective was still met):
Although DF5_CLAYMORE is not in the Santeau Darknet file, it must be cleared as one of the steps to clear the third Darknet file that must be completed in order to unlock the Santeau Darknet file. I have provided some additional information on how to clear DF5_CLAYMORE in the below comments.
AI Status is v5, v8 and v5.5 and I also have no clue how to get these Nuke Viruses in-order to downgrade them.
Edit: I just ran through it with 11 Biocell's and a coupple Hypo Stim's. I don't get it... I searched the whole map and collected every fragment and Data Tower I've seen and that still wasn't enough to complete the mission.
What am I missing? Good thing that I wasted 11 Biocells, right?
Writing this detailed solution, capturing a video for me and even messaging me additional details.
Guess I will have to grind some dummy account challenges then. Thank you so much for the answers.
For people who aren't that far into this Darknet file, that should help. DF5_CAISSON still unlocks as a playable map even if you refuse to do it for the Darknet file, and as you can see, you do still get the achievement.
It's not much of a time-save, but if you really want to keep your Breach playtime as minimum as possible, it's something that could help.
As part of the Tier 4 update a new Darknet File has been added. If you haven’t completed all previous Darknet Files from the main game, you will have to complete these before you can attempt this one, it will automatically unlock once you have done so.
This Darknet files works in the exact same way as the others, however one important note is that once you are conversing with the client near the end of the file, he will ask you to steal money from a bank, ensure you ACCEPT his proposal and keep the money afterwards, you will end up with a whopping 500,000 credits which will help greatly with Excess Baggage Fees.
Before you can begin working on the new Santeau Darknet File, you must first complete all three previous Darknet Files from the base game. The Darknet servers in this new file are as follows:
- DF1_CAISSON
- DF2_CAISSON
- DF3_REBAR
- DF4_CAISSON
- DF5_CAISSON
Naturally, these servers are a little more complicated than those that came before, so if you're struggling right off the bat and need to grind out credits for more ammo/Booster Parks, or XP for stronger and more diverse augmentations, please refer below to "Excess Baggage Fees" for more information. Not only will the credit farming method transcribed there help net better items, but you will level up a decent amount and also unlock Expansion Items, which help boost your core HP and Energy stats when equipped in your loadout.
All in all, the objectives in each server are fairly straightforward and you should have no problem completing them with enough patience. As noted in the solution for "Hourglass," each Santeau server has a bottomless abyss, so you can always fall to your death after collecting the data fragments/downloading the data in order to respawn at the extraction point and thus avoiding the long trek back past the enemy AI.
Once you complete the final server in the case and the Picus newscasts concludes, the achievement will unlock.
In the file itself you will have a male customer who will ask you to find his wife. Its search will account for 60% of the entire file. Afterwards you will find out the truth of your wife, who has a lot of money. He will ask you to steal this money. And here you have a choice:
- To steal money
- Refuse to steal
If you choose option 1, you will still have to go through 40% of the file.