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Midair Mutilation

Kill an airborne Bouncer.

How to unlock the Midair Mutilation achievement in Escape Dead Island - Definitive Guide

Scrapcan

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20 Nov 2014 18:16

This achievement is a little buggy, so it may take a few tries.

This is a lot easier once you have obtained the shotgun from Xien Mei.

Best place to obtain this, in my opinion, is while you are on the beach and having the shipping containers falling from the sky (believe it is Chapter 9). You will have a lot of space to move around and shoot while the Bouncer is airborne. There will be one Bouncer that will spawn with about 3-4 zombies. Take out the surrounding zombies so that they do not disturb you. Once you have taken care of the zombies, start to shoot the Bouncer with the pistol to weaken the Bouncer. Take out the shotgun and wait till the Bouncer jumps at you in the air. Quickly shoot him while he is airborne to obtain this achievement.

The Bouncer will not jump if both his arms are dismembered.

*Alternate Solution credit goes to Fancy Bacon:

While inside Geopharm Labs you'll come to a narrow hallway. There will be a Bouncer with a keycard crouched on the ground. Shoot him a few times in the leg to weaken him. Then switch to the shotgun and wait for him to jump.

20 Nov 2014 18:16

21 Comments

Do you have to do ten, like the achievement picture says? Because the description says one and mine didn't pop when I killed one that jumped me

By ClassyWings on 21 Nov 2014 14:53

I only killed one in midair and the achievement unlocked. If you look at my achievements on Xbox.com you will see that the achievement picture shows only the number "1" on it not "10". Try shooting the Bouncer as soon as he jumps.

By Scrapcan on 21 Nov 2014 15:08

I killed three Bouncers this way without it popping, but then I tried weakening the zombie and killing it with melee (lock on and swing as he jumps) and it popped right away.

By Vardulon on 22 Nov 2014 05:31

I found the narrow halls of geopharm labs a little easier to get this. There's a bouncer with a keycard crouched on the ground. Shoot him a few times in the leg to weaken him, then switch to the shotgun when he jumps. This achievement is touchy, it took 3 tries with the same bouncer to finally get it to unlock.

By Fancy Bacon on 24 Nov 2014 17:02

Thanks Fancy Bacon added your solution along side of mines.

By Scrapcan on 24 Nov 2014 17:51

This was buggy as hell for me. Finally popped on the 11th time at the beach. I was still shooting him with the pistol when he jumped but still managed to kill him and it popped.

By Ant695 on 25 Nov 2014 13:39

Tried the alternate solution over 20 times and it did not work. Even the keycard glitched in the air where I shot him. I hope that the original solution will work. Killed two other bouncers at other places when they were airborne and no achievement. I hate that.

By LizardKingv666 on 03 Dec 2014 14:55

The original solution also doesn't work for me. I kill both bouncers at the beach while they in mid air and no achievement. I'll trade that buggy mess of a game in to save me from more frustration.

By LizardKingv666 on 03 Dec 2014 15:20

It finally worked for me with the pistol. The combo with pistol and shotgun did not work but using only the pistol finally worked out.

By LizardKingv666 on 07 Dec 2014 10:15

I was doing the alternate solution for almost an hour and I didn't get it. But in the same location I weakened him with the pistol but didn't change to shotgun and when he jumped, I headshoted him in mid air with the pistol and finally got this damn achievement.

By ARK Nocturnus on 20 Dec 2014 04:01

I agree with ARK above... Tried using shotgun ten times with NO achievement.
Used pistol got his health down to 5% and when he jumped shot him in the body which killed him and the achievement popped..

By TORNADO0fSOULZ on 31 Dec 2014 05:54

Just got it by mistake, was just shooting zombies with the assault rifle and got this achievement 0.o .

By Rainleaf on 13 Mar 2015 17:50

Got it by just using the pistol.

By Fatman2008 on 29 Mar 2015 15:14

I did this several times with the shotgun and no achievement. First time with the pistol it popped

By ChillumBong on 15 Oct 2015 12:57

Pistol worked not the shotgun

By Krappy1 on 09 Nov 2015 17:41

yeap! Pistol is the way to go. I tried several times on the beach on my second playthrough and worked like a charm. Thanks for posting this solution.

By Siphon Filther on 07 Jan 2016 06:32

yeah for whatever reason, pistol does the achievement, and assault rifle. popped the first time i killed em with Pistol and on my alt acct, it popped with assault rifle.

By DarkSunLegend on 20 May 2017 22:09

The Geopharm Labs' corridor was perfect. There's a save right at that spot too, and once I realised I could use RB to push him away (this causes him to back up) it was pretty easy. Shotgun used.

By Uggadunk on 11 Nov 2017 11:35

As mentioned above, definitely DOES NOT work with shotgun. Tried a dozen times without success. Switched to pistol and got it on the first try.

By Dr Marty on 05 Nov 2022 15:31

Thank you it popped after the second one. Maybe the first one was on the ground already when I shot it. A bit hard to tell in this game

By ClassyWings on 21 Nov 2014 17:14

Did it first time with the alternate solution using just pistol.Executed the first zombie that that falls from ceiling , stealth killed the next then weakened the keycard bouncer with pistol .Backed right up then waited for the bounce then let rip with the pistol. Keycard hovered in the air lol.

By Watty8883 on 09 Feb 2015 14:21

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