Evolve

In order to achieve Elite status for a Hunters you must complete all Mastery challenges related to their weapons/gadgets such as the Lightning Gun, Assault Rifle, and Arc Mines for Markov (Assault). Once you get all 3 stars on all of their weapons/gadgets you will gain Elite Status on that character. Do this for all Hunters to get the trophy.

The best modes for getting Mastery involving traps/stationary gadgets (Such as Maggie's Harpoon traps, Bucket's Sentry Turrets, etc.) is Defend because the Monster will always come to you, along with its minions, meaning that you can bottleneck the Monster making it more likely to be hit by something placed in its path. While those challenges involving revives are best done in the Rescue game mode, because revives on survivors count.

You should also note that challenge progress is saved as you achieve it, so it is possible to make challenge progress, quit, and then restart. This can be useful for specific challenges such as with Lazarus where you need to revive 3 people per game.

We also advise that for the harder challenges, you make use of the Evolve: Hunters Quest Companion app as this gives you mastery points to use towards certain challenges in the game (see Evolve: Hunters Quest Companion app section in the guide introduction).

Here is a list of all Mastery objectives for Hunters:

Support

Hank:

• Laser Cutter:
  1. 6000 damage
  2. 20,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 5000 headshot damage to the Monster
• Shield Projector:
  1. Shield from damage 14 times
  2. Shield from 15,000 damage
  3. Stop teammates from being incapacitated 17 times
• Orbital Barrage:
  1. 6000 damage
  2. 20,000 damage to the Monster
  3. Damage the Monster 15 times at a distance of 40 meters

Bucket:

• Guided Missile Launcher:
  1. 9,000 damage
  2. 21,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 390 direct hits to the Monster
• UAV:
  1. Cover 3000 meters with UAV in Hunt or Rescue
  2. Find the Monster 188 times in Hunt or Rescue
  3. Find 25 Stage 1 Monster's in either of the Hunt or Rescue
• Sentry Guns:
  1. 15,000 damage
  2. 20,000 damage to the Monster
  3. Have 3 Sentry Guns firing at the same time for 30 times

Cabot:

• Damage Amplifier:
  1. Amplify 9,000 damage
  2. Amplify 24,000 damage to the Monster
  3. Amplify 250 damage in a single use 40 times
• Dust Tagging:
  1. Reveal 70 creatures
  2. Reveal the Monster 44 times
  3. Reveal the Stage 1 Monster 20 times
• Rail Cannon:
  1. 12,000 damage
  2. 34,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 10,500 headshot damage to the Monster

Trapper:

Maggie:

• Harpoon Traps:
  1. Harpoon the Monster 35 times
  2. Harpoon the Monster 6 times in 8 matches
  3. Catch the Monster in 2 traps 50 times
• Pet Trapjaw:
  1. Follow Daisy for 2,200 meters.
  2. Revive 10 downed teammates with Daisy
  3. Revive 2 teammates in a game 9 times
• Machine Pistol:
  1. 8,000 damage
  2. 21,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 12,000 headshot damage to the Monster

Griffin:

• Gauss SMG:
  1. 10,000 damage
  2. 14,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 8,000 headshot damage to the Monster
• Harpoon Gun:
  1. Trap the Monster for one second 14 times
  2. Trap the Monster for 115 seconds.
  3. Harpoon the Monster in mid air 66 times
• Sound Spikes:
  1. Plant 15 spikes at least 50 meters apart
  2. Reveal the Monster 55 times
  3. Reveal a Stage 1 Monster 20 times in the Hunt Mode

Abe:

• Custom Shotgun:
  1. 14,000 damage
  2. 28,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 8,700 headshot damage to the Monster
• Stasis Grenades:
  1. Slow down the Monster 130 times
  2. Slow down the Monster for 800 seconds
  3. Slow down the Monster for 3 seconds 85 times
• Tracking Dart Pistol:
  1. Dart the Monster 15 times
  2. Dart the Monster for 2200 seconds
  3. Dart the Monster at a distance of 40 meters 15 times

Assault

Markov:

• Assault Rifle:
  1. 4,000 damage
  2. 16,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 9,000 headshot damage to the Monster
• Arc Mines:
  1. 8,000 damage
  2. 27,000 damage to the Monster
  3. Damage the Monster with 2 Arc Mines without taking any damage 30 times
• Lightning Gun:
  1. 24,000 damage
  2. 52,000 damage to Monster
  3. 12,500 chained damage (multiple targets).

Hyde:

• Minigun:
  1. 4,500 damage
  2. 14,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 3,000 headshot damage to the Monster
• Toxic Grenades:
  1. 11,000 damage
  2. 18,000 damage to the Monster
  3. Do 250 damage to the Monster with a single grenade 68 times
• Flamethrower:
  1. 20,000 damage
  2. 40,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 50,000 residual burn damage

Parnell:

• Multifire Rocket Launcher:
  1. 26,000 damage
  2. 36,500 damage to the Monster
  3. 470 direct hits on the Monster
• Super Soldier:
  1. 17,000 damage
  2. 48,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 6,500 headshot damage to the Monster
• Combat Shotgun:
  1. 19,000 damage
  2. 48,000 damage to the Monster
  3. 31,000 headshot damage to the Monster

Medic

Val:

• MedGun:
  1. Heal 16,000 damage
  2. Revive 6 downed teammates
  3. Heal 28 teammates before the are incapacitated
• Tranquillizer Gun:
  1. Tranquillize the Monster 14 different times
  2. Tranquillize the Monster for 400 seconds
  3. Tranquillize the Monster from 60 meters 80 times.
• Armour-Piercing Sniper Rifle:
  1. Place 12 targets on the Monster
  2. 3,300 bonus damage to the Monster
  3. Place 17 headshot targets on the Monster

Lazarus:

• Lazarus Device:
  1. Use the device four times
  2. Use device on teammates 28 times
  3. Use the device on 3 teammates in a single match 14 times
• Personal Cloak:
  1. Cloak revive 7 creatures using the Lazarus Device
  2. Cloak revive 22 teammates using the Lazarus Device
  3. Cloak revive 2 teammates in a single match 12 times
• Silenced Sniper Rifle:
  1. Place 200 targets on the Monster
  2. 270 damage on the Monster
  3. 150 headshot targets placed on the Monster

Caira:

• Napalm Grenade Launcher:
  1. 3,300 damage
  2. 4,000 damage to the Monster
  3. Get 160 direct hits on the Monster
• Healing Grenade Launcher:
  1. Heal 32,000 damage
  2. Revive 8 teammates
  3. Heal multiple teammates 710 times (counts when allies are at full health so just spam it)
• Acceleration Field:
  1. Cover 2,200 meters with the Field
  2. Provide a boost to your teammates 74 times
  3. Cover 50-meters with teammates in a single match 65 times.

New DLC boosting tactic:

Damage masterys against the monster have got a whole lot easier with the addition of the arena mode. With all but 1 hunter remaining the timer will change to "sudden death mode" where damage is increased by 400%. This therefore means that any weapons that require damage to complete can be achieved faster.

This method can be done solo, just by allowing the monster to kill the other bots, then being skilful enough to stay alive and do damage. Or if boosted then one player should be the monster, where the objective is to kill the bots, and then stand there taking the hits from the other player using the required weapon, until its health is low, but not killed. The reason for this is once the monster's health is low the player can run away allowing the monster to regain some health and then go back to being hit, essentially maximising the amount of time the hunter can attack. The best settings for this is a custom arena game with the following extras:

Difficulty: Favors Monster
Wildlife Population: High
Strikes: 0
Battle wins required: 1
Monster starting armor: 100%
Monster starting stage: 3

Also put the time to infinite so that sudden death stays active for the longest amount of time. The number of battle wins can also be changed to its maximum if you want to do this in a longer session with a lot of rounds.

Companion App: (Note this app will be discontinued on 13th April 2016, so therefore boosting mastery progression linked to this will no longer be available)