F.E.A.R. 3

I did this on the map "Mechanized Invasion" by myself with two controllers on RECRUIT DIFFICULTY. The reasoning behind two controllers is because a dummy player is good to focus some enemy fire on, so you're no overwhelmed by other enemies while trying to take out a more powerful enemy.

What you want to do, is IMMEDIATELY after the game starts, send Controller one (You) out and into the mech under the bridge across from the water creek thing. Get him into the mech and then head over to the mobile home to the northeast from where the mech was.

The dummy controller needs to pick up a weapon crate and get ANY weapon equipped. After re-equipping the dummy, position him in between two walls near the mobile home, it's a tight space near a stairway right next to the mobile home. (The stairway is on one side, the mobile home is on the other, and the space you need to sit in is in between the two.) Go into crouch and face the opening.

Now what I did was just completed every wave in the mech. Things to watch out for:

Wave 4 is your first fight with a mech of your same stature. Really all you need to do with ANY mech, is spam rockets till they overheat, then spam laser till it overheats, then switch back to rockets, (USE THE HOUSES FOR COVER AND RUN AWAY IF YOU TAKE TOO MUCH DAMAGE)

Wave 10 has you fighting a larger mech and a smaller mech, take the bigger mech first, as he is stronger and will destroy you faster. If you can, try to seperate the two mechs from each other by running to a safe area, and waiting for one to follow you.

Waves 11 - 18 are pretty simplistic, just you killing a bunch of weak enemies. However, wave 18 introduces the large teleporter guy with the bolt gun. Take him out first instead of focusing on the little monkey monsters and smaller soldiers. These smaller enemies barely damage you, so it's best to destroy the larger opposition first.

Wave 19 can be difficult. The first time I tried this I died on this wave, because I was in a rush to finish and get the achievement. What makes this wave SO DIFFICULT is that it pits you against two enemies, Rocketeers, and the monkey creatures. FOCUS ALL FIRE POWER ON THE ROCKETEERS, the monkey creatures CANNOT harm you much at all while in the mech.

The Final wave, Wave 20, pits you against several large bolt caster guys (4 or 5), a bunch of the monkey creatures, and one LARGE mech that actually sits on top of one of the bridges. For this wave, focus on killing the bolt casters, and the monkey's first, you can do this UNDER the bridge where the mech spawns, and it cannot even touch you, as it cannot get down from that point. After that, creep out a little till you can see a shoulder or arm of the mech and fire away at it until it's dead, as it won't be able to fire back.

After that, you'll get the achievement.


Other tips:
- At any time your dummy is being attacked, RESCUE HIM. He's vital in case you get downed somehow. (See tip 2)

- AVOID ALMA AT ALL COSTS. Looking at her will either blind you or distort your vision, shooting her will either knock you out of the mech with very low health, or knock you out of the mech and teleport you to another side completely defenseless. During deep fog waves, Alma can be identified as the bright red light seen from a distance.

- If you do get knocked out of the mech, just keep holding X at the front till you get back in. You cannot be damaged as you're climbing into and out of the mech.

- Think before you shoot. The biggest problem with Alma, is that she LOVES to teleport right in front of your fire. ALWAYS make sure she's not in front of you before firing at your enemy.

This video I've made shows you the basic setup to get this by yourself with two controllers:

The Solo/One Player Method:

I did this by myself instead of the 2 controller method because the enemy count overall is lower with 1 player and the tougher enemies are easier to kill.

Choose Multiplayer: Solo Practice, Mechanized Invasion, Recruit difficulty. Level 21 character recommended for the Health boost/regen.

General Tips/Strategies:
Before hopping into the Mech, grab one crate and arm yourself with at least a Shotgun/SMG, just in case you wind up on foot sometime because of accidentally shooting Alma. She's going to be the main issue on Solo, as she'll try to appear everywhere, often right in front when you're shooting.

Use the Laser as your primary weapon, only use the rockets against enemy mechs and Phase Commanders, and burst fire the laser constantly. Place your shots carefully, and watch out when you turn on enemies behind you, Alma may be waiting for you.
Be prepared to stop shooting if she pops up, and anytime you see her, turn and go the opposite direction, no matter how far away she seems.

Try to be aware of your surroundings-in case you do get ejected from the mech, you'll want to be able to find it quickly.

Allow normal enemies to get within line of sight of your weapons, especially if they're in groups. The shorter the range, the less likely Alma will appear between you and your target. The mechs are the only enemies that can severely damage you on Solo, so don't afraid to close the gap on Phase Commanders and the handful of Plasma Casters.

The mech's targeting system highlights regular enemies in yellow crosshairs. Mechs, Phase Commanders, Plasma Casters and Rocketeers are highlighted in Red crosshairs. Kill Red First.

The most important tip: Keep the Mech Alive. Once you're past Wave 10, you do not want to be caught on foot. Watch the mech's health icon, and anytime it gets down to the thigh level, turn and run for cover! An important survival tip for the mech is it's repair system. If you get damaged down to the yellow icon/countdown, Find some cover and jump out for a few seconds. The mech recharges it's health much faster without you in it, so use this to your advantage. Once you exit the mech, you won't be able to reenter for 2 seconds,but anytime you do, it's fully charged up on health. Keep this in mind at all times if you're in trouble, and don't let the mech be destroyed.

Beyond that, it's not too difficult to pull off solo if you keep the mech alive the whole time, circling the level, and putting distance between you and powerful enemies. Avoid Alma ejecting you(she got me 5 times, including once on Wave 19, and I still wasn't in any great danger) and it should be relatively smooth sailing, aside from Waves 19 and 20, which require you to be slightly more careful.

Wave 19 has a bunch of Rocketeers, but have little fear, they are far,far less deadly and accurate on Solo than on 2-4 player. Concentrate on targeting the Red Crosshaired Rocketeers and you should be able to pick them off with the laser without much worry of them ganging up on you.

Wave 20 features the giant mech that appears on the roadway above where your Mech spawns, and a bunch of Phase Commanders and Helldoggies. All you need to do is hang out beneath the mech and keep the battle beneath that roadway. The Phase Commanders will always work their way over to you, as soon as they appear, zap them with a full laser charge and then hammer them with rockets to stun them when they try to phase again. Once dead, you'll face pairs of helldoggies. Repeat this a bunch-once the mech is the only thing left, just pick an angle from the side of the map where he can't target you and fire at will! Once he blows up, you've cleared Contractions, Achievement Unlocked.

THIS IS A SOLO SOLUTION but can work with more people. You will get more enemies with more people and more mechs will turn up. You will need to adapt you strategy to accommodate these.


This way of doing this achievement can take up to 2 hours. The time is dependent on how quickly you kill the enemies and the speed of which they spawn and find you. You will also need to attempt it a few times to get a good rhythm going and it can be quite hard at first.

Make sure you read the entire guide first and look around the map so you now where things are. There will be fog which obscures you view in later rounds so knowledge of the map is essential.

The best piece of advice I can give you is NEVER TAKE RISKS WITH ALMA. If she sees you in later rounds and ejects you from the mech you will most likely die. Just take your time and be cautious. Alma is a child walking the map and in fog shes a red light.

Another tip is to set the ingame brightness or gamma to the maximum. it helps spotting things easier.

Down to business:-

First start a solo practice on the mechanised invasion. This is the only map that has a mech on it. Make sure the difficulty is set to recruit. This is obvious to most but some might not think of it.

When you spawn you will spawn in one of 2 places in the main building stockpile room -

If you spawn down stairs you will need to turn right and go through the door - If you spawn upstairs turn right go through the door and go down some stairs. From here head forward and you will see a red flaming barrel and a little bit further there will be a blue dumpster. Next to this dumpster on the left theres a little alley this is you camping area in the mech for the most part of the achievement.

Now to get the mech:-

In the alley look out the opening, now turn right and follow the overpass above you to the top of the map. On your left there should be a church the mech is behind it so just follow the path next to it and get in. Now retrace your steps and get to the alley.

All you need to do now is stay in this alley and kill all the enemies to end each wave. Use the laser to kill them for the most part because it has a generous auto aim. Rockets are good for melee enemies who run straight for you. ALWAYS LET THEM COME TO YOU if you go out side and be trigger happy you will most likely hit Alma and bring some unwelcome surprises your way which will likely kill you. Saying that you can go to the front of the alley and kill them but in later rounds there will be a fire ball on the ground which stops your mech regenerating its shield so hang back a bit.

A couple of times I thought enemies stopped spawning but this was not the case they simply got stuck on a staircase. If this happens to you leave the alley and just search for them.

ALWAYS WATCH FOR ALMA

There are a few waves where 1 enemy mech turns up. For these waves you can stay in the alley and kill them from here. You will need to be quick about it so just alternate between your laser(RB) and rockets (RT).

There is one wave where 2 mechs turn up at the same time this is one of the 2 times you need to leave the alley.

For this wave leave the alley towards the building in front of you. From here follow the building around to the right until you see an arch. Go the the left of the arch and the 2 mechs should be next to the drainage channel. They both should stay around that area which allows you to shoot them and take cover behind the building on the left.After you destroy them go back to the alley.

Going forward from here you will have various easy enemies to kill. There will be a time when a mech tuns up with some smaller enemies, when this happens just do what you did last time. Dont leave the alley.

EDIT: Jennitiger1138 commented that she had problems with the rocket. guys. Only tip I can give you is move to the front of the alley and kill them quick. If you get hit back off to the back of the alley and try and recover. Basically you will need to get some practice at this section.

On the final wave you will face 11 phase soldiers with a laser weapon(dont worry they come 1 at a time) around 8 demon dogs and 1 big mech. This is what I had but it is a completely random number of these enemies.

First dont worry about the mech it never moves from its spot and it cannot see you in the alley. It never comes down from there EVER.

The phase soldiers are easy to kill, all you need to do is stay at the back of the alley and just watch them phase around the map. Eventually they will spawn just outside the alley on the right and wont move from there. To kill them just use 2 full charges of your own laser (RB).

Repeat this until you kill them all.

Finally for the huge mech you will need to leave the alley for a second time. This time leave the alley and turn left go all the way down until you see a fountain now go right until you see a basket ball court. From here you will see the huge mech up high on the overpass, position yourself so you can just see the nose sticking out and fire away. From here you should not get hit.

After you destroy it the achievement should pop straight away.

There are 2 glitches I have experienced with this game mode the first is- when you start some waves only a few enemies spawn at first then after you kill them no more spawn so you cannot complete the wave. If this happens to you, you will need to start a new game. The second is with the phase soldiers. They will phase into a wall and get stuck there. Sometimes you get lucky and are able to see them a little bit to kill them and other times they will be behind a wall in which you can never see them to kill them if this happens to you, you will also need to start a new game. This last glitch is annoying because it happens usually on the final wave.

Hope this helps 1 person on this site struggling with this achievement.

Thanks for reading and remember ALWAYS WATCH OUT FOR ALMA!