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Misdirection

Misdirection

Distract 15 enemies with rocks (Campaign only).

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How to unlock the Misdirection achievement in Far Cry 4 - Definitive Guide

This achievement is actual pretty easy, the achievement discription is just misleading/missing the most important thing:

cn_right is the button to throw a stone and distract an enemy, throw it near (a few meters away maybe) the enemy but dont hit him with the stone. The goon will go there to inspect the location. Now the important thing: DONT DO ANYTHING! It only counts if the enemy walks back to his actual spot.

When he is back, search for another enemy to do the same.


You can replay the first Outpost as often as you want, it is pretty easy to get this done there (only a few enemies and not too close together)

Edit: Updated the Solution, you can't do it on the same enemy multiple times anymore.
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Thanks for the solution man! I feel dumb though. I put in a complaint to Ubisoft that this achievement was bugged lol
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By Lion Freak on 21 Nov 2014 16:44
Ahhhh, this is what I was waiting for. Will return to upvote after getting achievement later tonight.
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By Chicago AJ on 21 Nov 2014 18:01
Worked for me. Thanks smile
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By mike1809 on 21 Nov 2014 21:04
Glad to help guys!
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By on 23 Nov 2014 18:30
This is really pissing me off I'm at 990g and this will not unlock and I've done it over 100 times now
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By MILINKYO on 02 Dec 2014 12:46
Can this be done in Outpost Master?
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By Akumoro on 02 Dec 2014 20:00
Yes it can, finally got it now
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By MILINKYO on 03 Dec 2014 16:22
I can confirm that this can be done on Outpost master. What I noticed is that it cannot be done on the same enemy. I had to do it on 15 different enemies. Overall I think this method works because he changed enemies, or finish the outpost and repeat.
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By Rowdy185 on 20 Dec 2014 04:44
this would be a lot less frustrating if the achievement counter worked. that way I would know if I was making progress instead of wasting my time. Any ideas if it still counts if you leave an outpost master without finishing?
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By RellikGod on 05 Jan 2015 01:48
thanks for guide
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By Nazule80 on 13 May 2015 02:18
Do you have to finish the outpost for it to count
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By danielle126092 on 12 Aug 2015 14:20
Those spelling mistakes.
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By THEpaynexkiller on 24 Sep 2015 13:41
Thanks....I feel such an idiot I've distracted and killed dozens..then I checked your guide...DOH!!
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By scotwolf2 on 09 Dec 2015 12:25
As soon as you finish all outposts (what you did not do yet), you can. @bladenbatman
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By on 30 Jun 2017 09:17
BladeNBatman takes this really serious, guys! +1, thanks for the solution
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By KiRRAYNE on 08 Sep 2017 12:23
Finally got this for me found it easier to replay (Outpost Master) Seven Treasures Ashram X:435.7 Y:380.3 you Respawn on a cliff type thing and easier to use sniper with silencer to once distracted an enemy kill and move onto other good guide
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By UNDEADZ3LD4 on 23 May 2018 22:56
As you approach each outpost, find something to hide behind then just chuck rocks at random all over the outpost. Wait a couple of minutes for the enemies to go back to normal, then take the outpost. I unlocked this achievement on my 3rd outpost.
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By HolyHalfDead on 04 Jan 2021 06:04
Is this possible to achieve in the Yeti DLC?
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By Xtowers on 29 Oct 2021 17:12
Thx
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By Maceteur on 18 Sep 2023 12:24
This achievement is the highest order of BS. I've spent the last 3 hours throwing rocks by guys, watching them for a couple of minutes to make sure they've reset and then moved on to different guys and nothing. WTF?
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By Flatline1775 on 12 Dec 2014 05:57
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I am aware there are four other guides for this achievement but I still think not everything is made absolutely clear in those guides.

First off, this has to be done on DIFFERENT enemies it does NOT WORK on the same enemy multiple times.

The easiest way to do this I believe, is on outpost master. Restart one of the first outposts in the southern half of the map as these are pretty easy. The one I did is the outpost where the opium fields are that you have to burn on one of the missions.

All I did was hide in a bush and throw rocks next to different guards. It does not have to be done on a single enemy it can be done on groups as well, as long as they are stationary it will work. You can also distract different guards at the same time providing that they are a reasonable distance away from each other. This speeds things up for you. Remember to let them return to their original position before you kill them.

You can only distract each guard ONCE then you may as well kill them as it does not count a second time. It only took me 3 replays of the opium fields outpost for this to pop. Hope this clears up all previous issues and that it helps people to get this annoying achievement.

Please help me improve my solution with comments. If you must negative vote me please explain why and I will edit.
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Great solution. I spent forever on this and then after reading what you said about it only counting once for each guard, I threw rocks at a few different guards and the SOB popped in minutes. lol thanks!
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By luminosity815 on 22 Mar 2015 05:10
Lol glad it helped you luminosity such a frustrating achievement! Thanks for the comment man
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By Krushner20 on 31 Mar 2015 01:50
Finally someone mentioned that it only counts for each guard! Thanks.
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By gorlant on 12 May 2015 22:40
Glad to be of help gorlant ;-) thanks for your comment
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By Krushner20 on 03 Jun 2015 21:40
Great solution - thank you!
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By xbox4xmas07 on 21 Jul 2015 18:36
Thanks for your comment xbox4xmas, appreciate the feedback, hope it was useful!
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By Krushner20 on 12 Aug 2015 19:33
3 replays of the opium fields outpost whats that out post called
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By Razor8674 on 29 Jan 2017 04:48
Great Solution. Thanks!
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By KurenaiTsuki X on 24 May 2019 02:30
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Easy once you know how, but aren't they all! The trick is, as mentioned in the other guides,let them check for you then 'reset' to there default positions.

If in any doubt check the video below!

I hope this helped!
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22 Nov 2014 20:53

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This video says you can track the progress of the achievement by looking at it, but I have been doing this solution for over an hour, and none of them are showing up at all, not even one.
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By Rowdy185 on 20 Dec 2014 03:05
Same result here. Can't seem to track it at all. Unfortunate, as it sounds like I'm in the camp of people who believe they've done enough, but it's not popped.
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By timojhen on 03 Jan 2015 03:36
New video added (old one stopped working). This one tells you there's no way to track how many you've done.
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By Beanpotter on 20 Mar 2016 14:25
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After finally getting this achievement, I think I know how this works. The title is misleading. Its not to just throw the rock and have the enemy walk towards it, he has to walk towards it AND than walk back to were he was.

So lets say a guard is leaning against a door. You throw a rock. He goes to investigate, than comes back and leans against the door. That counts. If he gets interrupted (say he sees you or an alert is started) it doesnt count.

From what I noticed they must be stationary when you throw the rock (standing, leaning, sleeping, etc.) and not moving or else it wont count. I did this in 1 outpost so it seems the same enemy can be used over and over but not 100% sure.
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22 Nov 2014 19:50

I found this one really difficult, pretty much you have to throw a rock to distract an enemy then let him return to his original position, it's explained well in this video linked.
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I found out that the enemy does not need to return to his spot. He just has to say something in the line of "It's prob nothing" or "Must have been an animal". After that you can shoot them :)
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By Silvanex on 07 May 2015 06:44
This is easily combined with the Fully Loaded achievement. I used Yuma's fortress for both. Close to the entrance is a single guard which can be easily distracted. Throw a rock when he stands still and hide to the right of the entrance. He'll investigate, mutter something to himself and go back to his original position. Once he's back in place, snipe him, the sniper on the roof to the right, the heavy straight ahead, then run through and grenade launcher the bigger targets. Save, die, repeat. You'll need more than 15 runs to get all skills anyway so this achievement will be yours within no time.
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20 Dec 2017 00:05

This trophy is a little tricky. Firstly, to throw a rock you simply press . You get an infinite amount of rocks so you can throw them any time. For it to count, the enemy must get fully distracted, this means they walk up to where the rock landed and then they start to go back to where they were originally. This will count towards the 15 and you need to do it to 15 different enemies as well, you cannot do this to the same enemy, over and over. The best way to get this is to actively go for it as you liberate all the outposts, just remember to distract one guard fully every time you are at an outpost and it should unlock after you do it 15 times.

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The trophy caused some difficulties. In order not to waste time, it is important to know two things: 1. 1 enemy = 1 distraction counts, it will not be possible to boost 15 distractions on one enemy. 2. Distraction counts if the enemy, standing still or walking at the post, saw a fallen stone, came closer to it, looked at it/thought, and returned to the point where he stood before the distraction.
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The trophy is buggy, I spent a lot of time on it while walking around Kyrat. The author above is right, it doesn’t work on one. Distracted more than 15 people.
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By Linarus on 14 Jan 2015 10:38
If you missed a trophy during the playthrough, no problem. It was easy even when all the outposts were liberated. We take on additional tasks to rescue hostages. Usually hostages are guarded by several people who follow the same route.
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By Oleg_samarskii on 10 Feb 2015 13:27
In order not to look for enemies for a long time, we replay the capture of the outpost from the initial ones. We throw a stone near the enemies while one is walking and distract the next one so as not to waste time. After they returned to their points, we kill everyone, restart the capture of the outpost and continue until there is “Tryn”.
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By fops88 on 10 Mar 2015 16:30
I read the tips and was surprised, because... Receipt was not difficult. We run to the outpost, turn off the alarm from a distance, it is advisable for the NPC to be nearby and suspect the presence (you can fire a couple of shots without a silencer), he informs the others about the invasion and they run towards the sound of the shot (7-8 bots). Naturally, we hid in another place, but not too far from the guards. The idea is that they disperse close to each other near the place of suspicion. When they have relaxed slightly (in the dialogue you will hear “he is not here”), we throw a stone and all the NPCs pay attention to it. Got an achievement on the third easy recapture of an outpost. Good luck!
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By sparrows_eggs on 20 Feb 2017 13:54
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There are several conditions:

1) You can only distract one enemy once. That is, if you distract the same thing many times, then only one distraction will be counted.

2) A distraction is counted if the enemy approaches, looks at where the stone fell and returns to his place where he was.
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07 Jan 2015 13:44