Far Cry 4
57 Achievements
1,250
44-55h
Misdirection
Distract 15 enemies with rocks (Campaign only).
10
4.24%
How to unlock the Misdirection achievement in Far Cry 4 - Definitive Guide
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.
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.
If in any doubt check the video below!
I hope this helped!
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.
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.
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.