Far Cry 5
72 Achievements
1,695
63-79h
Explosive Surprise
Kill 5 enemies with sabotaged vehicles (Campaign only).
20
0.9%
How to unlock the Explosive Surprise achievement in Far Cry 5 - Definitive Guide
All you have to do is go to Rye & Sons Aviation, it's in the far south of the map. There you should encounter a quad bike with one or two enemys heading for you from the road on the south side right next to the hangers. When you die they instantly come back for you so you can try this over and over again to get the five kills. If for any reason they don't show up for you try fast traveling there a couple of times. It was night time for me when I encountered this so maybe it will affect their spawns.
What you have to do is first of all have the perk "Saboteur" unlocked. It costs 7 points. After that go up to the front of the quad and hold . Then quickly run away from the bike in the opposite direction. That way the enemys usually take cover behind it. It may take you a couple of tries and the achievement sometimes wont make any progress eventhough it worked but keep trying and the achievement will be yours.
First, make sure you have the sabotage perk and make sure you have the difficulty set to easy. I'd also recommend crafting the homeopathic for incurring less damage, but that's up to you.
In Faith's region, go to the trailer park to get Sharky, the flamethrower-wielding Gun for Hire. Talking to him starts a mission called "Burn, Baby, Burn", where he lures cultist Angels in by playing the song "Disco Inferno". You're then tasked with clearing out the Angels.
You can try the trick during the first wave, when it's just a few angels here and there, but I found it worked best when Sharky gets overwhelmed and you're required to shut off the speakers in four different parts of the trailer park. At this point, swarms of the Angels come out and keep spawning until you switch off the last speaker.
Directly across from Sharky's perch is a vehicle spawning station. Once the Angels start to swarm, make a beeline for the vehicle spawn and request a vehicle. I just happened to choose a tractor, which worked out great because it's larger and will help shield you from the Angels. Go to the front/hood of the vehicle, hit to sabotage, and then run in a circle around the vehicle while the Angels are swarming. You might be able to get multiple with one explosion, but the Angels have weird hitboxes — the amount of damage to kill one may not be the same amount to kill another. Luckily, you can just repeat this method to get your five kills, shut off the speakers, and complete the mission.
Great solution man.
if you die i think it still counts your kills.
hope this helps someone else!
- Once they jump out keep one close to the truck, I let him punch me they I just kept him between me and the truck until it blew up
*Buy the "Saboteur" perk from the skill tree early in the Campaign, then just sabotage vehicles throughout game-play in order to unlock this naturally*
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Nonetheless, if this is, say, the last achievement you're doing and you're struggling to find any enemies, fast travel to the Dock at Joseph's compound. Circle around to the front of the base without being detected and enter through a hole in the northeast corner. There should be a truck by the front gates with an enemy pacing nearby. Sabotage the truck, and a few seconds before the bomb goes off, shoot a couple rounds at him. Back up as he engages you and he should get blown away. Rinse and repeat 4 more times.
Squash and Run
Opportunity Knocks
Explosive Surprise
In John’s region / Holland Valley, towards the top left of his region (middle left of the overall map), there is person that will give a story mission named Merle Briggs. He is located at the fast travel location called Silver Lake Trailer Park
He is being held captive with 4 guards, close to a vehicle, all within a close vicinity of each other.
Because he needs to be freed, you can attempt anything you need and then fast travel back to the location with the enemies reset.
I find this MUCH easier than attacking an outpost
Explosive Suprise:
You can sabotage the truck (you might have to have the enemy come closer to it) without being seen.
If you fail, you can just fast travel back to the same location and try again
Opportunity knocks:
I recommend highlighting the enemies with your binoculars first - it never seemed to work for me when I didn't.
You can only get 1-4 per try, but distract one enemy at the starting point (from fast traveling) and then the enemy on the far left. After those two, you can try to distract the other 2 "middle" enemies.
I does not seem to count the same enemy twice, so after a max of 4 enemies distracted, if you fail, or if nothing registers, you can just fast travel back to the same location and try again.
Squash and run:
Grab a vehicle and drive up to the location, or grab the truck and run over the 4 enemies.
Once they are all dead, or if you fail, you can just fast travel back to the same location and try again
- Unlock Sabotage perk
- Upgrade 1 health perk just in case
- Set difficulty to easy.
Just stop any enemy car on the road. Sabotage their car and you will blow up 2-3 enemies each time. Do not run far away from the car after sabotaging, because the enemies might then run too far away from the car.
I got this 10's of times, because i do this for fun now and then. ;)
You’ll first need to unlock the "Saboteur" perk before you can sabotage any vehicle. Feel free to follow this up with buying the "Booby Trap" perk to help.
To prepare for this achievement, travel to any hostile territory and wait around on the road for an enemy vehicle. When the vehicle approaches you, shoot the driver and then wait for the vehicle to come to a full stop. Now quickly make your way to the hood and press to tinker with the engine. The enemy riding passenger should, during this time, jump out of the vehicle and take cover on his side of the truck (and stay there if you crouch and hide). After about ten seconds, the vehicle will blow up and likely kill the enemy so long as they were close.
After this happens, proceed to any other fast travel location in an enemy-controlled territory and repeat the process over. The achievement will unlock once you have killed five enemies in this manner.