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Death from Above

Death from Above

Showed 50 Locusts the meaning of sky-fire with HOD Command Center.

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How to unlock the Death from Above achievement in Gears of War 3 - Definitive Guide

Very easy achievement. But, it only counts kills in the campaign portion of the DLC, not for Hammer kills in Horde. Wait until you get to chapter 4 where you use the Hammer of Dawn (for the second time in Raam's Shadow) and kill all of the running Theron. Keep the cursor just above the bottom seeder so you can kill 3-4.

Once they've stopped spawning, kill the seeders, which forces you to leave the hammer of dawn screen then pause and reload the checkpoint to do it again.

Shouldn't take longer than 5 minutes.

EDIT: Some people are so quick to downvote lol.. The achievement tracker won't appear until you leave the hammer of dawn screen.
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12 Dec 2011 11:30

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None of the kills from that one are counting for me. Tried reloading a few times and got same results.
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By fallouthirteen on 13 Dec 2011 20:56
The kill markers don't show until after you kill the 3rd seeder.
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By visheyry on 13 Dec 2011 21:18
Biotrigger is half retarded. When you play the campagn, you will have 2 opportunities to use the hammer of dawn command center(chap 1 and chap 2). Use the method and you will get it in 4 tries. Easy as 1-2-3
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By wes coasn on 13 Dec 2011 22:14
I can see why Biotrigger has been confused. I was the same. I have had all fortifications maxed out for weeks, and have just been waiting for the DLC to release so my Hammer of Dawn Command Center kills would count. I must've got over 100 this evening, no achievement, not even one counted. I had no idea it referred ONLY to the campaign part of the DLC. The achievement makes no mention of specifics whatsoever. So, you might want to clarify that right at the start of your guide.
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By Izzy of Albion on 13 Dec 2011 22:34
Might also want to mention to reload checkpoint AFTER coming out of hammer screen. Restarting while in the hammer will not save kills.
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By Mike Langlois on 13 Dec 2011 23:36
Worked like charm for me! Kill all mobs, kill 3 big ones, press X and thats it - kills counts. Repeat 4 times ;)
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By AngeluzsX on 14 Dec 2011 00:28
So the first time doesn't count?
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By Iceberg082006 on 14 Dec 2011 02:16
Oh wait it does
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By Iceberg082006 on 14 Dec 2011 02:17
if playing with friends, it appears that only the host's hammer kills count. best to do this on solo
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By SPARTANKING8675 on 14 Dec 2011 04:54
I've noticed that in arcade (which in my case was played with 3 easy mutators on), the reload last checkpoint option is grayed out and unavailable.
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By CheeseSodaPunch on 14 Dec 2011 04:57
Quite outrageous this solution gets so many negative votes since it's spot on.
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By TriRock on 14 Dec 2011 10:22
let the game kick you out of the Hammer screen, Pressing X too quickly wasnt saving my kills for some reason
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By kid vicious on 15 Dec 2011 15:56
Yea can't reload checkpoint it says on standard
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By Iceberg082006 on 16 Dec 2011 04:14
And when u can it's too late
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By Iceberg082006 on 16 Dec 2011 04:14
I did this for 10 minutes, making sure I killed all the seeders then pressed X to leave the HoD screen and no kill counter was popping up. So I kept playing till I hit a check point and none of the kills counted. Do I have to stay on the HoD screen till it kicks me off for it to count?
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By on 17 Dec 2011 02:21
Yes u have to stay till it kicks u off.
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By Thief44 on 20 Dec 2011 03:37
Think you should reword the solution, I read it and assumed that you could use the hammer twice in chapter 4 and went past it onto a new checkpoint.. You mean for the second time throughout the whole DLC. Now I have to start chapter 4 again :P.
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By Callumpy on 29 Dec 2011 16:11
It wouldn't let me reload the checkpoint after getting kicked from the Hammer screen (the option was greyed out, the same as CheeseSodaPunch mentioned, but even in Standard) , but so long as your kill counter has popped up[, just quit back to the main menu then reload your last save. The checkpoint is just prior to taking control of the Hammer, so it won't take more than a few minutes to get this one knocked off
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By Brasshande on 03 Jan 2012 19:15
this is how it worked for me
Standard
Chapter 4
At the moment you need to destroy 3 seeders using the command center. Kill all the running Locust, kill all 3 seeders and don't press any button! You'll be kicked off the hammer of dawn screen and the kill count will appear. You should be able to restart last checkpoint.
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By Monokona on 04 Jan 2012 22:38
Got the kill count to appear after being kicked out of the HoD screen by the game. But even before i could press start, it gave me a checkpoint. Damn... Have to restart chapter now.
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By Kennyannydenny on 06 Jan 2012 12:26
Thanks for tha guide man and i just got to this checkpoint!!!!!!
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By Dark Rocky X on 09 Jan 2012 19:06
I can confirm that players other than the host do not get any credit for this part. We counted 60+ kills per player as we redid this portion over and over, and only our host got the achievement
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By Maethor on 14 Feb 2012 16:56
You should change the way you have written to leave the command center. After I killed all of the grub and seeders, I would exit with the [X] button like I inferred from your solution. None of these kills counted, and it wasn't until after about 10 reloads that I realized that the kills only counted if you waited until the game forced you out of the command center. I however could be wrong, and this could have only been happening on my game.
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By LobsterParty on 02 Mar 2012 15:56
Lobster and a few others are spot on. PLEASE REWORD YOUR SOLUTION so other people don't waste 15+ minutes like I and other have trying to figure out why kills aren't counting.
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By Lonsta DaMonsta on 30 Mar 2012 05:54
thanks for the solution, worked a treat! i didnt read the comments so i of course killed all the therons, exited the command centre with "X" and reloaded the checkpoint without killing the seeders. (stupidly i thought you would get anouther checkpoint after killing the seeders thus overwriting the checkpoint) but i read your solution again and realised i got it wrong lol. cheevo popped after a few reloads :) thanks again!
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By iM3RKxYOUx on 08 Apr 2012 12:49
I concur with most of the above. It would be worth making it clear in the solution that you MUST kill all 3 seeders and let the game kick you out of the HoD screen. Pressing 'X' to exit counts for nothing.
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By Xebu on 14 Apr 2012 17:20
I made it pretty clear what had to be done and that killing the seeders would then make you leave the screen if you wait for 2 seconds but.. I've edited it.
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By Panda360x on 14 Apr 2012 17:31
"then pause and reload the checkpoint to do it again" , your exact words.......the game does not let you do that...thumbs down until you remove this completely inaccurate statement
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By Solo P3T3R on 04 May 2012 03:02
Thanks for the solution...worked like a charm.
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By I Vitality l on 01 Aug 2012 17:08
Humans are stupid, i'm going over to the Locust Side, (after killing the seeders and letting the game boot me from the HOD console of course).
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By Brudworx on 23 Mar 2013 13:54
Downvoted: chapter 1 is faster. Read one of the solutions below.
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By A1exRD on 22 Aug 2020 16:37
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Start on RAAM's Shadow: Chapter 1. Play through until you get the "They are inside out perimeter" warning. Kill the grubs coming out of the hole to the left, then kill two (and only two reavers). After that, another grub hole will open to the far right, destroying the barrier between the base and the street. Kill the grubs here and once the E-Hole closes, head to the Hammer of Dawn Command Station. Kill all of the smaller grubs first and then the Reavers. Killing all the Reavers will end the segment, even if there are smaller grubs left.

I find this method is slightly faster. You can get 8-10 kills per 3.5 minutes. The other option is toward the middle of Chapter 4. It's a long chapter and during my normal play through it took me about 25 minutes to get to the command post and use the hammer. You still have to rinse and repeat several times. However, if you need all 50 kills and you want to do them at once then that may be faster. I suspect most people will have even a few kills with the Hammer before they clean this up though.

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14 Dec 2011 15:32

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I think this solution is faster than that one on chapter 4. Since reloading the last cheackpoint doesnt work on chapter 4, you have to play longer until you get to the Hammer...
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By FatalBrush on 15 Jan 2012 17:11
Thumbs up from me.
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By Dan vasNormandy on 18 Jun 2014 03:54
start of ch 1 in Ramm's shadow on solo, when you finally get to use the hammer the reaver kills should count as three because your taking the rider and gunner out as well,you should get around nine to twelve kills per go so just rinse and repeat 5 times,takes about 10 mins easy
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14 Dec 2011 12:29

The key to getting the achievement "death from above" is: while playing "Act 4: Under the Shadow" man the "mobile command center" and make sure to strike the multiple pairs of infantry that are sprinting from top to bottom. Once the infantry quits spawning, destroy the seeders. (repeat)

tips:
- keep your target area just above the bottom seeder.
- lead your targets because the hammer takes time to prime.
* It will take about three campaign playthroughs to get the achievement naturally.
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19 Dec 2011 21:08