Generation Zero

Generation Zero

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Running Wild

Running Wild

Use a melee weapon to blow up 20 cars.

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How to unlock the Running Wild achievement in Generation Zero - Definitive Guide

Pretty simple, I used a baseball bat and just hit 20 cars. Depending on your health level you may die each time you blow up a car so a good place to do it is near safe houses. I blew up most of the cars in the base game and the last couple in the Alpine unrest DLC. Explosions that blow up multiple cars at once only count as one car.
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06 Sep 2020 03:06

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No i just did what i said. Deleted save everywhere. Took me almost 2 hours to start my own game and find the gray bat and my 20 cars. Theres always a bat in the first house . The hard part was finding cars and how slow your character is without any skill points. I was one of those people who had destroyed +200 cars prior to the patch. Maybe thats why? My friend got his no problem but me.... probably there was a hidden in-game counter and mine was already passed 20 and wouldn't trigger the achievement. I can only think that joining someones elses game can void u the achievement too. You got to do it on your own hosted game without joining anyone prior
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By Gutsy Goddess on 21 Feb 2021 08:52
Used the xbltracker site says UNLOCKED 70 under this achievement but also says 0% under it as well so yeah this one is glitched hope they fix it soon. i have probably blown up 70 cars with melee I think if you blow up one car in a group of close cars ALL the cars count)
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By Glenn 46 on 29 Dec 2020 14:47
So uninspiring. They could replace it with "Kill the flying drone in one shot from distance larger than 150meters" - it's infinitely better than the existing one.
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By on 28 Nov 2020 01:52
Yes, it is a pretty lame achievement
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By Nemesis rooster on 28 Nov 2020 19:31
Seems impossible to unlock now after Dec 2020 update... lame. Last achievement for me too lol
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By BILLTHECRUSHER on 15 Dec 2020 13:33
That sucks if the December update glitched it, from memory I probably blew up 30 or more cars before it finally popped. Have you tried deleting your local save file? That sometimes works
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By Nemesis rooster on 17 Dec 2020 23:18
Cant get this to pop. Tried surviving explosions, dying from explosions, lootable cars, cars covered in tarp, and nothing. Any suggestions?
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By ThorsBaldEagle on 25 Dec 2020 01:40
I believe it's just glitched right now from the recent patch. Will have to wait for a fix most likely.
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By Skate 323 on 26 Dec 2020 00:35
Maybe try only doing it in the Alpine unrest area only but as @Skate 323 said it's most likely glitched.
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By Nemesis rooster on 26 Dec 2020 07:17
Have you looked on XBL tracker website? It will show you how many cars you have tracked as destroyed and you will know for certain if the achievement is glitched
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By Nemesis rooster on 26 Dec 2020 08:16
Thanks Nemesis will check it out, do you have a link?
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By ThorsBaldEagle on 27 Dec 2020 02:33
Not sure how to post a link but I just search xbltracker.com
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By Nemesis rooster on 27 Dec 2020 03:34
Something is wrong with this, maybe I need stamina when I swing, maybe I need a charged swing, maybe I need to hit a certain part of car maybe.

Then again that walk 90KM achievement glitched and didn't kick in until more like 850km, maybe it only counted walk meters since I mainly crawl or crouch or run most the time. Maybe there is something wrong in my technique, or maybe it will be one of those achievements that kicks in late.
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By Yu Silly Goose on 28 Jan 2021 23:58
@Yu silly goose, hit the car around the hood. It takes a few hits to get them to explode.
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By Nemesis rooster on 29 Jan 2021 02:18
Wish I would have looked here before attempting this. Just spent the entire night running around, beating on cars for a whole lot of nothing.
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By Medieval Dead on 05 Feb 2021 08:20
as of feb 16 2021, this is still not working. just ran with the bat and destroyed 31 cars. the devs said they hope to fix this in the next patch. I was told this by systemic reaction : a creative division of avalanche studios group.

edit: this now works. I had to blow up another 26 cars for it to pop. 16 Feb 21 7am
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By Mariotti86 on 16 Feb 2021 08:36
Thanks @ FleshMechanic for the update. You are correct that chained explosions don't count. I will update my solution.
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By Nemesis rooster on 17 Feb 2021 00:28
I still can not get this to pop. Updated the game and tried it. Blew up 40 and gave up. Deleted my save. Joined a friend and destroyed another 30. Left and started my own game and destroyed another +30. Deleted my save again from everywhere and did 25 in a row without chain explosion and ket healing myself without dying. It does not pop for me no matter what i do. All im gonna do is to start a fresh save and get that gray rarity bat and start without anything and keep blowing my way up to 20. Which would take 2-3 hours at best . Lets see
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By Gutsy Goddess on 20 Feb 2021 19:50
@Gutsy Goddess, you are on the Recent winners list so it may have unlocked but didn't show on screen.
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By Nemesis rooster on 20 Feb 2021 21:25
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Can this be unlocked if the DLC has NOT been purchased?
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By E vee dub on 24 Feb 2022 13:59
It only unlocks if you have the DLC.
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By MCs 117 Spartan on 25 Feb 2022 10:13
Weird. I got the achievement for killing one of each type of Apocalypse class robot without the dlc.
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By FullMoonBeaver on 27 Mar 2023 17:07
I don't have the DLC and didn't know it was needed at the time. I counted mine and it didn't pop on the 20th car. So I tried to blow up another and couldn't. After the 20th car, my bat and sledge don't do damage to cars. I can still blow them up every other way though.
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By adrenilinn on 30 May 2023 05:12
How to destroy cars? I have a bat and Sledgehammer and no matter how many times i hit a car - it doesn't explode, tried different parts of the car and on multiple different cars.
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By lab0kup on 08 Jun 2023 09:32
I finally got the achievement, for anyone struggling in the future: i used tier 2 bat - and cars don't blow up.
When i tried it with tier 4 bat - it worked, so the weapon must be tier 4 or higher.
PS: Many thanks to ExoSin for helping me with figuring it out!
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By lab0kup on 09 Jun 2023 16:18
I got them to blow using a T3 bat... However, now Im using my wifes T4 bat and I have blown up probably 40 cars. No achievement! And I am not counting cars that blew up in a chain reaction.
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By ProstheticTorso on 03 May 2024 05:28
Has anyone found a way? Will there be a patch? I destroyed 50 cars both with bat and hammer. Nothing..
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By Gutsy Goddess on 03 Jan 2021 20:10
I have been monkeying around with this one for a few days trying different methods, different gear, targeting just one type one each vehicle to 20, never dying, only targeting cars in one area of map, swapping weapons between hits and nothing is working so yeah this one is most likely unattainable till a patch is put out which I am pretty sure they will do.
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By Glenn 46 on 09 Jan 2021 01:54
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General tips to make this easier and faster:

You don’t even need a high-tiered bat to do this…I accomplished it with a one-star I found early in the game. It just goes faster with a stronger bat.

As mentioned in the other solution, if you destroy a vehicle and the explosion takes out others, it only counts as one. Unless your health is low, you should survive a single vehicle explosion. You probably won’t live through multiple explosions at once. Bear that in mind when choosing locations.

As for locations, towns and churches (which are usually places to respawn) tend to have at least a few cars, though churches often have them in close proximity in parking lots, which is usually instant death. Look for isolated vehicles to avoid excess deaths, if you care about that. (If you don’t, swing away). A good place to work on this achievement is Fiskeback, located on the northern coast of the South Coast Region. There are a lot of isolated cars there, and if you die, there’s also a safe house in the town. I finished off the achievement there.

I fast traveled between towns and churches and had this done in about an hour or so.
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28 Jan 2022 00:59

A bat of level 3 and above is suitable. With a level 2 bat, cars do not explode.
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28 Feb 2024 08:07