Halo 4
86 Achievements
2,000
26-34h
Explore the Floor
Tricked or forced a Hunter to fall to his demise in mission 6.
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How to unlock the Explore the Floor achievement in Halo 4 - Definitive Guide
The first time in co-op, I was positioned a platform away from the Hunters and my co-op partner was idol & away back at the first platform I'd honestly forgotten about this achievement at the time and as the Hunters tried to attack me from a platform away, I was just hurling grenades and firing away at them with my Battle Rifle. One of them got a little too close to the edge and as I started firing my Needler in its direction, the Hunter simply tried to evade by dashing to its right, and then fell to his demise. Achievement Unlocked - 20G
Revisiting the mission (from rally point delta), I put together a video this time recorded on Easy. The achievement doesn't specifiy which difficulty the mission needs to be on so I'd recommend sticking it on easy too. The Chief comes equipped with a Jetpack for the mission which comes in handy against the Hunters.
Once you reach the platform where the Hunters are, take one of them out first so you can focus soley on just the one. The Hunters don't always react the way you may want them to when using gun fire against them, so the best bet here is to use their melee attack against them. Constantly put yourself in danger by staying close to the Hunter until you can get it close to an edge. You'll find that the Hunter likes to back away from YOU (strangely) so once it is close to an edge, quickly switch sides with the Hunter so then its next melee attack will result in the Hunter falling off the edge.
This can seem a little bit tricky to do but it's really not that bad. With the difficulty being set to Easy, the damage taken from the Hunters Melee is light. Make sure you use your Jetpack to get back onto the platform should the Hunter melee you clean off of it. If you die, either when the Hunter does too or just by accident, the checkpoint will restart you at the point where the Hunters spawn in. Dust yourself off and try again.
Be sure to take a look at the comments section of this solution for some more tips & tricks on how to make these Hunters drop to their death.
Check out this video for more details and help on how to get these big guys to fall to their death:
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When the hunters first drop down, one runs to the right hand side. All you need to do is throw a grenade at his feet. It blows up and he bounces off the edge. I found frag the most useful but plasma will also work.
I just did this (on Heroic) tonight without really needing to do anything.
I actually found this method in one the previous solutions comments section. However I felt that it needed to stand out as a solution as it worked first time for me after trying for around half an hour.
First and foremost, full credit goes to StoneAgeMachine as it was his comment. Simply lure the Hunter onto the Light bridge and toss a prometheon grenade onto it, this will cause the Hunter to jump sideways and viola, achievement popped!
I was playing on normal alone and i had the Incineration Cannon from the last enemy of the previous area, all you should need is one shot.
Grab the Fuel Rod Cannon from the Elite just before the Hunter platform and take one of them down. Then switch to the incineration cannon, one hit from this knocks them flying but doesnt kill them. It will however, kill you if you stand too close. Jostle with the hunter until he is fairly close to the edge and shoot him in the face. Achievement pop.
2) Lure at least one of the hunters over to the explosive barrels on the same platform where they spawn
3) throw a pulse grenade on the barrels
4) watch the hunter(s) vault through the air in a giant explosion
I did this once by accident, restarted and once again to confirm that pulse grenades + barrels = flying hunters. Or you can duel it out with them using a jet pack (much more fun but takes longer and may not be good for your health)
Achievement Difficulty: Very Very Easy
1. Load the Mission "Shutdown" on Easy difficulty
2. Select the "Rally Point - Delta" checkpoint
3. Play through the mission and eventually you will be at an area with a small blue light bridge, 2 Hunter enemies will drop in. You can't miss this encounter so don't worry.
4. Stand on the bridge and wait for one to come and try to melee you. You can also try running back and forth a bit as they get closer. Some people recommend just standing on the bridge.
5. Eventually one will fall off while trying to melee you. For me it was the one who was still on the main platform, it went right over the edge. It took me 5 or 6 tries but then I got it. Achievement will pop a few seconds after the Hunter goes over the edge.
Campaign Mission 6 'Shutdown' specific. Online not required. Can be obtained on Easy+.
Use 'Mission Select' after initial Campaign playthrough if missed.
There are two Hunters found after 'Rally Point Delta' that you can lure into charging you. Jump/Jetpack out of the way at the last moment and one will fall to his demise.
Hunters are the large armoured enemies that look like this:
There are two ways to do this. The easier way involves having a jetpack when you get to the section with the two Hunters in mission 6. I recommend killing one of the hunters as fast as you can. Now you'll have to get the hunter to fall off the ledge. As seen in the video, what I did was stand at the edge, and then have him charge at you. As he begins charging, use your jetpack to get to safety, and watch as the hunter keeps going over the edge.
Another method involves trying to make the hunter back up off the corner by looking at him and moving back and forth to try and have him step off the edge, although I found that method difficult.