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Just a Scratch

Just a Scratch

In matchmaking, recovered full shields from low health with both Resistor and Recharge active.

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How to unlock the Just a Scratch achievement in Halo 4 - Definitive Guide

Note: All of the Champions Bundle Achievements are "buggy." They are generally slow to unlock and/or take multiple attempts before unlocking. Follow the descriptions of the achievements and/or instructions and they will unlock.

Eventually.

Step 1: Buy Champions Bundle. Note: The perks have been unlocked and buying Champions Bundle is no longer necessary.
Step 2: Equip Resistor.
Step 3: Equip Recharge.
Step 4: Equip Plasma Pistol
Step 5: Spawn into game.
Step 6: Look straight down and aim at foot.
Step 7: Press Y to swap to Plasma Pistol.
Step 8: Hold RTrigger to overcharge Plasma Pistol.
Step 9: Release RTrigger to fire overcharged bolt at your foot.
Steps 10-15: Quickly repeat Steps 8 through 9 three more times to fire a total of four Overcharged Plasma Pistol shots at your foot and to drain the Plasma Pistol.
Step 16: Collect achievement.

Alternate options exist in using a combination of PP overcharges, Frags and/or Pulse Grenades.

Credit goes to Tyrant and his LASO runs in Halo Reach.
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20 Aug 2013 18:35

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ok so i have been doing this and my achievement is not popping very annoying any other suggestions...this is my last achievement for this dlc
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By TheBigTicket94 on 20 Aug 2013 22:34
No idea, the list seems a little glitchy on a whole and I noticed that achievements were slow to pop and extremely slow to view while in game.
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By Methew on 20 Aug 2013 22:53
hmmm strange
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By TheBigTicket94 on 20 Aug 2013 23:06
finally got this ok some advice if achievement is not working for anyone...i played rumble pit and the first time i tried the achievement popped up
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By TheBigTicket94 on 20 Aug 2013 23:35
Just cause the this was confusing, point the charged pistol at your foot! Shoot yourself x4 with the charged pistol, drain the gun. Let your health recharge and pop! I also did this on regicide rumble pit!
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By PhxSuns1Fan on 21 Aug 2013 02:26
Fix't.
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By Methew on 21 Aug 2013 03:37
I eventually got this achievement, but it was tricky for me. It popped after a long while when I was playing.


Was I supposed to drain all of my shields and shoot myself three additional times with a charged shot?

I did that and I killed myself once.

Or was I supposed to wait for some of my shields to recharge first?
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By BGnasty on 22 Aug 2013 12:42
Just a note. You need 4 charged shots to get this.
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By on 24 Aug 2013 04:55
I got this in BTB,tried it twice in one game but the achievement didn't pop until about a couple of minutes later in the game.
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By Proxima Sunfire on 28 Aug 2013 13:40
i got an easier way. get the rail gun walk into a wall are fire
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By kHAOSkARNAGE on 02 Sep 2013 21:45
Anyone got any clue exactly when the armor stuff will be free?
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By XpecTed on 04 Sep 2013 09:54
@kHAOSkARNAGE That requires you to be able to get your hands on a Railgun. Rock and Rail in Action Sack won't work since it's a preset loadout that resets your perks.
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By Methew on 04 Sep 2013 20:40
Anyone got any clue exactly when the armor stuff will be free?
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By coreywolfg on 07 Sep 2013 05:16
Epic solution to the buggy achievement, man. Thanks. You're pretty much a legend for figuring this one out.
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By thunderkiss92 on 24 Sep 2013 02:29
Don't thank me. Thank Tyrant and his LASO runs for Halo: Reach. He used PP OCs aimed at his feet to damage his health so he could get full shield recharges from health packs. The mechanic carried over to H4.
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By Methew on 27 Sep 2013 06:18
Took two tries. Genius. +1
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By Ninja Scroll on 06 Oct 2013 03:19
Worked perfectly thanks!
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By godsandm0nsters on 03 Dec 2013 13:59
343 Industries has announced in the Halo Bulletin that the Resistor will be unlocked at december 9!
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By Yannickozzz on 05 Dec 2013 09:26
Yep, Resistor is now free.
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By DragonFangDan on 10 Dec 2013 06:08
Had to shoot 3 times for us.
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By Leo Ascendent on 17 Jan 2014 01:02
Perfect solution!
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By JonnyBlazin5 on 25 Jan 2014 21:36
Shot myself 4 times with charged pistol on ricochet but no cheev. Does game type matter?
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By Skoobasaurus on 07 Feb 2014 02:04
Gametypes matter only in the sense that some have preset Loadouts. It only works if you use your crafted Loadout with both Resistor and Recharge in it.
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By Methew on 07 Feb 2014 04:21
Yea i have both those and the plasma pistol but nothing yet
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By Skoobasaurus on 07 Feb 2014 23:21
not unlocking
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By DevilsNightt on 27 Jun 2014 08:46
I'm throwing several days hours and hours and I'm not getting to play these DLC maps, I'm playing the SWAT mode and FRANCO SHOOTERS TEAM, someone can tell me of any hint of which way I can play to get to play these maps Bullseye Pack and Champions title Update, I thank the attention.
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By Flavynho2 on 19 Sep 2015 11:15
Great tip for a sometime buggy achievement, works a treat. Thank you😜🎮
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By Le Gonk 80 on 07 Feb 2016 10:15
Just a heads up for anyone trying this in a non-English speaking country. If you set you locale to UK or USA (in system settings on dashboard) you will avoid the forced translation and you can actually figure out which of the loadouts is which. Not sure why they would do this, but I was doing this with the wrong loadout because the translation was awful.
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By Raythebest on 31 Jul 2017 16:54
This didn't work for me. I had to keep walking for it to unlock.
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By Rusty Nail zh on 04 Jan 2022 00:05
As of October 9th 2015. I gravemind do not have the DLC but for this i just pop this achievement CRAZY !!!. you must drain your plasma pistol at your foot until it's completely empty. Charge it up each time and shoot it at your foot until your plasma pistol is completely empty you must charge it up 3 or 4 times. it worked for me. hope so for anyone else..
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By II GraveMind II on 10 Oct 2015 00:12
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YOU MUST HAVE THE "CHAMPION BUNDLE" FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT!
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The person going for the achievement MUST have
resistor and recharge on there loudout.

The person helping them with the acheivement should have a plasma pistol.
now for how to do the achievement while in game.

1 person pull out Plasma Pistol
charge it up
release the charged shot on enemy that is obtaining achievement
immediately shoot them straight after the charge shot with 4 bullets from the plasma pistol.

Let their shield recharge and the achievement should unlock.
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21 Aug 2013 20:06

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This is the best method to unlock this one. Trying to shoot yourself at the foot with the plasma pistol is random at best and a pain after a while.
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By Dacius Decium on 22 Aug 2013 06:22
3 fully charged shots with the plasma pistol will work as well.
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By CrAzEdCaNuCk18 on 31 Aug 2013 06:44
At the moment, is it possible to unlock this achievement without the ''Champion Bundle'' and just the ''Bullseye DLC'' ? Thanks.
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By Mama Luigi 64 on 02 Feb 2014 20:42
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(At the moment) You NEED to buy the whole Champion's Bundle for this achievement. That is the only way to unlock the Resistor. Don't waste your money by only buying the Bullseye Pack like I did
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20 Aug 2013 15:38

The other guides work perfectly fine, except for one thing that no one specifies.

Because of what the Resistor perk is, you must be moving while you're shooting the ground underneath you with a Plasma Pistol.


So, follow the other guides for what you need Loadout-wise, then:
Spawn in with the proper loadout
Look straight down
Start walking forward
Hold in RT to Overcharge your Plasma Pistol into your feet 4 times
Keep walking until your shields recharge
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22 Sep 2017 20:22

As of October 9th 2015. I gravemind do not have the DLC but for this i just pop this achievement CRAZY !!!. you must drain your plasma pistol at your foot until it's completely empty. Charge it up each time and shoot it at your foot until your plasma pistol is completely empty you must charge it up 3 or 4 times. it worked for me. hope so for anyone else..
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10 Oct 2015 00:10

NOTE: The 360 servers for "Halo 4" were originally planned to sunset on December 18, 2021 but by the Grace of God, the shutdown date has been pushed back to January 13, 2022. That said, you should hurry up and boost the ever loving Hell out of the base game's online and the DLC achievements as soon as possible. Don't wait until the last minute, especially with the Challenger achievement!

Many of the matchmaking playlists have a minumum number of players required to get a game started so be prepared to wait a while. Considering how old this game is and that the player base was never very large to begin with, boosting may be the only way to get the online achievements nowadays.

That said, in order to get "Just a Scratch", you need to have the Resister and Recharge equipped on your loadout and you need to be damaged to where you see blood on the ground and your health meter is flashing red and beeping indicating you're close to death, and then the blue health meter bar refilling back up to full health.

Be warned though that this achievement is very buggy and is prone to glitching. It took me six matches and nearly an hour (while boosting other achievements) of heavy boosting to get it. I recommend getting into a party of eight to twelve players (or four to six actual players each with one extra dummy controller) and letting a fellow player (who's on the opposing team) shoot you with a plasma pistol until your health is damaged enough to be flashing red and then your blue health bar refill back up to full health. Because of how buggy this is, there's no guarantee it will work the first or second time. Just make sure you can communicate with your fellow boosters if you have it or not. Considering how old the game is and that it's reaching the end of it's life on January 13, 2022, this may be the only way most people will have a shot at this achievement. I attempted the 'solo' method and it didn't work for me. And this is coming from a gamer who generally isn't fond of boosting.

BE WARNED: Regardless of boosting method, the servers for "Halo 4" are notoriously unstable and are prone to disconnecting, booting players for no reason, or prone to aborting matchmaking due to unknown errors. They can even break up parties that were set up in order to boost them. Just be prepared for considerable aggravation at getting a game going on them. These servers are absolutely shit and they can go fuck themselves for all I care!
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28 Oct 2021 23:51

Before joining a match, make sure to equip both the Resistor and Recharge mods to any of your five loadouts. Now hop into the playlist of your choosing and play as you would normally. In order to obtain the achievement – which is by no means difficult – have one of your teammates lower your shields with a Plasma Pistol overcharge and then 4 normal Plasma Pistol shots to lower your health. When your shields recharge the achievement will unlock. If you want to work on this by yourself, you can shoot an overcharged Plasma Pistol shot your feet FOUR times to lower your shields and health. The achievement will unlock upon regaining your shields.

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