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Shocking

Shocking

In Bullseye DLC matchmaking, activated both electrical surge systems during a match on Vertigo.

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How to unlock the Shocking achievement in Halo 4 - Definitive Guide

This achievement requires you to activate both electrical surges on the Vertigo Map.

To do this you must shoot the red switches on the Map.

1)One is located on the giant single tower near the cliff. You will find the red switch on the front of the tower facing the middle of the map.

2)The second red switch is located on the other base. It will be on the front of the base facing the giant tower.

NOTE: Once you shoot a switch it will be blocked by a wall. When this happens you just have to wait for it to come back on.
NOTE 2: You do not have to shoot both the red switches at the same time or within seconds of each other. As long as you shoot two then you will get the achievement.

The achievement says to 'activate both electrical surge systems' but i got this by shooting the same electrical system twice.

Since the Playlist has been taken down. There is another way to get the map. Search team snipers until you get the map.

EDIT 1: shadowninja25 comments
I just got this last night and I think we were also doing Action Sack, IIRC.
Of note is that you do not need to wait for the thing to open up and expose the red area. After shooting it the first time and seeing it close, you can shoot it with the rocket launcher and it will still pop the achievement. Worked for everyone in our session that tried it.
EDIT 2: mDoolin14 comments
2021 update: was able to find vertigo and pitfall in team swat. Also, found pitfall in rumble pit. Team swat, rumble pit, and team slayer can all be started with 6 ppl instead of 8 making it slightly easier to boost
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20 Aug 2013 13:20

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I shot the two different switches in different times.. then I shot again the first one a few seconds after I shot the other one, and the achievement popped. I thought I had to do them at the same time, maybe I was just unlucky :P
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By xDnl94 on 20 Aug 2013 13:31
can you do this in private?
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By Flash Incarnate on 22 Aug 2013 23:55
@Sever Flash

No it must be matchmaking as the achievement specifies it.
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By IDarK VorteXX on 24 Aug 2013 09:40
Champions bundle DLC.
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By IDarK VorteXX on 10 Sep 2013 18:09
Im glad i could help.
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By IDarK VorteXX on 10 Sep 2013 20:25
they took off this playlist so can you confirm another playlist that this map will show up on?
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By I Run Oregon on 12 Dec 2013 05:02
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By Bchek on 13 Dec 2013 15:25
Anyone else had any luck finding any either of these maps? I've tried all the playlists that supposedly include Vertigo and Pitfall but I'm still yet to come across them.
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By SwearySean on 22 Dec 2013 18:02
Team snipers should have the Vertigo map. try that untill you get it.
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By IDarK VorteXX on 22 Dec 2013 20:56
If you all thought finding the maps in Dec. was hard, just try now. I've played 10+ hours of games, backing out of all lobbies during the voting phase over and over, and I have never once seen Vertigo in the voting screen. Not once.
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By willow ve on 31 Mar 2014 00:30
The only way I managed to get it was by boosting. It took a short while to find the other group, but we were matched up within 10 minutes and providing everyone has the DLC, (obviously) you'll get all the maps you need easily.
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By SwearySean on 31 Mar 2014 00:44
Nice that we pay for maps and they are only randomly available. Bungie had it down with leaving in a DLC playlist.
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By PhilTheStampede on 23 Apr 2014 07:07
Have been trying to find this map on and off for about 3 months now, tried team snipers and avrious other game types. vertigo never popped up even on the voting screen cry
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By ScottLy95 on 04 Dec 2014 10:51
Vertigo came up as team snipers for me.
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By Solario32 on 25 Mar 2015 13:29
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 11:03
This is the last achievement i need so I'm going to try deleting all of the other map packs and sign in extra controllers to increase the chance that the map will be vertigo. I believe getting the map will depend on everyone who joins your lobby also having the bullseye map pack?

If this doesn't work ill have to boost it..
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By DELT4 UK on 08 Jan 2016 18:47
It takes 2 minutes for the shield to cool off. Helpful to know if you are with a group.
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By Kung Fu Riki on 07 May 2016 22:10
My group of 8 found this map through the Action Sack playlist, but it took a very long time for it to show up. When it did, the gametype was Clang of the Hill, so we all had swords. I was worried at first we wouldn't be able to activate the surge systems with the swords, but it did work. You just have to jump up and slash at the switches.
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By papageno86 on 06 Jun 2017 02:42
I just got this last night and I think we were also doing Action Sack, IIRC.

Of note is that you do not need to wait for the thing to open up and expose the red area. After shooting it the first time and seeing it close, you can shoot it with the rocket launcher and it will still pop the achievement. Worked for everyone in our session that tried it.
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By shadowninja25 on 15 Dec 2018 15:49
GT: J The Altruist

Looking to boost Halo 4 achievements and some of the other games before the server shutdown
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By J ROLL 1998 on 05 Mar 2021 16:39
2021 update: was able to find vertigo and pitfall in team swat. Also, found pitfall in rumble pit. Team swat, rumble pit, and team slayer can all be started with 6 ppl instead of 8 making it slightly easier to boost
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By mDoolin14 on 17 Apr 2021 05:22
Looking to boost. GT: CLOVR
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By CLOVR on 20 Aug 2021 00:58
Down to get all the dlc achievements before servers shut down. I have 2 other controllers to help fill the lobby and will help others with their achievements too. Message me on Xbox so we can coordinate a time. GT: Nahzario
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By Nahzario on 04 Dec 2021 14:15
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IDarK VorteXX's guide for this achievement is spot on about the location of these switches.

Here's a video guide I found on Youtube to give you an image of where the switches are located.
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20 Aug 2013 17:15

As an addition to the other cohesive guides I will point out that you can find both of these maps (Pitfall and Vertigo) in the action sack playlist as of 24/10/2014.
The max party size for this playlist is 8, which makes these two achievements alot easier to boost as you only need two people with four sets of sticks each to start a game.

Shocking:
-Any gametype with a firearm loadout will work for this achievement.
-Make sure you and the person you boost with both have the map pack downloaded.
-Have the party leader keep searching and backing out until you get a game on Vertigo
-Once the game starts up, shoot the two circles as in the above guides and voila.
*Note I only had to shoot one of the switches for this achievement to pop for me. I know for a fact I had never played on this map in a public game, so this achievement can be glitchy it seems.


Hopefully this helps as I know I had never seen either of these maps once while searching in public games.
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24 Oct 2014 22:07

Once you have found a match on this map, make your way to the center of the map and locate the red power switches on either base. They can be found on the outer walls of each base. Use any weapon you'd like to shoot both power systems until they explode and are locked by a small metal gate. Once you "activate" both of these switches the achievement will unlock. The gates covering the each electrical system will open back up after a short time - 3 to 4 minutes - so there are plenty of chances to get this done in a single match.

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