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Elephants Never Forget

Elephants Never Forget

Poached Ivory.

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How to unlock the Elephants Never Forget achievement in HITMAN - Definitive Guide

EDIT *From iVilux in the comments - "You need to die or complete the mission in order to unlock the achievement. If you have the challenge but no achievement, just quickly get into a game and die."

So I spent all day trying to work this one out and I believe I have the solution.

The first thing that you want to do is gain access to Morgan's Suite on the top floor. There are a few ways to do this but the method I chose was to do the "On The House" Opportunity. By following this opportunity through to completion, it will not only take you directly to the room you need to be in, but will also clear the bottom floor of all staff allowing you to freely move around (It will also give you the perfect opportunity to push Morgan off the balcony and complete the "I Believe I Can Fly" challenge which is part of the Drop the Bass achievement).

**Posted by Calex dEUS in the comments - "Probably obvious but you can get the 'hold my hair' challenge here too when he inspects the toilet."

Now once you are in the suite, you want to look around the room for small, golden elephant statues. I counted 15 on the bottom floor and 3 on the top floor for a total of 18, but I could have miscounted. Feel free to correct me if you count differently. I don't know exactly where all of the locations are but all of them were on bookshelves for me, both up high and on lower shelves. The three upstairs are all in the same room, the one with the heart made of flowers on the bed. This is where all of the staff seem to go when they leave the downstairs area and for me, one of them could see through my disguise so I ended up shooting them all.

There are also a few silver elephants. I don't think these are required but I shot any of them I saw anyway. You should hear an elephant sound after each one you shoot. The problem is that you won't hear a distinctive sound after you have shot them all so you will have to keep count and check each room thoroughly.

When you think you have shot them all, head downstairs to the main lobby. When you get to the bottom of the stairs, you should unlock the "I Will Cry If I Want To" challenge and the achievement should unlock. If you don't unlock the "I Will Cry If I Want To" challenge, then you haven't shot all of the elephants. For me, the achievement didn't unlock until I quit to the main menu so try that if it doesn't pop straight away.

This is an Easter egg by the way so if you want to see what exactly it does. Go outside the main entrance to where the two large elephant statues are and look at their faces. You will also hear unique dialogue from the NPCs but I won't ruin it for you.

If you prefer a video guide then check out the video below which was provided by Maka91.


All credit for the video goes to Maka91.

This is my first guide so please leave some feedback and tell me if anything needs to be added. I will of course credit you in the solution.
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Awesome guide man!
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By Jzarp43 on 16 Aug 2016 23:56
Dayum 15? Thanks for that, thought it had something to do with the two big golden elephants in front of the main entrance. +1
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By BLAZE VII on 17 Aug 2016 00:22
Thanks guys. The two large elephants are what threw me off. I tried everything with them until I got annoyed and decided to try something else. That's when i stumbled unto the small golden statues and the rest is history smile
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By Assassin EIRE on 17 Aug 2016 00:28
There's not. I did everything that was suggested and it never unlocked for me.
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By Dallasthedude on 06 Jul 2018 19:48
You need to die or complete the mission in order to unlock the achievement. If you have the challenge but no achievement, just quickly get into a game and die.
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By iVilux on 17 Aug 2016 13:42
@iVilux Thanks man. I'll add that to the solution.
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By Assassin EIRE on 17 Aug 2016 13:48
Thanks for the guide! I didn't hear any NPCs say anything though, could you please let me know what they said?
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By Ungro on 17 Aug 2016 16:24
I started the new level to get the challenge, but once I got it, the achievement never popped. Killed myself, nothing. Quit to main menu, nothing. Started the level again, killed the targets, did the challenge and completed the mission - got the challenge, but still no achievement.

Any ideas?
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By Mr Evil 37 on 17 Aug 2016 21:50
@Mr Evil 37 - Sounds like you are experiencing the very common, "Done... Unlocking" Glitch. I can't offer much help i'm afraid but try reading this link:
'Done! Unlocking...' what does it mean?

It may be able to help you.
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By Assassin EIRE on 17 Aug 2016 22:19
Probably obvious but you can get the 'hold my hair' challenge here too when he inspects the toilet. Thanks for the guide.
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By Calex dEUS on 18 Aug 2016 09:44
I'm actually running into the same problem that Mr Evil 37's having. The challenge is complete, I've died, finished the mission, quit, etc, and nothing is happening. The progress bar is still at 0%, not "Done! Unlocking..." like the two summer episode kill ones were for me for a while.
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By earlofillusion on 18 Aug 2016 18:21
Mine did not unlock before I had started a new game and died for a second time.
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By Culagher on 20 Aug 2016 10:30
Just killing the cleaning crew is much easier and fun.
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By AKfoy0face on 28 Aug 2016 18:25
Notice after you complete the challenge , two big elephants are crying blood ! laugh
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By Aliosghof on 08 Oct 2016 03:00
I thought I counted 17 elephants on the lower floor, so one of us (probably me :p) mis-counted.
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By stordoff on 22 Oct 2016 05:46
I have shot all the Gold Elephants. Finished the mission. No Cheevo. PLayed again, finished it no cheevo. Is this still not unlocking for anyone else?
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By SteampunkZomb1e on 02 Nov 2016 14:28
I'm joining the "No Unlock" train... I have the challenge but not the achievement...

I tried:
1. Dying
2. Restarting
3. Completed the mission (killed both and exited)
4. Completed an escalation in the level
5. Visited the achievements page on Xbox Web Page to force it to pop?
6. Shot the poor elephants all over again...

I guess i have to wait for it to randomly pop?
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By tntiseverywere on 06 Jan 2017 09:17
You have done exactly what i have done...and No cheevo. Has yours popped yet? Its really annoyed me.
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By SteampunkZomb1e on 10 Jan 2017 15:35
Thanks for the Exit To Menu advice. That got it to pop for me after shooting them all.
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By karabiner42 on 12 Jul 2017 21:24
About 4 months now and still no achievement.
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By DifficuIt Dave on 11 Dec 2017 10:39
Yeah nothing yet. I'm trying it on every update..
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By tntiseverywere on 11 Dec 2017 17:57
Just glitched on me too.
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By Dallasthedude on 13 Mar 2018 07:16
Got mine first try. Just shot all the elephants and exited the mission. 12/04/18.
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By THEpaynexkiller on 12 Apr 2018 13:21
Has there been an update recently?
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By Dallasthedude on 12 Apr 2018 13:24
Dying after the challenge completing didn't pop the achievement, so I completed the first step of The Somsak Equation escalation and it popped (the challenge finally was added to my mastery score upon completing the stage of the escalation).
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By OhMyGoth1 on 20 Apr 2018 14:47
Good guid. But no pop achievement. So I have to let enemy kill me, reload recently checkpoint and got pop achievement (or probably slowly delay pop either). Thumb up
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By oakdale7 on 25 May 2018 02:27
Still not popping after the latest patch.
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By tntiseverywere on 25 May 2018 06:05
after reading all the guides/comments, i was worried about it not unlocking for me. shot all the statues and got the challenge completed, but no achievement, tried everything suggested, completing, dying, reloading, etc. it just popped for me when i was browsing the opportunities in the pause menu.

one thing i didn't see mentioned - if anyones really stuck with achievements, try power cycling your xbox, hold the power button until the xbox is completely off then switch it back on then boot the game back up. this method worked for a few achievements i didn't get first time, including level 5 escalation and level 20 mastery.
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By Edgify on 15 Jun 2018 17:42
It's been months and it hasn't unlocked for me.
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By Dallasthedude on 15 Jun 2018 21:54
I haven't started this game yet, but would want to get the 100%....what is the best way to avoid the glitch/bug?
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By NoHeroes94 on 06 Jul 2018 09:49
Once I got challenge and no achievement I exit to main menu still no pop. Then I load my save before shot all elephants do it again and after shot it all just let guards kill me. Achievement pop
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By LaughinGuo on 16 Aug 2018 11:14
Yup, didn't unlock initially. Reloaded save, shot last 3 elephants and then died in a fist fight - achievement unlocked.
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By Raptures Lost on 19 Aug 2018 16:58
It worked for me after I finished the mission.
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By BegFourMercy on 21 Aug 2018 03:44
No offense to everyone who's gotten it, but please know that some of you will get lucky and get the achievement. Other people like myself don't get it, no matter how many times I've re-tried. It's really only going to be beneficial to hear from people who've not been able to unlock it after months and then somehow they try something new that works.
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By Dallasthedude on 21 Aug 2018 05:21
Is there a way to delete all your save (local and cloud) to completely wipe your challenge progress? Could be an option if you only have 2 achievements left...
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By NoHeroes94 on 21 Sep 2018 16:52
Not that I know of. I tried deleting mine but the games servers themselves seem to save your info.
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By Dallasthedude on 21 Sep 2018 22:50
I did it first try - just destroy 18 elephants, unlock challenge, reload save and get killed by guards - achievement poped. Don't know why it have discontinued/unobtainable flag?
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By Ogikiller1987 on 06 Nov 2018 14:40
Because for people like me it never unlocks. I've redone it over 30 times.
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By Dallasthedude on 06 Nov 2018 15:24
This achievement works perfectly if you're using the legacy pack in Hitman 2
I used the above guide (as there's no guide within the Hitman 2 game page) and the achievement unlocked when I got into the atrium (specifically when I stepped off the last step).
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By ExactBananas on 12 Dec 2018 09:36
Had it glitched on you prior to you being able to unlock it?
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By Dallasthedude on 12 Dec 2018 10:06
It worked for me. First I completed the challenge. Then I reloaded a save, tried getting killed, but it didn't work. I went to re-planning the mission and it triggered. So I think that re-planning has the same trigger effect as finishing a mission.
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By Sir Danistar on 23 Dec 2018 10:49
It worked for me first time. Achievement unlocked during the cutscene after completing the mission. However, I did complete a bunch of other challenges I hadn't completed yet so I don't know if that factored in. Anyway, excellent guide! Thank you!
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By Stanky Lefthand on 29 Jan 2019 09:58
This achievement was glitched for me and no matter how many times I tried it would not unlock. I found a website https://personal.hitman.io Once you screen comes up you just pick what system you have the hitman game on, and they will delete the data that is on the servers. Takes a few weeks, but once they were finished. Played the level over again and the achievement unlocked
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By Fred F Burger on 12 Mar 2019 23:38
This achievement was glitched for me and no matter how many times I tried it would not unlock. I found a website https://personal.hitman.io Once you screen comes up you just pick what system you have the hitman game on, and they will delete the data that is on the servers. Takes a few weeks, but once they were finished. Played the level over again and the achievement unlocked
This works!!!!!! Finally done!
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By Dallasthedude on 20 Mar 2019 01:44
That link wipes all your progress right?
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By tntiseverywere on 20 Mar 2019 04:53
Yes, but once you get emailed that it's done make sure to wipe it on the console and don't let the cloud save sync.
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By Dallasthedude on 20 Mar 2019 05:52
This achievement was glitched for me and no matter how many times I tried it would not unlock. I found a website https://personal.hitman.io Once you screen comes up you just pick what system you have the hitman game on, and they will delete the data that is on the servers. Takes a few weeks, but once they were finished. Played the level over again and the achievement unlocked
Thanks for finding and sharing this method! I can confirm this works, I finally got my achievement.
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By Young Turkish89 on 24 Mar 2019 03:49
Can anyone post the exact steps to avoid the loss of the game progress for one achievement? How do you backup your save to restore after the reset?
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By tntiseverywere on 24 Mar 2019 07:09
I just reset my progress. It states that it does delete your Hitman 2 data
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By ReptarOnIce3000 on 30 Jun 2019 05:48
Wow that’s super inconvenient. And what’s even more so is that these devs don’t care about this game anymore. Not sure we’ll ever get a confirmed fix for this. This one, drop the bass, and perfectionist are all glitched for me. All challenges relating to those achievements are completed too.
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By BRGoBlue95 on 30 Jun 2019 06:27
I'd say finish Hitman 2 and just reset.
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By ReptarOnIce3000 on 30 Jun 2019 15:46
I'm glad it popped for me when I completed the mission. I recommend taking out the 3 statues upstairs and then fetching Morgan to move the staff out of the downstairs which makes things much easier.
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By Gilbert Prime on 30 Jan 2021 01:11
Was having trouble as well, but instead of exiting mission when you get the challenge choose to replan the mission. It popped when I loaded my save on the atrium hit replan
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By WN VET on 16 Sep 2021 19:30
15/01/2022
I've complete challenge during first mission (after kill Morgan from suite) and didn't unlock initially. Reloaded save, shot last 3 elephants and then died in a first fight & achievement unlocked.
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By iManuBAD iT on 15 Jan 2022 14:52
Totally worked, WN VET. Thanks to everybody for sharing their tips! toast
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By Brave Tanuki on 15 Mar 2022 16:25
@Assassin: Yea you and me both. laugh Annoying thingy though, my achievement unlocked earliest during the cutscene at the airport. Same with another achievement. Hate that they don't pop right away, can be really confusing. Guess XBL trolling again. Well just a heads-up for others!
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By BLAZE VII on 17 Aug 2016 07:55
@earlofillusion - It won't always say "Done! Unlocking...". I've had achievements stuck at 0% for a few weeks before they unlocked.

I'm sorry to say that I really don't know why the achievement hasn't unlocked for you. If you have the challenge, you should get the achievement. Maybe the only option is to wait a while and see if it unlocks? Other than that, I don't know what else to suggest. Sorry.
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By Assassin EIRE on 18 Aug 2016 18:25
I followed the walkthrough posted here on TA and got the achievement the first time. I shot all the elephants, walked into the atrium where the "I Can Cry If I Want To" challenge completion notification, then completed the mission (both kills) and found an exit. The achievement popped at the score screen. So my tip is to 1) Shoot all the elephants in one go; 2) Ensure you get the challenge completed notification; 3) Complete the mission as you would normally - don't reload or restart.

I also completed this DLC on an Xbox One rather than Xbox One X (which I did all the other DLCs on), as I talked to a few people who completed this achievement as well as "Drop The Bass" who all said they did it on the non-X version of the console. This likely makes no difference but I was being paranoid.
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By sjpsjpsjp on 06 May 2019 16:21
RESET YOUR ACCOUNT! If you don't get the achievement, go click that link above and do the requirements once more after it's been reset. I just got it after such a long time, after my account was reset.
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By Solar Nephilim on 21 May 2019 04:15
I know I’m late to this, but when resetting your progress using that link, does it affect progress in Hitman 2? Or is it individual per game. If that’s making sense. I don’t wanna screw myself if it’s my entire progress via IO.
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By BRGoBlue95 on 29 Jun 2019 17:47
When I completed it, I did not get the achievement at first. Something I have noticed with these Hitman games is that the challenges like to appear as complete when you complete the level. If you have a save at one of the exits, you can load up that save after completing the challenge to "complete the mission." Otherwise, you will have to complete the mission all over again. I recommend that everyone makes a save right before the exiting a mission and completing it so you can load it up and make sure your challenges register if you don't complete the missions after completing certain challenges. Hope this helps!
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By Dr Frat Star on 12 Sep 2021 17:09
@NoHeroes94 make sure you get it to pop before closing the game in the first place. Try the suggestions like going back to the elephants and dying after that if it did not pop. Even with all that I don't believe there is 100% way to do it.
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By tntiseverywere on 06 Jul 2018 10:09
MAKE SURE you complete the mission normally BEFORE attempting this achievement!

I think my issue initially was that I was trying to unlock this achievement before completing the mission regularly. I also think this is why some players have no problems at all unlocking it. If you try to unlock this achievement before you have previously completed this mission, when you unlock the achievement for completing the mission (Shining Bright), it causes the Elephants Never Forget trophy to bug out and stay locked even though the challenge has been completed. Once that challenge is check-marked in-game it is autosaved and stored in the cloud on the hitman server, but the achievement remains locked within Xbox LIVE.

If this happens to you, reset your account from the hitman website (https://personal.hitman.io/) and re-attempt. I had no issues popping the trophy the second time around once I fully completed the mission and let all my challenges unlock at the score screen. (Let the game sit at the score screen until your achievement pops). I tried everything in the book before resetting my account and nothing worked. IF your Xbox account bugs out on this achievement, resetting your hitman account appears to be the ONLY way to unlock it. Just keep in mind if you do this, you will lose all your in-game progression, weapons, etc. across ALL hitman games so you may want to save this for your final achievement for 100% completion. I was impatient and did it before I finished all the other achievements for this game, making my quest to 100% Colorado and Hokkaido a little more difficult. GOOD LUCK
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By Mr Gamecox on 30 Nov 2021 19:40
I just started the game and it unlocked for me without issue. I had received the challenge after hitting all 18 elephants. The achievement didn't pop until I exited the same session. Can't recall if I died due to stupidity and getting into a firefight with guards or what, but once I got to the main menu of Hitman, it went bleep bloop.

Another thing I remember doing was getting to Morgan first. I had saved before killing him 3 different ways while reloading in between kills. Then I took out his bodyguard and started shooting the elephants. Of note, I also was able to lure the maid cleaning near the last 3 elephants into the shrine room, subdued her undetected, and shot the elephants undetected. The only suggestion I can really think of is try doing it sneakily while remaining undetected?
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By qManballin on 10 Aug 2018 02:48
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This is done in Episode 4: Thailand, Club 27 mission. You will need to find and destroy the 18 gold elephant statues in the penthouse area. There are also silver elephant statues, which do not count toward the achievement / trophy. Each destroyed gold statue will make a confirmation noise. You must return to the atrium/start of the mission in order to unlock the challenge and achievement / trophy.

Here is a video guide with English commentary for this achievement!


Here is a playlist of guides for this game!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-HeW6XkKdUK9Qh-6TvL3...
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I have shot all the Gold Elephants. Finished the mission. No Cheevo. Played again, finished it no cheevo. Is this still not unlocking for anyone else?
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By SteampunkZomb1e on 02 Nov 2016 14:30
I can confirm restart a new game and it will pop. Got this today up vote from me!
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By Samyan2016 on 06 Feb 2021 03:45
Also popped for me when reloading a save.
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By My Ringtones on 18 Jan 2023 16:56
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Shoot all the gold elephants on shelves around Morgan's penthouse suite (the big one being cleaned), they'll make an elephant sound when you destroy them. There's quite a lot of the small statues and it was tough getting them all without being spotted - there are also a few upstairs in the penthouse, in the room behind the very small garden type shrine room. Once you think you've shot them all, go outside and the large elephants at the front of the hotel should trumpet and the challenge will complete ("I Will Cry if I Want To") with the achievement unlocked shortly after (don't think you need to complete the mission for it, I just reloaded a couple of saves trying to finish and it popped anyway). For going outside I'd recommend going down the stairs that lead to the penthouse (opposite 47's room), sharp right on that landing and out the double doors on to the atrium roof.
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I have shot all the Gold Elephants. Finished the mission. No Cheevo. Played again, finished it no cheevo. Is this still not unlocking for anyone else?
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By SteampunkZomb1e on 02 Nov 2016 14:29
Deleted my hitman info from the above link (thank you so much for whomever figured that fix out) and re-did the Bangkok level. Shot the elephants, verified the challenge unlocked and the elephants were crying. Then I started a fight with guards and died. Achievement didn't pop even after several minutes at the option screen. Then I reloaded a save to re-read try and it unlocked. Thank you for helping me finish off the game. 100%!
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By NighthawkJoV on 25 Jul 2020 00:39
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15 Jan 2018 01:11

All Credit goes to Maka91 who made this Guide

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20 Jul 2021 00:00

Poaching ivory is an easter egg in Bangkok. There are a total of 18 small golden elephant statues that you must shoot and destroy for the achievement. They are all hidden in the penthouse where Morgan is staying (I would suggest completing the opportunity "On the House" so everyone in the room is cleared out, then you can kill Morgan and/or his bodyguard however you choose). Here is a video showing all the locations.

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In Escalation missions, the trophy is not given. Only in the main mission.
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By Krivoy on 12 Jun 2019 17:46
Glitchy trophy. Solved by deleting the profile using the link .
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By DXIC on 24 Jan 2022 22:59
After shooting the figurines, kill 2 targets and exit - after completing the mission a trophy will drop
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By NexusXV95 on 20 Mar 2022 19:47
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