Just Cause 2
50 Achievements
1,000
60-80h
Faction Benefactor
Collect 150 faction items.
20
How to unlock the Faction Benefactor achievement in Just Cause 2 - Definitive Guide
Each item is linked to a faction and will show up automatically on the radar as a small blue dot once the location lies inside faction territory. Expanding the territory by doing faction missions and takeovers seems wise if you do not want to consult an online map.
Drug Drops can be found mostly on and around buildings. Skulls are usually hidden in the jungle (or general wilderness) and at shrines or ancient villages. Black Boxes are usually submerged near the coastline and will require you to dive!
Your progress for each items and the total are tracked and can be consulted in the statistics. You can pick up items even if they are not inside faction territory. It will simply be easier to find them if they show up on the map!
To my knowledge there is no complete map at the time of typing this! If you should come across one, feel free to add them in the comments and I will update this solution while giving due credits!
*edit BloodngunsMrphy has advised me this has now been removed from the marketplace
Also if you're struggling to find some of the item locations on the map (more perhaps towards the end of 300 rather than 150) go onto your icon legend, click hide all and then click collect items. Some are totally hidden by other icons like races etc.
Just so you know......
I normally buy the smaller helicopter in the Black Market and just pick up faction items one by one. Complete Strongholds to unlock more of the map to find faction items. I finished all 9 Strongholds before attempting this. They are little blue dots on your map, if it helps you can press LT while in the map and then select, "Hide All" then select, "Collects" to find them easier. You will have to do this each time you exit and re-enter the map. There are 3 types of Faction Items. Drug Drops, Skulls, and Black Boxes. Good luck it takes a while :)
The most time consuming achievement out there, along with "Trying everything once".
Faction items are marked on the map screen through a green dot. While this makes it seem easy to acquire, the traveling and getting to the exact location won't be. Prepare for a long journey to collect this achievement!
Each of the 3 factions have special items to be collected as you progress through the game. As you complete more missions for each of the factions more items will be revealed on your map. Open your PDA and look for the small blue icons that seem to glow a little bit, these are the faction items. See below for more info:
The Reapers – 100 Black Boxes Of Contraband. These seem to be located more near the water's edge of the island, some are even in the middle of the ocean.
The Roaches – 100 Drug Drops In Suitcases. These are located all around Panau, specifically in the towns.
The Ular Boys – 100 Ancestral Skulls. These are mostly located in isolated areas, such as the big deserts or high up in the mountains.
When you get close to an item a grey arrow like the one for the resource items will appear on screen to point you in the right direction. You can also spot these just like the resource items, from far away or high up look for a small shine because it could be one of these. Just collect 150/300, it doesn’t matter how many you get for each faction just as long as you total 150.
Roaches gang - cases with drugs randomly on the map.
gang Ular Boys - skulls usually mountains or foothills
Reapers gang - black boxes are always under water.
Important!!! Each gang has influence zones (Border of red, green or blue), so items are opened only within this zone. Therefore, it makes sense to work on the trophy after capturing all the fortresses, so as not to wanker around the map cursing everyone and everything.