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HEARTWARMER

HEARTWARMER

In a Versus round, leave the saferoom to defibrillate a dead teammate.

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How to unlock the HEARTWARMER achievement in Left 4 Dead 2 - Definitive Guide

Ok, so this is very self explainitory, but getting it is a bit difficult. So if you wanna get this in just a normal versus mode, the door of the safe room has to be closed with at least one living and one dead survivor outside of it. If the door does not close, then you cannot get this.
If you want the easy way of getting this, boot up versus with one friend (or just an empty second controller b/c honestly they are not needed for anything,) and find a defibrillater. (Easiest place I have found is the very first chapter of the very first level. There is usually one in a hotel room or a storage room that you have to go through.) Once you have the defibrillater, go to the end of the level, but dont go in the saferoom yet. Knock all your AI teamates health to next to nothing then, repeatedly knock one of them down until they die. Now, this is important, knock the other two down, but leave them alive. Now, go into the safe room, shut the door, open it, run out a difibrillate the dead teamate. Don't worry if it doesnt pop right then, just revive your teamates and go into the safe room. Mine didn't pop until after I had finished the level.
Any questions or suggestions, comment.

Edit: As stated in several of the comments below you need to have the infected knock down and kill the person being revived.
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19 Nov 2009 16:38

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the same as above but you need to let the second controller kill one of the players achiv wont pop if you kill the player
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By ILLTREEs on 19 Nov 2009 20:15
Ah yes, i had forgotten that. A death by friendly fire will not trigger the achievement. Thank you ILLTREEs
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By Aura of Heroism on 20 Nov 2009 00:34
so i have tried this many times in many ways and still cant seem to get it. whether with another controller or an online buddy i cant seem to get it to pop, im not sure wat im doing wrong. am i supposed to do no friendly fire or just dont kill with friendly fire? i only have 4 achievments left on this game and i cant believe im having more trouble with this one then any other. plz help me out here
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By jewkitten on 21 Nov 2009 09:57
but my question is can u friendly fire them down or does the other controller (infected) have to down all 3 and kil one or just do the final down that causes the the AI teamate to die?
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By jewkitten on 21 Nov 2009 21:07
The infected has to kill the one you revive, you can kill the others. I guess it is now debateable if you can get this w/ or w/o closing the door. With me at least I had did not get this without closing the final door. If you have the same problem, hopefully you don't, then have your infected partner kill one survivor and then you down another. You should then be able to enter the final room, close the door, open it, go back out and revive your dead team member. I have also heard that some people only get this after exiting the round. So just to be sure, if it doesnt pop after you defibrillate someone, go to the exit door and finish the round. If you are still having trouble, comment again, I will try to narrow it down furthur in the next day or so.
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By Aura of Heroism on 21 Nov 2009 23:51
i have had the infected controller down all 3 and kill the last. i went into the safe room, closed the door then reopened it defibed and finished the round with the defibed ai and nothing. also tried the same thing with 0 friendly fire and i defibed another real player who joined my game. i was told my issue was the fact that u have to b physically in the saferoom when they die, might even have to when they get downed and still havnt got it. im not really sure wat my issue is. i have done it everytime on act 1 of carnival because theres always a defib just before or at the motel area. c wat u can find, i really appriciate it, just at the point of giving up on this b/c for sum reason i cant seem to get it, whether by using the easy way or doing it in real vs. i'm gonna send you (AuraOfRage) a friend request on xbl and maybe i can join up with u at sum point on there and we can try it the way you did it. but by all means feel free to just keep commenting here
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By jewkitten on 22 Nov 2009 09:21
This works, thanks. I used 2 controllers on the first chapter of the first level, and had the one getting the achievement kill 2, then had the other controller playing as a smoker snag the living AI while I ran into the safe room. I closed the door for about 2 seconds, then just stayed in there until the last AI died, then I ran out there and defibrillated him, and the achievement popped as soon as I finished.
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By NGHelenKeller12 on 04 Dec 2009 17:22
Glad it helped.
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By Aura of Heroism on 04 Dec 2009 17:59
I know you have touched upon this in the notes but me and two friends got this withouth closing the safe room door. We just went in and made sure we stayed in for about 10 seconds, picking up ammo just so we have 'done' something in the safe room
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By GremUK on 05 Jan 2010 15:52
Good add. Hadn't thought that maybe you just had to perform an action in the safe room.
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By Aura of Heroism on 06 Jan 2010 02:47
I have done everyting imaginable and still cannot get this achievement to pop up! AHHHHH I have done it with two controllers, and I have done the closed door method and the open door method, and it will just not pop up.

Anybody have any suggestions, it is greatly appreciated and good luck!
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By on 09 Jan 2010 22:02
I got this achievement without closing the door.
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By guthrum06 on 14 Jan 2010 08:09
Just kill off two AI at the beginning, go through the level, when you're almost at the safe room kill the last AI with whatever infected you have on the second controller. When the last AI is dead, run into the safe room, DO NOT CLOSE THE DOOR, come back out to defibrillate him/her. Pop goes the cheevo.
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By ZonkedAdam on 02 Mar 2010 22:07
Worked like a charm. Many thanks for the tip :)
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By Flaunt319 on 27 Mar 2010 21:57
The Special Infected AI usually kills me or my AI teammates before we make it to the end. Also, I've played the first level of every campaign and have never found a defib. Any suggestions as to what levels usually have one?
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By Old Tandy on 05 Aug 2010 20:43
Well in the very first level, on the very first part, there is usually one in one of the hotel rooms on the way down the building. Usually it is before the elevator, so if you get that far and haven't found one the only other place it can be is in the snall room you can see the exit from that has a table sitting right there, its right after you leave the rooms that are on fire you go in this small room and turn and there is the exit.
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By Aura of Heroism on 06 Aug 2010 02:39
could use some help and i will help someone else.
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By Xemnas12 on 27 Dec 2010 09:50
i got it with 2 controllers,not hard at all.
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By Amendocrem on 20 May 2011 18:26
Congrats then
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By Aura of Heroism on 20 May 2011 19:32
How do I make it so my second controller is the only special infected spawning? Do I need to be offline?
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By DeSoto23 on 05 Jun 2011 18:00
You would have to be offline and clear you cache. They made automated infected bots after one of the updates. so you'd have to clear that.
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By Aura of Heroism on 06 Jun 2011 16:22
Ok that's what I thought just wanted to make sure. Thanks.
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By DeSoto23 on 08 Jun 2011 05:34
Going to do this tonight, thanks!
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By Nurse Lorax on 05 Feb 2013 21:42
Might be best to say the friendly fire thing in the beginning rather than at the bottom
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By Dingus McKah on 27 Mar 2017 04:53
seems like it only unlocks for the host.
Unlocked without problems for my buddy who hosted, but didn't unlock for me twice. We switched host to me and it unlocked on the first try.
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By Dr Marty on 29 Mar 2021 11:41
The easiest way to do this is with the mutation "Taaaaaaankk!" on Hard Rain Chapter 1. Defib units spawn in the ambulance 1/4 times and ONLY human-controlled Tanks will spawn if you use two controllers.
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By CommittedOXOXOX on 18 Apr 2022 15:57
^ Great solution CommittedOXOXOX

Thank you!
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By I LUNCHTREY I on 16 May 2022 02:47
Perfect solution CommittedOXOXOX. Thanks brother
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By Reborn Insanity on 06 Jan 2023 07:13
Worked awesome ty peeps
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By Pitchblackk92 on 18 Dec 2023 12:54
What I did was use 2 controllers and went all the way to the safe room and just before going in I killed off 2 survivors and did not even shoot the last one at all. None. (Do not shoot the last survivor at all. Let the infected kill them completly.) Then that last survivor went in the safe room so I just spawned and let the survivor shoot me until I was a smoker and then I pulled the survivor out of the safe room and while the smoker was doing his thing with the other controller I went in and shut the door for a second and then reopened it and watched and waited for the smoker to kill the survivor and after he killed the survivor I shot the smoker and used the defibrillater on the survivor and then the achev came up. Hope this helps someone.
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By dzauk on 23 Nov 2009 00:27
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you don't have to close the door with two controllers. simply kill 2 AI partners off at the beginning. then move through the campaign, once you reach the safe room enter the safe room and then step outside so the computer will follow.

in my case, the computer didn't follow, but I spawned my hunter on my 2nd controller, pounced him in the safe room, then defibrilated him before killing the hunter. the achievement popped once he was revived.
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17 Dec 2009 21:15

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Just got it 11/18/2012!
This method works. I did it on hard rain, first level, as there is usually a defib in the ambulance. I played it normally until the end. I went into the saferoom, closed the door, then opened it, left the safe room, then hide under the stairs at the back. On my second controller, I just played the special infected and chipped away at my bots until one died. I defibbed him and it worked.

Also, as a note, the bots did not see the special infected until i was right there on them, so lining up shots with spitter/boomer/charger is easier. Would also recommend this method for The scattering ram achievement as well.
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By buzzo9neo on 18 Nov 2012 11:17
Hello achievement hunters! This solution is pretty simple the defibrillator is usually in the ambulance on that level if not you can find it on the table of the "free garage sale".
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05 Mar 2011 22:42

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I want to know how all these videos get it so there's only your friends special infected spawning. Half the time I run down the street I hear a boomer somewhere, a charger pounding on a door, a spitter and a smoker hanging out on a rooftop, plus my extra controller. I simply can't do this, it's too much all at once. I get close but once the three AI go down, there's always at least 2-3 infected that attack me at once, usually before I even get out of the saferoom.
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By NecroNikolai13 on 04 Apr 2011 17:45
It works ! :) . If the defib is not in the ambulance you can find it on the table of the "free garage sale" ;)
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By Elite 0f War on 17 Apr 2011 09:54
i'll try this method later on the weekend,hope i can do it.
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By Amendocrem on 04 May 2011 16:04
Elite 0f war is right on that one!
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By Syberpr0 on 04 May 2011 22:10
Took me 3 tries to find a Defibrillater, then there were two in the ambulance!

Got it first try after I'd found one, +1 from me!
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By Slam Shot Sam on 21 Dec 2011 18:43
Thank you very much!
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By Syberpr0 on 23 Dec 2011 04:44
^^ Its not that far away from the ambulance. it can only be at 2 places
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By Syberpr0 on 07 May 2012 23:51
Anyone else having trouble with the massive amounts of special infected? Not only that but it feels like they are on expert. I kill 4 or 5 and walk around the corner a second later and see 2 chargers and a smoker... As soon as I kill them they respawn instantly and they are relentless. I always end up dying at the saferoom because I get over-ran by 4 or 5 of them while trying to get my AI killed.
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By Jeremyy xx on 29 Jun 2013 15:50
Stating the level name would be nice.
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By DefiantZero on 29 Dec 2013 22:50
4 years later...which level has the ambulance?
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By Big Ell on 11 May 2017 03:21
6 years later....first level of Hard Rain
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By NegativeCreep08 on 14 Feb 2023 07:33
Make your the AI dies very close to the safe room so you just get out take adrenaline and then hurry and revive
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By Syberpr0 on 04 Apr 2011 21:57
another tip to make it go faster make the infected player good and look to see if the defib is at the ambulance and if it is not then just restart so u dont have to play through only to find it not there
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By cB BaRriiCAdE on 09 Mar 2012 16:53
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Aura's solution above works, but here is a step by step of what i did after several failed attempts. Also please note that this method gives you the achievement offline only, if getting it online is important for you, look elsewhere.

This solution will use two controllers, on versus.

1- Clear your cache. An update from Valve added special infected bots, they will make this hard/impossible.
2- Load up Dead Center/Hotel. Make sure you select a human character so that controller 2 gets the infected.
3- Play through the level, picking up a defib unit on your way. Might take two or three runs, its appearance is random.
4- Once you get everyone inside the safe room, kill two bots. Make sure that the remaining bot is visible from the outside of the room so that a smoker can get a shot on it and pull it out of the room. You want that bot to have a good amount of health, heal him if necessary.
5- Using controller 2, let the bots kill you and respawn until you are a smoker.
6- With the smoker outside the safe room, grab the surviving bot from inside the safe room.
7- While the bot is being hacked at by the smoker, have your achievement seeker close the door for a few seconds. **Reopen door before bots dies**
8- Once the bot is dead, go out and defib him. Achievement popped right there for me.
9- Lesson here is, smoking kills ;)

Hope this helps someone!
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19 Nov 2013 14:14

(you will need two controllers for this, unless you have a friend)
So, load up dead center chapter 1 and make your second controller the infected, go through the level normally and make sure you pick up a defib, once you reach the end, DO NOT enter the saferoom, instead close the saferoom door from the outside, this stops the bots from running inside, it also forces the special infected to spawn inside the saferoom and they can't get out.
Then you can sit in any Corner outside the saferoom, (when you're facing the saferoom, I sat in the left corner)
Use your second controller to kill one bot, and use your main controller to incap the other two bots, then shoot through the saferoom door, killing the special infected, quickly run in, close the door, then open the door, revive the dead bot and finish the level,
You should get the achievement,

Also when it shows incoming attacks, no zombies will spawn.

I don't know if this is a very consistent method, it worked 2/2 times I tried

Good luck guys 👍
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26 Jul 2017 05:56

You will need to pick up a defibrillator and make your way to the saferoom on any level. You do not need to close the door, just enter and then leave again. Make your way back to a dead survivor and revive them using the defibrillator

See "LONG DISTANCE CARRIER".

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In battle mode, leave the shelter and bring a fallen comrade back to life using a defibrillator.
You must pick up the defibrillator and make your way to the safe room. Don't close the door, just enter and then immediately exit. Go back to the dead
survivor and revive him using a defibrillator.
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15 Jul 2011 13:05