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MUTANT OVERLORD
Play 6 Mutations.
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How to unlock the MUTANT OVERLORD achievement in Left 4 Dead 2 - Definitive Guide
Kyuubi Alpha
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with the new update 4th august 2012 at the main menu screen go to the mutation button press Y to cycle through the mutations play one of each of the originals ( just load up the map and quit out)
The fastest way i found was to set it up as a local server (mine could not conect to the dedicated) load and quit out here is a list of the ones i used to get the achievment
follow the liter
gib fest,
bleed out,
taaannnkk!,
flu season
last man on earth!
also these should count
lone gunman
deaths door
confogl
Update from Grizzly Bear
I played Headshot, Four Swordsmen, Chainsaw Massacre, and Iron Man. So all mutations listed on the main menu should count.
The fastest way i found was to set it up as a local server (mine could not conect to the dedicated) load and quit out here is a list of the ones i used to get the achievment
follow the liter
gib fest,
bleed out,
taaannnkk!,
flu season
last man on earth!
also these should count
lone gunman
deaths door
confogl
Update from Grizzly Bear
I played Headshot, Four Swordsmen, Chainsaw Massacre, and Iron Man. So all mutations listed on the main menu should count.
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I'm so glad they made this easier to obtain after the update. I got the achievement with mutations not listed. I played Headshot, Four Swordsmen, Chainsaw Massacre, and Iron Man. So all mutations listed on the main menu should count.
By Grizzly Bear on 04 Aug 2012 13:23
The counter for my Mutations is stuck on 4 no matter how many I cycle through. Any suggestions for fixes?
By RJ LCSW on 06 Aug 2012 12:14
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Join a mutation every friday afternoon, as its a new mutation per week - you dont need to play, just join.
If you're stuck at 5/6 (like I was for 2 weeks!!), join a mutation game then play versus for few minutes. This SHOULD unlock the last one for you!
If you're stuck at 5/6 (like I was for 2 weeks!!), join a mutation game then play versus for few minutes. This SHOULD unlock the last one for you!
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I believe the problem is the current mutations going on, are community made, and are not programmed in to count towards the achievement. I was at 4/6 the week before the community made mutations started coming out, and have not gotten any credit for the last 2 months of mutations that I have played.
By Notori0us Sn0w on 16 Feb 2011 03:55
For anyone still on the path for Mutant Overlord, mutations are now done biweekly, meaning it takes a minimum of 3 months to finish under the best circumstances. They update around noonish and the date of this post was one of the biweekly updates, so plan accordingly.
As for people 'bugged' in their progress, perhaps realism versus is the issue? I played Versus Survival and Lone Gunman in June, Healing Gnome and Tank in July, none in August because they repeated mutations I had already, then Hunting Party just today. I played Realism Versus last because I knew it was my quick ticket out of the achievement at 5/6 mutations. I was also kicked nearly immediately from the Realism Versus lobby and received Mutant Overlord while staring at the main menu.
As for people 'bugged' in their progress, perhaps realism versus is the issue? I played Versus Survival and Lone Gunman in June, Healing Gnome and Tank in July, none in August because they repeated mutations I had already, then Hunting Party just today. I played Realism Versus last because I knew it was my quick ticket out of the achievement at 5/6 mutations. I was also kicked nearly immediately from the Realism Versus lobby and received Mutant Overlord while staring at the main menu.
By Mobius Evalon on 09 Sep 2011 23:12
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For this achievement you need to play 6 mutations, the mutations can be found in the Left 4 Dead 2 menu under their own category. Mutations are currently being updated and changed once every 2 weeks and so at this rate it will take a minimum of 6 weeks for you to unlock the achievement.
However that being said there's a couple of major issues for players working toward this achievement. The first of which is that Valve introduced what are known as Community Mutations do not count toward your mutations count and so in short, if a Community Mutation is put up while you working on your achievement, it won't increase your count and you'll have to wait for the next mutation and hope that it's an "official" mutation. The second piece of bad news is that duplicate mutations do not count twice, for example if you play "The Four Swordsmen (Of The Apocalypse)" and later down the line play it again, it won't count. So in short each mutation can only increase your total count one time.
This former problem has been verified by Valve in the L4D blog. (Thanks https://www.trueachievements.com/Cartoon+Ghost.htm)
Now, as stated earlier the game updates the mutation once every 2 weeks. Every Friday the in-game blog will notify you of the mutation change (approximately 15:00 Eastern/Noon Pacific).
There have been reports of people getting stuck at 5/6. It appears the issue is that Realism Versus only counts as .5 (0.5/6). To solve this simply join a game of Realism Versus again and play for a while. During the game the achievement should unlock. This "fix" comes from Ben Legend
To receive credit for playing a mutation you only need to enter the challenge/game. This has been confirmed by multiple people and is useful if you don't have a lot of time in a given week to play.
A list of mutations can be found here. This is the most complete list available.
However that being said there's a couple of major issues for players working toward this achievement. The first of which is that Valve introduced what are known as Community Mutations do not count toward your mutations count and so in short, if a Community Mutation is put up while you working on your achievement, it won't increase your count and you'll have to wait for the next mutation and hope that it's an "official" mutation. The second piece of bad news is that duplicate mutations do not count twice, for example if you play "The Four Swordsmen (Of The Apocalypse)" and later down the line play it again, it won't count. So in short each mutation can only increase your total count one time.
This former problem has been verified by Valve in the L4D blog. (Thanks https://www.trueachievements.com/Cartoon+Ghost.htm)
After our recent poll about community Mutations we received many emails pointing out that you cannot earn Mutant Overlord playing custom mutations. Don’t stop with the Mutation ideas, we will come back to community Mutations. We are just taking a little break for now.
The latter problem is also highlighted in the same blog.The Passing introduces a series of weekly game mode events dubbed "Mutations." These are week-long runs of new gameplay modes that range from "Realism Versus" to "Chainsaw Massacre". Each week one new Mutation is featured and the previous Mutation retired. All you have to do is play 6 DIFFERENT Mutations, not 6 straight, from the cycle from 6 different weeks.
For those interested the blog can be found here.Now, as stated earlier the game updates the mutation once every 2 weeks. Every Friday the in-game blog will notify you of the mutation change (approximately 15:00 Eastern/Noon Pacific).
There have been reports of people getting stuck at 5/6. It appears the issue is that Realism Versus only counts as .5 (0.5/6). To solve this simply join a game of Realism Versus again and play for a while. During the game the achievement should unlock. This "fix" comes from Ben Legend
To receive credit for playing a mutation you only need to enter the challenge/game. This has been confirmed by multiple people and is useful if you don't have a lot of time in a given week to play.
A list of mutations can be found here. This is the most complete list available.
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Stuck at 5/6 cleaned my cache, but no one is playing realism versus !!
By Sgt Malarkey Br on 20 Mar 2012 01:14
this achievements seems impossible to get anymore, right ?
By The Death Fury on 03 May 2012 14:47
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Mutations is a new game mode where regular games will be altered from their previous rules. This game mode will be updated weekly by the developers so you will need to play at least one game a week through the Mutations option every week for six weeks.
Complete six of these game alterations and the achievement will unlock.
This game mode will be updated every Friday of each week. Make sure you check the blog posts on the title screen on a regular basis to keep up to date with the current Mutation game alternations.
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This guide was translated automatically.
This achievement will span six weeks, as you need to take part in six different Mutations, and they only change once a week. Just once every
Play one Mutation match a week for six weeks.
Play one Mutation match a week for six weeks.
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At the moment, you do not need to wait 6 weeks to get this achievement (perhaps the reason for this was the release of a patch or the developers disabled this option). Mutations can be changed independently, they are open and available from the very beginning. To do this, in the main menu of the game, select the "MUTATIONS" mode, then press 
To change the mutation, change it to one that you have not played yet and launch any campaign, as well as any chapter in it. As soon as the chapter loads, you will be counted as having taken part in 1 mutation, and you do not need to go through to the end. You can also check this by going to the parameter 
ACHIEVEMENTS, where the number of mutations in which you took part will be displayed.
Thus, you can get the achievement in about 10 minutes. Using this method, you can quite easily get several other achievements:
Mutation "Chainsaw Massacre" in which the only weapons available are a chainsaw with endless fuel and pistols.
To change the mutation, change it to one that you have not played yet and launch any campaign, as well as any chapter in it. As soon as the chapter loads, you will be counted as having taken part in 1 mutation, and you do not need to go through to the end. You can also check this by going to the parameter ACHIEVEMENTS, where the number of mutations in which you took part will be displayed.Thus, you can get the achievement in about 10 minutes. Using this method, you can quite easily get several other achievements:
Mutation "Chainsaw Massacre" in which the only weapons available are a chainsaw with endless fuel and pistols.
- CHAIN OF COMMANDER Kill 100 Common Infected with a chainsaw.
- TANK BURGER Kill a tank with a melee weapon. We select the “Extinct Center” campaign, the “Streets” chapter, the difficulty level is easy, you will definitely come across a Tank. Moreover, it doesn’t matter who from your team kills the Tank, the achievement is given to everyone. It's easier to get it alone with bots.
- LONG BURN Using the M60, kill 25 Infected without releasing the trigger.
- With this mutation, it will be much easier to complete all chapters on expert difficulty for the achievement THERE'S MORE TO PROVE . It is also recommended to do this with bots, it is easier in terms of complexity + bots see and shoot at enemies even from bushes and anything that impedes direct visibility, they cover and react to threats better than living partners, and most importantly, they will not shoot you. Be sure to carry a bottle of fat man vomit with you, this will distract enemies from you in tough moments, especially at the end of each campaign when you are waiting for the evacuation transport. Also, in tough moments with 2 Tanks, it is recommended to carry buckshot or incendiary cartridges with you and distribute them immediately before the battle. It also helps if you find laser sights for machine guns, this will significantly increase the accuracy of fire and you will see the direction of the bots’ shooting trajectory.
By DARTH ROMUL on 21 Jan 2013 13:15
