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Ground Cover

Ground Cover

Save another Survivor from a Special Infected while on the ground.

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How to unlock the Ground Cover achievement in Left 4 Dead - Definitive Guide

Easy way to do this one is to do a split screen campaign No Mercy Finale with two controllers.

Kill the two non human survivors in the safe room (switch to expert to do it quickly then switch back to easy). Then go out and up the steps with one of the human players. There is almost always a hunter somewhere at the top of the steps or in the hallway. Once you see him try your best to get back to the stairwell or as far towards safe room as possible.

Once you are close enough to the other survivor let the hunter pounce you. Pick up the other remote and get to the hunter who is pouncing. Make sure he incapacitates the person on the ground and then knock him off. Try to get in between the hunter and the downed character after you knock him off. The hunter should pounce the upright character next. Once he does pick up other remote and use downed character to kill the hunter who is pouncing, achievement unlocked.
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25 Feb 2009 15:30

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Did this method and unlocked it in like 3 minutes. Thanks.
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By NighthawkJoV on 03 Apr 2009 13:23
Nice....glad I could help.
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By wvu76 on 04 Apr 2009 13:49
Thanks for the tip! Worked the first time I tried it. It was a Smoker, and not a Hunter, that downed my character, but it still worked. Thanks again.
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By One Eyed Tigh on 16 Jun 2009 01:41
Excellent guide, great help
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By ItsNismoAce on 27 Jun 2009 06:06
It's been frustrating for me because there have been at least 3 times that I've shot a smoker while down that was pulling a teammate - and still no unlock. Unfortunately, the AI is getting the final kill-shot each time - even though I'm hitting them too.
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By S1X DEMON BAG on 02 Oct 2009 23:41
Good idea, I got this at one point while playing, I think I happened to kill a smoker while down on No Mercy, but this method is a good way to get it quick for people who can't get it legitimately.

Positive vote.
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By Quarantane on 10 Dec 2009 22:39
Great guide - got it first time! Easier if your second controller is used by a friend to beat that hunter back a bit before he pounces again.
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By HeyMrBassman on 08 Jul 2010 07:45
Awesome, this is a great solution.
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By Barnsley Pal on 02 Dec 2011 19:09
Like a charm!
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By VCS 2600 Atari on 26 Apr 2012 18:34
i cant seem to find where to pick split screen campaign
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By A 0 UB3RLOZ3R on 29 Sep 2012 14:45
Still works.
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By Gouldy1972 on 09 Nov 2013 19:36
Great method. Thanks.
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By ProfessorPluto on 02 Mar 2014 05:01
Awesome worked first try
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By Charles D Wayne on 21 Mar 2020 18:35
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Ironically I got this acheivement in No Mercy 5 in the Jesus Room by myself as the last survivor.
You can "save yourself" as part of this achievement. What I did was throw a molotov on the floor in front of me just as a hunter pounced me. As he started to hack away at my face the fire burnt him to death and the achievement popped.
Not sure if that helps anyone, but if you're ahead/behind the group, and you see a hunter about to pounce, molotov yourself =)
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04 May 2010 09:10

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This is by far the easiest way to get the achievement! Awesome
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By MellygotJazzed on 05 Mar 2015 16:56
This is best done in Survival mode. Simply get overwhelmed, get incapped, and have your AI (has to be AI) team mates try to get you up. 80% of the time they get incapped or pounced. Tada, just shoot.
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04 Nov 2009 07:21

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it doesn't have to be an AI...it can be any teammate being preyed upon by a smoker or hunter.
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By Quarantane on 10 Dec 2009 22:42
AI is if you don't have XBL gold and if you don't have friends to come over.
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By Kapt Reynolds on 11 Dec 2009 06:56
Ground Cover - 30G (Original Achievement)

Difficulty: 3/10

Your goal is to Kill a Special Infected that is attacking another Survivor while you are incapacitated on the ground.

You can do this with 2 People or two controllers.

You are Person A and your friend/other controller is Person B.

Start a level and change the difficulty to Expert, kill off the other two survivors, then change the difficulty back to Easy.

Person A open the Safe room door and stands in the entrance of it, killing any infected that come near, but when a Hunter appears back up into the safe room but stay in front of Person B. The Hunter will pounce on Person A.

Person B will wait until Person A is incapacitated and then Person B will melee the Hunter off of Person A. Person B should now get as close to the Hunter as possible to try and provoke it to pounce them. If it does Person A should now fire their Pistol/Pistols at the Hunter non stop to kill it.
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31 Oct 2012 05:57

I found this is the easiest way to do this solo.

Two controllers, No Mercy Finale on expert.

Shot the AI down and with your guest grab a pipe bomb and do the same steps described for the Zombie Genocidest boosting method:

(Run up the staircase; Drop pipebomb on corridor and run back to the safe room; Go back to the corridor after the bomb explodes. There should be a smoker a hunter and a boomer; Run to the safe room again.)

Now that you have your special infected waiting outside the safe room, use your guest to incap your main account then quickly call a vote for changing the difficulty to easy.

Open the safe room door with your guest and one of the specials should grab him. Shot it down and Bleep-Blop!

I got it first time when I came up with the idea.

Happy achievement hunting.
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19 Apr 2013 23:50

January 25th, 2021

MODE: Single Player
CAMPAIGN: No Mercy
CHAPTER: Rooftop Finale
DIFFICULTY: Expert


- First things first, KILL THEM BOTS... (The Shotgun works best)
- Then switch Difficulty to EASY
- Now grab a PIPE BOMB real quick and open the safe room door, shoot those zombies as ya head up the stairs toward the hallway and toss the PIPE BOMB to get rid of some of those zombies moping around.
- Once you hear/see that a special (or even a bunch of Zombies) is coming down the hallway, run back into the SAFE ROOM and close the door.
- Now grab a MOLOTOV and wait for a HUNTER. KILL everything else that may come knocking on the door.
- Once the HUNTER arrives (No zombies allowed), open the SAFE ROOM DOOR and and back up. As the HUNTER starts walking towards you, toss the MOLOTOV on the ground between you and HUNTER. (Just make sure you drop the MOLOTOV Before he pounces you, of course)

The HUNTER will pounce you and you’ll both burn and go to hell together. ACHIEVEMENT should pop when the gameplay starts to fade.

Make sure to have full health while attempting this method.
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25 Jan 2021 19:22

When your health drops to zero, you’ll be incapacitated (immobilized on the ground) until a teammate revives you. While incapped, you will have a “bleed out” health bar that will slowly count down. If no teammates come to revive you, you will die.

The easiest Special Infected to save a survivor from while incapacitated is the Smoker. Once you are incapacitated, look around to see if any fellow survivors are being attacked by a Smoker, or any other Special Infected. Just continue shooting your pistol(s), until you know he’s dead. There’s plenty of Special Infected during the campaigns, so if you don’t do it the first time, just keep trying.

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You must be incapacitated, and your friend must be attacked by a hunter or smoker, then kill the infected and the achievement is yours. It is advisable to have two pistols with you because... Those especially infected have a lot of health.
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02 May 2012 22:56

If a hunter attacks the survivor, simply kill him or knock him down with the butt. This achievement can be combined with Hunter Punter / Hunter Hunt
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09 Sep 2011 12:29