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Jump Shot

Jump Shot

Headshot a Hunter while he's leaping.

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How to unlock the Jump Shot achievement in Left 4 Dead - Definitive Guide

Go to No Mercy, rooftop finale.. Once you exit the safehouse, go up to the top of the stairs and throw a grenade (not molotov), go back to safehouse and then back up stairs. You should now have a boomer and hunter coming down the hallway. Go back to safehouse and shut door. Once hunter comes down to the door, back all the way up, and he will start jumping. line that shot up, and get that cheevo!!
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01 Jan 2009 10:58

43 Comments
* Correction: I'm not trying to say your wrong, you might be right*
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By Gercais on 13 Feb 2009 02:52
Worked like a charm. Thanks.
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By NighthawkJoV on 18 Apr 2009 23:20
I got it while I was incapped on the ground with apistol, when the hunter wasn't even juymping. Weird.
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By brydgesr on 28 May 2009 21:12
Worked Like a Treat!
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By ScottTheLodger on 22 Sep 2009 17:23
Tried this using the sniper rifle to head shot and got the achievement after about 20 seconds of tryng, thanks!
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By HorZa IX on 25 Sep 2009 09:00
Nice to see that it is working for you all.
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By Golden138 on 26 Sep 2009 14:59
i got it tonight and thanks for the info. i used the sniper and i had to shoot where he would end up. it took me a couple of trys but ever 5-6 jumps the hunter takes will be the same.
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By wes coasn on 22 Oct 2009 02:08
I just got this achievement tonight by accident! I thought I would never get it.
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By xxx iFIGHT xxx on 19 Jan 2010 21:14
I have been trying to get this achievement forever now. This worked on the first try. Awesome.
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By Maxoplata on 25 Jan 2010 01:43
I've tried to get this achievement since it came out and thought it was glitched so I tried this method and worked 1st try within 10 seconds, finally somebody knows what they are talking about.
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By TheHotBody on 21 Feb 2010 04:08
Worked first go, awesome =D
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By crewdy#4923 on 31 Mar 2010 08:53
It took me a couple of tries, but it finally worked that way. great !
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By Tanelorn82 on 14 Apr 2010 03:59
I've tried every way possible before this. By playing the game regularly, by trying to line it up in Versus... went and tried this and it took only two tries to work. And the only reason it took two tries was because the AI killed the hunter before I could get a headshot. So I put it on Expert, killed them off, put it back on Normal and as soon as the hunter was there jumping forever against the door...took the sniper rifle, shot 3 times, got the achievement.
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By kupomog on 29 Apr 2010 23:18
Just got this on No Mercy today, when ironicaly enough, going for Safety First. At the finale, to ensure I don't accidentally hit the bots, I climbed to the very top level above the saferoom (small, square ledge behind the minigun).

A boomer and hunter where on the very bottom level to the right, if looking towards the minigun from the top ledge. The hunter as usual, jumped right for me, but from 4 levels below me. Having just my pistols, I just kept firing at him and the achievement popped right up.

Not saying that this way is a way to get it, just in the right place, at the right time.
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By Zer0e on 26 May 2010 01:49
Sounds like a great plan in theory but I just can't seem to make it work. I'm fine up until I'm locked in the safe room with the hunter at the door, but I can't make that shot count. The hunter just glitches in wierd places very quickly and even with the sniper rifle I end up killing him without a headshot, even when I'm backed up to the opposite wall. I've not voted for this solution yet as I'll give it another try, but I'm not convinced by the guys saying they got it very quickly using this method.
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By HeyMrBassman on 17 Jun 2010 20:50
First guide I looked at, got it in two minutes. If anyone is having trouble lining up the shot, I just got the hunting rifle and spammed bullets at the window until it died.
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By pwnzrr on 31 Jul 2010 17:31
Great method, and however it might be tempting to use the hunting rifle, I highly recommend the machine gun. Aiming this shot is next to impossible, so spamming the upper panes of the door with the machine gun is what worked for me.
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By QuanticJustice on 10 Aug 2010 05:06
...exactly as described, perfect solution. Thanks.
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By AC1DGro0ve 3o3 on 29 Aug 2010 19:59
This worked perfectly! After ages of blindly trying to shoot jumping Hunters, I finally have the achievement! You rule, dude.
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By Radient Star on 07 Sep 2010 00:07
Was having difficulty with this achievement and method until I read the comment about spraying the top windows with the machine gun, worked first time I tried that. Thanks!
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By oO Macclad Oo on 08 Sep 2010 13:32
spraying the top windows didnt work too well for me, but only because it was too random and hopeful! I ended up standing right up against the door aiming slightly left toward the corner at the top of the first flight of stairs. The hunter kept jumping in virtually the same place when I stood there, so then I just took some time to work out where his head would be, and then started spamming that area with the assault rifle - got it in about 2 minutes then :) Thanks for the tip
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By UKGN Luke on 10 Nov 2010 22:24
Worked to perfection! finally, thanks alot!
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By Nervgas218 on 19 Apr 2011 15:03
OMG it worked perfectly!!!!!!!! Thank you soooooooooooo much :D Just literally sprayed the top 2 windows and I got it :)
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By JediJohnny7 on 12 Jun 2011 20:27
Worked for me! Start on expert, kill AI, change to easy and... up it popped! Thankyou :)
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By KATAKL1ZM on 26 Apr 2012 18:00
Didn't work for me as described in the OP but worked almost right away when I did as others here suggested and went up to the door and fired at the top windows.
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By Calex dEUS on 17 Nov 2012 21:04
Looks as if this tip helped out a lot of people! I was tearing my hair out until I found this little treat!
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By Golden138 on 18 Nov 2012 00:36
Cheers bud. One bullet from the sniper, second attempt.
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By Lavindathar on 23 Jul 2013 09:25
Worked first time, finally!! Thanks man
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By godsandm0nsters on 26 Nov 2013 22:31
smile
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By Golden138 on 28 Nov 2013 07:06
Thanks man!
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By Drew#6849 on 09 Jan 2014 20:06
You're most welcome.!
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By Golden138 on 22 Jan 2014 04:57
One of my last achievs, works as stated within a few mins of trying, thanks dude that's awesome!
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By JayD101 on 22 Jan 2014 07:25
Cleaning up old games and needed to complete this achievement, read all the different guides and decided to go with this one, instructions were very good, I did get the achievement to pop, but I would edit your guide and add what kupomog posted about killing off the AI to start, they killed the hunter first try so I switched to expert, killed them off and then back to easy, used your method with the M-16 and it popped right away. Thanks for the guide!
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By A NJ Devil on 26 Feb 2014 15:04
Awesome. Took 10 minutes for me after 4 years of failure. Nice!
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By liner bronson on 02 Apr 2014 21:06
Just got it. I sprayed at the door with the Carbine. A Thumbs up from me
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By BabyishDuck on 12 Nov 2014 14:05
Nice!
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By Golden138 on 12 Nov 2014 16:32
Only took me 7 years but I finally got it!! Thanks for the tip!
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By DEaThTIlLTHeEnD on 26 Apr 2015 04:26
ROFL no problem man! I was actually kind of surprised when I got an email saying someone posted here. Glad it helped!
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By Golden138 on 27 Apr 2015 05:42
Still works, just takes time to set up right
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By Mr McMuffen on 17 May 2016 06:16
Great safe way to get this by yourself. This helped me cover 2 TA Targets at once. (jump sHOT, and Action Horror)
Thanks.
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By TheDude722 on 10 Apr 2023 00:43
Your case makes it sound a lot more easier to get this achievement, but don't forget upon the game's engine, nothing is ever the same or at the same place most of time, or if it is, it's very rare. Although, I'm just saying your wrong, you might be right. Anyways, I really can't wait to get this achievement done once & for all. Besides this one, I'm only missing 4 achievements (What are you trying to prove ?, Untouchables, Zombie Geo...& All 4 Dead)
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By Gercais on 13 Feb 2009 02:51
You are a genius. Using the spraying method I got this second time :)
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By destinee ehgc on 25 Feb 2013 14:26
Glad it worked for ya! This achievement bugged me for quite some time, and after I was lucky enough to get it, I went back and did it several times to confirm the validity before I posted it. I am truly glad that it has worked for so many people!
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By Golden138 on 23 Jan 2014 04:48
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I tired out a couple of methods, but the one that worked for me was posted on youtube and goes as follows:

Run through Dead Air, chapter 3 on easy with 3 bots to the safe room at the end. Instead of going in and closing the door, however, grab the M-16, heal, and/or reload as needed and go back outside to the long hallway. All the bots will wait in the safe room.

Now camp about 1/2 way down the hallway. Every 15 seconds or so a special infected will spawn at the end of the hallway. If it's a boomer or a smoker, just kill it, but if it's a hunter just line up your shot and fire bursts over his head when you think he's going to jump. If you are at the right distance you get two jumps, and if you screw it up you'll get a new hunter in about a minute... it took me three to get the headshot.

The best things about this method are: 1) You have time to line up your shots, and he comes straight at you so it's easy, 2) If you get pounced the bots will run out, save you, then go back in the saferoom, so they never steal your kills, 3) If you really screw up you can dip into the safe room for additional ammo and health packs then go right back out to continue camping, and 4) Endless targets in rapid succession but NO normal infected or tanks EDIT: Do'h, apparently you can get normal infected, but not that many (relatively speaking).

Pure win!
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30 May 2010 14:27

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Excellent method, after trying the most popular solution on this page a couple of times, this worked for me within 10 minutes once I'd reached the safe room.

After failing 4 times to get it on the second leap like the video, I aimed for the peak of the first leap and got it first time. Also worth mentioning that it is possible to get a normal infected horde attack whilst waiting out for the hunter - I actually got two, one alongisde a hunter spawn and one with a smoker spawn.

Here's your first - much deserved - positive vote smile
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By HeyMrBassman on 16 Jul 2010 07:01
I'd also like to comment on this extremely underrated method. Worked for me within 2 minutes of trying it after an hour of trying. Thanks very much kind sir!
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By J Baby 117 on 07 Aug 2010 13:11
Excellent solution, worked for me on the first attempt. Thank you so much!
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By Wingless17 on 25 Aug 2010 21:33
like a charm.
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By Altergigo on 15 Sep 2010 20:51
Holy cow, they recovered my solution! Way to go TA!
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By talkstogod on 08 Oct 2010 16:14
Wow, this method was insanely easy. Even a total incompetent could do it.
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By MulticronX on 29 Jan 2011 04:42
Best way to do i tried the rest they all suck this way is the best got it in like 10 min when i spent hours on the others talkstogod your the man!
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By urgr8stnitemair on 12 Apr 2011 01:22
So much eaier then anything id tried before took a few attempts due to me being an idiot but got it after 5 minutes.


Thanks for the tip. :)
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By Deranged Asylum on 21 Aug 2011 15:47
Just got this achievement 12:50 on 13.08.2014, and after trying with the auto-shotgun and about 10-15 hunters later tried using the machine gun and got it first time with that, got it on the second leap aswell so don't worry of he takes some damage you can still get it.
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By GruffleGrinder on 13 Aug 2014 11:54
Got it first try with this solution. Thank you so much for this clap
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By AmbienChatter on 31 Jul 2015 03:21
Got it first try! Thanks for posting this guide.
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By thunderkiss92 on 04 Jun 2017 17:22
Great guide. Don't have to worry about the bots and can line them up nicely
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By otaku1412 on 09 Jan 2022 18:23
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When you see a hunter, he's gonna jump. Chances are at you if you're the pointman.

Aim slightly above his head and fire quick shots or short bursts. Either you have great reflexes or will just get it luckily (over time like me)

Recommend dual pistols, uzi or machine gun.

* basically same as melee achievment *
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22 Nov 2008 06:27

Just thought I would add a video from Rooster Teeth which shows another way to get this achievement.

It is not foolproof but it worked for me after trying lots of other methods.
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12 Oct 2010 22:56

The easiest way i found to get this on is not the no mercy finale, but No Mercy Chapter 2.
If you have 2 controllers, bring your second guy out of the saferoom. A hunter will spawn almost instantly. Run back to the safe room but leave the door OPEN. let the hunter pounce you and switch back to your 1st controller. Shut the door on the hunter so he is trapped in the safe room. If you then open the door it will glitch him into the corner. The hunter will then attempt to move around the door, just keep clubbing him into the corner. Eventually he will attempt to jump over the door, where if you shoot just below the ceiling you will headshot him.
After several hours of unsuccessfully attempting Chapter 5, i managed this 1st try.
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03 Mar 2009 10:44

I tried so many different methods of getting this acheivment and, i really didnt think this one would work but it did!

You may find you buddys kill a lot of the special infected but just give it a while and you will get a good shot
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17 Oct 2009 09:19

Make sure that all other Survivors are dead. On the last part of No Mercy. Go up the staircase and you'll see a few zombies. Grab a pipe bomb and throw it. This should kill most of the normal zombies.

You should hear or if you have the dialog on see a Hunter and a Boomer. Don't worry about the Boomer. Just run back to the Safe Room and shut the door. Grab a Sniper Rifle. Now the Hunter should be lunging at you. But, the door is in the way. This is based on luck. When you think the Hunter has jumped, shoot the Sniper Rifle in it's direction. Hopefully, it hit the Hunter while he was in the air. It doesn't necessarily have to a headshot. You just have to hit it. If the Sniper Rifle isn't working, try the shotgun or machine gun.
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06 Feb 2011 22:19

I found that the easiest way is to get on a rooftop or higher ground. A great place for this is the survival mode DLC. You can just stand on top of the roof. Although there is no 100% chance of this happening anywhere, this is a good place to start. If the hunter pounces at you (Probably wont reach on the first time since your on the rooftop)and you shoot down, you can get a headshot much easiersince thats the thing closest to you. I also suggest using pistols for this.

This achievment requires a great amount of luck, so if this does not work try one of the other solutions.
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21 Aug 2011 16:51

i got this with dual pistols, in order to do this you have to be quick and accurate with your shots. you can do this anywhere but i suggest NOT doing this in the subway on the No Mercy campaign. mostly because of the small environment that your in. i suggest doing this on the Blood Harvest campaign, because of the nice open fields.
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i did this with 2 other people the best way i found was play vs one person infected other 2 survivours.kill the 2 bots then the person who wants the achievement stands in a long room and the infected (as a hunter) crouches at the other end. then the hunter pounces towards the person wanting the achievement and the survivour trys to shoot him in the head. if the survivour misses then you have your buddy punch the hunter off and try again.
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07 Nov 2011 10:05

If you see a Hunter, right when he is about to pounce, just shoot his head clean off with either the Uzi or M16 Assault Rifle. If you don’t succeed the first time, there are plenty of Hunters to try again. He doesn't have to be killed from the headshot, just as long as one bullet hits him in mid-pounce, it will count.

Start up the No Mercy campaign on the Apartments on easy, and once you get outside, there should be more than a few.

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It's easier to do in company - "No Mercy" in the last chapter.

First, we set the difficulty to expert, kill the bots so as not to interfere, then set it back to easy difficulty, take the grenade and leave the shelter, go up the stairs, walk a little forward along the corridor and throw the grenade further into the passage, after that, wait for the Hunter to appear , if other special infected appear first, then simply kill them, and as soon as the hunter appears, immediately run back to the shelter and wait for him to go down the stairs and approach the door.

As soon as he approaches, he will start jumping.
Take the machine gun and shoot at the door window, at head level, as soon as you hit his head, he will die and you will receive the achievement.

Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKc-92YQ4Gs



There is another way in the company - “Death in the Air” in the second chapter.

We reach the stairs along which we need to go down (there will still be weapons and cartridges down there)
but you don’t need to go down to the bottom, just stand near the stairs and shoot all the enemies who try to climb up it.

Wait for the hunter to appear, as soon as he appears, he will try to jump to you, at this moment shoot at him and the achievement is yours!

Watch the video at 5:57 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FxeZg7uvlI
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10 Jun 2017 13:10

Find the hunter and wait for him to jump on you. You need to shoot him in the head while jumping.
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09 Sep 2011 12:19