MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

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Surgical Strike

Surgical Strike

Complete a Raid mission with zero enemy units killed, in a campaign or career.

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How to unlock the Surgical Strike achievement in MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Definitive Guide

NOTE: I did this early on in the game, in a Lv3 mission. I assume it gets harder to pull off later on.

I originally tried this by bringing a full lance and telling the AI to hold fire, thinking that more targets would make it easier for me to survive. It did, but every attempt someone ended up accidentally stomping on a tank...facepalm

Instead of this I suggest getting a relatively sturdy but agile 'Mech, stripping it down somewhat and armoring it up even further. I used the JNR you get early on. Run through trees, hide in valleys, whatever you can do to break LoS. I imagine long range weapons would work well ie AC/2s as you can destroy the target building/s before you're close enough for the game to register that you're at the target site.

WATCH YOU DON'T STEP ON TANKS!!
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29 May 2021 01:45

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I used a similar strategy. My Jenner couldn't equip Autocannons or Large lasers, so I stripped the weapons except for one, maxed the armor and jump jets and bulldozed the target buildings.

Recommend maxing payout and damage insurance. No reason to take salvage or airstrike since the goal is to NOT kill anything.
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By Achakai on 29 May 2021 07:21
I did it easily after achieving rank 7 and returning to rank 4 area with initial Centurion without any mods/changes. It was the only deployed mech.

Small note - dropship that deploys / takes you is able to fire rockets at nearby targets. These kills DO NOT void the achievement.
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By CrowdedCrane on 30 May 2021 20:50
Easiest way to do this is to solo run in with a firestarter equipped with machine guns and flamers. I do this for every demolition and raid mission type. Just keep running and never stop. The flamers take out buildings really quickly with the machine guns
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By LUCKY NUM8ER 7 on 31 May 2021 06:52
Can confirm it's much harder later on laugh

I used a Wolverine 6K on Tybalt (Davion Borderlands) and just ran and weaved around, took out the four lightly armoured buildings (one large laser hit was enough), and left. Doable but I got beat up doing it.
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By Hirsute Dave on 05 Jun 2021 03:18
Easy way to do this: once you get a 70+ ton mech (I used a warhammer), make a save, then backtrack to the early lvl 3 rep area, strip your mech of EVERYTHING and max armor, then just run through the mission, walking through the targets. Even though everything on the map will be chasing you, they don't have enough firepower to stop you. Hardest part is making sure not to step on the tanks, after mission done and achievement unlocked, reload the save and you don't even lose the transit time.
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By SYMF0N1K KL4W on 20 Jun 2021 03:56
Things I learned doing this achievement:

Go in solo, as your A.I. teammates will fight or even squash enemies by accident. Use an all laser platform, if possible, to avoid missiles raining down on unlucky aircraft or unseen ground vehicles and turrets close to the targets. Extended Range variants, if you can acquire them, will allow you to engage from further out, meaning you can destroy the target before the defenders are aware you've arrived. You will get hit doing this achievement, so armor up as much as possible, even at the expense of most of your heatsinks. You're hitting stationary targets, not brawling with a horde of defenders, and won't need to fire quickly or continuously.
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By TheOntos on 25 Aug 2021 15:54
I can also add that your Dropship CAN kill enemies. I just watched a copter get shot down and crash right in front of me and it still popped 30 seconds later.
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By WickstarRunner on 17 Sep 2022 19:14
No step on Snek...or tank...or anything else that isnt the target but jokes aside...This is exactly how I got it. Thanks
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By I Sphyre I on 13 Jan 2024 20:34
Worked perfectly first time. Was a nerve wracking mission though, as enemies spawned everywhere.
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By FullMoonBeaver on 23 Mar 2024 08:42
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This is easiest to do at the beginning of the campaign.
We choose any mission of the raid type: in this type of mission it is necessary to discover and destroy the enemy’s key buildings.
We take 1 fast mech, remove the other pilots so that they don’t accidentally kill anyone.
After landing, run to the points and destroy the buildings, ignore the damage, speed is your everything.
Attention: if you crush turrets or tanks, the trophy will not count, so be careful.
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06 Dec 2021 11:17