Microsoft Solitaire Collection
76 Achievements
1,850
201-302h
PC
Extreme Altitude
Cleared 100 TriPeaks boards
30
5.56%
How to unlock the Extreme Altitude achievement in Microsoft Solitaire Collection - Definitive Guide
Necrophage33
Note that boards in the Star Club and Daily Challenge modes (when you get the "Clear X boards" requirement) don't count towards this achievement unfortunately.
If you have the Premium upgrade (which I highly recommend for the Daily Challenge badges), then you'll be asked at the start of each game if you'd like a wild card or an extra deal. If you don't have Premium, you'll be asked this every few games. Always choose the wild card. There is no point to an extra deal, since you can just start a new game and that's the same as a new deal. Save the wild card for situations where you only have one or two cards left on the board, then use the wild card only if it will guarantee you a completed board. If you use it and you still can't complete the board for some reason, undo to back before you used the wild and save it.
As far as strategies for completing boards:
If you have the Premium upgrade (which I highly recommend for the Daily Challenge badges), then you'll be asked at the start of each game if you'd like a wild card or an extra deal. If you don't have Premium, you'll be asked this every few games. Always choose the wild card. There is no point to an extra deal, since you can just start a new game and that's the same as a new deal. Save the wild card for situations where you only have one or two cards left on the board, then use the wild card only if it will guarantee you a completed board. If you use it and you still can't complete the board for some reason, undo to back before you used the wild and save it.
As far as strategies for completing boards:
- Go for the longest combo you can get to eliminate as many cards per card from the stock as you can.
- If you have two options to make, choose one and then Undo and choose the other and see which gives you the best result. By that I mean if you have two Jacks to choose from, pick one, Undo, and then pick the other. If one has a 10 underneath, use the 10 to remove the second Jack. That's an easier example of how to prioritize which one to pick. Another example is if you have two Jacks, and under one is a 4 and the other is an 8. Neither may seem useful now, but see what other cards are left on the board. If there is a 7 or 9, then choose the Jack that gives you the 8 so you have cards that you can combo.
- Another type of decision you'll have to make is, for example, you have a 9 and there is an 8 or a 10 to choose from next. Your first choice should be whichever option gives you the bigger combo, BUT when you run out of moves, watch what card flips next on the deck. So if you have a 9 and go with the 10 instead of the 8, finish your combo, but then if you flip the next card on the deck and it's a 7, then you should probably Undo, use the 9 on the 10 instead, and then use the 7 on the 8 to get rid of both.
