Mortal Kombat X
73 Achievements
1,500
61-82h
Xbox One
Xbox Series
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Still Alive
Perform a Stage Brutality with Alien in the Klassic Tower
25
0.18%
How to unlock the What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Still Alive achievement in Mortal Kombat X - Definitive Guide
Not sure where all the misinformation came from but the previous two solutions are incorrect with non-existent brutalities (ie. stage brutalities that don't exist), incorrect brutality conditions in order to perform one, and missing a brutality.
Play a Klassic Tower on Very Easy as Alien and perform any of the following brutalities on these listed stages. The brutalities listed must be performed as the final hit in the match winning round and also make sure you have a bar of stamina to use the stage interactables:
Dead Woods
Kuatan Jungle
Outworld Marketplace
The Kove
Quan Chi Fortress
Lin Kuei Temple
Here's a video doing exactly everything I have listed. No other Stage Brutalities exist.
**TIP**
I highly recommend spending a bar of meter on interactables so they allow you to absorb up to two hits and have the interactable go through. To do so, press followed shortly by the interactable button, .
Play a Klassic Tower on Very Easy as Alien and perform any of the following brutalities on these listed stages. The brutalities listed must be performed as the final hit in the match winning round and also make sure you have a bar of stamina to use the stage interactables:
Dead Woods
Kuatan Jungle
Outworld Marketplace
The Kove
Quan Chi Fortress
Lin Kuei Temple
Here's a video doing exactly everything I have listed. No other Stage Brutalities exist.
**TIP**
I highly recommend spending a bar of meter on interactables so they allow you to absorb up to two hits and have the interactable go through. To do so, press followed shortly by the interactable button, .
5 Comments
Awesome accurate guide!!! For some dumb reason, I thought it was for Alien only, but damn, using it will all the characters made my game so much more fun!!! +1 from me!!!
By Warboy925 on 24 Jan 2017 12:40
Great guide it helped me out to get this achievement
By Supastar1980 on 24 Feb 2017 04:01
EDIT:
EDIT II:
While I appreciate Dr Gonzo's input on the new achievements, his solution for this one is slightly incorrect. No disrespect intended, but the methods for this achievement are actually much simpler than the previously stated instructions make it seem.
Firstly, you'll obviously want to select the Klassic Tower, then select Alien. As Dr Gonzo stated, variation does not matter. If you want a slightly easier time, select the Konjurer variation, as you can use the Ovomorph move (Down - Back - X, followed by Down - Back - X again if the opponent isn't near the Ovomorph egg to have the Facehugger jump to them) to trap your opponent, making it easier to hit them with the interactables. Try to keep your opponent away from the interactables for the first round. You DO NOT have to prolong the match to three rounds. I repeat, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PLAY THREE ROUNDS. Losing once is unnecessary, and makes it more likely that the AI will beat you to one of them, requiring you to go back to Character Select and try again. Once you get to the final round, whether it be the second or third should you have lost once, start setting up for the interactables. I personally did this on Dead Woods, since it was the first eligible stage I came across on the Tower. The requirements for each stage are:
Each interactable is listed as INTERACTABLE ___. These are the interactables you need to use in the final round to activate the BRUTALITY TRIGGER. If a stage has multiple brutalities, these are listed as BRUTALITY TRIGGER ___. Unless otherwise stated, you must use the listed INTERACTABLES before using the BRUTALITY TRIGGER.
Dead Woods:
The Kove
Outworld Market
Kuatan Jungle
Lin Kuei Temple
Quan Chi's Fortress
Put simply, just win the first round, then start using the listed interactables for your selected stage. Make sure that ALL the required interactables are NOT BLOCKED and that they DO NOT MISS. You do not have to lose a round, and the interactables do not need to be used in any specific order outside of the one that is supposed to deal the final blow, which must be used last. Set the difficulty on Very Easy, and wait until you get one of these stages. Very easy achievement, but it needed a little extra information in addition to what Dr Gonzo already added. To address BrutalGuitar's comment quickly, Stage Fatalities do NOT count towards this achievement. The game must call it a Brutality for the achievement to pop.
Below is when I popped the achievement. I just used Game DVR for this, so you can't see it actually pop, but as you can see I did not need to lose a round and had previously used the two listed interactables in this last round, then threw the log from jump distance.
EDIT II:
While I appreciate Dr Gonzo's input on the new achievements, his solution for this one is slightly incorrect. No disrespect intended, but the methods for this achievement are actually much simpler than the previously stated instructions make it seem.
Firstly, you'll obviously want to select the Klassic Tower, then select Alien. As Dr Gonzo stated, variation does not matter. If you want a slightly easier time, select the Konjurer variation, as you can use the Ovomorph move (Down - Back - X, followed by Down - Back - X again if the opponent isn't near the Ovomorph egg to have the Facehugger jump to them) to trap your opponent, making it easier to hit them with the interactables. Try to keep your opponent away from the interactables for the first round. You DO NOT have to prolong the match to three rounds. I repeat, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PLAY THREE ROUNDS. Losing once is unnecessary, and makes it more likely that the AI will beat you to one of them, requiring you to go back to Character Select and try again. Once you get to the final round, whether it be the second or third should you have lost once, start setting up for the interactables. I personally did this on Dead Woods, since it was the first eligible stage I came across on the Tower. The requirements for each stage are:
Each interactable is listed as INTERACTABLE ___. These are the interactables you need to use in the final round to activate the BRUTALITY TRIGGER. If a stage has multiple brutalities, these are listed as BRUTALITY TRIGGER ___. Unless otherwise stated, you must use the listed INTERACTABLES before using the BRUTALITY TRIGGER.
Dead Woods:
The Kove
Outworld Market
Kuatan Jungle
Lin Kuei Temple
Quan Chi's Fortress
Put simply, just win the first round, then start using the listed interactables for your selected stage. Make sure that ALL the required interactables are NOT BLOCKED and that they DO NOT MISS. You do not have to lose a round, and the interactables do not need to be used in any specific order outside of the one that is supposed to deal the final blow, which must be used last. Set the difficulty on Very Easy, and wait until you get one of these stages. Very easy achievement, but it needed a little extra information in addition to what Dr Gonzo already added. To address BrutalGuitar's comment quickly, Stage Fatalities do NOT count towards this achievement. The game must call it a Brutality for the achievement to pop.
Below is when I popped the achievement. I just used Game DVR for this, so you can't see it actually pop, but as you can see I did not need to lose a round and had previously used the two listed interactables in this last round, then threw the log from jump distance.
4 Comments
Damn. I wish I had known that. I went off info I got from IGN and Reddit. And that's how I got it to work. WASTE OF MY TIME! lol. Oh well. I deleted my bad solution. Thumbs up to you buddy!
By Dr Gonzo 815 on 02 Mar 2016 05:42
Good solution. You should add Quan Chi's Fortress. Easiest stage brutality in the game because there are no prerequisites such as other interactables. Final hit just has to come from the wrath hammer on the far right of the screen.
By OdinElite on 02 Mar 2016 02:55
You must preform a stage brutality with Alien in its Klassic Tower for this trophy.
Many stages have stage brutalities.
Below is a list of all known brutalities:
The Kove - Hold Right Analog and uppercut.
Outworld Market Place - Interact with the stage twice and throw the old lady at your foe.
Lin Kuei Temple - Interact with the stage twice and throw the fire balls while holding forward.
Dead Woods - Throw the log on the right of the screen at your foe at jumping distance.
Kuatan Jungle - Grab the vine mid-screen once, then kill your foe with the statue by the vine.
Many stages have stage brutalities.
Below is a list of all known brutalities:
The Kove - Hold Right Analog and uppercut.
Outworld Market Place - Interact with the stage twice and throw the old lady at your foe.
Lin Kuei Temple - Interact with the stage twice and throw the fire balls while holding forward.
Dead Woods - Throw the log on the right of the screen at your foe at jumping distance.
Kuatan Jungle - Grab the vine mid-screen once, then kill your foe with the statue by the vine.
You must perform one of the following Brutalities on any of these stages while using Alien in the Klassic tower (any variation, any difficulty). These must be the last hit (about 10% left).
Requirements per level (Ordered by estimated difficulty):
THE KOVE OVERBOARD:
Player must be holding the switch stance button during final hit
Final hit must come from uppercut
QUAN CHI'S FORTRESS - HAMMER TIME:
Final hit must come from Shao Kahn's Hammer
KUATAN JUNGLE OLMEC:
Player must use 2 stage interactions
One stage interaction must be the branch
Final hit must come from the statue stage interaction
DEAD WOODS LOG:
Player must use 2 stage interactions in the match
Player must be at jump distance
OUTWORLD MARKETPLACE BLANCHE:
Player must use 2 stage interactions during the match
(optional) Player must be holding down during final hit
THE KOVE FLOATER:
Use the corpse that floats up in the background
Player must be holding forward during final hit
LIN KUEI PALACE - FIRE:
Player must use 2 stage interactions during the match
Player must be at jump distance
Player must be holding forward during final hit
Final hit must come from one of the 3 flame stage interactions
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombat/comments/3eci7r/list_o...
Requirements per level (Ordered by estimated difficulty):
THE KOVE OVERBOARD:
Player must be holding the switch stance button during final hit
Final hit must come from uppercut
QUAN CHI'S FORTRESS - HAMMER TIME:
Final hit must come from Shao Kahn's Hammer
KUATAN JUNGLE OLMEC:
Player must use 2 stage interactions
One stage interaction must be the branch
Final hit must come from the statue stage interaction
DEAD WOODS LOG:
Player must use 2 stage interactions in the match
Player must be at jump distance
OUTWORLD MARKETPLACE BLANCHE:
Player must use 2 stage interactions during the match
(optional) Player must be holding down during final hit
THE KOVE FLOATER:
Use the corpse that floats up in the background
Player must be holding forward during final hit
LIN KUEI PALACE - FIRE:
Player must use 2 stage interactions during the match
Player must be at jump distance
Player must be holding forward during final hit
Final hit must come from one of the 3 flame stage interactions
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombat/comments/3eci7r/list_o...
This trophy is earned by performing any stage Brutality with Alien in the Klassic tower (variation doesn't matter). Stage brutalities are special Brutality kills that are performed on some of the stages. The Requirements are always the same for all characters. If you come across one of these stages during the Klassic Tower and aren't playing as Alien you can switch to it for the match and still earn the trophy.
List of Stage Brutalities
Dead Woods - Must use two stage interactions on opponent during final round of match (log on far left and swinging branch in middle) and final blow myst be from throwing log on far right from mid range.
Kuatan Jungle - During the final round, you must grab hanging branch in center right of screen and the killing blow must come from smashing enemy against stone statue in center of stage.
Lin Kuei Temple - During the final round, the killing blow must come from throwing fireball from one of statues hands while holding forward (towards opponent) at long range.
Outworld Marketplace - You must use the two stage interactions on opponent during the final round of match (barbecue on far left and barrel in middle) and the final blow must be from throwing white haired woman on right side from mid range.
The Kove - During final round killing blow must be from and Uppercut performed while hold .
List of Stage Brutalities
Dead Woods - Must use two stage interactions on opponent during final round of match (log on far left and swinging branch in middle) and final blow myst be from throwing log on far right from mid range.
Kuatan Jungle - During the final round, you must grab hanging branch in center right of screen and the killing blow must come from smashing enemy against stone statue in center of stage.
Lin Kuei Temple - During the final round, the killing blow must come from throwing fireball from one of statues hands while holding forward (towards opponent) at long range.
Outworld Marketplace - You must use the two stage interactions on opponent during the final round of match (barbecue on far left and barrel in middle) and the final blow must be from throwing white haired woman on right side from mid range.
The Kove - During final round killing blow must be from and Uppercut performed while hold .