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Die Hard

Die Hard

End a time loop (Alive) after having taken (and healed) over 1000 damage.

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How to unlock the Die Hard achievement in Outer Wilds - Definitive Guide

End a time loop (Alive) after having taken (and healed) over 1000 damage.

This is according to the Achievement Description found on the xbox.com site.

I got this by doing the following:
1. Wake up
2. Acquire launch codes if you don't already have them
3. Get into your ship and put on your suit
4. Jump back down to the first campfire where you wake up (don't die on the descent)
5. Step into the fire until your suit says Vitals Critical
6. Roast and eat 2 Perfect Marshmallows (aka don't let them catch fire) to restore health or as others have suggested, enter your ship and use the medkit found on the wall to the left of your suit
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 ~11 times to be safe (assuming your character has 100 health)
8. Play out the rest of your time loop (a time loop is 22 minutes total) without dying, waiting for the Sun to supernova
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30 May 2019 19:59

18 Comments
How long is a time loop? Is it a certain amount of time or is it based on story progression?
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By derektwopointoh on 31 May 2019 18:36
I got it using medikits instead of marshmellows.
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By Apostle92627 on 31 May 2019 18:53
For those on a diet, instead of eating marshmallows to restore health, simply return to the ship after standing in the fire and use the med kit.
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By Hanrec2 on 31 May 2019 18:54
A Time loop is 22 Minutes, if I guess Right.
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By OniDestiny on 31 May 2019 19:18
If you’re good at piloting the ship, just land it by the fire so it’s quicker to heal.
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By Ryn0 L on 01 Jun 2019 05:51
Great guide. +1 from me. I do however have an adjustment you can make in which speeds ups the process of healing. If you grab your spacecraft and land it next to the Campfire, you can literally stand on the fire and then use the medkit inside the craft to heal 11-15 times. Found this to be more efficient than roasting marshmallows. I then just went off exploring until the time loop ended.
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By TuKraZe on 03 Jun 2019 18:32
Just to confirm, you CANNOT use the unlockable meditate option to skip to the end of the time loop. You will have to wait the full 22 mins
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By GesterX on 04 Jun 2019 19:59
There is an unlockable meditate option!? Haha, I never knew that!
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By Ch1ps on 05 Jun 2019 14:24
You can also take the elevator back down instead of jumping. Not that it is going to be difficult anyway with your suit thrusters.
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By Blissed Away on 17 Jun 2019 01:58
very easy
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By Jesus Del Pozo on 05 Feb 2020 16:49
Great guide. I'll just add that you have to move out of the fire almost instantly if you wait for your suit to say vitals critical. You can just get out when it says vitals low. You'll just have to do the process more times.
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By cterie on 18 Jan 2021 04:32
Somehow I managed to crush myself with the lift absolutely fuming
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By GingerJamess on 18 Feb 2021 14:23
Press Y on campfires to doze off and speed up time
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By benveg on 27 Jun 2021 14:23
I found it easier to land by the fire on the alter rock and do it there
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By CheshireMulisha on 30 Jun 2021 17:56
Reached critical around 15 times, waited for the end of the world and no achievement
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By TheBoxyBear on 01 Jul 2021 01:25
Just to prevent any confusion. You want to pass the time using the "nod off" option at the campfire. This passes time but wakes you up at the vital point. The achievement will unlock not long after you have woken and the loop ends.

Meditate (unlockable) on the other hand resets the current loop and does not work for this achievement.
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By ISC82 on 13 May 2022 19:10
Can confirm, the doze off approach works. Do your 10 damge heals then doze off until the end, (it'll auto eject you for the sueprnova song) then wait 30 seconds and BAM. reboot.
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By count023 on 22 Aug 2022 10:58
Another good way is to land on Ember Twin and just walk into prickle bushes until you're critical then jump in ship and use medkit to heal and repeat. I did that 20 times (figured also character had 100 health and wanted to be safe in case "vitals low" was at 50%).

Got a clip of the process.

https://xboxclips.com/fallouthirteen/778fc691-1878-480f-996c...
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By fallouthirteen on 31 May 2019 04:47
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You have 100 HP and get the warning "vitals low" at ~65 damage and "vitals critical" at ~90.
There's two ways to heal damage: The ship med kit and eating roasted marshmallows. Perfectly roasted marshmallows heal you to full, so being good at roasting helps.
Easy sources of controlled recurring damage are fall damage and fire.

Combining this information, I suggest getting your suit from the ship, drop down to the campfire you start at (should get you to "vitals low"), roast a marshmallow, jump in the fire until you get vitals critical, repeat marshmallow and fire 11 times. If you lost count or chickened out before "vitals critical" once or twice, just keep rotating roasting yourself and marshmallows until you feel safe, then doze off at the campfire until the time loop ends.

If fire is too scary, or roasting perfect marshmallows too hard, 15 jumps from the tower and heals at the ship should work just as well.
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