PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION
111 Achievements
68-96h
Triple Kill
Kill 3 enemies with one bullet using any sniper rifle.
2.6%
How to unlock the Triple Kill achievement in PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION - Definitive Guide
Difficulty: Normal
This achievement requires you to use a Sniper rifle, and although it is possible with any of them it is highly recommended that you use the Nagant Sniper Rifle (Rep 54), or Thanatos .50 cal (Rep 65) if you have them unlocked.
Now, start a Bank Heist on Normal difficulty with AI turned off. It doesn't matter what type of Bank Heist you select, but I used cash in my example. Feel free to use your preplanning stage to select health and ammo dead drops on the map beforehand just in case you need them.
As soon as the level starts, you'll want to locate the back parking lot and in the corner you'll notice a building wall, and this is where 3-4 enemies will repel from at the same time for the achievement. To trigger their spawn, go loud! This will cause the alarm to be triggered and within a minute or two you will get your first police assault, which will be displayed in the top right corner in yellow text. This will last 2 minutes, and then another one will start 2 minutes after it ends. You want to be in the parking lot next to the dumpster when the 2nd police assault starts. At the very beginning of the 2nd assault, 3-4 enemies will repel down from this roof at the same time and align when they land on the ground. Stand up, align your shot, and go for it. You can hit them anywhere with the .50 cal, upper body or higher using the Nagant, and headshots using the two lower powered snipers. If you are able to kill at least 3 enemies with 1 bullet, the achievement will unlock.
Note: It is also possible to have enemies repel off this roof in between police assaults if they are dropped off on the roof via a helicopter so keep an eye out if you'd like.
Thantos .50 Sniper Rifle is the go to sniper for earning this achievement, although it comes with a price--level requirement. There are two very good options for you to tackle this achievement with.
1) I personally like Rats contract, day three for this as there is the least room for error, albeit more work to get to the point. On day three you will load in on a bridge taking down a convoy of drug-dealing-rats. Conviently enough for us, they are on a bus all in the isle. You can get yourself on top of a car, aim down the middle of the bus, and take out four+ enemies with a single .50 shot (tested on hard difficulty). The reason I say this method is better than the second method is that you can take your time and really line your shot up before taking it, whereas the second method I will describe is much more fast paced and precise.
2) Any 'Bank - Heist' (gold, regular, cash, deposit) will suffice here. You will want to force a police response and then go to the parking lot behind the bank and look for the building adjacent to the lot. There is a door you will not be able to enter and right above it, an area where police officers will repel down from. These enemies will repel down at the beginning of the second police assault so make sure to take note of when the first ends to get in position for the second wave.
In order to this you obviously need a sniper. I recommend the .50 cal or the Nagrant, just to make sure the bullet actually can penetrate the cops but most snipers should do the trick. Lesser snipers is still possible but you require a triple headshot in most case.
To make this easy, pick the heist Bank Heist: Cash or Deposit and pick normal difficulty with no A.I. Once the heist begins pick on your mask and kill people inside the bank or just get attention. You want to survive for a good 3-4mins for this to work. Once the 2nd Police Assault begins you will want to sprint to the parking lot. Out there you'll find 2 containers on one side. If you stand behind them and look out towards the street but still along the right wall, 3 cops will rope down at the same time. As soon as they land you shoot them and should get all 3 with 1 bullet.
Credit to Maka91Productions for the video