Perfect Dark Zero
50 Achievements
1,000
60-80h
1000 Melee Kills
Expert Kill Award. Achieved 1000 Melee Kills (armed or unarmed) over all multiplayer games played.
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How to unlock the 1000 Melee Kills achievement in Perfect Dark Zero - Definitive Guide
One important thing to note about this achievement is that meleeing someone in the back with standard weapons will not count toward this achievement as a melee kill. If you use a Viblade though, you can kill them from any angle and have it count as a melee kill.
Match setup:
Team Killcount (Deathmatch)
Map: Desert, small variant
Custom weapon setup:
In slot 1 - 4 add shield
In slot 5 add the Viblade
Bot setup:
Bot count: 14 (to allow your other player to join)
Difficulty: Agent
Bot teams: Humans vs Bots
Personality: Bully
Set the time / score limit to whatever suits you, just make sure you don't set the time limit to infinite (the game won't be able to end properly and the kills won't count toward the achievement.) 20 minutes with no score limit will get you over 500 kills.
Setup a multiplayer game as follows:
Game type: Killcount
Map: Desert (Small)
Players: 16
Bots: 15 (Agent)
Time Limit: None
Score Limit: 100
Weapons: Make sure you have the sword.
With this I was getting my 100 kills in under 15 minutes average. Plus this was working towards my 1000 Killcount kills also. But will also net you your 10 & 100 Melee and your 10 and 100 Killcount Kills too!
Map = Desert
Variant = Small
Bots = 15 Agent
Personality = Judge
Custom Weapons = 5 Slots Flash Bangs, Last Slot Shield
Run straight to the Shield Spawn, Melee a couple bots from behind until you get a lead and then just back into a corner and spam the B Button. The bots will continually run into your shield.
Perform 1000 melee kills. The quickest way to get this achievement, is to set up a match with the following settings:
Deathmatch
Mode: Killcount
Map: Desert
Map Size: Small
Bots: 15 (Agent/Bully)
Time Limit: None
Point Limit: 100
Weapons: Custom (Shields in five slots, Viblade in sixth)
Grab the Viblade as soon as possible. It will spawn on a balcony above one of the arches. Since the enemy AI is set to Bully, they will focus on the player with the least kills. If that's not you, they will be oblivious to your presence. Hit them in the back... Once you have reached the score limit, set up 9 more matches with the same settings until you have the 1000 melee kills. It will take a couple of hours. It can be a mix of online and offline.
If you own a second controller, you can get your kills even quicker. The mode needs to be switched to Team Killcount. Change the bot count to 14, to allow for your second controller. Set it to "Bots vs Humans". When the game begins, take your second controller around the outskirts of the map until you see a rock which you can climb on. If you are facing the Viblade spawn, it is 45 degree's to your right.
All the bots will swarm to the rock, but will be unable to hit the second player. This makes them easy prey.
Note: Melee kills from behind only count when using the Viblade. When using any other weapon, you must hit them from the front.
*You must complete the match for your achievement progress to register.