Red Dead Redemption
51 Achievements
Mowing Them Down
Kill 500 enemies with a mounted weapon in any game mode.
1.7%
How to unlock the Mowing Them Down achievement in Red Dead Redemption - Definitive Guide
Once you`re able to go back to Mexico, head to El Presidio. Climb the ladders and get on one of the cannons (I used the ones at the southern gate). After you`ve done this, just keep blasting the zombies. I got this achievement in about 30 minutes doing it this way.
NB, if you keep moving the cannon all the way to the left or right and wait until you hear the zombies moaning, you`ll find a group of four or five have spawned making your grind a little easier. Hope this helps :D
I did this when I got the dynamite unlocked, think it was around lvl 13-15. dynamite makes it easier to get the law after you but there is a cannon as well you can use.
Start a private free roam session, and travel to El Presido. If you have dynamite throw it at the main building and as soon as it explodes you will have the law after you. alternatively if you don't have dynamite, get on the cannon above the transport wheel and fire it at the tower to the right of the cannon.
now mount the gun near the transport wheel and mow down enemies as they keep coming. if you got a buddy have him cover the back entrance as they spawn randomly on the front and back paths. if you are doing it solo just make sure to pick off enemies at the back door occasionally with your repeater to get them to respawn and hopefully come down the Gatling gun side.
that is pretty much it, just keep killing as they come, you will get good xp if you can keep a high wanted chain kill spree and get some leveling done as well for the level 50 achievement. also if you are solo you will probably die a bunch, just repeat the initial steps to get the law spawning and keep grinding out the kills.
notes:
- you can keep track of your kills under the pause menu > stats > combat > "People killed with the Gatling gun"
- for some reason i tried mounting the other Gatling gun way up top in the tall tower but the law wouldn't keep spawning. I didn't try with a partner who was on the ground level, so the law may keep spawning if one of you is still near the bottom Gatling gun
- note from crewdy4923: "make sure you click to exit multiplayer if you want to continue getting kills later". (if you don't I guess stats don't save unless you do something where you see the "saving" prompt in the corner)
- note from STLfan2468: SP and MP kills do not accumulate on one score. They are separate and you must either obtain 500 kills in SP or 500 kills in MP for the cheevo to unlock. ie. 250 kills in SP and 250 in MP will not work.
I did this when I got the dynamite unlocked, think it was around lvl 13-15. dynamite makes it easier to get the law after you but there is a cannon as well you can use.
Start a private free roam session, and travel to El Presido. If you have dynamite throw it at the main building and as soon as it explodes you will have the law after you. alternatively if you don't have dynamite, get on the cannon above the transport wheel and fire it at the tower to the right of the cannon.
now mount the gun near the transport wheel and mow down enemies as they keep coming. if you got a buddy have him cover the back entrance as they spawn randomly on the front and back paths. if you are doing it solo just make sure to pick off enemies at the back door occasionally with your repeater to get them to respawn and hopefully come down the Gatling gun side.
that is pretty much it, just keep killing as they come, you will get good xp if you can keep a high wanted chain kill spree and get some leveling done as well for the level 50 achievement. also if you are solo you will probably die a bunch, just repeat the initial steps to get the law spawning and keep grinding out the kills.
notes:
- you can keep track of your kills under the pause menu > stats > combat > "People killed with the Gatling gun"
- for some reason i tried mounting the other Gatling gun way up top in the tall tower but the law wouldn't keep spawning. I didn't try with a partner who was on the ground level, so the law may keep spawning if one of you is still near the bottom Gatling gun
- note from crewdy4923: "make sure you click to exit multiplayer if you want to continue getting kills later". (if you don't I guess stats don't save unless you do something where you see the "saving" prompt in the corner)
- note from STLfan2468: SP and MP kills do not accumulate on one score. They are separate and you must either obtain 500 kills in SP or 500 kills in MP for the cheevo to unlock. ie. 250 kills in SP and 250 in MP will not work.
I did this at El Presidio. If you don't want to be bothered by other players do it in a private session. Go to the entrance that has the machine gun and climb up to the cannon on the other side of the doors. If there is a soldier inside the compound kill him to get a wanted level. If there isn't shoot a box of TNT or a lantern to get a bounty. Now hop on the cannon and start lighting up soldiers as the ride up the road.
It only happened a few times but be wary of soldiers coming in the entrance behind you, as it can be annoying to get domed from behind. All in all if you use this method in multiplayer you'll walk away with your achievement, at least 25,000 XP, and at least a few MP challenges.
I had tried with the above guides on numerous occasions, i was getting kills but was often unlucky with spawns behind me and the army not being able to be shot.
I tried on a different gun within the fort, this being the cannon just above the transport spot to the right of the gate as you head towards the southern side of El presidio.
On this gun i was able to achieve roughly 100 kills with little or no effort.
It is important to note the spawns:
1. you will have army from the direct left which will be at the top of the hill
2. Men from the distance heading towards you on the road (easy when they get of their horses to just blast away)
3. On the right on the hill. The hill on the right can often be a bit glitchy and the men will stand on the side wall of El presidio and not be able to shoot you and vise versa. This is however beneficial as it saves you from being overwhelmed. Sometimes they will fall off the cliff edge and might survive so be wary of any shots from here.
I managed to grind out these kills in about an hour.
And again- this guide is not for boosters who don't enjoy the game whom just want the achievement.
Once Mexico is unlocked, travel to El Presido. Use the cannon right next to the front gate, and go to town on the undead. They spawn very quickly and in large numbers. You can get this from scratch in about 5-10 minutes. Plus, you will never get attacked from behind.
When you shoot quickly and there are none there, wait about 10 seconds and another wave will spawn.
All you have to do is get on the cannon that sits on a small tower next to the main gate and scan the road going into the fort. Simply blast any so zombies you see, remembering to move the aim to the cannons limit of it's horizontal aim this refreshs the road of zombies. With this you should be done in no time.
Theres two other ways, both exactly the same but one done in either the main single player game or in online free roam. I would recommend doing it online as it also helps you rank up in order to get the achivement for reaching the maximum level. It also has the added advantage of allowing you to bring a friend along to help.
All you have to do is draw attention to your self by killing someone or throwing a stick of dynamite and then clearing out the fort of any lawmen.Then just get on the gattaling gun on side of the main gate and just cut up any approaching Mexican soldiers. Be sure to press the left or right buttons on the D-Pad to get a better camera angle as some enemy's can hide in areas that can only be hit at certain angles.
Some soldiers will attack you from the side gate, if you have friend helping you he can keep an eye on that side door allowing you to stay on the gun. If not you'll have to keep an eye on the radar and when soldiers come round your side you can deal with them before they become too much trouble.
Without a friends help you are likely to die a few times but it's easy enough to get back on the horse.
It's also worth noting that it's 500 kills needed in one single game mode. So if you do it in free roam you need 500 kills regardless of how many you get during single player. However the kills can be shared across the the three types of mounted gun.
If people start showing up and they have no heads that means the game has glitched out and the kills you make from that point do not count, if this happens to you just kill yourself and press Y to restart by nearest town.This shouldn't take long, i had 0 kills took me around 20-25 minutes to get to 500.
All single player and multiplayer kills count towards this achievement. You will need to earn kills online or offline, they do not stack towards the same statistics.
You will encounter the Gatling Gun on a regular basis throughout the games story missions. when you do encounter the Gatling Gun kill as many people as possible. There are several missions where you will be told to use this gun.
- Browning (Doesn't always register kills)
- Gatling Gun
- Cannon
If you unlock this while playing through the main story you will be very lucky. The best way to earn this achievement is to start a private free-roam session and head to the fort in Mexico called El Presidio. In this fort you will find several Cannons and a Gatling Gun. Once inside alert the army, you can now sit on a cannon or gun of choice and gun down the army as they come to arrest you. The cannon on the cliff edge on the northern side seems to be the best cannon to use.
See "Long Arm of Marston"
There are plenty of ways to get this trophy, the first method is the most time consuming but also the safest method without dying. Go to El Matadero and climb the ladder by the safehouse that's available to purchase. Use the mounted Maxim Gun on the roof and kill every civilian in sight. The cool thing is that you won't get any bounty so the sheriffs won't be after you and the civilians keep respawning. Keep killing people until the trophy unlocks. You can view your mounted weapon stats in the main menu.
The other method is by playing online, host a private game and head to El Presidio in Mexico. Get your bounty up by shooting at one of the TNT barrels that's inside the place to make sheriff's go after you. Use the cannon on the left of the north side entrance and kill every sheriff that's after you. Do this until the trophy unlocks.
If you have the Undead Nightmare DLC then you can unlock this trophy in about 20 minutes using the same El Presidio method. You must unlock Mexico in Undead Nightmare by completing missions.