Red Faction: Guerrilla

Red Faction: Guerrilla

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Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball

Scored 25 million points worth of destruction in Wrecking Crew.

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How to unlock the Wrecking Ball achievement in Red Faction: Guerrilla - Definitive Guide

When going for the Wrecking Ball achievement, I recommend you use these settings:

Mode: Total Chaos
Map: Complex
Weapon: Thermobaric Rocket
Building Collapse: High
Barrels: On

Players, Backpack, and Rounds to Win are insignificant.

Right when the game starts, immediately begin shooting rockets at the nearest building, aim at the lowest level to get the most points. You can easily rack up to 100,000 to 150,000 every round.

Every players score counts towards this achievement.
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06 Jun 2009 01:18

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If you use 2 people or however many people do the poinnts count for every person you use? Like if you use 2 people and get 100,000 points each does that mean you get 200,000 or just one persons score?
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By KACG FeaR on 12 Jun 2009 04:56
Yes, every player will count towards the achievements as no other profiles are required to sign in on the entry of the wrecking crew mode.
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By Yin on 12 Jun 2009 10:47
Ok thank you
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By KACG FeaR on 12 Jun 2009 23:58
i find it best to use the tremor backpack with this setting, easily increases total score per round per person by 30k and up
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By itjustgotcoId on 19 Jun 2009 17:56
It doesn't matter what backpack is used if using the thermobaric rocket...
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By Yin on 19 Jun 2009 18:32
You seem to rack up a higher score from the buildings collapsing under their own weight than from blowing them up directly. I use the regular rocket launcher on Complex and my average destruction in 1 minute is a 150-180000 while I only seem to be able to get 120-150000 with the Thermabaric rockets.
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By Goukensama on 21 Jun 2009 17:07
I was able to obtain to over 180,000 using the current method. I simply posted that you could easily score within that range.
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By Yin on 21 Jun 2009 17:12
The regular rocket launcher worked WAY better than the thermobaric rocket. I got over 200,000 ten times using the regular rocket.
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By R4Z0R713 on 24 Jun 2009 02:41
You can use the nano rifle as well as i was averaging around 160-200000 easily
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By Dreadn0ght on 03 Jul 2009 08:54
Don't use the thermobaric rocket...
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By MUTANDlS on 20 Aug 2009 20:51
@Dreadn0ght In one minute?
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By Yin on 21 Aug 2009 01:16
I assume this is accumulative, where can you see your totals? The leaderboard for this is messed up, it shows no score for me in Complex.
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By splicegraph on 22 Aug 2009 16:44
i cant believe this achievement is worth so much,its not that hard to get.it took me like four hours to get this achievement
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By Heaven In Vain on 04 Sep 2009 18:24
A very boring grind.
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By Yin on 04 Sep 2009 18:26
So, does this cover all of your Wrecking Ball games? You don't have to get it in one match?
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By ERIKDOTCOM on 18 Sep 2009 22:03
Nope, its impossible to get that many points in a single game. Its a combination of all of them.
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By Yin on 18 Sep 2009 23:14
This is what i found out experimenting.
In wrecking crew menu, select the following:
*Mode: Total chaos
*Map: Expansion
*Weapon: Thermobaric Rocket
*Building Collapse: High
*Rounds to win: 5
*Barrels: On

This way you'll get an average of 250,000-300,000 each round wich summons up to the wonderful amount of 1,300,000 in only 5mins.
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By elgydium on 28 Sep 2009 00:15
You should re-post that as another solution instead that way your method can get on top, if it is truely more efficient.
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By Yin on 28 Sep 2009 00:28
I jumped up from 130,000 average to 170,000 just by using tremor backpack
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By Rowdy185 on 09 Nov 2009 07:53
I have been playing total choas and I dont see any score for me on the leaderboard should I be worried
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By j2kworld on 13 Mar 2010 16:40
J2kworld...if you want to check your progress towards the achievement, head into the single player campaign, hit Start, then Statistics, then right shoulder button, and you can scroll through the different achievements. The game keeps track and displays your progress on all of them, so you'll know how many more MP wins you need, your Wrecking Crew progress, the number of crates you've destroyed, etc.

For me, Thermobaric was amounting to roughly 100k per round in Complex. I switched to Nano Rifle & Tremor and my scores are jumping up into the 130-180k range. How people can get 200k+ scores is beyond me.
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By Rhyolitic on 09 Jun 2010 19:51
This should be noted in the solution ^^^^

as far as the leader board saying '0' that is because the leader board only counts the matches you play in the "challenge" mode where you have 1 round of escalation, one round of barrels and another round of something else but either way not even close to the most efficient way to get this. its a shame though you have to go into the single player to look at these stats. but at least there is a accurate number somewhere
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By NickHawkeye on 21 Feb 2012 13:09
Good solution, working on it, wish we could see how many millions we made so far or am I blind?
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By Nit0rin on 13 Sep 2012 03:47
You see how many points you have by loading up the campaign and then looking under achievements for it.
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By M00SE on 04 Nov 2012 20:38
This is a great solution, but I found that the singularity bombs worked better for me. Using the bombs and the tremor backback I was getting scores of 180k to 200k on the map (I got 140k to 170k with the thermo rockets). The problem using this combo, however, was that you have to get closer the buildings and sometimes would get hit by debris. This knocks you down and as result you lose time (and score). Low scores with the singularity bomb were about 100k.
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By Norm D Minotaur on 14 May 2012 18:14
If you're like me and wondering if any of the other methods have any merit -- they really don't. Thermobaric rockets have the most consistent point output that doesn't rely on pure dumb luck like whether or not a building will fall over in the post-match "break" phase using singularity bombs. The DLC map may be worth a look as XLR8ING 76131 mentions in his solution if you're willing to spend money on it (I certainly wasn't for a single achievement), but thermobaric rockets are certainly the way to go otherwise.
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By Mobius Evalon on 11 Feb 2015 23:03
I would also like to add that very high scores are a matter of simply learning the physics. Somewhere around the halfway mark to this achievement you start to recognize how empty the bottom floor has to be to trigger a collapse, though the rule of thumb is that interior walls are much more critical to the building staying up than the exterior walls.

I've been running a 4 player/5 round matches for a while now using the normal rocket launcher, and my worst rounds are 155k. I fire 9-12 normal rockets and turn to the next building without waiting to watch it fall over. I've gotten a few 200k+ runs but I'm not entirely certain how -- it seems as though every round ends the same way with the fourth building collapsing or having already been collapsed under its own weight, but it's simply worth more sometimes for reasons I cannot discern.

At any rate, I would call consistent 125k runs a success. Any less than that means you're simply not doing it right. Consistent 160k runs mean you're at peak and you can't intentionally do much better (since the last 40k or so is just random.)
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By Mobius Evalon on 17 Feb 2015 00:32
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Here are the settings I'd recommend:

Mode: Total Chaos
Number of Players: 1
Map: Complex
Weapon: Singularity Bomb
Pack: Rhino
Building Collapse: High
Rounds to Win: 5

Your main goal is to attempt to destroy the entire Complex map. To do so, run around the outside of the map following the edges of buildings, leaving a singularity bomb at each building corner. Use the Rhino Pack when moving along from corner to corner and between buildings.

Drop a bomb at the edge of the stack when you run by as well. If done right, this nets 150k to 190k points each time.

This achievement is not difficult, but is extremely tedious. Using any other map besides complex means a much lower score and a much longer time to net the achievement. Also, setting the number of rounds to 5 means less loading time to start the map in between games.

As a side note, you might want to first do the achievement Can't Get Enough, which involves playing all modes on all maps in Wrecking Crew. This will not get you that far along, but will save some of the tedium at least. Expect to spend around 200 minutes (around 3 hours) of doing the same thing, minute by minute to get the achievement.
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20 Jan 2010 05:16

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Thanks for the positive input Ghost. I actually wrote this because I tried other solutions posted for this achievement and none of them worked out like my own settings here. Someone pointed out too, somewhere, that you can play four players and it all add up for everybody... not sure if this is true, but it's worth a look.
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By MastahMatt on 19 Aug 2011 17:13
you get a thumbs up!
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By PensFan4Life71 on 24 Jul 2012 00:14
This achievement is cumulative, right? I probably played for around a million points worth and then stopped for a while so I'm hoping I won't have to redo the whole thing over again.
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By Or1g1nal S1nn3r on 21 Jun 2013 18:42
Been a long time, but I don't see why your points would just go away.
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By MastahMatt on 22 Jun 2013 08:55
I can't stress this enough

Best method ever! Before I was doing the Thermobaric Rocket launcher and making just over 100k a match. With this method I am consistently hitting 130- 150k per match.

Thank you for the perfect method.
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By Chris1984uk on 23 Dec 2014 13:14
Soooooo much better and easier.nice
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By Diesel Foley on 13 Jan 2015 00:23
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If you have the DLC for Wrecking Crew use the following.

Map: Expansion
Mode: total chaos
weapon: Thermobaric Rocket
pack: jetpack
collapse: high
barrels on

If your player starts on the ground you can easily get 280-325000
if he starts on the bridge you can get 250000 easily

just start by shooting all the braces at the ground where they meet. I started on the far ends then shot the ones in the middle and the bridge pretty much collapses on its own. You may need to shoot the bridge where it meets the cliff to help the ends fall.
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14 Jun 2011 15:50

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This was a fantastic method. The only thing I will add is that I found the Thruster pack more useful in gaining height over already-destroyed bridge debris. That way I could drop a section, thrust up and then shoot the next straight away.
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By Swinny Costello on 15 Aug 2011 10:21
what one are you talking about? i don't see a map by that name
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By NickHawkeye on 21 Feb 2012 12:20
it is a dlc map
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By XL VENOM R8 on 22 Feb 2012 01:03
Smasher Pack?
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By MastaGus on 01 Nov 2012 17:42
Yes The Smasher Pack, you'll need to pay.
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By Owen H Brown on 19 Jul 2018 09:47
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Abridged Version: Do it on the map COMPLEX. Use THERMOBARIC ROCKET and TREMOR PACK. Soften up the buildings with rockets and be sure the tremor finishes them off. Other settings don't really matter.

Some people recommend different tactics, most of whom suggest the mighty THERMOBARIC ROCKET because of its big explosions. However, it seems you get more points for letting the building collapse on itself, and that the SINGULARITY BOMB, ROCKET LAUNCHER, or NANO RIFLE are the best.

In my opinion, and I tried all of these, the thermobaric rocket is the best, and easiest to use. I scored decent points with everything else, but (this is most previlient for S.Bomb) I had trouble taking down all the buildings within a minute. The thermobaric rocket may not yield the BIGGEST scores, but you'll consistently score high.

As for the backpack, most people say it doesn't matter. However, a good amount of people suggest the TREMOR PACK. Since you score bigger for making the buildings fall down instead of go BOOM, this is true. If you weaken the supports on the building(s) and leave one or two, then finish it with a tremor, you'll get (on average) 10-20k more than you normally would.

With a combination of THERMOBARIC and TREMOR, I was consistently getting scores around the 130k range, with 150k tops. Not nessissarily as high as some of the others, but a decent score that's very easy to reach.

Lastly, even if you set it to 4 players @ 5 rounds, it counts EVERYONES score to the achievement. And if you quit out before it ends, it counts everything up to that point as well. It unlocks after the round where you surpass 25 million.
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I know most of the solutions for this are very similar, but I'll offer my take anyway and add a few more things.

Mode: Total Chaos
PLAYERS: 4
Map: Complex
Weapon: Thermobaric Rocket
Backpack: Tremor
Building Collapse: High
ROUNDS TO WIN: 5
Barrels: On

Each round will take about 5 minutes, with each player I was averaging between 115K - 125K for score while firing the rocket and using the tremor backpack as frequently as possible.

So every round, this will gain you 460K - 500K give or take. It is possible to do less and more per round.

All players scores in this count towards the progress of one's gamertag.

If you're smart doing it this way, you can have each player win 4 rounds each, making the longest game at max, 17 rounds.

460K X 17 rounds will score you: 7.82M
500K X 17 rounds will score you: 8.50M

This should take roughly 1.5 hours to run through completely to achieve these scores in one game.

If you can achieve the higher scores on the spectrum, this might take you 3 games to complete the objective, if not then it should take no more than 4 games.

Time wise, you should be grinding this one for at least 4.5 - 5.5 hours to get this achievement.

Hope this helps!
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02 Jul 2012 18:01

Since this game was free now and I just unlocked this achievement, I think I should add my way of doing it too. As already mentioned in other solutions, you can set the game to 4 players with 5 needed wins, but in the end, it doesn't change anything (except you having less loading times).

Of course, most settings are pretty generic:

Mode: Total Chaos
Map: Complex (You could also pick Vista if you want to mix things up, it can yield the same scores but it's more difficult to achieve them and relies more on your spawn)
Weapon: Thermobaric Rocket
Building Collapse: High
Barrels: Off
Backpack: Tremor

Buildings give more points if they collapse, Barrels destroy more parts of the building, i.e. less points. Thus, if you want the tl;dr variant: Make sure to keep as much of a building intact but make them unstable enough so they'll collapse on its own at some point.

What you want to do is to shoot a Thermobaric Rocket at the corner of the buildings and then simply keep pumping rockets straight through the hole you just opened until the rockets hit the opposite corner (you start shooting the lower left corner, you shoot rockets from that hole into the building until you destroy the upper right corner and everything that was in the way, for example) and then move on to the next building to repeat the same. Try to keep the rockets at ground level. Usually destroying most of the "indestines" and two corners of the building is enough to make them collapse with the setting at high. In case the building still stands after you let it be for a bit, pump more rockets into it or finish it off with Tremor (it doesn't really matter, just watch out that you don't get hit by the collapsing ceiling). Also, don't forget to pump a few rockets into the pipe behind the largest building and finish it with more rockets/Tremor. Collapsing buildings during the 10 second break still give points too.

I rarely dropped below 140k points/character, with my highest score being 170k. This would accumulate to a minimum of 560k each round if you play with four characters. You'd score 9.52m in a 17 round game this way, while having a pretty much failsafe method.

The achievement fill pop immediately after you finish the one-minute rampage which bumps you over the desired 25 million.


If you have any questions or negative feedback, just ask/give me said feedback in the comments!
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04 Dec 2014 14:11

This video details one of the most efficient ways to unlock this achievement.

Match Settings
Mode - Total Chaos
Map - Complex
Weapon - Thermobaric Rocket
Building Collapse - High
Barrels - On
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16 Sep 2013 20:07

The description for this trophy is a tad misleading as you don't have to score exactly 25 million points, you can go over that amount and still get it.
Use the following settings:
  • Mode: Total Chaos
  • Players: 1
  • Map: Complex
  • Weapon: Thermobaric Rocket
  • Backpack: Tremor though the Rhino may be just as effective
  • Building Collapse: High
  • Rounds To Win: 5
  • Barrels: On
You should be aiming for between 100,000-140,000 points per round but do note you only have 1 minute to get this amount. To maximise your points, aim for the base of each building and keep pounding the structure until it collapses. it should only take 2-3 Rockets to flatten each building but if it doesn't fall, use your Backpack. If you hit the Smokestack that's in one corner of the map in just the right spot, then it will virtually destroy the building next to it when it falls. Completely flatten every building and you will easily get 100,000+ points every time. Do note though, that the Smokestack won't always fall the way you think it will so you may have to hit it a couple more times to completely destroy it.

Be careful when using the Thermobaric Rocket as it's extremely powerful and will insta-kill you if you're not careful. Also watch out for falling debris as getting hit by any of it will stun you and waste valuable time snapping out of it. Debris can also be a hazard if one of your Rockets hits some as it's falling as that will instantly kill you.

We recommend doing this trophy over a period of days as it can get really boring and trying to get the entire 25 million points in one go will take hours.

Alternate Method:

See this video for a different way of getting this trophy:


 
 
Credit to llwhiplashll for the video (although this video is for the Xbox 360 version, the info is still valid).
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From the main menu:
• WRECKING CREW
MODE - TOTAL CHAOS
PLAYERS - 4
MAP - COMPLEX
WEAPON - THERMOBARIC ROCKET
BACKPACK - JETPACK
BUILDING COLLAPSE - HIGH
ROUNDS TO WIN - 5
BARRELS - ON
• START (on a gamepad)

If possible, fly to the central rock and shoot at the bases of the buildings.
Thus, in ONE minute you will receive a minimum of 130,000 points, with a minimum number of downloads.

In about 4 hours you will score 25,000,000 points.

To see your total points scored:
load the single player campaign and click:
• START (on a gamepad)
• STATISTICS
• ACHIEVEMENTS (RB)
• WRECKING BALL (bottom of list)
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