Rise of the Tomb Raider
143 Achievements
2,250
61-77h
Combat Specialist
Cold Darkness Challenge: Complete Cold Darkness without dying
50
0.15%
How to unlock the Combat Specialist achievement in Rise of the Tomb Raider - Definitive Guide
It's quite easy to get this achievement if you play on adventurer difficulty.
Even though, the last part can be a little bit tricky while you're shootting the cylinders and dealing with the enemies.
I recommend using a card for a full upgraded shotgun and for infinite poison arrows. Use the shotgun to deal with regular enemies and shoot the cylinders. Rely on the poison arrows to deal with shielded foes. But if everything goes wrong and you think you're about to die (as everything goes black and white), just quit the game. Although this is an expedition raid, your progress is saved and you can choose to continue from the expedition menu. That means if you quit just before dying, you'll be able to load the game from the last checkpoint, avoiding to lose the challenge.
You can set the difficulty to Adventurer, equip your strongest bow in your deck, and equip unlimited poison arrows to make enemy encounters a breeze. The only parts where you may run into trouble are when you're shutting down the towers (the directions are simple to follow, however) and also the final objective when you
from what I can tell, there is no time limit when you're doing the last objective, but just remember that after you're done, you have to swing to safety to the middle platform to GET TO DA CHOPPA!
In order to earn this trophy, you must pick the challenge first. It won't be difficult to stay alive especially if you play at Adventurer difficulty but don't let the difficulty fool you as the enemies hit very hard and you might die if you get swarmed and trapped into a corner. To get this trophy simply finish the mission without dying once. The trophy will unlock at the score screen.
The hardest part is the final battle which spawns hordes gunning for you, all the while you're trying to get something done. See below for a full run-down of the final battle.
The final battle involves shooting moving pump valves in 3 corners of the room, while hordes of enemies rush your location. For this battle the shotgun works best as the area is small and enclosed.
In each raised corner where you have to do a double wall jump to get to, or go up the curved stairs on each side, are a series of moving pumps. To clear each corner you have to shoot the exposed pumps on each side, then repeat for the other 2 corners. Instinct helps to highlight the moving valves.
Pay attention to the enemies that rush you on all 3 sides and make sure you clear the entry-ways of enemies before you shoot the pumps. Remember to use and abuse heal to avoid dying. If you move fast and shoot the pumps quickly you can better avoid getting swarmed and trapped, as the melee attacks hit hard even at Adventurer difficulty.
Once all 3 pump areas are destroyed, climb up onto the raised platform in the centre, and look for the exit to the side, where the helicopter can be seen waiting for you. Make a dash for the helicopter, kill the last 2 enemies blocking your way, then jump onto the helicopter to complete the mission.
Challenge to Select
- Combat Specialist
Simply shutdown all three chemical production towers as part of the main objectives in this DLC. Once that has been down, you must shutdown the central core and escape via the helicopter without dying.
It doesn't matter as to which difficulty you do this on.
Challenge to Select
- Combat Specialist
Simply shutdown all three chemical production towers; shutdown the central core and escape via the helicopter without dying. Difficulty doesn't matter so play on the easiest one.
Challenge to Select
- Combat Specialist
Simple shutdown all three chemical production towers, shutdown the central core and escape via the helicopter without dying. Difficulty doesn't matter so play on the easiest one.
The second moment is at the third station. When you blow up the pumps, run along the edge, as there is a hole in the middle. And in the chaos that is happening at the station by this time (10 zombies rushing after you + everyone is in smoke) you can fall.
• select difficulty TRAVELER
• buy red card packs (one pack costs 20,000 credits) in hopes of getting a card with endless arrows (simple, fire, poison, explosive)