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Never back down

Never back down

Completed all challenges using one character.

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How to unlock the Never back down achievement in Sacred Citadel - Definitive Guide

Complete all challenges on all of the 20 main levels of the game. MUST all be done on one character. I suggest using the Warrior for the challenges.

To initiate challenges you must first visit the Town by pushing cn_Y on the level select screen, find the "bookie" UPC in the level and talk to him, you will then be able to select your challenge, they cost you 100 coins and go up 100 per Act, if you complete the challenge you will gain double the coins you paid.

You can only attempt one challenge at a time. Also, there is no way to specify what level it activates on, it will simply start that specific challenge on an unlocked level in whatever act you are in. Once you go back to the level select screen you will see "challenge" on whichever level it activated on.

There are 3 challenges per level (60 challenges total), they are seperated into 3 categories and are the same for every level:

LIFE
Probably the easiest of the challenges, simply beat the level without dying. If you are having any trouble on a specific level, simply move on and come back when you have leveled up and have better gear. This is also a good way to keep track of this achievement:
Sacred CitadelInvincibleThe Invincible achievement in Sacred Citadel worth 63 pointsComplete all levels without dying.


TIME
Another easy challenge set. You must beat the level in the allotted time, most levels are pretty lenient on the time. Make sure and sprint or roll through parts of the level where there are no enemies and just try and be as fast as possible. Again, if you are having trouble hitting par time come back later at a higher level and with better gear and you will blow through the level.

DAMAGE
I suggest going for these challenges first, as it may be difficult to get the earlier level damage challenges done once you reach a higher character level.

The points are earned based on your combo, the higher your combo the more points you will get for attacking enemies. The reason to knock this out first is that if you are to strong and killing enemies in a few hits, you will not get that many points, BUT using this simple trick will ensure you get this challenge done on every level regardless of your character strength.

When you have only one enemy left on the screen (preferably not damaged) perform the cn_Xcn_LSucn_Y uppercut combo to knock the enemy into the air, immediately jump (cn_A), then cn_Xcn_Xcn_Xcn_Y combo, once you touch the ground jump and do the combo again, rinse and repeat until you hit 6,666 points. Even though the enemy dies you can continue to perform this combo until the enemy hits the ground, but the enemy must be alive on the initial cn_Y uppercut attack.

Most enemies will bounce pretty high after the combo allowing for an easy repeat, the Grimmoc (Orc) enemies tend not to bounce very high so you will need to be quick to repeat the combo on them.

If you are coming back to this at a higher level, visit the Town in any act and visit the blacksmith and equip the lowest level weapons possible if you are killing the enemies too fast.
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12 Jan 2015 02:22

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You can quit the level after you finish a score challenge and it will still count.
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By Officer Zero on 22 Mar 2015 02:21
*too fast
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By Big Ell on 01 Nov 2015 04:58
Fixed :)
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By Crimson Drifter on 01 Nov 2015 17:16
damn, I was rank 27 when I started, it took me 2 hours.
Thanks for the guide ! voted
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By eeysi on 05 Dec 2015 03:15
Great solution man the uppercut combo really did it for me on chapter 1 level 1 , it took a few tries but at least it made it possible. Cheers +1
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By ZiMba 4 LiFE II on 20 Mar 2016 22:59
Can anyone confirm, if you have the dlc do you have to complete the challenges in act 5 as well?
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By Moscow Timmy on 28 Apr 2016 02:45
Act 5 IS the DLC. So...yes?
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By Big Ell on 28 Apr 2016 03:16
As far as I remember, I dont think I ever did any DLC challenges. I would do Act 1-4, if it doesn't pop, continue with Act 5.
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By Crimson Drifter on 28 Apr 2016 11:55
You don't need to do DLC challenges for the achievement to pop.
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By Big Ell on 28 Apr 2016 12:28
I was lv 38+ warrior when I did the damage one (6666 points) for 1-1. I only juggled in the first area and the 4th area, area 2-3-5 I did normally (without getting hit) which gives 4140 or so points so you only need 2526 out of the other 2 areas. 4th is easier to juggle I found since it was uneven ground. I tried to get as many of them up since I found leaving one alive meant the animation and slow-mo would screw it up sometimes.
Scores were:
Area 1: 1384
Area 2: 684 (x11 combo)
Area 3: 1671 (x22 combo)
Area 4: 1910
Area 5: 1785 (x24 combo)
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By PYLemire on 19 May 2016 19:02
Great solution. Using weaker weapons definitely helps if you’re having trouble finishing any of the score challenges. Really, the only one I was having trouble with was the first level of the game (Act 1: Wellbury Town), all the other levels were pretty straightforward. Also, try to keep those multipliers going!
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By Ethigy on 18 Dec 2017 03:18
My characters are too strong for wellbury town, even with weak weapons. Uppercutting is a 1 hit KO for my mage, not sure how to fix that.
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By count023 on 05 Jan 2019 12:40
Yeah if youre one hitting with the weakest possible weapon you might be out of luck man :(
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By Crimson Drifter on 06 Jan 2019 15:28
@count023. Had a similar problem. Level 40 Warrior, max strength and high power, I was 1 hitting almost every enemy with level 0 weapons. As the other solution suggested, the only way I was able to get the score in all of act 1 was with 2 other players in the game. I did it solo with 3 controllers. With 3 players, I was still 1 hit killing them, but you get a massive score boost. I got the score challenge before Area 3 (PYLemire) above just tying to maintain some sort of combo even with 1 hitting.

I needed 3 players for all 5 levels of Act 1, and I needed 2 players with for all of act 2 and 3. Even with level 0 weapons, I was taking down everyone too quickly in act 2 and 3 (only the boss level act 3 I got enough score playing single). Similarly one level in Act 4 I needed a dummy controller (it might have been the second one) as I could not get the counter level high enough.

Weird problem to have, being 'too' powerful but I am so thankful it worked, because I would be really 'pissed' if I had to do all 3 challenges on another character. Biggest issue is using 3 controllers as it becomes annoying very quickly, especially in town just to activate the challenge every level.
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By Xerostomia on 29 Jan 2019 03:32
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This is only SCORE challenge 1-1 related !!!

In case you are struggling (like me) on the 1st score challenge.
(I was rank 27, when I started doing Act 1-1 Wellbury Town)
And it took me 2 hours. Today I found out there's an easier way:

Solution:
Put in 1 or 2 more controllers, let them idle.
You fight and build up combo !
You only need to move dummies up, after you killed all enemies.
I did this as rank 32 and killed m all in 1 hit, but since they all go for your dummies, your combo will be at 99x most of the time.

Downthing:
You need to get money on dummies to start the challenge, because you need to go into town.
And activated the challenge before starting!

Have fun !
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06 Dec 2015 01:39

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Great solution for the score challenge! This worked perfect for me especially since I struggle with juggling for long periods.
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By ArcTaylor on 20 Feb 2016 21:00
By far your solution is better. Works perfectly. After read your solution, I never failed anymore on score challenges. Thank you very much.
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By netstryker on 05 Jul 2017 17:25
very pleased to hear that guys !
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By eeysi on 05 Jul 2017 19:00
Can you explain this better please? it doesn't make sense. What does having idle controllers in to deal with the 1-hit KO issue?
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By count023 on 05 Jan 2019 13:28
What I did was have the second dummy do all the fighting. They'd rack up the combo multiplier easily and hit the 6666 target about half way through the stage using the standard XXX combo, nothing more and nothing fancy at all. As soon as I completed the challenge, I finished the stage with my lev40 one-hit-killer. Score challenge counted for both profiles.

I didn't just do this for 1-1 either, had my daughter as my main profile while I racked up the combo. As soon as I was done, I let her clear the rest of the stage. Nicer than having to move two controllers all the time, but certainly not necessary.
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By MushaConvoy on 17 Sep 2019 09:07
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first ,because I'm japanese, I don't know the sentences if that is alright.

if you can't beat to score challenges,try to follow things.
this is for Mage.
i think other charactor are not same.
main weapon(X button action) -> High damage.
sub weapon(X button action) -> Low damage.
secondary weapon(Y button action) -> Low damage.

you attack to many enemies at same if you can.
X*Y, AXXXY.

(* = upper)
I got 43,000 with this method at 1-1. Good luck!!
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28 Jun 2014 10:47

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I am doing this with my warrior @ lvl 33 and low damage on all weapons. Super easy with this method thanks a bunch. With the correct timing you can juggle the dead enemy/s as long as you want. No need for 43k every lvl is set to 6666 for the score challenge.
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By Harbringernight on 04 Sep 2014 18:45
I am glad to help you!!
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By mamaani on 12 Sep 2014 00:36
Forgot to add that I was talking only about chapter 1-1 with lvl 38 mage. In all other chapters it worked pretty well but enemies on the very first chapter seem to be too weak for a lvl 38 mage charakter.
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By GamerDtK78 on 20 Nov 2014 14:21
As long as enemies do not die by the time you hit them in the air you can juggle them forever. Dont let the pre uppercut attacks land on an enemy.

I did the score before anything else and at a lower lvl so if everything dies in 1-hit no matter what I have no ideas.
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By Harbringernight on 20 Nov 2014 14:44
GamerDtK78,
I don't know it will work good, do you hit the enemy first "upY" of the XupY combo??
Or if you will get complete, could you use other character??
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By mamaani on 21 Nov 2014 00:43
If he uses another character it wont count for his mage and would have to do all the challenges again. That would not be fun.
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By Harbringernight on 21 Nov 2014 01:22
oh, you are right. sorry...
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By mamaani on 21 Nov 2014 01:24
Much easier in co op if you have a buddy. My character is a level 24 shaman, the other is a level 40 ranger. The difference between solo and co op is, is that I believe you get some sort of score multiplier. Also, scores from all players pool into the challenge which is great too. Hope this helps.
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By capicawl on 06 Dec 2015 11:26
I use completely lowest damage weapons with a 38 lvl mage and this is definitely not working.
The moment I press cn_Y for the cn_Xcn_LSucn_Y combo the enemies instantly die. No chance to juggle them in the air. This is so frustrating as this is the only challenge left to do. Do I really have to restart all over with a lower lvl character doing less damage, so I have the chance to juggle them in the air for a higher combo counter?
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By GamerDtK78 on 20 Nov 2014 13:58
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A little advice for people that want to go for this achievement.

When you start with a new character you want to go into the village everytime you finish a level and everytime you are in the village start the `score challenge` for the next level.

Your scor will be higher if you are a lower rank because you get more hitpoints (and your combocounter will be bigger)....because of this make sure that after you finish a level to go into the village and buy the `score challenge` for the next level. This will make it less frutstrating because you will finish this challange for every level while just playing through the game with a character.

Oh and yeah avoid mounting one of those beasts or going into the tank....you get lesser points killing enemies with those. Everytime i boarded one of those my score was lower at the end of the level. Maybe it won`t give you any problems but if you can`t make the score maybe this was the problem.

The life and time challenges can be done when you are leveled up (it will be easier if you are leveled up). Just finish the game and afterwards start with these. First start with the life challenges because you will net some more xp in the last chapters so you level up some more before you go for the time challenges. If you are having some problems with the time challenges you could level up some more by replaying the last levels of this game (and if you replay the last boss over and over you can get better weapons).
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06 Feb 2016 17:14

There are 3 challenges per level. They are for not dying, for scoring a a certain damage bonus, and for beating the level in par time. To get these challenges you must unlock the level first. While highlighting it, go to down by pressing . Now go to where there is a well and a guy whom is the bookkeeper. He will ask you if you want to place a bet. Talk to him and he will ask you to pay gold to do one of the challenges. The gold required raises by 100 each act. You can only do one at a time, meaning you must complete the levels a minimum of 3 times with the same character, actually beating the challenges asked. This gives you a full 2 minimum extra playthroughs.

You can easily get the time limit and no death one by leveling up your character very high and completing the game, then going back to do them. The damage one is a bit trickier and you may have to equip lesser weapons because the damage bonus is based off of combos, and if you kill an enemy in one shot you cannot combo them. Using weaker weapons on earlier levels, you will need to juggle enemies to gain the score. The score is actually 6,666 on every level. Use the combo  then up on + to knock the enemy into the air. Jump and press     to juggle the enemy and relaunch it into the air. Even when dead, you can still gain the score off the enemy. This can be repeated over and over.

This solution found in this thread here: Score Challenge Thread by ponypo2001 is extremely accurate in telling you how you need to accomplish the score challenges on the early levels with your high level character.

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There is a bookmaker in the city from whom you can take tasks for levels depending on the act; you need to win all bets at all possible levels
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