Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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Surprise!

Surprise!

Perform 5 Eagle's Talon takedowns

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How to unlock the Surprise! achievement in Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Definitive Guide

Just after leaving the Temple of Life there is the first and perfect location to get the Surprise! Achievement done. Also possible that this is the only location with so nicely placed five trees for that.

This is especially useful in Deadly Obsession difficulty of course, because else you can simply reload checkpoint a bunch of time there.

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14 Sep 2018 01:25

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You can farm the checkpoint if you really want to get the achievement as soon as possible but you get many opportunities for 5 takedowns along the story so just get them whenever you see opportunities, it's pretty quick
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By Seitzz on 21 Nov 2018 02:15
Stuck at 80%. This game has a lot of glitchy achievements it seems.
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By Falcon SVN on 10 Jan 2021 23:43
Just to let you all know my achievement tracker did not update until I killed 5 enemies
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By LaBaguette23 on 24 Jun 2023 20:14
It worked just fine for me. Tracked and all.
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By OhioTaylorx on 20 Nov 2023 03:41
I didn't manage to get through this on my first playthrough, and it took me about an hour playing NG+ on easy mode to get back to this point. Skipping all cutscenes and rushing straight to all the objectives.
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By webmeister2k on 02 May 2024 13:02
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Another good spot that I used - although much later in the story - is when you find a new bow and arrows that cause confusion (from a story perspective this is around the refinery section).

As soon as you have the new type of arrows, follow the path and climb up the tree branch right in front of you. You will see three guys standing around...shoot either of them and he will kill one guy and then dies himself (so you are tracking towards the achievement related to Friendly Fire). Once two of the guys are dead, the third one will investigate and he will come close enough to you to use Eagle's Talon (hold down Y), giving you the opportunity to get that achievement out of the way as well in case you haven't.

Once they are dead, reload your checkpoint and rinse/repeat until you have both unlocked.
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21 Feb 2019 18:34

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Perfect.. thanks
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By SneakyStabbalot on 06 Mar 2019 15:01
If you are worried there aren't enough opportunities past this area, there are a few trees in the very last battle arena, past the point of no return.
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By TheRedRodCod on 13 Oct 2019 15:31
As soon as you unlock this abilityyou will get a tutorial situation immediately where you can jump to a tree and kill the guy under it with Eagle’s Talon. Just reload the checkpoint afterwards and do it again until you’ve done it 5 times. Like in previous games it counts them all.
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26 Oct 2020 00:17

This achievement is missable since there are no enemies present in the game world post-story. 

During the main mission "Path of the Dead," you will automatically unlock the Eagle's Talon skill. This skill allows you to fire a rope arrow at an unsuspecting enemy while you are perched from a tree branch (by holding ) and then hang the enemy from that very branch.

Shortly after unlocking this skill and resurfacing from a long underground swim, you will actually jump onto a tree branch and the game will enforce you to use an Eagle Talon's takedown on one of the two enemies below your position. After performing the takedown, reload your checkpoint and do this four more times to unlock the achievement.

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Easy to get when learning the technique for the first time, kill one enemy with the technique, start the game from the check point and so on 5 times
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12 Sep 2018 08:37

The skill is obtained after passing the crypt in the first city. Allows you to kill a person by dragging him up a tree with a rope, just like the Predator.
To get the achievement simply restart the checkpoint. Kill and immediately reload the checkpoint. And so 5 times.
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18 Sep 2018 09:55