Sky Force Reloaded

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Above the Average

Above the Average

Complete the Nightmare difficulty on all stages.

10,000 XP

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How to unlock the Above the Average achievement in Sky Force Reloaded - Definitive Guide

This achievement is pretty involved, but does have a bit of a saving grace in some regards. For this achievement you need to do the following:

- Complete the 13 main levels (1 through 13) on Nightmare with all 4 Medals
- Levels B1 and B2 do not count towards it

For the most part Levels 1 through 8 weren't too terrible. They take practice, but you can learn a good way to do it all. Part of the method here is to play a level a few times and just know what comes and where. Knowing the enemy patterns and attack cycles will make it a lot easier.

When it came to Level 9 through 13, I began to prioritize one medal at a time (I did at some points for the previous levels). I found that the Octopus was the best ship for me. The pod missiles and the charge shot card really assisted for some quick and interesting results.

The last medal for me was Level 11, No Hit. Scarlett's tank is a pain, particularly Phase 2 with the giant laser turret. Your shield will get destroyed immediately by touching it so you can't just tank the turret. Here is how I eventually got through this Phase.

- Begin taking the 4 mini turrets down to roughly 30-40% health.
- Drop a mega bomb right before the turret fires and that should take out all 4 mini turrets
- Continue to sweep back and forth in mini figure 8's doing damage to the laser turret
- At 66% or thereabouts, 2 mini rail guns will pop out and each fire 6 shots
- I found the best strategy here was to actually continue to do my figure 8's the whole time. I'd pop on a shield to tank the rail guns.
- In the meantime, I'd save my lasers and megabombs for the final phase to go for a quick kill against the bullet hell section.

This seemed to work best for me. Overall, this achievement is just about slowly building to it. One medal at a time if necessary.

NOTE: Myself and others have earned all medals for the 13 levels and then not had the achievement unlock. For me, replaying Level 13 on Nightmare (not necessarily earning all 4 medals) caused me to earn the achievement afterwards. Not sure if this sufficient, but that's at least what worked for me.
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12 Dec 2017 14:23

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I feel your pain, even for insane on Scarlett. One thing to know if you stay on the laser turret it won't hit you! Only thing to worry about is the rockets, and the shield will you protect you from them.
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By Ravenous IE on 13 Dec 2017 02:54
Interesting plan there. Hadn't considered that as a possibility. Awesome find though
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By RadicalSniper99 on 13 Dec 2017 03:28
Great find Ravenous IE... I was having trouble with that damn turret even on normal ;)

3 levels left on insane and then onwards to Nightmare...
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By infamousSparkle on 14 Dec 2017 20:35
angryI have all medals on all 13 levels and no achievement......why ?????
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By JORGO DER GROBE on 14 Dec 2017 21:52
I had the same thing happen. I replayed a Nightmare level (13 if I remember correctly) and just beat it. It unlocked soon after. I'll add that to the guide. I thought it was just a weird glitch when it happened to me.
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By RadicalSniper99 on 14 Dec 2017 21:54
I also passed all medals and didnt unlock the achievement. The achievement unlocked the following day when i was re-beating some levels while still playing on nightmare for the various plane achievements.
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By Hairy Cabbage on 15 Dec 2017 00:34
It makes insane fairly easy. I'm only on level 7 Nightmare, i'll post back about if it works the same as insane, :D

Edit; So yeah, what I mentioned above does work on that boss fight, just pop a shield anytime the rockets fire and the laser will do no damage if you just sit on top of it.

I have finished all 13 levels on Nightmare, no achievement. :/

Edit, Edit; So I replayed another level while going for ship achievements and it popped doing another level on Nightmare netted me the achievement, not getting all medals either.
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By Ravenous IE on 16 Dec 2017 03:08
"Complete Nightmare difficulty on all stages"Does this mean I only need to finish the level or should I also collect all medals for Nightmare difficulty?

From the description it clearly says to only finish the stages. not all medals.
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By nuno147 on 23 Dec 2017 19:11
As I note in the solution, it requires all medals on Nightmare, not just beating the stage.
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By RadicalSniper99 on 23 Dec 2017 19:19
I had the same issue with it not popping, but I just replayed level 1. I think as long as you get any medal on a stage you replay, it should trigger this to pop.
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By CrippleThreat8 on 23 Dec 2017 22:20
I do not like level 5 and I just lacked the medal to collect all the stars in the nightmare mode.

Tip: Make a local multiplayer race using two controls.
If a player's ship is destroyed, he must concentrate on collecting the stars (a card must be possessed to release this ability). The other player only needs to survive to the end.

Important: When a player is hit by EMP, the other will remain unharmed and EMP will be disabled.
toast
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By JWPeacemaker on 15 Sep 2018 15:47
Was expecting to be pulling my hair out a little with this one, but thanks to your guide and other comments here it wasnt all that bad, thanks chaps
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By Mr Smith 0601 on 06 Apr 2019 04:14
Everything unlocked fine for me, no replay necessary.

Wasn't nearly as bad as I expected; take it one level at a time, learn the enemy waves and boss attacks, and slowly ramp up the difficulty.
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By OhMyGoth1 on 13 May 2019 00:52
Very helpful. Especially the breakdown of how to deal with the tank.
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By I Sphyre I on 12 Jan 2024 18:48
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I come to leave you a video to help you pass mission 8 easily.

since he is the boss that most of them have a hard time defeating at nightmare level.

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20 Mar 2020 21:27

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This and the verbal guide above helped me to finally take her down with zero damage taken. Thanks
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By I Sphyre I on 12 Jan 2024 18:50
This difficulty level will only open after completing the entire game. You need to go through all the stages on it again.
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05 Dec 2017 03:38

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You need to go through all 13 stages and additional ones. levels B1 and B2 on nightmare difficulty
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By CKOPOXOD on 18 Feb 2018 15:02
To achieve this achievement you need only stages from 1 to 13 on the nightmare for all medals.
If you really sweat over the “no damage” medals, take the “lame hero” + a technician with his own buffs, or a technician with luck. Yes, he is killed with one shot, but the maximum speed of the guns is from the start, and if you miss the damage, you still have to start the level over again.
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By Annwin on 22 Dec 2018 14:09
The information above is not correct. To get the achievement you only need to completely complete 13 levels (1-13), B1 and B2 are NOT REQUIRED to complete on nightmare for this achievement.
Completing a level completely means getting all 4 Nightmare Medals on each one. This is quite difficult at levels 11, 12 and 13. You can simplify the task by playing on two gamepads with a friend or unlocking one medal at a time: do not try to knock out all 4 medals on the level at once, make one wound to save people (you don’t need to defeat the boss, the main thing is that all the people are collected), one wounds to kill all enemies on the level and one wound to complete the level without taking damage (for me this medal seems to be the most difficult, you can decide by purchasing shields at the start or a combination of luck techniques + ace of spades plane, then the probability of the luck shield card triggering is 100%, which guarantees a chance to avoid one damage).
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By Shtefan on 09 Jul 2018 11:12
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If you have difficulty completing a level without damaging the plane, take the kate brush technique, with it the 1st hit does not count as damage at the end of the level
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25 Jun 2018 16:46