Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

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Pure Gold

Pure Gold

Achieve 30 Gold Stat Awards.

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How to unlock the Pure Gold achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - Definitive Guide

If you're familiar with the stat awards on the original game, there's one notable difference. Since you have to play The Zodiac Tournament for 100%, there are now two extra gold medals, giving you a bit of breathing room.

OVERALL
Ignore this, as you'll be getting no matter what. 25 other gold medals will give the gold here.

FLUID STRIKER
50 freerunning attacks. Play Mrs. Chu's Revenge up to the point where you chase Ratface. A quick sprint to the chest-high cover will earn you a vaulting disarm, good for two separate awards. Restart checkpoint and repeat as needed.

HEADHUNTER
50 headshots. Any gun mission is good for this, I prefer The Funeral, as it starts with guns instead of working towards it.

LUCKY SHOOTER
10 blindfire kills. Shotguns and assault rifles at close range are the best options. The Funeral is a good option if you play aggressively, as is Meet the New Boss. In each instance, run up to cars to use them as cover before firing.

FIRESTARTER
20 explosive kills. Explosives are highlighted in red similar to environmental takedowns. The Funeral is another good one for this, as you obtain a grenade launcher partway through.

SNIPER
50% accuracy on the last 50 shots. Mrs. Chu's Revenge is good, though if you're not so hot at driving and shooting at the same time, use Meet the New Boss. Rather than aiming for the tire immediately, pepper the body of the car with shots.

GUNMAN
100 total gun kills. Should be done by the end of the story; if not, The Wedding, The Funeral, Mrs. Chu's Revenge, or Big Smile Lee should do it.

NINJA
10 melee kills from behind. While this can be done on pedestrians, it's also valuable to know the Leg Break move from returning the statues, as the move finishes with an opponent facing away.

BONEBREAKER
Break 100 bones. Use the arm or leg break move from the dojo. I recommend Leg Break, as it sets you up for an instant kill.

ENVIRONMENTALIST
50 environmental kills. When grabbing someone in melee, either press cn_B near a red highlighted object or run them into it with cn_A to activate. Performing five different kills is its own achievement.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionEnvironmentalistThe Environmentalist achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 15 pointsPerform 5 unique environmental kills.


HANDYMAN
50 melee weapon kills. A successful run of Death By A Thousand Cuts will net you 30 kills. You start with a cleaver and every enemy has a knife. As soon as yours breaks, pick up another.

DISARMING
50 disarms. Play Mrs. Chu's Revenge up to the point where you chase Ratface. A quick sprint to the chest-high cover will earn you a vaulting disarm, good for two separate awards. Restart checkpoint and repeat as needed.

DEFENCE
100 counters. This should be another gimme, press cn_Y as the enemy is highlighted red.

FAST TALKER
10 successful fast talks. Who likes quicktime events? The mission Bride to Be has several, wait for the cn_Y prompt to appear at the top of the screen, can't miss it.

DEADEYE
10 thrown weapon kills. Aim with cn_LT and throw with cn_RT. Be careful of quick aim, as it is possible to hit yourself with your own thrown weapon, which will kill you. This is one potential strategy in the Death By A Thousand Cuts mission, which is needed for 100%. Throw your weapon at one enemy, pick up their knife, throw it at someone else, repeat.

MARTIAL ARTIST
100 total melee kills. This should happen during the course of the game, but the martial arts clubs will provide a significant boost if needed.

ENFORCER
200 total kills. Between Martial Artist and Gunman, this can be ignored.

SAFE DRIVER
30 cumulative minutes of driving with no collisions above a set speed. This is best done early, try to focus on not colliding when you're on the highway. If this needs to be boosted, there's a circular road with one entrance and no traffic in the north of Central. This is also a good place for the Safe Driver achievement.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionSafe DriverThe Safe Driver achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 49 pointsCruise for 2 minutes over 60 Km/h without damaging your car.


RECKLESS DRIVER
30 cumulative minutes at top speed in a Class A car. You get a free Class A Tuono through the Hotshot lead. Once you get it, use it as much as you can, especially if it involves the highway. This tends to overlap with Safe Driver, as staying at top speed usually means not hitting anything.

HIJACKER
20 action hijacks. Most of these should come via the story and Wheels of Fury adds several more. If necessary, hijack a few random vehicles.

WRECKER
50 cars destroyed. Play The Funeral and keep the grenade launcher until the end. As the cars keep rolling up, fire the grenades. Restart checkpoint and repeat as needed.

RACER
There are now 21 races, so if one is too difficult, move on and try a new one. The achievement for completing all 21 has detailed information.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionWei of the RoadThe Wei of the Road achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 44 pointsComplete all Street Races.


MOGUL
Earn $2m. If you don't have this by completing the story, stealing cars for Tran works well. Try not to damage the cars and the cash will roll in.

BIG SPENDER
Spend $2m. Be smart about this one. Pick up the Master Negotiator set first for an additional 15% off vehicle purchases, and try not to buy too much before you hit Face Level 10 for a 40% boost. Your money will go much further towards the buy everything achievements.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionGreat FaceThe Great Face achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 117 pointsAchieve Face Level 10.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionAuto EnthusiastThe Auto Enthusiast achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 34 pointsPurchase all vehicles.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionFashion VictimThe Fashion Victim achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 51 pointsPurchase all clothing.


GAMBLER
Win $1m gambling. The theoretically best option is to go to the Kennedy Town docks and bet $100k on cockfights, but the winner is essentially random. What I did was went with at least $200k and saved. If I won $100k, save again. If I'm ever down by $200k from my previous save, reload to get money back. It's tedious, and a good candidate for skipping.

COMPLETION
100% completion. The stat tracker in game can't be trusted. Fortunately, I can.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionChief InspectorThe Chief Inspector achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 284 pointsComplete 100% of all missions, cases, favors, events, jobs and races.


EXPLORER
175 collectibles obtained/returned. Go on dates in order to unlock these on the map. These count for multiple achievements.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionSpiritual HealingThe Spiritual Healing achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 40 pointsPray at all of the Health Shrines.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionNorth Point ScavengerThe North Point Scavenger achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 60 pointsUnlock every lockbox in North Point.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionCentral ScavengerThe Central Scavenger achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 59 pointsUnlock every lockbox in Central.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionWest End ScavengerThe West End Scavenger achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 59 pointsUnlock every lockbox in Kennedy Town and Aberdeen.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive EditionHong Kong Super HackerThe Hong Kong Super Hacker achievement in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition worth 43 pointsHack every Security Camera in the game.


SURVIVOR
20 cumulative minutes spent above heat level 1. Go to the police station in southern Central, in the same general area as the K-Bar, then kill a police officer and continue the ensuing standoff. Keep killing those cops for...

ROGUE COP
50 cops killed above heat level 1. Use the same guide as above.

PUBLIC ENEMY
200 kills in a single session. Any kills count, so you can beat on pedestrians if you'd like. Martial Arts clubs are a good boost, as are the Death By A Thousand Cuts and Shaolin Showdown missions.

To note, these next two are done within The Zodiac Tournament.

SMASHING SUCCESS
50 environmental kills using Zodiac Tournament props. The spikes and gong from the cliffside arena don't count, for some reason. Replay Last Man Standing and throw someone into the gears. It may be quicker to restart checkpoint after one kill rather than wait for the gears to start moving again.

STATUESQUE
Find all 12 fire opal statues. After completing the tournament, all 12 statues are shown on the minimap.
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Thanks for the solution. clap

Just a note on "Smashing Success". I got it on the "Trail by Fire" mission -kills with the centre fire pit counts. There are 3 rounds of pretty easy enemies here, so it might be a quick faster than "Last Man Standing" (save some reloading). It depends how may enemies are burned by the peripheral fire pits, but each round should get over 10 kills pretty easily.
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By Rossco7530 on 08 Jan 2015 14:59
aww I was gonna post the same thing! I can confirm that Trial by Fire is a much quicker way, I think I averaged about 10 kills per run on that mission, much better than reloading 50 times!
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By Wookiee Hairem on 22 Jan 2015 18:53
Great guide just a note. The leg/arm breaks do not actually work for Ninja, at least not for me. It had to be specifically the B from behind then B combo. Still awesome guide and good work putting it together
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By LolliZombi on 25 May 2015 20:51
Correct. To clarify, I meant the Leg Break move sets an opponent up for the B, B from behind.
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By Geoffistopheles on 25 May 2015 20:55
I apologize I misunderstood DrCanadian, either way it's a really easy one to get once you know it's there and what to do. So again thanks for the great guide and for all the effort you put into it ^_^
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By LolliZombi on 26 May 2015 09:05
That's a nice and thorough guide. As someone who's playing this game for the first time, it really set up a type of roadmap for the game.
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By toddycst on 19 Jul 2015 20:38
I managed to have Explorer at 173/175 despite having all the Collectible Achievements unlocked, thankfully I didn't need the Medal for this Achievement but I thought it was a strange glitch.
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By NJStalderXB on 21 Aug 2015 10:19
If you are only a few cars from gold, there is a trick.
Go to the Kennedy safehouse, if you finished the game you will have the golden gun. Pick it up, get a class A car and drive with some speed, press Y. You will jump out your car in slow motion, so you can fire at the car. The car will instantly explode, thus making it a car wreck!
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By TheBongoFury on 31 Jan 2016 00:18
do they carry over 2 the dlc aswell?
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By Uber Old Acc on 04 Feb 2016 16:05
No, those medals do not count.
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By Geoffistopheles on 04 Feb 2016 16:20
gambler is stuck on 419,000 wont go up
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By Uber Old Acc on 24 Feb 2016 11:13
First group of enemies in "Mrs. Chu's Revenge" is a great place to farm for Bonebreaker and Public Enemy. Had I realized while playing through the game vs. mopping up achievements how easy melee becomes with a grapple, followed by bone break I think it's almost game breaking.
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By Rista B on 14 Apr 2016 15:42
Just to add to this, you do not need to complete the Smashing Success & Statuesque award to obtain this achievement or Chief Inspector.

I only had 8 statues collected for Statuesque and 9 kills towards Smashing Success. And my achievement unlock upon completing the Zodiac Island Tournament.
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By Scrapcan on 20 Apr 2016 06:54
Correct. As listed above, with the addition of Zodiac Island, there are now an extra two medals.
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By Geoffistopheles on 20 Apr 2016 19:10
Wrecker is easy to get if you put Ricko from Just Causes suit on. He has a grenade attachment for his pistol. Just blow up cars in front of the apartment and reload.
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By B0YD0 on 11 Aug 2016 13:32
When you say there's a bit of breathing room, what does that mean exactly? That I can skip a couple of these challenges and still get Gold? I'm a little confused.
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By The SCHWARTZ 00 on 02 Dec 2016 14:48
yes The SCHWARTZ 00 you can skip 2 of them, Gambler and Smashing Success (or any 2 you prefer to skip) and still get the gold stats achievement as there are a total of 32 in the Definitive Edition.
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By S4W on 05 Dec 2016 09:28
For Rogue Cop and Wrecker, I used the DZS-90, after using the turrets to kill the rest of the cops I needed and destroying the cop cars, I hit the gas and I was GONE!!!!
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By Warboy925 on 28 Dec 2016 10:11
^^Nvrm, just realized you mean the ones on Zodiac Island.
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By Ratpoizen on 01 Mar 2017 17:32
Soo many not tracking. This may take way longer than expected haha. Appreciate the guide, nicely broken down!
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By Spec K89 on 31 Aug 2017 14:42
Thanks for the detailed guide!
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By KiRRAYNE on 17 Feb 2020 14:06
For Deadeye, take people out of their cars, get the tire irons out of their trunks, then toss them at them, or a crowd of people since you can't lock on to them.
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By AwakeDeadeye on 25 Feb 2020 07:45
Is there somewhere in the game to see your progress? Am I blind?

edit: found it, it's in social hub
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By XI AlphaMale IX on 12 Sep 2020 23:47
I don't know if it's intended to credit you, but while I was going through all the favours I started "Beat the Heat" in Central. When all the police cars explode in the station, and you have to be an escape driver, my Firestarter stat instantly jumped to gold completed
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By MisterPeacher on 27 Feb 2021 22:25
Use the car called DZS then start ramming cars an watch them kaboom. You get this car when you get the house in Aberdeen. Just look for the Orange car marker. Hope this helps it's for the Wrecker challenge
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By GrimMoroFang22 on 04 Jun 2022 22:54
My gambling stat award won't get passed 499,500. Tried reloading/restarting and nothing. I did the Fire Opal Statues and got that to gold. For some reason the I got 30 Gold awards achievement, but not the 30 silver awards. *edit* reloaded a save and collected the last statue and the silver achievement popped.
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By Disturbed Shawn on 10 Jan 2023 06:44
Nice detailed guide 👍
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By Hyperionston on 26 Feb 2024 07:31
Easy way to get the Dead Eye challenge to gold quick. Jack someones car immediatly hit cn_Y to get out of the car as the owner stands their bewildered that you had the balls to take their car run to the trunk hit cn_Y again to get a tire iron. Smack the driver once to line up the shot (you cannot properly lock on to a civilian) and then hold left trigger and click right trigger to throw the tire iron as they recover from the initial hit. Can get 10 of these in under a minute easily if you are in a populated area. Great guide Geoff thumbs up.
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By EnigmaticShadow on 10 Dec 2016 00:36
What are Fire Opal statues? You mean the Jade Statues? I have 11/12 of them and the remaining one isn't on the map. I have 100% completed the main game.
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By Ratpoizen on 01 Mar 2017 17:30
I used the Trial by Fire mission as you get the option to throw opponents in the the Fire block in the middle of the arena.. there are 3 in the first round, 5 or 6 in the second\third, so restart the checkpoint before killing the last opponent in round 3 smile much quicker than Last Man Standing..
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By Paulfc on 03 Jan 2018 13:24
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To access your stats press  and scroll down to Social Hub, pressing  once will display all 30 challenges. By natural progression you will also unlock all the other Gold and Silver stat related achievements on your way to this one. Click HERE to view tips on how to get Silver & Gold.

Key: *Silver Awards. *Gold Awards.

  • Overall: Total Stat Awards: 50 | 75
  • Fluid Striker: Freerunning Attacks (Includes vault attacks and disarms): 25 | 50
  • Head Hunter: Headshots: 25 | 50
  • Lucky Shooter: Blind-fire Kills: 5 | 10
  • Fire Starter: Explosive Kills: 10 | 20
  • Sniper: Accuracy: 30% | 50%
  • Gunman: Firearm Kills: 50 | 100
  • Ninja: Sneak Kills - Approaching an enemy from behind and pressing , : 5 | 10
  • Bonebreaker: Limbs Broken: 40 | 100
  • Environmentalist: Environmental Kills: 25 | 50
  • Handyman: Melee Weapons Kills: 25 | 50
  • Disarming: Disarms: 25 | 50
  • Defence: Counters: 50 | 100
  • Fast Talker: Fast Talks: 5 | 10
  • Deadeye: Thrown Weapon Kills: 5 | 10
  • Martial Artist: Melee Kills: 50 | 100
  • Enforcer: Total Enemies Defeated: 100 | 200
  • Safe Driver: Total Clean Drive Time: 0:15:00 | 0:30:00
  • Reckless Driver: Time Driven At Full Speed In Class A Car: 0:15:00 | 0:30:00
  • Hijacker: Action Hijacks Performed: 10 | 20
  • Wrecker: Total Cars Wrecked: 25 | 50
  • Racer: Races Won: 10 | 17
  • Mogul: Total Earnings: 1,000,000 | 2,000,000
  • Big Spender: Money Spent: 500,000 | 2,000,000
  • Gambler: Gambling Earnings: 500,000 | 1,000,000
  • Completionist: Total Completion Percentage: 60.00% | 100.00%
  • Explorer: Total Collectables Found: 120 | 175
  • Survivor: Total Time Survived above Heat Level 1: 0:10:00 | 0:20:00
  • Rogue Cop: Cops Killed Above Heat Level 1: 25 | 50
  • Public Enemy: Most Kills In One Play Session: 100 | 200
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Two simple gold medals can be obtained in the Zodiac tournament:

1. Collect 12 figures. All figures will be marked on the minimap after the first completion of the tournament. Returning for the second time (there is no need to go through the tournament a second time, but some figures cannot be accessed without starting the missions), they can be easily and simply collected.

2. Throw 50 victims on the altar. In the first arena, there is an altar in the center where you can bring enemies. After completing the arena, you can go through it again.
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"Diamond Eye" is done on ordinary passers-by. You walk onto the road, see a car, throw the driver out of it. You take a crowbar out of this car and make one blow. Then L2+R2 to throw a crowbar and thereby kill a passerby. Repeat 10 times, and the medal is yours.
"Ninja" is also done on passersby. Just click standing behind them.
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By ramix on 07 Dec 2019 18:52
Bonebreaker (break 100 limbs), can be done on any passers-by on the street.
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By Burunduccello on 07 Mar 2016 15:38
Bones are broken by pressing , , (pinch).
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By DaTre on 07 Apr 2016 00:11
The saving method works great. After each win, make a save and if you lose, load the last save.
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By Mega4uvak on 12 Sep 2017 11:11
To perform the “destroyer”, it is enough to buy a Rico Rodriguez suit on the market; it comes with a revolver with an under-barrel grenade launcher with 12 charges. We put on a suit, switch the revolver to shooting from a grenade launcher and start shooting cars on the street
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By Banbard on 26 Nov 2021 19:03
It doesn’t work like that, I bet on white 5 wins against black 0 wins and lost
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By Nickymilk on 27 Jan 2021 19:34
Medal "Player". The save method no longer works. Money is counted only after a loss. The best way to win is to bet on the rooster with fewer wins. If after this the roosters have the same number of wins, bet on a rooster of a different color than the previous one.
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By Fennazzzipam on 22 Mar 2017 23:55
The Ninja Medal can be farmed from stunned enemies. Stun for , , (hold), then approach from behind and press , . Easily done while searching for safes (they are often guarded by 3 enemies) or during police missions.
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By Fahrenheit1115 on 04 Jul 2021 23:06
Medal "Player" - I'll add:
1) Keep in mind that you need to reach 1,000,000 in profit, that is, if you previously lost 500,000, then you will first need to win back these 500,000, and then earn another 1,000,000 profit
2) If we see that the difference in victories between roosters is 1-2 victories, we choose the rooster with fewer victories, if the gap in victories is large, we choose the one with more victories. If there are equal victories, we leave and come back.
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By cocoabeachboy on 07 May 2020 23:08
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Medals for " Mantis " and " Disarm " are easily obtained in the mission " Revenge of Mrs. Chu ".

In a location with red tables, after we get a pistol, we jump over the tables onto the enemies and get +1 to disarming and “something in the “Mantis”

We die, repeat this action several times and the gold is obtained.

The rest of the medals are easily obtained in free play, and by ordinary citizens.
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Clarification to Varlezam's hint. Dying is not necessary. It is enough to restart the checkpoint.
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By Dik_Voker on 23 Jan 2017 05:39