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Cursed Gold

Cursed Gold

Achieve 5 Gold Awards.

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How to unlock the Cursed Gold achievement in Sleeping Dogs - Definitive Guide

Since I made the solution for the 30 gold awards I feel like it's my duty to do this as well :p

First of all, you can track your progress by going to the social hub (Press start > Social hub > Stat awards). This achievement will be a bit annoying since unlike the main game, you CANNOT replay the missions from this DLC. Let's get started.

Vampire Hunter: Kill 200 Jiang Shi. YOU MUST KILL THE ENEMY WITH MELEE COMBAT, CAR KILLS DO NOT COUNT. Jiang Shis are the most common enemies in this DLC, simply completing the story and the secondary content should get you about 100 kills. An easy way to get the remaining kills would to find an energy source (light blue circles that continuously respawn enemies) and just grind out the kills before you deactivate the energy source. These energy sources only appear in Story missions and some secondary content (Blue markers on the map).

If like me you completed all the story missions and secondary content you will have to look for the Jiang Shi by driving around Northpoint. Alleyways seem to be a good location to find them. They can also be found near most Hell money shrines. If you can't find any Jiang Shi simply save, exit to main menu, reload and revisit the same alleyways and Shrines,


Demon Hunter: Kill 20 Yaoguai. Read Demonic Exorcism


Demonic Exorcism: Kill 15 Yaoguai sith the Peachwood Sword. NEVER use the Peachwood swords on the Jiang Shi, if you see a bunch of Jiang Shi, drop your sword, defeat them and pick up your sword again. Only use the sword on the Yaoguai, this will make it much easier to get the remaining kills. As you complete story missions, secondary content will be unlocked (Blue and Purple markers on map) Always do a blue mission first, you will get a peachwood sword, then go to a purple marker, kill the Yaoguai with the sword. This will get you a few extra kills that you won't have to farm for.

After the story line is complete, drive around Northpoint and you will see a red marker (enemy marker) on your mini map. Those can either be Jiang Shi or a Peachwood Sword sticking out of the ground, grab the sword and Yaoguai will spawn, kill it with the sword and go look for another marker. This may sound hard but the markers/swords are actually pretty easy to find.


Hard to get: Avoid 100 Jiang Shi bites. One of the Jiang Shi's attacks is biting your neck, simply counter (Y button) when they bite. You should get a decent amount of these by doing the story, secondary content and killing the 200 Jiang Shi you need for the Vampire Hunter award.

To get the remaining counters simply grapple a Jiang Shi (B button), don't hit the Jiang Shi or move it around just wait a couple seconds, the Jiang Shi will free itself from your grapple and will ALWAYS go for the bite. Just counter it and repeat this on the Jiang Shi until you get the gold award or kill the Jiang Shi, if you kill it just do the same thing with another one. This is easier to do on the last Jiang Shi of a group since you won't have the other ones trying to hit you.


Underworld Offering: Find all 10 Hell Shrines. Oh no! Collectibles! Don't worry there's only ten. I used YODA12320's solution to find the shrines:
Sleeping DogsHell MoneyThe Hell Money achievement in Sleeping Dogs worth 54 pointsFind all the money shrines.


Go give him a thumbs up, he deserves it :)

There you go you just got the Cursed Gold achievement. If you have some tips on some the awards or feedback please leave a comment. Thanks for reading.

If you're gonna post this solution on another website at least have the decency to give me credit.
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Very good & detailed solution
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By Chaos Machina X on 30 Oct 2012 22:46
Also, an fast way to get the 200 Jiang Shi kills is to lock on using LT and then hold B
This will stun them, so quickly Press B again for a 1-hit kill
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By Chaos Machina X on 30 Oct 2012 22:51
I didn't know about that, I'll add it in the solution and give you credit whenever I go on my laptop. (posting this from my phone)
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By Mattpm13 on 31 Oct 2012 19:59
'If you're gonna post this solution on another website at least have the decency to give me credit.', good line :D
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By MC0REBE on 31 Oct 2012 21:59
Hey I'm still a little upset about someone taking my last solution and taking the credit for my work :P. I believe this solution was also posted on x360a but the person who posted it was kind enough to ask my permission first so it's all good.
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By Mattpm13 on 31 Oct 2012 22:24
Any idea why my social hub is greyed out... I can't check any of the progress, it always worked fine on the main game.
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By Major Alenko on 01 Nov 2012 01:33
Top guide, thanks a lot!
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By GHOSTLYSHINOBI on 01 Nov 2012 23:25
@ matt13.another great guide bud u also have my upvote from this guide as i upvoted ur 30 gold awards solution
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By Gunrunner318 on 03 Nov 2012 08:01
Thanks for the great guide!

Regarding the Yaoguai, make sure you go to red markers that have peachwood swords only. If you go to a red marker and see a bunch of markers next to each other on the map, it ain't one of those creatures. Just drive around until you see a single, solitary marker. Find the location of the area and you should see the sword. Take it out and destroy the Yaoguai with it. It took me at least fifteen-thirteen minutes to find them and get the last of them for both killing them and killing them with the sword.
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By MM2313 on 06 Nov 2012 01:48
Yao Guai kills can be easily grinded during the last mission when fighting the final boss. Each time you close a portal, you get a sword. Use it on the Yao Guai, close another portal, get sword and use it on the next Yao Guai. Once done, reload last checkpoint and you'll get to kill the two Yao Guais again. Saves driving around after the story.
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By neeker75 on 07 Nov 2012 06:40
Nice guide .the only 1 i had probs with,was the "demon hunter".i done it after story mode and only had 3.had to look around a LOT.i found the best places were down the dock areas/harbours and at the police station.i saved an realoded a few times,and the same ones came back a couple of times.just thought this might help.TOP GUIDE Mattpm13
thumbs up:)
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By MAGIC MACCA on 18 Dec 2012 17:50
Easy way to farm the "Hard to get" Medal. Go to one of the energy portals and grab onto one of the Jiang Shi, drag it away from the others (so they don't attack you) and then just keep hold of it (don't hit it or anything), eventually it will try to bite you. Then you can just counter, rinse and repeat.
The portal makes sure you dont run out of enemies too :-)
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By PurplTreeFrog on 04 Jan 2013 11:47
Hey mate, I just started it but for Demonic Exorcism, do you get chances enough while doing story missions?
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By MC0REBE on 13 Jan 2013 21:04
Thanks for the guide man. You get a thumbs up on this one and the other one from me.
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By Papa El Loro on 16 Jan 2013 19:00
No you don't get enough chances for the Demonic Exorcism during the story. You'll have to drive around Northpoint and look for Swords and the Yaos
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By Mattpm13 on 16 Jan 2013 19:17
Would this be easier to get if I haven't finished the main story? I was debating on when to buy the DLC. So in your opinion should I get the DLC as soon as possible or just wait until I finish the main story? Thanks in advance and already a +1
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By AvengedAgainst on 22 Jan 2013 12:19
@AvengedAgainst It makes no difference mate, as it is a seperate game save. No data is carried over...money, cars, clothes, weapons.....so, play it when you want.
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By Lavindathar on 23 Jan 2013 18:56
great guide, upvote from me. But I have a little trouble with the "Demonic Exorcism" one. Either i'm doing something really wrong or it is bugged for me.
When I take the sword and kill the creature with it (keep tapping X) it doesn't count cause i'm at 13 with demonic exorcism and it stays that way while demon hunter did go up (from 15 to 19 now). Also if I have the sword and press the B (grab) button, I can't seem to hit him anymore. It's like he's not there anymore. He keeps going after me but doesn't attack me anymore... really weird.
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By mijn kont on 10 May 2013 12:14
I'm about to start the DLC, but could you please clarify how this achievement is missable (according to x360a)? From what I understand, you can free roam after the main story line and kill enemies, so what exactly is missable?
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By SirLugash on 15 Jun 2013 01:42
about the challenge about killin the big demon with the swords. after completing the dlc there are swords planted everywhere and when u pick them up it spawns a big dude
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By AKfoy0face on 21 Jul 2013 21:01
I've also found that on the purple Yao Guai markers if you only kill the Yao Guai, leave the area and return, the Jiang Shis will have summoned another one almost immediately. I don't know if this is indefinite but it's a good place to get two quick peachwood sword kills, or more if you go grab another and then come back
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By phenom57 on 08 Aug 2013 15:29
I was wondering why this seemed to be word for word....
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By Naberios on 29 Aug 2013 23:11
Found a real easy way to get the Vampire Hunter one. One of the blue energy sources is right next to a fire can (sorry, don't remember which one, but its in an alley). You can grapple the Jiang Shi and stick it in the fire. The fire never goes out nor does it despawn, but acts exactly like an environment kill. Got about 70 kills in 15 minutes or so with very little work.
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By Rhyolitic on 02 Nov 2013 10:52
Good solution. Be wary of the game screwing you over. I've killed around 300 and only have credit for 180. Every 3 or so kills I get the credit for 1, so keep an eye on your social hub to see if they're actually counting.
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By Balarush on 20 Nov 2013 20:50
For the Yaoguai gold, if you cant find 15 after the story like I couldn't, had 14, starting a new game carries over all gold medals.
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By I Am Twistah#216 on 08 Jan 2014 21:18
While in "Full Face Magic" Mode grapple finishers on stunned Jiang Shi from the front doesn't count as a kill but if done from behind it does...it's stupid but hey
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By truntenks360 on 31 Jan 2014 19:11
I suspected something like that was going on, considering I counted the 125 kills I needed at the beginning of the Smiley Cat fight but was still short about 80 afterward. I thought all face magic finishers didn't count, but it's good to know kills from behind still do.
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By Mobius Evalon on 31 Jan 2014 21:00
To get the Vampire hunter quickly you can drive around night market in circles. About 5 Jiang Shi respawn in front of entrance to the market and in the near pit on the road where is an ongoing construction.
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By Wyktorko on 27 Apr 2014 10:13
Can I use a Gold Stat in this DLC towards the 30 needed in the main game?
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By Kung Fu Riki on 21 Jan 2015 17:24
What truntenks360 said is really note worthy in the guide. I was getting really annoyed why I did not get all the kills.
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By b0seiju on 20 Apr 2015 11:06
How to get this achievement on X360, if it is already got on X1?
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By Promo Account on 02 Feb 2018 23:07
An addendum to my comment above, new location of the posted file: https://i.imgur.com/eJuNFfN.jpg
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By Mobius Evalon on 15 Feb 2018 05:41
for every 5 Jiang Shi kills only 3 count for me even though I kill all with melee combat. Not sure if this happens to everyone else, but keep an eye on the count.
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By DigiMatmon on 05 Aug 2020 12:36
I know it's old and idk if it's been said already but some pretty consistent Swords spawn right outside your apartment and right across the street from The Golden Koi
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By Crims0nScorpion on 28 Jan 2021 02:27
Found a good Steam guide with 16 locations for Swords that spawn Yaoguai

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=36758...
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By WulfTek on 23 Apr 2021 19:48
Best way to grind kills Jiang Shi is drive from Night Market Parking Lot (7-8 enemies) to north at Kam Chuk Overpass triangle shape road (5 enemies).
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By DaveRasta97 on 22 Oct 2022 18:59
For some reason, B kills for the Jiang Shi don't count when your face meter is full (when Wei slaps paper on the Jiang Shi's face and does the solar plexus type strike). Don't waste time like I did using that move (just do regular combos to kill them when your face meter is full).
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By Octobot Super on 04 Jun 2023 20:52
You cannot look at the Social Hub while you are doing a mission. That's probably why you can't access it.
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By Mattpm13 on 01 Nov 2012 01:43
Great guide, 'Vampire Hunter' took the longest for me, I managed to get the rest of them during the missions and a bit of searching between so it wouldn't be such a grind to kill the Yaoguais with the sword.
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By Major Alenko on 02 Nov 2012 10:46
@Demon Haze Like the solution said above, car kills don't count.
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By Autoflame on 27 Dec 2013 01:00
The peachwood swords that spawn yaoguai have fixed spawns. I've noted all the ones I found on this map with yellow dots:

http://mobiusevalon.tibbius.com/images/ta/peachwood.jpg

It is likely that the ones I've marked comprise half or less of the total spawn locations, but I earned my achievement in the process of making this map and consequently lost interest in finding more. Go to each marked location, kill the yaoguai with a sword, then save and reload to respawn the swords.
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By Mobius Evalon on 12 Jan 2014 07:36
Great guide, upvote from me. I kinda`wish I would have visited your solution before completing NiNP. I had no idea to drop the peachwood sword when fighting Jiang Shis and saving the weapon for just the Yaoguais. Met a few untimely deaths when the sword died out.

After completing the story and all secondary missions I was sitting at 76 for the `hard to get` award. I didn`t have to roam all over North Point to find the Jiang Shi. There are 2 groups who spawn in the alleyway west of your apartment (the one leading to Club Bam Bam). First group, when you turn left into alleyway, comprises of 4 Jiang Shi. Second group, when you turn right into alleyway, have 5 Jiang Shi. If the groups do not respawn after clearing them out just head to your apartment, enter, turn around and exit, then head back to the alleyway. Ah, fresh Jiang Shi to beat up on. However one will have to roam to defeat all 20 Yaoguai.
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By KnucklesNorwood on 04 Nov 2012 15:23
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To aid you in getting gold for the 'Demonic Exorcism' award, I have made an image of some of the locations that I have encountered a Yaoguai at, this will also help towards 'Demon Hunter'. As you approach the location you will see a peachwood sword sticking out of the ground, upon grabbing the sword the Yaoguai will spawn. After defeating it, if you leave the area and either wait it out or look for others demons, the initial Yaoguai should eventually reappear for you to fight again, further counting towards the award. Also, be aware that there are more, but these are the ones that got me the award:

External image


Hope this helps!

EDIT: Be sure not to approach the location already carrying a sword or the Yaoguai will spawn, whether you've picked up the new sword or not, and chances are the one you're carrying will break before defeating the demon.
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Thanks, this helped me out a lot.
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By xTHx DiSToRTioN on 16 Jan 2013 06:55
Perfect solution, If I could +1 it more than once I would.
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By TreysForDayys on 16 Jan 2013 11:37
Excellent solution, thanks for creating this map. Perhaps it's worth mentioning that you will see something like a red thingy on our mini map while approaching one :)
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By MC0REBE on 20 Jan 2013 01:40
Thanks, this got me the achievement...the map made a huge difference. It would have been much harder with out it.
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By Caboose on 01 Feb 2013 04:00
Good job man, thanks :D
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By Mow3n on 03 Feb 2013 23:04
Link seems to be broken.
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By VictimOfDesire on 03 Mar 2013 21:16
@VictimOfDesire very sorry about that, I have fixed the link, hope it works now
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By RhysesPeeses on 09 Mar 2013 21:58
how long do these points take to respawn i need one more and cant find one
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By Baldy89 on 19 Mar 2013 14:00
Thank you for this
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By RunSmith14 on 24 Mar 2013 16:53
This worked perfectly! Would also like to add that there is also a peach sword at the police department
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By Clutch Rino on 13 Apr 2013 18:51
This was extremely helpful!!! Thank you so much.
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By Krazie on 28 Apr 2013 22:55
I was helping my little nephew taking this last cheevos and ur work made our 1 hour hunt for swords go really fast.
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By IGcodysimmy on 26 Jun 2013 17:58
Thanks for providing a nice map to help locate these buggers.
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By Naberios on 29 Aug 2013 23:13
Perfect map, once I completed the main story stuff I needed 10 more, went to every spot on this map and got them no problem. Thanks a ton!!
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By NickHawkeye on 11 Sep 2013 00:37
I suggest not trying to get these to respawn. In my runthrough they actually never respawned so just go to new locations. Should be much faster.
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By PrimeBigTime on 26 Sep 2013 02:22
Huge help, quick and painless.
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By The Globalizer on 02 Nov 2013 21:06
Big help thanx
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By JuicyJ420 on 12 Jan 2014 03:24
fuck yeah! thanks man, worked like a charm.
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By TESC0VEE on 12 Jan 2014 07:22
this map aint there no more :(
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By alpaca777 on 13 Apr 2019 23:49
The map has now been fixed.
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By RhysesPeeses on 02 May 2019 00:03
You helped me out big time by posting this map. Thanks to you I was able to knock out this achievement before the last 2 missions. It's always nice to have all collectible related achievements before completing the main storyline. Thumbs up.
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By ZonaFan1 on 14 Jun 2014 07:29
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Hey everyone I used Mattpm13's solution for the main game and the DLC.

Would just like to say that when going for the Demon Hunter, Demonic Exorcism and Vampire Hunter you can get all of these on the Smiley Cat main mission (its at the monk temple). You have to fight some Jiang Shi, once you have defeated them you will face a possessed monk, after this fight a Yauguai will spawn and a peachwood sword will be where the energy portal was from the first fight. Once the Yaugai is defeated with the peachwood sword restart from checkpoint.

Simply repeat as many times as you like or until you get gold on these stats.

Doing this will also get you some progress towards the Hard To Get statistic as you will be countering their attacks during the fight.

Hope this solution helps if you have anything you would like to add please leave a comment. Happy Achievement Hunting everyone.
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29 May 2013 16:41

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You are LEGENDARY. This makes grinding these out sooo much easier. Thank you!
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By iWantEllenPage on 06 Mar 2014 23:30
Hi Ix VAULT xI you are very welcome, I know how bad the grinding can be haha just glad I could help. smile
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By SpartanRachel on 09 Mar 2014 14:07
Dude, thank you. You saved me a lot of headache, I'm glad you saw your solution in time.clap
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By DeathJackBR on 15 Apr 2022 14:38
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I would also like to add, as I had to replay this yesterday, if u didn't get all the stat awards through first play through, the stats are carried over to the new game so u can easily get all stat awards without having to complete the dlc a second time :)
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In addition to the other solutions listed above (which were all excellent), I too also found an extremely helpful checkpoint to grind out the Demon Hunter and Demonic Exorcism Gold stat awards. It's located within the Ghosts of the Past misson and is the first proper checkpoint. You have to defeat a bunch of Jiang Shi that are holding two civilians captive (you could also grind out the Vampire Hunter and Hard to Get Gold stat awards here if you want, but I wouldn't recommend it), once you've dealt with them you then proceed upstairs where you are confronted by Ponytail, a group of Jiang Shi and a single Yaoguai, all you want to do is kill the Yaoguai with the Peachwood Sword (obviously), then just continue to reload the checkpoint until you've unlocked both golds.

Hopefully this helped save you some time instead of making you drive all around North Point in search of Yaoguai. smile
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13 Jun 2013 19:34

This is ONLY for Demon Hunter and Demonic Exorcism!!!

I found this excellent map of where some or most of the Yaoguai spawn.......of course I found a couple not on the map such as the dock where you start to chase Dogeyes in a boat in the lower right hand side of the map....

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/55089516628238...



I take NO credit for this, I just found this and wanted to share.........
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08 Dec 2015 23:38

For vampire hunter, if like me your wondering why your kills are not going up it could be a few things. Like Mattpm13 says "car kills do not count" also sword kills dont count, lastly if you get a kill while your face meter is active it won't count.
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14 Jan 2014 00:38

This is part of the Nightmare in North Point DLC.

The most tedious achievement of this DLC pack, you must obtain all five gold stat awards. Note that missions cannot be replayed, and this achievement will be made easier while grinding during some missions.

Vampire Hunter: Kill 200 Jiang Shi - These are the skinny dead guys that bounce around. Kills with cars do not count, you must melee kill these enemies. The easiest method is to find an energy source and grind there, as the enemies will continually respawn so long as you do not get rid of the source by throwing the enemy inside of it. The energy sources appear in main and secondary missions. If you've already completed the missions, six Jiang Shi spawn in an ally near the North Point apartment. Kill them, save and reload your game until the gold stat award is achieved.

Demon Hunter: Kill 20 Yaoguai - See Demonic Exorcism for further details.

Demonic Exorcism: Kill 15 Yaoguai with the Peachwood Sword - While completing story missions ans secondary content, you will see Peachwood Swords. Kill the Yoaguai (large demons) with the sword. if you still do not have this by the end of the DLC, refer to the below image for some locations of Peachwood Swords around North Point.

Hard to Get: Avoid 100 Jiang Shi bites - You can grind this one out while doing Vampire Hunter. Just keep mashing the counter button, I found that doing this opposed to waiting for them to attempt to bite you will prompt them to bite you almost every time.

Underworld Offering: Find all 10 Hell Shrines - See Hell Money for further details.

Thanks to N'ours for the picture guide.

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/53063167574462...
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There are 5 Stat Awards you must Complete in order to obtain " Cursed Gold " Trophy / Achievement.

Demon Hunter and Demonic Exorcism - 00:05
Hard to Get - 02:37
Vampire Hunter - 02:53
Underwold Offerings: Hell Money Trophy / Achievement

This is Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition:
Nightmare in North Point DLC

STAT AWARDS DESCRIPTION:
-Vampire Hunter
Total Number of Jiang shi defeated
- Demon Hunter
Total Number of Yaoguai defeated
- Demonic Exorcism
Total Number of Yaoguai defeated with Peachwood Sword
- Hard to get
Total Number of Jiang shi Bites Avoided
- Underworld Offerings
Hell money shrines found
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24 Mar 2023 02:10

The 5 stat awards and their requirements for gold are:

Vampire Hunter: Kill 200 Jiang Shi - Jiang Shi are present all throughout the story and also after you finish the main missions. It is unlikely you will get the Gold for this challenge during the story missions, so you will probably have to look for groups of Jiang Shi hanging around. (They will show up on your minimap if you are near them.)

It is important to note that you must kill the Jiang Shi with your hands or else your stat number will not increase. Vehicle kills also do not count towards this stat award. (Update: Kills with a full face meter now do count towards your total.)

Demon Hunter: Kill 20 Yaoguai - Yaoguai are the larger demons that require you to either have a full face meter or be using a Peachwood sword in order to damage them. Again, you will not finish this challenge before the main story is complete, and will have to look for more around North Point. For more information about finding Yaoguai, see Demonic Exorcism.

Demonic Exorcism: Kill 15 Yaoguai with a Peachwood sword - While you still have side missions available, if you complete a Jiang Shi side mission it will reward you with a Peachwood sword, which you can then use on Yaoguai side missions. (Note: You do not need a full face meter to damage Yaoguai with a Peachwood sword.) If you have already finished the side missions, you can find Yaoguai around North Point. Look out on your minimap for a single enemy icon. There you will find a Peachwood sword hovering above the ground, which will spawn a Yaoguai if you pick it up. Some areas where you can find these Peachwood swords are shown in this map:

Hard To Get: Avoid 100 Jiang Shi bites - It is recommended that you wait until you finish Vampire Hunter before actively aiming for this, as you will evade many bites while normally fighting them. If you still need to avoid more bites find a Jiang Shi, grab it (using ) then just stand there. Soon it will glow red and you can counter the bite (by pressing ). Grab it again and repeat until you have completed the challenge. One thing to be wary of is if you fill up your face meter when you counter you will kick the Jiang Shi, killing it.

Underworld Offerings: Find 10 Hell money shrines - See trophy description for Hell Money.

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