Sleeping Dogs
59 Achievements
1,225
25-30h
Pure Gold
Achieve 30 Gold Stat Awards.
60
How to unlock the Pure Gold achievement in Sleeping Dogs - Definitive Guide
If you are looking for a particular award just use Ctrl + F. I've also included the awards in the order they are shown in the Social Hub. I won't include the description for the stat awards because they are already shown in the Social Hub.
Overall: Don't worry about this one you will get it as you get the other ones
Fluid Striker: Load up the "Mrs Chu's Revenge" mission. (Social Hub > Missions) Play the mission until you get to the part where the thugs have firearms. There will be a thug standing behind a cover, run towards the cover and vault over it (Press A). You will disarm and kill the thug. Reload Checkpoint and do it until you get the Gold award.
Headhunter: Get Headshots. You will get this as you play. If you somehow manage not to get it just load up a mission that has guns (The Funeral, Mrs Chu's Revenge, etc.)
Blindfire: If you don't get this during the story just load a mission with guns, get behind cover, fire and hope you get lucky. Shotguns work well for this.
Firestarter: Blow up explosive objects that are near enemies (cars count) or kills enemies with a grenade launcher. If you need some kills just load the mission "The Funeral", get the grenade launcher, kills enemies with it or blow up the cars that have enemies next to them.
Sniper: You should have absolutely no problem with this one. During shooting/driving sequences just shoot the enemy cars, it's very easy to do since the game goes in slow-mo.
Gunman: You'll get this as you play
Ninja: Very easy, You need the "Leg Break" melee upgrade (Return the jade statues to the Dojo guy). Go to one of the four Martial Art Clubs, Grapple an enemy (B button) then tap X and then hold X. You will break his leg, the enemy will be stunned (little spinning thing above his head) and you will be facing his back. Now double tap B and you will perform a "Ninja Kill"
Bonebreaker: See "Ninja"
Environmentalist: During melee fighting parts in story missions you will often find objects that glow red when you grapple an enemy. Bring the grappled enemy to the object and press B. "The Election" mission has a lot of them.
Handyman: Get melee weapon kills. You should get this as you play. If not, grab a tire iron from car trunks (Press Y) near the trunk, This doesn't work with all cars but the majority of cars have a tire iron. Find a group of thugs that hang out around Lockboxes, kill them, repeat.
Disarming: See "Fluid Striker"
Defence: Counter enemy attacks. Press Y when an enemy glows red. You will get this very early on.
Fast Talker: You should get this as you play. If not, the missions "Bride to Be" and "Bad Luck" have a few Fast talks in them.
Deadeye: Kills enemies with thrown weapons. Grab a Tire Iron from a car trunk, find a group of thugs that hangs out near lockboxes, lock onto one of the thugs while you are holding the tire iron, press the Right Trigger to throw the object, it should be a one hit kill, repeat.
Martial Artist: You will get this as you play
Enforcer: You will get this as you play
Safe Driver: Drive at a decent speed without crashing. If you drive to every location (with a car, motorcycles don't count) you should easily get this.
Reckless Driver: I would recommend buying a Class A car early on in the game and use it every time you need to get somewhere. Go fast, obviously.
Hijacker: Go to the highway and go action hijack some cars.
Wrecker: Load up "The Funeral" mission, get the grenade launcher, go to the parking lot, blow up the cars (don't waste your time with the vans). Reload Checkpoint until you get it.
Racer: Win the all the Races on your map
Mogul: You will eventually be able to call someone (I forgot his name, not Roland, the other guy). He will tell you to steal some cars for him. The better the condition of the car, the more money you make so be careful. I made around 4 million dollars doing all his jobs.
Big Spender: With the money you made while doing the "Mogul" award, go buy some cars and clothes. Although I would recommend waiting until you have Face level 10 before you buy all the cars or clothes so you can get a 40% discount and not have to grind for money later on.
Gambler: Go to the Cock Fights in Kennedy Town, Save your game, pick a fighter ( I always picked the one with the most wins and I only lost twice), bet $100,000, if you lose just reload your save file. If you win, save your game and repeat.
Completionist: Get a 100%. Complete all missions, favors, events, races, jobs. Collectibles and buying the clothes and cars might also count. Look at the solutions for completing those if you have any problems.
Explorer: There are 187 collectibles in this game but you only need 175 for this gold award. Look at the collectibles solutions The collectibles will also appear on your map as you progress into the game (Date Amanda, Tiffany, Not Peng and the other one, I forgot her name but you know who I'm talking about)
Survivor: You should get this as you play. If not, just go piss off some cops.
Rogue Cop. This is easier if you have the "Police Trunk Key" upgrade. You can get it by increasing your cop level by doing cases and drugs busts. Go look at your map, go to Central and look for "Tsim Shan Shan Alley". There is a police station there, go there, grab a shotgun from one of the police car's trunk, kill cops until you get the gold award. If you die just repeat.
Public Enemy: Make sure you have a couple hours available, play missions until you get 200 kills in one sitting. I didn't even have to try for this one as I am addicted to this game.
If I missed one just tell me and I'll update the solution
my money count is not moving . in Social Hub it says in the right corner, my total is only five 5000 off.
but it is not moving no more.
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
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
You can check your progress via the menu, under "Social Hub", then scrolling to the tab "Stat Awards".
PS4 Definitive Edition: 2 more Stat Awards are added to the list due to the inclusion of the Zodiac Tournament in the PS4 version, making that a total of 32 Gold Stat Awards available. However you only need to obtain Gold in 30 of them.
- Overall - 45(Silver), 75(Gold)
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Fluid Striker - 25(Silver), 50(Gold) Freerunning attacks (includes vault attacks, disarms, and kills)
- One method we found was to press and while in cover to kill or disarm the opponent when he is on the other side of your cover. Alternatively, park a car near a group of thugs. Put the car hood in between you and the enemy and execute a vault-attack/kick which counts as a freerunning attack.
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Headhunter - 25(Silver), 50(Gold) Headshots
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Lucky Shooter - 5(Silver), 10(Gold) Blindfire kills
- ~ Press while in cover to blindfire.
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Firestarter - 10(Silver), 20(Gold) Total kills resulting from explosions
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game. Replay "Civil Discord" or "The Funeral" and utilize the Assault Rifle w/ Grenade Launcher to blow up cars and enemies as necessary.
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Sniper - 30%(Silver), 50%(Gold) How accurate the last 50 shots were
- ~ Use to manually aim and make sure your shots hit the opponent.
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Gunman - 50(Silver), 100(Gold) Total firearms kill
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Ninja - 5(Silver), 10(Gold) Stealth kills
- ~ Stealth kills are performed by approaching an unsuspecting enemy from behind and pressing ,. These can be done in Free Roam on any unsuspecting civilian, police, or enemy.
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Bonebreaker - 40(Silver), 100(Gold) Limbs broken.
- ~ The quickest way is to use + + (Hold) to perform a leg break in melee combat. You will learn this move from Master Kwok in the Martial Art Club, after retrieving some Jade Statues.
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Environmentalist - 25(Silver), 50(Gold) Environmental kills.
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game. Replay "Civil Discord" or "The Funeral" and utilize the Assault Rifle with Grenade Launcher to blow up cars and enemies if necessary.
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Handyman - 25(Silver), 50(Gold) Melee weapon kills.
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Disarming - 25(Silver), 50(Gold) Disarms.
- ~ Hold + to run up to an enemy and disarm him. When behind cover, push + to vault over and disarm the opponent.
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Defence - 50(Silver), 100(Gold) Counters.
- ~ Tap to counter when an opponent flashes red while attacking you.
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Fast Talker - 5(Silver), 10(Gold) Fast talk success.
- ~ During sneak missions, tap quickly when prompted, this should come naturally over the course of the story.
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Deadeye - 5(Silver), 10(Gold) Throw weapon kills.
- ~ When equipped with a melee weapon such as knife, press and hold to aim, then tap to throw the weapon. You must kill the opponent with the throw. Easiest way to grind this is during Drug Busts where your opponents are carrying weapons, or get a tire iron from the trunk of a car. Throwing weapons at civilians also counts and is an instant-kill.
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Martial Artist - 50(Silver), 100(Gold) Total melee kills.
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Enforcer - 100(Silver), 200(Gold) Total enemies defeated.
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Safe Driver - 0:15:00(Silver), 0:30:00(Gold) Total clean drive time in a car (above min speed).
- ~ Comes naturally with the "Safe Driver" trophy.
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Reckless Driver - 0:15:00(Silver), 0:30:00(Gold) Total time driven at full speed in a Class A car.
- ~ Get a Class A car like the Velocita and drive around the city on the highway at full throttle for a cumulative time of 30 mins.
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Hijacker - 10(Silver), 20(Gold) Action Hijacks performed.
- ~ Get into a vehicle then Action Hijack any vehicle in front of you, rinse and repeat.
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Wrecker - 25(Silver), 50(Gold) Total cars wrecked.
- ~ Replay the mission "Civil Discord" up to the point where you obtain the grenade launcher. Destroy the cars on the street and restart the checkpoint as necessary.
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Racer - 10(Silver), 20(Gold) Races won.
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Moful - HK $500,000(Silver), HK $2,000,000(Gold) Total earnings.
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Big Spender - HK $500,000(Silver), HK $2,000,000(Gold) Total money spent.
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Gambler - HK $500,000(Silver), HK $1,000,000(Gold) Gambling earnings (Cockfight and Majhong, winnings - losses)
- ~ The only feasible method is to repeatedly bet on the Cockfight in west end of Kennedy Town which earns you $50,000 to $100,000 per victory. Manually save after every win and if you lose, reload. You must have a total NET earning (winnings minus losses) of HK $1 million. If your counter isn't going up, its because you've lost more money than you've won.
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Completionist - 60.00%(Silver), 100.00%(Gold) Total completion percentage.
- ~Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Explorer - 120(Silver), 175(Gold) Total shrines and lockboxes found, statues returned, and security cameras hacked.
- ~ Find all collectibles. Refer to the Trophy Guide for the Health Shrines, Lockboxes and Security Cameras. For Jade Statues (which reward you with new melee combat moves), refer below
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Jade Statues
- Rat - Sensei already has this
- Snake - North Point, Waterfront, You can see this glowing statue on a boat during Popstar Lead #3.
- Dragon - North Point,Club Bam Bam, VIP Lounge upstairs. You can see it during the Story Mission “Club Bam Bam”.
- Dog - Story mission “Listening In”, when you get the objective to Plant the Bug you can’t miss this on a nearby table.
- Rooster - Central. Enter K-Bar and look for it near the Bartender.
- Tiger - Central. This is located in a Wedding Gown shop, which has a lockbox and a shrine just outside of it. This is the shop where you bring Peggy to in Story Mission “Bride to Be” but you can't get it during the mission.
- Boar - Central Hospital, go inside and head towards the reception.
- Sheep - North Point, Temple. At the summit inside the temple.
- Rabbit - Kennedy Town, inside of the building at the front of the cemetery
- Monkey - Kennedy Town,Two Chin Tsao’s Mansion, you will automatically obtain this during the story mission “Bad Luck”
- Horse - Vivienne’s apartment. You can only access this during the Story Mission “Conflicted Loyalties”.
- Ox - Gambling den off the north coast of Central.
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Survivor - 0:10:00(Silver), 0:20:00(Gold) Time survived at any heat level above 1.
- ~ Comes naturally over the course of the game.
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Rogue Cop - 25(Silver), 50(Gold) Cops killed at any heat level above 1.
- ~ Get a gun and kill any cop. In a while you will find yourself swarmed with Cops so find some cover and take them down in safety.
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Public Enemy - 100(Silver), 200(Gold) Most kills in one play session.
- ~ You must kill 200 enemies in a single session, without reloading.
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Smashing Success - 25(Silver), 50(Gold) Enemies thrown in Zodiac Island combat props *PS4 Definitive Edition only*
- ~ Replay the Zodiac Tournament mission "Trial by Fire", grab the opponents and smash them into the fire grill in the middle. Do this for the 3 waves of opponents, then restart from checkpoint when only one enemy is left and repeat again. Credits to Satnamji
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Statuesque - 5(Silver), 10(Gold) Opal Statues collected *PS4 Definitive Edition only*
- ~ All 10 statues are located on Zodiac Tournament island, and they are revealed on your minimap once you've beaten all the missions for the Zodiac Tournament. Here's video Guide by Rainstill Gaming:
1) Striking Mantis - TASKS tab - WEDDING mission. Jump shoot from the 2nd floor and go up again. Jump over tables and disarm your opponents. Leave one enemy and let yourself be killed. Repeat until gold. (cumulative)
2) Pyromaniac - TASKS tab - mission RECORD. On the first and second floors, next to the enemies there will be red balloons. Explode. Die. Repeat.
3) Ninja - TASKS tab - ELECTION mission. As soon as you jump on the scaffolding, an enemy will be standing on the roof with his back to you and talking on the phone. We approach and quickly press + . We replay from the control point - 10 times.
4) A jack of all trades - we approach the vehicle and take out a crowbar from the trunk. We use the running grab technique. + at passing men. We provoke a fight! Next we work with the mount.
5) Eye-Almaz - It’s the same mount with the difference that it must be thrown at aggressive passers-by. Click +
6) Player - Kennedy Town area. The bet in this place is 100,000. Save your gameplay in a separate slot before the start of the Cockfight! a) if we win, save again and continue. b) lost - load the save and return to the roosters. (cumulative)
7) Perfectionist - This includes all trophies (100% of the game), including 11 random situations and requests. - video help here
The rest of the rewards can be completed without any problems.
black wins:
black White
1-2
4-6 (3 times with a similar score)
2-3
3-5
1-0
4-3
4-0
white wins:
black White
4-5 (2 times with a similar score)
3-0
0-5
I always bet on black, guessing only on white once, in the end I was wrong only 3 times, but keep in mind that it’s better to save after each win, and after a loss, reload the game and start fighting again, because the statistics are “win-loss”, but you need to collect lam