Sniper Elite 5

Sniper Elite 5

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Master of Pistols

Master of Pistols

Obtain six pistol-related mastery medals.

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How to unlock the Master of Pistols achievement in Sniper Elite 5 - Definitive Guide

You need 50 ghost kills per weapon. I found the easiest and quickest method is in mission 2.

You need non-lethal ammo for your pistol. Set starting location to CHATEAU STABLES. Then start the game.

There is a workbench in the building in South direction. ( The workbench can be used to change all weapons you have unlocked.) Pacify all enemies near the workbench. Or maybe you need to find more enemies.( 15 enemies is optimal , Because there is a ribbon Indicate you have ghost kill all 15 soldiers)

Take them to the room where the workbench located. ( For pistol, I recommend Don't stack all bodies in one place. For SMG, Stack all the body in oneplace is a better choice)

Save before you kill them all. And you can kill them all with your SMG or pistol. Then load game, repeat this progress.

This is very quick. After you have complete one gun, you can change your gun in workbench and Complete all six. It will take you less than 1h in total.

You can also use this method to complete SMG achievements.
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01 Jun 2022 10:43

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Been doing this in Level 1, but, yeah, best method for pistol and secondary.

Only real drawback is having to restart and knock everyone out again for a new loadout.
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By AllOvaMyself on 14 Jun 2022 07:16
What??? You don’t need to do it again, you just need to use the workbench to change your loadout.
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By AutoOrange on 14 Jun 2022 10:20
@AutoOrange - Well, duh. I'm an idiot, thanks for pointing that out. I thought you could only change the weapons you selected as your loadout at the benches.
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By AllOvaMyself on 14 Jun 2022 13:43
Nice one AutoOrange. toast PS Good for the "Out of Scope" achievement too.
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By TrevtheGeek on 15 Jun 2022 18:37
Thank you! This was a little slow to set up, but after that it was INGREDIBLY efficient for all gun-related achievements.

The same concept worked even for the rifles. Just stack the unconscious bodies at the end of the long road next to the stables and start shooting easy headshot over 100 metres away.
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By cobalos on 05 Jul 2022 08:46
By far the best solution. clap
I don't know why, but I tried twice put 10 enemies on the ground. When I save and reaload, 1 enemy always disapper. Anyway, I did with 9 enemies on the ground and was pretty fast. Thank you very much!
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By netstryker on 15 Aug 2022 05:20
@netstryker - bodies disappear if there is nothing left to loot, I suspect this might be the case with unconscious ones when you load the game too. When I made my save, I tried to make sure I had full ammo/items and used X to pacify, that way the bodies almost always had items on them (as i have the auto-loot on takedown upgrade already). I dragged about 40 to the workbench but on reload there was only 30 left over, but that still made it a dream.

Also great for rifle iron sights and trap kills, and theres a generator to sabotage near the workbench if you need sound mask too.
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By MushaConvoy on 21 Sep 2022 04:06
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You will need to make 50 ghost kills with each of 6 pistols in the game. Ghost kills are silent kills where the enemy you have killed has no idea who killed him. If the soldier is alerted by your presence but you manage to kill him before he alarms the others it will still count as a ghost kill. I often missed my first shot but managed to kill him after it. The best place to acquire 50 ghost kills is in the campaign. You can gradually earn ghost kills while playing this mode.

Some weapons will be locked until you unlock them in the campaign. I have listed how to unlock the pistols below as well as the required amount of ghost kills needed:

- M1911 (Unlocked from the start) - 50 Ghost kills

- Welrod (Unlocked from the start) - 50 Ghost kills

- MK VI Revolver (Complete Mission 2) - 50 Ghost kills (This one is a bit tricky because no suppressor exists for it. Instead what I did was isolate one soldier by eliminating everyone nearby. Then I would approach the isolated soldier and make a save. Finally I just continued to farm ghost kills by shooting him in the head. As long as no one can hear the gunshot it is considered a ghost kill.

- Pistole 08 (Complete Kill Challenge in Mission 3 (kill the target using a stealth takedown. Just make sure the target is unalerted when you sneak up on him and press Y)). - 50 Ghost kills

- Model D (Complete Kill Challenge in Mission 6 (kill the target using poison. Poison can be found in the ground floor where your target is on a brown table. Place it in the glass that's on top of a table with a white cloth. Let the target drink from the glass and you will unlock this weapon. You can exit out once unlocked.)) - 50 Ghost kills

- Type 14 Nambu (Complete Kill Challenge in Mission 8 (Kill the target using a Japanese weapon. You can find one on an officer or on the floor upstairs. You can knock the target out unconsciously until you acquire the nambu pistol to kill him.)) - 50 Ghost kills.

Once all 6 pistols have a gold medal you will unlock this achievement. You can check your progress in the service record bar, clicking medals, and finally weapons/items. It'll say 7/7 medals in the mastery of pistols if you have unlocked all 6 gold mastery medals. The additional medal is for getting all 6 of the pistols mastered.

Cheers! Hope this helps out
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27 May 2022 23:50

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My pleasure! Happy to see it finally unlocked for you. Cheers!
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By Jagd Gray Wolf on 19 Aug 2022 03:19
Well, a huge thank you, i had the gold medal for the pisole08 but not the skin.
I did a few gosth kill and it popped thanks a lort
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By gashna on 18 Aug 2022 20:19
I swear you only need 50 kills with each pistol, right?

[edit] checked, and yes, you only need 50
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By EI Bikerboy on 28 May 2022 06:50
yes, it was a typo. I changed it now.
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By Jagd Gray Wolf on 28 May 2022 08:53
Agree with GGS, even the Revolver can be grinded at the beginning of mission 8. 4 enemies, right at the start, and a soundmask.
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By Maka91 on 29 May 2022 16:06
I found it much easier to get a large group of enemies, knock them all unconscious, make a save then kill them with the required pistol. If more ghost kills are needed just load up the save and then rinse and repeat
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By JamieChesterton on 29 May 2022 17:59
Mission 5: Festung Guernsey, first starting location
Bring non lethal ammo to knock out all enemies (about 9 or 10) near beginning of the mission in the first optional objective area, gather all unconscious bodies together, then make a save and keep killing with pistol (count as ghost kills) and secondary weapons. (A workbench is not too far north at the top of a church if you need to change weapons)

For the rifle headshots challenges just repeat mission 9 to grind lot of kills
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By oONeonDemonOo on 29 May 2022 19:15
Fastest way for me was like NeonDemon said basically. I did mine on Mission 2. Pacified a group of 10 people, threw them all nearby and killed/reloaded. They seem easier to cluster there imo.
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By Aproxied on 30 May 2022 05:41
I had all the pistols except the Webley and about half the Nambu kills done by the time I'd done 2x campaign runs. I found the start of Mission 1 great for the Webley kills. I did the initial bit with the search lights, then once on dry land equipped subsonic rounds for the Webley and saved once reaching the bottom of the sliding slope just before the first enemy. Killing him, then sprinting round the corner to shoot the guy who walks to stand at the edge of a shed looking building, then climbing the rigging to the main objective and killing the officer netted 3 Ghost kills in maybe 25 seconds. Went from 0-50 in no time.
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By Roose91 on 31 May 2022 10:40
For the MM VI revolver:

Start of mission 9, there is 3 guys just below you, I just tagged them and headshotted all 3 and reloaded. All counted as ghost kills,
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By RushNSprayz on 02 Jun 2022 14:50
The best way and quick way for the pistol medals is knocking the enemies out but before you kill them save the game AND BE NEXT TO A WORKBENCH SO YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR PISTOL
now kill them with head shots then load game

once you met the requirements change pistol at the workbench save and repeat

Map 2 occupied residence
Starting point chateur stables
is good for this as there is a workbench on your left in the building
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By lucylu1983 on 04 Jun 2022 17:31
@lucylu1983 way is a huge timesaver, thanks for the recommendation
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By sickbrer on 04 Jun 2022 22:56
Another good spot for me was Mission 8 (Rubble and Ruin), spawn in with your select pistol and SMG and you will immediately fight four enemies. Wait for the sound suppression to kick in and you can kill stealthy and quick with headshots to farm your 50 ghosts and 150 kills respectively.
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By GoogleTrix on 05 Jun 2022 19:52
I found that for the Mark VI, Rubble and Ruin really was better with the sound masking.
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By P00R GRENDEL on 06 Jun 2022 13:52
Great way to get the Mk VI Ghost Kills: Use non lethal ammo to knock out the guards in a small or medium sized area (Edit: You can also just pacify them with X). When you are no longer being hunted and remaining guards are not in range of hearing your gun, execute all the knocked out guards! Each one should count as a ghost kill.
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By REAPERxREB0RN on 10 Jun 2022 02:03
I did my pistols at the first bit of the first mission. Save before sliding dow to the first enemy and kept reloading when i got to the work bench. Used the subsonic rounds for the revolver since there no silencer
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By ColumnedJet9 on 10 Jun 2022 12:35
For the revolver I found if you knock an Enemy out then pile them up make a save kill them all n reload save makes it loads faster same for all pistols
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By zombie nerd on 19 Jun 2022 09:47
I can vouch that knocking people out, piling them up, saving, then shooting them all in the head is the best way to go. Reload, rinse, repeat. I did it on Spy academy and got the numbers needed in no time
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By GTPBigDog on 06 Aug 2022 13:13
what can i do if i have the gold medal for each pistol but i am stuck a 5/6 ?
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By gashna on 18 Aug 2022 18:57
Hmm, are you sure if you have unlocked the gold medal for each pistol? Check to see if you have unlocked the skin for each gun. It's been a while but I believe each pistol has a gold medal skin you unlock. Check all guns to see if they have them. The stats may be bugged and could possibly be showing one gun as completed when it's not yet.
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By Jagd Gray Wolf on 18 Aug 2022 19:27
Well, a huge thank you, i had the gold medal for the pisole08 but not the skin.
I did a few gosth kill and it popped thanks a lort
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By gashna on 18 Aug 2022 20:14
I found a very easy way to quickly grind those kills if needed. I equipped my pistols with silencers and additionaly used the stealth ammo (dont know english name). Just load up the 8th mission at default entrance point and run alone the path. Then there are 4 enemies in an area with a fountain. Save your game right before you get to them. Then headshot the first one in front of you, slowly couch forward and kill the officer once the other 2 turned around. Then just kill the other 2 guys. You should be covered by the sound for most of the time. With reloading save it took around 10-15min for each pistol.
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By GGS DubSt3pz on 28 May 2022 11:39
If you have DLC weapons, those count towards your 6 of each weapon. I used a mix of base and DLC pistols to get these since I hadn't unlocked all base weapons through the optional officer kill requirements in each level.
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By Typeonegativ71 on 19 Dec 2022 05:11
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MISSION 8: RUBBLES AND RUINS
At the very beginning of the mission you will encounter 1 officer and 3 German soldiers in a small area around a fountain. Make your way to the right of the first soldier, and go into the tall grass area on his right. When the German officer says something like ‘Pack those boxes!’, make a save. Kill the officer first, then the soldier to your left that we met at the beginning, the one walking to the left and lastly the one standing in front of you in quick succession. Reload save and repeat.
Great place for tall grass kills, ghost kills, sound mask kills, 150 pistol kills and pistol masteries, just buff your pistol’s damage as much as you can and equip soft point ammo on your way to the fountain.
(Shoot the target’s body or shoot twice if you are using a low power pistol, if there’s a question mark on the soldiers when the officer’s incapacitated they still count as ghost kills as long as you are hiding in the grass)
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03 Jun 2022 14:01

Easiest way to get this done.

Go about getting the other achievements and leave this for last. Try to get as many ghost kills with pistols as you can while you do that.

Whatever guns you have left after doing the other achievements...

Start Mission 1

The first 3 enemies will wait for you to ghost kill them. Restart the mission and kill the same 3 enemies again. Slow, but easy.
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16 Jun 2022 17:17

You are required to perform 50 ghost kills with each of the pistols listed below. A ‘ghost kill’ is when the enemy is completely unaware or suspicious (yellow) but not alerted (red). Both unlocked and found pistols progress towards this, but the found pistol must be the ‘vanilla’ version; if it is silenced, scoped or powerful it will not count.
 
  • M1911 - unlocked by default
  • Welrod - unlocked by default
  • MK VI Revolver - complete Mission 2, ‘Occupied Residence
  • Pistole 08 - complete kill challenge in Mission 3, ‘Spy Academy
  • Model D - complete kill challenge in Mission 6, ‘Libération
  • Type 14 Nambu - complete kill challenge in Mission 8, ‘Rubble and Ruin
Refer to the ‘Mop Up’ section in the roadmap for a farming method to make this go a lot quicker.
 
To check your progress, press :1menu: then navigate to Service Record > Medals > Weapons and Items and look under the ‘Master of Pistols’ heading to see your medal progress for each pistol.
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You can check your progress via options > service record > medals > weapons and items > master of pistol

You will need 50 Ghost Kills (kills without being spotted) with each of these weapons:
  • Welrod
  • M1911
  • Model D (complete kill challenge in mission 6)
  • MK VI (complete mission 2)
  • Type 14 (complete kill challenge in mission 8)
  • PO8 (complete kill challenge in mission 3)

All the kills can be farmed with the save/reload feature. Find a good place where you can quickly kill 2-3 enemies this way and make a save. Kill them, reload the save and rinse and repeat.
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