Sniper Elite 5
71 Achievements
1,375
29.5-39h
PC
Xbox One
Xbox Series
Master of Pistols
Obtain six pistol-related mastery medals.
15
0.2%
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.
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.
7 Comments
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.
Only real drawback is having to restart and knock everyone out again for a new loadout.
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.
By AutoOrange on 14 Jun 2022 10:20
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
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
23 Comments
My pleasure! Happy to see it finally unlocked for you. Cheers!
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
I did a few gosth kill and it popped thanks a lort
By gashna on 18 Aug 2022 20:19
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)
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)
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.
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.
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.
To check your progress, press 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.
- 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’
To check your progress, press 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.
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:
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.
We cannot show the content due to copyright protection. Please click the link below to view the guide.