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The Hammer Falls

The Hammer Falls

Complete "The Hammer Falls"

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How to unlock the The Hammer Falls achievement in Starfield - Definitive Guide

This achievement is earned by completing the faction questline for the Freestar Collective.

The questline starts in Akila City where you are asked to resolve a hostage situation at a bank. Once you resolve the situation, you will be asked by the Marshall to speak to an Emma Wilcox who will ask you to complete a mission on the Mission Board, after which you will become a deputy and the questline begins in earnest.

The questline consists of the following quests:
  • Job Gone Wrong
  • Deputized (you earn an achievement here)
  • Where Hope is Built
  • Shadows in Neon
  • Surgical Strike (you earn an achievement here)
  • On the Run
  • First to Fight, First to Die
  • The Hammer Falls (this achievement)
As far as the "role playing" aspect goes, you are expected to uphold the law above all else, while also protecting citizens. You will also be given guidance along the way from some of the NPCs on how to handle some of the situations. Also as part of this, you will have to run the Red Mile (I was not able to find a way to not have to do this, but it was easier than I expected).

Once the questline is completed, the achievement will pop. Speak to the Marshall again, and you will receive the Star Eagle ship as a reward. It does not require a registration fee.

UPDATE: As outlined by jnzr1337 below, there can be a problem with talking to Mei to initiate the Red Mile run in the On the Run quest. It might be a good idea to make a manual save before talking to her just in case. Then, talk to her, but back out with the "I want to prepare" option and then start the conversation again and try to start the Red Mile. If that doesn't work, reload your manual save and try again.
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13 Sep 2023 10:48

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Yeah, there seems to be quite a few quest-related bugs right now. While I didn't have any issues with this questline's missions, I have had issues with several others (First Contact, some of the temples, Kindness of Strangers, etc). Other than loading a previous save and trying again (or trying things others have mentioned), I can't offer any advice. cry
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By TheIcemanCometh on 16 Oct 2023 07:49
Im stuck at the „On the Run“ quest. Seems to be bugged and Ive done too many side quests since then to just reload. Is there any solution other than reloading or creating a new save to get Mei to talk to me to start the run?
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By jnzr1337 on 16 Sep 2023 08:09
Unfortunately, I didn't have any issues with starting the Red Mile as part of this quest, so I'm going to have to rely on commenters to provide potential resolutions for that. I will update the solution accordingly if those are given.
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By TheIcemanCometh on 16 Sep 2023 19:25
So far Ive only found a workaround to prevent the bug to happen in the first place, but nothing to fix it other than reloading/new save.

For those who want to prevent it: When you‘re asked if you‘re ready for the run, choose the „I want to prepare option“ first and then talk to her again. No guarantee for a 100% fix on this, since I havent tried it yet. Thats just all I found on reddit for this issue

Edit:

Tried in in a new save and it worked for me! :)
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By jnzr1337 on 16 Sep 2023 20:37
Achievement didn't pop for me.
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By enfamous03 on 16 Sep 2023 21:59
I completed the quest line and it didn’t pop for me either. I even reloaded saves to just before completing it and still had no luck.
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By MajinDustin on 15 Oct 2023 18:43
I'm stuck on "Shadows In Neon". I've already taken care of the guy i'm supposed to, but this Billy guy just restarts the same conversation every time I talk to him. I agree to go take care of him again and mission icon just goes right back to Billy and the same conversation repeats. Doesn't matter if I try to pay him off either, he won't take it.
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By TempleOfFive on 15 Oct 2023 20:01
FYI, went back through this NG+ after finishing the game and was able to at least get the Surgical Strike achievement. Working on this one now, so at least I was able to proceed past SS.
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By TempleOfFive on 05 Nov 2023 17:51
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(NOTE: This solution is copied from my solution on TA)

This achievement is earned by completing the faction questline for the Freestar Collective.

The questline starts in Akila City where you are asked to resolve a hostage situation at a bank. Once you resolve the situation, you will be asked by the Marshall to speak to an Emma Wilcox who will ask you to complete a mission on the Mission Board, after which you will become a deputy and the questline begins in earnest.

The questline consists of the following quests:
  • Job Gone Wrong
  • Deputized (you earn an achievement here)
  • Where Hope is Built
  • Shadows in Neon
  • Surgical Strike (you earn an achievement here)
  • On the Run
  • First to Fight, First to Die
  • The Hammer Falls (this achievement)
As far as the "role playing" aspect goes, you are expected to uphold the law above all else, while also protecting citizens. You will also be given guidance along the way from some of the NPCs on how to handle some of the situations. Also as part of this, you will have to run the Red Mile (I was not able to find a way to not have to do this, but it was easier than I expected).

Once the questline is completed, the achievement will pop. Speak to the Marshall again, and you will receive the Star Eagle ship as a reward. It does not require a registration fee.

NOTE: An Xbox/Game Pass owner stated there can be a problem with talking to Mei to initiate the Red Mile run in the On the Run quest. It might be a good idea to make a manual save before talking to her just in case. Then, talk to her, but back out with the "I want to prepare" option and then start the conversation again and try to start the Red Mile. If that doesn't work, reload your manual save and try again.
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05 Oct 2023 00:00

“The Hammer Falls” achievement in Starfield is the third and final Freestar Rangers faction achievement, and you’ll get it for finishing all faction quests, culminating with “The Hammer Falls” mission. There are 8 faction quests, in all. You’ll get an achievement for the second mission (Deputized (10G)), the 6th (Surgical Strike (10G)) and of course, this one when you wrap it all up.

Here’s the name of all 8 Freestar Rangers faction quests:
  • Job Gone Wrong
  • Deputized
  • Where Hope is Built
  • Shadows in Neon
  • On the Run
  • Surgical Strike
  • First to Fight, First to Die
  • The Hammer Falls
If you haven’t joined the Freestar Rangers faction, and you want to know how, then check out our guide to tell you where to go and who to speak to:
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