The Orange Box

The Orange Box

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Counter-Sniper

Counter-Sniper

Kill all of the snipers in City 17.

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How to unlock the Counter-Sniper achievement in The Orange Box - Definitive Guide

There are a total of five snipers in "Follow Freeman!" (chapter 11) that you must kill. (I say this plainly because there are a lot of conflicting reports out there.) These are the only five you must kill. No other snipers in any other level matter. You'll know you get them when they fall out the window (and the blue line disappears).

1) Leave the building at the beginning of the level and turn left. As you walk down the street, you'll see a blue line in a building ahead of you. Use a grenade or the SMG alt-fire to kill him.

2) As you turn right, before you enter the building, there's one ahead of you that's a bit hard to reach. Aim your grenade above the window and it should kill him.

Now enter the building through the blue door on the left.

3) After the watery basement, you'll go up stairs into a ruined building. On the left, a sniper will fire at you from across the street. Kill him.

4) Go around the fire and upstairs. There is another sniper on the left across the street. Throw a grenade and kill him.

5) Further down the building, there is one more blue line across the street. Throw a grenade and kill him. The achievement will pop instantly.
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01 Apr 2010 04:44

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This worked brilliantly, one of the better solutions I've read for this game. Thank you. :)
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By JJBDude48 on 01 Jun 2010 12:36
Thanks very much, this helped no end.
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By Drumstiknik on 09 Jun 2010 15:33
Great guide! Thanks a lot.
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By MissFuchsiaFire on 25 Jan 2011 13:07
This description is spot on. Achievement popped immediately after the 5th kill, the game autosaves at this point as well.
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By Lonesquiff on 04 Mar 2011 04:16
Worked like a charm. Thanks!
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By WeisGuy9 on 23 Jun 2011 13:38
Good work. The achievement popped no problem.
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By CookedPickle on 16 Sep 2012 14:53
If you run out of grenades attempting to kill the snipers, you can use the rocket launcher.
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By on 15 Jul 2013 12:24
Excellent guide thanks! toast
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By GAM3RJET on 24 Jul 2014 10:16
I was struggling with the first sniper until I realised you could actually get right up close to the building he's in lol facepalm

Also if you run out of grenades there's a resupply box with infinite grenades in the building where you encounter the last 3 snipers - it's next to the fire that you have to walk around to get to the building's top floor.
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By Stevo6483 on 24 Nov 2016 09:52
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Although alot of people say the snipers outside Ravenholm must be defeated that is NOT true.

I started the chapter "Follow Freeman" as a new game and killed only the snipers I saw in that chapter for this achievement to unlock.

So, start up "Follow Freeman" and find those blue lines. Blue line=Sinper, there should be a total of 5. Kill EVERY sniper you see BEFORE moving on, you wont be able to backtrack to kill the snipers if you move on.

You can use grenades to kill them, but I found the Secondary fire with the SMG alot easier.

If you find yourself running out of ammo you can use a cheat to refill it. But in order to get the secondary ammo you MUST have 1 secondary ammo left.

Also, make sure you are holding the gravity gun with the gun you need ammo for as your quickchange for this to work.

Refill Ammo Cheat: Y, B, A, X, RB, Y, X, A, B, RB.

Also if you are having trouble killing the snipers because you can't get a shot off and they keep hitting you there is an invincibility cheat that will keep the bullets from damaging you and give you time to line up your shot.

Invincibility Cheat: LB, UP, RB, UP, LB, LB, UP, RB, RB, UP.

Cheats will NOT disable achievements, so don't worry about using these.
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23 Jul 2009 02:21

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Thanks, helpful guide. :)
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By Patsreds on 11 Sep 2009 23:36
Nice guide. I would vote up if I hadn't submitted one myself :)
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By Nv Defines on 07 Nov 2009 16:17
If you feel you can afford to waste your rocket launcher ammo you can use that also.
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By on 24 Dec 2009 00:18
Thanks for the codes! toast
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By GAM3RJET on 24 Jul 2014 10:17
If the refill ammo cheat doesn't seem to work for you, try switching to the gravity gun before entering is, since the cheat contains RB which is used to switch to the gravity gun which can make the game unable to know what weapon to give ammo for.
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By TheBoxyBear on 16 Jan 2018 01:12
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This is ok video for this. Just start "Follow Freeman!" map and kill 5 snipers.

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20 Feb 2021 17:03

You can easily find these guys from the blue laser their gun emites. Just kill them anyway possible. This is pretty much story related. Just lob a grenade in the windows.

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