The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
78 Achievements
2,000
157.5-196h
Overkill
Make an opponent suffer from bleeding, poisoning and burning simultaneously. Do this 10 times.
30
0.77%
How to unlock the Overkill achievement in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Definitive Guide
Don't forget to meditate to replenish your bomb and fast travel to have the bandit respawn. Do this and you'll get the achievement in less than 10 minutes.
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Since a previous update, they patched in being able to use equipment now, which makes this achievement A LOT easier.
Get some Broadhead Bolts for bleeding, Puffball bomb for poison and Dancing Star bomb for fire and head over to the Devil's Pit located next to the Hanged Man's Tree.
Old Solution:
Before I got the achievement I put PS4Tophies guide here, but I'm going to edit and add how I did it personally, so there will be two guides here, use which ever you want.
To get the effects at the same time, I recommend doing this:
For Bleeding: Under Combat skills; the very last fast attack one (Crippling Strikes; Use a Potion of Clearance if you have to) causes bleeding damage for each fast attack. As for as I know, it's 100% chance of bleeding.
For Poison: Make the Serpentine Steel Sword. That gives 15% chance to poison (+5 more if you equip a greater poison stone).
For Fire: Just use Igni.
My Guide:
What I did to get the achievement was I made the Serpentine Steel Sword and used it on monsters. The reason I did this was because steel swords are way weaker against monsters so it gave me more hits which helped guarantee all 3 effects at the same time. I also recommend taking off your red mutagens so you'll do even less damage. It helps a lot.
Tip: Un-equip your Silver Sword so you don't constantly keep switching to it mid-combat.
South/South East of Devil's Pit (next to Hanged Man's Tree) is a place where nekkars spawn. Attack the nekkars with the steel Serpentine Sword and wait until you see "bleeding" and "poisoning" pop up (for me it did around 70-80 red damage), then use Igni and hope they light on fire. This literally took me 15 mins to get and I expected it to take longer than that.
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PS4Trophies Guide:
PS4Trophies made a video guide on how to do it by killing wolves. For those not interested in watching the video, I'll write a written guide.
In the video he goes here:
Which is in Skellige and has a pack of level 15 wolves. He just hacks away with the sword and when the effects pop up, he uses Igni to (hopefully) cause burning, After all wolves are dead, leave the area and then go back and do it again until you get the achievement.
The video:
ALL CREDIT GOES TO PS4TROPHIES.
If you're trying for this achievement at an earlier level, by all means follow the guides posted prior to this one as they will be better. This guide simply proved easiest for this achievement from level 35.
If you are struggling to get this achievement from a high level on weaker enemies, you wan't to do a few things.
- Build the Serpent Steel Sword that gives 15% chance to poison.(Add extra % from skill upgrade and runestone)
- Make sure in your Fast Attack skill tree you have upgraded the last ability in this section that basically allows every Fast Attack to cause bleeding.
- Make sure that once the weapon is built, unequip your silver sword and make sure that the Serpent Steel Sword is the only weapon equipped.(We will be using this weak steel sword on Monsters as it will do less damage)
- Make your way back to Kaer Morhen, you can fast travel to the Lakeside Hut.(Providing as a high level, you have got this far in the story and regained access to thie area.)
- Head your way North up the east coast and you will find a bunch(4-6)level 12 bears that can sustain a fair bit of damage and don't do much in return. Just attack them til you see Bleeding/Poisoning appear above their head then finish them off with Igni.
Repeat this process as many times as it takes til the achievement pops. If the bears have all died, fast travel out of the area(To another City)and come back to allow the bears to respawn.
A few steps from this guide are similar to the guides posted prior to this one, this guide is simply an update of how to get this achievement from a high level. Good luck!
Use bolts for bleeding, Devil's Puffball for poison and Igni to burn. Freeze them first with Axii to make it easier!
See my video below for help!
Find an enemy, preferably something a bit stronger that won't die instantly. 1. Throw Devil's Puffball to poison it. 2. Igni. 3. The last ability perk under your fast attack grants automatic bleeding. Max that out and equip it. Use your sword, now he's bleeding while already poisoned and on fire.
If you want to do this crazy fast, as of now (6/12/15) there is a respawn bug on a cyclops next to the place of power along the eastern coast of Ard Skellig between Redgill and Whale Graveyard. Meditate for 2 hours and he instantly respawns. Found him, tried the above method, and the trophy popped on approximately the 10th try. Cyclops is level 30, I was 35 at the time. Also a good way to farm XP if you're falling short on level 35 for the Munchkin trophy.
Note that the cyclop is level 21 but won't be a problem even if you'd be 5 levels below. The strategy is use AXII come close slash him with fast attack so Crippling Strikes Proc. If you don't have Cripple Strikes, use the Feline Silver Sword (it grants you 10% Chance to cause bleeding) make sure to enchant your weapon with Greater Morana runestone which will give you 5% Chance to poison. I'd recommend using Feline Silver Sword even though Viper Silver Sword gives you more chance to proc poison. I'd also suggest that you put 5/5 into Poisoned Blades with the extra 15% chance of poisoning the target on each hit when you use any oil. Back to the topic, once the target is mind-controlled just spam till you see the DOT (damage over time) over his head in red numbers for me it was around 233 every seconds then you switch to IGNI and burn him.
It sounds complicated but once you get the rotation running it's quite simple and you gain around 23 per kill as experience. I gained almost two levels by doing this achievement.
Make sure you play on Death March difficulty otherwise the enemies die too quickly. To apply bleeding its best to use broadhead bolts, they got a 100% chance for bleeding. Devils Puffball bomb for poisoning and the Dancing Star bomb for burning. I did the achievement at the Banditcamp Devils Pit since there are many bandits and you have a safe spot. Just lure the enemies to you and go outside the first gate. They wont follow you, and line up but wont lose aggro so you got free fire. Broadhead bolts can be purchased from most Blacksmiths and the bomb formulars can be purchased from the herbalists hut in novigrad
Before anything else, make a save point you can load back to.
Bleeding - Buy Broadhead Bolts from the Blacksmith in Oxenfurt. They apply the bleeding effect on hit for 15 sec.
Poisoning - Obtain and craft the Devil's Puffball. I recommend the Enhanced or Superior versions since the effect lasts for 30 sec but the Regular (10 sec) version work as well.
Burning - Use a potion of clearance to free up your ability points. Acquire Level 5 of the Ability Pyromaniac (last Ability of the Igni Sign) which gives 100% Burning effect to all Igni cast. Also get the Abilities Rage Management (General Branch) and Razor Focus (Combat Branch/Battle Trance Tree). This will allow you to use Adrenaline Points for Signs and have an Adrenaline Point at the beginning of combat. If you aren't a high enough level to get these abilities then use the Dancing Star Bomb instead. You can use regular Igni for this as well but its burning effect rate is fairly low so keep that in mind if going down that path.
Location - I recommend the bridge outside of Oxenfurt. It is directly to the left on the signpost labeled Novigrad Gate. There are usually two guards standing at the end of the bridge near the signpost. Simply pull out your sword and do a few slashes to provoke them. Once they begin to engage, lock onto one of them. Do the following in order: use Devil's Puffball, shoot the Broadhead Bolt, use Igni/Dancing Star. Due to the high level of the guards, you may just be able to do one guard before you die. The best part about this location is that if the guards "kill" you, you don't die but you lose money (Hooray for save points). You are simply knocked out and you get back up after a few moments. No loading screen wait. However, you must be killed by the guards for this to work. If you die from poison from the Devil's Puffball, you get throw to the loading screen. Once you recover from the knockout, repeat.
You should have a indication of what number you are at by the amount of times you refill your bombs. You should only need to refill twice if you are chaining the effects correctly.
Edit 1: CD Project Red is amazing. I went to their support site, found trophies and followed their suggestion of turning off PS4 and unplugging once fully shutdown for at least thirty seconds. They stated that if you met the requirements that it should pop and if it didn't try again. I had to reload the save I left off of and attempted Overkill again. Only had to apply burning, poison, and bleeding once for it to pop.
A good method on earning this trophy is to use Broadhead Bolts (bleeding), Devil's Puffball Bombs (poisoning) ,and Dancing Star Bombs (burning). The Broadhead Bolts are available at most blacksmiths and have a 100% bleeding chance (each shot will always make enemies bleed for 15 seconds). The Devil's Puffball creates a poison cloud and the enemy must be standing inside the cloud to receive poison damage. The Dancing Star Bomb does burning damage and has a much higher chance of burning enemies than Igni (but it's possible with Igni, especially when you fully upgrade it). The two bomb formulae can be purchased at the Herbalist's Hut in Novigrad.
Once you have all these things head to the Devil's Pit Bandit Camp in Velen. Be sure to set the difficulty to Death March, otherwise they will die too quickly. Start by shooting the broadhead bolt, followed by the Devil's Puffball and then the Dancing Star Bomb. Stay very close to enemies so that they cannot run away from the poison cloud. The three effects must be active on one enemy at the same time. Repeat this 10 times. You can meditate to replenish your bombs. Fast travel to another map to make the bandits respawn.
You can also do this against most other human enemies, animals and several monster types. Some enemies are resistant to some of the three required effects, so not all enemies will work! Bandits, Bears, Wolves, Cyclopes and anything else without armor works best.
One of the best ways to get this achievement is to arm yourself with the following equipment: Broadhead Bolts (bleeding), Devil's Puffball Bombs (poisoning), and Dancing Star Bombs (burning).
The Broadhead Bolts are available at most Blacksmiths around Velen and Novigrad. Each bolt has a 100% bleeding chance and the effect will last for 15 seconds. The Devil's Puffball Bomb creates a poison cloud upon detonation, guaranteeing a 100% chance poisoning effect on any enemy within the cloud's radius. Lastly, the Dancing Star Bomb's main effect is to cause burning damage upon detonation; it has a 100% chance of burning enemies when compared to Igni.
If you're in need for both bomb types for the method detailed above, their formulae can be bought at the Herbalist's Hut in northeast Novigrad. Now that you're stocked with the proper equipment, head on over to the Devil's Pit Bandit Camp in Velen. It would be wise to set the difficulty to "Death March" if you're not already playing on this difficulty setting since enemies will die too quickly on the lower difficulties.
Start off by shooting a Broadhead Bolt at an enemy, then follow up with a Devil's Puffball Bomb and Dancing Star Bomb. Make sure to stay close to your enemy so they don't run outside of the poison cloud. If done correctly, all three effects should hit them at once. Now repeat this a few more times on different enemies within the Bandit Camp and because it will be necessary, leave the camp, meditate to replenish your supplies (bombs), fast travel to another region (i.e. Vizima), and then return to the camp so that the enemies can respawn and the grind can continue. Once you've pulled off the "overkill" combo ten times, this achievement will be yours.