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Hail of Glass

Hail of Glass

Shot a bottle in mid-air with an arrow

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How to unlock the Hail of Glass achievement in Thief - Definitive Guide

This achievement can be unlocked extremely early in the game.

You will need to play up until you have the box, and have picked up a bottle. Now find an open area without enemies, arm the bottle, and then save the game. If you miss, you can "Load Last Save" from the menu, and you will be put in the exact same spot.

Note: This achievement can be easier after upgrading your character, increasing his bow skills, and bottle carrying capacity, so keep that in mind if you are stuggling.

Now that you are set up, aim directly up, press the trigger to throw the bottle, press the trigger again to take out your bow, and then aim for the bottle and use the trigger once again to shoot the bottle. It is easiest to hit the bottle as it is falling and directly in front you, although it still is a trial and error process. Video below:
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26 Feb 2014 01:55

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This has to be one of the most frustrating achievement i have ever attempted.
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By Eklebtik on 28 Feb 2014 09:18
Agreed. Side note: attempt this somewhere where there are multiple bottles sitting around. Picking them up one at a time to try over and over cuts dramatically down on reload times.
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By PuckJunkie on 28 Feb 2014 18:40
When you have thrown the bottle up in the air, then use Focus. Easy
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By SaintRasmus on 02 Mar 2014 16:18
SaintRasmus is correct about focus; I tried it as well. Didn't pop the first time, but did on the second - lined up the shot and released focus right before the arrow hit.
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By InfiniteRefrain on 06 Mar 2014 07:08
Agree with above, with the second speed focus upgrade this is much easier
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By the games masta on 13 Mar 2014 07:35
Marksman upgrade. The bottle stays up for an eternity. Simple.
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By buschleague on 17 Mar 2014 03:52
Just did this with focus after upgrading Marksman and Speed fully. Hit focus, threw bottle, right d-pad for blunt arrows, draw, aim, and release. Done. It gives you a few seconds to hit it with the first shot while it's at the full height of the throw. If you miss the first time, don't bother again just reset the save. I say that because the bottle isn't the only thing slowed by focus. Arrows are effected as well. Also, you don't have to release focus before the arrow hits the bottle to unlock the achievement.

Note: Time will not slow down during focus until your bow equips.
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By MagnumZero on 18 Mar 2014 23:58
I've shot the damn bottle out of the sky with focus on 6 times now and no cheeve. They must have patched it. Can anybody confirm?
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By DillionDay on 04 Apr 2014 20:43
Belay my last. I just checked my cheeves and it popped with no notification. The same thing happened to me with 3 different cheeves in Dead Rising 3. I would meet the requirements but no notification thinking I did something wrong. I would later do a scan on TA and I had the cheeve. Does this happen to anybody else?
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By DillionDay on 04 Apr 2014 20:47
I shot mine out of the sky, with marksman focus upgrade and I was so frustrated that it didn't pop. I reloaded the checkpoint, threw the bottle in the air and it popped before I shot the arrow... so I didn't. +1 for me. :D
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By TrimSkink on 12 Apr 2014 23:06
used an explosive bolt worked first try.
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By TNelson1995 on 15 May 2015 22:55
Maka, your guides are awesome. Thanks for helping me get this!
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By angelsk on 18 May 2016 19:49
Man the load times in this game SUCK, awesome guide it helped out a lot!
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By SONofGIANTS610 on 12 May 2018 01:53
The guide was spot on, thanks for this dude!
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By DeathHuntsUs on 12 Jul 2021 20:01
Use Focus with upgrades and the bottle will basically freeze in the air and you can one shoot this one.
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By The Biodreamer on 03 Jun 2024 17:57
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I found this easiest by setting up the broad blunt arrow to quick select on the right dpad, with the bottle in your hand and looking straight up, save the game. When you throw the bottle into the air turn a little to the right,very slightly, while simultaneuosly pressing right on the dpad to draw out the broad blunt arrow and just barely draw the arrow and release. As previously stated it is trial and error which is my recommendation to save the game while looking up with the bottle in hand, I tried over and over just throwing and shooting but I was noticing my arrow was going left 95% of my shots. However if you turn slightly while drawing and pulling the bow, you should have a better chance of hitting the bottle. Do not change the angle in which you are looking just the angle to which you shoot the arrow. Good luck!

If you are still having trouble with the achievement you could always spend a couple focus points on the marksman ability as this will slow everything down around you while the bottle is in the air, although if you're going for the no focus play through this method would have to wait until the last chapter, but the achievement is extremely easy this way, just push Y, throw the bottle, and fire away. You should be able to fully draw the arrow and release it in time to hit the bottle, althoughI would still recommend using the blunt arrow for the surface area factor. All credit for this method goes to DeutschZuid.
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06 Mar 2014 15:29

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You mean the broadhead arrow?
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By deutschZuid on 10 Mar 2014 03:03
Fixed my mistake, I meant the blunt arrow because it has the largest surface area out of all the arrows. Which means a better chance in hitting the bottle.
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By xWaZZySsiKnEsSx on 10 Mar 2014 03:53
Simply upgrade the focus marksman ability. Use it before throwing the bottle and you can empty a quiver before it falls.
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By buschleague on 17 Mar 2014 03:53
Thanks. I was a little confused by that :). Anyway... you should definitely include what the above me said about the Marksman focus ability. It slows down everything around you when you draw the bow, making this achievement a cakewalk.
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By deutschZuid on 19 Mar 2014 01:05
Its about a quarter turn to the right.. If anyone wanted a more specific. Great guide tho. Would have stood there straight the whole time otherwise ;)
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By ChooseMyFate on 24 Aug 2014 07:34
It's not just the marksman focus ability that slows the world down, it's the speed upgrade in conjunction with it. Tried it with just marksman and got nowhere. Bought the speed ugprades and slow mo occurred.
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By destinee ehgc on 03 Nov 2014 09:09
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Video-guide of Thief to get the achievement/trophy Hail of Glass. For this, once finished the 1st chapter and you get to the city save the game (just in case) and throw a bottle in the air to shoot it.

In this video I talk in Spanish but I can be understood just watching it.
I hope it's usefull, and If anyone vote negative I'd like to know the reason so I can improve in my future videos.
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27 Feb 2014 23:05

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Simply upgrade the focus marksman ability. Use it before throwing the bottle and you can empty a quiver before it falls.
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By buschleague on 17 Mar 2014 03:54
All 3 guides are great & I gave them all a thumbs up. When I first got the achievement, I quick pulled RT to throw the bottle upwards, D pad rt to switch to rope arrows (slightly better targeting & target reticule), charge RT while using RS to adjust targeting (as xWaZZySsiKnEsSx points out you tend to miss to the left--more on this later), & release RT to fire. I had just spent over 200 hours on Two Worlds playing it multiple times with the bow as my main wpn. The buttons RT, D pad, RS were used the same way so this was not difficult for me.

However, when I saw your video, I realized your technique was much more elegant. You press RT and turn to the left more than 90 degrees. This has the effect of making the bottle's trajectory more vertical than if you throw it straight above you without repositioning. This eliminates the requirement to use RS. Also, because targeting is less important, you don't have to worry about which arrows to use. When you're out of bottles, RT immediately switches to the bow and defaults to the sharp arrow if you have any.

In summary, once your are in position by turning to the left while holding RT, the button sequence is as follows:

Release RT, press & release RT.

The timing is the only hard part of your technique. You have to release RT just before the bottle enters the targeting reticule. Very elegant solution. Using it, I am successful about one out of three times playing on Master Difficulty with no focus. Some of the misses are due to my missing the timing. Most, however, are due to the inaccuracy of the weapon since you do not have time to charge the bow. On Master Difficulty, the bow is very inaccurate when not fully charged.
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By Allgorhythm on 23 Mar 2014 16:12
I wouldnt even bother with this until you have some upgrades, at least wait till chapter two, that's when I got it, and this guide will assume you wait until then too.

I would highly recommend using blunt arrows with this, as they have the largest tip to them, and either upgrade your draw speed for your bow or try and upgrade your focus to slow time, I ran through the first chapter and still managed to have enough to give the Beggar Queen 150 gold for a second focus upgrade, I would recommend spending both the points on Speed as it slows time. As soon as chapter two starts you should get down into the sewer and either find a bottle or equip your bottle and hotkey your blunt arrows to the left or right button, activate focus before you throw the bottle and when you throw it, step a little to the right and wait until the bottle is very close to you before you shoot, giving you time to draw the bow and reducing the distance the arrow has to travel, as when I got the trophy the bottle exploded right above my head when I shot it.

The video should offer more help if you need it.

Thanks to Maka91Productions for making the video.
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26 Feb 2014 05:44

Before you can attempt this trophy, you will need to have unlocked at least one level of Speed as part of your list of focus upgrades. This is because this upgrade "slows down" time when you're aiming with your bow or picking a lock.

Once you have purchased at least one Speed upgrade (II is obviously preferred), find a bottle if you don't have one already, aim straight up and throw it. As the bottle is in the air, quickly switch to your bow (any type of arrow works) and wait for the bottle to appear just over your reticue before you fire. With any luck you should have hit the bottle unlocking yourself the trophy. Obviously, you will want to make a quick save before you attempt this not only to save yourself a bottle, but allowing you to restart right away from a quick load and try again.

For those who prefer visual aid, please refer to the video below courtesy of PowerPyx:

 

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This can be done at any time during your playthrough. The first opportunity you will want to attempt this achievement is when you are venturing near the Clock Tower Plaza of the open world in between Chapters. If you need help locating this area, it is in front of a shop called "Reynard's Coffeehouse".

You will find various glass bottles scattered around the tabletops on the street in this area. Equip the bottle and aim your reticle into the air right above you. Toss the bottle up and attempt to put an arrow through it before it hits the ground.

Also, make sure to save your game before throwing the bottle and attempting this. If you miss your shot, simply reload the last checkpoint and keep trying.

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This can be done at any time during your playthrough. The first opportunity you will want to attempt this achievement is when you are venturing near the Clock Tower Plaza of the open world in between Chapters. If you need help locating this area, it is in front of a shop called "Reynard's Coffeehouse".

You will find various glass bottles scattered around the tabletops on the street in this area. Equip the bottle and aim your reticle into the air right above you. Toss the bottle up, and you will have all but one minute to shoot the bottle before it crashes onto the ground.

Also, make sure to save your game real quick before throwing the bottle and attempting this. If you miss your shot, simply reload the last checkpoint and keep trying.

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If you do it as indicated in the video, you can get stuck on it for a long time.
It's easier to do this:
Learn to slow down time when shooting for concentration points, throw a bottle, turn on concentration and calmly aim and shoot.
PS: Since it didn’t work out as stated in the video, I spent about 20 minutes. According to my method, it took 10 seconds the first time. Draw conclusions.
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12 Mar 2014 08:34

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I'm tired of shooting, I need to improve "SHOOTING" in my concentration skills so that time slows down, otherwise no one wrote about this, or maybe I didn't finish reading
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By Slater83 on 26 Nov 2017 15:03
I did it the first time! But improvements were added to the speed of aiming (not necessary). It is important that there is a skill with slowing down time in insight. In general, the tactics are simple, turn on insight and throw the bottle directly above your head, as soon as Gareth starts throwing the projectile, you quickly place it bow and now aiming is not a problem, easy!!
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By lsd_bad on 07 Feb 2018 21:14
For those who surf the Internet with PS4 and the video does not load.

In fact, this is actually the easiest trophy. You don’t need concentration and, accordingly, pumping it up; improving your bow is also not required! So, where is all the salt? We find an open area, i.e. you should see the starry sky. We look as high as possible and throw the bottle above us. At the same instant, the empty slot is automatically replaced with a bow and the cheapest arrows, if available. Let's shoot. Profit!

ZY I hit it the second time and took a step back after throwing the bottle. Beaver everyone.
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15 Mar 2014 02:22

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I stubbornly didn’t succeed until I turned on my fully pumped concentration for shooting, and everything slowed down significantly. And then - voila!
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By Rinlan_Darius on 10 Sep 2014 19:02
Can be done with a blunt arrow. The main thing is that when it falls, the bottle is in the sight circle and press .
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By Urfin_Dzhus on 27 Dec 2014 09:46