Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

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Deadeye

Deadeye

10 enemies shot off zip lines.

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How to unlock the Deadeye achievement in Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition - Definitive Guide

You can get this achievement after completing the game, which kind of takes the pressure off don't you think?

I don't take credit for the solution although I can vouch for it, it is still exploitable in the Xbox One edition as shown in this guide: Solution for Deadeye In Tomb Raider

Go to Helicopter Hill. Re-establish the zip line as shown, and climb it. As soon as you see the baddies, jump back on the line and after dropping off, get ready to do some shooting! As long as you don't kill these guys on the platform (where they spawn and come at you from), but rather after they jump on the line, rinse and repeat as they spawn in twos!

No second playthru required!

Enjoy!

EDIT: Please read PiCkLE SQU1D's solution below if you are having trouble.
This info is included in the comments section and I should have updated my solution. Sorry!
Unfortunately, if you kill the enemies - on the platform - before completing the game, they will not respawn. The only solution is to start a new game. Sorry.

To clarify, if you kill the enemy while they are on the platform - they will not respawn. If you go to the platform, and let them follow you off of the platform - its a turkey shoot. Shoot them on the line or after they drop - no penalty. They will respawn every time you come to this area and follow the instructions to get them to respawn. However, if they die on the original platform anytime during the game, they will not respawn.

My tactic was to go to the platform the enemy spawns from, deploy and hop onto the zip line to the upper platform, turn around and hide. Shoot the enemy AFTER they had jumped up onto the line, never while they are on the platform.
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I've killed at least 50 so far and still nothing. I will try 10 headshots then 10 shotgun kills.
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By VRETENAR 906 on 14 Oct 2015 19:33
Where is Helicopter Hill? smile
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By EscapeTheRoach on 30 Mar 2014 18:43
Shantytown. If you are at a Base Camp, you can cycle thru the list of Base Camps and Helicopter Hill is listed if you have been there.
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By RedSVO on 30 Mar 2014 22:26
I have completed the game and have followed the walkthrough exactly but the guys at the top still won't spawn. Every other enemy in the area will at some point, but the tower ones won't, even during the day. I read that if you kill them up there at any point in the game they will never spawn again, is this true?
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By Dat Pug on 09 May 2014 21:39
Sorry for the delay in responding.

Unfortunately, if you kill these guys - on the platform - before completing the game, they will not respawn. The only solution is to start a new game. Sorry.

To clarify, if you kill them while they are on the platform - they will not respawn. If you go to the platform, and let them follow you off of the platform - its a turkey shoot. Shoot them on the line or after they drop - no penalty. They will respawn every time you come to this area and follow the instructions to get them to respawn. But, if they die on the original platform anytime during the game, they will not respawn.

Hope this helps :-)
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By RedSVO on 15 May 2014 22:58
Does anyone know if this is glitched? I didn't get it through the first pkaythrough but I've probably killed at least 40 guys off zip line on helicopter hill and no achievement has yet popped.
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By boxandthefuzz on 12 Oct 2014 13:48
Im assuming no, but anyone popped this during multiplayer?
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By Steviefull on 26 Jan 2015 08:07
Confirming this only worked for me with head shots. Lots of other comments in the 360 guide saying the same. Otherwise this worked perfectly.
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By Godfa7h3r on 02 Mar 2015 23:23
No headshots required as I used the shotgun. I did it on a second playthrough and I got t exactly on the 10th kill.
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By KilldbyNecropsy on 14 May 2015 15:45
Cheevo is defo glitched. Im just after shantytown now (caves) and still nothing although I'm pretty sure I've killed at least 10 "zippers" already. Hopefully there will be 1,2 more sections so hopefully will get it eventually. Fingers crossed...
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By Prezesmaks on 02 Jul 2015 17:51
Make sure that you don't kill them when they are still on the tower. It might be tricky setting up the zipline with them bashing your skull in, but if they die on the tower they won't respawn anymore, like at all.
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By iPlatfoot on 22 Sep 2015 19:12
Willl not unlock for me in any location.
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By Julz D 01 on 24 Sep 2015 00:52
Can confirm that headshots worked for me too. Farmed a lot of zipline kills with the spawn point exploit in Shantytown without it popping.

I also had some issues/bugs with using the bow; when hitting the enemy on the zipline, they'd suddenly stop mid-zip as if they were standing on an invisible platform, drop dead on it as if they were standing on the ground, and then fall down to the actual ground.

Switched to the pistol and aimed for the head, got it almost at once.
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By tobiasvl on 18 Oct 2015 13:29
Doesn't work for me :(
1st over 10 shots with the Shotgun, then read here that it should be headshots. Then over 10 headshots with the MP, nothing. Then read some did with the pistol, shot over ten with it - nothing....
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By Djudd on 22 Oct 2015 20:56
I used bow and also used LB to kind of slow time. I pulled the bow back as far as I could by holding RT also. Hope this helps, it might still take a few more than 10.
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By VRETENAR 906 on 22 Oct 2015 21:07
Thanks for this. Using this method, I got this achievement and the Get Over Here! achievement right after.
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By its whateva on 15 Nov 2015 20:41
Like some people here, I know I must have killed over 30 from a zip line. The last I did was I killed 11 in a row with a pistol, all in one session, without stopping to save on the base camp. I have not used the bow and I have not focused on headshots. Surprises me that a few have done the headshot approach with no success. I don't know why this is so much of a pain.
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By xSAYZARx on 14 Dec 2015 19:39
I used exploding arrows. It is one hit kill and it is easier than headshots.
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By MichalKV on 03 Feb 2016 10:04
can you reload check points?
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By REL3NTT on 26 May 2016 08:13
Patched

/doesnt work

/nope:(
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By THEpaynexkiller on 04 Aug 2016 15:02
Worked a treat, thx.
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By Beanpotter on 10 Sep 2016 16:50
This doesn't work.
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By THEpaynexkiller on 15 Dec 2016 00:18
Just finished the game and missed this cheevo.

Can confirm that this solution is still working and make sure you are going for headshots only!
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By Me A Rude B0y on 08 Jan 2017 07:40
I had to restart this game because I missed this and the 25 counter dodges......

Unfortunately, in the heat of the moment, I killed those guys on the darn platform

So (like I said), I restarted the story, and got to the point where I reached Helicopter Hill, killed all the guys that were story related spawns, then I made the zip line, and tried to get them to spawn....no dice.......went to the main gate for the story, killed the spawns there, went back to the spawn point, tried to get them to spawn......nothing, I assume they spawn later in the story, so I will update this forum on the VERY soonest in the story when you can grind this......
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By Warboy925 on 09 Jul 2017 08:07
Used this last night successfully, killed more than 10 on the zip line, but I also had a few deaths where I jumped and for some reason didn't grab on to the zip line myself. My guess is that kills aren't saved to the total until you save the game at a base camp, so your count is resetting if you die.

I used this point to complete the dodge counter achievement as well, just keep spawning them but let them get to the bottom of the zip line for that one.
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By kevthejedi on 03 Sep 2018 08:18
I'm sure I cleaned the place while playing, but after finishing the game 100% and came back to this spot the enemies spawned and kept respawning.
I did a lot and died, then more than 10 again where they fell to their death, and when finally started to kill them on the rope with bow headshots got the achievement unlocked.
Thank you for the solution, great game but wouldn't want to start over.
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By psybOltOn on 09 Nov 2019 22:05
toast
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By RedSVO on 10 Nov 2019 17:51
It does seem that only headshots count at helicopter hill. Killed like 20 of them there and no cheevo. Checked comments here then did 2 headshots and cheevo popped.
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By x KinectNinja x on 13 Feb 2021 23:24
For some reason they don't jump the zipline and just magically appear in front of me on the lower platform (':
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By brat trash on 12 Apr 2021 23:39
I got the same problem ... they dont jump the zipline, i got them on lower platform 😐
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By AdiGol80 on 31 Jul 2022 11:01
Absolutely bugged. Could not get it to pop. Performed well over a dozen times.
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By tfreak10108 on 09 Jan 2023 08:19
For everyone who cannot get those achievement.
I got this after shot straight to head 10 npc.
When I shot it and then were killed by falling down but not by my shot its not count for me.

But when I shot it to head and its killed after my shot I get this achievement quickly.

Maybe this helps someone 😉
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By Gr3gorPL on 11 Apr 2023 11:04
I can confirm that after focusing only on headshots, the achievement unlocked after my 4th headshot. This is 4 headshots that I counted, I must have gotten 6 when I was just randomly shooting them. I held LB and used my bow, once I killed the 2 enemies, I went back up the zipline and repeated. It was easier for me to get headshots with the bow (making sure I pulled all the way back before shooting) then getting shotgun kills. I can also confirm that you must kill them when they're on the zipline, not after they are falling. So instead of shooting 10 off, you are supposed to kill 10 while they are on. This is also how you are supposed to get the zipline kill achievement in multiplayer. Hope this helps anyone else who is having trouble. :)
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By VRETENAR 906 on 14 Oct 2015 21:16
Yep. Headshots at Helicopter Hill. Thank you for the updated solution and video!
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By ShadyShall on 10 Sep 2022 03:36
Still glitched as of 1/07/2023. After close to three dozen headshot kills with the bow and pistol combined, along with 10-13 kills with the shotgun, I gave up and moved on from the point I was using, and it randomly popped around seven minutes after.
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By B4TTL3 H4RDENED on 08 Jan 2023 17:31
Just did this. It still works after u finnish the game. Just do headshots!!! Seems as if any other way will not make it pop. I really suck so i finnished the game and didn't knock one person off a zipline "the whole 1st play through". Then at 100% complete i looked up this guide and went back to "Helicopter Hill", and had to set up the zip line. Now if u have trouble setting up the line (cause they like to kill u before u can) do this: "Do not kill the guards just climb up there and let them see u and chase u away from the tower and then run back". As long as u don't kill them they won't spawn up there and u can set up the zip line easy. Then make sure u kill them away from the tower they come from. Now just save by making a pit stop at the camp and bam your zipline is set. I must of killed like 50 of them (using the bow) off the zipline and nothing popped (im a really bad shot. Lol). Then i just did head shots (very hard for me to do). I counted them and achievement popped at 10 headshots exactly. Im on the xbone version, just fyi.... Thank u for your guide dude saved me a lot of trouble. toast
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By Sniggit on 09 Dec 2016 03:46
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Please read the other solution if you're unclear of something.

NOTE: If the enemies were killed on this tower at any point in the game, you cannot do this method

1) Fast travel to Helicopter Hill
2) Connect the rope to the tower shown in the video.
3) Now use the zipline and go up to the tower with 2 enemies.
4) Immediately ride the zipline down.
5) Hide behind the small structure and wait for them to come down the zipline. (They won't come if you are visible. You must be hidden from them.)
6) Equip your bow and draw back on it all the way. Press cn_LB to slow down time, if you are having trouble. Only go for headshots! This is very important.

This achievement is really glitchy and it took me well over 50 kills to get. Once I realized nothing else was working, I used my bow, pulled back all the way on it, used cn_LB and went for headshots. Sure enough, after my 4th headshot, the achievement unlocked. Getting 10 headshots still might not unlock the achievement. Instead, go for 20 headshots before completely giving up on this method.

If the bow doesn't work, I've heard of people using a shotgun instead. This is more trickier to do though, as you need to time your shot almost perfectly.

Also, make sure that the enemies die while on the zipline. They will die, and it will look like they are floating in the air. This is also how you do the multiplayer achievement for killing an enemy on a zipline. It must be done while they are on the zipline, meaning headshot.

If neither of these methods work, try shooting the enemy once with a pistol then go for a headshot. Good luck :) Video credit by me.

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I had trouble with bow headshots, but with pistol it was easy to get headshot for me.
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By Dajko84 on 29 Aug 2016 21:44
An alternative location for this would be the next basecamp - windmill. If you go to the gap where the windmill blades are spinning and jump across away from the camp you'll see a zip line overhead. Move forward and climb the tower the zipline is attached to. There should be three enemies. Go down the zip line jump across the gap with the blades again go left and scramble up the walk there, drawing your bow immediately. All three will take the zip line as long as they can't hit you.
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By Zarda1 on 10 Apr 2017 13:15
Thanks for posting a link to this video.
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By OperativeEmeral on 10 Jun 2017 13:55
No problem. I'm glad it could help smile
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By VRETENAR 906 on 10 Jun 2017 23:37
Can this be done in multiplayer?
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By on 18 Mar 2018 15:02
No.
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By VRETENAR 906 on 18 Mar 2018 15:05
Got some real nasty people on this site lmao. It's sad that people forgot how to talk to people with respect. They spend too much time on the internet and forgot what reality is.
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By VRETENAR 906 on 31 Mar 2018 03:00
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Another solution that worked for me is in Shantytown when you're trying to rescue Grim.
It's the part when he tells you it's a trap. They'll be 4 enemies who zip line across 2 cables one after another.

Use your crossbow and try to get head shots. Once you've taken your shots at the 4 enemies, regardless of whether you hit or missed them, just jump down the platform to your death. Don't kill anyone else in that scene. As soon as you die, you'll be able to play the scene all over again.

These kills are cumulative even though you're replaying the same scene over and over again.
So you can keep playing this same scene until you get the achievement.
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Can a second person confirm that replaying a checkpoint increases the counter?
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By PJTierney on 07 Aug 2016 19:28
This actually seemed to work for me, thanks
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By Sensei Neo on 12 Aug 2016 21:58
Followed this guide as the respawn didnt work. Started new game took me 2 hours to get to this point. My method was as the enemy who setd up a rope arrow to you who says *just f*cking kill her* at the grimm section. Shotgun all enemies point blank zip wiring down. After this section you move onto the conveyor belts. Once you have set foot off the conveyor belts after a small scene. More people will zipwire to your position. Try and get at least 2 headshots on the first 4 people that zipwire. Then jusrt headshot who ever comes across.
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By Fr0ZenCaVeMaN on 20 Sep 2016 17:24
I see people talking about headshots in this solution. Are headshots needed? Can't I just shotgun them off?

Edit: Just got this. Headshots are not needed. Also the reloading checkpoint did not work. I still got this in this area but thats because I was only 4 away when getting here. Shotgun worked best for me. High spray area helps to hit your target in frantic situations.
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By DaneXXX on 09 Nov 2016 17:04
PLUS ONE FROM ME!!!!! This was way easier then getting to the point of the respawns!!!! And no, headshots are not needed!! I used the shottie for all 4 kills!!!
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By Warboy925 on 09 Jul 2017 08:29
Finally managed to get this. Thanks.
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By mcnuggests on 04 Dec 2017 18:00
For those who are saying it doesn't work: Reloading a checkpoint doesn't work; you need to die and the counter keeps going. Also, some of the guys don't die from your shot; they die from the fall and that doesn't count. The guys that died on the line on my screen laid down and died in "midair." That's how I knew I got them. I had to die several times, but having that achievement pop was well worth it. Great solution.
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By TREKWARS Q on 02 Oct 2018 06:19
Worked for me! I tried farming the section where they say "just fucking kill her" (didn't work) and instead used the part where Grim yells "It's a trap!". Use the shotgun and not the bow. You 100% don't need headshots. Make sure you are killing them once they are close enough. If you don't kill them, they will fall to their death which does not count. Pay attention to you XP counter and make sure that when you hit them with the shotgun they die immediately. Once you kill all zipliners, just jump off the tower to your death. The TR icon should appear in your bottom right indicating that the game has saved your progress (including zipline kills). Then repeat until the achievement pops.

Hope this helps! This one was quite the headache for me.
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By z RagnaroK z on 22 Apr 2020 19:02
I found this area the most helpful (as well as the most obvious to know when I had gotten to this point...I had been trying to watch for "Helicopter Hill" but apparently passed it without knowing). I had picked off a few prior to this area, but then once I got here I did the shoot a few then jump off & kill myself trick until the achievement popped. Not sure if there's been a patch or I just got lucky, but I didn't have any issues with it being finicky about the way I killed them. Seemed like as soon as I had gotten 10 that I shot once and knocked off the zipline, whether it was my shot or the fall that killed them, it counted for me.
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By DenverMax27 on 31 May 2024 01:35
PJTierney, I'd say reloading does NOT increase the counter. I started from the point where the guy with a bow says "Just f*cking kill her" and then the 3 guys start throwing dynamite. There's a total of 6 guys ziplining in that position, and I did the scene around 10 times, most of the time killing all 6, no cigar. Then I continued forward from there having killed 6 at that point, and went to the point after the cargo lift in the same level. After shooting down the 4 guys ziplining into the platform this popped.
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By Tuxie Duck on 12 Aug 2016 18:43
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This can be easily done in your first and only playthru, during the campaign and not afterwards. I trick is seeing where. There are a few locations prior, but most of the chances will be in Shaunty Town. There are two large battles here, where there are 6-7 chances each time, as well as a final escape battle where there are 4-5 chance.

Here is where the trick comes in. Not really a trick. However, when you realize there are chances for this, RELOAD CHECKPOINT, since all of these battles come with check points just before them. Get as many as you can from the possibilities, and if you are missing, RELOAD until you get a decent amount that you are happy with.

THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE HEADSHOTS. BOth my friend and I who recently got the achievement did not get all of them by headshot. In fact, the last one I got was NOT a headshot. And the rifle works best. I think the mistake with the headshots is you MUST kill them on the zipline, meaning, they must die while holding on, and not be knocked off and then die. Headshots do that, but so does a high damage rifle shot (mine were upgraded to the max possible at the time i did this)

But if you missed this the first go around, you can always try the other solutions.

Piece and Happiness!
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If you still missed it, no need to panic. After completing the storyline in the "Slums" location There is a place next to the helicopter with an infinite spawn of enemies. The most important thing is not to die and not to save in the camp until you get the trophy. Place and method on video . If there is no cable, climb to the top and secure it yourself. After throwing enemies off the rope, jump onto the railing as in the video or run to the camp fire and repeat until you get 8)
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there is so much unnecessary information here about this trophy.
you just need to kill 10 enemies while they are on the rope, but the trophy cannot be obtained by reloading the check point.
there are 4 locations:
1.near the radio tower there are 2 frags
2.slums1-7 frags
3.slums2 - there you should get the trophy
4.on the edge there is also a lock on the cable car on a hanging box
we just kill and the game should save the progress and so on until 10 is rolled.
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By Red_Seglar on 01 Oct 2023 09:55
I strongly recommend making a trophy while playing through the game, because the methods described for free mode do not always work. Ideal, from my point of view, place for farming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBj3xhaw758
At this point you will just have a shotgun.
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By Skripilev on 19 Jan 2016 09:54
A small clarification: the enemy must not only be shot down, but destroyed . If you simply knock the enemy to the ground with a shot and he remains alive... it will not count!
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By Serega_73 on 17 Feb 2015 17:47
If you decide to make a trophy in the slums, then keep in mind what you need to do during the day. There are no enemies in the slums at night.
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By bur18 on 25 Aug 2015 12:32
The most important thing is not to kill them in the tower itself , otherwise they will stop reborn! And shooting in the head if you just knock him off the rope won’t count
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By Eridan on 09 Mar 2018 14:22
The trophy does not drop, I shot down about 20 people in 1 playthrough with all weapons except the bow, perhaps this is the reason
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By AkselPrait on 07 Jul 2018 16:37
I suspect that there is a translation error again, since only headshots count, you need to not just shoot down enemies, but shoot them down with a headshot
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By Aspergillus on 21 Nov 2019 13:10
I disagree about the headshot. I just fired the shotgun without aiming. The enemy falls into the abyss, and you get credit for the kill.
Yes, and restarting the checkpoint won't work...
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By fat_163_rus on 13 Apr 2020 10:05
I don’t know how it was before, but I just completed this trophy. At first I killed everyone with a shotgun, I only killed a couple of people in the head, and I just shot the last one in the chest with a bow and the trophy fell out right away. The photo is proof of my words, it is clearly visible that they gave 10 experience, and not 20, which is given for a headshot kill, and you can see the trophy medal. So as of February 23, 2022, you just need to kill 10 people by throwing them off the rope, you don’t need to kill them in the head.
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By LocDog on 23 Feb 2022 09:42
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The most important clarification: the enemy is considered “downed” if you hit him in the head!
For a normal kill, only +40 experience is given.
And for hitting the head you get +50 experience and the value of killing “on the spot!”
Video guide .
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