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Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Win 8 gold ranks in Firing Range Challenges

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How to unlock the Sharpshooter achievement in Vigor - Definitive Guide

EDIT : this solution is outdated, the 1.1 Update resetted all medals and are now much easier to obtain with a more than forgiving time to get Gold medals!


Since this is one of the harder Achievements in the game, I found an interesting glitch that you can abuse to get Gold Medals in an insane fast amount of time.
(It should be noted that this Trick wont work with the scarecrow targets)
All you gotta do is complete a challenge, and during the screen fading Black scene walk backwards to get the challenge failed screen. Press A fast and you should still get the Screen for the completion as well and if you walk backwards while pressing A again you can chain it as long as you like. What this does is that it creates multiple plates or bottles at the same location so you can shoot them multiple times if you retry the Mission.
Remember the targets that are closest to you and with a good Portion of luck, since its not always a guaranteed duplication, you can complete the challenges in less than 6 seconds.
I highly recommend using this in plates- as well as bottle challenges.
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28 Aug 2019 00:05

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This is an amazing method
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By PSYCHADELICACE on 30 Aug 2019 07:54
Has this been patched? I can't replicate this
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By frankieMART on 12 Sep 2019 12:11
I cant say for sure, Ill hop into the game and let you know
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By KamuiTsurugi on 12 Sep 2019 13:16
Still working as of now, I sent you some footage
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By KamuiTsurugi on 12 Sep 2019 21:15
So what are the tips n tricks for accurate shooting with the starting pistol.. or use another gun? I cant hit the little far off targets consistently.
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By Thumb Plunger on 17 Sep 2019 16:08
There are some weapons that are more accurate than others obviously. The starting Pistol is hard to get a feeling for. I just skipped it and went for the other pistols as well as the rifles. Plate challenges were the easiest to do.
When you no scope targets, aim so the target is slightly to the top right of your +.
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By KamuiTsurugi on 17 Sep 2019 16:15
My achievement is not unlocked. I have 8 golds. My progress in achievement does not increase.
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By PrincipeVegetaZ on 25 Sep 2019 21:46
Try with a 9th one. If it still doesnt unlock, there May be some problems with the vigor or xblive servers
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By KamuiTsurugi on 25 Sep 2019 21:48
My achievement is not unlocked. I have 8 golds. My progress in achievement does not increase.
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By PrincipeVegetaZ on 25 Sep 2019 21:58
Update, after I got 9 gold medals, the achiev has been unlocked.
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By PrincipeVegetaZ on 25 Sep 2019 22:06
So the part I didn't get at first was that I need to shoot all targets before backing out of tent to initiate glitch.
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By Thumb Plunger on 30 Sep 2019 14:06
I'm so gutted think it's been patched since the update on the 8th :(
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By paddycfc22 on 10 Oct 2019 20:03
Ill give the Method a try tomorrow paddy and write you back if it still works
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By KamuiTsurugi on 10 Oct 2019 23:22
Heads up after the update the challenge is sooo easy. Got 12 gold's just by using pistols laugh in like 10mins
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By paddycfc22 on 11 Oct 2019 15:18
i Had 7 golds also some bronze and silvers yesterday....today I have zero medals.
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By GOREZODD on 17 Oct 2019 14:23
I have 17 golds , this nor the shooter achievement has unlocked . Any ideas?
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By zX KiNGxKoNG Xz on 27 Apr 2021 06:33
I have 17 gold medals as well and it hasn't popped for me.
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By Derek1337 on 28 Apr 2021 00:17
53 gold medals no Sharpshooter achievement
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By Wahadinho on 30 Apr 2021 23:21
I have 49 gold medals and it has not popped for me.
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By FoolOvFoOD38 on 15 May 2021 06:19
This is now once again achievable - as of 8.1. Login, do a shooting range challenge and it'll pop!
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By VODNlCK on 30 Jun 2021 12:59
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This gets tricky, probably my least favorite achievement for the game and one of the worst I've ever gotten. as I mentioned in the achievement to win any firing range challenge, this will require a lot of skills and luck. I tried to shoot for challenges that gave me more than the lowest time limit to complete. The aim in this game is finicky and ballistic applies strictly. Some of the challenges require you to shoot 5 to 6 bottles in less Than 8 seconds shock try to bypass those.
It does not sound bad in paper but you'll understand what I'm talking about when you'll actually try it. But anyways, some automatic guns can be switched to single by pressing cn_down
And you can hold your breath by holding cn_LS.
You can also switch from sight to shoulder aim with cn_RS and in some challenges it is recommended.
Shoot for challenges that will take 10+ seconds to complete, plus look for bottles, plates and small road signs challenges, they are easier to hit and only require 1 bullet.
Mannequins and big road signs or distant challenges will require precise headshots / multiple shots and long range aim
And as I mentioned before but not undoables, patience, practice and a little bit of luck will help you out on this one.
If you're taking too long because you miss some "in sequence" shots, simply walk out of the box and it'll give you a failed challenge window, simply keep hitting try again.
Little trick : try to memorize a pattern that makes sense (from left to right, for example, and start with the hardest targets you can hit.
Start the challenge once and memorize the positions of the targets, then restart and start trying.
Note : some challenges will start you out with an empty magazine (shot gun one for example) so you have to reload in the first 5 seconds you have before the timer starts ticking.
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05 Aug 2019 04:14

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Which 8 did you complete? I've only gotten gold on the M1911-I and M1911-III so far....
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By Agent0fSlythryn on 10 Aug 2019 23:31
I found pistols were easiest I've earned gold now in 9 challenges, 8 were pistols.
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By Skelix on 12 Aug 2019 14:25
It seems you can bug out the challenges pretty easily. If you select retry and the countdown begins, and you still have the retry option onscreen, selecting it will spawn double the targets (one right behind each other) allowing you to get to the target number faster.
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By I AM DDAVIS on 20 Aug 2019 02:48
This isnt that bad, I ended up doing like 14 for fun just waiting for games. The initial guns available is only about 1/3 of the guns in the game. Wait until you unlock most of the pistols, they are the easiest
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By Markyshizzle on 26 Aug 2019 13:36
You can finish any challenge and just walk back to exit while time is counting down. Hit a to restart, and it'll prompt you to hit A to restart again. 2-4 plates/signs/targets etc stack on top of eachother so fast, making it rather easy.
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By yroc140 on 27 Aug 2019 19:39
has been patched and no longer works
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By PUDDIE NZ on 29 Oct 2019 10:01
The Luger is laughably easy for all 4.
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By Poopdog M60Riot on 21 Aug 2019 05:39
I can confirm what I AM DDAVIS said, If you hit retry and then retry again before the countdown finishes youll spawn double targets and get the gold with very little trouble.
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By DadliestGamer on 21 Aug 2019 21:08
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The Firing Range is located across from the front door of your Shelter. When you start your first every challenge you will unlock "Target Practice" and completing your any challenge with any rank (Bronze, Silver, Gold) will unlock "Shooter."

For this achievement, you will be required to achieve a gold rank in 8 challenges. You will unlock different challenges for different guns as you unlock them through looting in encounters or opening crates. Challenges will have different target objectives and different timers. It is recommended to go for challenges with longer timers for gold and easy targets (bottles, plates, and signs take one shot). This is one of the more difficult achievements in the game as aiming isn’t the best. Remember to crouch to increase your accuracy. Also, some challenges (like shotguns) will start you with an empty gun that you need to reload during the starting countdown. Take your time, learn your targets, and focus on using guns that you’re comfortable with.

Alternatively, as of writing this guide, there is a bug which allows you to duplicate targets and reach the target count faster with minimal effort. To activate the bug, complete a challenge and as the screen fades black exit the Firing Range area to trigger the challenge failed screen. Press quickly to trigger the completion screen. Walk back into the Firing Range area while pressing repeatedly to start duplicating the targets. Now retry the challenge and you should be able to shoot the same area multiple times to hit the duplicated targets and complete the challenge fast. As this is a bug, there is no guarantee that the duplication will occur with the exact same results everytime.

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