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KABOOM!

KABOOM!

Kill 10 or more enemies with a single explosion (Tonkor, etc)

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How to unlock the KABOOM! achievement in Warframe - Definitive Guide

The comments are coming in that explosive weapons are not required for this achievement. Elytron missiles, syndicate AoE effects, Kulstar, Rhino Stomp have all been confirmed as working. Before continuing on if you don't have an explosive weapon, check the comments in case I haven't caught up and there's an easier way. I'm maintaining the original solution for explosive weapons as is, though if you go for syndicate effects or Warframe abilities, you may want to use a lower level map.

The three easiest weapons to get this are Tonkor, Penta, and Ogris. Ogris is a clan tech weapon that requires Detonite Injectors and Forma, so the other two are significantly easier to get.

Next comes modding it up! If you absolutely, positively want to do this in one shot, you'll likely need a catalyst. At basic, put Serration and elemental mods on. I would opt for fire and ice to make the Blast element. If you have it, Split Chamber acts as another Serration, and Firestorm increases the blast radius.

As for level, while any Dark Sector Defense will work, I would suggest a higher level one. I found the cryopod hangs around longer on higher levels when you aren't actively defending it. I used Sechura on Pluto, but this is particularly late game, so whatever the highest one you can manage. Put it on Solo so no one will bother you.

Warframes, ideally you'll want Loki so you can stay invisible while the infested crowd around the cryopod. If not, take a tank like Rhino, Valkyr, or Frost. Before jumping in the ring that starts the waves, find a high up spot that has a good view of the cryopod. If you need to get higher, bullet jump with cn_LB, cn_A.

Jump down and start the wave, but clear the first wave yourself. I could only get 7-8 crowding at first, then the explosive runners would explode. Any time after wave 2, you'll see enough enemies for a well placed grenade or rocket to kill everyone.

Cackling at the explosion is optional, but recommended.
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27 Oct 2015 23:27

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I unlocked the achievement with the explosion from the Warhead ability on Elytron. A friend of mine got the achievement from the AoE blast from his Syndicate weapon. It seems like any explosion that kills at least 10 should unlock the achievement.
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By PseudoPsychoMan on 28 Oct 2015 02:24
The kulstar might actually be the best choice, wave 10 coba dark sector. Let the brood mother spawn some maggots, easy 10 kills.
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By Devious Panther on 28 Oct 2015 08:37
Rhino's stomp also works for this achievement.
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By IcarusPain on 28 Oct 2015 09:15
It's also glitched. I randomly got it during a capture mission, I hadn't even seen any enemies yet. It's still showing up as Done! Unlocking, but it was a nice surprise.
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By NuclearDomson on 28 Oct 2015 11:46
I actually popped this while on a defense mission using a heat sword with explosive (magma and northern wind). Also there was no way there were 10 guys near me. The explosive procced while I cut into a guy with maybe three others near enough to take damage.
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By Herps McGirps on 29 Oct 2015 00:43
Mod any melee weapon with Fire and Ice to make Blast. Load up the Defense on Earth. Your 10th kill should unlock the achievement. Doesn't have to be 10 at 1 time. 10 in a row is fine.
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By AC1DGro0ve 3o3 on 29 Oct 2015 05:59
Got it using Rhino stomp on Mars dark sector.
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By AirNath on 30 Oct 2015 02:24
I got this earlier today without trying while using Nova's molecular prim and the Dred doing a survival on Jupiter. Used the ability and must of got like 12 enemies bunched up going slow when I shot one with my bow and suddenly the cheevo unlocked.
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By Fallout Jackal on 02 Nov 2015 02:00
I just used Ogris and played on Marsh the Kadesh sector, you just gonna jump up in the start (in one of the corners) so you look down, then wait to there is enough enemies...you can do it in wave 1 but my Wrym Prime killed a few so i got the achievement in the 2nd wave, very easy achievement to get
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By Saiki Misa on 21 Nov 2015 20:54
AcidGroove's method doesn't seem to work, I put blast on my melee weapon and went to earth, killed about 20 enemies and didn't get the achievement, nor did the tracker move while I was doing it.

Rhino stomp in a dark sector defense worked just fine though.
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By LV 1 Blue Slime on 02 Jan 2016 00:38
I can confirm that Rhino or Rhino Prime's stomp got me this achievement.
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By Markyshizzle on 28 Jan 2016 09:34
Just got this today with Rhino Stomp. So easy, thank goodness for that.
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By octorok74 on 23 Feb 2016 01:30
I put Blast on my Chronus sword and got it. Not sure why it didn't work for LV1 Blue Slime, perhaps he had another element on his weapon that was overriding the Blast.
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By Saracin on 28 Feb 2016 15:13
FYI - I was able to get this chieve by combining explosive kills with barrels. I do 2 and then on a later mission I got 5 and so on. I thought you had to get them all at once, but not the case for me at least. Just wanted to give a heads up.
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By LordRaptor333 on 12 Sep 2016 15:20
I've gained progress owards this achievement from shooting barrels on Malvas (think that's it) but it's getting enough of the infected nearby. Seems like as long as it's an explosive attack it's going to work.
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By FullMoonBeaver on 31 Jan 2017 09:40
I was using my nova molecular prime build and both teammates got the achievement when the exploded one off them and got 10 kills with the chain reaction.
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By ssippiee on 26 Aug 2017 08:34
Don't think Rhino stomp works anymore. Got over 15 kills and no achievement.
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By BrutexCHieftain on 20 Sep 2018 18:59
Rhino stomp might still work. tried it with zarr and got more than 10 but still no achievement and stuck on 60%. apparently its glitched for me. angry
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By BrutexCHieftain on 11 Jan 2019 21:08
Buggy as all hell !
Tracker goes up….goes down….up….. 😵‍💫
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By KATAKL1ZM on 17 Sep 2022 08:13
Wish I had checked this guide because I was trying to avoid all of Update 17.7 due to No Brainer. Yes, Rhino Stomp works just fine because I went from 1/10 to 10/10 within one mission after I started using it.
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By Gilbert Prime on 31 Jan 2023 03:30
I just unlocked this in Tikal on Earth, several excavators in.

I was not trying for it, nor was I using any explosive weapons or blast element combo. It might have been a lucky hit against a couple simultaneous swarms of maggots with a melee ground slam of my Galatine.
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By Xystra on 04 Feb 2024 08:06
Not working for me. No matter what I do there's only ever like 8 enemies. Did the same mission you suggested too.
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By Wookiee Hairem on 06 Mar 2024 11:55
Ok, got it completely by accident, running Gauss Prime in Whispers in the Walls, final boss room where a bunch of enemies spawn under ground, I used thermal sunder hot then cold one after the other which makes blast! I knew it worked on weapons but no idea gauss' abilities could work that way! ). Maybe I got extremely lucky but might be an option for those struggling.
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By Wookiee Hairem on 14 Mar 2024 12:19
The tracking on this is SUPER weird for me, if I get like 6 kills at once you would think the achievement progress would stay at 60% but it doesn't.

If I look at the achievement immediately after I get the kills it will show the light blue progress line showing I got 6 kills but if I open my achievements again it keeps resetting to 20%. Odd...
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By MineMasterjake1 on 28 Apr 2024 23:59
The best way to get this is to go on the capture mission on Venus called Venera, and go after the objective, soon after you have captured the target, a reinforcement ship will arrive with several enemies, gather them all together and use the stomp rhino and get the achievement !!
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By MitoSedusaum on 05 Jun 2024 01:23
I got it today with slow Nova's Molecular prime and a tonbo.
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By BIGB EC on 03 Nov 2015 01:48
BIGB is correct. I actually came here to post that you might just get lucky like I did, and shoot a group that's ready to blow from a Nova's Molecular Prime move. I literally made a Rhino Prime to get this achievement, and ended up getting it by playing with random Nova's and blowing up their groups. facepalm
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By Fooga on 05 Nov 2015 09:18
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The easiest enemy to do this on would be the Infested in either a defense or survival mission. Equip the Penta or Tonkor and group 10+ enemies together, if on defense mission they will group up at the cryopod or if on survival they will come to you. Once you have enough together shoot into the middle of them and hopefully it will kill 10+ enemies.
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Defense against the infected will help you) Do it in 5 seconds)
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I didn’t kill at once, one, two, three at a time worked and they gave me a total of 10 killed)
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By Modeus on 08 Feb 2018 05:55
Nova's magic makes it easy to blow up a bunch of infected people on a defense mission.
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22 May 2016 16:53

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If you don't have a suitable weapon, then exploding barrels are perfect.
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By Thomas_Gant on 14 Nov 2016 00:35