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Flight of the Valkyries

Flight of the Valkyries

Win a mission with an all-female squad. Single player only.

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How to unlock the Flight of the Valkyries achievement in XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Definitive Guide

Just fill all of your team slots available with female characters.
The sooner you attempt this the easier it will be as missions get progressively harder further into the game, so having a team of female rookies could add to the difficulty. If you dont have enough ladies to fill out you team you can go to the barracks and hire a few more team members.

Edit - 1) You can create a second save file the day before your new soldiers arrive.This way if you dont get a female you can just reload and try again. saving yourself money and time. - credit to Lewd Llama 69 for the idea.

2) The achievement might not be able to be earned if you have a female psionic in the squad. - Error Success

3) If you are rescuing a MALE VIP achievement wont unlock. -DJ Drty Chapstk
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10 Oct 2012 10:18

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Not sure why someone would negative vote this one since what you described is EXACTLY what you need to do to get the achievement. Thanks and +1!
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By Kirkless on 10 Oct 2012 23:53
i was kinda wondering that myself.
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By DeliriousDrew on 11 Oct 2012 17:36
maybe....
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By DeliriousDrew on 11 Oct 2012 18:57
You dont have to have all the squad slots filled you just have to take all females (you can take just one soilder), done very easy during your second mission where there are only 4 Sectoids.
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By UnjustlyVicious on 15 Oct 2012 13:31
I don´t get the achivement. I suppose if you have a femal "MENTAL" in your squad it wont work. I try 3 different missions and don´t get it?!?!
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By TAI JASON on 16 Oct 2012 22:31
I think it has to do with the type of mission, I failed my first attempt as well, but i dont remember which type of mission(s) i was on.
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By UnjustlyVicious on 17 Oct 2012 02:41
Having trouble unlocking this. Cleared a UFO crash site with a lone Psi Assault on Classic Ironman, then a crash site with a full squad of six females on Ironman Classic. Not sure if crash sites don't count or if it is the psionic throwing me off.
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By Ursiform on 23 Oct 2012 16:12
I did it on an abduction mission. but i would try without the PSI soldier
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By DeliriousDrew on 23 Oct 2012 16:36
Got it on a council mission with a full group of six, no psionics.
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By Ursiform on 24 Oct 2012 01:43
Tried this on a council mission, no luck. I think I was screwed up by the fact that I rescued a male character who I had to escort.
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By ThreeKingdomsR on 17 Dec 2012 14:17
I ended up getting this in the first mission (skipped the tutorial). Spawned with 4 females.
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By Replicant410 on 05 Jan 2013 02:28
Sometimes its great to be good and lucky
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By DeliriousDrew on 05 Jan 2013 07:53
dammit just tried this and didn't know about the psi soldiers not counting. I had three of them and no one got shot.
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By Thaldorf on 06 Jan 2013 05:32
the achievement will not unlock if you are rescuing a male vip. i guess controlling the vip counts as having them in your squad and nullifies your attempt. i used a squad of 3 (non-psionics) on a vip mission. no achievement. same 3 female squad on a ufo crash mission. achievement unlocked.
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By bryan dot exe on 13 Jan 2013 04:12
I can vouch for the female Psi negating this achievement. I just cleared a UFO with five females including one Psionic and no achievement popped.
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By BusyRich on 11 Mar 2013 14:22
Like bagenoxu above, I skipped the tutorial and was lucky enough to start off with 4 females. You get taken straight to the first mission and have to kill 4 sectoids. The achievement popped as soon as I'd killed the last sectoid.
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By x RepoUK x on 22 Jul 2013 08:53
As a note I just finished a council mission using four soldiers, right before activating the Gallop Chamber and got this. I was escorting a male VIP, three snipers in Archangel Armor and one Support in Titan, no Psi amongst them. But I still got the achievement even after escorting the male VIP. I almost didn't try it due to this solution saying it doesn't work but I just did it and it worked fine.
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By misfit119 on 22 Apr 2014 02:04
Like https://www.trueachievements.com/bagenoxu.htm and x RepoUK x said, you can get this on the first mission, just restart until you get a squad of 4 females. I got a squad of 4 females for the first mission of my Impossible run (Babydoll, Sweet Pea, Rocket & Blondie, and Amber was waiting back at the base ;)
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By HolyHalfDead on 25 Jun 2016 04:28
Nice sucker punch reference HolyHa1fDead
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By DeliriousDrew on 25 Jun 2016 16:24
I was able to complete this with 3 psi and 2 non-psi characters. The first time I tried it, I used my psi abilities to mind control an alien and it didn't work. The second time, I still had 3 psi characters in the squad but simply didn't use any psi abilities and the achievement popped for me.
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By mixmeupanother on 25 Jun 2016 23:17
You can do this with psi characters just don't use the mind control, the reason it doesn't work is because every alien is a male and they become part of the team, then voiding the all female team, same reason why a male VIP messes it up too :)
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By TheBukiak on 30 Jun 2016 03:25
“2) The achievement might not be able to be earned if you have a female psionic in the squad"

Yes, this needs amending. I think TheBukiak has clarified the problem: Don't Mind Control or you'll get a male alien on your team! I guess I failed due to this 3x and resorted to a 5/6 team without my best Psi to finally get it, but I could've used her after all warning
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By Goatlips on 24 May 2017 23:28
Maybe the negative voter wanted you to hold their hand through the process of recruiting soldiers from the barracks? Can't think of anything else that would cause a negative vote lol :)
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By Lewd Llama 69 on 11 Oct 2012 17:44
Darn i accidently deleted my last post...anyways as i had said. Its easiest if you hire a new soldier then once the 3 day countdown gets to 1 day, save your game. Then fast forward time until the soldier shows up. If you don't get a female, just reload your game. Keep trying until you get a female soldier to pop up. This will save you some cash in the long run as you won't have to hire 20+ people in the hopes of finding 2-3 female soldiers.
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By Lewd Llama 69 on 12 Oct 2012 14:51
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You dont have to have all of your squad slots filled, you just have to take all females (You could take just one soldier).

This achievement is easier the sooner you attempt it. Even as early as your second mission, where there are only 4 Sectoids (easy/ normal). If you kill a sectoid that is Mind Merging it automatically kills the other.

So i would suggest 2 females + 2 grenades = 4 Death
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15 Oct 2012 13:33

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Also if you fail to recieve the achievement on your first try it may be because of the type of mission your on ( ufo landing/ ufo crash site/ abduction/ etc.)

I failed on my first attempt but succeeded in the next try but im unsure which type of mission (s) i was on.
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By UnjustlyVicious on 17 Oct 2012 02:45

Simple trophy if you do a little planning. When selecting soldiers to go on missions with, try and pick female ones so they gain XP and increase their rank. Once you feel comfortable that you have 4-6 female soldiers that can successfully complete a mission, send them off and win for this trophy. If you are having problems with this trophy, try using six female soldiers in different mission types.

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Can be combined with the trophy for clearing an alien ship with 1 fighter. If this fighter is a woman, they will give the trophy - it’s been verified.
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24 Nov 2012 16:42

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There is a trophy glitch!!!! If you take on a female psionicist on a mission, do not use mind capture.

The game thinks the alien is a man and doesn't give you a trophy. If you shoot everyone out of the cannon, then everything is fine.
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By Kvadrat90 on 02 Dec 2012 16:50
I did it at the SOVIET operation on September 17, 2015. “vengeful palace” evacuation of Anna Sing, there are only “dead people” there, so there will be no problems, to be sure, you can also give your aunts the archangel armor there Poison Control / Antidote can be performed
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By doctor32 on 08 Apr 2013 21:14
In any mission at any stage of the game, take a full squad of female characters on the mission. Successfully complete the task and the achievement is yours.
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27 Jan 2013 13:07

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Ladies should under no circumstances use psionic abilities, otherwise the achievement will not unlock.
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By Gylmyne on 18 Jul 2014 09:58