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The guide is currently in construction. I am working on getting the tips and tricks up as I go and find them. if you have any that you want me to include in the guide, hit me up with an email and a name to credit the tip to. If you have any additional questions on the guide or game, contact me at acowwithads[at]gmail[dot]com. 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When you first look at it, it may be in the incomplete stages of itself, but it will be quickly finished up! Anyhow, enjoy! To find a certain achievement in the guide, or a certain part, press CTRL and F. __ __ _ _ _ _ _ \ \ / /__ _ __ ___(_) ___ _ __ | | | (_)___| |_ ___ _ __ _ _ \ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \ | |_| | / __| __/ _ \| '__| | | | \ V / __/ | \__ \ | (_) | | | | | _ | \__ \ || (_) | | | |_| | \_/ \___|_| |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |_| |_|_|___/\__\___/|_| \__, | |___/ 1.2 Added header 1.1: Added version history. Fixed the error where two achievements were missing. Added some user submitted startegies. 1.0: Initial upload ACHIEVEMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!! -Notes- For achievements that say do something AS a special infected, you can do in either versus or scavenge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- VS mode achievements can be done in private games with friends for insane ease, as well as scavenge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== PRICE CHOPPER (20) Survive the Dead Center campaign. Guide: Simply finish Dead Center campaign and survive by getting into the rescue vehicle at the end. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== MIDNIGHT RIDER (20) Survive the Dark Carnival campaign. Guide: Simply finish Dark Carnival campaign and survive by getting into the rescue vehicle at the end. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== RAGIN' CAJUN (20) Survive the Swamp Fever campaign. Guide: Simply finish Swamp Fever campaign and survive by getting into the rescue vehicle at the end. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== WEATHERMAN (20) Survive the Hard Rain campaign. Guide: Simply finish Hard Rain campaign and survive by getting into the rescue vehicle at the end. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== BRIDGE BURNER (20) Survive the Parish campaign. Guide: Simply finish Parish campaign and survive by getting into the rescue vehicle at the end. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== STILL SOMETHING TO PROVE (35) Survive all campaigns on Expert. Guide: You will need to finish all of the campaigns and get into the rescue vehicle on the hardest difficulty setting. Expert tips will be coming soon! =============================================================================== =============================================================================== THE REAL DEAL (35) Survive a campaign on Expert skill with Realism mode enabled. Guide: Select Realism mode from the main menu, and switch it to expert. The biggest difference ebtween realism and normal campaign is zombies are stronger and weapons are hard to find. Just like I said above, I will get some Expert tips up in the near future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- You might want to clarify how realism mode differs from the normal campaign. Headshots still kill zombies instantly, body shots do less damage, you can't see glowing outlines on your teammates when they go behind walls, items don't glow blue (but they do glow white when you're close enough to grab them), and dead survivors don't respawn in closets. I don't know for sure, but it seems like most special infected are also harder to kill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== CONFEDERACY OF CRUNCHES (30) Finish a campaign using only melee weapons. Guide: Although I need confirmation, you can only swing a melee weapon and not a chainsaw, shoot a pistol while incapped, or blow up any explosives. MY CONFIRMATION: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- You can ONLY swing a melee weapon. I would assume the chainsaw does not count against the achievement, though I do not know for sure, but shooting while downed will cancel the achievement, so be careful if you get dropped; I ruined my first two tries by accidentally mashing the trigger trying to fend off a horde, only to end up shooting by accident when I got downed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- I was taking some friends through the campaign today on easy and they were both going for Confederacy of Crunches. BOTH of them used Chainsaws, but changed melee weapons before the gas ran out and still got the achievement. That way they didn't switch to their pistol, which does indeed void the achievement even if it's fired regardless of it hitting something. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- Beat the rush isn't a party achievement. Three people can fire guns and the fourth can get the achievement. I did it with three coms then 2 coms and myself for a friend. Don't even pick up a primary weapon because you'll switch to it after using a med-pack and such, wasting time and possibly causing you to fire if you don't pay attention (same for Confederacy of Crunches) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== HEAD HONCHO (15) Decapitate 200 Infected with a melee weapon. Guide: the best weapon for this is the katana. if you can't get your hands on one, use the ax. Then aim around head level and swing. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== CLUB DEAD (15) Use every melee weapon to kill Common Infected. Guide: Kill a common infected with eight of the ten melee weapons. I'm pretty sure chainsaw doesn't count, and the baseball bat doesn't count because it's a preorder exclusive. But just for checklist's sake, heres all ten: Cricket Bat Guitar Crowbar Axe Frying Pan Katana Machete Baseball Bat Nightstick Chainsaw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- You need to kill at least one zombie with each of the following weapons: Axe Crowbar Katana Frying pan Cricket bat Guitar Machete Nightstick After you get at least one kill with each of those 8 weapons, you will unlock the achievement. The chainsaw and preorder-bonus baseball bat are not required to be used for the achievement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== CHAIN OF COMMAND (15) Kill 100 Common Infected with the chainsaw. Guide: The chainsaw is a pretty quick kill on just about every kind of infected. Take out the chainsaw for it to rev up, then use RT to slice people. Beware, it runs on gas so it will not last forever, it can run out! =============================================================================== =============================================================================== TANK BURGER (30) Kill a Tank with melee weapons. Guide: You will need four people to do this. Don't shoot the tank at all, not any of the four players, and hit it with melee weapons. Best bet is to do this in survival because a tank comes fourty seconds into the round, and you can restart if you die or someone shoots it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- Doesn't work in versus (which is a shame, because that was an awesome round). I got this in campaign mode with one other person. You have to kill the bots, because if ANYONE shoots the Tank, it voids the achievement. As usual, this includes shooting it with your pistol when downed. So, after killing any bots, change the difficulty to Easy and the tank will go down in about 10-12 hits. I recommend the 5th chapter of Dark Carnival, since you get a guaranteed Tank spawn after a couple of minutes of holding out during the concert, and it's nowhere near as intense as Survival. Oh, and if you're doing it with two people like I did, make sure you only hit the tank when he's not facing you. That part's kind of important. Also, stay near something you can duck behind if he starts to throw concrete. You can also use the method where you run in one direction and then the opposite right after the Tank throws his slab at you if you're feeling brave. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== SHOCK JOCK (30) Revive 10 dead Survivors with the defibrillator. Guide: When your teammates are completely dead, not just incapacitated, you can use these over their dead bodies to revive them. They are found randomly throughout levels and they take place of your Med Kit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- You MUST use a Defibrillator or Adrenaline shot that was found OUTSIDE of the safe room. I.E. if you start from Hard Rain chapter 2, and there's an adrenaline shot inside the safe room, using it and reviving a downed survivor will not add a point towards the 10 needed for the achievement. Using a defibrillator or adrenaline shot on a downed survivor you downed yourself will add a point towards the 10 needed for the achievement. (Also for The Quick and the Dead) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -pikmin1254- I have a tip for the Shock Jock achievement. This method requires two controllers however. Go to Survival all by yourself. There are two defibrillators, one in the information booth, and one on the first floor (the floor you can get to by taking the small staircase or by taking the big staircase and breaking the glass on the ground to the left of the top of the staircase.) Now, take P2 and have them go to the staircase that is to the right of where you start (The one that leads to the highest floor.) Have P2 break the glass and jump down from there; they will be killed. Now, have P1 (you) revive P2 with the defibrillator. There are only two defibrillators so once you do this twice, have both yourself and P2 jump from the highest floor to start over. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- I got different results than your anonymous tipper. Using adrenaline/shock paddles that I had in the saferoom (i.e. already in my inventory) worked fine. He may be correct about using items that spawn in the saferoom. Killing the survivors myself did not. Also, both of these achievements have to be done on DIFFERENT people (or on the same people in a different playthrough). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (30) Revive 10 incapacitated Survivors while under the speed-boosting effects of adrenaline. Guide: Find an adrenaline shot, then take it by pressing down on the d-pad to get to it then press RT. Then, while your teammate is laying down incapped, run up to them and hold X to heal them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- You MUST use a Defibrillator or Adrenaline shot that was found OUTSIDE of the safe room. I.E. if you start from Hard Rain chapter 2, and there's an adrenaline shot inside the safe room, using it and reviving a downed survivor will not add a point towards the 10 needed for the achievement. Using a defibrillator or adrenaline shot on a downed survivor you downed yourself will add a point towards the 10 needed for the achievement. (Also for Shock Jock) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- I got different results than your anonymous tipper. Using adrenaline/shock paddles that I had in the saferoom (i.e. already in my inventory) worked fine. He may be correct about using items that spawn in the saferoom. Killing the survivors myself did not. Also, both of these achievements have to be done on DIFFERENT people (or on the same people in a different playthrough). (Also for Shock Jock) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== ARMORY OF ONE (15) Deploy an ammo upgrade and have your team use it. Guide: Ammo upgrades are found throughout levels. They are either incendiary or explosive. When you place them on the ground, everyone on your team including yourself must pick the ammo up to pop the achievement. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== BURNING SENSATION (15) Ignite 50 Common Infected with incendiary ammo. Guide: When you pick up fire ammo, you get a limited amout of shots depending on your weapon. If you land every shot, it will probably take about five or so times to the incendiary pick up. Incendiary pick ups take place of your Med Kits and are randomly put on the maps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -KiraMoto- If you use the Uzi or the semi-auto sniper rifle with incendiary ammo, you can get this achievement with just one pick up. Uzi has a lot of ammunition and the sniper rifle can start up to three infected on fire with one shot, it has 30 shots. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== DISMEMBERMENT PLAN (20) Kill 15 Infected with a single grenade launcher blast. Guide: Play with four people, or another person and two bots (Team kill the two bots). Have one person blow up a boomer while it's on top of them. Now pick up a grenade launcher. While the infected all run after the person with bile on them, have them not shoot so a lot of infected will crowd around this person. Now aim your grenade launcher shot right at them when a good amount of infected surround your teammate. It should kill all of them, and you will pop the achievement. This is best done of survival because there will be constant waves of zombies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -ChiKoChan- One easy way to do this is to get a jar of boomer bile or a pipebomb. When a horde comes, throw one or the other until a bunch of the zombies begin to attack eachother, and then shoot the grenade launcher. The boomer bile is easier to do since it doesn't explode, but it IS possible using the pipe bomb. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- I have a less messy suggestion. Use a bile bomb (or a pipe bomb) to lure a bunch of infected into one spot, then fire away. You can even do this with bots during a crescendo event. Note that bile bombs don't actually need targets. You can throw them on the ground and a bunch of Infected will run over to it and swat at the air. Alternatively, you could probably just fire a grenade into a mob during a gauntlet crescendo event (e.g. the roller coaster tracks or retrieving Whitaker's cola). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== SEPTIC TANK (15) Use a bile bomb on a Tank. Guide: Grab the boomer bile. This will go in your grenade spot. They are little jars filled with the boomer bile that the infected will go after. When the tank is running at you, throw the bile at him. If you hit him, he will glow purple with bile. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== CRASS MENAGERIE (20) Kill one of each Uncommon Infected. Guide: The uncommon infected are found throughout the first four campaigns. They are as follows: Dead Center= Infected in fireproof suits holding boomerbile (CEDA Agents) Dark Carnival= Clowns Swamp Fever= Mudmen Hard Rain= Construction workers Kill atleast one of each to unlock the achievement. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== DEAD IN THE WATER (20) Kill 10 swampy Mudmen while they are in the water. Guide: Mudmen are in Swamp Fever. They crawl around on all fours like a Jockey. When they are in the water, shoot them. Repeat this ten times. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -pikmin1254- For the DEAD IN THE WATER achievement, you can throw a pipe bomb into the water and any Mudmen that die in the explosion will count towards the achievement. This is also a way to quickly get the achievement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- Throwing a pipe bomb in the water will lure any nearby mudmen to it, conveniently killing them in the water when it explodes. You can also use bile bombs to lure them into the water and then just kill them the old-fashioned way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== ROBBED ZOMBIE (15) Collect 10 vials of Boomer vomit from infected CEDA agents you have killed. Guide: CEDA agents are found often on the first level of the first campaign. When you get to the part where you are in the burning part of the building, these will be the zombies wearing full bodied suits. Sometimes, they will carry Boomer Bile. When you kill them, it will drop by their body. Run up to it and pick it up. Now just repeat this ten times. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- You don't need to be the one to kill the CEDA agent, just the one to pick up the bile bomb. The ones that have bile bombs actually have them strapped invisibly to their waists while they're alive, the way survivors hold grenades. It might just be me, but it seems like the game spawns a lot more CEDA agents with bile bombs if you use every grenade you find right after you grab it. Either way, playing on Easy in single player is the fastest way to get this one. Note that CEDA agents only spawn in the first two chapters of Dead Center. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== CL0WND (15) Honk the noses of 10 Clowns. Guide: The clowns are on Dark Carnival. To honk their noses, simply melee them with your gun in their face. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- You MUST shove them with your primary weapon, I.E. a gun. Shoving a clown back with a melee weapon will not count towards the achievement. Tried this at Dark Carnival chapter 4, at the end safe room; I was using a fire axe to kill the infinite zombies that attack and shoved back many clowns repeatedly, but the counter stayed at 7. After switching to my gun, I was able to gain points towards the achievement when shoving the clowns back. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Gome666- Looking for clowns can be quite annoying, and when you find them you might kill them accidently, so to save time don't search for 10 clowns, hit the same one repeativly, and each time will still count as a seperate nose honk. I did it with only 2 clowns. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== FRIED PIPER (15) Using a Molotov, burn a Clown leading at least 10 Common Infected. Guide: This will be done of Dark Carnival. When you see a horde coming on some of the later levels, throw a molotov down in front of it. They will all run into it and burn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- I'm not sure what constitutes a clown leading a group of zombies, but I got it on Dark Carnival chapter 4, in the same spot as Cl0wnd; when I saw the horde running at me down that long alleyway leading to the safe room, I threw a Molotov in the way and at least one clown was burned, and after 10 zombies ran through the flames, I got the achievement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- Quick and guaranteed way to get this one: play single player Dark Carnival on easy, starting with chapter one. Get to the saferoom with an adrenaline shot, molotov, and melee weapon (the motel has assloads of places for items to spawn). Switch to a higher difficulty, kill the bots, and switch it back to easy. Run around until you find a clown and you're surrounded by a bunch of zombies--usually a horde attacks near the beginning of this level, which helps a bit. Once you're surrounded, pop your adrenaline, use your melee weapon to get away, and throw your molotov. The achievement DOES NOT COUNT IF YOU BURN YOURSELF. If you screw it up, get killed and you'll respawn at the beginning of the chapter with all of your stuff back, ready for another go. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== LEVEL A CHARGE (15) Kill a Charger with a melee weapon while they are charging. Guide: Do this in survival. When you see a charger, swing at him with a melee weapon. Make sure he doesn't hit you. Then he crashes into a wall, and he will turn around and try it again. Swing at him as he runs by. Rinse and repeat until he dies. It's almost like a bull-fighting technique. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- A melee hit with any weapon does about 500 damage, and the Charger has 600 health. Shoot him a little bit and you can take him down in one swing. You pretty much need human teammates for this, since any bots in the area will kill the Charger. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== ACID REFLEX (15) Kill a Spitter before she is able to spit. Guide: This is pretty simple. As soon as a Spitter is in sights, shoot her. This is all about awareness and reflexes. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== A RIDE DENIED (15) Kill a Jockey within 2 seconds of it jumping on a Survivor. Guide: Stick near your teammates, and as soon as a Jockey jumps on them, shoot them off. It would probably be easiest with a shotgun. Just quick reactions and good teamwork will get this done. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Gome666- Find yourself a combat shotgun, because these can be shoot 10 shells really fast, then get yourself a friend to help out. Wait around somewhere for a jocky to show up, and aim just above your friends head where the jocky will be. Allow the jocky to jump on his head, then spam it with the shotgun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- Weaken the jockey first, then finish it off once it jumps onto somebody. Shoving it off (Left trigger/right mouse) and then shooting it will work as well, if you're quick. Note that survivors with a jockey on them (as with survivors being incapacitated by a hunter, smoker, or charger) are completely immune to friendly fire, so you could even use a melee weapon or grenade launcher. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== STACHE WHACKER (15) Prove you are faster than Moustachio. Guide: On the fourth level of Dark Carnival, about halfway through, there will be a whack-a-mole carnival game. I'm not sure on exactly how far in, but I remember if you are walking forward towards where you need to go it will be on the left. Anyway, click the red button to start the game, and shoot or melee down all the Moustachios. The game will give you a timer, but if the timer resets, just click the red button again. Your Moustachio whack count won't reset. I don't know if the number varies everytime, I don't think it does, but it was 42 for me. To check that number, look at the top right of the game. Your timer is on the top left. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- The Whack-a-Stache game is located in Dark Carnival chapter 4, in the open area after the bumper car ride just before you reach the barn. You can use either melee weapons or guns to hit the Moustachios that pop up and get points. The game will end after the timer on the left runs out; you can restart it as many times as you want until it breaks, and it breaks when you reach 42 points. After you hit the 42 point mark and the machine breaks, you'll get the achievement and a horde will be called by the bell in the machine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -ChiKoChan- This CAN be a team acheivement if a player hits a mustachio at least once. It's faster to do with co-op, one standing on the left side, and the other on the right. You might end up hitting eachother if both of you are in front. Just keep pressing the button until you hit the mustachios 42 times, and them bam! Both of you get the achievement. If there is more than one person trying to get this acheivement, make sure they get a whack at one of them. The machine breaks so you are unable to play the game again unless you restart the campaign. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== GONG SHOW (15) Prove you are stronger than Moustachio. Guide: You will need an adrenaline shot and a guitar. This Moustachio game directly on the right a few steps after you step out of the safe room on the fourth level of Dark Carnival. If you don't have adrenaline or a guitar, then don't worry. Just look for some later in the level, then come back. Anyway, when you are standing in front of the machine, take the adrenaline. Then pull out your guitar, and swing at the red box closest to you. It should send the thing all the way up to the bell, and knock the bell off proving your are stronger. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- This game is located in Dark Carnival chapter 4, as well. It's in the open area in front of the bumper car ride. For Gong Show, you do not need any specific melee weapon. I did it with a crowbar from the previous chapter, and my cousin; whom I was split screening with; got it with a cricket bat. Just use an adrenaline shot and hit the red button to send the weight to the top to get the achievement and call the horde. Interesting note, different melee weapons will send the weight different heights, which will make the Moustachio recording say different things. When I did it with the crowbar, it didn't even get halfway up, and Moustachio said "Baby peanut, WEAK!" When my friend used a fire axe, I believe it was, it went pretty high, and Moustachio said "Not bad, Ha ha ha!" or something along those lines. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -KiraMoto- Only the person to hit the gong gets the achievement for Gong Show (be aware that hitting the bell alerts a horde, so be ready). (Make sure your team is okay with you being the only one to get it if you are playing with others) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- Hitting the button as a Tank in versus mode will break the bell off the top, the same as if you get the achievement as a survivor. I already had the achievement at the time, so I have no idea if hitting it as the Tank would actually give you the achievement. Also, If the Tank hits it, it still summons a horde. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== GUARDIN' GNOME (30) Rescue Gnome Chompski from the Carnival. Guide: On the second level of Dark Carnival, there will be a shooting game to the right of the saferoom. Start the game by pressing the red button in the middle of the table. Then shoot as many popups as possible. The points for each popup is on the right of the game. There is only one pop up that reduces your points, the really tall guy in the suit. You will need to score 750 points to win the gnome. Your points counter is on the bottom right of the shooting game. Once you get to 750 points, stop shooting so you don't make a mistake. Then when the timer runs out(the timer is on the bottom left), go to the left of the machine to the glowing box. It will open, and out will fall Gnome Chompski. Carry him all the way onto the escape vehicle at the end of Dark Carnival to get the achievement. MAKE SURE YOU ARE HOLDING HIM WHEN ON THE VEHICLE!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- For Guardin' Gnome, ANYONE can be holding the gnome in the chopper and it will unlock for everyone who doesn't have it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -ChiKoChan- You don't HAVE to hold Gnome Chompski the whole time you go through the campaign. Just let him go when a horde comes or if there's a strong special infected, just make sure to find him when you're done. It isn't required that you hold Gnome Chompski when entering a safe room. As long as he's in the safe room with you when the door closes, you can pick him up and carry him on through the level. (this is kind of an Easter Egg, Gnome Chompski is the same garden gnome you find in an older Valve game, Half-Life 2: Episode 2. ;D ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Gome666- The roller coaster bit is probably the most difficult for the achievement, but nice and easy if you know what you're doing. All you need is a friend who won't run off, and has a good shot. As soon as it starts run about 1-2metres behind your friend, he has to shot all zombies in front to clear a path for the gnome. The person will also have to turn arond occationally to knock hoard backwards, or off the coaster. DON'T throw the gnome so you can shoot hoard, because it's easy to lose it if it falls off. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- Somebody needs to hold him at the end of every chapter before you close the saferoom door, or he'll disappear. If you have him at the beginning of a level, though, you'll still have him if your team wipes. Occasionally Mr. Chompsky runs off on an adventure of his own (i.e. he clips through the floor), so only put him down when necessary. It's a rare glitch, but I've seen it happen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== WING AND A PRAYER (30) Defend yourself at the crashed airliner without taking damage. Guide: In Swamp Fever, on the third(?) level at one point you will need to pry the hatch of an airplane door. Once you open it, and ahorde comes. Hide in the back on the airplane and fight off the infected. If you survive the horde while taking no damage, this unlocks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- For Wing and a Prayer, it should be noted that to get the achievement, only YOU must take no damage. A good way to do this is on Easy mode; grab a pipe bomb from the first chapter, or grab one in the case that there is one if you start from chapter two. clear out all the zombies in the front area of the plane in the water, then pick off all the ones you can outside the plane, past the door you must open. Then, take your pipe bomb out, open the door, and throw your pipe bomb straight out off the wing of the plane. Turn immediately right, and follow the side of the plane to the tail. You can walk up the side that is tilted to the ground; walk up it and continue upwards onto the body of the plane. Go around the large wing on top, and head to the top of the tail wing that is sticking up in the air. If you stay there, the infected cannot reach you; they must climb up the body of the plane, giving you ample time to pick them off and keep yourself safe. The computers will struggle to climb up to you, and most, if not all of the zombies and special infected will go for them. Stay on the wing past the first horde that appears with the door alarm, a second horde will soon arrive, and shortly after most of the zombies with that second horde are dead, the achievement should pop up, if you haven't been damaged. My apologies to all the aeronauts out there for my very minute knowledge of the correct labeling of a plane. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- Wing and pry I believe is what its called is on level two not three ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== SOB STORY (30) Navigate the sugar mill and reach the safe room without killing any Witches. Guide: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- This one isn't too easy, but with a few trial runs, I'm sure anyone can do it. First and foremost: Kill the computer AI, if you have any in the game. They sometimes let their mind wander in close proximity to witches and set the poor girls off in fits of rage that you do not want happening. Set it to easy after that dirty work, and crawl your way slowly through the mill. Take it slow, watch for where the witches are, and move around them. If you cannot, let them move around a bit and try to weasel past them. Be careful where you shoot, if you're using any guns. Doing this with a partner and using melee weapons isn't a bad idea; you can save each other from Special infected while you chop your way through the zombies, with no chance of stray bullets catching a witch off in the distance. Once you go down the elevator and reach the sugar cane field, walk towards the pipe that runs out of the field and up towards the mill. It lowers down to the ground, and you can jump on top of it for a short distance, giving you a better field of vision to spot witches from. Go through the field gradually. Listen to the witches cries; try to determine their approximate distance, and go around them. Once you reach the gas station, haul your butts inside the safe room and smile as that familiar box pops up, with that gratifying sound we all know and love. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- Sob Story: You can alert witches, just not KILL them. The com died in my game and we still got it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== VIOLENCE IN SILENCE (30) Navigate the impound lot and reach the cemetary safe room without tripping any alarms. Guide: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- This one is much easier than Sob Story. I'm not sure what chapter it's in (I'm thinking 3), but it's after you drop down the manhole into the sewers on the level with the cemetery you have to move through. Immediately when you climb up the ladder, you'll be in a small car park, and a few of the cars have their alarm set. Just make your way through the area without tripping the alarms. Watch your fire, and don't hit the cars with an axe or something like that. The AI, at least in my experience, cannot shoot the cars, and they will avoid jumping on them as well. Just be careful, and when you come out of that gate and head up the ladder, you're home free. Just cross the cemetery and reach the safe room and the achievement is yours. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- Alarmed cars have a dim, red flash coming from just inside their windshields. Jump on and walk right over the ones that aren't alarmed to get through the area quickly and painlessly. Watch the **** out for special Infected, though, because being Smokered/Jockeyed/Chargered into an alarmed car will set it off. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== BRIDGE OVER TREBLED SLAUGHTER (30) Cross the bridge finale in less than three minutes. Guide: Play on Easy, and cross the Parish finale in three minutes. It's pretty easy especially with four people. Your only worry has to be the tank. Also, you must reach the rescue vehicle. You can't have your teammates do it in 3 minutes and you go and die. They will get it, but you won't. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Anonymous- This one can be slightly challenging, depending on your luck with special infected and how accurate a tank is when punching cars. Begin on Easy. Grab an adrenaline shot from the safe room, if there is one. Get a pipe bomb, too, there's usually a few in there. Hit the radio and then lower the bridge. Wait until the metal barricade drops completely, and then run your butt straight down the bridge. Use your adrenaline when you see zombies, if you could grab one. Throw your pipe bomb out before you reach the zombies, and just keep running. Watch for special infected, though they usually go for the straggling AI. When you reach the section of the bridge that has broken off and makes a sharp ramp up to the top section, run past the first two military jeeps and look around the second one, towards the drop off where you have to go. There are usually a few guns here, and often there's an adrenaline shot or two. Use one if it's there, if not, don't wait around too long, just keep going. Eventually the tank music will sound. Keep a watch for where he's at. Dodge around him if you can, and stay away from the cars. Head towards the large gas truck and climb the ladder in the back; or, if you ran past it and the tank is blocking you, jump up on the hood of the truck and you can jump on top to continue along. Keep slaying zombies as you run, and knock them off if they try to tail you. Follow the right wall, and drop off the ledge when you reach it. After you drop, switch the difficulty to Expert. Watch out for a tank, as sometimes one will spawn on the path to the helicopter. Hop in the back of the chopper, and wait for the AI to die off, which shouldn't take too long. If you were fast enough, the achievement will pop up as the bridge explodes and the screen fades to black. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Mr_Feesh- It's nowhere near as hard as it sounds, and it's very soloable. First, make sure you've played through the level a few times so you know where everything is. Play on Extreme, kill the bots, switch to Easy, grab an M16 or AK-47, adrenaline shot, pipe bomb, and a melee weapon, use the radio and then immediately lower the bridge, and just keep left. Use your shot as soon as the path is open. Shoot ahead with your automatic weapon and you'll kill every common infected in one bullet. If you're surrounded, beat the hell out of everything with your melee weapon. Never. Stop. Moving. When you hear the Tank coming, ignore it and just stay as far to the left of the bridge as you can, then quickly jump up the rubble to the higher portion of the bridge. Keep an eye out for more adrenaline, but keep going as fast as you can. If you take too much damage, duck into a truck and throw your pipe bomb so you can heal. When you drop off the raised portion of the bridge, use the tops of the cars as a path. When you exit the bridge and the helicopter is getting close, drop off the road onto the bus, take the right path around the fence, and get to the helicopter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== =============================================================================== HEARTWARMER (20) In a Versus round, leave the saferoom to defibrillate a dead teammate. Guide: Have a defibirilator ready, and have one of your teammates stand outside the saferoom at the end of a versus level. Let them get hit, and die, then walk up to them, revive them, then finish the level. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== STRENGTH IN NUMBERS (15) Form a team and beat an enemy team in 4v4 Versus or Scavenge. Guide: Select versus, hit Team game, then invite three friends. Search for a dedicated server, then once your in the game, win. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== QUALIFIED RIDE (15) As the Jockey, ride a Survivor for more than 12 seconds. Guide: In versus, jump on a survivors head when they are nearly full health, Pull them away from their teammates and ride them until they are incapped to unlock this. =============================================================================== =============================================================================== BACK IN THE SADDLE (15) As the Jockey, ride the Survivors twice in a single life. Guide: After getting Qualified Ride achievement, hide behind a corner and wait for your ability to lunge again. Stay by the incapped survivor. It will take about 30 seconds-1min before you can lunge again. Once you can, depending on how far you dragged the survivor, you will be able to lunge onto his friend
that comes to help him. Drag his friend away and stay on his head to get the
achievement.
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RODE HARD, PUT AWAY WET	  (20)
As the Jockey, ride a Survivor and steer them into a Spitter's acid patch.

Guide: This is best done in versus. You need to be a jockey. Once you have a
spitter on your team, follow it. It will spit acid at some point, and if not
when it dies it will drop some acid. Now the survivors will try to get around
it, and when they do, jump on one and ride them through it.
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GREAT EXPECTORATIONS	(15)
As the Spitter, hit every Survivor with a single acid patch.

Guide: This is best done in versus. You need to be a spitter, and camp around a
door just ahead of the survivors. As soon as one starts walking through, spit
acid in the doorway. Chances are the others were following and the range of the
spit is pretty big.
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A SPITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS	(15)
As the Spitter, spit on a Survivor being choked by a Smoker.

Guide: You need a smoker on your team in versus game. When he pulls someone and
the survivor actually reaches the Smoker, spit your acid on them.
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SCATTERING RAM	  (20)
As the Charger, bowl through the entire enemy team in a single charge.

Guide: Do the same tactic as the Great Expectoration achievement, except
instead of waiting around the doorway, time it so you pop up in the doorway as
the first survivor goes through and you charge them back through the doorway
and into the other survivors.
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MEAT TENDERIZER	   (20)
As the Charger, grab a Survivor and smash them into the ground for a solid 15
seconds.

Guide: Take a survivor as a Charger, charge them, then hope their teammates are
scattered and can't save him. The survivor will need pretty close to full
health for you to be able to smash him for 15 seconds.
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LONG DISTANCE CARRIER	(15)
As the Charger, grab a Survivor and carry them over 80 feet.

Guide: On the first level of Dead Center, when you have to walk on the balcony
that has no rail, wait for a survivor and when one walks out, charge them over
the edge. You will charge them for way more then 80 feet, so the achievement
will unlock.
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BEAT THE RUSH	(15)
In a Survival round, get a medal only using melee weapons.

Guide: You need to get this on a map you or someone in your party has never got
a bronze medal for. I suggest the only Dead Center map, as it's the easiest.
Now make sure no one shoots, so doing this with a party of four would probably
be best. Find startegies on each map that work for your party, and make sure to
stick together. Don't try and attack the tank head on, just run away from it as
attacking it with melee weapons isn't the most effective way of taking it out.
Also, remember to keep moving!

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-Anonymous-
For this achievement, all you have to do is survive long enough in a survival
match to get a bronze medal, and you have to use a melee weapon. Only the
person trying to get the achievement has to use a melee weapon; anyone else in
the match can use a gun and you'll still get the achievement. I did this on
Dead Center. Grab a melee weapon and head up the stairs near the car. Go to the
top and turn left, and head all the way down to the back wall and hold off the
zombies there. The AI will help you defend against Special infected. Hack and
slash until you survive four minutes, and the achievement is yours.
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-KiraMoto-
You can also do this in single player with bots using normal weapons and you
staying back only using melee weapons.
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-Anonymous-
Beat the rush isn't a party achievement. Three people can fire guns and the
fourth can get the achievement. I did it with three coms then 2 coms and myself
for a friend. Don't even pick up a primary weapon because you'll switch to it
after using a med-pack and such, wasting time and possibly causing you to fire
if you don't pay attention (same for Confederacy of Crunches)
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HUNTING PARTY	 (15)
Win a game of Scavenge.

Guide: Simply select Scavenge from the menu, and win a game. You need to
deliver gas cans to a certain point while fighting off teh enemy infected, then
you switch sides and attack the survivors.
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GAS GUZZLER	(20)
Collect 100 gas cans in Scavenge.

Guide: pick up and bring 100 gas cans to the needed point in Scavenge.
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CACHE AND CARRY	  (20)
Collect 15 gas cans in a single Scavenge round.

Guide: I need confirmation if you need to collect all fifteen for yourself, or
if it's for everyone on your team. However, if you collect all the gas cans on
the map, you will amass 15, which will pop the achievement.

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-ActionJackalope-

Cache and Carry does not require a single person to collect 15 gas cans.  If
the team does it together, all four of them get the achievement.
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SCAVENGE HUNT	 (15)
Stop the enemy team from collecting any gas cans during a Scavenge round.

Guide: During Scavenge, play good defense against the Survivors. Focus on those
running for the gas cans. This comes from natural play.

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-Mr_Feesh-
Note that the Spitter's acid destroys gas cans that aren't being carried, and
survivors cannot pour gas while the ground in front of the car/generator is
covered in acid--every time the acid damages them, it restarts the pouring
timer.
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FUEL CRISIS	(15)
Make a Survivor drop a gas can during overtime.

Guide: During overtime(need info on how to go to overtime-  am assuming it's a
tie amount of gas cans - incap a survivor who is holding a gas can. This is
done in Scavenge.

INFO ON OVERTIME BELOW:

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-ActionJackalope-

Fuel Crisis defines "overtime" as when the timer runs out but the round does
not end because at least one survivor is carrying a gas can.  That's when you
need to make somebody drop one, but I got the achievement without actually
ending the round, because another survivor was still carrying a gas can.
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-Anonymous-
Overtime happens when the clock runs out, but at least one survivor is still
holding a gas can. Find a survivor holding a gas can, and make him drop it (via
pounce, tongue, charge, or incapacitation)to get your achievement, and possibly
end the round, if he was the only one doing so.
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GAS SHORTAGE	(20)
Cause 25 gas can drops as a Special Infected.

Guide: Simply incap a survivor who is holding a gas can during a game of
Scavenge.

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-Anonymous-
Like it says, cause 25 gas can drops as a special infected. If a survivor is
holding a gas can, you can make them drop it by pouncing on them with the
hunter or jockey, grabbing them with the smoker (just be sure no one else sees
you, they only drop it after you would begin to get points for dragging them in
a versus match, and if they are saved before they fall to their back, they
won't drop the can), and they'll drop a can if they get grabbed by a charger,
hit while you're charging, or hit from the impact of a charge into an obstacle.
They'll also drop it if they are incapped.  As long as it says "[You] incapped
[Player holding gas]," you get credit towards the 25 can drops. I'm not sure if
being incapped by zombies after you vomit on them as boomer will count.
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AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some awards are duplicate for male and female versions of shirts, but they have
the same requirements.

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Med Kit: Earned by beating all five campaigns.

Guide: Simply beat all five of the following campaigns:

Dead Center
Dark Carnival
Swamp Fever
Hard Rain
Parish

On any difficulty!
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Bull Shifters Shirt: Earned by winning 10 games of Versus.

Guide: Pretty self-explanatory. Simply select a game of versus, and stay in the
game from the lobby to the final round and win TEN times.

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-Mr_Feesh-
You can join a match at any time. As long as your team wins, it counts towards
this award. Also, starting a versus round from the final chapter of a campaign
will count for whoever wins, as well.
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A Left 4 Dead 2 shirt: Earned by winning 10 games of Scavenge.

Guide: Same as the Bull Shifters Shirt, except with Scavenge games.
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Zombie Hand Shirt: Earned by killing 10,000 Infected.

Guide: this is accumalitive through any game mode. Simply kill 10,000 infected
of any kind.
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Depeche Mode Shirt: Earned by rescuing Gnome Chompski from the Dark Carnival.

Guide: You will get this when you get GUARDIN' GNOME achievement. Follow the
steps for that to get this.
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I thoroughly thank all of the below for thier much appreciated contributions 
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