Overview: Estimated achievement difficulty: 2/10 Offline: 46/50 [920] Online: 4/50 [80] Approximate amount of time to 1000: 20-25 hours Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 Missable achievements: None [Outposts can be reset allowing you to kill/use enemies as you need for any missed achievements] Does difficulty affect achievements?: No Unobtainable/glitched achievements: None Extra equipment needed?: None Introduction: Welcome to Kyrat! Far Cry 4 will be very familiar to anyone who has played the previous installment as the mechanics are completely unchanged. The achievements are pretty much all obtainable in single player and the few that require online/Co-Op play can be done in a very short time. You cannot miss any of the campaign achievements as you can reset the outposts even after completing the game so that you regain access to enemies with which to complete any outstanding achievements. You should still be conscious of the various miscellaneous achievements as you play though, as the actions that some require will be tied in to some of the more time consuming achievements, such as to unlock all of the skills. Step 1: Campaign So your first step, naturally is to begin a New Game. You can select any of the 3 difficulties as there are no restrictions tied to them. If you wish to have an easier time and just enjoy the features that the game has to offer without having to stress about dying all the time then feel free to play on easy. I would recommend that you try to complete as many side missions, Outposts and Bell Towers that you can before completing your current Campaign mission to keep on top of it as there are many things to do in this game. You should also spend time hunting animals and collecting the various flowers, not only for the related achievements, but also because the flowers are used to create syringes that will help you immensely. As for the animals, you will need their skins to craft upgrades and you can look on your map to see where they are most likely to roam to hunt them down. Step 1.5: Collectibles Just a quick note that you do not need to find all of the collectibles in this game to unlock all of the achievements, you only need to find the specified amount for each related achievement. You can buy maps from the merchants which will reveal all of the collectibles in a location, so be sure to do this if you are struggling to find enough of them. Step 2: Campaign Co-Op There are only 2 achievements to obtain in Co-Op mode and both can be done rather quickly. The first one you should look at is to take over an Outpost as the secondary character 'Hurk' and the second is to perform a 'Vehicle Takedown' from the passenger seat of a vehicle. See their individual achievement descriptions for full details. Step 3: Clean up/Online The final step is to unlock the 2 'Online' achievements. From the main menu scroll right to the 'Chronicles' tab and you can select 'Battles of Kyrat' and 'Map Browser', both of which are necessary for an achievement each. See their individual achievement descriptions for full details. Conclusion: So for anyone who completed the previous installment, this game should feel very much the same, but that's no bad thing. A very fun game well worth the 25 or so hours you'll be putting in to unlock all of the achievements, but also an easy completion for anyone new to the franchise.
