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There are a maximum of 79 Halo 3 achievements (49 without DLC) worth 2,492 (1,750)

Achievement Details

Mongoose Mowdown Achievement in Halo 3

Mongoose Mowdown9 (5)

Online Required - This achievement requires play in online game modesVersus - This achievement can be obtained in modes based on competition against other players3+ Players Required - This achievement requires more than two people to be participating in order for anyone to obtain it
Splatter an enemy with the mongoose in a ranked free for all playlist (Online).

Achievement Guide for Mongoose Mowdown

AuthorSolution
UNCAGED STALKER
98,374
UNCAGED STALKER
Achievement won on 07 Aug 08
TA Score for this game: 1,647
Posted on 31 August 08 at 19:11
This solution has 52 positive votes and 5 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
You must do this in the Lone Wolves matchmaking playlist. Try and get matched in either High Ground or Isolation.

Get a Mongoose and drive at full speed directly into an opponent. It may take a second attempt and a bit of luck since the Mongoose is only a lightweight vehicle.

Another tip is to try and run down a person while their shields are low as this will heighten your chances of successfully mowing them down.
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Quiksilver723
85,361
Quiksilver723
Achievement won on 26 Jan 10
TA Score for this game: 2,492
Posted on 26 January 10 at 15:39
This solution has 22 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
took a few tries but I did it on Snowbound during a BR slayer match. Basically I took the Mongoose and drove it around the outer edge of the map within the trenched areas as to avoid being too exposed and fortunately I was able to catch a guy running at the right time. And I believe he had full shields too as he appeared to not be in combat. Here's a clip you can download to Halo 3 to see how I did it.

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3...
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This solution has 29 positive votes and 11 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Get a group of 4 or more people together, make them all preffered players. Then go into your system settings and have everyone change thier language to Portugese. Start a party chat and go into matchmaking. Change matchmaking search preference to use "Language." Having preferred everyone you will all be matched up, if everyone changed thier language. This works for all of the Lone Wolves online achievements. Just take turns
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GETxACHIEVEDx
84,419
GETxACHIEVEDx
Achievement won on 01 Dec 09
TA Score for this game: 2,492
Posted on 18 January 11 at 01:01
This solution has 18 positive votes and 1 negative vote. Please log in to vote.
For this achievement you must go into a Ranked FFA (Free For All) lobby and look for people that are in combat and wait for they're shields to drop and hurry up and ram them as fast as you possibly can with the mongoose. If you see them near some kind of solid object ram them into that so that you can increase your chances of getting the achievement. For example on High Grounds there are tons of rocks out in the open for you to ram them into and there are 2 mongooses(mongeese). That doubles your chance of getting a mongoose to ram them with. Hope that this guide helped you and the others that read this. Happy Achievement Hunting!
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Rosshk
370,425
Rosshk
Achievement won on 13 Feb 11
TA Score for this game: 2,492
Posted on 13 February 11 at 23:45, Edited on 14 February 11 at 01:29
This solution has 17 positive votes and 1 negative vote. Please log in to vote.
In addition to boosting with the language trick, try having at least 1 person using the original Halo 3 disc (not the ODST mulitplayer disc), without having any DLC downloaded. This narrows down the list of maps you will get, and offers more maps with the Mongoose. We tried this for an hour and kept getting newer maps without the Mongoose. 1 person (without any DLC maps) switched to the Halo 3 disc, and we got a Mongoose map immediately.
To get this, just take turns running each other over with the Mongoose. It helps to have to have someone shoot up the player getting run-over, to strip his shields. This will make the roadkill much easier to obtain. To get on the Mongoose, hold RB. To drive it, just push LT forward. This will be more difficult to obtain on some maps (such as Isolation, due to its landscape) but is possible using this method. Just find a flat portion of the map to use, and give yourself enough of a runway, to gain enough speed.
BTW, not all versions of Snowbound have a Mongoose. It can also be a Ghost.
Some of the original Halo 3 maps with the Mongoose:
High Ground
Valhalla
Last Resort
Isolation
If you do have the Halo 3 disc and the DLC, you can always delete the DLC and re-download them again afterwards, at no cost.
If anyone has any more suggestions, comment and I'll update this solution.
Here's how to do the language trick (credit preppypoof):
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=17...
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D4RK KrieKe
233,007
D4RK KrieKe
Achievement won on 18 Dec 10
TA Score for this game: 2,492
Posted on 18 December 10 at 21:48, Edited on 23 June 11 at 12:51
This solution has 18 positive votes and 3 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
i only want to add this if you are planning to boost the free for all achievements make sure that you have players with the same lone wolf rank skill for example between 20-30
and that you prefer each other so that you can find each other easier
happy huntings :)
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Perdipt
104,643
Perdipt
Achievement won on 05 Apr 10
TA Score for this game: 2,492
Posted on 07 February 11 at 00:16
This solution has 14 positive votes and 3 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
This is the hardest achievement in the game, in my opinion. This can only be done in a Ranked Free-For-All match. I suggest Lone Wolves. Now, you have to use a Mongoose. No questions about it.

Find a Mongoose on the map. I suggest Snowbound or Isolation. You need to gain a certain speed to kill somebody with the Mongoose. Try to get a good distance and then, go for it.

You also damage the person that you are trying to run over so that you have a higher chance of killing them.

And keep a look out for enemies. You don't want somebody to kill you right before you run the person over. (Trust me, it's happened to me)
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Ehekky
43,990
Ehekky
Achievement won on 28 Aug 10
TA Score for this game: 2,492
Posted on 28 August 10 at 20:35
This solution has 15 positive votes and 5 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Tip for Boosters!

this is not a solution for the achievement, but for what comes after... (don't hate me for it, it's just to help)

If you managed to get it with the help of the Language-Trick, you'll probably have noticed that the name and description of the achievement is not English (or whatever).
To solve this you need to do the following for pre-NXE:
1. Go to the Xbox-dashboard
2. Navigate to the "Marketplace" blade
3. Press "X" to Sign Out, confirm it with Yes
4. Go to "Recover Account"
5. Enter your Gamertag and Continue
6. Put in your NET password and ID and continue
7. Wait for it to recover and check your English Achievements

for NXE:
1. Go to the Xbox-Dashboard
2. Press the Xbox-guide button
3. Press "X" to Sign Out, confirm with "Yes, sign out"
4. Click the "Recover Gamertag" button, and again.
5. Confirm to exit your current session with "Yes"
6. Enter your Gamertag and Continue
7. Enter your Live ID and your password and Sign In
8. Accept the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Privacy Statement
9. Wait until your profile is downloaded and check your English Achievements

The solution is not invented by me, although I wrote down the NXE version with the help of the following webpage: http://www.myxboxspot.com/forums/halo-3-glitches/1387-how-ch...
The pre-NXE solution is a retyped and shortened version of the idea that can be found on the same webpage, I have copied it because I wanted to spread the word about this solution.
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Rodeo Legend
75,817
Rodeo Legend
Achievement won on 16 Mar 09
TA Score for this game: 2,174
Posted on 17 March 11 at 16:37
This solution has 9 positive votes and 5 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Isolation in the Lone Wolf playlist is the key. Drive around in a circle along the outside of the map. You will eventually come across someone in your path. just hit them.

Will work better if they are damaged or in battle (that's how i did it)
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