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Darkness Master achievement in The Darkness

Darkness Master

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How to unlock the Darkness Master achievement

  • K0mradeK0mrade
    29 Apr 2009 29 Apr 2009 29 Apr 2009
    To get this you must use all of the darkness powers a set amount of times each. Simply through the course of the game you will get each darkness power, so you don't need to worry about that. Once you have the darkness power simply use it and it will accumulate toward this achievement.

    To see how much you need to use any of your powers during the game simply hit start and select achievements. Scroll down to this achievement and see what percentage each power is at. If you're on the ball it can be done in one play through.

    All kills are cumulative so if you get killed before a checkpoint, or start over or whatever you will still get the points toward the achievement. Any kill with that power under any circumstance will count.

    The five areas this achievement covers are:

    Creeping Dark: First power you get. This will easily happen naturally.
    Demon Arm: You get this in the second chapter. This can take some effort to get since it's a short range weapon.
    Demon Guns: Second chapter as well. Work just like pistols powered by darkness. The left hand pistol fires a concussive shot.
    Black Hole: Chapter three. Very powerful.
    Darklings: Beginning of the game, this should come naturally.

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    ricky horrorYour guide is wrong. You only need kills with the 4 darkness powers, not Darklings. To 100% the Darklings, you just have to summon them 50 times. I only had 4 kills with Darklings and got the achievement after I summoned my 50th Darklings. Seeing as I only use lightkillers.
    Posted by ricky horror on 09 Jul 11 at 22:39
    TREX1979Still a great guide - I just started playing again after 10 years to clean up some achievements and never knew about where or how to check on progress. THANKS MAN!!!
    Posted by TREX1979 on 12 Dec 21 at 02:17
    SoleAngryFor some reason my demon arm is stuck at 81% and not increasing with each kill
    Posted by SoleAngry on 21 Jan at 23:34
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  • bibliomaniacalbibliomaniacal
    23 Jan 2010 24 Jan 2010 24 Jan 2010
    Even if you're close to the end of the game and only have a fraction of the kills needed here, don't fear! You can complete the entirety of this achievement in the front yard of the mansion when you get to the lighthouse where Paulie is holed up. Once you've knocked out all the lights and made your way up to the front of the mansion, simply run from the front to the left hand side over and over using your darkness powers as needed to complete the percentages. The number of enemies spawned is endless, so you can just keep killing until you get the needed kills (if you've earned the Legendary Summoner achievement by this time, the needed Darklings should already be at 100%). Just be sure you don't go through the mansion doors, or the fight is over.

    Granted, only two to three enemies spawn at once on each side, so it can be a rather monotonous endeavor if you have low percentages to start with, but it's an easy way to get the highest point total achievement in the game.
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    rastal66I didn't read this beforehand, but it happened to be the exact way I noticed to abuse and finish out this chievo when I did it. Works like a charm.
    Posted by rastal66 on 08 Apr 10 at 15:31
    RubberChickn87I did this method last night and it worked great but for one thing, the enemies actually quit spawning on me after some time. I had a lot to do because my achievement counters seem to have gotten reset for some reason. I can't tell you how long it took (somewhere on the order of 30-60 minutes), but they stopped. I ran all around trying to get them to respawn.

    Wasn't a big deal though. Just restart checkpoint and you can do it all again. Good solution.
    Posted by RubberChickn87 on 24 Oct 14 at 13:15
  • CyberMartyr88CyberMartyr88
    10 Sep 2009 06 Oct 2009 06 Oct 2009
    I'm pretty sure that the amount of kills needed with each respective power in this achievement are double that of the stand alone achievements for each of the powers.

    If you are playing through the game for the first time, yet you're mindfully aware that this achievement exists, then you should get this achievement on your first play through easily.
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    FindlayfiendI can confirm that my percentage completion of the Legendary Summoner achievement (summon 50 darklings) has been increasing at the same rate and exact percentage as the Darklings portion of the Darkness Master achievement. Cannot speak for the other powers, but Darklings does not seem to be double, just the standard 50.
    Posted by Findlayfiend on 10 Jul 14 at 03:40
    FindlayfiendI can also confirm that the Darkness Guns achievement (Gunner) for the 30 kills with the Guns is going up at about double the rate for completion as compared to the Darkness Guns portion of the Darkness Master achievement. For example, I got my first kill with the guns, so the Gunner completion went up to 3% while the Darkness Guns portion of Darkness Master went up to 1% (presumably 1.5% ??). This seems to confirm your theory on double the kills.
    Posted by Findlayfiend on 10 Jul 14 at 04:02
    FindlayfiendConfirming my previous comment: Darkness Guns kills needed for Darkness Master achievement is double what is needed for Gunner achievement, so 60. Will post if I find anything about Demon Arm or Black Hole. Cannot say for Creeping Dark, as I had this one done before I started paying attention to the completion percentage.
    Posted by Findlayfiend on 10 Jul 14 at 04:07
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