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Death from Above Achievement in Gears of War 3

Death from Above28 (15)

Online/Offline - This achievement can be obtained in either an online or offline modeSingle Player - This achievement can be obtained in single player game modesCooperative - This achievement can be obtained in non-versus game modes where players work togetherCumulative - This achievement is obtained by gradually increasing one’s total number of experience points, kills, hours, or similar measures, over time to meet certain goals
Using the Hammer of Dawn Command Center, kill 50 Locust.

Achievement Guide for Death from Above

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Panda360x
217,241
Panda360x
Achievement won on 11 Dec 11
TA Score for this game: 2,665
Posted on 12 December 11 at 11:30, Edited on 14 April 12 at 17:30
This solution has 147 positive votes and 24 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Very easy achievement. But, it only counts kills in the campaign portion of the DLC, not for Hammer kills in Horde. Wait until you get to chapter 4 where you use the Hammer of Dawn (for the second time in Raam's Shadow) and kill all of the running Theron. Keep the cursor just above the bottom seeder so you can kill 3-4.

Once they've stopped spawning, kill the seeders, which forces you to leave the hammer of dawn screen then pause and reload the checkpoint to do it again.

Shouldn't take longer than 5 minutes.

EDIT: Some people are so quick to downvote lol.. The achievement tracker won't appear until you leave the hammer of dawn screen.
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ExtremePhobia
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ExtremePhobia
Achievement won on 14 Dec 11
TA Score for this game: 1,213
Posted on 14 December 11 at 15:32
This solution has 54 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Start on RAAM's Shadow: Chapter 1. Play through until you get the "They are inside out perimeter" warning. Kill the grubs coming out of the hole to the left, then kill two (and only two reavers). After that, another grub hole will open to the far right, destroying the barrier between the base and the street. Kill the grubs here and once the E-Hole closes, head to the Hammer of Dawn Command Station. Kill all of the smaller grubs first and then the Reavers. Killing all the Reavers will end the segment, even if there are smaller grubs left.

I find this method is slightly faster. You can get 8-10 kills per 3.5 minutes. The other option is toward the middle of Chapter 4. It's a long chapter and during my normal play through it took me about 25 minutes to get to the command post and use the hammer. You still have to rinse and repeat several times. However, if you need all 50 kills and you want to do them at once then that may be faster. I suspect most people will have even a few kills with the Hammer before they clean this up though.

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T1M3
78,161
T1M3
Achievement won on 19 Dec 11
TA Score for this game: 903
Posted on 19 December 11 at 21:08, Edited on 19 December 11 at 21:17
This solution has 9 positive votes and 6 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
The key to getting the achievement "death from above" is: while playing "Act 4: Under the Shadow" man the "mobile command center" and make sure to strike the multiple pairs of infantry that are sprinting from top to bottom. Once the infantry quits spawning, destroy the seeders. (repeat)

tips:
- keep your target area just above the bottom seeder.
- lead your targets because the hammer takes time to prime.
* It will take about three campaign playthroughs to get the achievement naturally.
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spikeylizard
139,818
spikeylizard
Achievement won on 14 Dec 11
TA Score for this game: 2,592
Posted on 14 December 11 at 12:29, Edited on 14 December 11 at 12:30
This solution has 14 positive votes and 13 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
start of ch 1 in Ramm's shadow on solo, when you finally get to use the hammer the reaver kills should count as three because your taking the rider and gunner out as well,you should get around nine to twelve kills per go so just rinse and repeat 5 times,takes about 10 mins easy
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