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The Professional achievement in Tomb Raider

The Professional

Fully mod and completely upgrade all weapons.

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How to unlock the The Professional achievement

  • Mr XBobMr XBob
    07 Mar 2013 07 Mar 2013 23 Mar 2013
    If you're looking for a good way to farm easy XP/salvage and have some patience - there's a small area in Shanty town with unlimited chickens and boars that constantly respawn without you having to leave the area.

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    You don't get much XP from them but as they are so numerous it's easy to rack up the XP for the last few upgrades you need (I needed 4 for my shotgun, got more than enough XP from this area in about 20 minutes)

    Just kill everything and keep running around the shack in the middle and across the river bridge, you'll never run out of things to kill!

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    There's also an ammo crate at the top of the steps (just to the right of Lara in the above screenshot) that will respawn often too, in case you run out of ammo.


    UPDATE from Mainstream:

    Fastest and most effective way to acquire XP after completing the story:

    Visit the Coastal Forest region of the map after you've completed the story.

    There will be an indefinite amount of deer wandering around in the area and they will re-spawn each time you kill one. Each deer that you kill and loot will earn you 75 experience and 12-15 salvage. The amount will not change no matter how many you kill and loot, so feel free to use it as much as you need in order to purchase the skills and unlock the achievement.

    If you farm here before completing the story, there will be a hunting limit enabled, meaning you will not be able to receive as much experience. This is pretty much only for those that have completed the story and are lacking enough experience to purchase all the skills for the achievement.
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    Ph1ltheeeI'm stuck on 70% on the bow, everything else in the game at 100%, plenty of salvage, just can't find the one bow part :(
    Posted by Ph1ltheee On 26 Mar 13 at 15:32
    themegamancaveI'm with you man, still stuck at 70% on the bow. I'm thinking there was some sort of glitch when you received the crossbow from Jonah because I thought I remembered seeing all of the bow skills unlockable until I spent salvage on one, then I got stuck at 70%
    Posted by themegamancave On 26 Mar 13 at 19:56
    xX Propst XxAs of 4/25/13 the deer still keep coming at the first costal forest camp =D
    Posted by xX Propst Xx On 26 Apr 13 at 03:26
    gazhibsShanty town is definitely better for salvage, much quicker respawn and a smaller area
    Posted by gazhibs On 28 Apr 13 at 19:22
    Mr XBobOh Shanty Town is still working? Awesome!
    Posted by Mr XBob On 28 Apr 13 at 19:23
    Greedy136If you have the preorder DLC tomb, you should definitely revisit it after you have completed the game (or late during the story). In the most distant area of the tomb is a door that can only be destroyed with grenades. Inside you can find maybe 15 small crates, many of those must be "freed" with fire arrows, your shotgun etc. There are also two big metal crates. I haven't checked it but the smaller ones should respawn.
    Posted by Greedy136 On 16 May 13 at 14:58
    EurydaceThanks for the tip about the deer. I need literally 3000 salvage (how I was so short I've no idea - I got all the lootable weapon parts like halfway through the story and I looted everything I could :( )
    Posted by Eurydace On 26 Jun 13 at 07:13
    Tinus SlayerI'am also stuck on 70% whit the bow and everything else is 100% and I finished the game. I think that the problem is that I didnt get the explosive bow part at Chasm Monastery and I can't go back. So maybe you can at this to the solution that you must leave the Chasm Monastery whit the explosive bow part or someone must know how to go back.
    Posted by Tinus Slayer On 27 Jun 13 at 07:16
    joeboomersi was stuck on 70% the bow as well. Fast traveled to the beach and the first box i salvaged gave me the last part to my bow.
    Posted by joeboomers On 14 Jul 13 at 00:34
    AMasterxDebaterFor anyone that cant find the last bow part, I found mine by the beach. I climbed up the elevator shaft near the survivor camp part of the beach to get a GPS cache. There is a metal container container needing to be pried open with a crowbar at the top, which contained my last bow part. Hope this helps all those who are stuck at 70% bow completion!
    Posted by AMasterxDebater On 25 Jul 13 at 01:48
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