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Master Survivalist achievement in Tomb Raider: Underworld

Master Survivalist

Complete the game on hardest possible settings

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  • XBU PhilippeXBU Philippe
    28 Sep 2009 28 Sep 2009 28 Sep 2009
    Another tip: When playing on the hardest difficulty, you don't have much ammo, nor grenades. The enemies have more health, too. As already stated by elSmitmyster, playing with the shotgun is the way to go (apart of the Hammer, which should be used as soon as possible). But what if you go out of ammo? That's something, many people seem to forget: You can go in to your PDA (pressing "Back" on the Xbox 360 Controller), and change your secondary weapon. I recommend the following order of weapons, assuming you go out of ammo: 1. Shotgun, 2. Assault Rifle, 3. Submachine-Gun. The other two weapons are crap - you better take your two pistols out.

    Also a tip: Use your adrenaline head-shots as often as possible. They are very handy against robust enemies such as soldiers, tigers or zombies. When riding on the bike: Press and Hold B (brake), RT (gas) and with the Left Analog-stick left or right simultaniously. You'll turn around in a circle doing a doughnut. With that technique you're practically invulnarable and can destroy any enemy coming to you.

    And don't forget: DO NOT go into the options menu and change the difficulty in the "Challenges" section (by adjusting your ammo etc). This affects the achievement!

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    WyndoAlso, I never needed to do the bike trick to shoot pursuing enemies. I'd just drive around and run over them, and even when they got up close, it wasn't enough to kill Lara. There's one spot where it helps to shoot from the bike, but I didn't need to do anything special -- just RB or LB to take out some guys up on ledges.
    Posted by Wyndo on 16 Apr 12 at 14:05
    netstrykerI know about a lot of people that used "in game cheats". This game is easy in any difficulty. Why use cheats? I hate cheats, I never use cheats under any circunstances.
    Posted by netstryker on 03 May 19 at 01:31
    TheBigBBThis game's combat is so easy on hardest that I almost wonder if it's a bug. Seriously. Do not worry about setting it to this. Put it on master survivalist and pretend you set it to easy, and you'll have yourself fooled. In fact, even dying is helpful because it checkpoints constantly, and always brings you to full health. You also get up to double health if you find the relics as you go, so make sure to at least look up their locations as there are only 6. Some of the platforming is tricky if you don't know TR game conventions well, but that's unaffected by difficulty setting.
    Posted by TheBigBB on 05 Feb at 10:17
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  • British LegendsBritish Legends
    27 Sep 2010 06 Apr 2010 25 Jun 2021
    Update: This solution is only applicable for Xbox 360. Since you can't remove the title update on Xbox One.

    Using cheats obviously takes away the skill needed to get certain achievements, however using them will make things slightly easier. Not everyone will want to do this but for those looking for an easier way out these cheats codes will help!

    First you must remove the update from the game by going to the system settings, then to Memory and then hit cn_Y where its lists the hardrives etc. Then Clear system Cache. This will remove the updates. Start up the game DON'T update and then when you are in the game enter the following:

    Invincibility - hold cn_LT and press cn_A, cn_RT, cn_Y, cn_RT, cn_X, cn_LB. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.

    One shot kills - hold cn_LT and press cn_Y, cn_A, cn_Y, cn_X, cn_LB, cn_B. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.

    Display enemy health - hold cn_LT and press cn_X, cn_B, cn_A, cn_LB, cn_RT, cn_Y. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.

    I hope this helps !!!
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    New ParalyzerYou can't do this on Xbox one.

    Cheat codes opened up the game to a bunch of weird glitches. The devs title updated the game to just remove cheat codes all together.

    Since Xbox One can't remove the title update you can't get cheats working.
    Posted by New Paralyzer on 06 Feb 18 at 20:23
    count023So if I run this off my 360 and remove hte TU, i can do the hardest run with the invincibility cheat? I guess i will not get a timestamp on the achievement if i did it that way, but i figure as well that if i get "Close" to the end and then just update at the last checkpoint or so, it should be fine.
    Posted by count023 on 17 Dec 18 at 13:19
    British LegendsI don't know, it makes sense, but I can't confirm.
    Posted by British Legends on 17 Dec 18 at 13:31
  • PuritanSoulPuritanSoul
    20 Oct 2011 21 Oct 2011
    As this game is based on puzzles and lots of climbing, everyone should really try and play on hard, as TBH it isn't hard at all. After all, jumping from one ledge to the next is the same on easy as it is hard. The only issue is that the enemies you fight are tougher, but they are few between, there are no end of level mega tough bosses and you have sufficient ammo to deal with them all anyway.
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    Yes. This.

    I'm not always one for going on the hardest setting, but Tomb Raider is platformer enough not to be all that hard even on the hardest settings. I don't care for people immediately going for cheats with these kind of things.
    Posted on 20 Aug 13 at 08:24
    WilliamRSPOAThe only hard part for me was saving the jumps in the ledges because in the hardest difficulty you have less time to save it
    Posted by WilliamRSPOA on 28 Jun 16 at 14:27
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