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Flight of the Valkyries achievement in XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Flight of the Valkyries

Win a mission with an all-female squad. Single player only.

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How to unlock the Flight of the Valkyries achievement

  • DeliriousDrewDeliriousDrew
    10 Oct 2012 10 Oct 2012 13 Jan 2013
    Just fill all of your team slots available with female characters.
    The sooner you attempt this the easier it will be as missions get progressively harder further into the game, so having a team of female rookies could add to the difficulty. If you dont have enough ladies to fill out you team you can go to the barracks and hire a few more team members.

    Edit - 1) You can create a second save file the day before your new soldiers arrive.This way if you dont get a female you can just reload and try again. saving yourself money and time. - credit to Lewd Llama 69 for the idea.

    2) The achievement might not be able to be earned if you have a female psionic in the squad. - Error Success

    3) If you are rescuing a MALE VIP achievement wont unlock. -DJ Drty Chapstk

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    mixmeupanotherI was able to complete this with 3 psi and 2 non-psi characters. The first time I tried it, I used my psi abilities to mind control an alien and it didn't work. The second time, I still had 3 psi characters in the squad but simply didn't use any psi abilities and the achievement popped for me.
    Posted by mixmeupanother on 25 Jun 16 at 23:17
    TheBukiakYou can do this with psi characters just don't use the mind control, the reason it doesn't work is because every alien is a male and they become part of the team, then voiding the all female team, same reason why a male VIP messes it up too :)
    Posted by TheBukiak on 30 Jun 16 at 03:25
    Goatlips“2) The achievement might not be able to be earned if you have a female psionic in the squad"

    Yes, this needs amending. I think TheBukiak has clarified the problem: Don't Mind Control or you'll get a male alien on your team! I guess I failed due to this 3x and resorted to a 5/6 team without my best Psi to finally get it, but I could've used her after all warning
    Posted by Goatlips on 24 May 17 at 23:28
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  • UnjustlyViciousUnjustlyVicious
    11 Oct 2012 15 Oct 2012 18 Oct 2012
    You dont have to have all of your squad slots filled, you just have to take all females (You could take just one soldier).

    This achievement is easier the sooner you attempt it. Even as early as your second mission, where there are only 4 Sectoids (easy/ normal). If you kill a sectoid that is Mind Merging it automatically kills the other.

    So i would suggest 2 females + 2 grenades = 4 Death
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    UnjustlyViciousAlso if you fail to recieve the achievement on your first try it may be because of the type of mission your on ( ufo landing/ ufo crash site/ abduction/ etc.)

    I failed on my first attempt but succeeded in the next try but im unsure which type of mission (s) i was on.
    Posted by UnjustlyVicious on 17 Oct 12 at 02:45
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