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Heartless Pyro achievement in Far Cry 3

Heartless Pyro

Kill 50 enemies with the flamethrower (Single Player only).

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How to unlock the Heartless Pyro achievement

  • megaonanmegaonan
    03 Dec 2012 03 Dec 2012
    What DAGGZODER said is all true, but if you finished the game like I did, and liberated all the outposts, it will be kinda hard to find that many (50) enemies.
    However there is one place where they respawn. Its the airport on the seconde island. There is always 10-15 guys around plus outpost is very close so its easy to just fast travel there, buy ammo, go back and kill again. hope it helps.

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    PuckJunkieYou should update your solution with some of this information. Put in the coordinates for the airport, and mention that the Rakyat count as well. Kills keep increasing when you die as long as you are not in a mission, so post-game your death only costs you the trip back to the airport.

    Also, it's worth noting that you never need to leave the airport once you get there. If you start at one end of the area and kill everyone all the way through to the other side, when you get done the first set of enemies will have respawned. (I did get slightly outside the gate at the far end, I'm not sure if that did it.) I got 40 kills at the airport in about five minutes just running back and forth. The best part is that you don't even need Fireproof because the whole place is cemented.
    Posted by PuckJunkie on 17 Jul 13 at 18:20
    MatchedCloud079Actuallyyy.... the kills do not transfer over when you die. At least not if you go into an outpost, kill people, and die to fight the enemies again. So if you want to fight enemies at an outpost for the Achievement, make sure to run away with at least 1 enemy left and then go back later.

    I also saw a few people ask about checking the number of kills. To do so, go into your handbook, and under the progress tab press X. It will show all the info you'd need to know about your current play through. Including kills with a Flamethrower.
    Posted by MatchedCloud079 on 01 Feb 14 at 10:16
    MiZ Dove OGActuallyyyyy... they do transfer over when you die. I just checked the count it was 20, went to an outpost on the South Island, killed 6 outpost enemies.. accidentally died and checked count again when I respawned. It was 26.

    That said, it does not count if you die during an actual mission. I killed many during the Fly South/Protect Willis (asshole, i wanted to kill him myself after a few tries) so i decided to use it to boost this achievement, kill 50 and then do it for real but it never popped. Each time i died, or maybe it doesn’t count in actual campaign missions at all, the Slate was wiped clean.

    I was stunned when i discovered here that you can look it up under Statistics/Kills/Flamethrower kills (make sure you actually select and click on Kills so you can scroll down), to see there was only 20 kills. I felt like i had killed hundreds on several missions.

    But regular death outside a does not wipe the count.

    *Animals do not appear to count. I killed a wild dog with it and my count did not rise**
    Posted by MiZ Dove OG on 11 May 18 at 17:39
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  • RecentRealityRecentReality
    11 Dec 2012 14 Dec 2012 14 Dec 2012
    *This solution helps if you're still on the first island of the game and have not beaten the game.*

    If you don't want to wait to get to the second island to complete this achievement, then just carry the flamethrower with you whenever you have the urge to liberate an outpost or complete a mission on the first island. You'll be able to get it in no time. Just be sure to craft yourself some 'Fireproof' syringes or you'll find yourself burning like the Human Torch the entire time you're going for this achievement, or at least I did...Good luck!
  • SandMan NL1SandMan NL1
    26 Jan 2013 26 Jan 2013 15 Apr 2013
    Another really easy method to do this when you have completed the game:

    Just run with your flamethrower on the big main roads of the island. Every +/- 20 seconds you come across a jeep with 2 or 4 friendly military. They will stop for you when you are in de middle of the road. Just burn them with short bursts of fire. They only attack you once you start burning them (too late for them ;) ). Got the achievement in about 15 minutes with this method. I didn't die, and i only had to buy new ammo once.
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    BudgieK88Worked perfectly! Thanks!
    Posted by BudgieK88 on 24 Feb 13 at 14:12
    Toots McCleggan+1 Great Solution Worked Perfectly :-D Cheers
    Posted by Toots McCleggan on 18 Mar 13 at 16:44
    Sir LecturerGot this easy with that, thanks.
    Posted by Sir Lecturer on 24 Jul 14 at 13:21
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