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Bane of the Emperor achievement in Destiny (Xbox 360)

Bane of the Emperor

Kill 25 Cabal with precision shots in 1 mission without dying.

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How to unlock the Bane of the Emperor achievement

  • YaziteYazite
    11 Sep 2014 11 Sep 2014 05 Dec 2014
    Precision shots = Headshots

    You will have to play through the story a fair amount before you can get this. In other words, you cannot unlock this achievement until you reach the planet Mars.

    This doesn't have to be done in a story mission. You can do this in patrol missions too.

    This can be done on any level with the Cabal. The Cabal infantry can be easily recognised by the Warhammer like soldiers (Legionaires) and the enemies that kinda look like Jackles from Halo (Psion).

    I personally did this on Mars, Level 16, The Garden's Spire. This is because the Cabal are the only enemies on this level, and there are a ton of them. I would advise to target the Legionaires primarily for the headshots, because they often move slow, and their head is pretty easy to target, however you may aswell go for headshots on the other types of enemies, but it may be trickier because they move slightly faster. You can try and get headshots on the tougher enemies (Colossuses) but they have a lot of health and will take many headshots to kill. Legionaires and Psion usually only take one shot to the head for a kill.

    If you'd prefer, you can camp at enemy spawns and just rack up the kills that way because enemies will constantly re-spawn at certain locations on the level.

    Bring the highest level sniper rifle you have with you to speed up kills and minimise ammo usage.

    I have been notified that the achievement sometimes pops at the end of the mission (during the end countdown) This personally did not happen to me, and I think its rare that this can happen, but in any case, be wary of this. The achievement should pop after the 25th headshot though.

    Feel free to leave feedback on how this guide can be improved if needed.

    If you are having trouble unlocking this achievement, try following this:

    Go to settings

    Click log out, and change profile.

    Load destiny back up, click your profile and character.

    When game loads back up, your achievement should pop up.

    Many thanks to Special Nugs for that tip

    Thanks to Mobius Evalon and SwedishxxFish for extra tips.

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    SpEcIaL NiCk89Was able to resolve it.

    For anyone having the same problem. Follow this.

    Go to settings

    Click log out, and change profile.

    Load destiny back up, click your profile and character.

    When game loads back up, your acheivment should pop up.

    Don't understand why we would have to do this, hopefully the resolve the issue.
    Posted by SpEcIaL NiCk89 on 20 Sep 14 at 09:35
    AllStarTC29sMomI got this during a strike. As I haven't unlocked Mars in the story yet, I was able to get it during the strike as I'm lvl 24.
    It didn't pop until the next time I played the game.
    Posted by AllStarTC29sMom on 21 Sep 14 at 02:16
    shadesonyThanks Special Nugs! I tried for this several times. I came here hoping to find out what i was doing wrong and what to try. After completing a Cabal only mission "The Garden Spire" and getting 100 total kills with 60 precision kills... I was beyond frustrated when it didn't pop at the end mission timer. I then saw your post and did what you suggested and not only did "Bane of the Emporer" pop, but also "Public Defender" popped as well.

    Makes me wonder how many times I actually achieved those achievements ... lol

    Level 25 Hunter Exo Female ... only character so far.

    Thanks again.
    Posted by shadesony on 05 Dec 14 at 08:59
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  • SkarviTSkarviT
    16 Jul 2018 22 Apr 2020 22 Apr 2020
    Cabal is an enemy found on Mars and you can make precision shots by shooting them in the head, for that it is good to have Scout Rifle, Hand Cannon or Sniper.
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