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Mixology 101 achievement in Sunset Overdrive

Mixology 101

Collect 20 Amps from Floyd.

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How to unlock the Mixology 101 achievement

  • Elite1111111111Elite1111111111
    02 Nov 2014 03 Nov 2014 28 Jan 2015
    You earn amps by
    - Making them at the station next to Floyd. Each one will require 10-60 of a collectible item.
    or
    - From completing certain story missions.

    As I watch a replay of the game, these are the story missions I believe give amps
    - 2 Amps from the early tutorial mission on amps.
    - 3 Amps for each story mission that involves defending the vats
    ---- You defend the first vat twice so I think there are 5 of these missions

    This should give you 17 amps. Then you just have to use collectibles (sneakers, fizzie, etc.) to buy amps from Floyd. There are plenty of amps that cost 10 so you should easily be able to get enough just by doing the story. If not, Two-Hat sells maps of collectibles. The maps for the first area cost 2500 sodas each, except for the Fizzie Balloon one, which costs only 25 sodas.

    Obviously it's completely possible to get the achievement before you're that far in the game. These are just the ones that are straight up given to you.

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    FINALDEATHLittle tip for those curious, buying the amps doesn't make you do the night defense to actually get them, you get them right away after trading the collectibles for them. Wish i knew this earlier because while i love the night defense in chaos squad, i don't care for it at all solo so put getting amps to the side thinking i would have to run it whenever i wanted more amps, so glad you don't have to.
    Posted by FINALDEATH on 03 Feb 15 at 14:14
    PerrsunI know this guide is a few years old but I figured I’d add this in just in case: I believe the amps included in the Deluxe Edition of the game count towards this total.

    The last time I played, I didn’t have this achievement. Then I bought the deluxe edition of the game (which apparently comes with 2 amps). The next time I logged in I unlocked this achievement with no action taken… so I think I stopped playing after getting 18-19 amps, and the 2 from the DE put me over the threshold to pop the achievement.
    Posted by Perrsun on 02 Mar 23 at 17:46
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  • MR MITT3NSMR MITT3NS
    15 Nov 2022 05 Jan 2023 05 Jan 2023
    This is a solution if you are having trouble unlocking a collectible-type achievement that the game thinks is completed.

    I completed the entire game (including DLCs and got all achievements) and had one achievement glitch on me at 95% (Explorer - 20 Sightseeing locations) in the achievements app. The game menu of Sunset Overdrive said I had all 20/20. I tried to go back and get all of the locations again in one sitting and it still did not pop the achievement. I uninstalled and re-installed and that did not work either. Lastly, I waited a few weeks, no pop.

    The issue if you have a collectible-type achievement glitch in this game is the fact that it uses Cloud Saves and does not allow you to use manual saves. So when you load up the game, it loads the save from the cloud without asking and makes it difficult to bypass....but not impossible!

    The only way to get a collectible achievement to pop is for it to pop on the that final collectible. And the only way to go back and get that to happen again is to start a new game, unfortunately. Once I was done with all the other achievements, I attempted to bypass the cloud save sync that happens right after you press cn_A on the main menu screen. Note: I was originally playing on an Xbox One X and I could not get the game to not sync...I tried going offline but it told me I needed to be "online" to play but this is because the Xbox One X was not my Home Xbox...

    So I downloaded Sunset Overdrive onto my Home Xbox which happens to be an Original Xbox One with the plan to not sync the cloud save (by possibly going offline) and start a new game, progress the story to after I unlock amps, then visit all the sightseeing locations again in one sitting. I booted up the game online and was able to cancel out the cloud save sync first try (Press cn_A on the main menu, save sync pops up that you need to [quickly] press cn_A to cancel then scroll right once cn_right and press cn_A to select Stop Sync). Note: I assume the Go Offline method would have worked the same but I did not have to go that route.

    This took me to a new game where I selected whatever options they offered to get into the game as quickly as possible and then I got to the part of the story where I defended the first defense zone and received amps (prior to this, the sightseeing locations were not available on the map). I then used a guide map to find all locations as efficiently as possible. Once I popped the achievement, I closed the game, went into the save options and deleted the local save from the console. When I booted up the game again, it automatically downloaded my completed game save from the cloud which still had everything collected and completed!

    Hope this helps someone out there if you had any issues!
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