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In a Barrel achievement in The Fall

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How to unlock the In a Barrel achievement

  • Mr BlackMagikMr BlackMagik
    10 Jul 2015 11 Jul 2015 18 Jul 2015

    This is a complete achievement walkthrough of The Fall on Xbox One. During this playthrough I unlock every achievement except for "Merciful" which is unlocked at the very end of the game. I explain how to get that achievement near the end.

    Video Start Time - 31:58

    For this achievement you have to shoot the first fish in the lower labs area on your first shot. After you place the jar of sticky stuff onto the platform and push it into the water, you have one shot to hit the fish as it jumps out of the water.

    According to comments you can Quit the software and start the game back up if you miss the achievement. As in terminating the whole game, not just going to the main menu.
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    CyberneticHFXYou must kill that fish when it jumps for the first time. You can Quit the Software if you fail, to reattempt - if progress save data was not updated.
    Posted by CyberneticHFX on 16 Jul 15 at 22:46
    Dlonix13Mine must have been saved. I went in the water a little ways after killing the fish because I hadnt looked at the specifics of the cheeve(first shot) because I was watching the walkthrough video and upon realizing what I mustve done wrong immediately reset to last checkpoint and hit it square on the first shot and no cheevo. Sad face. I also swear i killed those robots in the allotted time for that other cheeve more than once in the hundred tries I did it and nada. Sad face.
    Posted by Dlonix13 on 17 Jul 15 at 22:10
    JORAXYou do not have to exit the entire game if you miss/fail. I just failed several times - I would simply pause and exit each time and I got it on my 5th attempt (and it popped). Just make sure you only shoot once on each attempt and immediately pause and exit if you miss to be safe.
    Posted by JORAX on 02 Sep 15 at 09:05
    RSDAYI can confirm that pausing then force quitting the game will work.

    I want to add that when I loaded back in, the metal bar was still hanging there (the one that the fish breaks down in the cut scene). It did not repeat the cut scene where you see the fish and it knocks down the pipe. When you push the jar out, the fish will jump low, staying under the pipe. I shot it on the first low jump and the achievement popped.
    Posted by RSDAY on 12 Aug 16 at 04:35
    TuschiYou don't have to quit the game. If you miss the shot just go back to the main menu and reload your save.
    Posted by Tuschi on 12 Aug 16 at 15:42
    OnsidicA note on this, after the first attempt going to main menu and reloading, the fish would not do as high an arc as in the video. I shut down the game completely, and reload and seemed like he was then making the bigger arch, giving me a slightly longer window.
    Posted by Onsidic on 25 Sep 16 at 19:06
    tobiasvlWorked fine for me too by just going back to the main menu and reloading.
    Posted by tobiasvl on 05 Nov 16 at 22:34
    Malicious FuryI took two shots on the try that I got it on, missed the first shot, and still got the achievement. So maybe you don't have to get it first shot, you just have to get it on its first (non-cutscene) jump
    Posted by Malicious Fury on 29 Jan 18 at 02:28
    GRAND NOBLEI missed the first time. start, quit, reload (did not force quit out of the entire game).

    Missed a 2nd time, because the jump was a LOT lower. The pipe from the original cutscene was back, forcing the fish to jump much lower arc. I think this makes it a lot easier to hit. Basically you can just fire as soon as you see it.

    Tried a 3rd time (again, just start, quit, reload - did not force quit).
    Shot it. Achv popped.

    +1
    Posted by GRAND NOBLE on 26 Mar 18 at 02:07
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