Dot Eater achievement in Ikaruga

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Easily done in the first level. Don't shoot anything at all. Just worry about dodging enemies and bullet fire. Shouldn't be too hard. Don't be afraid to switch colors to eat up fire instead of dodging.

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I just tried this in local co-op and it didn't unlock

Posted by LausDomini on 17 Jul 09 at 00:40

Are you sure you didn't fire a single shot? Even against the boss?

I did this in local co-op and we both unlocked the achievement at the same time.

Maybe neither of you can shoot if you're in co-op? I'm not sure, but if you didn't fire ANYTHING from start to finish when you get your grade, you should have unlocked it.

Posted by Jellophile on 17 Jul 09 at 20:02

I can confirm that neither player is allowed to fire a shot. Furthermore you are not allowed to die even once.
Follow the above conditions and you should get the "dot eater" rank on the grade screen after the boss, along with the achievement and a little message saying that there are "dot eater" leaderboards available.

Posted by TrueDevilHunter on 30 Jul 10 at 12:24

I died once and my partner and I both got this in local co-op, so that's incorrect.
But yes, if you play this co-op, neither player is allowed to fire a shot, or it negates the achievement for both of you.

Posted by NathAttack on 28 Dec 10 at 12:01

i can confirm that you are allowed to die as i died once against the boss and the achievement still unlocked

Posted by broxy bear on 28 Feb 11 at 17:40

I would down-vote this if I had a single achievement in the game, simply because you state that it is "easy". Some more info would be nice, or a video to show the best way to avoid some enemies. Is it easier to do in co-op? I cannot make it past the boss firing my weapons let alone firing nothing. Sure I need practice at this game but details would be nice.

Posted by itsamultipass on 16 Sep 13 at 20:23

@Liquid - although the guide misses this important tidbit you can actually do this on "Easy" difficulty with continues, extra lives or whatever else you want enabled. Makes this a walk in the park!

Posted by WeltallAY on 14 Jan 14 at 04:20

Ok so I had to do this twice, make sure you actually have a button mapped out for the fire. I turned all buttons off on mine and it didnt pop (I also died). So I went back and made it so there was 1 button for fire and did ch. 1 again (I also died). I got it the 2nd time.

Posted by Im the Lorax on 11 Mar 14 at 05:35

I did it about 4 times dying a lot and using continues. Nothing.
Final time it worked when I died 3 times and used 0 continues. Seems like you can't use a continue.

Posted by NBA Kirkland on 13 Dec 22 at 03:32

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Dot Eater achievement in Ikaruga

How to unlock the Dot Eater achievement