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Pile 'Em Up achievement in XCOM 2

Pile 'Em Up

Kill 500 aliens (does not have to be in same game)

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How to unlock the Pile 'Em Up achievement

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    The achievement seems to track kills across multiple playthroughs. You should get this simply by playing through a single campaign. Possibly 2 depending on the difficulty you have chosen.

    It's also possible to grind the 500 kills in a single mission (although you will experience some significant lag as the body count increases).
    One of the dark events you'll experience is a UFO that moves across the globe hunting the Avenger. By letting it attack the ship you'll be forced into a mission that requires you to destroy a relay while defending the Avenger's hanger doors. The benefit of doing the grind in this mission rather than a blacksite is some of your reserve troops will be deployed as well over time.

    Focus on killing all the enemies on the map including those guarding the relay. The Advent will start sending in reinforcements every turn. Simply move your troops to the landing zone and go into overwatch. Rinse and repeat.
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    TheGreatKoalaIt does actually say in the description it can span multiple playthroughs
    Posted by TheGreatKoala on 06 Oct 16 at 12:37
    Does it? All I'm able to see in the description is "Killed 500 enemies". Doesn't mention anything about multiple playthroughs.
    Posted on 06 Oct 16 at 13:51
    HolyHalfDeadAchievement descriptions can be different depending if they are locked or unlocked.

    Locked achievement description: “Kill 500 aliens (does not have to be in the same game)”
    Unlocked achievement description: “Killed 500 enemies”
    Posted by HolyHalfDead on 16 Dec 18 at 22:24
    JORAXJust finished a game - 633 kills it says, yet no achievement. Anyone else run into this?
    Posted by JORAX on 24 Jun 19 at 06:30
    uhKillswitchI finished a Legend run with 420 kills but the Trophy solution on playstationtrophies.org states that kills on this difficulty setting don't count.
    My second run was beating Commander before July 1st with 160 kills.
    I'm now on my 3rd run on Rookie doing the mop up and getting Shen's and the Alien Hunter DLC achievements.
    The achievement hasn't unlocked so far.
    I used the infinite turns save glitch for my first two runs and I'm wondering if this prevents the achievement from unlocking.
    Any help is appreciated.
    Posted by uhKillswitch on 19 Jul 20 at 08:15
    uhKillswitchWhen my Xbox idles it shows me the Pile 'em up achievement as close to unlocking but my achievement stats in the Xbox App state that I have 1400 kills.
    Any suggestions?

    Edit:
    It finally popped at around 1600 kills total.
    Posted by uhKillswitch on 20 Jul 20 at 11:11
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