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Hack the Planet achievement in Overwatch 2

Hack the Planet

Hack 15 enemies without dying as Sombra in Quick or Competitive Play.

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How to unlock the Hack the Planet achievement

  • Eschultzy27Eschultzy27
    16 Nov 2016 16 Nov 2016
    30 4 9
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    Easiest way it seems is to do your run on a good defensive map. I got it on Volskaya Industries, on defense. Before the round started I ran to the attackers side of the arch and entered the building on the left side facing the enemy spawn.

    Once the match starts wait a seconds until the enemies should be at the gate. Throw your translocator in a good hiding spot, then turn invisible and go behind the easiest target, preferably someone in the back. As soon as you complete the hack activate the translocator to remain safe. Once everything recharges just repeat.

    Now the only thing you have to hope for is a good team to keep the point long enough for you to get quite a few hacks done.

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    Deadman240482Good guide, pretty much summed it up, I did it on Illios well map, this does have to be in one round. Hacking a health-pack and placing transponder on it is a good strategy, it allows you to take some damage after the hack if your trying to get some damage done.

    Avoid Junkrat traps and Symmetra turrets and keep an eye on the time remaining to teleport is easy to get distracted and not be able to get out.
    Posted by Deadman240482 on 21 Nov 16 at 10:56
    PointySpredNot sure if this has been tweaked or something. But i definitely did not get 15 hacks with my ability alone. I used 2 ults and achievement popped after 2nd use of ult. I activated my last ult just as the match was ending and achievement popped up during the play of the game.
    Posted by PointySpred on 10 Jan 17 at 00:09
    DixxxxxonYeah, the ult definitely added to my total to get me to 15. I guess they must have patched it.

    Only took me about four rounds of trying to finally unlock. Thanks!
    Posted by Dixxxxxon on 29 Mar 17 at 16:20

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  • TranierxTranierx
    19 Nov 2016 19 Nov 2016 06 Oct 2022
    15 0 3
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    Overwatch 2 Solution
    What does Hack do?
    Hack is bound to Sombra's Secondary Fire which is cn_LT by default.
    Sombra can hack enemies, health packs, Torbjörn's turret, and Ashe's B.O.B. Hack has an 4 second cooldown and takes .85 seconds to hack. If you are damaged, Hack will be cancel.
    These are the following effects when you hack:
    Effects:
    • Team: Show health bar
    • Team: Shows if their ultimate is available
    • Team: Reveal through wall
    • Sombra: +40% damage
    Time: 8 seconds

    Effect: Stops them from using their abilities and ultimates. Some passive abilities are hacked as well.
    Time: 1.75 seconds
    If you happen to EMP all five of the opposing team, along with it being very beneficial to this achievement, you will also unlock
    Overwatch 2Power OutageThe Power Outage achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 36 pointsHack 5 enemies at once as Sombra in Quick or Competitive Play.


    How do I unlock Hack the Planet?
    You must hack 15 enemies without dying (only enemies will count towards this achievement.).
    • Place your Translocator in your backline where the enemy team most likely won't destroy it
    • Flank around the enemy with Thermoptic Camo
    • Find an unsuspecting enemy to hack and hack them
    • Teleport back
    • Rinse and repeat
    You can press cn_back to check the numbers of enemies hacked. Hacking via EMP also raises this number and does count towards the achievement.
    Remember that if you die, this number may not reflect achievement progress.

    I used the Xbox DVR to record this, so you won't see the achievement unlock. It unlocks near the end (once I start to fight.)
    While this was recorded on the original Overwatch, it still shows a decent example for Overwatch 2

    What maps are the best? What about Quick Play vs. Competitive?
    Defending on Escort or Assault maps. Control maps are okay, but it felt more difficult getting hacks there since games seemed to finish faster.
    Maps with single choke points (like Eichenwalde) could make it more difficult to flank successfully.

    Apparently this must be done in a single round. If this is true, it is practically impossible to get this on a Control map and Competitive Games are actually going to be worse than Quick Play because of their shorter times.

    How do I boost this achievement?
    The Lockdown Method
    This is the most common method to boost Overwatch that requires 10 people.
    1. Get a group of 10 people.
    2. Get into two groups of 5
    3. Disable cross play
    4. Queue for Quick Play Open Queue at the same time and hope it matches you guys up
    5. Once you match up, start hacking the people from the other team. Get 15 and the achievement is yours.
    Remember to keep the objective contested unless it's a Control map which will not need contesting unless someone captured it.
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    xL3N1NI got both sambras cheevs in one go, I hacked 9 enemies without dying, then I went into the middle of 6 of them and EMPd, both cheevs popped back to back
    Posted by xL3N1N on 28 Jan 17 at 21:26
    TranierxI knew you could get both in one go, but I didn't think about putting it in the guide (which is why I think you posted this comment), so I'll add it to the guide.

    On the contrary, you might just be confirming that EMP counts towards this achievements, which helps those in doubt (I personally got this twice with EMP).
    Posted by Tranierx on 31 Jan 17 at 20:24
    hunterIVEMP definitely counts towards 15 hacked enemies. The achievement popped for me right after I used my ult.
    Posted by hunterIV on 08 Feb 17 at 07:25
  • Scally43Scally43
    21 Mar 2017 21 Mar 2017 21 Mar 2017
    3 0 0
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    This might be a little simplistic of an answer but the way i ended up getting it was by hanging around the 200 health pack and jump pad on Oasis. I just hacked the health pack, threw down a translocator, popped stealth and used the jump pad to get above everyone. Ideally there will be someone you can hack from the high point because people tend to ignore Sombra when she's up high but even if there isn't it's easy to catch people unaware when they're concentrating on higher value targets like your tanks or healers.
    I wasn't actively trying to get the achievement at the time I was just trying to play around with the jump pad to see if it made Sombra more of a nuisance on oasis so i don't even think you have to play it particularly cautiously just get in try to hack someone and then harass until you feel it's time to get the hell out of the thick of things, rinse and repeat.
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