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Ball Lightning achievement in Prey

Ball Lightning

Use Electrostatic Burst to drop two or more Operators at once.

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How to unlock the Ball Lightning achievement

  • Alice2183Alice2183
    08 May 2017 08 May 2017 22 May 2017
    To unlock Electrostatic Burst, you need to use your Psychoscope to research two Voltaic Phantoms. One will be located in the Crew Quarters and another can be found outside the entrance to the Crew Quarters in the Arboretum. You will then need to use 3 Neuromods to unlock Electrostatic Burst I. It will cost 30 Psi points per use.

    A perfect spot for this achievement is in the Arboretum outside the entrance to the Crew Quarters. There will be two Operators trapped in the Security Booth upstairs, and you can chip down their health until they are both nearly dead, then use Electrostatic Burst through one of the small windows. Make sure both Operators are caught in the burst, and you should unlock your achievement!

    Note that my achievement did not unlock the first time, so I'm not sure whether my tracker messed up or if you need to do this twice, so make a save just before you use the ability.


    MOD EDIT: (posted as a new solution instead of comments)Jurik360 said:
    well...first time you used TWO electrostatic bursts, so maybe that was the problem with the achiev not popping....even though description doesn't state to use just one burst... ^__^
    RellikGod said:
    You're right, just confirmed it. Multiple shocks won't work. It has to be one shock after damaging them with weapons.

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    iamtheguyver007Yep, just tried the method by ElSelcho and is definitely much easier.
    Posted by iamtheguyver007 on 03 Mar 21 at 00:59
    SnorlandoI just unlocked this by hitting two operators at once, not destroying either. This guide says to get their health down beforehand so they explode when hitting them with the burst, but this is unnecessary.
    Posted by Snorlando on 21 Mar 21 at 04:30
    DrJeklI couldn't get it when targeting one of them with burst iii, I got it when I targeted a wall close enough to them to drop them both.
    Posted by DrJekl on 23 Mar 21 at 21:22
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  • P4tr1ck W 21P4tr1ck W 21
    29 Jun 2017 01 Jul 2017
    A real easy way to get this, once you get to the point in the game where the milatary operators arrive, complete the quest to disable them. Once this is done they can be found all around Talos 1 as Broken. I did this in Arboretum at the greenhouse, there was 3 operators all next to each other on the ground, one use of electrostatic burst and the achievment unlocked. Also saw 2 together in Alexs office also in the Arboretum.

    (Just showing the state of the operators:)
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    Mariano80PL- from me because you dont mention about scan enemy to unlock this ability
    Posted by Mariano80PL on 22 Dec 19 at 10:03
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