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Warlords of New York

Extreme Manhunt achievement in Tom Clancy's The Division 2

Extreme Manhunt

Complete a Seasonal Manhunt mission on Challenge difficulty or above.

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How to unlock the Extreme Manhunt achievement

  • StillFreeLifeStillFreeLife
    28 Dec 2020 28 Dec 2020 12 Aug 2023
    With the newest content update, this solution has become outdated. I will leave it up as reference for those looking to follow a guide with new target criteria. I unlocked the achievement years ago but Ubisoft shouldn't stray too far from the format. Apply this guide with the new manhunt target. Send a DM or comment below and I will update to keep the solution accurate. 3/15/2023

    As of season 10, Schaeffer is now at season level 58. A Ubisoft update no longer allows characters of a lower to be carried into the mission. You MUST reach the season level of the target you are hunting in order to unlock this achievement with another player. For reference, I will leave the previous solution details. If anyone has an update, please comment below and I will do my best to keep us up to date.

    Update 1/19/23 from VOODOO85: "I killed General Anderson who was the prime target for season 10. I'd already done the sub-lieutenants (Trig, Micro, Chirpy & Lucky). I didn't have to get any sort of season level to get this done either, just started WoNY this week and started manhunts after doing the WoNY storyline etc."

    This achievement adjusts based on seasons, both active and inactive. This current solution is "Season 4: End of Watch" and the method I found is by slaughtering a season 3 prime target. Seasons appear after completing the Warlords DLC for the first time. To unlock Bardon Schaeffer you must grind season rank up to 48 (58 as of 1/18/23) and earn the task as a reward. Pause to see rank on the prime target's forehead.
    Easy grinding is repeating Lincoln Memorial on challenging difficulty. I earned 1 rank each 13 minute run with a team of 4 (also got some fantastic exotics out of the 4 named bosses).
    Once at rank, SWAP TO CHALLENGING in world map under global settings and also select challenging difficulty in mission settings. I heard global doesn't need to be changed but I did both to be certain. Fast Travel to mission "Coney Island Amusement Park" above the map. At the floating mission details, hold X for "Mission Options", then hold Y to "Toggle Mission Mode". The name will now change to "Coney Island Manhunt: Schaeffer". Achievement will unlock once the mission is complete, not when the target dies.
    I hunted Viper on challenging and no achievement unlocked but completing Schaeffer popped it on first try, even though the hunter killed me and ran away.

    Short version: Complete Warlord story, grind to 58, head up to Coney, switch Mission Options and Toggle Mission Mode, then fight through bad guys until Schaeffer and his guards are toast. Good luck, this mission is not easy. Took my time and got it done in little over an hour with 3 deaths.

    For those playing in future seasons, browse rewards and hopefully an earlier season target appears. It seems to be one or two previous season targets each new season.

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    michal srhIf I missed the first target of the manhunt, do I have to wait until next season or is there a way to go after a target that has expired?
    Posted by michal srh on 15 Mar 23 at 09:30
    StillFreeLifeBack in 2020 when I was active, we couldn't miss any target. If I die or fail somehow, leaving the area and returning triggered the respawn.
    Posted by StillFreeLife on 15 Mar 23 at 11:34
    michal srhGreat thank you for the reply. Anyone want to do this in a team of 4? Whenever I try people just give up and quit if we wipe.
    Posted by michal srh on 28 Mar 23 at 20:37
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  • iTz Canada EhhiTz Canada Ehh
    17 Feb 2021 17 Feb 2021 01 Mar 2023
    This achievement is for completing a Seasonal Manhunt on challenging global difficulty or above.

    Seasonal Manhunts are unlocked when you complete the Warlords of New York story. The current season at the time of writing this is season 4, and there are about 16 weeks left. The information here should be very similar to other seasons though, as I believe they mostly follow the same structure.

    There are two ways to go about this. The first way, as others have mentioned, is to level up to level 48, which will currently unlock the season 3 seasonal manhunt. Completing that on challenging difficulty should unlock the achievement.

    The second way is to use the current season manhunt target, which I haven't been able to find a good explanation about, but that's what I'm going to do here if you choose to go with this route (which I believe is the shorter, less boring one). You can find the information by hitting the select button, and navigating to the manhunt tab. Here, you'll see 5 targets: 4 minor ones and the main season target. For season 4, they are as follows:

    Minor Targets:
    Viper
    Magnus
    Kestrel
    Circe

    Main Target:
    Faye Lau

    Each target has a series of subtasks you need to complete before you can eliminate them. You need to eliminate all the minor targets before getting the mission to take down the main target. These consist of taking over all control points in the area, eliminating the manhunt specific bounty (when choosing a bounty, choose the one with the manhunt logo beside their name, as there are other bounties as well that won't count), and completing missions. Below are the subtasks you need to complete to unlock the bounty for each target, and each area you need to do it in:

    Viper:
    West Potomac Park:
    -Take over 3 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete Lincoln Memorial on Normal difficulty or above

    East Mall:
    -Take over 4 Control Points
    -Complete 2 Manhunt Bounties
    -Complete American History Museum on Normal difficulty or above

    Southwest:
    -Take over 2 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete Jefferson Plaza on Normal difficulty or above
    -Complete Space Administration HQ on Normal difficulty or above

    The Pentagon:
    -Complete The Pentagon on Normal difficulty or above
    -Complete DARPA Research Labs on Normal difficulty or above

    Magnus:
    Downtown West:
    -Take over 2 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete Bank Headquarters on Normal difficulty or above

    Constitution Hall:
    -Take over 3 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete DCD Headquarters on Normal difficulty or above

    West End:
    -Take over 3 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete Federal Emergency Bunker on Normal difficulty or above

    Roosevelt Island:
    -Complete Roosevelt Island on Normal difficulty or above

    Kestrel:
    Downtown East:
    -Take over 4 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete Grand Washington Hotel on Normal difficulty or above

    Federal Triangle:
    -Take over 1 Control Point
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete Jefferson Trade Center on Normal difficulty or above
    -Complete ViewPoint Museum on Normal difficulty or above

    Judiciary Square:
    -Take over 2 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete District Union Arena on Normal difficulty or above

    Circe:
    The Summit:
    -Complete a Boss Floor

    Battery Park:
    -Take over 2 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete Pathway Park on Normal difficulty or above

    Financial District:
    -Take over 2 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete Wall Street on Normal difficulty or above

    Civic Center:
    -Take over 2 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete The Tombs on Normal difficulty or above

    Financial District:
    -Take over 2 Control Points
    -Complete 1 Manhunt Bounty
    -Complete Stranded Tanker on Normal difficulty or above

    Once you've done each target's tasks, you'll unlock a bounty to kill them. Once you've killed all of them, you'll unlock Faye Lau's mission, which is Camp White Oak Manhunt: Faye Lau.

    Before starting this mission, go to the map and hit right on the D-Pad. Change the global difficulty to challenging, then hit X to confirm the settings. The game will reload after about 10 seconds. Once this is done, double check the difficulty of the mission by hovering over it and holding Y, then choosing Difficulty and ensure it is sent to Challenging. If your global difficulty is set to Challenging, the mission should be set to Challenging by default, as you cannot choose a difficulty lower than the global difficulty you're currently at. Essentially, as long as the mission difficulty is set to Challenging, it shouldn't matter what the global difficulty is. Once you've confirmed that, hit Y and A to matchmake, or you can try to do it solo. Simply complete the mission and you'll unlock the achievement.

    I was season level 44 when I unlocked this, so I felt this to be a bit faster and less repetitive than simply grinding to level 48 to unlock a previous one. At the end of the day though, it comes down to preference as to how you want to approach this, and hopefully this gives people looking to start the DLC a good explanation of the requirements for the achievement.

    Also, I played on normal global difficulty for all of the missions and tasks except for the final mission, so you can do everything pretty easily on normal difficulty solo up until the final mission.
  • RogueAgent4RogueAgent4
    13 Oct 2023 14 Oct 2023
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