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Scorched Earth achievement in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Scorched Earth

Destroy all enemy vehicles and mortar teams while defending Firebase Ripcord in Fracture Jaw.

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How to unlock the Scorched Earth achievement

  • Maka91Maka91
    13 Nov 2020 13 Nov 2020 13 Nov 2020
    The opportunity to get this happens at the end of the mission Fracture Jaw, upon reaching Firebase Ripcord.

    Start by making sure you take out the vehicles below you as you come around the corner into the open area. Now, the most important part to get this achievement is to get the mortar teams which are located on the ground but do not have any markers on them. You can see the trail of their mortars in the air when they shoot, and your crosshairs will turn red when you are aimed at them.

    Do a counter-clockwise rotation around the hilltop scanning the ground for these mortar teams while taking out the main objective vehicles when convenient. Keep trying until you are asked to land. If you are unsuccessful, you will have to retry.

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    thatNoseyParkerYep, 5 mortar teams, team mates took out 2 of them. Achievement popped just after destroying the last marked truck, shortly before landing at the base.
    Posted by thatNoseyParker on 04 Jan 21 at 19:11
    The Nerds ClubThe vehicles are the easy part LOL
    Posted by The Nerds Club on 03 Feb 22 at 07:07
    M1TCHY B0Yi think my achievment was glitched
    Posted by M1TCHY B0Y on 28 Feb 22 at 07:42
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  • BabyishDuckBabyishDuck
    14 Nov 2020 14 Nov 2020 14 Nov 2020
    When you reach Firebase Ripcord you will want to ignore the first set of vehicles the game tells you to go after. Fly around the perimeter of the base and start looking for the Motor teams. They can be found by looking for their smoke trails they leave behind when firing. Think it’s best to go after the mortars first as it will allow you more to time look for them.

    After having a good look around focus your fire on the enemy vehicles.

    If you are still struggling, feel free to use this video as a reference.


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    ROOSTERxBS7Thanks! I have as missing one early behind that large rock (or whatever it was)
    Posted by ROOSTERxBS7 on 27 Dec 20 at 01:01
    ROOSTERxBS7Thanks! I have as missing one early behind that large rock (or whatever it was)
    Posted by ROOSTERxBS7 on 27 Dec 20 at 01:02
  • Trip0dT0mTrip0dT0m
    26 Nov 2020 28 Nov 2020 28 Nov 2020
    so for this achievement you need to go into the mission fracture jaw and its near the end where you have to land on a big hill

    when you are protecting the base you need to destroy all the vehicles and mortars

    the first set of vehicles are before you see the hill on a dirt road

    after that you just want to look for white smoke going up into the sky because this will tell you where the mortars are

    plus just take your time with the objectives ... no point rushing the objectives when you can spend your time scanning the whole hill looking for the mortars

    the vehicles arent a problem because they are the objectives

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