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Twinkle Hooves achievement in Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

Twinkle Hooves

Don't lose any Mangudai during the Battle of the Kalka River.

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How to unlock the Twinkle Hooves achievement

  • Jagd Gray WolfJagd Gray Wolf
    01 Nov 2021 01 Nov 2021 02 Nov 2021
    If you fail to acquire this achievement make sure you do not load a previous save of the mission. This will prevent you from obtaining it because of some unknown glitch as of Nov 2nd, 2021. Just restart the mission instead.

    This achievement can be acquired in the first mission in the Mongol campaign called Battle of the Kalka River. Mangudais are horse archers that are great at hit and run tactics. You start the mission with 36 of them. Use them effectively along with your hero character to boost attack speed but avoid having them attack archers. Use them to attack spearmen.

    Once you spring your trap by the river use your cavalry to attack the enemy army while the Mangudai provides cover from the rear and away from the arrows and spears. Make sure you complete the mission with all 36 Mangudai units still alive. The achievement unlocked when I pressed continue in the summary screen. I thought I had lost a unit so I restarted the mission but the problem was just pressing continue. Try this before attempting it again if you think you lost one.

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    Jagd Gray Wolfahh okay. Good to know!
    Posted by Jagd Gray Wolf on 24 Jan 22 at 20:36
    JerronManAs of today - I still had to click Continue before receiving the achievement just FYI
    Posted by JerronMan on 23 Apr 23 at 11:56
    LuckyDay21This so far didn't trigger for me. I did the whole mission just having my 36 people off to the side in a safe place. You don't actually have to use them do you? On Xbox One.

    Edit: Nvm, it popped up like 5 minutes later lol
    Posted by LuckyDay21 on 14 Dec 23 at 01:21
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  • ZodiaKk418ZodiaKk418
    Locked 19 Apr 2022 19 Apr 2022
    The Mangudai is the horse unit with a bow from the Mongol civilization. You start the mission with 36 of them. You need to micro a lot to keep them alive and use your other units as tankers. You can also lower the difficulty if you don't want to struggle with this one. I did it on hard difficulty, you can watch the video below to see how I did it.

    Twinkle Hooves Achievement (The Battle Of The Kalka River Hard Difficulty):
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