This game easily fits into the time consuming category, 40+ hours, you would probably come close to 100 hours to complete 1,000G.

 

But first, some tips for you:

 

If you can, play the game on Hardcore so you can unlock the difficulty Achievements in one playthrough instead of 2 - 3 as they are stackable.

 

To do this, use cover all the time, do not go in all guns blazing through the front door as you will DIE. Go around the side or back of a building and grapple up to the rooftops, that is what your grapple hook is for along with other things. Run around and look for health packs "+" to recover your health fast if needed, even hide if you have to for a time, also do not be scared to run away to recover if you have to, use your grappling hook to "sling-shot" yourself to safety faster then you can run.

 

Keep MOVING, a moving target is harder to hit then a stationary target!

 

Upgrade your health as soon as your start, drive around the main highway, at each of the intersections with small bridges there are 'Armour' resource pickups at the base of the supports, each 5 pickups will upgrade your total health.

 

Be sneaky too, while you are doing the settlements, go around collecting the resource pickups first BEFORE you start blowing stuff up or destroying stuff, not to draw heat, once you have everything, blow stuff up. One strategy, run around a few settlements and collect all resource pickups, then blow something up to get heat and attract a Heli, hijack it then use it to blow up everything else left in the settlements, fly away to lose the heat.

 

I call Karl Blaine's house my starting and save point, this is where you end up after the second mission is complete. Health is available if needed and boat for transport.

 

Easy to get Heli or Plane: just south or down the map (I think, compass would be nice) there is 3 settlements, but then there is a Military Airport (Kampung Tujuh Telaga it is called), here a Heli can be found near the edge of the base, the Plane appears in the 'shed' to the left of the Heli. But not if you are too close, grapple up to the roof of the building about halfway down the landing strip/runway and wait for it to appear, grapple to it and enter (or course this is not counted as a 'hijack' worse luck).

 

Right now, the important stuff, Achievements.

 

ACHIEVEMENT GUIDE

 

 

Welcome to Panau - 10 points

Complete Story Mission 1

 

See the A Just Cause Achievement for information.

 

 

Casino Bust - 20 points

Complete Story Mission 2

 

See the A Just Cause Achievement for information.

 

 

The White Tiger - 30 points

Complete Story Mission 3

 

See the A Just Cause Achievement for information.

 

 

Mountain Rescue - 40 points

Complete Story Mission 4

 

See the A Just Cause Achievement for information.

 

 

Three Kings - 50 points

Complete Story Mission 5

 

See the A Just Cause Achievement for information.

 

 

Into the Den - 60 points

Complete Story Mission 6

 

See the A Just Cause Achievement for information.

 

 

A Just Cause - 70 points

Complete Story Mission 7

 

There is not much I can really say about these as all will come through the main story missions. The first two are unlocked straight away, but the rest require you to cause 'chaos' to unlock. Do this by blowing stuff up (government stuff marked with the white Panau star), completing faction missions and completing settlements. Exception is mission 7, it will start straight after mission 6. Check your PDA in the bottom right corner - the bars indicate how close you are to the next lot of stuff unlocking.

Top Agent - 20 points

Bonus for completing the game on Normal difficulty

 

See the Legendary Agent Achievement for information.

 

 

Heroic Agent - 30 points

Bonus for completing the game on Experienced difficulty

 

See the Legendary Agent Achievement for information.

 

 

Legendary Agent - 40 points

Bonus for completing the game on Hardcore difficulty

 

There is not much I can really say about these either. As I said above, try to complete the game on hardcore first playthrough to unlock all these in one go, but if you find that you are having problems, complete first on normal (default) and get all the Achievements you can. Then jump to hardcore and only do what you really have to for completion of the game.

 

 

Gaining a Foothold - 10 points

Complete 3 stronghold takeovers

 

After you have finished the first 2 story missions you have to gain trust with the 3 factions in Panau. The first mission for each just happens to be a stronghold takeover.

 

Conqueror of Panau - 20 points

Complete 9 stronghold takeovers

 

There are 9 stronghold takeovers in all : 3 for each faction. Works like the story missions, cause 'chaos' to unlock the next takeover, check your PDA bottom right corner and it will tell you how close you are.

 

 

A Trusted Ally - 20 points

Complete 49 faction missions

 

Guess what? Yep, there are 49 faction missions in total. Probably will not get them all done before completing the story, so finish them off in what's called Mercenary mode.

 

 

First Taste of Chaos - 10 points

Cause chaos for the first time

 

Easy, probably get this in the first story mission. Blow up anything with the white Panau star on it.

 

 

Saboteur - 10 points

Complete 150 sabotages

 

See the Destroyer Achievement for information.

 

 

Destroyer - 20 points

Complete 1000 sabotages

 

Do not be tricked by the word 'sabotages' in these 2 Achievements, you do not have to do anything special, just blow up anything that has the white Panau star on it counts towards this. Also keep your eyes open for fuel stations along the roads as your driving/flying around, they can be easily missed.

 

 

Professional Hitman - 20 points

Assassinate 25 colonels

 

You can find these guys in certain locations around the map, they usually have a few elites around them too for protection. Sniper rifle comes in handy here, or if you have a Heli gunship is even better. Be warned though, killing them causes your heat level to rise, like fast! There are 50 Colonels in all, so you only need to kill half of them, an icon will appear when you are getting close.

 

 

Up to the Challenge 1 - 10 points

Complete 10 challenges

 

See the Up to the Challenge 2 Achievement for information.

 

 

Up to the Challenge 2 - 20 points

Complete 50 challenges

 

There are Car, Boat, Plane and Parachute (base jumping) time challenges to complete. They will unlock after you have completed faction missions, mostly the Parachute (base jumping) ones are the trickiest. All are rated 1 - 3 stars. 1 star is easy and 3 stars is the hardest. For the most part, do not crash or miss a checkpoint and you should not have any real problems finishing them.

 

 

Finders Keepers - 15 points

Collect 100 resource items

 

See the Leaving No Rock Unturned Achievement for information.

 

 

Leaving No Rock Unturned - 25 points

Collect 1000 resource items

 

You may think OH MY GOD, collect 1,000 resource items, but actually it is pretty easy. There are over 2,500 resource items to collect around the map in total, so it will come without even trying. When you come close to a resource item, a small signal bar will appear on your map in the top left corner, once you are right near the item, the signal will flash and a white arrow appears pointing if its off the screen, again, an icon will appear.

 

 

Faction Benefactor - 20 points

Collect 150 faction items

 

This one and the Try Anything Once Achievements are probably the most time consuming in the game. Open your PDA and look at your map, the Blue/Green (think they are green on the 360, blue on the Ps3) dots around the map, it could be a Skull, Drug Drop or a Black Box (usually in or near water). There are about 300 in total, so find half of them.

 

 

Globetrotter - 20 points

Discover 100 locations

 

All locations are on the map already as "undiscovered settlement" and a yellow dot. Go grab the easy plane and fly over the yellow dots to discover them. If they do not show as discovered, you may have to fly a little lower as I found, anyway, after the 100th one this will pop.

 

 

Freeroamer 1 - 10 points

Reach 100% complete in 15 locations

 

See the Freeroamer 2 Achievement for information.

 

 

Freeroamer 2 - 20 points

Reach 100% complete in 100 locations

 

All locations, or should I say settlements, have a certain number of objects to blow up and resource items to collect for 100% complete. Naturally military bases and strongholds are the hardest. Do the smaller towns first, there are over 300 locations so should not be any problems. Remember the tip, run around and collect the resource items first, then blow stuff up.

 

 

 

 

Body Count - 15 points

Kill 750 enemies

 

This will come just playing your way through the game without even trying, in the first 20 hours of play easily.

 

 

Unarmed and Dangerous - 15 points

Kill 50 enemies using melee attacks

 

Can be a little tricky as you are usually outnumbered by a group of enemies. Knock their numbers down to something more manageable, then get up close and personal (press 'B').

 

Gravity is a Bitch! - 15 points

Kill 30 enemies by using the grappling hook and making them fall to their death

 

Again can be a little tricky, if enemies are in towers or anywhere that is high up. Stick them with the grappling hook (press 'LB') and he will pull them down to the ground and death.

 

 

Follow Me! - 15 points

Kill 5 enemies by dragging them behind a vehicle with the grappling hook

 

Again can be a little tricky. Target an enemy, press 'LB' and hold. Now target a car and release 'LB' to attach the enemy to the car, now quickly jump into the car and drive. Can be done by target the car first then the enemy, either way works. If enemy does not die, run over them, as they are 'attached' to the car so it is a drag kill.

 

 

Hang 'em High! - 15 points

Kill 30 enemies while they're suspended in the air with the grappling hook

 

Again can be a little tricky. Basically close to the same as above, except target a high wall instead of a car. Target an enemy, press 'LB' and hold. Now target a high wall and release 'LB' to attach the enemy to the wall, now whip out your gun and shoot them.

 

 

Wrecking Ball - 15 points

Kill 5 enemies by smashing them with an object tethered to your vehicle with the grappling hook

 

Ok now this is tricky. Easiest way, attach a car to a Heli, go grab the easy Heli I told you about, land it at Karl Blaine's house as there is usually a car there (if not find another car). Target the car and press 'LB' and hold then target the Heli and release 'LB' to attach. Controlling the cars 'swaying' is the hardest thing here, lower yourself so the car is a little off the ground, line up and enemy and smash him with it, or have the enemy below the car and lower it onto him. Either way, heat if you are seen.

 

 

Piñata Party - 15 points

Kill 5 enemies with the melee attack while they're suspended with the grappling hook

 

This is actually the same as Hang 'em High! Achievement, but instead of killing with your gun, kill them with a melee attack. Target an enemy, press 'LB' and hold, now target a high wall and release 'LB' to attach the enemy to the wall, now run in and smash them with melee attack. Can be a little tricky.

 

 

Juggler - 15 points

Kill 30 enemies while they're in mid air

 

Tricky as well. Stick an enemy with the grappling hook (press 'LB') and he will pull them through the air, quickly shoot and kill them. Upgraded weapons will make this easier as you progress through the game, like the revolver, fully upgraded it will take out just about everything in one shot.

 

 

Road Rage - 10 points

Kill 30 enemies by mowing them down with vehicles

 

Yep, road rage at its best, while in a car run over enemies. Just keep your heat level in check while doing this.

 

 

Marksman - 15 points

Kill 50 enemies with head shots

 

Seriously, you will probably get this without even trying or using a sniper rifle. I got this by using the assault rifle and the SMG while doing faction missions and settlements.

 

 

Killing Frenzy - 20 points

Kill 20 enemies in 60 seconds

 

Again, you will probably get this while doing faction missions. When you protect the technician at the end, waves of enemies will come at you. The 'Holy Smoke' mission for the Ular Boys is a good one, save your game first, if you miss out then reload and try again. Note: you can use any weapon, so pickup a mini-gun for unlimited ammo!

 

 

Invincible Warrior - 20 points

Kill 50 enemies in a row with inventory weapons without losing health

 

Once again, you will probably get this while doing faction missions. When you protect the technician at the end, waves of enemies will come at you. The 'Oil for Blood' mission for the Roaches is a good one, same deal, save your game first, if you miss out then reload and try again. Stay back a little behind the guys your protecting to be out of the firing range.

 

Note: You must use inventory weapons! So DO NOT pickup a mini-gun and make sure you have full ammo for the SMG and Assault Rifle, upgraded helps too.

 

Another sneaky way is to get the sniper rifle and find a nice hidden spot near an enemy base and sniper a few, watch your heat level, move away to another base, sniper a few, then move to another base, repeat. There is no time limit, you just have to kill 50 one after the other without taking damage yourself.

 

 

Destruction Frenzy - 10 points

Destroy 30 objects in 60 seconds

 

Umm, yeah, could get within the first or second missions, but as you're doing faction missions, completing settlements, you will get this easily without trying too hard.

 

 

Test Driver - 10 points

Drive 30 different vehicles

 

See the Trying Everything Once Achievement for information.

 

 

Trying Everything Once - 25 points

Drive all 104 vehicles

 

Yep, drive every vehicle in the game, cars, boats, bikes, planes... everything. If you have the DLC then these vehicles count towards this as well, just costs money to buy. As I said before, this is one of the most time consuming.

 

 

Road Trip - 20 points

Travel 75 kilometers by land vehicle

 

You will probably get this easily by driving around looking for 'Armour' resource pickups upgrading your health. Team this one up with the next one.

 

 

Stunt Driver - 10 points

Get 100 stunt driver points

 

I used the ‘Chevalier Ice Breaker’ from the free DLC and drove around at high speed. 1 stunt point for every 5 seconds, plus you get a point for a jump, flying low in a plane and bridge limbo (flying under a low bridge).

 

 

Please Step Out of the Vehicle - 10 points

Hijack 50 enemy vehicles

 

Please step out of the vehicle sir, or should I say get out of the vehicle as I want it thank you. Anyway, you will probably get this easily by hijacking enemy Helis throughout the game, as your heat level rises they will send Helis for you to hijack, well (try to) attack you first. Grapple to the Heli, enter, then complete the button sequence mini-game for a hijack. Note: the gunner or passenger must be killed first!

 

 

Parachute Climber - 10 points

Open the parachute and then land on foot 300 meters above the starting height

 

The idea is pretty simple, but actually doing this takes some practise. Shoot your grappling hook at the ground ahead as you are pulled towards it a "open parachute" message appears, open your parachute then quickly aim somewhere higher and shoot your grappling hook again. Now manoeuvre yourself past the grappling hook to continue your trip upwards, aim somewhere higher again and shoot your grappling hook to repeat the trip upwards. You can use trees, buildings, bridges, the slope of a mountain, start off small and practise.

 

 

 

 

I Believe I Can Fly - 10 points

Base jump 1000 meters

 

There is a few ways you can do this. First is to use the balloon, located around X:7348 - Y:16144, place a waypoint then use the balloon to rise into the air. Further you rise, the waypoint gets further away letting you know how high you are. Once you are over 1 - 1.5km (1km = 1,000 meters) jump out, after 1,000 meters open your parachute to land.

 

Second way, go to the 'Mile High Club' located around X:29584 - Y:11435, use a Heli easier, land on top of the balloons supporting it, now just jump off. This is 1 mile high, that's 1.6km (1,600 meters), so you will easily get the 1,000 meters needed. Note: be good idea to complete this settlement BEFORE you jump off, you will not have to come back again that way, land on the Heli pad, collect the resource items, blow up the 2 objects then do the base jump.

 

Also remember too, you must JUMP, not just FALL, or it will not be considered a Base Jump.

 

 

Bridge Limbo - 20 points

Fly an airplane under 30 unique bridges in Panau

 

Pretty simple, there are over 60 bridges around Panau. Go grab the easy plane I told you about and fly under 30 of them. Cannot be the same one of course, but you will get it pretty quickly and easily.

 

 

Stunt Flyer - 10 points

Fly an airplane close to the ground for 30 seconds

 

You can do this one at the same time as Bridge Limbo. Go grab the easy plane I told about, now fly low and close to the waters edge, or use one of the rivers that make their way through the islands.

 

 

Halfway there - 25 points

Reach 50% completion in the normal mode or mercenary mode

 

See the Perfectionist Achievement for information.

 

 

Perfectionist - 25 points

Reach 75% completion in the normal mode or mercenary mode

 

Time consuming, very time consuming, everything you do adds to the overall completion, completing settlements, completing faction missions and story missions, finding resource items and faction items, completing challenges. Just keep playing the game, I am at about 15% with about 23 hours on the clock... Good luck.

 

 

Top of the World - 10 points

Stand on foot on the highest point of Panau

 

Ok, look towards the health packs at the starting point (south) then look left. There is a big mountain range, open your PDA there is a military base in a 'crescent moon' shape formation with another military base on the other side. The location you want is X:20541 - Y:11836. Land a Heli a little further down the mountain and climb the rest of the way on foot. Uou have to be on foot, and there is a unmarked Skull up here too. You will know when you are at the right spot, funny saying awaits.

 

 

That's it, this game nearly borders on extreme, mostly due to the fact that there are 50 Achievements to unlock, but it is saved as they are pretty easy to get, just a little time consuming or tricky for the most part. Mercenary mode is just simply what the game calls what happens after you have finished the story missions, you can continue and finish faction missions, challenges, settlements and collecting resource/faction items.

 

Where I have given the coordinates are the best I can get, the games controls in the PDA are a little sensitive and move too quickly. Also you can keep track of how many kills and other things you have done by viewing your stats in the PDA to see what you are missing.

 

If this game had multiplayer/co-op it would be brilliant, the only thing it is lacking.

 

 

Top Agent - 20 points

Bonus for completing the game on Normal difficulty

 

Heroic Agent - 30 points

Bonus for completing the game on Experienced difficulty

 

Legendary Agent - 40 points

Bonus for completing the game on Hardcore difficulty

 

Gaining a Foothold - 10 points

Complete 3 stronghold takeovers

 

Conqueror of Panau - 20 points

Complete 9 stronghold takeovers

 

A Trusted Ally - 20 points

Complete 49 faction missions

 

First Taste of Chaos - 10 points

Cause chaos for the first time

 

Saboteur - 10 points

Complete 150 sabotages

 

Destroyer - 20 points

Complete 1000 sabotages

 

Professional Hitman - 20 points

Assassinate 25 colonels

 

Up to the Challenge 1 - 10 points

Complete 10 challenges

 

Up to the Challenge 2 - 20 points

Complete 50 challenges

 

Leaving No Rock Unturned - 25 points

Collect 1000 resource items

 

Finders Keepers - 15 points

Collect 100 resource items

 

Faction Benefactor - 20 points

Collect 150 faction items

 

Globetrotter - 20 points

Discover 100 locations

 

Freeroamer 1 - 10 points

Reach 100% complete in 15 locations

 

Freeroamer 2 - 20 points

Reach 100% complete in 100 locations

 

Body Count - 15 points

Kill 750 enemies

 

Unarmed and Dangerous - 15 points

Kill 50 enemies using melee attacks

 

Gravity is a Bitch! - 15 points

Kill 30 enemies by using the grappling hook and making them fall to their death

 

Follow Me! - 15 points

Kill 5 enemies by dragging them behind a vehicle with the grappling hook

 

Hang 'em High! - 15 points

Kill 30 enemies while they're suspended in the air with the grappling hook

 

Wrecking Ball - 15 points

Kill 5 enemies by smashing them with an object tethered to your vehicle with the grappling hook

 

Piñata Party - 15 points

Kill 5 enemies with the melee attack while they're suspended with the grappling hook

 

Juggler - 15 points

Kill 30 enemies while they're in mid air

 

Road Rage - 10 points

Kill 30 enemies by mowing them down with vehicles

 

Marksman - 15 points

Kill 50 enemies with head shots

 

Killing Frenzy - 20 points

Kill 20 enemies in 60 seconds

 

Invincible Warrior - 20 points

Kill 50 enemies in a row with inventory weapons without losing health

 

Destruction Frenzy - 10 points

Destroy 30 objects in 60 seconds

 

Test Driver - 10 points

Drive 30 different vehicles

 

Trying Everything Once - 25 points

Drive all 104 vehicles

 

Road Trip - 20 points

Travel 75 kilometers by land vehicle

 

Please Step Out of the Vehicle - 10 points

Hijack 50 enemy vehicles

 

Stunt Driver - 10 points

Get 100 stunt driver points

 

Halfway there - 25 points

Reach 50% completion in the normal mode or mercenary mode

 

Parachute Climber - 10 points

Open the parachute and then land on foot 300 meters above the starting height

 

I Believe I Can Fly - 10 points

Base jump 1000 meters

 

Bridge Limbo - 20 points

Fly an airplane under 30 unique bridges in Panau.

 

Stunt Flyer - 10 points

Fly an airplane close to the ground for 30 seconds

 

Perfectionist - 25 points

Reach 75% completion in the normal mode or mercenary mode

 

Top of the World - 10 points

Stand on foot on the highest point of Panau

 

Secret Achievements

 

Welcome to Panau - 10 points

Complete Story Mission 1

 

Casino Bust - 20 points

Complete Story Mission 2

 

The White Tiger - 30 points

Complete Story Mission 3

 

Mountain Rescue - 40 points

Complete Story Mission 4

 

Three Kings - 50 points

Complete Story Mission 5

 

Into the Den - 60 points

Complete Story Mission 6

 

A Just Cause - 70 points

Complete Story Mission 7