Cleaning House in New Krucbury

[Kildread]

Having problems with that Island badge --- it's the one about killing all guards within 3 minutes, missions available are either the daytime one with required Gaelle, more guards and 2 on the ship out of range unless you shoot someone out there.

Or the nighttime one with required Aifa, less guards.

I've been trying the nighttime one, but even while rushing, I get, at best, about half of killing everyone before reaching the 3 mins mark on the time, based on the post-mission replay. It doesn't seem quite possible.

I thought I could just knockout everyone, stack them under a rock except the 2 guards and Iudex near the lighthouse, and the Commisar below the rock plateau (Both locations outside of trap ranges that you drag bodies at without Gaelle or Quentin), then once I trigger the trap with Aifa, have her jump down to kill the commissar, have Toya/Suleidy kill the Iudex & guards near lighthouse, then have both rush a separate Custodes and exit. Time from first kill to exit --- 1m56. No badge, so it's not 'within 3 minutes of first kill'.

What's the trick for this one, anyone figured it out?

As a bonus, there are 2 things I've found on this map:

--> The Ritual Sacrifice badge says that tied up bodies don't count for the 3 kills by rock trap, but they do. The rock trap squishing all tied guards got me the badge.
--> Aifa's "Unshackled" badge for killing 3 guards within 7 seconds with only Aifa does not unlock mid-mission, but at the end. Having her trigger the rock and kill the tied commissar as per above unlocked that badge on mission end.

[Tricking Trapster]

It really sounds like they want you to make use of alarms. Those tend to call guards out quickly. Speaking of - if the badge means 'everyone' would that include reinforcements summoned from bell guards? Just a thought.

[Freani]

I still haven't finished this badge yet, but 3:28 is my best time so far (night version), so I guess it's definitely doable.

[dejavu89]

I am not even going to attempt that badge on console,but it has been covered by 10032 Akari, deserves a shout out, I find this kind of multitasking very impressive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tv5CVqfumI

[Sunako]

If you do the mission with Gaelle, you don't need to kill 2 guards far on the ship. It is enough if you kill everything on the island.

[Kildread]

Originally posted by dejavu89:

I am not even going to attempt that badge on console,but it has been covered by 10032 Akari, deserves a shout out, I find this kind of multitasking very impressive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tv5CVqfumI

That speedrun of the level is poetry in motion. Slick usage of time freeze, impressive grasp of timings, using Toya alone for the lighthouse by slipping past the two guards and throwing down the Iudex for one of the 2 kills...

Also, all done within 3 minutes *with* increased guard placements.

Clearly the type of player that did the timed challenges in Shadow Tactics.

Originally posted by Sunako:

If you do the mission with Gaelle, you don't need to kill 2 guards far on the ship. It is enough if you kill everything on the island.

Ohhh... that changes things. Although I still find Gaelle to be sort of a poor choice for killing things, since besides her slow kill, her attacks are knockouts requiring tying/shooting in the ocean.

[Sunako]

Originally posted by Kildread:

Ohhh... that changes things. Although I still find Gaelle to be sort of a poor choice for killing things, since besides her slow kill, her attacks are knockouts requiring tying/shooting in the ocean.

Gaelle have option to kill with knife(and limited gunshots) and you can use two other characters that are the most optimal for speed kills. 3 characters kill things faster than 2 regardless.

[Lady Neravin]

Originally posted by Sunako:

Originally posted by Kildread:

Ohhh... that changes things. Although I still find Gaelle to be sort of a poor choice for killing things, since besides her slow kill, her attacks are knockouts requiring tying/shooting in the ocean.

Gaelle have option to kill with knife(and limited gunshots) and you can use two other characters that are the most optimal for speed kills. 3 characters kill things faster than 2 regardless.

Wait you can take 3 on that mission, wasn't that her solo mission?

[Kildread]

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

Wait you can take 3 on that mission, wasn't that her solo mission?

Yes, replaying it from the map table after completing it allows you to bring 3. Think it's the same with John's own solo mission.

Mission-specific badges do mention they are only obtainable when doing it solo though.

[Kildread]

Originally posted by dejavu89:

I am not even going to attempt that badge on console,but it has been covered by 10032 Akari, deserves a shout out, I find this kind of multitasking very impressive!

Thank you again for this video! After a dozen or so attempts to mimic it on the lower guard placement setting, I've cleared it.

Badge unlocks during gameplay:

https://steamcommunity.com/id/Kildread/screenshot/2058762410714439646/

[dejavu89]

Originally posted by Kildread:

Thank you again for this video! After a dozen or so attempts to mimic it on the lower guard placement setting, I've cleared it.

not a problem, I am actually surprised you could replicate it,very good,impressive!

[The Fox]

Here the tip:

The time keep add on even when you quick load (like any previous shadow games). So you can go back to main menu and load memories from there and the time will be the same when you quick saved

Just keep trying like the speedrun walkthroughs and quick save each time you satisfy with the current time at that moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0nkozlvWzY

[madturnip07]

Did anyone unlock this badge on normal difficulty?
I managed it in under 3 minutes after a few tries but didn't get the badge. Map showed no one left alive so was a bit confused. I killed everyone including those on the boat.
Have many more badges to even try first so I'll come back to it.

[Kildread]

Originally posted by madturnip07:

Did anyone unlock this badge on normal difficulty?
I managed it in under 3 minutes after a few tries but didn't get the badge. Map showed no one left alive so was a bit confused. I killed everyone including those on the boat.
Have many more badges to even try first so I'll come back to it.

Nah... I do think it's easier to do in the night-time mission than the daytime one, but I did it on the easiest setting

Another poster mentioned the 2 soldiers on the boat of the daytime mission can be ignored, and since you were doing the daytime one, if you used Gaelle's upgraded attack on a soldier, it did *not* kill them I believe, just stuffed them in the cannon, tied and unconscious, which would likely void the badge. It will pop as soon as the final guard is killed, no need to rush for a tear. (Unsure if the Custodes count, I've killed both on my successful playthrough).

[Lastinout]

Can confirm, I kill the Custode last to make sure if they count or not. They do

[Seti]

Originally posted by The Fox:

Here the tip:

The time keep add on even when you quick load (like any previous shadow games). So you can go back to main menu and load memories from there and the time will be the same when you quick saved

Just keep trying like the speedrun walkthroughs and quick save each time you satisfy with the current time at that moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0nkozlvWzY

I noticed that this one is on explorer difficulty. After some tries was able to finish it about 2:30.

I replicated half of the mission more or less as in video, however messed up center part of the map. I accidently raised alarm - this actually helped as all guys came to me from around, saving much time. Additional gun ammo helped a lot!