Achievement Hunting: The Mule

[BrunikRokbyter]

I have run dozens of runs in each ship.... but there isn't even enough information on the achievement to let me know what i'm looking for.... and 2% completion is kind of wild. Anyone know what we are even looking for here?

Is this a waypoint?
A combat node?
A special event node (Triangles)?
Does it require a specific ship? A specific Crew Member? A specific thing in your load out?

I did quite a bit of digging before posting this here and didn't see it anywhere.

[Sidibus]

Personaly i think a patch broke the quest. I have done it in an early version of the game and never had it since.

So many people struggle with it and no one knows anything.

[tankerjonny]

I think you just need allied with deadwights. and then its a red node that only one of the dialog options grants. its not difficult to do, just make it to another node. I probably just lucked out when i got it.

[cytokine cascade]

I just finished the Mule Achievement with a Marauder ship about a week ago. I found Wolf in an escape pod and one of his perks is boosting chances of smuggling missions. But I bought as much fuel as I could so that I could explore as much as I could.

[BrunikRokbyter]

Just got the achievement, taking me to 100%. You must be high enough with Deadweights to talk to their waypoint nodes. I am not sure if Wolf helps or not, as I didn't have him. I had them allied (because I was using Marauder). You are then given a physical item in your inventory, which makes most fights harder on your way to the end point (which is an exclamation point, inside a dotted circle). Be ready for hard fights at most of your stops (elite level, but without the same rewards).