Gone in 360 Seconds Achievement. Any tips on how to do it?

[Mattz1lla]

Heyo. So this is one of those challenges that seem to be one of the rarest that people have gotten (at the time of this discussion being posted, it sits at a 4.5% of players getting it), I would like to have some help on it. Maybe not necessarily people needing to join me on the endeavour, but looking for answers to some questions I have on it.

Firstly, it says Complete a full Extreme Blitz mission in under 6 minutes...okay, so I did that, on extreme difficulty (since it seemed that was at least the requirement to do so), but I still didn't get the achievement. Does that mean I have to do it on a higher difficulty such as Hell Dive difficulty then in order to get it done?

Secondly, I know it's probably easier to do it on a bots blitz mission, but what strategems/weapons/armor should I be bringing in to make it the fastest completion of the mission and make it just in time for extraction?

And Thirdly, I know there is the booster "Expert Extraction Pilot," which I'm sure people know what it does ingame (if you don't, it essentially lowers the time it takes for extraction). But if I'm doing this challenge on my own for say as to make it efficient as possible, would it be best to use that or use another Booster in order to help me get by?

I'd really appreciate if one of y'all out there would give me some good tips and ideas on how to do it. Truth be told, this discussion is only up because I can't seem to figure out why it ain't working for me well enough to even get it.

Much obliged.

[Starurn]

Originally posted by Mattz1lla:

Heyo. So this is one of those challenges that seem to be one of the rarest that people have gotten (at the time of this discussion being posted, it sits at a 4.5% of players getting it), I would like to have some help on it. Maybe not necessarily people needing to join me on the endeavour, but looking for answers to some questions I have on it.

Firstly, it says Complete a full Extreme Blitz mission in under 6 minutes...okay, so I did that, on extreme difficulty (since it seemed that was at least the requirement to do so), but I still didn't get the achievement. Does that mean I have to do it on a higher difficulty such as Hell Dive difficulty then in order to get it done?

Secondly, I know it's probably easier to do it on a bots blitz mission, but what strategems/weapons/armor should I be bringing in to make it the fastest completion of the mission and make it just in time for extraction?

And Thirdly, I know there is the booster "Expert Extraction Pilot," which I'm sure people know what it does ingame (if you don't, it essentially lowers the time it takes for extraction). But if I'm doing this challenge on my own for say as to make it efficient as possible, would it be best to use that or use another Booster in order to help me get by?

I'd really appreciate if one of y'all out there would give me some good tips and ideas on how to do it. Truth be told, this discussion is only up because I can't seem to figure out why it ain't working for me well enough to even get it.

Much obliged.

This playerbase is really nice if you tell the other people in your squad what achievement your trying to get they 90% of the time they will help you as someone who has the Gone in 360 Seconds Achievement its a lot easier to get it with a full team of people around level 35-40 and higher as they have played the game enough and experienced enough to really help you basically lower the difficulty to the lowest possible which still lets you get the achievement that difficulty would be "Extreme" And do a Blitz mission in under 360 seconds aka 6 minutes as the Blitz missions have 12 minute timers so get it done before half the timer is up and the timer like you should know wont start counting down till your in the extraction shuttle so I would tell everyone to get in as soon as it lands and you only get the achievement if your in the shuttle at extraction if your dead and the rest of the team goes into the shuttle they would get it but you won't as its one of those achievements where you need to survive to get it, Hope this helped?

[Chaos]

Depend on how many guys you got with you.
If it full party then it quite easy.

- Play bots blitz mission
- Each pack Eagle airstike and Orbital laser
- Each of you go out to blow up enough to meet the quota within 3 mins
(by throwing airstrike and laser into the base then ♥♥♥♥♥♥ off to the next one immediately)
- Call for evac and board it as soon as you can.

If not then you might want to reroll the map until you got like kill 6 factory quota first.
Then proceed like above instruction.

I got this one by just playing solo, so it's certainly doable alone...unlike that spam 6 orbital one.

[mcsquared]

I got this with a random skilled player that asked If I wanted to go for it. I think we did a bug hole closing mission and got it in one try. If you want someone to try with you, friend me and I'll try to help.

[finis.everdream]

Hey there! I do have this achievement. I'll tell you what I did.
It was a Bots mission on Extreme, no need to go higher. In my opinion it is easier to do solo, but that's just me. :)

Trailblazer Scout armor is important. You need to do ZERO enemy engaging. Either that, or light Medic armor for the extra stims. You gotta go fast and be able to ignore getting shot at.

Your weapons don't matter much since you'll just be avoiding. But I recommend normal grenades to throw into fabricator vents. You can never really tell how many fabricators the mission is going to ask you for, and strategems do miss/run out.

Don't bring any support strategems. Only bring orbitals that can take out fabricators. Laser, railcannon, precision strike (precision strikes aren't guided and will miss if you don't aim well). You could bring the autocannon if you want to snipe them from range, but even the couple of seconds it takes to call down could be the difference between failure and success, and aiming autocannons at fabricator vents is a lot less accurate than just dropping strikes. I don't remember if there is a 4th strategem that destroys fabricators... Rocket pods perhaps? If you get in a sticky spot, don't be afraid to die strategically. Then just land your hellpod on top of a fabricator, and get the heck out of dodge.

Once the objective is complete and you've hit extraction, find the very edge of the extraction zone closest to the map edge, and lie prone right inside it until you have absolutely no other choice. Patrols will always wander towards you because they have *magic tingles* telling them the general region you're hiding in. But it is possible to avoid detection if you have enough cover or crawl out of the way. If you aren't waiting around by the extraction beacon, then when it's time to sprint for the shuttle you won't have as many enemies to run past.

This is the fun part that I really don't like admitting to, but it's reality. You need to find a good map, and a mission that only asks you to destroy like 6-7 fabricators. You are not going to make it the first time probably. In fact, I had to stick with the same map for nearly a dozen tries before I got it. How do I keep the same map, you ask?

I turned off my internet connection, let the game take me back to my ship, reconnected to internet, and kept trying over and over again. Is that satisfying? Maybe not. CAN you do it in one try? Yes. It has to be possible. I just wanted the suffering to stop, lol.

Bots Blitz missions are 12:00 minutes long. You need to be IN the pelican, seeing the extraction cinematic before the clock hits 6:00 minutes. That means extraction needs to be called in at 8:30 at the latest. Depending on your planet's modifiers, maybe even before that. Whatever the case, 8:30 will afford you 30 extra seconds to get on the Pelican if extraction has been swarmed. That means you have roughly 3:30 to complete the objective. *laugh nervously*

If you want to do expert extraction pilot, that's a fine idea. Stamina enhancement is going to be equally useful though, as I mean it, you NEVER stop running.

Hope this was helpful. Happy dropping, Helldiver.

[_Mud$]

blitz is kind of rng
you could get 9 factories or 5 required to win and you could also get jammers.

You want to play a map that has no trees.
You should complete the mission in the first 60 seconds without enemy jammers. Its all rng.
You want to use laser and eagles.
You want to hide at extraction.

[Danyaell]

Do it with 2 or more people. Split up, and take care of Fabs as quickly as you can. Take Airstrikes, Lasers and Spear (I know, I know, but it's good at taking Fabs from distance).

Boosts you can use the faster extraction and the stamina/cardio ones.

If the planet has any modifier that delays stratagems, don't bother, it delays the extraction too.

There's a bit of RNG, sometimes you get a nice map where stuff is really close to each other.

Rush to kill Fabs, ignore literally everything else.

[ulzgoroth]

Originally posted by finis.everdream:

Don't bring any support strategems. Only bring orbitals that can take out fabricators. Laser, railcannon, precision strike (precision strikes aren't guided and will miss if you don't aim well). You could bring the autocannon if you want to snipe them from range, but even the couple of seconds it takes to call down could be the difference between failure and success, and aiming autocannons at fabricator vents is a lot less accurate than just dropping strikes. I don't remember if there is a 4th strategem that destroys fabricators... Rocket pods perhaps? If you get in a sticky spot, don't be afraid to die strategically. Then just land your hellpod on top of a fabricator, and get the heck out of dodge.

Why only orbitals and no eagle strats? Eagle airstrike and 500kg are both solid fabricator killers, and with a little luck you could plausibly clear the mission with just those two since they can both easily kill pairs of fabricators that are close together in one throw. Especially attractive with the expanded payload upgrade. (Obviously, you should take more strategems than just those.)

The orbital barrages also work, especially 380mm, though I wouldn't recommend them since they have a pretty long reload and can be unreliable. And you don't need them to fill out your slots, with the two Eagle bomb picks, precision, laser, and railcannon all on offer.

In theory Spear might be useful - on a good day it can one-shot fabricators at extreme distances without the angle-dependency of other support weapons. From a really good vantage you could conceivably pop your quota in about a minute flat without having to go anywhere. But I don't know how to reliably make it lock on, so I wouldn't want to count on it for something like this.

[EggTBD]

I got this with a coordinated group of rando's on the bug side with no extraction pilot boost. We just literally were like oh uh y'all wanna do this or that so we settled on doing just that and right after we also did the 6 orbitals achievement to complete my 100%. I led the team by planning the route which you can do also. then like just literally blitz through the bug holes, it'll help if the session only tells you to destroy 7, 8, 9 or 10 holes. Do not fight everything on sight, close holes, kill a little bit but run to the next holes right away til the condition is fulfilled. Preferably as a safeguard, designate a trio to hunt for the holes while one can go rogue and head to the extraction point to trigger extraction once the mission is fulfilled. It'll help to have 500kg and 120mm barrage to destroy those tightly packed holes of 3 or 6 and also take with you the grenade pistol if you have that from the Democratic Detonation warbond. Maybe also take the jet pack and any support weapon that can close bug holes which in my case was the quasar cannon. Best of luck!

[DeathStrike]

it was super easy. 3 people break off, 1 stays at extract. do the objective quickly

[Anticitizen 1]

Fire up bots Blitz on ice planet, everyone equips Spears and runs directly to high ground. Destroy the required amount of factories from long range and run to evac. As an option, one dude can run directly to evac from the start and call it in as soon as it becomes available.

[Aestrea]

Why assume he has a party at all, just go down solo and RNG a heavy outpost near the extract. He has to call down the pelican at 3 minutes into the game or it fails because it also counts the time the pelican exits

[Darren Daulton]

Best I've got so far is 367 seconds...

"we've"

[Tired of your crap]

Stratgems -
Eagle 500kg
Precision Orbital
Eagle Airstrike
Eagle Smoke

The upgrade for + 1 Airstrike per-rearm helps a ton. This gives you 2/3/3 and a Precision Strike. Except for the Precision

Strategy - RNGesus needs to be on your side, but some Blitz's are super easy, some are loaded with jammers and gunship factories and will make you cry. You'll end up restarting a couple times at least.

Drop DIRECTLY on top the biggest red splotch that's relatively close to the extract. Land on a Fabricator to start the mission with 1 less to kill. Just drop airstrikes on the Fabricators and run. If you die, always try to land on a Fabricator. Use a couple lives if needed, it's worth a sacrifice.

***A direct hit with an Eagle Smoke Strike will destroy a Bot Fabricator*** Drop the beacon right next to the side of the Fabricator, if you do it right you can destroy the ones that are next to each other too, just like a normal airstrike, but it must be direct hits with the smoke projectiles.

Alternate between Precision Orbital and Eagle Smoke if you need to drop a Fabricator while the Precision is on cooldown. The Precision should be used whenever possible to destroy a Fabricator as you'll want as many Eagles for extract as possible. Having just 1 smoke left can help a lot.

Iirc, the best you can hope for is only needing to break 4 fabricators, which can be in one base.

Run to extract and call in ASAP, no later than T - 9:30. It takes time for the shuttle to land.

Drop all the firepower you can while kiting in a circle around the objective. Don't go too far from the extract or you'll prolong the timer.

A smoke cloud can help you get into the shuttle without getting insta-gibbed by the horde of bots that you will inevitably have at the end of that extract call.

Bring the extraction booster.

[finis.everdream]

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

Originally posted by finis.everdream:

Don't bring any support strategems. Only bring orbitals that can take out fabricators. Laser, railcannon, precision strike (precision strikes aren't guided and will miss if you don't aim well). You could bring the autocannon if you want to snipe them from range, but even the couple of seconds it takes to call down could be the difference between failure and success, and aiming autocannons at fabricator vents is a lot less accurate than just dropping strikes. I don't remember if there is a 4th strategem that destroys fabricators... Rocket pods perhaps? If you get in a sticky spot, don't be afraid to die strategically. Then just land your hellpod on top of a fabricator, and get the heck out of dodge.

Why only orbitals and no eagle strats? Eagle airstrike and 500kg are both solid fabricator killers, and with a little luck you could plausibly clear the mission with just those two since they can both easily kill pairs of fabricators that are close together in one throw. Especially attractive with the expanded payload upgrade. (Obviously, you should take more strategems than just those.)

The orbital barrages also work, especially 380mm, though I wouldn't recommend them since they have a pretty long reload and can be unreliable. And you don't need them to fill out your slots, with the two Eagle bomb picks, precision, laser, and railcannon all on offer.

In theory Spear might be useful - on a good day it can one-shot fabricators at extreme distances without the angle-dependency of other support weapons. From a really good vantage you could conceivably pop your quota in about a minute flat without having to go anywhere. But I don't know how to reliably make it lock on, so I wouldn't want to count on it for something like this.

There is nothing wrong with their effectiveness, but certain planet modifiers prevent eagle strikes from working properly. It's just a preference mostly. :) But yes the payload upgrade is phenomenal!

As for the spear, my gripe is similar as with the autocannon. Trying to get yourself in the perfect position to use it usually wastes a lot of time. By the time I get it aimed there's a patrol on me half of the time. But that's not to say it isn't a great weapon!!!

I respect people who use barrages but I just hate the lack of precision. I never use them on time-sensitive missions.

In the end, whatever you enjoy and works for you is awesome!!

[Pinkeh]

Did it with a blitz bot mission. Split into four directions, orbital laser, 380mm, eagle airstrike, optional support. Nuke the factories, ignore the rest. Extracted with a minute to spare.