Kabounce - 100% Achievements

The definitive guide to completion

How to effectively use this guide

Welcome to this guide! This section will give you a brief overview of what to expect and how to play as efficient as possible. Remember that you can always post a comment in case you have any questions.

Low population multiplayer

Quite a few achievements require you to play multiplayer. Unfortunately the game isn't really popular, but luckily the game will fill online matches with bots. This is also some sort of advantage, as bots are more predictable than players. Playing with or against friends will make some of the achievements easier.

Unlock percentages

Don't be fooled by the high unlock percentages, thinking most of them are easy. The game had a free to play weekend just before the Steam Summer Grand Prix 2019 where you could claim points from achievements of recently played games. A lot of players used 3rd party tools to quickly 100% this game for that purpose. Just before the event the rarest achievements had unlock rates of about 2%, opposed to the current much higher percentages. Now low percentages doesn't necessarily mean an extreme difficulty, and also differs per game, but just be warned it may take you more effort than you might expect.

Online versus custom

A lot of achievements have the additional text that they only unlock in an online match. However, this is not always true; some unlock in a custom match just fine. I don't know for each multiplayer achievement whether this is the case or not, but when you have trouble with an achievement you can always try.

Singleplayer

Schooled

Complete all basic training challenges

Graduated

Complete all advanced training challenges

Finish both tutorials, which can be started from the menu. Should only take you a couple of minutes.

Challenger

Complete 10 challenges

Done and Dusted

Complete all challenges

In challenge mode you need to cross a map as quickly as possible, giving you a star based on the time you took. To make a challenge count as finished you need to acquire at least a bronze star. The required time is so generous that you shouldn't have any trouble with it. Completing all challenges will unlock "Gauntlet Mode", which is basically a harder version of each challenge. You do not have to complete this mode for the achievements.

Going for Gold

Complete 15 challenges with gold or higher

Gold Rush

Complete all challenges with gold or higher

Gold stars require a bit more practice. The required times are quite strict, but not too unfair. I recommend first playing quite some multiplayer matches to get used to the controls. I also recommend looking up videos of other people doing the challenges so you can plot your optimal route. Just like the bronze stars you can skip Gauntlet Mode.

Better than a dev

Defeat a Dev Score in challenge mode

Wizard

Defeat 15 Dev Scores in challenge mode

All challenges also have a secret purple star which you can unlock by beating the best time of the developers. This time is hidden and hardcoded, so if they ever get a better time the requirement won't change. Just like the gold stars you need to be quite familiar with the game, however for a lot of these stars you will also need to use some sneaky shortcuts to drastically reduce the time you take. Below is a guide which shows you these for some challenges. This guide is somewhat outdated as new challenges were added over time, but it should be enough to get you to fifteen.

Also, if you had little trouble with a particular challenge you can try to complete the Gauntlet Mode version of that challenge as those purple stars count as well.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1401985667

Multiplayer

Jack of all trades

Receive a match highlight in every category

At the end of a match, three players will get a highlight and one will be MVP. You simply need to get each of them at least once.

• Score
  
• Eliminations
  
• Combo
  
• Bumpers captured
  
• MVP

Most of these you will get randomly over time. Only the bumper capture highlight tends to be a problem. Often the game will only pick the other highlights. You can however force it easily: start a custom match with 2v2 players. This will guarantee you a highlight spot. Just capture bumpers and do nothing else: don't eliminate other players, keep your combo below forty and don't turn in your score.

On a roll

Receive 5 match highlights

Singled Out

Receive a total of 50 match highlights

In the Spotlight

Receive a total of 150 match highlights

Get one of the highlights or MVP as mentioned above. You will farm this over time.

Most Valuable Pinball

Get the MVP highlight at the end of a quick match

MVP 20

Receive a total of 20 MVP highlights

MVP 50

Receive a total of 50 MVP highlights

Same story as above, but now only MVP counts. Focus on being the best overall: score high points, keep a high combo, capture a lot of bumpers and eliminate everything on sight.

25 Wins

Win 25 online matches

75 Wins

Win 75 online matches

150 Wins

Win 150 online matches

Simply play and win a lot of matches. Custom matches do not count.

Streak

Win 5 online matches without losing

This tends to get screwed over by the matchmaking system by putting you in a game with one minute left while your team is far behind in score. Best is to stay within the same match while trying to achieve this.

In Control

Control at least 75% of all bumpers at the end of an online match

Easiest done when there a lot of bots in the match. Simply focus on constantly eliminating them, which shouldn't be too hard. In the mean time your teammates will capture the arena.

Buzzer Beater

Score over 5.000 points in the last 2 seconds of an online match

Simply skip the first two score deposits. When te game is about to end slowly make your way to the gate. When there's just about three seconds left quickly slam to the opening and dash in.

Unstoppable

Without dying surpass a 150 combo, accumulate at least 12.500 points, and score in an online match

One of the more difficult achievements in the game. Always focus on getting the required combo first, as you can screw that one up pretty easily. Only deposit your score during the last deposit and always have at least two slams charged to get away if needed.

Playmaker

Score at least 20.000 points in a single online match

Unlike the achievement states, you get this in a custom match! Simply boot up a 1v4 match with easy bots and capture all enemy bumpers you see. If you also manage to eliminate some enemies you should have no problem to rack up the score in time.

Multiplayer Eliminations

Elimination

Eliminate another player

You should get this in one of the first matches you play without much effort.

Destroyer

Eliminate 10 players in a single online match

Not that difficult if you ignore your score and just chase down the enemy team.

From Down Town

Using the Slam, eliminate a player from a long distance in an online match

For this to work you need to cover about half the distance of the arena. However, the standard range of the slam while being on the floor is not sufficient. Move towards the higher bumper platforms and launch from there for more distance. Keep in mind you will have a long flight time, so lead your shots!

Sharp Shot

Destroy a player in the air in an online match

For this to work you need to hit an enemy with your slam trajectory in the air (and not the actual slam). You should get this randomly when playing for the other achievements.

Collecting Interest

Steal back your points before your eliminator can score them in an online match

When you get eliminated, simply target the player who took you out. Gather a lot of slams and just chain them. If you got eliminated just after the gate closed you will have about one and a half minute to get the elimination.

Doubling up

Eliminate two opponents in an online match with a single ability use

The Triple

Eliminate three opponents in an online match with a single ability use

Requires perfect timing an good awareness. Players tend to stick together more than bots do, but in either case you need a huge dose of luck. Always keep an eye out for the gate and the center bumpers. While getting all achievements I only managed to get two triples, to give an indication how rare it is.

Tilted

Be involved in a complete elimination of the opposing team in an online match

When you see your team destroying two or three enemies, quickly hunt the last players down, you only have a couple seconds to do this. The last player must be taken out before the first one respawns.

Wrecking Ball

Eliminate 300 pinballs in your career

Farming achievement. You will unlock this way before unlocking all other achievements.

Shocker

Eliminate a player Shocked by a teammate

This tends to be a bit nasty as bots do not use this ability. Its also not the default skill, so most players will also not use it, so it can take a while to get across someone who does. However, once that is the case its relative simple to get such elimination.

Denied

Eliminate an opposing player just before they score in an online match

Just before the gate opens collect six slams. Then just wait around the area while keeping your slam reticle precisely on the entrance. As soon as you see a player going for a score, slam them to deny them.

Hard to get

Dash to avoid being eliminated

When you see an enemy slam circle, just dash to the closest border to get out.

Blink and I'm gone

Dodge 5 eliminations by blinking

The standard secondary ability allows you to quickly blink to five bumpers. During this blink you are invincible. When you get a warning of an incoming slam quickly blink (this will give the "evaded" notification on your screen). You need to do this five times.

Jackpot

Steal over 5.000 points in an online match with a single ability use

In my opinion the hardest and most unreasonable achievement in the game. When eliminating an enemy you will get around a third of their score. This means that for this achievement the players (one or multiple) underneath your slam need a total of over around 15.000, which like pretty much never happens. Most players only reach like 2.000 at most, so even if you would eliminate the whole enemy team in one slam it wouldn't be enough. Right now its not really realistic (like 3.000 would have been more reasonable). This is how I did it: I logged onto the game with a friend. If we would start the quick match queue (individual, not in group) we would be on the opposing team, rest filled with bots. We went to a location in the map with two or more hoops and simply dashed through back and forward, stealing the hoops over and over. This will easily give you over 15.000 score within 2 minutes. Then simply smash each other and be done with it. I know it's really cheap, but its the only solution I could come up with.

Miscellaneous

Level up!

Level up once

Level 25

Reach level 25

Level 50

Reach level 50

Playing matches grants you experience which allows you to level up. The first few levels require little experience, but rather soon the required amount will cap at 60.000, at which point you need to play around nine matches to level up. Getting to level 50 will probably be the last achievement you unlock. To give an indication: I was halfway towards level 35 when I completed all other achievements.

Bumper Hopper

Capture 5 unique bumpers without abilities or touching the floor

Airtime

Capture 15 unique bumpers without touching the floor

These are both really not as difficult as they sound, you just need to focus on it, something you normally won't do while trying to get as many points as possible.

Dashing Through

Dash through 5 hoops within 4 seconds

Jumping Through Hoops

Capture 15 hoops within 20 seconds

These are a bit more tricky. It requires enemy players to capture your hoops as you are busy with this challenge, as most maps don't have enough hoops. I got both of these when going for the "Jackpot" achievement, so you could use that strategy to get it.

All Mine

Capture 10.000 bumpers

Super Ball

Capture 7.500 bumpers with abilities

Spin to Win

Use the Spin move to rotate your ball 100.000 times

Farming achievements. Will be completed long before you finish the other achievements.

Note: In the game the Super Ball achievement requires you to capture 50.000 bumpers, but on Steam it will unlock at 7.500 just fine.

Decked Out

Open 25 loot balls

Leveling up or playing challenges grant you loot balls, which can unlock some cool cosmetics. They can (luckily) not be bought with virtual or real money.

Shiny

Unlock a legendary customisation item

Loot comes in different tiers with different rarity. For this achievement you need to get a gold colored item. This all comes down to luck, but shouldn't be too difficult with the amount of loot balls you get.

#funwithballs

Finish a match with 15 different base pinballs

You can customize your pinball in various categories by items from loot balls, one of them being the main body. Just occasionally change your look and you should get this eventually.

[b$0c]

I am looking for a man for Jumping Through Hoops and Jackpot

[Taggrin]

@Rhy It has been a while since I did these achievements, but I recall we did it in an online matchmade game. Did you try it in an online match as well or in a custom match? The achievement doesn't state anything about it, but it still might be a limiting factor.

[Taggrin]

Cheers, I'll make some changes

[Fecske]

Hi Taggrin! Great guide, well done! ;)
Just two small mistakes I found in it. First is in "Sharp Shot", you can actually eliminate others high in the air with only the trajectory of your slam, but it needs extremely good luck and/or skills. I didn't know that it worked near the ground too, it's nice to know! Second is "Hard to get"; blinking is different from dashing. For this achievement one should use the dash that gives the pinball a push to a certain direction, not the secondary ability blink that makes invulnerable (as the pictures also suggest).