Hard Bargain Achievement Guide

This guide outlines a quick win process for obtaining the hard bargain achievement. This can be done from level 2 and requires access to the Kid's Dream sequence. You must also have whale ale, and Black Rye spirits, all gods, and the gel canister secret skill.

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Invoking Idols increases the score from each enemy. You want to ensure that all gods barring Acobi, Olak & Roathus are active. It is irrelevant what weapon loadout you use, i would go for ranged weapons to allow you to pick off straglers without putting your combo at risk. You want to select the Gel Canister secret skill. Black Rye is mandatory. There is some debate about Whale Ale, however you will not be needing any other Spirits so you may as well take it.

Gel Canisters causes the kid to throw a canister in front of him, which will spawn a turret from the game Portal. As in that game, turrets can only attack in a forward cone which is probably about 120 degrees to the front. Turrets will make very short work of the enemies in the Kid's dream.

You want to go into the 'Kid's Dream' Sequence, which is available shortly after rescuing Zulf. Upon waking up, you want to throw turrets down. The exact layout will take some getting used to, however as a general rule of thumb you want to move outwards from the mouth of the arena (where you wake up), ensuring that the turrets are covered from the rear. In the beginning, you will likely need to kill enemies if they spawn behind your turrets, or out of their range.

You will likely lose a couple of turrets in the beginning, this is fine. The most important thing is that you do not let your combo expire. Avoid getting hit but be proactive in seeking enemies that may be out of your turret range. Eventually, your turrets will pummel anything that spawns within seconds and you will be running around avoiding damage and collecting black tonics to continue the spree.

If you manage to get through without your combo expiring, it should end up at around x60. This will net you over 1M points and the achievement.