Far Cry 2 Road Map and Trophy Guide

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Far Cry 2 Trophy Guide and Road Map

-Estimated trophy difficulty: 9/10
-Offline Trophies: 34 (29 , 2 , 2 , 1)
-Online Trophies: 15 (9 , 5 , 1 )
-Approximate amount of time to : 150+ Hours
-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 if following Roadmap
-Number of missable trophies: Many, see Roadmap
-Glitched trophies: Yes, see Roadmap
-Does difficulty affect trophies? No
-Do cheat codes disable trophies? No cheats

Brief Rundown:
The Far Cry 2 list is a extremely time consuming list. You're looking at between 30-40 hours for getting all the single player trophies and probably another 150+ hours getting the online (non-boosting). The offline trophies will have you searching and milking up every little bit of the world whereas the multiplayer is more a matter of just playing and earning points, nothing too intense, but time consuming.

Because in Far Cry 2, once you get to a certain point, you can't go back, you must be make sure you've dealt with business before you've gone from the north to the south. There is a point of no return so instead of just being able to go through the story and going back at the end, that's not possible. Just stick with our suggested route and you'll be ok.

Well known & Documented Glitches

Because the game is a sandbox game glitches are apparent. Beware the two major glitches and you'll be ok.

1. Cell Tower Missions - Don't let the target escape. Save before every cell tower mission just in case they do, because you miss them once, you miss them forever because it registers you doing the mission, although you don't get paid.

2. The Save Glitch - Not sure how widespread this is, but the 360 version had a bug where after a certain point, you could get a save glitch that corrupts your file. Our advice is to steer clear of saving after missions with the pop up and use save houses instead. Doing that means you should be ok.

3. Safehouse Glitch - I've killed everyone yet the safehouse is still locked? Sometimes this happens for some unknown reason; ride away and then ride back to let them spawn and take them out again. This is apparent in the South mostly.

4. The "I can't open the diamond briefcase" glitch - I noticed this happen when the character gets out the passenger door on a vehicle. Don't ask us why, it just does. Try and get on a turret or back in a car and exit the correct side for the hand icon to appear when you approach the briefcase.

Suggested Route:

The North
1. Complete the tutorial
2. Unlock all the safe houses
3. Complete the convoy missions at the arms dealer (4 of these)
4. Complete the Cell Tower missions (6 of these)
5. Collect all the diamonds (112)
6. Save all the buddies that aren't story related (3)
7. Start the story missions, changing sides after one mission, subverting all and making sure you do the Underground missions (3 of them) when they pop up

In between
1. Collect the 4 diamonds in the desert between the north and south.

The South
1. Complete the tutorial
2. Unlock all the safehouses
3. Complete the convoy missions at the arms dealer (4 of these)
4. Complete the Cell Tower missions (6 of these)
5. Collect all the diamonds (105)
6. Save all the buddies that aren't story related (1)
7. Start the story missions, changing sides after one mission, subverting all and making sure you do the Underground missions (4 of them) when they pop up.

Doing that method should net you all the trophies so long as you pay attention to the odd miscellaneous buddy one.

Tip: It is recommended that you save often. Saving at approximately every 10% of game completion will help in the event you miss a trophy and need to go back. Remember once you leave certain areas you cannot return.

Single Player Story Related Trophies

On the run
Escape the Town

Story related. Cannot miss.

Stickin' it to the man
Kill a Faction Captain in Leboa-Sako - the Northern Territory

Story related. Cannot miss.

Down but not out
Escape to Bowa-Seko - the Southern Territory

Story related. Cannot miss.

Dawa ya moto ni moto
Break the ceasefire and reignite the conflict

Story related. Cannot miss.

Prison escape
Escape torture at the old slave outpost

Story related. Cannot miss.

Last man standing
Wipe out the senior leadership of both Factions and determine who will be the new Warlords

Story related. Cannot miss.

Heart of Darkness
Enter the Heart of Darkness

Story related. Cannot miss.

The horror... the horror...
Resolve your conflict with the Jackal to facilitate the exodus

Story related. Cannot miss.

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Exploration Trophies

Wages of Conflict
Aquire all conflict diamonds in the game available through payment or exploration

There are 1000 diamonds in all, which are earned in three scenarios:

1. Main missions. Can't mess these up.
2. Cell tower missions - 6 in the north, 6 in the south. Make sure you eliminate your target on the first attempt. Save before attempting.
3. Through exploration ... there are in fact 221 diamond locations, which can be found on the following maps. There are nine maps for the north and nine for the south and one for in between when you cross from the north to the south. On said maps are glider locations (most if not all), safehouses and jackal tape locations. The north and the south are numbered 1-9 for their quadrants, with top left being 1, middle right being 6 and bottom right being 9.

THE NORTH
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THE MIDDLE
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THE SOUTH
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Wanderer
Find all the Safe Houses in Leboa-Sako - the Northern Territory

See "Wages of Conflict", NQ1-9 images for all the northern safehouse locations.

Orienteer
Find all the Safe Houses in Bowa-Seko - the Southern Territory

See "Wages of Conflict", SQ1-9 images for all the southern safehouse locations.

Investigative Reporter
Turn over the first set of the Jackal's audio logs to the Journalist

See "Wages of Conflict" for all the locations of the Jackal logs. There are 17 in all. 8 in the north, 8 in the south and 1 you are given. After collecting the 8 in the north, hand it in to the journalist at Mike's Bar.

Pulitzer material
Turn over all of the Jackal's audio logs to the Journalist

See "Wages of Conflict" for all the locations of the Jackal logs. There are 17 in all. 8 in the north, 8 in the south and 1 you are given. After collecting the 8 in the south, hand it in to the journalist at the Marina.

Dr Livingston, I presume
Enter every 1 square kilometer map region of the world

There are 18 squares to set foot in (not including the middle), 9 in each area. If you are collecting all the diamonds you will pick this up along the way. If not, just make sure you see that map quadrant and on the last one, it will unlock.

Mission Trophies

Bagman
Deliver stamped travel documents to the Underground in exchange for medicine

You'll get this trophy once you hand over the first set of documents in one of the Underground missions. They are triggered through natural progression.

Messenger
Complete all the available Underground side-quests in both the North and the South

There are 7 Underground missions (3 in the north and 4 in the south) and they involve meeting with the priest and delivering documents to a safehouse in exchange for medications. The actual triggering of them usually comes through game progression, so doing main missions, side missions and what not should trigger them.

The trophy may unlock early as it has done with a lot of people. If that happens, great, you don't need to continue doing them.

Supply...
Unlock new weapons by hitting a Convoy

See "... and demand"

...and demand.
Unlock all weapons by hitting every Convoy

There are 8 convoy missions to do after you've done the tutorial; 4 in the north and 4 in the south. We recommend doing them as soon as you hit each area as the weapons they unlock become supremely helpful.

The best way of doing them is taking a rocket launcher, working out their route (they go in circles till you make contact) and then hitting the truck with the rocket launcher straight away whilst mopping up the troops after.

Lineman
Complete a Mission intercepted from a cellular tower signal

Dotted around the map, after the tutorial will be Cell Tower missions that require you to take down a target in exchange for diamonds. Complete your first to unlock this trophy.

Utility Man
Complete all Missions intercepted from cellular tower signals

In order to net this trophy, all 12 Cell Tower missions must be completed; 6 in the north and 6 in the south. Make sure you don't mess up and miss your target as they may end up escaping and you'll miss your chance to get all the diamonds.

How you do it is up to you; stealth, sniper, rocket launcher, carnage. Its up to you. The tricky ones are the peace zones ones; getting in is ok and killing him but escaping can be messy.

Playing both sides...
Switch sides in Leboa-Sako - the Northern Territory

After doing a mission for a faction in the North (whether APR or UFLL), just simply go and see the opposition faction leader for the next mission.

...against the middle
Switch sides in Bowa-Seko - the Southern Territory

After doing a mission for a faction in the North (whether APR or UFLL), just simply go and see the opposition faction leader for the next mission.

Ruthless
Subvert all the main faction missions in Leboa-Sako - the Northern Territory

See "Cold Blooded"

Cold Blooded
Subvert all the main faction missions in Bowa-Seko - the Southern Territory

Most main missions will offer you the chance to subvert which not only makes the mission a bit more long winded, but it gives you safehouse rewards that can prove invaluable at a later stage.

After taking the mission, you'll get a call from a buddy. From this point, follow the blue marker objectives. Check whether you complete it properly in your stats. There are 6 in the north and 6 in the south to complete for this trophy.

*NOTE* Some missions may not even have a subvert option or they may subvert after you've done part of the first objective. Just make sure you have a buddy or two alive, otherwise this trophy is a no go.

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Buddy & Misc Trophies

Making friends
Save a Buddy from captivity

You'll get this throughout the story, as there are story related buddies to rescue.

The best laid plans
Work with a Buddy to subvert a mission offered by a faction

Simply subvert a mission with a buddy to net this trophy. This requires going to the blue objective and NOT the red objective.

Lent a hand
Complete a Buddy side quest

After you finish the tutorial, head on over to Mike's Bar and speak to one of your new buddies and accept their mission. Simply complete this mission for this trophy.

Completing the buddy side missions from there on out don't actually net you anything; no diamonds, no safehouse rewards ... they just add to the side mission stat. Do them if you like, but they aren't required for anything else trophy or game reward related.

Out of the frying pan...
Get rescued by a Buddy

Once you have a buddy set to "rescue ready", once you lose all your health, they will come and rescue you. Trophy pops then.

To get a buddy rescue ready, simply make sure you have a buddy for starters and when you reach your safehouse and they offer help, press triangle to accept it.

Weapon Specialist
Purchase the manuals and acquire the bandolier for one weapon

The best place to spend your diamonds this ... on your arsenal. This requires you to purchase one from every column for the same weapon. So buy the weapon, the accuracy upgrade, the reliability upgrade and its ammo upgrade.

Weapons Expert
Purchase the manuals and acquire the bandoliers for every weapon

There are 28 weapons in all that all need purchasing, along with their respective ammo, accuracy and reliability upgrades. Do lots of missions, the Cell Tower missions and get the vast majority of scattered diamond briefcases and you can net this trophy.

*NOTE* - There is no point in purchasing the vehicle repair upgrades as they do NOT count towards this trophy. Weapons only.

...into the fire.
Save a Buddy from a mortal wound

When a buddy goes down, whether it be subverting or rescuing you, you'll have the chance to save him. Run over to them, indicated by the blue smoke and you get the chance to either heal them with one of your syrettes or put them out of their misery. Use a syrette to heal them for this trophy. Make sure you use syrettes first, otherwise it's the waste of a good buddy.

The third faction
Rescue all the Buddies from their respective predicaments

There are 11 buddies to rescue in all. Most are tied to the story locations, but some aren't. Here's the breakdown ... their locations can be found on the maps above in the "Wages of Conflict" trophy above. I'll put the quadrants down so you know where they are.

North
Buddy 1 - Story Related
Buddy 2 - Story Related - either Lumber, Cock Fights or Slaughterhouse - NQ5
Buddy 3 - Mission 8 - UFLL Main Mission
Buddy 4 - Lumber/Cock Fights/Slaughterhouse - NQ5
Buddy 5 - Lumber/Cock Fights/Slaughterhouse - NQ5
Buddy 6 - Crashed Plane - NQ2

South
Buddy 7 - Story Related
Buddy 8 - Story Related
Buddy 9 - Story Related
Buddy 10 - In the Bowaseko Brewing Co area (SQ8)
Buddy 11 - Story Related or if you get impatient, in Sediko (SQ2)

Good night sweet prince
Comfort a Buddy and ease his passin

When a buddy goes down, whether it be subverting or rescuing you, you'll have the chance to save him. Run over to them, indicated by the blue smoke and you get the chance to either heal them with one of your syrettes or put them out of their misery. This time, put them out of their misery by switching to the gun and hitting R2. Make sure to switch first because it automatically starts with the syrette. If you have no syrettes, you have no other choice but to kill him. Poor bugger.

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Multiplayer Trophies
Guides for these trophies by "the_b1ues" of x360a.

First Response Team
Get highest revives count in a ranked match

Just stick with your team, staying back a little bit and taking cover. When one drops, run up to them. You'll be prompted to hit Triangle to revive them.
Just do this more than anyone else in the round. Hitting the Select button will show you the scorecard and how many Revives each person has.

Hired Gun
Reach Rank 5 (Ranked Match)

To reach rank 5 you need 2,100 XP
See Warlord

Superior Captain
Win a round as the Captain in Uprising mode (Ranked Match)

In uprising mode the Captain is assigned randomly. If you're the captain, just win the the game and you get the trophy. If you're not the captain, you can vote to change the captain and hope you get assigned it.

Best in Class
Get highest xp total in one match (Ranked Match)

Just try to win the match. Get as many kills as you can to help your team as much as you can. I'm not really sure which game type would be best for this; play the one you're best at.

War Party
Win a match with 16 players (Ranked Match)

Just play a game mode with 16 players. I found that Team Deathmatch is the best as you're more likely to get 8 people on each side and if your team wins you get the trophy.

Upgraded Player
Upgrade one class 3 times (Ranked Match)

Just upgrade one of your guns with three Diamonds. You will earn Diamonds as you rank up in Ranked Matches.

Safari Tour
Play at least one full round in every Official Map (Ranked Match)

Just play a match on each map listed below. Not sure if you have to play each map on each game type though.

Crude Awaking
Dirty Work
Last Bastion
Pit Bull
Love Shacks
Mud Maze
Cut Bait
Riot Control
Coup D'Etat
Rumber Strip
Rusty Beef
Far Cry
Clear Cut
Sand Blasted

Battle Hardened
Play at least one full round in every Game Mode (Ranked Match)

Self Explanatory. There are only 4 Game Modes and you can get this fairly quick. Just make sure you play the entire round and don't quit.

Deathmatch
Team Deathmatch
Capture the Diamond
Uprising

Mapper
Create a map and get it validated in all game modes

Start the map editor. Once you're in, hit the Start button and go to "Validation". Look under each game type. There will be a list of things you need on your map with check boxes. Add the things you need, working your way though until you get all check boxes checked. If you see any under "Map" that are blank and say something isn't clear, it means you've put that thing in a place it can't be, ie spawn point. Once all boxes are checked, Save your map and the trophy is yours.

Professional
Reach Rank 10 (Ranked Match)

To reach rank 10 you will need 15,000 XP
See Warlord

Mercenary
Reach Rank 20 (Ranked Match)

To reach rank 20 you need 250,000 XP
See Warlord

Field Hospital
Get 500 revives (Ranked Match)

Revive as many team mates in each game as you can. To revive a team mate, when they get knocked down they will have a Cross above their heads so you can see where they are. Just run up to them and press Triangle.

Warlord
Achieve Rank 30 (Ranked Match)

To Reach Rank 30 you need 1,500,000 XP
10 XP for killing an opponent.
5 XP for doing it with bullets, with a headshot, with an explosion, with flames, with a vehicle, with a machete and for executing a downed opponent.
15 XP for reviving a teammate.
You also get XP for capturing and scoring with a diamond and for capturing control points in Uprising or killing the enemy captain.

Adventurer
Download and rate 25 usermaps

From the Main Menu go to "Map Community" then "Download New Maps". Download 25 different maps. Once done, go back to the Main Menu and to "Multiplayer" then "Player Match" then "Create Match" then highlight "Map Cycle" and hit X. Add the first 15 of the 25 maps you downloaded into the cycle by highlighting them and pressing X (you can only add up to 15 at a time). Set "Private Slot" to the same number as "Maximum Players" is set at. Then "Launch Match". Select "Force Launch" when available or "Ready". Once the map loads, check it out a little, then hit Start and go to "Cancel Match".
On the Summary screen, notice it says to hit Triangle to rate. So hit Triangle and give your rating. Once the Lobby comes back up you'll be on the next map in line. Repeat. Took me about an hour, maybe an hour and a half.

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Soldier of Misfortune
Unlock field manuals for all weapons (Ranked match)

You need to fill every bar for every weapon. You can view your process before you start the game by pressing Triangle to Load Out and you can also do this when you die during the game.

Ranked

Weapons -----------Op Man ------Main Man ---- Bandoliers.

G3KA4 ........... 50 Execs ...100 Kills . 50 Headshots
AK-47 ........... 100 Execs . 250 Kills . 100 Headshots
FN FAL ...........250 Execs . 500 Kills . 250 Headshots
MP5 ............. 50 Execs .. 100 Kills . 50 Headshots
AR-16 ........... 100 Execs . 250 Kills . 100 Headshots
M1903 ........... 50 Execs .. 100 Kills . 50 Headshots
Dragunov ........ 100 Execs . 250 Kills . 100 Headshots
AS50 ............ 250 Execs . 500 Kills . 250 Headshots
Dart-Rifle ...... 100 Execs . 250 Kills . 100 Headshots
Homeland.37 ..... 50 Execs .. 100 Kills . 50 Headshots
SPAS-12 ......... 100 Execs . 250 Kills . 100 Headshots
USAS-12 ......... 250 Execs . 500 Kills . 250 Headshots
Kalashnikov PKM . 100 Execs . 250 Kills . 100 Headshots
M-249 SAW ....... 250 Execs . 500 Kills . 250 Headshots
RPG-7 ........... n/a ....... 100 Kills . 10 Multikills
Carl-Gustav ..... n/a ....... 250 Kills . 20 Multikills
MGL-40mm .........n/a ....... 500 Kills . 30 Multikills
LPO50 ........... n/a ....... 250 Kills . n/a
Makarov ......... 50 Execs .. 100 Kills . 50 Headshots
Star Model P45 .. 200 Execs . 300 Kills . 100 Headshots
Eagle.50 ........ 200 Execs . 300 Kills . 100 Headshots
6P9 ............. 50 Execs .. 100 Kills . 50 Headshots
Flare Pistol .... n/a ....... 100 Kills . n/a
MAC-10 .......... 50 Execs .. 100 Kills . 50 Headshots
UZI ............. 100 Execs . 250 Kills . 100 Headshots
M79 ............. n/a ....... 100 Kills . 10 Multikills
IED ............. n/a ....... n/a ....... 10 Multikills

Player Match and Lan

Weapons -----------Op Man ------Main Man ---- Bandoliers.
G3KA4 ........... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
AK-47 ........... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
FN FAL ...........10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
MP5 ............. 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
AR-16 ........... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
M1903 ........... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
Dragunov ........ 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
AS50 ............ 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
Dart-Rifle ...... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
Homeland.37 ..... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
SPAS-12 ......... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
USAS-12 ......... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
Kalashnikov PKM . 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
M-249 SAW ....... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
RPG-7 ........... n/a ....... 20 Kills .. 1 Multikills
Carl-Gustav ..... n/a ....... 20 Kills .. 1 Multikills
MGL-40mm .........n/a ....... 20 Kills .. 1 Multikills
LPO50 ........... n/a ....... 20 Kills .. n/a
Makarov ......... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
Star Model P45 .. 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
Eagle.50 ........ 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
6P9 ............. 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
Flare Pistol .... n/a ....... 20 Kills .. n/a
MAC-10 .......... 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
UZI ............. 10 Execs .. 20 Kills .. 10 Headshots
M79 ............. n/a ....... 20 Kills .. 1 Multikills
IED ............. n/a ....... n/a ....... 1 Multikills

Thanks to Vultu for the heads on this trophy

Platinum Trophy

Iron-guts
Earn the highest honors

Unlock all the other trophies in Far Cry 2 to unlock this surely prestigious trophy.

[Dark_Overlord]

Nice Guide

The save game corruption glitch only happens on the XBOX360 version, and you forgot to mention the random loss of online stats every so often

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great job on the guide

[JaksMoney2]

This guide will help once I get the game.

[Webb]

Originally Posted by JaksMoney2

This guide will help once I get the game.

It should be complete by then

Just working on the maps. There's a few of them

[Dark_Overlord]

Originally Posted by Webb

It should be complete by then

Just working on the maps. There's a few of them

I've got all the maps if you would like them *cough* official guide *cough*