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Combat & Kills

Weapon, trap and elemental kill milestones, Volatile hunts and the night-pursuit trophies — plus the fun ones like BBQ and Italian Plumber.

🧟 Many of these come naturally through play — the night-only ones (Volatiles, Bolters, pursuits) are best tackled in dedicated night runs.

Bolter Hunting

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Catch 5 Bolters

TypeSilver
LocationNight
MissableNo
DifficultyMedium

How to earn it

Catch 5 Bolters — the fast, glowing infected that only appear at night and flee the instant they see you. Chase each down before it burrows away.

Tip

Bolters spawn in specific zones at night; use Survivor Sense to spot their glow and plan a route to cut off their escape. Grabbing them during a night run pairs perfectly with the other nocturnal trophies.

Is It Really Necessary?

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Kill your first Infected

TypeBronze
LocationEarly game
MissableNo
DifficultyEasy

How to earn it

Kill your first Infected. It happens within minutes of gaining control — completely unmissable.

Tip

Early on, save your best weapons and use melee on lone Biters to level Power proficiency. Durability is precious before you unlock repairs, so don't waste a good pipe on a single zombie.

Everybody Dance Now

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Simultaneously shock 5 monsters with electricity

TypeBronze
LocationAnytime
MissableNo
DifficultyEasy

How to earn it

Shock five monsters at once with electricity. The easiest method is to herd a tight pack of zombies into an electric-fence trap and trigger it, or hit a grouped cluster with an electric-modded weapon.

Tip

Safe-zone fence traps make this trivial: lure a horde into the fence line, flip the switch, and five-plus get zapped together. Do it during a 'clear the safe zone' objective when zombies are already swarming.

Can't Touch This

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Kill 20 enemies in a row without taking damage.

TypeBronze
LocationAnytime
MissableNo
DifficultyMedium

How to earn it

Kill 20 enemies in a row without taking any damage. Falling damage and zombie hits both reset the streak, so control the fight.

Tip

Do it from a rooftop or ledge: pick off lone Biters below with throwing stars or drop-attacks where they can never reach you. Avoid Virals and human gunmen while the streak is running — they're the usual streak-breakers.

This is Harraaaaan!

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Kill 100 enemies by kicking them off the rooftops/cliffs.

TypeBronze
LocationAnytime
MissableNo
DifficultyEasy

How to earn it

Kick 100 enemies off rooftops or cliffs to their death — a nod to '300'. Fight near any high edge and use the drop-kick to send zombies over the side.

Tip

Farm it at a raised safe zone or on the Old Town rooftops where crowds gather below. Combine with Judo Master by grappling-throwing some off the edge too, so both grind together.

Mouths Wide Open

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Kill a Volatile

TypeSilver
LocationNight
MissableNo
DifficultyMedium

How to earn it

Kill a Volatile — the powerful nocturnal hunters. They're brutal at full night, so the safe play is to catch one at dawn when they weaken and flee toward their nests.

Tip

Around sunrise Volatiles lose their aggression and run. Track a fleeing one and finish it then, rather than picking a straight fight in the dark. Bring UV/flares as a panic button if it turns on you.

Hush, Hush Now

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Quiet a Screamer

TypeBronze
LocationInfested buildings
MissableNo
DifficultyEasy

How to earn it

Quiet (kill) a Screamer — the child-like infected that emit a disorienting scream. They spawn in specific dark, infested buildings; just take one down.

Tip

You'll find Screamers inside GRE Quarantine Zones. Since you're clearing all of those for Trespassing anyway, this pops naturally on your first Screamer encounter there.

BBQ

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Stick a burning zombie on spikes

TypeBronze
LocationAnytime
MissableNo
DifficultyEasy

How to earn it

Stick a burning zombie onto spikes. Set a zombie alight with a fire weapon or a Molotov, then shove or lure the burning body onto any spike trap.

Tip

Do this at one of the many roadside spike traps in the Slums. Ignite the zombie first, then push it in — the trophy needs the victim to be both on fire and impaled.

A Game of Catch

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Kill 50 enemies with throwing weapons

TypeBronze
LocationAnytime
MissableNo
DifficultyMedium

How to earn it

Kill 50 enemies with throwing weapons. Craft throwing stars or knives, hurl them at zombies, then pick them back up off the ground to conserve parts.

Tip

Throwing stars are cheap and reusable — pick each one back up after the kill. Farming these from a rooftop also helps Can't Touch This, since the enemies never touch you.

Harran Shooting Club

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Kill 50 enemies with shooting weapons

TypeBronze
LocationAnytime
MissableNo
DifficultyMedium

How to earn it

Kill 50 enemies with firearms. Guns are loud (they attract Virals) and ammo is scarce early, so this is best left for the Old Town where bullets are more plentiful.

Tip

Farm it on Rais's human gunmen, who drop ammo when killed — so you roughly break even on bullets. Doing it during human-enemy missions keeps you supplied while you rack up the count.

Electrified!

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Catch 25 enemies in the Electric Fence trap

TypeBronze
LocationSafe zones
MissableNo
DifficultyEasy

How to earn it

Catch 25 enemies in an Electric Fence trap. Trigger the built-in fence traps at safe zones, or place your own, and lure zombies in.

Tip

Every safe zone you activate for Now It's Safe usually has a fence trap — herd the defending horde into it. This and Everybody Dance Now can be farmed at the same fence.

Blinded by the Lights

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Blind 25 Volatiles with flares or a flashlight

TypeBronze
LocationNight
MissableNo
DifficultyMedium

How to earn it

Blind 25 Volatiles with flares or a flashlight. At night, shine your flashlight/UV directly at a chasing Volatile, or drop a flare, to stun it.

Tip

Every night pursuit is a farming opportunity — carry a stack of flares and light up Volatiles as they close in. It stacks with Prom Night and Bolter Hunting, so one big night run covers all the nocturnal trophies.

High Flyer

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Kill 25 enemies using Ground Pound or Drop Attack

TypeBronze
LocationAnytime
MissableNo
DifficultyMedium

How to earn it

Kill 25 enemies with a Ground Pound or Drop Attack. Unlock the skills in the Agility tree first, then leap from a ledge onto zombies below.

Tip

Ground Pound (once unlocked) is the fastest method — climb any low structure, jump onto a cluster, repeat. It levels Agility proficiency at the same time, so it's never wasted effort.

Judo Master

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Throw 50 enemies with Grapple

TypeBronze
LocationAnytime
MissableNo
DifficultyMedium

How to earn it

Throw 50 enemies with the Grapple takedown. Unlock the Grapple skill, then grab zombies and toss them — ideally off ledges to double up with This is Harraaaaan!

Tip

Grapple has a short cooldown, so space your throws. Doing it beside a rooftop edge means most throws also count as kicks-off-the-roof, grinding two trophies from one move.

Prom Night

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Survive night pursuit of level two or higher

TypeSilver
LocationNight
MissableNo
DifficultyMedium

How to earn it

Survive a night pursuit at chase level two or higher. Go out at night, let Volatiles escalate the chase to level 2 (shown by the on-screen meter), then break line of sight and reach a safe zone.

Tip

Chase level rises the longer Volatiles track you, so deliberately let them chase a while before you run for safety. Use flares and UV safe zones to break the chase — sprinting blindly usually gets you cornered.

Enlightened!

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Blind 25 enemies in the Light Trap

TypeBronze
LocationSafe zones
MissableNo
DifficultyEasy

How to earn it

Blind 25 enemies in a Light Trap — the UV lamps found at safe zones. Lure infected into the beams to stun them.

Tip

Trigger this at any powered safe zone: stand in the UV field and let zombies wander in. It's a passive farm you can knock out while defending a zone you're capturing anyway.

Italian Plumber

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Kill an enemy with a wrench, using Vault followed by Drop Attack

TypeBronze
LocationAnytime
MissableNo
DifficultyEasy

How to earn it

Kill an enemy with a wrench using Vault then Drop Attack — a Mario reference. Equip a wrench, vault over a zombie, and immediately drop-attack it on the way down.

Tip

Find any wrench, then practise on a lone, slow Biter: run at it, press vault to leap over, and hit drop-attack mid-air. A couple of tries and the timing clicks.

Gabriel's Sword

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Add a fire elemental effect to a sword or a khopesh

TypeBronze
LocationCrafting
MissableNo
DifficultyEasy

How to earn it

Add a fire elemental effect to a sword or khopesh. Find the fire weapon-upgrade blueprint, gather the required parts, then apply it to a bladed weapon at the crafting menu.

Tip

You need the specific fire-upgrade blueprint (from loot or a shop) plus the components. Apply it to any sword/khopesh you own — a burning blade is also great for setting up the BBQ trophy.