Perfect Dark 100% guide

Finish dataDyne Central - Defection on any difficulty. It unlocks when the level is complete.

Kill an enemy while dual-wielding. Only small guns can be dual-wielded, and you dual-wield by picking up a second copy of the same gun. It works on any difficulty, in solo, co-op or Combat Simulator.

The dual Falcon 2 guard in Defection is only on the Special Agent and Perfect Agent routes. On Agent, take the first chance you get to pick up a duplicate small gun in any level and kill something with both.

If it's still locked when you reach Combat Simulator, pick up two of the same small gun from the arena weapon spawns and get a kill. That's guaranteed.

Get 128 kills using secondary fire modes. The count builds across all guns, levels and sessions, so start now and switch to secondary fire whenever it's practical. There's no in-game counter.

Stick to secondary modes that fire a projectile or blast, since those are the reliable ones:

• CMP150 follow lock-on (the easiest in the campaign)
• Shotgun double blast
• Crossbow instant kill
• SuperDragon grenades
• Devastator wall hugger
• Phoenix explosive shells
• Mauler charged shots
• Laptop Gun sentries

Pistol-whips and other melee-style secondaries aren't confirmed to count. Plan for around 150 kills to leave margin.

Use CMP150 lock-on and the Laptop Gun freely on the Agent and Special Agent runs and in Combat Simulator, but not on the Perfect Agent run (see that run's setup).

Destroy 5 different security cameras. Each camera counts once, and they can be in different levels. Shoot every camera you see in Defection and on through the campaign until it unlocks. Defection has more cameras on the higher difficulties, so if it hasn't popped by the end of this run, it will finish naturally on Special Agent or Perfect Agent.

Camera Shy is a HISTORICALLY REPORTED BUG (early 2010 reports of it not tracking). If it hasn't unlocked after you've clearly destroyed five different cameras, keep breaking new ones on later runs.

On Investigation on Agent, blow up three enemies at the same time with one detonation of the hidden Proximity Mine. You only get one mine per attempt.

Walk the corridor toward the laser grid without killing anyone so the guards bunch up. Throw the mine ahead of them and let it go off once three or more are clustered on it. If you waste the mine, restart the level.

On Extraction on Agent, kill eight enemies with headshots using the hidden DY357 Magnum.

To get the Magnum, kill the first five guards you meet without being seen. The fifth one drops it. Stand well back when you take them out.

Ammo is tight, so don't waste shots, and don't switch weapons for the counted kills.

Break every wine bottle in the Villa basement, which you reach near the end of the level after the wind generator. The bottles fill roughly six shelves. The achievement unlocks when the last bottle breaks, and Carrington comments on it.

Shoot each shelf as you reach it. Don't go past the wine area until it unlocks, because going too far ends the level. If it hasn't popped, sweep every shelf surface again.

This crown is on Agent difficulty.

1. At the start of G5 Building, two cloaked guards stand by the large door. Knock out the second one with your fists or the silenced Falcon 2's pistol-whip; you can hit them while they're cloaked. Don't kill him, or he won't drop the hidden Crossbow.
2. Switch the Crossbow to its lethal secondary mode. Its primary fire only sedates.
3. Kill 8 enemies with it. Pick up missed bolts as you go.

These kills also count toward Double 64.

Chicago's crown is co-op only and is covered in the co-op section.

In Escape on Agent, leave the base on the HoverBike within 30 seconds of getting on it. The HoverBike escape is a branch you have to choose at the end of the mission:

1. At the final hangar conversation, Jonathan volunteers to stay behind and open the doors.
2. When he starts walking toward the consoles, step directly in front of him before he reaches them. Joanna then tells Jonathan to leave with Elvis instead.
3. Activate both hangar-door consoles yourself. Jonathan and Elvis leave in the Maian craft, and Joanna escapes on the HoverBike.
4. A single press of A lets you move the HoverBike without starting the 30-second timer. Push it most of the way along the escape route first.
5. When you're ready to ride the final stretch, double-tap A to mount it and head straight for the exit.

This branch also keeps Jonathan alive, so he appears later outside Carrington's office in Carrington Institute Defense, which makes Run And Gun safer. Use the same branch every time you clear Escape, on every difficulty.

In Crash Site on Agent, disarm (don't kill) Trent as he runs toward the President to take his golden DY357-LX. Then kill the President's clone with it. The clone is in the dark caves and has no suit jacket; the real President wears one.

This also adds the DY357-LX to the Firing Range. It's the most commonly missed weapon for Tools Of The Trade, so don't leave without it.

The Air Force One crown is co-op only and is covered in the co-op section.

In Pelagic II on Agent, take out four enemies at once with a single N-Grenade. Knock-outs count, but three isn't enough. Use the proximity setting and wait for four or more guards to group in a hallway or room.

Complete all 17 campaign levels on Agent. The achievement unlocks after the Skedar Ruins ending. The Special Assignments aren't required.

Clearing Agent also unlocks the Special Assignment Mr. Blonde's Revenge. Save it for after the Special Agent run, since its crown needs Special Agent.

Firing Range checkpoint: go to the Firing Range in Carrington Institute and count the weapons listed. You want 32. The usual gaps are:

• FarSight XR-20
• Phoenix
• Slayer
• Tranquilizer
• Cyclone
• Reaper
• Grenade
• DY357-LX

Replay a single level on Agent if the fix is quick. Otherwise collect it on the Special Agent run.

Complete any full mission in Co-operative mode. Carrington Villa is the best choice because it's a single-level mission. Agent difficulty is fine.

Let the ending cutscene play out. It isn't confirmed as required, but it's a free precaution.

On Chicago on Agent in co-op, finish the whole mission in under 35 seconds.

1. Park one player by the case pickup at the drop point.
2. With the other player, push the dumpster right up against the stack of three explosive barrels, then shoot the barrels. The blast destroys the dumpster and frees the BombSpy.
3. Use the BombSpy to blow up the four guards at the exit.
4. Have the parked player grab the case and leave.

Expect a few attempts. Check the Awards screen on player one afterward.

Prerequisite: board Air Force One the right way in Air Base. How you board the plane at the end of Air Base sets where Air Force One starts. Before trying this crown, play or replay Air Base on Agent in co-op and board through the upper, main airplane entrance, not the ladder into the cargo bay. If Air Force One starts in the cargo bay next to the HoverBike, the fast route won't work: quit, redo Air Base boarding through the upper entrance, then try again.

On Air Force One on Agent in co-op, complete objective 3 (detach the UFO from Air Force One) before anything else, then finish the level. Limits from 1:12 to 1:30 have been reported, so finish in under 1:12 to be safe.

Player two holds a Timed Mine, ready to throw, at the dock door while player one talks to the President. Sources disagree on when to release it: as the cutscene starts, or just after it ends. Try both. Combat Boosts help.

One person can do this alone with two controllers. Leave player two at the start, then pause and select the mine with player two.

Complete any full mission in Counter-Operative mode. The player controlling Joanna must finish it. Your achievement profile should be player one and play Joanna; leave the counter-op player idle.

Choose Carrington Villa if the Counter-op menu offers it. If not, pick any single-level mission it does offer, such as Carrington Institute Defense.

Complete Defection on Special Agent using only fists. Use disarm melee to strip the guards' guns, but never fire them. The Special Agent objectives are:

1. Plant an ECM Mine on the internal security hub.
2. Knock out Cassandra and take her keycode necklace.
3. Plant an ECM Mine on the external comms hub.
4. Reach the lab.

ECM Mines are gadgets and don't break the fists-only rule. Punch Cassandra and her secretary out rather than killing them; killing either fails the mission.

This clear also counts toward the Special Agent run.

In Infiltration on Special Agent, complete objective 1 (shut down the air-intercept radar) within 60 seconds of starting.

The radar goes down when you attach the Explosives to the main computer. Equip them quickly and plan for the few seconds before they go off; you don't have to survive the blast. Head through the fence opening toward the Rocket Launcher, and clear the minefield with grenades if needed. The crawlspace with the shield is a faster way in.

In Rescue on Special Agent, get the lab coat disguise and put it on within 1:30. Picking it up isn't enough.

The clock starts when you skip the intro cutscene, so let it run until just before Jonathan says "In that crate".

1. Take the first elevator to the second floor and go through the double doors.
2. Blow open the weak wall with the Dragon's explosives.
3. Go through the labs to the shower room.
4. Kill the scientist at the back of the shower room, then pick up the coat and wear it.

On Air Base on Special Agent, sedate six enemies with the DrugSpy. Equip it at the start and get all six before 0:30 on the mission clock. That covers both readings of the 30-second limit.

Eight people can be sedated:

• the patrolling front guard
• the stewardess and the two guards escorting her
• the two guards at the base entrance
• two guards inside the base

The DrugSpy has limited ammo, so don't waste darts.

Complete all 17 levels on Special Agent. It unlocks after the Skedar Ruins ending, and it also unlocks Maian SOS.

Play Mr. Blonde's Revenge on Special Agent without ever using the Cloaking Device. Cassandra's bodyguards and the Shock Troopers with N-Grenades punish careless play.

Clearing the campaign on Special Agent unlocks both Mr. Blonde's Revenge and Maian SOS if they aren't already unlocked. While you're here, also clear Mr. Blonde's Revenge on Agent, and Maian SOS on Agent and Special Agent. Every Special Assignment needs a saved time on every difficulty for the campaign time-total crowns.

In Defection on Perfect Agent, kill 15 enemies with auto-aim off. There's no time limit. Defection on Perfect Agent also has the most cameras, so finish Camera Shy here if it's still locked.

In Carrington Villa on Perfect Agent, use the Sniper Rifle found in the second-floor bathroom to kill five enemies with headshots without zooming in. Aim at head height and strafe to line up each shot.

In Deep Sea on Perfect Agent, complete objective 1 (reactivate the teleportals) without taking any damage. Treat any shield or health loss as a failure and restart.

Use the scoped Falcon 2 and fight from door cover. Elvis kills some guards with his FarSight in the first few rooms, but don't rely on him to stop you getting hit. Take your time; there's no time limit.

On Attack Ship on Perfect Agent, kill the large Skedar holding two Maulers in the middle of the Bridge with an explosive weapon. Do it within 8 minutes of starting; that limit isn't confirmed, but meeting it costs nothing.

After the first elevator ride with Elvis, go to the room two doors ahead (four green tanks holding Skedar) and take the hidden Slayer. On the Bridge, steer its fly-by-wire rocket (secondary fire) into the big Skedar. Don't kill Elvis for his Phoenix, because that fails the mission.

In Skedar Ruins on Perfect Agent, complete objective 1 (identify the temple targets) within the first 30 seconds. Ignore the enemies.

The game randomly picks three of five pillars as targets each time you start. Some layouts, especially ones that include the farthest pillar, can't be done in 30 seconds even with perfect play, so check the layout first:

1. Turn on your R-Tracker as soon as the level starts and see which pillars are targets.
2. If the targets aren't the first hallway pillar, the lone pillar to the right of the path toward the canyon, and the tall pillar just over the wall behind that lone pillar, restart the level right away.
3. Once that layout appears, tag the first hallway pillar, then the lone right-hand pillar.
4. Tag the tall pillar by throwing a Target Amplifier over the wall. This also saves you from fighting the Reaper Skedar.

Complete all 17 levels on Perfect Agent. It unlocks after the Skedar Ruins ending, and it also unlocks WAR!.

In Maian SOS on Perfect Agent, shoot the guard holding two golden magnums (DY357-LX) with the Psychosis Gun, then let him kill five enemies. He's in the cryo containment area. Psychosis Gun ammo comes from the scientists in the autopsy room. Keep him alive and stay out of his line of fire until he reaches five.

In WAR! on Perfect Agent, kill all three Skedar kings with headshots from a charged-up Mauler shot (secondary fire). The killing blow must be the charged headshot. Limits from 1:35 to 1:40 have been reported, so finish in under 1:35. Kill only one or two Skedar between kings, since each death spawns a replacement.

Play Carrington Institute Defense on Perfect Agent in co-op. Because you sent Jonathan away with Elvis in Area 51: Escape, he appears outside Carrington's office later in this mission and helps with a later objective. Without using the RC-P120's cloak at any point, complete objectives 1 (reactivate the automatic defenses) and 2 (release the hostages) within 1:30, then finish the level. Combat Boosts are allowed.

One person can do this with two controllers in local split-screen. It's the hardest crown, so expect many attempts.

1. Player one runs diagonally (faster) using Combat Boosts to the farthest turret first, then the remaining turrets and the final switch.
2. Player two frees the hostages, starting with the Combat Training room. Kill guards over the Firing Range railing, and pick up the RC-P120 without ever pressing its cloak.
3. Clear the enemies before the Skedar ship, complete the data uplink, and escape on the dropship.

Get Bronze or better on all 32 Firing Range weapons. The Firing Range is downstairs in Carrington Institute, through the first door on the right. This guide deliberately collects all 32 Firing Range weapons through solo missions, since those sources are reliable. Weapon pickups in Combat Simulator or Challenges may also register, but the route doesn't depend on them.

Count the weapon list. If it shows fewer than 32, collect the missing ones from the solo missions first. Every weapon's source is in the Collectibles list at the end of this guide. The Psychosis Gun and N-Grenade never appear in the Firing Range, which is normal.

Bronze only needs a score or target count, usually within 2 minutes, so most weapons pass on the first or second try. The Laptop Gun's bronze has a 30-second limit. A thrown Grenade can fall through the floor; throw another. Silver and Gold aren't needed.

Rare patched an achievement issue with Tools Of The Trade in 2010, but delayed or missing unlocks were still reported afterward. It remains obtainable today. As a cheap precaution, do all the bronzes in one sitting, then leave the game running for about five minutes before checking. The Duel appearing in mission select confirms the bronzes registered.

In The Duel on Perfect Agent, kill all three opponents with headshots within 25 seconds. Misses are fine, but each killing shot must be a headshot. Keep your auto-aim setting off so it counts for The Name's Dark...Perfect Dark.

Complete one Combat Simulator match in each of the six scenarios:

• Combat
• Hold the Briefcase
• Hacker Central
• Pop a Cap
• Capture the Case
• King of the Hill

Set the score limit to 1 and add one easy simulant. Each match counts once it ends normally, so don't quit out.

Complete a Combat Simulator match on Felicity, Complex or Temple using Classic Weapons. The Classic weapons are:

• PP9i
• CC13
• KLO1313
• KF7 Special
• ZZT 9mm
• DMC
• AR53
• RC-P45

Pick one of those arenas and fill every weapon slot with Classic weapons. A mixed loadout isn't confirmed to count. Then finish a short match against one easy simulant. A preset called Classic isn't confirmed, so set the slots by hand.

If the Classic weapons or arenas are missing, clear early Challenges and check again. Complex, Temple and Felicity were challenge unlocks in the original game.

Kill 50 enemies with Laptop Gun sentries.

1. Set every weapon slot to Laptop Gun.
2. Play Felicity against about 8 Peace simulants.
3. Deploy one sentry at a time, since placing a new one destroys the old one.
4. Pick sentries up and redeploy them as needed. Each holds about 50 rounds.

These kills also count toward Double 64.

If Double 64 still hasn't unlocked after Deadly Laptop, keep killing simulants with projectile or blast secondaries until it does. Laptop sentries, Crossbow instant kill and Shotgun double blast all work well.

Kill an enemy with each of the 10 dataDyne weapons:

• CMP150
• DY357 Magnum
• DY357-LX
• Shotgun
• K7 Avenger
• Dragon
• SuperDragon
• Rocket Launcher
• Devastator
• Combat Knife

Some lists show only eight, without the DY357-LX and Combat Knife, but the in-game manufacturer data lists all ten. Kill with both to be safe. The Psychosis Gun isn't a dataDyne weapon and isn't needed.

Kill an enemy with each of the 8 Carrington Institute weapons. The three Falcon 2 versions count separately:

• Falcon 2
• Falcon 2 (silencer)
• Falcon 2 (scope)
• Laptop Gun
• AR34
• Sniper Rifle
• Laser
• Crossbow (use the secondary instant kill)

The RC-P120 isn't required, since its in-game manufacturer is Chesluk Industries. It's free insurance, though, so get a kill with it too.

Kill an enemy with each of the three Maian weapons:

• Phoenix
• Callisto NTG
• FarSight XR-20

The description asks for every Challenge up to 29, but the long-standing method counts challenge stars instead of clearing every challenge from 1 to 29. It commonly unlocks at 29 lit stars in total, though some players have needed 30, so plan on one spare star.

Each challenge has four star slots, one for each number of human players (1, 2, 3 or 4). Winning with exactly that many humans lights that one slot; a two-player win lights the second star only, not two. Every win adds one star at most, so you normally need 29 winning matches, or 30 if the achievement waits for a 30th star. More controllers let you stay on the easiest challenges:

• Four controllers: win challenges 1 to 7 with one, two, three and four players (28 stars), plus one star on challenge 8.
• Three controllers: win challenges 1 to 9 with one, two and three players (27 stars), plus two stars on challenge 10.
• Two controllers: win challenges 1 to 14 with one and two players (28 stars), plus one star on challenge 15.
• One controller: you need every challenge from 1 to 29, including the Dark Sim challenges 28 and 29.

How to run it:

1. Go through the challenges in numeric order. Each one opens when the previous one is won.
2. Win each challenge solo, then press Start on extra controllers to join and win it again at each player count you can field. Extra players don't need a signed-in profile, but keep your profile as player one in every match.
3. Every human must stay in until the match ends. Dying doesn't matter, but anyone quitting or dropping out voids the win, and your team must finish first. More players also means more and sometimes tougher simulants.
4. The menu shows the four stars beside each challenge but no running total, so count the lit stars yourself.
5. At 29 lit stars, quit to the dashboard, reload the game and wait for the achievement. It often only pops after the reload. If it doesn't, win a 30th star and reload again.

If it hasn't popped, recount the stars, win one more and reload again. If you have 31 or more lit stars and still nothing, fall back to winning every challenge from 1 to 29.

Challenge 10 is Hacker Central on Temple. Pick up a shield before grabbing the Data Uplink, because downloading leaves you nearly unable to move or shoot. Challenges 28, 29 and 30 use Dark Sims; challenge 30 isn't needed.

Optional fallback for a hard challenge (reported to still work, but unproven on this version):

1. Build a custom Advanced Setup match with teams on, at least one enemy simulant and a score limit of 1. Put the humans on the team that will win.
2. Player one highlights the target challenge in the Challenges menu.
3. Player two joins and highlights the custom setup under Load Settings without loading it.
4. Player one accepts the challenge and presses A until the waiting screen.
5. Player two loads the custom setup and starts the match.

Winning that match completes the selected challenge, and the star lit matches the number of humans in it.

Earn all 26 Leaderboard Crowns. It unlocks when the last crown is awarded. Confirm all 26 are highlighted on the Awards screen. Stay signed in to Xbox Live while finishing the crowns as a precaution, and keep every cheat off.