Pistol Whip

Pistol Whip

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100% Achievement Guide
By Antacity
Guide to unlocking every achievement in the VR game Pistol Whip.
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Easy Peasy Achievements
These achievements should be relatively easy to unlock by playing the game normally.

Parabellum
Complete the Tutorial
Simply complete the in game tutorial

Warmed up
Finish any scene on Easy ("Classic" style only)
Self explanatory

Hitman
Finish any scene on Normal ("Classic" style only)
Self explanatory

Baba Yaga
Finish any scene on Hard ("Classic" style only)
Self explanatory

Baby Driver
Reload on beat 100 times
Should pop automatically while playing the game normally

Repaired
Pistol Whip an enemy when you have no armour ("Classic" style only)
Self explanatory

Thinkin' I'm Back
Kill a total of 1000 enemies on beat
Should pop automatically while playing the game normally

Melee Master
Pistol Whip 10 or more enemies in a single run ("Classic" style only)
Easily done by playing High Priestess on any difficulty

Civilized
Finish any scene without taking damage ("Classic" style only)
Choose an easy map if you're struggling


Harder Achievements
These achievements are a bit more difficult to unlock, but nothing too impossible.

Not very good at retiring
Finish any scene with no armour remaining ("Classic" style only)
At the end of a song, purposefully get hit by one of the last enemies, then dodge to the end

Synchronized
Empty your entire clip without missing a beat ("Classic" style only)
Start a scene on easy and take your time. Make sure not to reload prematurely. I find tapping my foot to the song helps immensely in not missing a beat.

Gun Kata
Finish any scene on Hard while using "Dual Pistols" style
If you're able to complete a scene on hard, it shouldn't be too difficult to complete it again using two guns

Mmm... Pistol Whip
Finish any scene with at least 3 modifiers active
Choose any 3 easy modifiers and load up a scene on easy

Tapered
Earn an accuracy rating of 90% or higher in any scene ("Classic" style only)
Start any scene on easy and take your time, don't worry about shooting to the beat

Perfectionist
Kill all enemies in a scene without missing a shot ("Classic" style only)
Same strategy as Tapered, take your time on an easy scene

Super
Earn an S rank or higher in any scene
I'd recommend starting the first scene on easy. Try to make sure every shot hits and is red, and don't get hit yourself. I got this first try by tapping my foot to the beat.

Sharpshooter
Finish any scene on Hard while using "Pistol Deadeye" style
I did this on High Priestess. Don't worry about accuracy, but make sure to kill as many ranged enemies as possible. Good luck!

True Pacifist
Finish any scene without hitting an enemy ("Classic" style only)
Can be done on easy. I'd recommend finding a short song and get ready to dodge
Map Specific Achievements
These achievements are map specific, usually with some sort of gameplay twist.

Take the night off
Finish Death without harming the dancers
Simply practice some trigger discipline, as the dancers will be pretty obvious

Parley
Pistol Whip every enemy on the bridge in R U Afraid on any difficulty
I believe this only refers to a single section with the enemies who don't shoot at you, but if you want to be safe load R U Afraid on easy and pistol whip every enemy

Old Boy
Finish High Priestess with "Brawler" style on Hard
Brawler means no shooting, but luckily this scene has plenty of enemies to pistol whip to keep your armor up. Good luck and consider stretching beforehand!


Grind Achievements
These are the last few achievements that you might have to grind for. Luckily, there's a scene called High Priestess that will be our best friend.

Pistol Whip
Pistol Whip 1000 enemies


1000 enemies??? You might think this would take ages, but luckily High Priestess exists. If your playspace allows it, you can hit all of the standing enemies in the beginning and middle sections of the song. I was able to consistently get 87 pistol whips every time on normal, which calculates to a max of 12 repeats of the scene to get all 1000.

Globetrotter
Travel a total of 15 kilometers
You'll most likely get this while grinding out the 1000 pistol whips, but if you don't simply play the game more. I got it with about 8 hours of playtime.

Grandmaster
Earn 5,000,000 points (cumulative per play)
Same as Globetrotter



Final Achievement
Finally, this leads to
You're Breathtaking!
Unlock all other achievements



If you unlock every other achievement and don't get this immediately, I found closing out of the game, relaunching, and closing again popped it for me. If you're still having issues, check out this thread: https://steamoss.com/app/1079800/discussions/0/2915472677722916888/


Thanks for looking at this guide, and enjoy the game!

6 Comments
TheGhostik 9 Dec, 2024 @ 2:54pm 
For anyone struggling with Synchronized achievement like me.
I did it on the Arcade->Campaing map Last Ride but any map on easy is way to go, try to pick easier map.
Make sure to finish the song! The achievement unlocks on the score screen not before that!
Turn on Metronome in Haptics setting, it did help me keep up with the rhythm.

Thanks for the guide!
dj 70 5 Apr, 2024 @ 3:06pm 
I have it on meta. But I like guide on Steam. Thank you :)
Venez 14 Jun, 2022 @ 11:23am 
Hey for the S rank achievement you can actually get it with modifiers. I put on the modifiers for targets, unlimited ammo, threatless, and no beat and got the s rank achievement first try
Gila 23 Feb, 2022 @ 12:21am 
For Perfectionist there's a hidden guy on every level in Classic or the two campaign sets, try it on the Reloaded or Heartbreaker scenes instead.
Migumina 19 Dec, 2021 @ 9:44am 
Thanks for the guide ! :happyfriend: :HappyEshe:
toamini 29 Aug, 2021 @ 6:26am 
Awesome guide tysm for making it :D