Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Trophy Guide & Road Map

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Trophy Guide

Overview:
+ Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 5.3/10
+ Offline: 34 (21 9 3 1) Platinum unobtainable due to server closure
+ Online: 6 (3 2 1) Unobtainable due to server closure
+ Approximate Time: 20 – 30 hours
+ Minimum number Of Playthroughs Needed: 1 but best to do 2
+ Missable Trophies: Ride The Dragon, Digital Man, We'll Burn the Sky and Aces High
+ Glitched Trophies: ‘Damage Inc’ ‘Nothin’ But A Good Time’ ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ ‘Tattooed Millionaire’ part of ‘Digital Man’ is also glitched.
+ Cheats: No cheats available

Introduction:

Mercenaries 2 is an action packed game that combines the two genres action & adventure into one. This game is a free role type game where if you wanted to branch off of the story for a while then you have the opportunity to do so.

The majority of the trophies within this game are relatively easy with the exception of a few hard ones and a couple of glitched ones. Some do require you to have online access so take that into account if you are looking for a platinum in this game.

Walkthrough:

Step1: 1st Playthrough

This game is actually a possible one playthrough game but will require you to be very careful throughout the whole time in that playthrough. This game is very easy to complete and will be very easy to complete on a second playthrough when you know what to do, so if you feel you want to do it in two then that is up to you. If you decide to do 2 playthroughs then I would forget all about the harder trophies and just concentrate about finishing the game.

Step 2: 2nd Playthrough (If Needed)

This step is only needed if you didn’t decide to get all the trophies in one playthrough. There can be a few within this playthrough so just take your time and try to finish one before moving onto the other. I would purely dedicate this playthrough to getting the following trophies:

- We'll Burn the Sky – You unlocked all landing zones
- Aces High – You captured all high value targets
- No More Mr. Nice Guy – You pissed off everyone in Venezuela
- ...And Justice For All – You verified all high value targets
- Digital Man – You unlocked all shop items

Please refer to the guide for extra information on these trophies/

Missable trophies:

Ride the Dragon – You hijacked the tank in the villa

Right near the beginning of the game you will enter the villa. Shortly a tank will bust through the walls and begin to attack you. To successfully get this trophy you need to hijack the tank, do not destroy it.

We'll Burn the Sky – You unlocked all landing zones
Aces High – You captured all high value targets
Digital Man – You unlocked all shop items

Step 3: Online

Unobtainable due to server closure

The online on this game is exactly the same as the single player campaign except you can play with a team-mate. The trophies are notoriously known as glitchy and will definitely get you frustrated whilst trying to achieve them. There are 6 trophies related to being online but only 3 will actually require boosting with someone. Here are the trophies that require boosting:

1) ‘Wheels of Steel’ – You came in first during a co-op race

This becomes available through Eva in her race challenges. This trophy is actually not that hard but can be frustrating when trying to win. Your car seemingly takes a lot of damage and sometimes even blows up without you expecting it.

The goal here is to beat the other player to the finish line without destroying your car. So to do this easily get into of the two cars available, then ask the other player to let you win the race, simple! I think the other player also has to finish the race though in order for you to get the trophy.

2) ‘Damage, Inc.’ – You used 20 airstrikes in co-op

When in co-op you have to use 20 airstrikes from the ones available to you in your menu. You can not use non-aircraft strikes such as artillery. All 20 airstrikes have to come from you & not your partner.

This is easy to boost. The only reason it needs boosting is to make sure your partner doesn’t leave the session whilst you are in the middle of doing airstrikes because it will end the co-op. So just ask your partner to stay whilst you try and earn this trophy.

NOTE: This is a glitchy trophy and you may not see it pop up as soon as you have used 20 airstrikes. All I can suggest here is to keep using as many airstrikes as it takes for the trophy to pop up.

3) ‘Nothin' But a Good Time’ – You destroyed 200 objects from the gunner seat in co-op

Once again this is an easy trophy to boost and again you just have to make sure your partner stays in the game with you whilst you are in the middle of attempting this. The gunner seat is found on most armoured vehicles. Just get your partner to drive while you get in the gunner seat and start shooting/blowing things up.

NOTE: This is another glitchy trophy and you may not get it as soon as you hit 200 objects. It may require you to reach a lot more so just keep trying and it should pop up.

Step 4: Glitchy Trophies

Apart from the two mentioned above, there are another 2 trophies in this game that are said to be very glitchy. The two trophies in question are:

1) ‘Tattooed Millionaire’ – Be connected to EA Servers and earn $1 million

I am not sure why it is glitchy. I think it has something to do with you playing the game and earning $1 million before the trophy patch came out. A tip in the guide says to make sure the 1st time you play the game and make your $1 million that you are online. It is not hard to earn the $1 million so just be careful.

2) ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ – Be connected to EA Servers and earn $1 billion

This is pretty much the same as the tattooed millionaire trophy except this time you have to make $1 Billion instead of $ 1 million. Once again it is crucial that you make sure you are online when you reach the target needed.

Here are two ways to make your money (there are more):

- Winching challenge; Just constantly do this for ages and your wager will keep rising and rising. This is not hard and is definitely the easiest and fastest way to get $1 Billion
- Just keep killing all AN and/or China troops whenever you see them. You get 50k for each kill so you can get money quite fast. I think destroying vehicles also gets you 50k.

3) ‘Digital Man’ – You unlocked all shop items

The only part of this trophy that is glitched is ‘collecting all spare parts’. The good news about this glitch is that it actually helps you to achieve the spare parts more easily. To do it just collect the spare parts as normal, now when you are in a helicopter and fly over the spare parts you have already collected it will register again. If you keep doing this you can farm the trophy so this is a glitch that actually helps you for a change.

Step 5: Extra Trophies

After you have done as many playthroughs you needed and after experiencing the glitchy co-op you are almost finished. Now is the time to collect any trophies that you may have missed. There is no rush and if you followed this roadmap then you will mostly have all easy trophies remaining.

[PST Would Like To Thank Rockets88 for this Road Map]

World in Flames

You earned all trophies in Mercenaries 2
(9)
Unobtainable due to server closure

Get all the other trophies to pop this one.
The Hero and the Madman

You completed Mercenaries 2

Story related, can't be missed.

Finish the game, no matter what side you chose in the second to last mission.
Eat the Heat

You performed a burnout

Press and hold both the Acceleration and Brake/Reverse buttons in any wheeled vehicle.
Shoot to Thrill

You got 25 headshots
(3)
Aim with and shoot with . If necessary grab a sniper (found on guards in sniper towers) and headshot people standing still, on gun emplacements and people in parked cars. When playing in co-op, the number is a total of both players so it might unlock for both people at the same time. Even if the other player did not even get a headshot.
Armageddon It

You destroyed 25 buildings

Shoot the buildings with a tank, C4, RPGs or call in an airstrike. If you beat the game and it didn't unlock, nuclear bunker bust a city. It should unlock right away.
Hail and Kill

You destroyed 50 objects using melee

Use your Melee attack on Enemies, boxes and pots as everything counts towards the total.
Holy Smoke

You destroyed 50 Objects With a Grenade

Use Grenades on parked cars and shacks etc. You can also go behind the PMC and Grenade the furniture.
Little Savage

You destroyed 50 Objects with an RPG Launcher

Use RPGs to shoot the back of tanks for an easy kill, use the Fuel Air RPG for a one hit kill on anything. You will find the Fuel Air RPG on Chinese soldiers. You can also go behind the PMC and RPG the furniture.
Balls to the Wall

You mastered the Winching Challenge
(2)
Beat level 3 of the Winching Challenge from Ewan. Stack the three large containers near the circle (two red, one white) the one on top of the other and then the toolbox on top of them, even if you catch them from the side and land them on the tall side, you still get 7 metres for the 3rd level. Try not to stack them too near to the toolbox, because you might not be able to catch it.
Gone Shootin'

You completed one of Fiona's challenges

When you get the villa as a PMC, approach Fiona and talk to her. You will be able to do the first challenge at level 1. Complete it to unlock the trophy.
Pipeline

You captured all outposts for a single faction

When you first meet a faction, you get will start a chain of missions that results in securing outposts for them.
Heavy Metal Thunder

You successfully completed 10 action hijacks

This includes all the button-sequenced hijacks (armored vehicles and helicopters). You might do a couple hundred of those before finishing the game. Just make sure the tanks or APC's gunner is dead before you try it. It won't let you hijack it if he's alive.
Be Quick or Be Dead

You sniped 50 enemy vehicle drivers
(1)
Use one of the sniper rifles (Chinese, Russian or Anti-Material as the other weapons don't count) on faction drivers, not civilians. Don't forget that the Humvee and Jeep need the Anti-Material sniper rifle to get past their armored windshield.
No More Mr. Nice Guy

You pissed off everyone in Venezuela
(2)
When you have unlocked all 5 factions, go to each faction HQ and open fire. Let them call for back up. Once it's hostile, move on the the next faction. You can also destroy an outpost. That will make a faction automatically hostile. If necessary Nuclear bunker bust the HQs.
Tattooed Millionaire

Be connected to EA Servers and earn $1 million

Unobtainable due to server closure and GLITCHED

Make sure you're connected to the Mercs 2 servers connected when you reach a Million Dollars, else the trophy will glitch and not pop but see here if something does go wrong (credit to alecro): LINK.
Billion Dollar Babies

Be connected to EA Servers and earn $1 billion
(11)
Unobtainable due to server closure and GLITCHED

Make sure you're connected to the Mercs 2 servers connected when you reach a Billion Dollars, else the trophy will glitch and not pop but see here if something does go wrong (credit to alecro): LINK. Ways to get easy money if required:

-Winching challenge. If you get the wager going up you will eventually get up to 9mil a pop. The wager DOES count wagers over $9.9million providing you DON'T manually adjust the wager amount and just let it increase by its self and after a while you'll hit $50 million in a go. Thanks to Terminator for the clarification. If you practice you can get it every time in 1:30 minutes, 2 in the worst case.

-Start killing AN or China troops in Caracas. For 50k a pop for infantry and vehicles you get some easy money.

Here is a video that might help (credit to langar194):
...And Justice For All

You verified all high value targets

You have to either kill and photograph or capture and load on a helicopter, every HVT that every faction gives. Towards the total number some story characters also count, like Blanco or Carmona. For more info, see Aces High.
Digital Man

You unlocked all shop items
(1)
MISSABLE and GLITCHED

This trophy has many game requirements including:

-Destroying 50 billboards for the P.L.A.V.
-Unlocking all outposts (outpost securing missions)
-Advancing the storyline to the end, it doesn't matter if it's pro AN or pro China, to get the Nuclear Bunker Buster
-Complete every faction challenge up to level 3. PMC challenges are not needed. BE CAREFUL: UP has a challenge that can't be done after a China mission.
-Find all Spare parts for Eva. Here there is a very useful glitch! If you have found a spare part and then you fly above it in a helicopter it registers again! So even if you don't find all 100 of them you might get well above 100/100 in the statistics. Luckily, the glitch counts towards unlocking Eva's creations.
-Clear all bounties. You have to kill 50 assets (vehicles and personnel) of one faction to fulfill the bounties of another. Pretty straightforward, especially with China and AN you will eventually count hundreds, even thousands of kills.
-Verify all faction HVT's. Check "Aces High".
We'll Burn the Sky

You unlocked all landing zones
(1)
MISSABLE

You must be in good standings with each faction and capture all of their outposts to unlock the landing zones. There are 4 for PLAV and AN. 3 for the Pirates, 5 for China and UP, and 1 for the PMC. You must have them all unlocked before the last mission, as one of the factions will loose a landing zone.

If you have all of the outposts and still didn't get the trophy, be sure to do the first HQ mission for China. It will unlock after the cutscene.
Highway to Hell

You completed 3 races
Races are considered the various challenges that require you getting from point A to B with a vehicle, like the UP sports car challenge or Eva's challenges. Complete 3 of them. [B]Tip:[/B] For the destruction race, drop off a friend into the field to shoot at the objects instead of from the gunners seat. It's much easier that way. You can do all three this way if you like.
Partners in Crime

You've experienced co-op
(4)
Unobtainable due to server closure

All you have to do is join a co-op game or invite someone to join yours.
Wheels of Steel

You came in first during a co-op race
(10)
Unobtainable due to server closure

Talk to Eva and chose the "Race challenge" option (if it's not unlocked you must complete a level of the destruction race first). Run to one of the two cars and beat the other player. You can wait at the start and once the other player gets all the goals, drive to the finish.
Damage, Inc.

You used 20 airstrikes in co-op
(12)
Unobtainable due to server closure and GLITCHED

This trophy is notoriously glitchy and temperamental about when, where and how it unlocks so spam every type of airstrike you have available until the trophy finally decides to unlock.

You can't use non-aircraft strikes (e.g. artillery), you don't get both player's airstrikes added together and you have to do all 20 of them in one co-op session. Choose a cheap costing but mostly in fuel strike, like cluster bomb, enter a co-op and bombs away.
Nothin' But a Good Time

You destroyed 200 objects from the gunner seat in co-op
(9)
Unobtainable due to server closure and GLITCHED

This trophy is notoriously glitchy and temperamental about when, where and how it unlocks so destroy everything in sight and keep on blowing things up until the trophy pops.

Just get in a tank and bomb away. You don't have to sit in the gunner's seat, if your vehicle has weapons fire them away. Go to downtown Caracas, choose a side (or go against both AN and China) Hop from tank to tank and from armed APC to armed IFV and you will get this in no time.

School's Out

You completed the tutorial

Story related, can't be missed.

You get this by the time you reach the villa.
The Rage

You completed "Rescue Carmona"

Story related, can't be missed.

You will get this by the time you reach the villa.
Hello, Hooray

You acquired the PMC

Story related, can't be missed.

You will get this by the time you reach the villa.
Runnin' with the Devil

You verified Blanco

Story related, can't be missed.

He counts towards the "Aces High" trophy.
You Better Run

You verified Carmona

Story related, can't be missed.

He counts towards the "Aces High" trophy.
No Compromise, No Regrets

You battled for Caracas

Story related, can't be missed.

Finish the Battle for Caracas mission for any of the two factions. Keep in mind that the respective enemy leader, counts towards "Aces High".
Wild One

You recruited Ewan

Story related, can't be missed.

During one of the first missions you get saved by Ewan.
The Analog Kid

You recruited Misha

Finish the Misha mission when available. Pretty straightforward mission, toss the bunker busters at first chance to get rid of many enemies.
Oil and Gasoline

You recruited Eva

Finish the Misha mission when available. It's a time challenge with a monster truck vehicle. Use its jumping abilities a lot!
Ride the Dragon

You hijacked the tank in the villa

MISSABLE

When you enter the villa and get attacked inside by a tank, hijack it, don't destroy it.
Stand Up and Shout

You achieved maximum mood with the Allies

Just achieve maximum mood with every faction by completing tasks and killing its respective enemies. If you have cash, just bribe them away. Also, if you co-op with someone with maximum mood you will get the trophy.
Forever Free

You achieved maximum P.L.A.V. mood

Just achieve maximum mood with every faction by completing tasks and killing its respective enemies. If you have cash, just bribe them away. Also, if you co-op with someone with maximum mood you will get the trophy.
Island of Domination

You achieved maximum Pirate mood

Just achieve maximum mood with every faction by completing tasks and killing its respective enemies. If you have cash, just bribe them away. Also, if you co-op with someone with maximum mood you will get the trophy.
Longing For Fire

You achieved maximum Chinese mood

Just achieve maximum mood with every faction by completing tasks and killing its respective enemies. If you have cash, just bribe them away. Also, if you co-op with someone with maximum mood you will get the trophy.
Dirty Deeds

You achieved maximum Universal Petroleum mood
Just achieve maximum mood with every faction by completing tasks and killing its respective enemies. If you have cash, just bribe them away. Also, if you co-op with someone with maximum mood you will get the trophy.
Aces High

You captured all high value targets
(3)
MISSABLE

You must not have any HVT killed, including mission related, like Peng or Joyce and of course Blanco and Carmona. You better turn autosave off and save before attempting an HVT and after succeeding in capturing one. You must be very careful for rockets and other explosives as the faction infantry tends to kill their HVT without much remorse. The best strategy is fast in fast out. Quickly approach the HVT, punch him, tie him, call an extraction helicopter and carry him. While you carry him he can't die, but you can, not to mention you can't shoot or run.