Shopaholic Achievement (solo play)

Overview

Tomb Raider guide for Shopaholic achievement.

Shopaholic

In this guide, I will present a decent way to get the following achievements:

• Shopaholic
  Buy every upgrade and character in multiplayer.

• True commitment
  Reach level 60 in multiplayer.

• On my way up
  Reach level 10 in multiplayer.

• Narcissistic
  Purchase a new multiplayer character.

Other achievements that can be acquired playing multiplayer mode alone, but aren’t covered by this guide:

• Adventurer
  Complete a match in all multiplayer modes.

• Escapist
  Survive 10 explosions in multiplayer.

Pregame

Before starting to play, here are some settings that need to be made:

• Multiplayer: Create private match
• Game mode: Rescue
• Map: Shrine
• Match options:
  • Time limit: 5 minutes
  • Number of rounds: Best of 3
  • Medkits to retrieve: 10
  • Survivors to kill: 5 (this one it doesn’t matter)
• Loadouts:
  • Primary weapon: Rifle (for shutters)
  • Offensive skill: Second wind (level 27)
  • Survival skill: Advanced looting

Gameplay

In order to maximize your profit, here is what you have to do:

• First round (Survivors round):
  • When the round starts, destroy three shutters (wooden windows) so you can get Demolitionist feat and 125 XP. “It ain’t much, but is honest work!“
  • As fast as you can, retrieve nine medkits. Since you play alone, no one will disturb you. Use left shift (default button settings) for Sprint everytime is available.
  • When you take the 10th medkit, go on the river. Drop the kit, take the salvage crate, then take back the kit and deliver it. After you deliver the last kit, before the round ends, you have few seconds to take one more salvage crate inside Survivors’ camp, near the statue.
  • When the round is over, you should have somewhere between 14000 and 15000 XP plus aproximately 500 salvage (from two crates).
• Second round (Solarii round):
  • When the round starts, destroy three shutters (wooden windows) so you can get Demolitionist feat and 125 XP. “It ain’t much, but is honest work!” (again)
  • There are four salvage crates on the map. Farm them in order to collect as much salvage as possible in those 5 minutes.
  • When the round is over, you should have 425 XP and somewhere between 5000 and 6000 salvage.
• Vote round:
  • After 2nd round is over, when you have to vote on what side you want to play 3rd round, vote for the survivors team in order to farm more XP.
  • If you forget to vote, you have 50% chance to play as Solarii. If you get the Solarii team and you continue to play, you will get 3000 XP for winning the match. But you can also quit and remake the lobby.
• Third round (Survivors round):
  • When the round starts, destroy three shutters (wooden windows) so you can get Demolitionist feat and 125 XP. “It ain’t much, but is honest work!” (and again)
  • As fast as you can, retrieve nine medkits. Since you play alone, no one will disturb you. Use left shift (default button settings) for Sprint everytime is available.
  • When you take the 10th medkit, go on the river. Drop the kit, take the salvage crate, then take back the kit and deliver it. After you deliver the last kit, before the round ends, you have few seconds to take one more salvage crate inside Survivors’ camp, near the statue.
  • When the round is over, you should have aproximately 17000 XP plus aproximately 500 salvage (from two crates).

When the match is over, don’t wait for returning to lobby because you will get another map. Just press “Exit to menu” and remake the lobby with the same settings.

Questions

1. Q: How much time will it take to finish the Shopaholic achievement?
   A: Takes 1771100 XP to reach level 60 and unlock Lara. With aproximately 31000 XP per match, that means around 60 matches. One match takes 15 minutes so the entire achievement will take around 15 hours.

2. Q: Why to play multiplayer alone?
   A: The multiplayer game is not cross-platform supported. While this isn’t a problem for Windows users, Linux and MAC users will have a hard time finding a partner to play with.

3. Q: Why only Shrine map?
   A: On jumping, the medkits are dropped and you have to repick. For this reason, Shrine map is the best option to limit the number of jumps when you deliver the medkits.

4. Q: Why can’t I stay and do nothing during the Solarii round?
   A: There are two reason why you shouldn’t do that:
   • If you stay too much AFK, you are getting kicked for inactivity.
   • If you farm 100000 salvage, you can get the Waste not trait, alongside 50000 XP.

Conclusion

While this method of getting the achievements is very boring, it’s the best way to do it, especially if you are playing on Linux or MAC. I recommand some music in the background.

May the odds be always in your favor!