Proving Ground Challenges

This guide will demonstrate how you can get first place in all of the Proving Ground challenges.

In my demonstration videos I'm playing on Game Plus mode and I'm level 10. These challenges will become easier the more you have the specific weapon upgraded, so keep that in mind before attempting.

This is the easiest of all of the Proving Ground Challenges. In order to achieve this you might need to upgrade the Breaker's Bow a few times to shoot through multiple balloons at once.

First place requires 5 shots or less.

• Power String
  
• Scumbag Arrows
  
• Reinforced Bow Limbs
  
• Cael Fletching
  
• Dual Pulley System

The Trapper Shingle challenge might require you to upgrade the Fanged Repeater a few times to complete. In the video I used the extra ammo upgrades as well as Tracking Critters, which allows you to move faster through the course. It's also a good idea to reload your weapon as you move between each set of targets.

First place requires you to destroy 64 targets.

• Double Clip
  
• Flurry Bolts
  
• Hollowed Chamber
  
• Reinforced Piston
  
• Tracking Critters

The moment you pickup the weapon run to the center of the level and start attacking the squirts as they spawn. The yellow shaded squirts spawned at the the start will flee from you so you want to kill as many as possible before they scatter too much. Once they have stopped spawning destroy the carts and then the turrets and quickly dispose of any remaining squirts that might have escaped.

First place requires you to kill every enemy in 60 seconds or less.

• Keen Edge
  
• Combat Handle
  
• Alloy Tip
  
• Reinforced Spine
  
• Ura Bolster

This is one of the most tedious of all of the challenges. In this challenge you need to counter-attack with your shield to kill every enemy. When the large windbag appears at the end lure him off the edge by running to the edge and jumping out of the way at the last second, if you fall off like I did in the video it counts as a hit.

Activating Lunkhead Liqueur is a good idea for this challenge as it provides a passive 100% counter attack damage bonus.

First place requires you to be hit less than 2 times.

Even with a fully upgraded hammer this challenge will come down to the last few seconds. Try and hit several targets in one swing and never stop moving.

First place requires you to destroy 100 objects in 27 seconds or less.

• Sledge Head
  
• Reverse Grip
  
• Craftsman Shaft
  
• Checkered Face
  
• Cael Engraving

With an upgraded Scrap Musket this challenge is quite easy. Use the Scrap Musket's generous cone of fire to shoot the balloons off in groups.

First place requires you to use 15 shots or less.

• Rifled Barrel
  
• Heavy Shells
  
• Tactical Stock
  
• Reinforced Chamber
  
• Cael Flintlock

Upgrade the Dueling Pistols so you have Sealed Cylinders, this will prevent any of your shots from scattering. When in the course use your auto-aim button as soon as a target appears and fire as quickly as possible.

First place requires you to score 700 or more.

• Sealed Cylinders
  
• High-Caliber Chambers
  
• Cauldron Powder
  
• Hunting Barrels
  
• Armor-Eater Rounds

This challenge is one of the more difficult ones. Timing is everything, only kill enemies that are blocking your path and move as quickly as possible by utilizing the throw function on the Brusher's Pike. This challenge is very difficult if your Brusher's Pike is not fully upgraded.

First place requires you to activate every button in 60 seconds or less.

• Hollowed Shaft
  
• Hunting Grip
  
• Brusher Bindings
  
• Heavy Counterweight
  
• Splitter Spearhead

This challenge is quite generous with the amount of time it gives you. Upgrade your Army Carbine to give it a faster aiming time and this challenge will be a breeze.

First place requires you to destroy every enemy in 35 seconds or less.

• Speed Tuning
  
• Marksman Barrel
  
• Reinforced Chamber
  
• Reflex Scope
  
• Boomer Rounds

This challenge can be tricky. Putting an upgrade point in Napalm Reservoir will give your Flame Bellows a damage over time effect, this will help you finish off peckers which escape with low health.

First place requires you to destroy 72 peckers before the timer runs out.

• Volatile Fuel
  
• Napalm Reservoir
  
• Cooling Intake
  
• Contoured Grip
  
• Streamlined Furnace

Aim your Galleon Mortar to destroy the squirts in large groups. There is a pack of squirts that will roam from one side to the other, time your shots so it hits them at the same time as another group.

First place requires you to score 80 or more.

• Burstone Bombs
  
• Target System
  
• Sharpnel Charges
  
• Reactive Tubing
  
• Stonewall Propellant

In order to get first place in this challenge you cannot let any Gasfellas destroy the conductor structures. To make this challenge easy upgrade your Calamity Cannon with Blast Generator and Incendiary Fuel Cell to give it extra splash damage.

First place requires all 7 conductors to be left intact.

• Supercharged Emitter
  
• Blast Generator
  
• Speed Configuration
  
• Incendiary Fuel Cell
  
• Tracking Processor

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