Hail Mary Achievement in Red Dead Redemption

  • Hail Mary

     

    10

    Get a kill greater than 35 yards with a Tomahawk.

     
  • How to unlock Hail Mary

    There are two ways to complete this; one is to invite a friend into a free roam and start throwing tomahawks at each other from various distances. The other involves throwing tomahawks down onto enemies from a great height. This achievement will require a lot of trial and error so be prepared to spend a few minutes with various trial and error attempts.

    If you don't want to do this with someone else, head to Pike's Basin, start the hideout and allow yourself to die. You will now start at the very top of the canyon, instead of heading down, head to the far right of the canyon where you will find the furthest most objective. Stand up on the ridge and pick a target. You're now going to want to aim about an inch above the targets head. Throw a Tomahawk, then move your crosshair up if you miss. Keep doing this until you hit the enemy below.

    Attempting this on flat ground can be quite tricky and require a lot of trial and error. With the Pike's Basin method you will already be well above your enemy and have a good 100 yards or so, you just need to hit the enemy.

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  • ride around in free roam until you find someone idol,(theres always someone idol, at least with my experience) and line it up, I find it easier when you on higher ground than the target
  • I found that the easiest place to do it is in Tesoro Azul. If you are careful when walking up to the fort, you will see enemies on the rooftops. Since the Tomahawk is a silent weapon, if you miss they normally won't start shooting back.
  • I boosted it with a friend, easiest way to go!
  • The game glitched and I got this by accident, i throw a flaming bottle and it switched to tomahawks and popped :S Dodgy but so glad i have it now
  • I got from killing AI riding a horse and NOT a player. I thought when reading here that you need to kill another player for the achievement.
  • I achieved this on private solo party, pikes basin hideout, is that sad and lonely or efficient, im not sure peace
  • I threw a stick of dynamite into tesoro azul and got this!! :L
  • The best way is on the Bison, I feel.
  • ps this doesn't work on cows, just tested ;) haha
  • i stood on the railroad track and flung tomohawks at randoms and i got it
  • I got this from killing an AI in a town in free roam. didnt have to be nearly as far as i would have thought.
  • Do you have to like arc the tomahawk before throwing it or what? I pulled off some ridiculous kill and it didn't pop. What's up with it?
  • my friend and i were in a private game doing challenges and he stared throwing knives at me so i threw these at him and got the cheevo
  • I went to Escalera and waited for someone to stand still, and then throw a barrage of tomahawks at them. I managed to do it, but i killed the army :P
  • Late to the party, I know, but worth mentioning that this ONLY works in multiplayer. (Wasted way too long before finding that out)
  • @6 me too, and a lot of patience.
  • when you say it only works on multiplayer, does it mean you can kill ANYONE be it AI or player or does it have to be a player? could anyone please clear that out? i'm about to try this one out and i dont wanna waste my time doing it the wrong way...
  • Thank God for N00body Care's advice. I was trying all day to get this and hit people from SOOO far away with no cheevo pop. Now I know what I am going to be doing when I get home on public free roam tonight.
  • SO it only works in multiplayer... does it have to be anpther online player - or can it just be a member of the townsfolk in freeroam??
  • Just ask a friend to stand 35 yards away then kill him with the tomahawk
  • The train tracks at Chuparosa is a good place, get a friend to stand at bottom.
  • anyone need help with this one? i need a partner for a couple achievements including this one msg L LAZY ZOMBIE L
  • I'm willing to help anybody with any achievement/challenges for the price of 20 headshots per achievement/5 per challenge. My gt: IKV91.
  • My character seems to struggle to throw... or maybe thats just me.
  • I got this ages ago by throwing a random tomahawk down into pike's basin during a public free roam game, and somehow hitting another player with it. :D
  • I can confirm you can get this by killing an AI character. It doesn't have to be another human player. I did it in Armadillo, public freeroam. Sometimes they go down but it doesn't kill them. You need to fluke a head shot. Pretty easy but takes a lkttle practice and luck. Try attacking the army and let them kill you. When you die you're told who killed you, the weapon used and distance. This is a good way to learn how far 35 yards is.

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