Collect 100 Souls Achievement in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

  • Collect 100 Souls

     

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    Collect one hundred souls from your enemies using the power of the Jackanism sword.

  • How to unlock Collect 100 Souls

    To collect souls, you first need to perform a couple of steps. This will take some time to unlock because of the randomness of an item you need. Also, Jack Sparrow is the only character you can do this with.

    First, you need to acquire at least one shrunken head, which are collected either by using a special finishing move to defeat enemies or by finding them hidden in some levels. A meter (small green circles) at the top-right of your screen represents how many heads you have (you can possess up to three at a time).

    To perform a special finishing move, you must first fill up your Swordmanship Meter, which is represented by the horizontal line at the top-left on your screen. The fastest way to do this is to defeat enemies with the ++ combo. Then you can activate the finisher by holding once an enemy is stunned and pressing the button that is circled in red on screen. Note that your meter does not have to be full for you to perform a finishing move. But keep in mind that it is completely random that shrunken heads are dropped, so it is very possible that you will not get one.

    Once you collect one shrunken head, you need to activate 'Jackanism Mode' by pressing ++ at the same time. The more shrunken heads you are carrying when you activate this the longer it will last, about five seconds for each head. In this mode, your sword will glow green for a short time and all enemies are defeated with one hit. For each enemy defeated, you acquire one soul. Note that you need to actively defeat the enemy in combat to acquire their soul; just activating Jackanism Mode, which may kill nearby enemies, will not produce souls. Collect 100 of these to unlock the achievement.

    It is highly recommend that you read through THIS FAQ THREAD as it contains useful information and tips regarding soul collecting.

    There are many strategies you can use to get the maximum number of souls on a particular level. 'Maelstrom' (the last level) has a strategy if you’re lucky enough to not have it glitch on you. That strategy is outlined HERE. There are also at least two levels where you can farm this achievement; 'Port Royal' (in the tavern and at the end of the level) and 'Isla Cruces' (end of the level).

    There is also a video detailing another strategy on 'Maelstrom' below by NoKtoLive.

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  • Don't forget to replay "Prison Fortress" and you will find 12+ souls. You can easily boost this achievement in "Port Royal" (If you kill three people using A+X+A combo, you can use your special move).
  • Do this on a normal run through of the game. When you get to the final fight on the beach in Isla Cruces do this: 1) Use Elizabeth to open the gate and lock Will in the 'beach cave trap'. 2) Get Elizabeth positioned in the nook (up the rope, left shimmy along the cliff edge there are some gold bags and a shrunken head here). 3) Change to Jack and fight away... the boss will try to kill Will but can't and Elizabeth will stay put if you keep the fight to the main part of the beach. Build up your souls to around 80 then continue the game.
  • wtf when i replay a level on my completed game it reset my souls to 0
  • yeah same thing happened to me the best thing to do is do port royal and get it in one sitting by not killing the blue gaurds and use special moves on the red gaurds as they give you a soul every 5-8 special moves takes a while but it works. here is a link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO6Vvz_91lE&feature=related look at his desription
  • i missed them :(
  • I got this after I completed the game. I went back and replayed a few levels but could not get a shrunken head to drop! I started a new game and played until I got to the Isla Cruces and trapped Will and Elizabeth. An hour and a half later of using the special kill, i aquired enough shrunken heads and got this achievement. BEWARE do NOT activate it near a BOMB, you will die and lose the souls earned from that fight. Best of luck!
  • I had 93 souls and then I died fml
  • i tried the maelstorm way and killed 40+ people with no shrunken head. did isla cruces way and was getting a head every other kill. either way i tried though i had to restart at 0 souls for some reason. i had 54 when i beat the game
  • Remember that when it shows 0 souls it's because it's showing your accumulated total for that level, not your overall souls ... unless your total at the end of the level was 0, then that's fucked. Also I didn't realize that I didn't need to fully charge my special attack meter. As soon as you can do the special attack go for it. It's a lot faster than filling it all the way and souls are just as rare. Isla Del Cruces is definitely the best spot.
  • Finished the game with 32 souls. I missed a paprika can so I had to replay Isla Cruces so I tried #2's method and took me about 45 minutes to get 68 souls. Just watch out when you activate it you are not near any grenades cause they will kill you.
  • Listen to me. This is not that hard. I did it just now in the Maelstrom level on my FIRST walkthrough. I just did it like the video on Youtube. The real bitch pain in the ass part is positioning the "boss" character in the other room behind the crate. But once I did it took me about an hour to reach 100 souls and POP have a nice 150G cheevo. And I only started out with 37 souls at that time. Also, even after I got the cheevo I kept farming for heads that way later in the level when I cone across the Jack Crate it can be opened for the Jackanism cheevo.

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