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There are nearly endless possibilities when it comes to killing Nazis inSniper Elite: Resistance. you may use a sniper rifle from a huge distance, a fully-automatic close range weapon, a pistol, or different melee options if you’re looking to keep it extremely close range.
You can go in loud, or you can go in quiet; doing the latter is going to net you quite a few Ghost Kills. Those Ghost Kills net you extra points for a kill, which will gain you a higher score at the end of a mission, and they’ll go towards eventually gaining the Le Fantome Trophy/Achievement.
How To Perform A Ghost Kill
Gaining aGhost Killis a fairly straightforward task, but it can also be much more difficult than it sounds to do consistently.
Scoring aGhost Killmeans youkilled an enemythat wasnot aware of your presence, and thatno other enemy was aware of your presence, either. It’s very easy to do this once, but ensuring that no one knows that you killed an enemy requires a few different things.
How To Stay Quiet
You’ll need toensure that your kill was not heard by anyone. When it comes to melee kills, this is easy. Butfirearmshave acertain radiusinside whichenemies can hear your gunshot, which can make lining up multiple firearm kills difficult.
Theradiusthatenemies can hear a gunshotisdisplayedfor eachindividual weapon. You can see this in theloadout screenwhen selecting your weapon under the ‘Audible Range’ section, as well aswhen customizing a weapon. You canequipasuppressorin the ‘Muzzle’ section ofweapon customization, andammo-typeslike ‘Subsonic’significantly reducetheaudible range.
The Welrod pistol has an extremely low audible range, making it a perfect option for quiet firearm kills.
Why Ghost Kills Are Important
Ghost Killscan go along way in keeping you safe, whileslowlyandconsistently whittling downtheNazi forces. Gaining a Ghost Kill meansthe only wayanenemyis going todiscover yourpresence is bydiscovering the lifeless Nazi, but that isn’t going to give them any inkling about where you are.
How To Get The Le Fantome Achievement
TheLe Fantome Trophy/Achievementrequiresgaining 250 Ghost Kills. This is likely going to require many missions to complete, as at some point in every mission, it’s likely a firefight is going to ensue.
In Sniper Elite: Resistance, there are atonof differentlocations where you can snipewith near impunity, on every map. In general,look for high ground, especially any high ground that’sfar enough away from enemiesthat theyaren’t going to hearyou shoot.
Make noteofevery enemyyou canseefrom that location. Ensure you know what enemies are near enough to each other that they’ll see one of them drop dead.Memorizetheirpatrol routes. More often than not, you can take out over half of the enemies in a particular location from a vantage point very far away, without anyone being the wiser for it.
