1. Introduction
This game has some quite easy trophies and is a real good game to get if you are a hard-core trophy hunter and just want to top the leaderboard. The game is worth getting even if you are not a trophy hunter as its a very good game and can keep you glued to the tv for atleast some hours.
2. Bronze Trophies
2a. School's Out
You completed the tutorial
Complete the tutorial, this is story based, just follow the tutorial and you'll get this trophy.
2b. The Rage
You completed "Rescue Carmona"
This is also a story based trophy, this cannot be missed, you get it really early on.
2c. Hello, Hooray
You acquired the PMC
You get this trophy after you complete the capturing the villa mission, when you start the next mission inside the villa a trophy will pop up.
2d. Wild One
You recruited Ewan
Take a look at "Dirty Deeds" trophy, when you get into the helicopter you meet Ewan, an irish helicopter pilot, once you get back to the PMC you also get this trophy.
2e. The Analog Kid
You recruited Misha
You get this trophy when you recruit Misha, the drunken plane pilot. Just complete the contract with him and this trophy is yours.
2f. Oil and Gasoline
You recruited Eva
You get this trophy just after the mission where you drive the truck around the mine, wich has the jump feature.
2g. Eat the Heat
You performed a burnout
When you get yours hands on a car or jeep, perform a Burnout by holding the Accelarator (X) and the brakes (O), your wheels should start to spin and smoke appears for the wheels. Trophy takes abit to unlock so perform some donuts will doing a burnout by pushing left or right.
2h. Shoot to Thrill
You got 25 headshots
If you want to get this quite early on in the game just take time when you see someone aim (L1) at the head and press (R1) to fire, if you don't mind getting this later on in the game just shoot your targets, you'll get this trophy eventually.
2i. Armageddon It
You destroyed 25 buildings
When you get into the tank go up the long winding road killing anyone you see with the missles. You should get to a bit where you look down to a section where there are people on the roofs of the huts, shoot the huts with your missles (Cannon - R1) and you should get it if you blow up all the buildings.
2j. Hail and Kill
You destroyed 50 objects using melee
Just go right up to an enemy and melee him (O), just do this 50 times on different enemies and the trophies yours.
2k. Holy Smoke
You destroyed 50 Objects With a Grenade
Grenade either 50 enemies or objects for some reason only certain objects work, just keep grenading people is your best bet.
2l. Little Savage
You destroyed 50 Objects with an RPG Launcher
Same as the Holy Smoke trophy but with an RPG, you can have some dam good fun with an RPG Just destroy objects and kill people with it.
2m. Gone Shootin'
You completed one of Fiona's challenges
When you talk to fiona at the PMC, choose one of the shooting challenges, beat it the time set and the trophy is yours.
2n. Ride the Dragon
You hijacked the tank in the villa
When you enter the villa head to the point which your directed to, a tank will burst its way through the walls, run up to the tank and press (square) to hijack the tank, then press the buttons indicated on screen to hijack the tank, the trophy will unlock
2o. Heavy Metal Thunder
You successfully completed 10 action hijacks
Pretty simple, you do quite a lot of these in the game, these are the combo hi jack which require you to push a certain button to get inside the transport, just do 10 of these and this trophy is yours.
2p. Stand Up and Shout
You achieved maximum mood with the Allies
Complete 1 contract for this faction
2q. Forever Free
You achieved maximum P.L.A.V. mood
Complete 1 contract for either Universal Petroleum or Peoples Liberation Arm of Venezuela
2r. Island of Domination
You achieved maximum Pirate mood
Complete 1 contract for this faction.
2s. Longing For Fire
You achieved maximum Chinese mood
This trophy comes as soon as you enter your PMC and talk to Fiona "Introduction to ChinA" or something like that and after the cut scene ping trophy is your easy
2t. Dirty Deeds
You achieved maximum Universal Petroleum mood
When you enter the UP (Unversal Petroleum) HQ, you are given a mission to go to 3 locations and set up listening posts at each, then you have to hijack a armored truck, once you get back to the HQ with the truck you then get out and enter the helicopter, travel to the PMC to get this trophy.
2u. Tattooed Millionaire
Be connected to EA Servers and earn $1 million
Many people are having trouble with this trophy, you need an internet connection, before you start your career make sure its connected to EA Servers before you start. If not it won't count up your money as i got this one after 8 million
2v. Highway to Hell
You completed 3 races
Easiest way to do this is when you get Eva, do the "Destruction Race Challenge" (Levels 1 - 2 - 3)
2w. Partners in Crime
You've experienced co-op
Either join or get someone to join yours and boom the trophies yours, easy peezy
2x. Wheels of Steel
You came in first during a co-op race
Do a race in co-op use different cars and you both must make it to the finish! Once crossed the line the trophy will pop up.
3. Silver Trophies
3a. Runnin' with the Devil
You verified Blanco
You get this trophy after completing the contract "Blanco's Secret Meeting" which is story based, i would opt to keep him alive and extract him with the helicopter. The mission is PMC/P.L.A.V based.
3b. You Better Run
You verified Carmona
You get this trophy after completing the contract "Solano's Amazon Bunker" for your PMC which is story based, just chase him and when he tries to get into his chopper knock him down to the ground and kill the enemies and extract him.
3c. No Compromise, No Regrets
You battled for Caracas
Not much to say about this trophy.
3d. Pipeline
You captured all outposts for a single faction
When you unlock missions for Unverisal Petroleum HQ near the start of the game, i suggest getting all the outposts right now, there are other factions you can do it for but i thought this was the quickest one. There was a total of 4 outposts for Unverisal Petroleum.
3e. Be Quick or Be Dead
You sniped 50 enemy vehicle drivers
This trophy is quite self explantory, you need to snipe enimies while there driving the jeep like vehicle, quite time consuming.
3f. No More Mr. Nice Guy
You pissed off everyone in Venezuela
Once your friendly with all 5 factions, now is the time to piss them off grab a helicopter and do a fly by over the other factions.
3g. ...And Justice For All
You verified all high value targets
You either have to kill and take a photo of the HVT or capture the HVT, best off you leave them alive and call the helicopter in for extraction because you want the GOLD trophy which relates to capturing HVTs
3h. Digital Man
You unlocked all shop items
You have to do everything in the game to unlock all shop items. Outposts to Car Parts (for eva), Factions challenges ... everything.
3i. We'll Burn the Sky
You unlocked all landing zones
Capture all the outposts for all the factions and this trophy is yours.
3j. Damage, Inc.
You used 20 airstrikes in co-op
Must be completed in one session, use a cheap air strike get 20 of them and go somewhere where you can collect fuel.
3k. Nothin' But a Good Time
You destroyed 200 objects from the gunner seat in co-op
Get the other guy to jump in the jeep you jump on the back and start shooting and people, cars, etc.
4. Gold Trophies
4a. The Hero and the Madman
You completed Mercenaries 2
Story related and it can't be missed.
4b. Balls to the Wall
You mastered the Winching Challenge
When you recruit Ewan, the helicopter pilot, when inside the PMC head upstairs you'll see him lying on a sofa thing talk to him and start "Wiching Challenge" (Level 1) there are only 3 levels to this trophy, just pile up the containers and place the toolbox on top easy peezy.
4c. Billion Dollar Babies
Be connected to EA Servers and earn $1 billion
Be connected to the EA Servers, and collect billion dollars, quite time comsuming.
4d. Aces High
You captured all high value targets
This can be missed. You can miss out on this trophy if you kill one of the HVT (High Valued Targets), Just make sure your in and out fast, take out the guards on your way in, punch in and call in the helicopter for extraction.