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2. Flawless Survivor achievement

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Flawless Survivor achievement in Close to the Sun

Flawless Survivor

Complete the whole game without dying

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How to unlock the Flawless Survivor achievement

• Stackie Chan

  27 Aug 2020 27 Aug 2020 06 Jan 2024
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  FYI, I got this today and to clarify a few things you may gleam from the Faster than Electricity solution:
  
  - Pausing is FINE. I paused multiple times in my run to make sure I could compose myself/get the right pathway for a chase sequence down. Pausing does not void the achievement.
  - Deleting saves and then syncing them from the cloud does not work - at least in my experience it doesnt. As soon as the death animation begins you are going to have to quit and start a new game. I was killed in the theatre on my 2nd run - despite immediately going to dashboard/quitting game and then deleting my save and downloading it again from the cloud the achievement did not pop when I reached the end game.
  - I did this in one singular run. The game can be completed an hour and a half so this should not be too daunting. It is possible the reported bug for this achievement and FTE in that you must do it in one run is now fixed but I cannot confirm.
  
  I found Blood Thunder's speed run incredibly helpful in getting this achievement. Apart from a really avoidable electricity death in Chapter 7 he commits his video shows the game can be easily completed in 90 minutes.
  
  UPDATE - cloud save scummimg apparently does work. See the comments
  
  

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  Thank you 👍 this was many years ago before I started doing that. I've updated the solution to hopefully reflect that

  Posted by Stackie Chan on 07 Jan at 16:07

  So to clarify - if you do what Ibanez V7 describes on the point of death you can still carry on without it counting as a death?

  Posted by wilrc6 on 12 Jan at 07:54

  or you can just plug in usb keyboard hit "\" and type travel escapepod_area

  Posted by WidaHahn ID on 15 Jan at 01:58

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• xARESxGodOfWarx

  Locked 14 Jan 2024 14 Jan 2024
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  I just did this right now (1/13/24) by starting a New Game and using the speedrun by BloodThunder

  I paused it twice and quit game twice (to main menu not dashboarding or anything like that) since I messed up twice. I did die once in the Super Tesla Coil explosion area in Chapter 6 but I paused and quit to Main Menu right as soon as the death animation started. I got Flawless Survivor and Faster Than Electricity achievement. Hope this info helps.
• Lildude3107

  10 Jan 2024 10 Jan 2024
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  I recommend learning the game and after that attempting to do the achievement.
  
  You can die by being caught, by touching the electricity, by being hit by the electrical wave and by falling.
  
  A fast and full guide is below:
  
  

  
  Timestamps:
  
  00:00 Intro
  01:09 Prologue
  01:45 Chapter 1: All Aboard! & The Borders of Hermes Achievements + Tube 1/8
  05:40 Chapter 2: Lousy Service, Demanding Customer, Carnival! & The Fire of Prometheus Achievements
  07:58 Chapter 3: Happy Birthday, Fancy Calculations, Loved Ones & The Home of Hestia Achievements + Tube 2/8
  18:57 Chapter 4: Blueprint Collector & The Works of Daedalus Achievements + Tube 3/8
  26:27 Chapter 5: Ada’s department memo’s & The Darkness of Hades Achievements
  29:23 Chapter 6: Hidden in Plain Sight, Famous Autographs & The Drama of Dionysus + Tube 4/8
  35:08 Chapter 7: Aubrey likes to Rant… & The Strife of Eris Achievements + Tube 5/8
  43:23 Chapter 8: Questionable Ideas & The Flowers of Persephone Achievements + Tube 6/8
  47:08 Chapter 9: Ambitious Plans & The Path of Ares Achievements + Tube 7/8
  50:57 Chapter 10: Letters from the Future(Tube 8/8), Tesla’s own Notes, Faster than Electricity, The Fall of Icarus, Flawless Survivor & Keeper of Promises Achievements