Max Payne 3 Achievements & Trophies Guide

Our Max Payne 3 Achievements guide & Trophies guide lists every Achievement & Trophy for this Xbox 360, PS3 & PC third-person shooter game and tells you how to get and unlock them.

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Index of Max Payne 3 Guides:

There are 46 Achievements (0 Secret) with a total of 1000 points to earn in the Xbox 360 version.

There are 47 Trophies (0 Hidden) that can be earned in the PS3 version. Earn Bronze (38), Silver (5), Gold (3), and Platinum (1) to increase your Gamer Level.

Max Payne 3 Achievements Guide

1. A Few Hundred Bullets Back (20G) — Use Every Weapon In The Game

2. A License To Kill (40G) — Collect All Golden Guns. — To find them all, check out our Max Payne 3 Golden Guns Locations Guide!

3. A New York Minute (100G) — Finish In A New York Minute
4. All Of The Above (100G) — Finish All Single Player Grinds

5. Along For The Ride (10G) — Trigger A Bullet Cam On The Zipline [FREE AIM].

This can be done towards the end of Chapter 11. Easy achievement – you can restart checkpoint 11 if you mess up.
In this chapter you’ll slide down a zipline (a forced event, cannot be missed). Simply kill all of the enemies during the slow motion sequence. Once you shoot the last one it will automatically trigger a bullet cam. There are a total of 5 enemies and you have unlimited ammo.

Note: You need to have free aim enabled! Once you completed a chapter you can replay every checkpoint by going to chapter select in the main menu. There you can also switch your settings to free aim. — If you have trouble you might want to increase your aiming speed and aiming acceleration (pause menu – settings – controls). Restart the last checkpoint if you fail.

6. Amidst The Wreckage (5G) — Destroy All The Models In The Boardroom.

This can be done in the middle of Chapter 6, at Checkpoint 3.
After fighting your first group of enemies in chapter 6 you will come to a room with architectural models. There are a total of 5 in this room. First of all, kill the group of enemies that rushes into the room and watch the short cutscene with the IT guy. Once all enemies are dead you shoot the models until the trophy / achievement pops.

7. An Echo Of The Past (35G) — Find All Clues. — To find them all, check out our Max Payne 3 Clues Locations Guide!

8. Colder Than The Devil’s Heart (15G) — Kill 30 Enemies In 2 Minutes.

You can unlock this achievement in Chapter 5, at Checkpoint 14.
This can easily be done during the boat ride at the end of the chapter. Load up checkpoint 14 in the chapter select menu, set the difficulty down to easy and enable hard lock. Simply shoot all of the enemies. If you shot everyone then you will need to destroy two more trucks after the next checkpoint.

9. Dearest Of All My Friends (10G) — Kill Someone On Your Friends List
10. Deathmatch Challenge (20G) — Winner In Any Public Deathmatch
11. Feel The Payne (30G) — Story Complete [MEDIUM]
12. Full Monty (10G) — Complete One Of Each Game Mode Including All Gang Wars
13. Grave Robber (5G) — Looted A Body

14. It Was Chaos And Luck (10G) — Get 6 Kills While Riding The Push Cart [FREE AIM].

This can be done in Chapter 13, at Checkpoint 14.
During this chapter you will slide down a hallway on a push cart (cannot be missed). Once on the push cart, you are in bullet time mode and have infinite ammo. Just keep shooting with your automatic 9mm and kill all 6 enemies.

15. It’s Fear That Gives Men Wings (20G) — 10 Bullet Time® Kills In A Row.

This can be achieved in Chapter 5, at Checkpoint 14.
A great opportunity to get this is during the boat ride at the end of chapter 5. Shortly after shooting a grenade during a slow motion sequence (cannot be missed), you will come to a platform where lots of enemies are attacking you. Leave some enemies alive before you reach this point. Otherwise you won’t have 10 targets to kill. Activate bullet time as soon as the enemies get on the platform. You have to shoot 10 enemies during one single bullet time!

Note: You might want to set the difficulty down to easy. Your boat could explode otherwise. You can also activate the hard lock targeting to aim on enemies quicker. — Restart the last checkpoint if you fail (or go back to chapter select and replay the sequence there).

16. Man Of Many Faces (25G) — Unlock All Faction Characters
17. Man Of Many Weapons (25G) — Unlock All Weapons
18. Max Payne Invitational (5G) — Invite someone to play through the in-game contact list
19. Maximum Payne (80G) — Story Complete [OLD SCHOOL]
20. One Bullet At A Time (20G) — 300 Headshots

21. Out The Window (10G) — Get 6 Kills While Diving Through The VIP Window [FREE AIM].

This can be done at the beginning of Chapter 2. Not too hard — you can restart checkpoint 2 if you don’t get it. My sensitivity settings is 7/7/7. Hold down the left trigger to move the reticule slower, when it gets close to an enemy, and let go of it to move it faster, to go to the next enemy.

Note: You need to have free aim enabled! Once you completed a chapter you can replay every checkpoint by going to chapter select in the main menu. There you can also switch your settings to free aim. — If you have trouble you might want to increase your aiming speed and aiming acceleration (pause menu – settings – controls). Restart the last checkpoint if you fail.

22. Part I Complete (20G) — Complete Part I Of The Story
23. Part II Complete (20G) — Complete Part II Of The Story
24. Part III Complete (20G) — Complete Part III Of The Story
25. Past The Point Of No Return (10G) — Take 100 Painkillers
26. Payne Bringer (30G) — Kill 100 Other Players
27. Payne In The Ass (20G) — Story Complete [HARDCORE]
28. Serious Payne (50G) — Story Complete [HARD]

29. So Much For Being Subtle (10G) — Get 9 Kills While Being Pulled By A Chain [FREE AIM].

This can be performed in the middle of Chapter 7, at Checkpoint 9.
In this chapter you’ll get pulled up by a metal chain (a forced event, you cannot miss it). Once the slow motion sequence starts you need to take out all of the enemies on your way up. There are a total of 9 enemies and each single one has to be killed – 4 on the ground level, 2 on the second level and 3 on the upper level.
The enemies closest to you should be able to die with just a bullet to the chest, but the last few farther away might require focus to get a headshot. Just restart the checkpoint if you don’t get it.

30. Something Wicked This Way Comes (10G) — Get 7 Kills While Jumping From The Rickety Boat [FREE AIM].

This can be done in Chapter 5, at Checkpoint 6. During chapter 5 you will have to jump down a rusty old boat.
Watch out for an explosive, brown colored barrel on some set of stairs at the back of the room. Once you have found the barrel aim close to it, but miss a shot to alert the enemies. Wait a second until you hear a sound that indicates you have been spotted and shoot the barrel before the jump sequence begins. If you shoot the barrel too early it will explode before you are in the air (which wouldn’t count towards the trophy / achievement). This requires some good timing and might take a couple of tries. 3 enemies will get killed by the explosion. The remaining 4 need to be taken out with gunfire. Equip the Micro 9mm before you enter the garage with the boat. That should make it a little easier to kill the enemies quickly.

Note: You need to have free aim enabled! Once you completed a chapter you can replay every checkpoint by going to chapter select in the main menu. There you can also switch your settings to free aim. — If you have trouble you might want to increase your aiming speed and aiming acceleration (pause menu – settings – controls). Restart the last checkpoint if you fail.

If you keep failing take heed of this tip: Sometimes if you shoot enemies in their arms or legs they bleed out and do not die instantly. It takes some while for them to bleed out which won’t count for the trophy / achievement? anymore. Make sure you hit their upper body or give them headshots.

31. Sometimes You Get Lucky (5G) — Get A Headshot During The Rooftop Tremors.

You can do this at the end of Chapter 12, at Checkpoint 11.
Count 14-15 seconds after you restart the checkpoint, and then charge towards the nearest guy. You should be right in the guy’s face when the tremor starts, and you will have a larger area to get a headshot.
Either the guys will damage you enough – so that you enter sudden death – and then everything will slow down automatically, or you must then shoot/dodge to slow down time. With enough attempts, you should be able to get it. Getting right in the guy’s face is the key — to improving your ‘luck.’

32. Sure Know How To Pick A Place (10G) — Discover All Tourist Locations. — To find them all, check out our Max Payne 3 Tourist Locations Guide!

33. Sweep (10G) — Flawless Team Gang Wars Victory

34. That Old Familiar Feeling (10G) — Clear The Hallway Of Lasers.

This can be done in Chapter 4, at Checkpoint 8. During Chapter 4 you will have to make your way through a hallway where lots of enemies with green laser sights are aiming at you. You need to take all those enemies out in order to unlock the trophy / achievement.
Try to stay in cover, activate bullet time and kill the enemies with headshots. After completing this chapter for the first time you can replay it in the chapter select menu, which is found in the main menu.

35. The Fear Of Losing It (20G) — Survive A Level Without Painkillers
36. The Gambler (15G) — Won A Wager

37. The One Eyed Man Is King (10G) — Cover Passos With Perfect Aim.

This can be done in Chapter 3, at Checkpoint 12. Towards the end of the third chapter you will have to cover your teammate Passos with a sniper rifle.
To get the trophy / achievement you must make every bullet count. You may not miss a single shot – every bullet has to kill an enemy! Always activate your bullet time when aiming. It slows down time and makes it easier to hit the target. If you miss a shot then pause the game and click “Exit”. Restart the checkpoint in the chapter select menu (only available if you completed the chapter before).

38. The Only Choice Given (10G) — Get 8 Kills While Dangling From A Chain [FREE AIM].

This can be unlocked in Chapter 10, at checkpoint 5. There is a gas tank on the forklift you can shoot which could kill a couple of guys, but it is unreliable since sometimes they can survive the blast. Just retry the checkpoint until you get it.
In this chapter there’s be another such slow motion sequence (a forced event, cannot be missed) where you will dangle from a chain. There are a total of 8 enemies in front of you and all of them need to be killed. You have infinite ammo during this short slow motion sequence.

39. The Road-Kill Behind Me (10G) — Total Everything On The Runway.

This can be unlocked in Chapter 14, at Checkpoint 12.
At the end of chapter 14 you will have to chase and destroy some enemy vehicles on the runway of the airport. For the trophy / achievement all of the vehicles need to be destroyed. This includes the driving humvees, the parked police cars and the flying helicopter. All of the foot soldiers can be ignored. — As always, you can restart the last checkpoint if you fail.

40. The Shadows Rushed Me (10G) — Unlock And Complete New York Minute Hardcore
41. Training Complete (25G) — Achieve Level Rank 50

42. Trouble Had Come To Me (15G) — Clear Everyone On The Bus Ride.

This can be done in Chapter 10, at Checkpoint 11. During the bus ride you will have to kill every single enemy.
You should do this on the easiest difficulty because your bullet time lasts longer there. Simply shoot everything that moves. Just watch out for the the rocket launcher guy at the end of the tunnel. After he is dead, a rocket should explode and kill most (or in the best case all) of the enemies around him. If any enemies survive the explosion then turn on your bullet time and take them out quickly. You can also switch from free aim to hard lock in the chapter select menu. If you have trouble then try this option.

43. With Practiced Bravado (20G) — 100 Kills During Shootdodge.
44. You Might Hurt Someone With That (20G) — Shoot 10 Airborne Grenades
45. You Play, You Pay, You Bastard (20G) — 100 Kills With Melee

46. You Push A Man Too Far (5G) — Don’t Shoot The Dis-Armed Man.

This can be unlocked on Chapter 14, at Checkpoint 12.
This is one out of the two secret trophies / achievements in the game. Towards the end of chapter 14 you will be given the chance to execute a wounded enemy during a cutscene. Do not press any buttons and wait until the cutscene continues. — Don’t worry if you shot this guy, you can still come back later by replaying the checkpoint in chapter select.

Max Payne 3 Trophies Guide

Tips & video guides can be found in the Achievements section above.

1. A Few Hundred Bullets Back (Bronze) — Use Every Weapon In The Game
2. A License To Kill (Silver) — Collect All Golden Guns. — To find them all, check out our Max Payne 3 Golden Guns Locations Guide!
3. A New York Minute (Gold) — Finish In A New York Minute
4. All Of The Above (Gold) — Finish All Single Player Grinds
5. Along For The Ride (Bronze) — Trigger A Bullet Cam On The Zipline [FREE AIM]
6. Amidst The Wreckage (Bronze) — Destroy All The Models In The Boardroom
7. An Echo Of The Past (Bronze) — Find All Clues. — To find them all, check out our Max Payne 3 Clues Locations Guide!
8. Colder Than The Devil’s Heart (Bronze) — Kill 30 Enemies In 2 Minutes
9. Dearest Of All My Friends (Bronze) — Kill Someone On Your Friends List
10. Deathmatch Challenge (Bronze) — Winner In Any Public Deathmatch
11. Feel The Payne (Bronze) — Story Complete [MEDIUM]
12. Full Monty (Bronze) — Complete One Of Each Game Mode Including All Gang Wars
13. Grave Robber (Bronze) — Looted A Body
14. It Was Chaos And Luck (Bronze) — Get 6 Kills While Riding The Push Cart [FREE AIM]
15. It’s Fear That Gives Men Wings (Bronze) — 10 Bullet Time® Kills In A Row
16. Man Of Many Faces (Bronze) — Unlock All Faction Characters
17. Man Of Many Weapons (Bronze) — Unlock All Weapons
18. Max Payne Invitational (Bronze) — Invite someone to play through the in-game contact list
19. Maximum Payne (Gold) — Story Complete [OLD SCHOOL]
20. One Bullet At A Time (Bronze) — 300 Headshots
21. Out The Window (Bronze) — Get 6 Kills While Diving Through The VIP Window [FREE AIM]
22. Part I Complete (Bronze) — Complete Part I Of The Story
23. Part II Complete (Bronze) — Complete Part II Of The Story
24. Part III Complete (Bronze) — Complete Part III Of The Story
25. Past The Point Of No Return (Bronze) — Take 100 Painkillers
26. Payne Bringer (Silver) — Kill 100 Other Players
27. Payne In The Ass (Bronze) — Story Complete [HARDCORE]
28. Platinum Trophy (Platinum) — Unlock All Max Payne 3 Trophies
29. Serious Payne (Silver) — Story Complete [HARD]
30. So Much For Being Subtle (Bronze) — Get 9 Kills While Being Pulled By A Chain [FREE AIM]
31. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bronze) — Get 7 Kills While Jumping From The Rickety Boat [FREE AIM]
32. Sometimes You Get Lucky (Bronze) — Get A Headshot During The Rooftop Tremors
33. That Old Familiar Feeling (Bronze) — Clear The Hallway Of Lasers
34. The Fear Of Losing It (Bronze) — Survive A Level Without Painkillers
35. The Gambler (Bronze) — Won A Wager
36. The One Eyed Man Is King (Bronze) — Cover Passos With Perfect Aim
37. The Only Choice Given (Bronze) — Get 8 Kills While Dangling From A Chain [FREE AIM]
38. The Road-Kill Behind Me (Bronze) — Total Everything On The Runway
39. The Shadows Rushed Me (Silver) — Unlock And Complete New York Minute Hardcore
40. Training Complete (Silver) — Achieve Level Rank 50
41. Trouble Had Come To Me (Bronze) — Clear Everyone On The Bus Ride
42. With Practiced Bravado (Bronze) — 100 Kills During Shootdodge
43. You Might Hurt Someone With That (Bronze) — Shoot 10 Airborne Grenades
44. You Play, You Pay, You Bastard (Bronze) — 100 Kills With Melee
45. You Sure Know How To Pick A Place (Bronze) — Discover All Tourist Locations. — To find them all, check out our Max Payne 3 Tourist Locations Guide!
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