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Oil Rush 100% Achievement Guide

By Skipper and 1 collaborators

All the achievements for Oil Rush.

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Category: Achievements, Walkthroughs

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Guide Index

Overview

Multiplayer

Campaign chapter 1 - Riot Raiders

Campaign chapter 2 - Frozen Hell

Campaign chapter 3 - Another Path

Campaign chapter 4 - The Last Drop

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Multiplayer

All the multiplayer achievements are able to obtain with 2 players or more (this doesn't have to be with a real player, it also can be done with a AI bot).

Oil Tycoon
Retain control over all Oil Rig platforms on the map for 5 minutes in a multiplayer match

This achievement is best to do on map "Oil Spill (2)". Because there is only one Oil Rig platform. Just keep it in control for 5 minutes and the achievement should popup.

Defense Engineer
Upgrade 5 towers on a single platform to a maximum level in a multiplayer match

Build and upgrade the towers at one platform. Fastest to do with the "Bunkers" towers on the map "Circle (2)" because this map has many oil platforms.

Crowd Lord
Acquire Increase Limit skill in a multiplayer match

This is at the thirth skill tree from the left with the skill named "Reinforcement".

Drill, Baby, Drill!
Acquire Oil Refinery skill in a multiplayer match

This is at the first skill tree from the left with the skill named "Oil Refinery".

Aggression
Inflict more than 100500 damage in a single multiplayer match

Best is to do this one in combination of the achievement "This is Sparta!". Just keep attacking the other team until this achievement does popup.

Nuke Master
Apply Nuke skill 5 times in a single multiplayer match

This is at the first skill tree from the left with the skill named "Nuke". Simple use the skill 5 times in one game. The skill doesn't have to hit any target to count.

Good Friend
Handover 3 platforms to a teammate in a single multiplayer match

Simply start a game with atleast 4 players, with 1 teammate at your side. Then when you capture a platform you can choose to take it yourself or give it to your teammate. Give 3 platforms to your teammate in one match and the achievement should popup.

This is Sparta!
Play a single multiplayer match for more than 90 minutes

This achievement speaks for itself, simply play one match for 90 minutes. I would advice to do this in combination with the achievement "Aggression".

PWNED!
Win 5 multiplayer matches in a row

Like the achievement above this one speaks for itself, win 5 multiplayer matches in a row and your achievement should popup.

Non-stop Fun
Play more than 5 hours in a single session

This achievement can be done in multiplayer as in campaign. All you have to do is play the game in one session for 5 hours, that's all. Although you can't be afk (away from keyboard), because then the counter will stop. So you need to be active for 5 hours.

But you don't have to be 5 hours straight. For example, you can take a break for a hour after like 2 hours playing. Although after the break you still need to play for another 3 hours.

Campaign chapter 1 - Riot Raiders

Level 1.1: First Blood

Fresh meat
[First Blood] Begin the education

Level 1.2: Black Gold
You can't attain Peace maker and Executioner on the same playthrough of Black Gold. Peace maker requires the minimum amount of violence while Executioner is the exact opposite.

Peace maker
[Black Gold] Avoid unnecessary violence

In order to attain Peace maker, you will have to regularly collect oil using the oil rig you capture early on while constantly defending against the Raiders. I recommend having 3-4 units defend the oil rig while leaving the rest to defend your Boot Camp (with 5 bunkers installed).

Executioner
[Black Gold] Crush Raiders stealing oil

Executioner requires you to obliterate the Raiders stealing the oil. Killing all the enemies rewards you with the oil the Raiders were stashing. This will fill your oil quota and complete the mission.

Level 1.3: Wild West

Workaholic
[Wild West] Apply Accelerate Construction skill three times

Paranoid
[Wild West] Have 20 towers built

Right when the mission tells you to capture the rest of the structures, you can stall for a bit to earn some oil (capture one of the other oil rigs first if you'd like). Once you have enough oil, you should have captured 2 Shipyards, 2 Boot camps and built 20 turrets on them for the Paranoid achievement. During this stalling period, you should also fully upgrade the Accelerate Construction tech skill to decrease the cooldown and oil cost. Use it 3 times for the Workaholic achievement.

Level 1.4: Burn the Trash

Seasoned Kamikaze
[Burn the Trash] 20 mines blown

Further into the mission 'Burn the Trash' you will have the choice to strike by air or by sea. Striking by sea will sacrifice your units because the passage leading to the raider shacks are filled with mines. Send 20 of your units to their deaths in order to get the Seasoned Kamikaze achievement.

Law and Order
[Burn the Trash] Complete "Riot Raiders" chapter

Campaign chapter 2 - Frozen Hell

Level 2.1: City of the Dead
This level has no achievements.

Level 2.2: Arctic Twilight

Frenzy
[Arctic Twilight] Breach enemy defenses without capturing Oil Rig

The Oil Rig in question is on the eastern side of the map. Further into the mission, you are instructed to use the seagulls to capture the enemy Oil Rig. To get the achievement, you should avoid capturing it. You can still capture the Oil Rigs on the left side of the map (confirmed by Mustaine @ Astats[astats.astats.nl]). Breach the defenses in the middle to get Frenzy. The achievement will unlock as soon as you capture either the Boot Camp.

Level 2.3: Forging Victory

Foreman
[Forging Victory] Finish construction of all 3 platforms

Althought I've been told it's possible to do both achievements for this mission, I do not recommend trying to get them at the same time.

To get this achievement, simply defend both optional objectives until the end. Losing them every now and then is ok as long as you recapture within 2 minutes. I recommend not overextending to the top half of the map and simply focus your fleet in the platforms surrounding the optional sites.

Best defense is a good offence
[Forging Victory] Capture all platforms of the enemy

I got this achievement at the cost of Construction site B and C. There was no point in the entire mission that I controlled everything so I can at least guarantee that you don't need to own platforms simultaneously. Just capture every platform and don't bother with defending the optional objective.

Level 2.4: Icebound

Mine! Mine! Mine!
[Icebound] Capture Oil Rig 5 times with Seagulls

Self-explanatory achievement. Send some seagulls to enemy territory to capture their oil rigs. Once they recapture one of them, you'll be able to get your 5th oil rig (because there are only 4 total in the map).

Level 2.5: Stealing Steel

Viva La Revolution!
[Stealing Steel] Apply both Barricade and Propaganda in one game.

No explanation needed. There is enough experience in one game to earn both Barricade and Propaganda.

Best seller
[Stealing Steel] Sell tower with less than 20% HP under fire

Just highlight a tower that is under attack. Once it reaches the target HP, quickly double click the platform and click $ell.

Icehead
[Stealing Steel] Complete "Frozen Hell" chapter

Campaign chapter 3 - Another Path

Level 3.1: On the Run

Rambo
[On the run] Shoot down all pursuers

The best time to shoot down all pursuers is after you get your repair vessel. Rush out to the next platform immediately with all of your units. The path to the next platform lined with defensive turrets so it's better to let your Stingray hang back. Once you clear the line of turrets, stay on the next platform to shoot down your pursuers. You should be able to win the exchange if your repair vessel remains intact.

Note: For anyone having technical issues with unlocking the achievement. It was mentioned to me that the achievement popped up at the end of the mission after destroying every unit/pursuers, turrets, and capturing all platforms. Thank you Anowi for this good bit of information!

All-seeing Eye
[On the run] Apply Radar skill 10 times

To make 'Rambo' easier in terms of oil supply. I suggest restarting the mission if you feel like you remember some of the map's layout after using Radar. That way you can save some oil for the completion of the mission. Other than that this achievement is really very easy.

Level 3.2: Oil Rush

Drought
[Oil Rush] Win when there's only 50 oil left in the region

You don't actually have to win with exactly 50 oil left in the deposit. You can drain it as long as you reach the 1000 oil mark. If you want to manage your oil consumption better, capture only 1 or 2 out of the 3 oil storages. This will place a limit on how much oil you can accumulate (700 with 1 storage and 900 with 2). Just keep using up resources until there is exactly enough to land you at 1000 oil collected while under 50 oil deposit. You get the achievement at the end of mission (there will be a short 2nd part after the oil collection).

Cheater
[Oil Rush] Sell 10 towers

Steal @ Kill
[Oil Rush] Steal 200 oil from Oil Storages

Level 3.3: Breakup

Last Stand
[Breakup] Win with only one platform left

I suggest making a last stand on the top left part of the map instead. Rushing out to conquer both helipads divides your forces early on and can get one side wiped out because one of the airbases will be defended more. Instead, focus your units on the left side of the map and capture just one of the helipads. After it produces 4 stingrays (the maximum for one helipad), take all your units to one base on the top left of the map. The reason why I say top left instead of top right is because the submarine first appears on the top right of the map. Making a last stand over there will require your units to recapture and travel a great distance just to set up a defense.

For this achievement I made sure to have all fully upgraded towers (you should have enough oil for 1 set), 4 stingrays, and points spent on repair vessels. After you complete all these conditions, you are free to wait for the submarine.

Level 3.4: Under Sail

Semiconductor
[Under Sail] Guide precisely a half of Wooden Junks

*** See description below. ***

Moses
[Under Sail] Guide all 12 Wooden Junks

Very early into the mission, the civilians boats (called Wooden Junks) will split up into 2 groups. Once this happens, you should split your units up into 4. Give each civilian an escort while leaving another group to conquer at least 1 platform ahead. This will make sure the civilians don't get caught in the crossfire when moving on. Make sure to also capture platforms in the middle when you can as some of them let you generate more units (to reinforce the 4 groups you divided). Prioritize maintaining the same number of units for the escort groups because having just 1 civilian boat destroyed from lack of units will void this achievement.

The road towards this achievement will become much easier near the end when the civilians start to regroup. From then on, you just have to repeat what you have done but with 2 groups instead of 4. Capture the final platform (the one with defensive forts) ahead of time and reinforce it to make your last stand. The civilian boats will leave one by one to the edge of the map so just stay at the last platform with your entire fleet and you should get the achievement.

The screenshots below illustrate the final platform and how it should look if you escorted all boats safely.

Enlightened
[Under Sail] Complete "Another Path" chapter

Campaign chapter 4 - The Last Drop

Level 4.1: Hijack

Demolition Man
[Hijack] Apply Mine Field skill 5 times

Pyroman
[Hijack] Apply Napalm skill 5 times

There is enough experience and time to get both last tier active skills and execute them 5 times each.

Level 4.2: Guerilla War

Gulf of Mexico
[Guerrilla War] Destroy all Oil Barges

Maintaining control of the 3 anti-barge forts is the easiest way to destroy all Oil barges. They don't need heavy defense as the enemy (on Easy difficulty) never sends in large fleets to capture it.

Che Guevara
[Guerrilla War] Capture all enemy platforms

I do not recommend doing this achievement on the same run as 'Gulf of Mexico'.

The main reason for this is because you NEED time to capture everything. If you go crazy and just capture the anti-barge forts right away, the mission will most likely end before you capture all enemy platforms.

I got this achievement by plotting a zigzag course of capturing the enemy platforms. First off, you'll want to capture the 2 platforms blocking the path towards the rightmost anti-barge fort. From then on, each platform you capture should be reinforced with 1 of each turret. Remember that Zhuang sends oil at a slow rate so don't spend it all too fast unless you need to use the platform buff or debuff skill.

The order in which I captured platforms after getting the first fort is from the bottom right going up and down towards the left.
If you did one playthrough BEFORE going for this achievement (for Gulf of Mexico), then you can use your judgement for splitting up your main conquering fleet. There will be times when you want to cut your forces in half to save time (for easy forts like Boot Camps) and times when you need to bring them together (for times when the enemy is sending reinforcements from all over).

Some general tips that helped me in this mission/achievement:

- get repair vessel skill early
- get 3x tower offensive boost
- get unit armor/offense/speed buff (tier 2)
- end up capturing 2/3 of the anti-barge forts (3 will end the mission too early to capture everything)
- if you are still killing barges too fast with 2/3 forts, sell some turrets on one fort (then you can rebuild when needed

This is what my map looked like near the end. I had to sell some turrets at the top to slow down the barge-killing process (rebuilt later on). I also had to split up my forces 75-25 to capture the last fort (just in case it's part of the achievement).

Level 4.3: Final Countdown

Fallout
[Final Countdown] Complete the mission launching Nukes

Clean hands
[Final Countdown] Complete the mission without launching Nukes

In order to get both achievements, make a save file right after capturing about 80% of the map so that you have a sizable assault squad.

As soon as you capture the nuclear platform and get the doomsday countdown timer, gather your troops in the airbase in front of the main objective and save your game. From here on out the only thing you have to do is send large groups of your fleet towards the enemy commander. Do not send them in one by one because there is a ton of turrets blocking the way and they will get picked off easily if you don't group them up first. It will take about 2-3 large groups to finally break through and capture the objective.

P.S. If you are using the nuke, launch it when your fleet is halfway through the turret line, that way you don't get hit and the turrets don't have enough time to fully repair.

- utilize repair vessels
- utilize elite barracudas
- use demoralization (level 3)
- save at least 100 oil for 1 nuke (if you are doing Fallout)

The screenshots below shows how many platforms I captured and the overall situation that I described.

The last drop
[Final Countdown] Complete a campaign game.

25 Comments

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Dagma92rus 26 Jan @ 10:23am

Я вообще не понял за что мне дали достижение Рэмбо. Я пытался дать бой там где много башен, но безрезультатно... Но в конце миссии достижение дали просто так, хотя за мной плыла просто невероятная армада.

Silentstrike46 21 Dec, 2023 @ 6:42am

Finished the rest of the campaign achievements today, and must say, the guide was on point! Thank you!

Silentstrike46 20 Dec, 2023 @ 8:41am

Although reading the comments below makes me wonder if I had a friendly tower on the first section of the map that didn't die the first time I played, but did die the second... Could honestly just be that.

Silentstrike46 20 Dec, 2023 @ 8:40am

Rambo was definitely odd for me. Managed to beat the wave like you suggested (although went the right hand route), captured the entire second map, then the entire third map and cleared all enemies, but didn't count.

Restarted the mission, cleared all enemies in the first section (stopping the patrol there already; had to drop it to easy difficulty and made it out with no units and 30hp on the chopper). Then cleared entire second area, then entire third area, and only then it counted...

Not sure if the completion criteria is just bugged or what, but wanted to mention it. Seems like you might need to clear all 3 parts (capture all buildings and clear out all enemies) in every section of the map to count. Either that or swapping to easy (instead of normal) happened to fix it.

204 20 Feb, 2022 @ 1:15am

"The last drop
[Final Countdown] Complete a campaign game" has the icon of "clean hands" :)

WalllRus 15 Oct, 2019 @ 6:45am

Guide was really helpful. Also thanks to Aggression for posting the Rambo vid below.

For anyone still interested in these achievements, i had a lot of trouble getting "Oil Tycoon" where you have to hold all rigs in a multiplayer game for 5 minutes. For some reason it just would not happen for me even after holding the rigs for much longer to 5 minutes.

On my 4th attempt i got it vs 2 hard bots on one of the 3 player maps with 6 rigs total. Game was going for a little over an hour before I finally got the achievement. I only held the rigs for 5-10 minutes.

Not 100% sure why i got the achievement that game but maybe it will help someone.

Aggression 7 May, 2019 @ 7:14am

Thanks for this guide, it got me all the achievements without much issue. I did have problems with the suggested way of getting Rambo though. I tried about 10 times and it never popped. I looked around and found this fella's video on how to get the achievement and it worked first try for me.

Oil Rush "Rambo" Achievement: On the Run - by HomelessGnome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA9sYPczt7c

There must've been something I was missing in this walkthrough that this video got me straight on. Either way, wanted to pass the word in case anyone else has trouble getting the chievo six years later (or more). Thanks again for the awesome guide Skipper/Jedo.

Shellback27 17 Mar, 2017 @ 8:29am

Hello! Thank you for the guide! My goodness how I needed it for this very trying game...

--- I'd like to add another bit onto your note for 3-1's Rambo achievement:

You don't have to capture every platform (since obviously you can't go back to the first segment of the map), but you do need to ensure every tower in the first segment is destroyed before advancing to the next map shift.

Failed getting this achievement a couple times, but it did finally pop when I made sure the pursuers killed those first sets of tower defenses during the brief time that I owned them. I'm led to believe that if they retake that platform with defenses still intact, you can't have killed everything they own on all 3 stages of the map.

Gemini 29 Nov, 2015 @ 1:35am

> compo9 : you need to be under fire for the turret to sell

Tenta 12 Sep, 2014 @ 1:34am

Thank you very much for this detailed guide.

It helped me to get to 100%.

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