Hardcore is only hard early game, just thug it out. Hardcore isn't supposed to be easy lul

@Sauce mods do not disable achievements, only console does if you type something before closing it.

Accidentally unlocked it after a modded playthrough somehow

These were my steps:

Play as female
Leave good springs
go through black mountain and get to camp meccaren while hitting fast travel points near certain areas such as the BOS
Go to the strip
Murder Mr house
Install yes man
say no to all the other factions
Use the black widower perk to kill benny (also acquire the black widower perk)
Rob some stores for high powered weapons and food and water
Optional: activate the robot army
Use a 100 barter check on lanius
Fail to realize that Oliver doesn't have a barter check
Kill the general after five attempts


achievement earned

Phenomenal Guide for casual players who enjoy achievement hunting. The video is a great reference to watch when confused. But the link to the gamefaqs makes it so easy to accomplish in reality(I literally opened it up in the steam web browser while playing). Although I would recommend a interactive map as well for FONV scrubs. But with little to no knowledge on map locations or any functions of hardcore. I finished the game in hardcore, around just about 2 hours and 30 minutes and had some fun learning along the way. What makes it fun too is its glitch-less so you can do it even on the most recent version!

Great guide!

never thought to play new vegas in a way like this, very cool, fun little trick

Thanks! I'm only ~12 years late. In the last two years i finally figured out my favorite games are open world, RPG/Adventure type games.

Thats the way :D

I may do this to get Hardcore, then go back and resume my "getting achievements" run w/o having to worry about eating, drinking H2O, and sleeping. (except IRL) Lol