Sniper Elite 4 Trophy Guide & Roadmap

There are 24 secondary objectives in total.

*There are repots of this trophy not unlocking after the 24th objective. But it did unlock eventually for those players on another playthrough when doing the secondary objectives again. If you have the Führer DLC also complete that DLC and all objectives in it.

The best farming spot is in Mission 3. There’s a bridge (main objective) with several enemies on it. Snipe them from the other end of the map and reload. You can get several easy long distance kills in one go.

• Cadet (Easy) – No bullet ballistics
• Marksman (Normal) – Simplified Bullet Ballistics, harder enemies.
• Sniper Elite (Hard) – Realistic Bullet Ballistics, deadly enemies. Friendly Fire is turned on.
• Authentic (Hardcore) – Realistic Settings. HUD is disabled, can’t see objectives on map.

Completing the game on Authentic unlocks the trophies for all the lower difficulties (they stack). If you cause an alarm and get overrun by enemies it’s usually game over. Stay hidden, sneak past enemies, and only kill what you must. Mask the sound of your sniper rifle, e.g. by turning on a nearby generator or wait for a loud noise (plane flying overhead or a turret shooting). You should also use silenced sniper rifle rounds (can be bought for $4 where you select gear before the mission). If you have any trouble play in co-op. It’s easier with a friend.

Authentic is absolutely not recommended for the first playthrough. The fact that objectives don’t show on the map would make it extremely difficult to find your way around. Especially the last mission is a maze if you don’t know where you are going, so practice this mission a few times until you are 100% sure where all the objectives are.

Also use the silenced Welrod Pistol. It’s good for doing headshots at close range. But again, only kill when you must. Otherwise you may alert enemies and things get hectic.

Hiding in bushes makes it hard for enemies to see you. It’s also a great hiding spot to dispose of corpses. If you are seen just rush to a bush and crouch until the enemies stop their search.

Simply shoot an enemy in the foot with the Welrod pistol (or another weak pistol / rifle). Sometimes this will make them fall down. Now run up to them, take out the Sniper Rifle and shoot between their legs.
I did this in Mission 8: Allagra Fortress. The enemies in this mission have more health and don’t die so quickly by your pistol shots, giving you more tries to incapacitate them. You can do this at the first two enemies of the mission.

After incapacitating the enemy you may want to create a manual save game. In case the testicle shot goes wrong you can reload and try again.

• Brain (headshot)
• Eye
• Heart
• Lungs
• Liver
• Kidneys
• Intestines
• Stomach
• Testicles

To aim more easily hold R1 to slow down time and zoom in on the enemy. On easy difficulty bullet ballistics are disabled so it’s easier to hit the organs. A good place to farm it is on the first enemy in Mission 4: Lorino Dockyard. He’s just sitting on a chair and doesn’t move around. There are no other enemies nearby and you can walk up really close to him, making him an easy target.

For this you must place an explosive on a dead body (for example S-Mine, anything except for Stick Grenade works). When an enemy comes to investigate it will explode and unlock the trophy.
Either carry the dead body and drop it where enemies can see it, or throw some stones to lure them.

Mission 6: Magazzeno Facility
First you must loot a “Spotter” enemy to get a flare gun. They always have one.
One spotter is found very early in the mission. Look between the first few buildings on the left side, very shortly after the mission starts. He is in front of a building. When you mark him with the binoculars it will say that he’s a Spotter and carrying a Flare gun. Kill him and loot the body.
Now head to the location in the video (without being seen). Just stick to the road and throw stones to distract enemies on your path. Up by the big satellite dish are 5-7 enemies standing all in one spot, talking to each other. It’s like this spot was made for the trophy. Shoot the flare gun at them and wait for the artillery to hit.

If you are detected they may run off, so stay stealthy. The flare gun has two modes “Targeted” and “Distributed”. For this spot I found it easier to use Targeted because the enemies are so close together and it’s more precise. Make a manual save before using the flare gun, in case you need another try.

This works in Mission 8: Allagra Fortress.
At the very end of the mission you have to destroy a plane. Instead of shooting the engine you must wait for the plane to take off, then shoot the missle it is carrying (under the plane).
The missile will explode and destroy the plane, resulting in a cutscene and unlocking the trophy.

You must use a Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle. All sniper rifles except Gewehr 43 and M1 are Bolt-Action (I used the Carcano M91/41). The M1903 Springfield that’s unlocked from the beginning is also bolt-action.

Rifles:

• M1903 Springfield
• Mosin-Nagant M91/390
• Mannlicher M1895
• Lee-Enfield No. 4
• Karabiner 98K (also called KAR98K)
• Gewehr 43 (G43)
• Carcano M91/41

Secondary Weapons:

• Thompson
• MP 40
• MKB 42
• MAB 38
• FNAB-43
• Trench Gun (Shotgun)
• Panzerfaust (a type of Rocket Launcher, enemy drop mission 5)
• FG 42 (drop from support Jägers in Mission 8, but can also be found in other places of this mission. More enemies over the course of the campaign have it)

Pistols:

• Welrod
• Webley MKVI
• Army Pistol 38 (AP38)
• Luger P08
• M1911
• M1934

When leveling up your receive money which you can spend on new weapons.
Weapons can be bought before starting a mission (where you select the loadout). The Panzerfaust and FG 42 are enemy drops and cannot be bought.

The fourth challenge is only unlocked after the first 3 have been completed. Upon completing the 4th challenge the trophy unlocks. You can farm all challenges via checkpoint restart or by reloading a manual save. For example if you must do a huge amount of kills the first enemy in mission 4 is very easy. He is sitting on a chair in the dark and you can walk up really close to him and do easy eye shots or headshots or whatever you may need. Make a manual save, then select “reload checkpoint” after doing your kill and repeat.

Please refer to this article for all collectible locations: Sniper Elite 4 Collectible Locations (Letters, Deadeye Targets, Reports, Documents, Duty Rosters

The fastest way to gain XP is to create a manual save just before completing an objective. Then complete the objective, reload the last checkpoint, complete objective again and repeat. Some objectives give 2000XP which allows you to farm rank 50 in about 30 minutes. This trick works becaus the game keeps counting your XP when restarting checkpoints, so nothing ever gets lost. The objectives where you have to kill someone work really great for it. Shoot them in the knee with a pistol so they are bleeding out on the ground. Create a save game just before they die and reload that save / checkpoint. As soon as the XP reward for the objective comes up you can restart the checkpoint. It’s important you wait for the objective XP notification (1000 XP / 2000 XP etc.) at the top of the screen. If you restart checkpoint before this it won’t count.

• Infantry
• Jäger
• Support Jäger
• Radioman (guys who call reinforcements)
• Spotter (guys with flare guns calling artillery strikes)
• Faust Trooper (guys with rocket launcher / panzerfaust)

Completing the game on Authentic unlocks the trophies for all the lower difficulties (they stack). If you cause an alarm and get overrun by enemies it’s usually game over. Stay hidden, sneak past enemies, and only kill when you must. Mask the sound of your sniper rifle, e.g. by turning on a nearby generator or wait for a loud noise (plane flying overhead or a turret shooting). You should also use silenced sniper rifle rounds (can be bought for $4 where you select gear before the mission). If you have any trouble play in co-op. It’s easier with a friend. You can also play co-op with a stranger from the Cooperative menu in the title screen.

Authentic is absolutely not recommended for the first playthrough. The fact that objectives don’t show on the map would make it extremely difficult to find your way around. Especially the last mission is a maze if you don’t know where you are going, so practice this mission a few times until you are 100% sure where all the objectives are.

Also use the silenced Welrod Pistol. It’s good for doing headshots at close range. But again, only kill when you must. Otherwise you may alert enemies and things get hetctic.

Hiding in bushes makes it hard for enemies to see you. It’s also a great hiding spot to dispose of corpses. If you are seen just rush to a bush and crouch until the enemies stop their search.

You are allowed to restart checkpoint and load auto-saves. You just aren’t allowed to make manual saves. The game still creates auto-saves and checkpoints every few minutes so it’s quite doable.