Fallout: New Vegas

Fallout: New Vegas

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Crackerjack Timing SUPER EASY TRICK (Gun Runner's Challenges)
By Jarny
This guide makes the three star Gun Runner's challenge "Crackerjack timing" much much easier.
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Intro
This is for third tier of the Gun Runner's Challenge for a challenge called "Crackerjack Timing." Considering time bombs, tin grenades, and long-fuse dynamite is probably the last thing you'd use to kill a cazadore, this method makes it trivially easy, and I haven't seen anyone else talk about or use this method.
Location:
Just outside of Jacobstown, towards the Remnants Bunker in the hilly area in-between the two. The reason I choose this location is because there are tons of cazadores here and they respawn about every 3 days. You should be able to get it within a couple runs.
Method:
Video Below

So first, its best to have a companion tank for you, I use Lily Bowen. (Also I unequip any weapon I have equipped on her, it limits the chance that she kills them and you don't get the challenge count.) Then, use grenades, dynamite, firebombs, or any other throwable or weapon like the Tesla Cannon that does DOT(Damage Over Time). Then once you have thrown or shot your weapon of choice and the DOT cycle will kill the Cazadore, switch to a time bomb, long-fuse dynamite, or tin grenade. I bound grenades to one and the long-fuse dynamite to two.

The reason this happens is Fallout thinks that whatever explosive is in your hand, its the one doing the damage at the time of the kill, therefore you can use any explosive or weapon that's much easier to use and find to in turn speed through this challenge with ease.

Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WASJbwl7Ks8&ab_channel=HellenKeller

Thank you for reading
I'm sure very few people will read/watch this, but hopefully I helped someone out with this quick fix. It makes the tier 3 challenges so much easier to get through. Just now achievement hunting this classic.
5 Comments
Poo-Doo 8 Oct, 2021 @ 1:47pm 
i used a stealth boy and hight sneak skill and sneaked in the middle of the swarm and dropped a time bomb and crept off....in top 5 scariest moment in life lol jk
Jarny  [author] 28 Sep, 2021 @ 8:58pm 
he burnt my shake, same thoughts here, that's a good point. There's definitely many more weapons that can be used with this little exploit, I'd say anything that you can shoot, throw, or fire with enough time before the kill to pull the dynamite out would count.
least horny arby's customer 28 Sep, 2021 @ 12:29pm 
I imagine you could also fire a Missile Launcher or Fat Man toward Cazadors (like from the vantage point at Chance's Grave above the Tribal Village) and pull out the Long Fuse Dynamite before the explosion.
Jarny  [author] 25 Sep, 2021 @ 12:41am 
Yeah you can also stealboy in, but considering time bombs are a bit harder to come by than regular dynamite or grenades this makes it even easier imo. I haven't tried this but i bet it would work with any DOT weapons as well, like the tesla cannon.
MS-06S ZAKU II 23 Sep, 2021 @ 8:14pm 
very interesting. can't you just stealth boy in and plant some time bombs in the area to do it the legit way?