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Aggressive Reconnaissance Valor Mortis achievement · Side quest

Side quest#2 most common of 39
Unlocked by
37%
Rarity
#2 most common
Type
Side quest
Methodology
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Author
Dakota Chinnick

Complete the Unheard Farewell quest. 37% of Steam players have unlocked Aggressive Reconnaissance, the #2 most common of the game's 39 achievements.

Unlocked by
37%of Steam players
Rarity
#2most common of 39
Type
Side quest6 achievements of this type
Unlocks from
An Unheard Farewell
Location
Valley of Ashes
Related guideValor Mortis Trophy Guide: All 39 Achievements & Roadmap

How to get Aggressive Reconnaissance

Game data

In-game condition: “Complete the Unheard Farewell quest.”

Aggressive Reconnaissance unlocks when you complete An Unheard Farewell in the Valley of Ashes, the second region, so most players meet this quest early. An adjudant hides in a wagon while his unit has gone into a cave, and he wants to know what happened to them.

When he first speaks to you, choose Help: it is the option that sets the quest's flag in the dialogue data, while Refuse sets nothing. Follow the unit's trail into the cave, then go back and decide whether to tell him the truth. The Letter to all Commanding Officers of the Line Infantry, near The Climb Lantern, holds the orders the journal mentions.

Both endings complete the quest, but the reward differs: one branch pays the Lucky Shot Amber, the other Sleight of Hand, and Sleight of Hand has no other source in the game, which matters for Ambersmith.

Data: Steam build 25907482 (1.0 launch). How we source this

The quest: An Unheard Farewell

Game data

Where the quest starts and what it pays, from the game files. The quest page has every journal step, with the story text behind a spoiler.

  • Side quest: An Unheard Farewell
  • Location: Valley of Ashes
  • First lead: Letter to all Commanding Officers of the Line Infantry · Valley of Ashes · The Climb (73 m)
  • Journal steps: 6 · 2 endings
  • Rewards: Lucky Shot, Sleight of Hand · depends on how the quest ends
  • Dialogue choice: Refuse. / Help.

An Unheard Farewell: full quest walkthrough →

Related achievements

Steam stats

Achievements of the same kind with a similar unlock rate.

Aggressive Reconnaissance is a Side quest achievement in Valor Mortis: Complete the Unheard Farewell quest. 37% of Steam players have it, the #2 most common of 39. That is more common than the average Side quest achievement (6.6%). It needs the side quest An Unheard Farewell, which is 6 journal steps long.

See Also

AchievementsAn Unheard FarewellNephtis SuperiorisWalkthrough
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Aggressive Reconnaissance achievement FAQ

How do you get the Aggressive Reconnaissance achievement in Valor Mortis?

Aggressive Reconnaissance unlocks when you complete An Unheard Farewell in the Valley of Ashes, the second region, so most players meet this quest early. An adjudant hides in a wagon while his unit has gone into a cave, and he wants to know what happened to them. When he first speaks to you, choose Help: it is the option that sets the quest's flag in the dialogue data, while Refuse sets nothing.

How rare is the Aggressive Reconnaissance achievement?

37% of Steam players have unlocked Aggressive Reconnaissance, which makes it the #2 most common of the 39 achievements in Valor Mortis.

Is Aggressive Reconnaissance missable?

Nothing in the game data locks Aggressive Reconnaissance out: no dialogue choice or quest branch is tied to it. The usual caution still applies: Napoleon's Prison and Entropy have no fast travel, so finish anything in earlier regions before you enter them.

What kind of achievement is Aggressive Reconnaissance?

Aggressive Reconnaissance is one of 6 Side quest achievements in Valor Mortis. The others are We Wear the Same Colours, A Bitter Cure, Blood and Wine, Hand in the Jar, The Book of Beasts.

Do you need Aggressive Reconnaissance for Nephtis Superioris?

Yes. Nephtis Superioris, the all-achievements unlock, needs every one of the other 38 achievements, Aggressive Reconnaissance included.

Where does the An Unheard Farewell quest start?

An Unheard Farewell belongs to Valley of Ashes. The first lead in our data is Letter to all Commanding Officers of the Line Infantry, near the The Climb Lantern, and the quest has 6 journal steps.