Easy Flawless Cowboy Progress cheats for Halo: Reach

Easy Flawless Cowboy Progress

As you know, Flawless Cowboy is when you complete a Legendary mission without dying. This is a very hard task, and seemingly impossible commendation to try and complete. Well stress no more.

Start by picking the mission "Winter Contingency" and putting the difficulty on Legendary, as well the scoring for "Free for All," (I find it easier to know when I get a kill by doing this) and any skulls you wish to put on.

When the mission starts, proceed to run straight through to the building where you have your first encounter with the Covenant (the part where you actually fire and shoot at them). Ignore the Grunts and other various Covenant, and immediately run to the right of the building, taking shelter behind a shack and waiting for your shields, if you take any damage, and sprinting to recharge. Afterwords, immediately sprint straight ahead.

You will be out of danger for awhile, just keep running and hugging the border of the map to the right. You will eventually come to a bridge. Cross it, and continue heading straight (don't go to the left or middle of the map).

Up ahead there are some Elites that will be dropped from a Drop Ship. If you head over the railing to the right, and stay along the cliff over the railing, you should pass without them noticing you.

At this point you should have arrived at the car portion of the mission. Wait for the two other Nobles to board the vehicle, and start driving. Drive to the point where you see a flock of birds, and cross the bridge that has a straight path and a curve to the left. Take the left road, and you should come upon a building full of the Covenant. Ignore them, and continue down the road, heading right and heading straight down where you should come upon another building. Bypass that as well, and head to where the Lost Trooper Base is.

It is at this part where you should be most careful. Your task is to defend the base for Evac. Don't be a hero. Take it to the corners and inside the buildings for cover, as you do not want to die and restart the entire mission again. Use your pistol for the Grunts, and conserve the DMR ammo for the Elites. Afterwords, board the Falcon and wait awhile.

Once you board off the Falcon, immediately head right as to take cover. Once your sprint has recharged, head for the building where the door is trying to be hacked. Just wait in the corner at this point, because this whole scene is scripted and it will not matter if you try and shoot or kill anything. After Kat has hacked the door, wait for her to open the next door and continue through.

Run toward where the dead body is, and skip the cutscene. You're almost there, so try and stay alive.

After the cutscene, you will have to take out an Elite, some Grunts, and some Jackals. Notice the DMR ammo that is stocked in front of you. Save grenades for later. Clear out the Grunts and Jackals first, so you can focus everything on the Elite, but remember to keep cover so you will not die. (AKA, don't rush in.)

After the Elite is dead, try and take some plasma grenades, and chuck them into the next hallway to take out as many Grunts and Jackals as possible. Clear out the remaining few, and proceed through to the final room.

Before you enter the final room, be sure to pick up a Plasma Pistol, and keep your DMR. You will see four Grunts patrolling. Take them out from there Jorge is standing. There is an Elite with a sword in the room near the Grunts, so be wary. After the Grunts are taken out, proceed to the moving engines, and charge your Plasma Pistol. The Elite should be approaching, so release the Plasma Pistol and fire a DMR in his head before he has a chance to kill you.

After all that, you're in the clear. Here's the technical part now;

Head to the switch. Do not pull it yet. Go ahead and Save and Quit, and resume. Now, pull the switch, and wait for the cutscene. As soon as you hear a voice, immediately Pause it and hit "Save and Quit." With this, resume the Campaign and it will complete this mission for you. Now, once it has brought you back to the main menu, you notice that it gives you the option to "resume" again. This gives just the ending of the mission, and counts towards your Flawless Cowboy commendation. Hope I helped, and good luck out there.

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