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ACHIEVEMENTS OBTAINABLE: (4)
Duke Nukem Forever

ACHIEVEMENTS OBTAINABLE: (4)

Defeat the Mothership boss in Duke Nukem Forever. Learn its attacks, effective weapons, and how to get the Natural Disaster 3X achievement.

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Defeat the Mothership boss in Duke Nukem Forever. Learn its attacks, effective weapons, and how to get the Natural Disaster 3X achievement.

Walkthrough
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    Ride the turret all the way to the rooftop for a fun and exciting battle against the Mothership.
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    The Mothership has 43 hits (health) and a difficulty rating of 2/5. The effective weapon is the turret.
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    The Lady Killer Turret deals 43 damage on all difficulties (Easy, Normal, Hard, DiG).
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    The Mothership attacks by spawning Alien Fighters (300 HP each), Alien Dropships (2400 HP each) loaded with Assault Troopers, and its Final Laser (10 damage every 1/2 sec, fatal once Ego is down).
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    You cannot damage the Mothership while it is firing its Final Laser. Only fire on it between laser beam shots.
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    When attacking the Mothership, target the closest laser turret and do not fire at full-auto. After the ship has been hit, a short distortion prevents additional fire from damaging it for about a second.
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    The Mothership does not attack until you fire the first shot.
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    Attack Ships' lasers will completely take out your Ego (health), so they should get immediate priority over the Mothership.
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    Attack Ships and Dropships can approach from either the left or the right.
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    Dropships will drop off Assault Troopers; dispose of them quickly and return fire on the Mothership.
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    When an Attack Ship flies down solo, it attacks with a laser beam.
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    When three Attack Ships fly down, only the ship in the middle will attack you; target that one.
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    There is a small break between each wave of attacking units. Use this time to attack the Mothership.
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    If you have a full Ego bar on DiG difficulty and have been tracking enemy waves, you can ignore the last Attack Ship and focus on the Mothership as your Ego will have recharged before moving on. If playing with a reset bar, do not attempt this.
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    Wave 1: Dropship, Dropship (If you do too much damage to the Mothership early on, the 2nd dropship may not appear.)
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    Wave 2: 4 x Solo, 1 x Wing
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    Wave 3: Wing, Dropship (with Attack Ships as escort, ignore them), Wing, Solo, Wing, Solo.
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    Wave 4: 5 x Wing. After this wave, the Mothership fires its Final Laser, and you will die if you have not defeated it.
Tips
  • Set your Vertical and Horizontal Sensitivity to 1 for this battle to make it easier to track and destroy Attack Ships.
  • Aim for the middle ships as they fly towards you, as the others do nothing.
  • Dispose of Assault Troopers only and get back to firing at the Mothership ASAP.
  • BahumautZero suggests a tactic of blowing up a ship, taking a few shots at the Mothership, recharging, and hitting the next ship.
  • There are 39 pieces of armor attached to the Mothership's laser cannon. Each has 12 HP, though this value never changes in-game. This may explain the short delay between damage instances.
  • To obtain the Natural Disaster 3X achievement (+10G / Bronze), aim at the cargo bay doors when a dropship arrives, destroy the three enemies inside at once.
  • The Big Guns, Big Ships achievement (+10G / Bronze) requires blowing up 5 enemy gunships or dropships. This will likely happen naturally on the DiG difficulty.

Notes: If you melee a grate to your right after entering the vents, instead of going to your left, you will eventually overlook a 'scene' between two women.

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