Objectives: The Atlantic Wall

Your guide to completing all main and optional objectives in Sniper Elite 5's first mission, The Atlantic Wall. Take down Beckendorf and more!

Alright, so you've just dropped into Sniper Elite 5's first mission, 'The Atlantic Wall.' Think of this as your intro to the game, but don't let that fool you – it's a solid mission with plenty of sniping opportunities and a good story to boot. It can easily take you a couple of hours if you play it smart, so let's break down what you need to do.

Your main goal here is to punch a hole in Hitler's Atlantic Wall defenses to make things easier for the landing parties. You've got two main ways to tackle this:

• Option A: Destroy the Pillars (2)
• Option B: Sabotage the Radar’s power source

Basically, you can either blow up the support pillars or mess with the radar's power supply. Either way, you're weakening their defenses.

Optional Objectives

These only pop up when you're nearby, so keep an eye out for them. They're great for extra XP and really help you feel like you're making a difference.

Destroy the Gun Battery

• Option A: Sabotage the power source
• Option B: Send a sabotaged shell into the gun

For this one, you'll want to add some TNT to one of the shells. Trust me, it makes the whole gun go boom.

Neutralise the Coastal Defences

You need to Destroy Defences (3). These are three of the guns guarding the coast, and taking them out is crucial.

Neutralise Anti-Air Guns

You'll also need to Destroy Anti-Air guns (3). These are a real pain for air support, so taking them out will definitely help your buddies in the sky.

Kill List

This is where you get to hunt down specific targets. Your first mark is:

• Find and kill Steffen Beckendorf

He's your primary target for this mission.

Extras

There's also something not officially listed as an objective, but it's definitely worth doing: Destroy gunboat from beach. It's cruising around the bay, practically begging to be taken out, and it'll net you some extra XP.

How to destroy the gunboat:

To take out the gunboat, you need to hit the fuel tanks at the rear. You can do this with your scope, but there are better weapons that'll do more damage. You can find a couple of Panzerfaust rocket launchers right at the end of the beach, or an anti-tank weapon upstairs in the Pharmacie on the beachfront. Just be careful – if you get too close to the water, that gunboat will return fire. Try to shoot from cover. Hitting its weak points will cause it to explode spectacularly.