10 Deceptive Video Game Achievements That Sound Easy To Get (But Actually Aren't)

1. Hmmmmm - Borderlands 2

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The description of the achievement "Hmmmmm" from Borderlands 2 says that it requires you to "wield the Mysterious Amulet".

It sounds easy enough. All you have to do is get your hands on a specific item, and even if it's tied to a difficult mission or a boss fight, it shouldn't take up a lot of time and effort.

Well, if this is what you think, you're technically right. The amulet in question doesn't take neither time nor effort to acquire—just a ton of cash that you'll have to devote all your time and effort to gathering instead.

The Mysterious Amulet is a unique relic acquired in Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep. It's tied to its very own mission, where the player can purchase it from Mr. Miz for anywhere between $10,000 and $99,999,999, aka the highest amount of money in the game.

The cost of the prize scales with your level to make it exorbitantly high no matter when you do the quest, to ensure purchasing the amulet is as painful and difficult as possible.

Of course, you can try to simply kill Mr. Miz, but this will not drop the amulet and actually prevent you from getting the achievement altogether.

"Hmmmmm" seems like an appropriate response to all this nonsense!

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