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Please note that this guide is for the Xbox One version of the game; if you are playing on Xbox 360, please refer to the alternative guide here.

 

 

Overview:

- Estimated achievement difficulty:4/10

- Offline: 66 [1000:gsicon:]

- Online: 0 [0:gsicon:]

- Approximate amount of time to 1000:gsicon: 30-50 hours

- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 + Expeditions Mode

- Missable achievements: None

- Does difficulty affect achievements: Yes, the Ultimate Survivor achievement requires Survivor difficulty

- Unobtainable/glitched achievements: None

- Extra equipment needed: None

 

 

Introduction:

 

Rise of the Tomb Raider is the follow-up to the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot. Expanding on the scope from that game, Rise of the Tomb Raider provides a much more open game world, with a variety of collectible items, side missions and challenges available to supplement the main story. The game's achievements fall into four main categories, starting with a number of story-related achievements, then collectibles and completion of side missions/challenges, a few miscellaneous tasks and finally a few associated with a new score-attack "Expeditions Mode" in which each section of the game can be replayed. All of the game's achievements can be unlocked with a single playthrough on Survivor difficulty and nothing is missable.

 

 

Controls:

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/analog-left.png - movement/press in to sprint

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/analog-right.png - camera movement/press in to use 'Survival Instincts', or to zoom when aiming

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/dpad-down.pnghttp://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/dpad-left.pnghttp://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/dpad-right.pnghttp://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/dpad-up.png - weapon selection

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-a.png - jump

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-b.png - scramble/roll/dodge/swim faster

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-x.png - interact/axe attach

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-y.png - melee attack

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/lt.png - aim/when swimming, submerge/dive

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/lb.png - heal

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/rt.png - shoot/throw

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/rb.png - shoot alternate ammo

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-menu.png - display map and inventory

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-page.png - pause/options

 

 

Roadmap:

 

Step 1: Complete a full playthrough on Survivor difficulty

 

The first step towards unlocking the game's achievements is just to complete a full playthrough on Survivor (maximum) difficulty. While there are a few challenging parts, overall Survivor isn't too difficult if you have some experience with third-person shooting. There are no missable achievements, so just enjoy the game! That said, I'd recommend making a point of completing the optional 'challenge tombs' in each area at a fairly early stage, as these will each provide a fairly significant bonus to aid your playthrough

 

Achievements unlocked:

  • Quite a Tumble
  • Following in Father's Footsteps
  • Tougher Than She Looks
  • Strange Acquaintance
  • Taking the High Road
  • A Helping Hand
  • The Key To It All
  • Whatever It Takes
  • The Road Less Travelled
  • The Price of Truth
  • Ultimate Survivor

 

Step 2: Collectibles, challenges and optional missions

 

The game has a number of different collectibles to go after in each location - you'll need to find all of these and complete all of the challenges and optional missions to reach 100% game completion, which is required to unlock all of the game's achievements. In particular, there are the following:

  • Murals - which improve Lara's proficiency in one of three languages.
  • Relics - themed to match the setting of the game world, these are items of supposed archaeological significance. Certain relics will also improve Lara's language proficiency.
  • Documents - which also add further detail and context to the game's story. Certain documents will also improve Lara's language proficiency.
  • Survival caches - which contain bonus resources for use in crafting.
  • Coin caches - which contain coins that can be spent to purchase special equipment from the Supply Shack in the Soviet Installation area.
  • Strongboxes - which contain weapon parts.
  • Challenges - for which you'll need to find all of a certain type of item in a location and interact with it in some way (e.g., shooting targets or lighting braziers).
  • Optional missions - giving item and experience bonuses when completed.
  • Challenge tombs - nine areas with puzzle challenges of some form, with a skill bonus as a reward for completion.
  • Crypts - five hidden locations, each of which contains a special item.

 

You'll also come across monoliths, archivist maps and explorer satchels, which will mark certain other collectibles on your map and/or provide resources for crafting - but these aren't required for 100% completion.

 

Achievements unlocked:

  • Keen Eye
  • Looking for Trouble
  • Good Samaritan
  • Challenging
  • Tomb Raider
  • Woman of the People
  • Trust Seeker
  • Voices of the Past
  • Fluent
  • Compulsive
  • Avid Shopper
  • No Guts, No Glory
  • No Stone Unturned
  • The Chosen Few

 

Step 3: Clean-up

 

After finding all of the game's collectibles, there are then several miscellaneous achievements to go after from completing specified tasks. You may unlock some of these in the course of your main playthrough and collectible hunting, but now's the time to go after those that you don't yet have.

 

Achievements unlocked:

  • Firestarter
  • Bar Brawl
  • Rapid Recovery
  • Renegade
  • Triple Threat
  • A Trusty Old Friend
  • Fearless
  • Fall Guys
  • One-Side Conversation
  • Glub Glub Glub
  • Blade of Justice
  • Was That Really Necessary?
  • Reading the Past
  • Weaponsmith
  • Craftswoman
  • Master Fletcher
  • Self-Improvement Junkie
  • Laying Down the Law
  • English Pedigree
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Dead Ringer
  • Quick and Painless
  • Trick Shot
  • Rotisserie
  • Paying Respects
  • Zipper
  • For My Next Trick…
  • Quiet Time
  • Bacon!
  • Huntress
  • Siberian Ranger

 

Step 4: Expeditions Mode

 

Finally comes "Expeditions Mode". This allows you to replay individual sections (chapters) of the game with a score-attack format. You'll need to complete each chapter with a gold medal score. A selection of 'cards', which apply a specified effect to the replay and a positive or negative score multiplier, are available from the in-game marketplace, purchasable with either credits that you'll earn in-game or real money. You'll need to make use of this marketplace to unlock the game's achievements, but they're all readily unlockable without spending any real money here.

 

Achievements unlocked:

  • Quite the Collector
  • These Belong in a Museum
  • Way to Go
  • Golden Child
  • Gilded
  • Well Begun is Half Done
  • My Own Worst Enemy
  • Iron Will
  • That All You Got?
  • Untouchable

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Achievement guide:

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109230-lo.jpg Firestarter 5:gsicon:

Defeat two enemies or more using a single Molotov Cocktail

 

Molotov Cocktails are crafted items that Lara can craft when holding a bottle. You will most likely unlock this naturally if you use Molotov Cocktails at all in your main playthrough, but if not, this can readily be unlocked later, either in free-roam or via Expeditions Mode. For example, you'll find bottles and respawning enemies in the Siberian Wilderness area. After crafting the Molotov, find a pair of, ideally, unaware enemies and throw it between the two of them. The Molotov should set them both on fire and you'll unlock the achievement when they die.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109231-lo.jpg Bar Brawl 10:gsicon:

Melee kill an enemy using a bottle

 

You'll need to learn the "Deadly Force" skill before this achievement can be unlocked. Once you have this, find a bottle and an, ideally, unaware enemy, then use a melee attack on them. Lara should smash the bottle on their head and kill them, unlocking the achievement.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109232-lo.jpg Rapid Recovery 5:gsicon:

Heal yourself in combat 3 times

 

On lower difficulty levels, regenerating health is available, but when playing on Survivor difficulty you'll need to make use of manual healing, by holding down http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/lb.png. Simply heal during a combat encounter a cumulative total of three times to unlock this achievement, which will almost certainly come naturally if playing on Survivor difficulty.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109233-lo.jpg Renegade 10:gsicon:

Melee 5 enemies off a ledge

 

For this achievement, you need to use melee attacks to knock enemies off a ledge a cumulative total of five times. There are a number of places throughout the game that you can work towards this, but if you don't unlock the achievement naturally over the course of your main playthrough, you can use Expeditions Mode to replay suitable chapters. An example of a good location for this would be Copper Mill Yard in the Soviet Installation area. Once you've knocked an enemy off a ledge once, you can if necessary reload your latest checkpoint to repeat until the achievement unlocks.

 

Here's a video guide taken from Youtube to illustrate the achievement.

 

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109234-lo.jpg Triple Threat 10:gsicon:

Kill 3 enemies with 1 Shotgun blast

 

A great place for this achievement can be found in the Soviet Installation, either during your main playthrough or via Expeditions Mode (ideally, using Chapter Replay Elite to retain skills/upgrades). Play through the chapter until the scene with Konstantin, then immediately after this finishes there will be a pair of soldiers standing over an injured soldier on the ground - aim at these three with your shotgun and, if you get your aim just right, with a little luck you'll be able to kill all three with a single shot and unlock the achievement. If not, just reload the checkpoint and retry. Lower difficulties will make this easier. Thanks to Tassie Tiger for suggesting this method.

 

I've seen reports of being able to unlock this from multiple kills from blowing up a barrel with a shotgun blast, but haven't been able to do this with a fully-patched version of the game.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109235-lo.jpg A Trusty Old Friend 10:gsicon:

Kill 5 enemies within 10 seconds using any rifle

 

If you don't unlock this naturally during your main playthrough, there are numerous chapters in which you can unlock this in Expeditions Mode. For example, "The Acropolis" is suitable (and a good place for a number of other achievements), with an enemy encounter near to the start, but plenty of others will do just as well. When you first encounter the enemies they'll be unaware of their presence, so alert them (e.g., by firing a few unsilenced shots into the air), wait for them to cluster together then take them out quickly with your rifle. Lower difficulties will of course make this easier.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109236-lo.jpg Fearless 15:gsicon:

Defeat a Deathless Swordsman using only melee attacks and a finisher

 

Deathless Swordsmen are a type of enemy only encountered in later chapters of the game. To unlock this achievement, you'll first need to learn the Dodge Counter, Dodge Kill and Dodge Kill Mastery skills from the Brawler tree. Now, when you encounter a Deathless Swordsman, ideally one on their own, wait for them to start to attack you, dodge using http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-b.png, then you should get a timed prompt to press http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-y.png and kill them using a Dodge Kill, unlocking the achievement. You can use Expeditions Mode to replay chapters for this if necessary.

 

Here's a video guide taken from Youtube to illustrate the achievement.

 

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109237-lo.jpg Fall Guys 10:gsicon:

Kill 10 enemies by shooting them in the leg

 

This achievement is self-explanatory from its description and you're very likely to unlock this naturally during your main playthrough - but if not, just find a group of enemies in free-roam and/or via Expeditions Mode, then focus your fire on their legs. Repeat until the achievement unlocks, which shouldn't take long.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109238-lo.jpg One-Sided Conversation 10:gsicon:

Stealth kill an enemy while he is having a conversation

 

There are numerous opportunities to unlock this achievement during your main playthrough and I expect that this will come naturally for most. However, if you haven't unlocked it by the time that you beat the game, find a pair of conversing enemies, either in free-roam or via Expeditions mode, sneak up quietly behind them and use a stealth melee attack to kill them. For example, you'll find an unaware guard talking on the radio early on in the Siberian Wilderness chapter who provides an ideal opportunity for this.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109239-lo.jpg Glub Glub Glub 10:gsicon:

Drown 3 enemies using a water finisher

 

A 'water finisher' is carried out while swimming, by attempting a melee attack on an enemy with http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-y.png when they come sufficiently close to the water. There are a couple of good locations for this, but the earliest is in the Geothermal Valley region, when approaching the enemy camp in the north-west of the region. After completing one water finisher, just reload the checkpoint and repeat a couple of times to unlock the achievement.

 

Here's a video guide taken from Youtube:

 

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109240-lo.jpg Blade of Justice 10:gsicon:

Perform 25 special stealth kills with the knife

 

A 'special' stealth kill just requires you to have learnt the Deadly Force skill from the Brawler tree before attempting it. Now, just sneak up behind an enemy and use http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-y.png to carry out a stealth kill, then repeat until you unlock the achievement. If you like, you can reload the checkpoint for another opportunity after completing each kill, but there are numerous opportunities for stealth kills both during and after your main playthrough so this isn't really necessary.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109241-lo.jpg Was That Really Necessary? 10:gsicon:

Kill any animal with an explosive

 

This achievement is self-explanatory from its description. Simply find any animal - rabbits and squirrels will be most frequently encountered - and fire at them using explosive ammunition, e.g., grenade arrows, to unlock the achievement.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109242-lo.jpg Reading the Past 10:gsicon:

Translate one Monolith

 

The game world contains a number of monoliths - tall carved stones that Lara can read when her language proficiency is sufficiently high (see also the Fluent achievement below), to reveal the location of nearby collectibles. You'll unlock this achievement by reading your first monolith, which will most likely be in the game's first tomb. This monolith requires Greek proficiency at level 1, which can be attained by reading the murals on the nearby walls.

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109243-lo.jpg Weaponsmith 10:gsicon:

Fully upgrade one weapon

 

During the course of the game, four main types of weapon become available to Lara - bows, pistols, rifles and shotguns, with four varieties of each available to collect (the later ones requiring collection of parts from strongboxes or purchase from the Supply Shack). The climbing axe is also considered a weapon for the purposes of this achievement.

 

Each individual weapon can be upgraded at base camps in a number of ways using resources collected from the game world. Unless you spend a very long time grinding for resource collection, you're very unlikely to be able to upgrade all weapons fully, so I'd recommend focusing your upgrades on a small number of weapons - those which you use most. This achievement requires any one weapon to be fully upgraded and is most readily unlocked with the climbing axe, as this has only a comparatively small number of upgrades available.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109244-lo.jpg Craftswoman 10:gsicon:

Craft 5 pieces of Equipment

 

As well as weapon upgrades, at base camps Lara is able to craft new/upgraded pieces of equipment, again making use of resources collected from the game world. Simply craft any five pieces of equipment to unlock this achievement.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109245-lo.jpg Master Fletcher 10:gsicon:

Craft 25 of each special arrow type (Fire, Grenade, Poison)

 

Lara can craft arrows at any time, without needing to be at a base camp, provided that she has sufficient resources to do so. While a bow is armed, holding down http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/rt.png will craft regular arrows, while http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/rb.png will craft special arrows, of whichever type is currently armed. You can cycle between special arrow types with multiple presses of http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/dpad-up.png.

 

If you make regular use of special arrows during your main playthrough (which will make Survivor difficulty much easier!), this may well come naturally, but if not, it shouldn't take long to grind this achievement out in free-roam. As Lara can only carry a limited number of each type of arrow (with the limit depending on what equipment upgrades you've crafted), you'll need to shoot a few after each crafting to make space for more. As special arrows are crafted in groups of three, if you're within three arrows of maximum capacity, shoot a few away before crafting more or you'll waste resources.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109246-lo.jpg Self-Improvement Junkie 10:gsicon:

Purchase all skills in one category

 

During the course of the game, Lara can learn skills across three different skill trees/categories to improve her abilities. Depending on your approach to playing, you may find that you're able to obtain all skills from all categories during the course of your main playthrough (or during free-roam), but this achievement requires only all skills from any one category to be learned.

 

Whatever you do, I'd highly recommend picking "Avid Learner" as one of your earliest skill choices, as this will provide bonus experience with every collectible item - and so, make further progression that much quicker. Other choices beyond this are really down to personal preference, but for Survivor difficulty, "Thick-Skinned" from the Brawler tree will provide a significant boost to combat survivability.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109247-lo.jpg Fluent 10:gsicon:

Reach max proficiency in one language

 

Throughout the game, Lara is able to improve her proficiency in three different languages - Greek (up to level 7), Russian (up to level 3) and Mongolian (up to level 2). With sufficient proficiency, she's them able to translate the writing on monoliths that appear in the game world, marking the location of certain nearby collectibles on the in-game map. This achievement requires you to reach the maximum level in any one language, though doing so for all three is readily achievable.

 

Language proficiency is improved through certain collectible items. Reading murals will always provide a boost in a given language, while certain documents and relics will also do so. While on the surface it may seem that Mongolian is the easiest language to maximise, the lower maximum level reflects there being many fewer opportunities to improve it, and in fact, the first language that I maximised was Greek. See the Voices of the Past achievement below for help with finding the game's collectibles.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109248-lo.jpg Laying Down The Law 15:gsicon:

Kill 6 enemies with the Revolver without reloading

 

The Revolver holds six bullets and this achievement requires you to kill an enemy with each one, requiring a headshot each time, without reloading. You're unlikely to unlock this unless you deliberately go after it, especially on Survivor difficulty, so if you haven't unlocked this by the time that you complete the game, I'd recommend using Expeditions Mode, on Adventurer difficulty, to unlock it.

 

Any chapter in which you face enemies will do, but I'd suggest The Acropolis as a good early example, where there's an encounter with a group of unaware enemies near to the start. Playing on Adventurer difficulty should allow plenty of time to line up headshots with each bullet, as Lara will be able to withstand a significant amount of gunfire herself. If necessary, though, there's plenty of space to retreat to cover and allow Lara's health to regenerate.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109249-lo.jpg English Pedigree 15:gsicon:

Headshot an enemy with an arrow from a distance beyond 25m

 

25 metres is a significant distance, so to have a good chance of unlocking this you'll need to attempt it against unaware enemies; a headshot should be fatal to any enemy without a helmet. If you haven't unlocked this by the time that you've completed your main playthrough, Expeditions Mode provides plenty of good opportunities to do so, or you can just do this in free-roam. Of course, it may not be obvious how far in-game constitutes 25 metres.

 

Using Expeditions Mode, I'd recommend "The Acropolis" as a good chapter on which to attempt this. Here, you'll encounter a group of unaware enemies at the start of the chapter. Once you locate them, back away to the tent near to the path that you've come down and shoot from here (zooming in will help) - this should be a sufficient distance to unlock the achievement, provided of course that your shot is on-target.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109250-lo.jpg Chemical Warfare 15:gsicon:

Kill 5 enemies with one Poison Arrow

 

Poison arrows can be very powerful if used well, killing a whole group of enemies with a single arrow. If you've not unlocked this during your main playthrough, I'd recommend attempting it on "The Acropolis" in Expeditions Mode. Here, when you reach the first group of enemies, fire a few unsilenced shots into the air to alert them, then run back towards the tent near to the path that you've come down and wait for the enemies to follow. With a little luck, you'll find that they cluster together, presenting a perfect opportunity for a poison arrow into the middle of the group to unlock the achievement. If necessary, you can aim normal arrows at the legs of any enemies approaching in front of the main group, to slow them down until the others catch up.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109251-lo.jpg Keen Eye 15:gsicon:

Unearth 40 Survival Caches

 

Survival caches are one of the many types of collectible items in the game, each containing cache of resources for use in crafting. See the Voices of the Past achievement below for guide to help with finding these and the game's other collectibles.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109252-lo.jpg The Price of Truth 125:gsicon:

Finish the game on any difficulty

 

This achievement simply requires you to complete a full playthrough of the game, on any difficulty. See the Ultimate Survivor achievement below for tips to help with this.

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109253-lo.jpg Looking for Trouble 10:gsicon:

Complete 5 Challenges

 

See the Compulsive achievement below.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109254-lo.jpg Good Samaritan 10:gsicon:

Complete 3 Missions

 

See the Woman of the People achievement below.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109255-lo.jpg Dead Ringer 10:gsicon:

Get 25 headshots using the Bolt-Action Rifle

 

The Bolt-Action Rifle is the most powerful rifle in the game, but hindered by requiring reloading after each shot. Whether or not you unlock this achievement naturally depends on how much you use the gun - which in my case, wasn't much. However, this is readily unlocked in Expeditions Mode and I'd suggest "The Acropolis" as a good chapter in which to attempt the achievement, with a group of unaware enemies near to the start of the chapter providing a perfect opportunity to line up headshots. After a few shots, simply reload the checkpoint and repeat as necessary.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109256-lo.jpg Quick and Painless 10:gsicon:

Shoot 15 deer in the heart

 

Deer can be found in the Siberian Wilderness, Soviet Installation and Geothermal Valley regions. You're unlikely to unlock this naturally so will need to farm this to some extent. Note that you won't always find deer when visiting each location (I believe that they'll only appear in certain weather conditions), so if you don't, just fast travel to one of the other locations and return later - you should find deer before too long.

 

There are two specific skills that you'll want to learn before going after this achievement - "Anatomical Knowledge" will show an indicator of animals' hearts when you use Survival Instincts and "True Shot" will automatically target animals' hearts when you zoomed in and aiming at them with your bow.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109257-lo.jpg Challenging 10:gsicon:

Complete any Challenge Tomb

 

See the Tomb Raider achievement below.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109258-lo.jpg Tomb Raider 50:gsicon:

Complete all Challenge Tombs in one playthrough

 

There are nine "Challenge Tombs" in the game, as follows:

  • Glacial Cavern - Ice Ship
  • Soviet Installation - Ancient Cistern
  • Soviet Installation - Voice of God
  • Soviet Installation - The Red Mine
  • Geothermal Valley - House of the Afflicted
  • Geothermal Valley - The Pit of Judgement
  • Geothermal Valley - Baths of Kitezh
  • Geothermal Valley - Catacomb of Sacred Waters
  • The Lost City - Chamber of Exorcism

Each tomb provides a puzzle challenge of some form, with a skill bonus as a reward for completion. If you need help with finding or completing any of the tombs, plenty of guides are available, a good example being this written guide with screenshots from GamesRadar: http://www.gamesradar.com/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-challenge-tomb-walkthrough-guide/

 

You can attempt the tombs in any order and you'll unlock this achievement after completing the last of them. While I'd suggest completing the tombs as early as possible given the bonuses that they bring, for the purposes of the achievement this can be done in free-roam if you prefer.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109259-lo.jpg Woman of the People 25:gsicon:

Complete every Mission

 

Alongside the main plot, there are also several optional side missions for Lara to complete, with item and experience rewards for completion. There are a total of eight missions in the game - four each in the Soviet Installation and Geothermal Valley regions - with missions given out by allied individuals who Lara encounters. After completing the last of these, the achievement will unlock.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109260-lo.jpg Truth Seeker 10:gsicon:

Collect 25% of all narrative assets (relics, murals, and documents)

 

See the Voices of the Past achievement below.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109261-lo.jpg Voices of the Past 15:gsicon:

Collect 75% of all narrative assets (relics, murals, and documents)

 

To unlock this achievement, you need to collect 75% of all relics, murals and documents across the entire game. A number of XBA members have kindly put together video guides to help you to locate these, alongside the other collectibles that you'll need to find for other achievements and a 100% completion score. With thanks to Barad for compiling these in the original thread here, these guides can be found as follows:

 

If you prefer text/screenshot guides, I'd recommend this guide from GamePressure.com, which includes maps of the collectible locations for each region: http://guides.gamepressure.com/riseofthetombraider/

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109262-lo.jpg Compulsive 25:gsicon:

Complete every Challenge

 

Most regions of the game have a number of challenges associated with them, for which you'll need to find all of a certain type of item in a location and interact with it in some way (e.g., shooting targets or lighting braziers). Completing each challenge will provide a significant experience bonus.

 

You can see a list of challenges from the in-game map, but for specific guidance, please see the collectibles guides under the Voices of the Past achievement above.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109263-lo.jpg Trick Shot 10:gsicon:

Shoot a bottle out of the air

 

This achievement is easier than it might sound, so long as you're using the right weapon. Pick up a bottle and throw it as high into the air as possible, then immediately arm a shotgun or rifle and fire upwards toward the bottle. Your shots should shatter the bottle, unlocking the achievement.

 

 

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Shoot a chicken out of the air with a fire arrow

 

Fast travel to the Ruins Encampment base camp in the Geothermal Valley, where you should find a group of chickens (if not, fast travel elsewhere and return). Pick one of them up (they'll run away when you approach and you'll need to give chase), then simply drop it by arming a weapon and it'll land on its head. The game seems to consider this as still being airborne, so arm a fire arrow and shoot the chicken to unlock the achievement.

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Collect 150 cards

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

See the These Belong in A Museum achievement below.

 

 

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Collect 300 cards

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

"Expeditions Mode" allows you to replay individual sections ("chapters") of the game, with the ability to apply a variety of modifiers to the encounter by means of "cards", purchasable from the in-game marketplace using either in-game credit or real money. In the course of completing your main playthrough and working towards 100% completion, you'll be granted a number of free packs of cards (which can be redeemed under the "gifts" tab of the marketplace) and a significant amount of credit.

 

The marketplace has 6 different types of card pack available for purchase, each of which contains 5 cards - so to unlock this achievement, you'll need to 'open' a total of 60 packs. For this achievement, I'd recommend just purchasing the cheapest type of pack, which is "bronze", costing 5,000 credits each. If you do so, you should find that, together with the free packs, you have enough credit to get very close to the 300 card total required for this achievement, but will likely be around 3-4 packs short. The 15,000-20,000 credits that you'll need to purchase these packs will come very quickly as you complete chapters in Expeditions Mode (for example, each Gold Medal completion will award 10,000 credits).

 

In general, each card can only be used once, but you'll also find that you get some "foil" cards, which can be used repeatedly. These cards are differentiated with a gold border and a 'shine' effect that moves across them. Note that using a card doesn't remove it from the cumulative 300 total required for this achievement.

 

 

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Complete every level in Score Attack with a bronze score or better

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

Each chapter in Expeditions Mode's Score Attack mode has point thresholds above which you'll be awarded a bronze, silver or gold medal. For this achievement, you need to earn enough points for a bronze medal or better on every single chapter. See the Golden Child achievement below for further guidance.

 

 

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Complete every level in Score Attack with a gold score

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

Each chapter in Expeditions Mode's Score Attack mode has point thresholds above which you'll be awarded a bronze, silver or gold medal. For this achievement, you need to earn enough points for a gold medal on every single chapter.

 

For a high score, you'll need to complete the chapter as fast as possible (an on-screen counter will show your current time bonus/penalty as you play), picking up blue score bonus pickups, killing enemies (headshots, finishers, etc., will provide a higher score) and avoiding damage. Ideally, try to achieve kills in quick succession to gain a temporary score multiplier, while replaying on higher difficulty levels will apply a multiplier to your overall score (0.5× for Adventurer, 1× for Tomb Raider, 2× for Seasoned Raider and 3× for Survivor).

 

Beyond this, applying modifier effects to the encounter with up to five cards (see These Belong in A Museum above) will provide a further score multiplier, which can be either positive (for effects that hinder your encounter) or negative (for helpful effects). Depending on the nature of the encounter, some of the easiest hindering effects to deal with, while providing a notable score boost, are those that disable health regeneration (which isn't possible on Survivor difficulty anyway) and those that start Lara with no ammunition (not too much of a problem if early stealth kills or ammo pickups are available).

 

 

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Complete a level in Score Attack with a gold score

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

See the Golden Child achievement above.

 

 

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Complete 10 different levels in Score Attack with a gold score

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

See the Golden Child achievement above.

 

 

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Complete a level in Score Attack with a card bonus of 200% or more

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

For this achievement, you need to apply cards (see also These Belong in A Museum above) with a total score multiplier of 200% or more to a given encounter and then complete the chapter. This is most readily achieved with the chapters that focus on a single Challenge Tomb, as you're unlikely to take damage here so damage-related effects aren't problematic to deal with. I'd suggest in particular the cards that those which disable health regeneration (which isn't possible on Survivor difficulty anyway) and those that start Lara with no ammunition (often not required for Challenge Tombs, or readily available from ammo pickups).

 

 

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Complete a level in Score Attack using 5 cards

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

For this achievement, you simply need to apply a total of five cards (see also These Belong in A Museum above) to a given encounter and then complete the chapter. Feel free to use beneficial or neutral cards for this, as the total number of cards applied is the only point of significance here, not their type. The chapters that focus on a single Challenge Tomb are generally the quickest to complete, but this can be done on any chapter.

 

 

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Complete 3 Replay Challenges in one Score Attack level

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

When attempting each chapter in Score Attack mode, you can choose five challenges to aim for as you play - these might, for example, be completing the chapter, or parts of it, in a given time, achieving a certain total of a given type of kill or picking up collectibles. The challenges available vary between chapters and you can only be awarded for completing those which you select to aim towards completing; if you succeed, you'll be rewarded with credits that can be spent in the in-game marketplace.

 

For this achievement, you need to complete any three challenges in the course of a single chapter replay. You can choose any chapter and any challenges that you like for this, but I'd suggest that among the most straightforward will be "The Acropolis", with challenges for collection of score bonus pickups and stealth/melee kills.

 

 

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Purchase all items from the Supply Shack

 

The Supply Shack can be found in the Soviet Installation region, with a number of items and weapons available for purchase, using coins that you'll collect during the game. Coins are found throughout the game world, often loose in small groups (most commonly in tombs), but more significantly, in buried caches which will be marked on your map after reading a nearby monolith - though these caches can be found without the monolith if you know where to look (and for this, see the Voices of the Past achievement above).

 

For this achievement, you'll need to buy every available item, which requires a total of 705 coins. If you seek out all coin caches and keep an eye out for other coins as you travel throughout the game world, you should find enough coins to meet this comfortably, but if you find yourself short, I'd suggest returning to the challenge tombs and crypts to check for any coins that you might have missed.

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Finish the game on Survivor difficulty

 

This achievement requires you to complete a full playthrough of the game on "Survivor" difficulty, which is the highest available in the game; after selecting Survivor difficulty, you'll be unable to change this. While there are a few challenging parts, overall Survivor isn't too difficult if you have some experience with third-person shooting. A full list of differences between each difficulty level is as follows:

 

Adventurer:

  • Aim assistance is enabled
  • Enemies have lower health and damage

Tomb Raider:

  • Aim assistance is disabled
  • Enemies have normal health and damage

Seasoned Raider:

  • Aim assistance is disabled
  • Heath regeneration only occurs outside of combat
  • Enemies have increased health, damage, and senses

Survivor:

  • Aim assistance is disabled
  • Health regeneration is disabled
  • Enemies have increased health, damage, and senses
  • More challenging enemy types will be present
  • Resources are more scarce, and upgrades are more expensive
  • Using a camp requires resources

 

A few suggestions to help you towards completing your Survivor playthrough:

  • Learn the "Avid Learner" and "Thick-Skinned" skills as early as possible - these will make further progression quicker and combat encounters much more survivable.
  • Use cover! Lara can't take much damage on Survivor difficulty, so in encounters with multiple enemies make full use of any available cover to avoid gunfire.
  • Whilst Lara's health won't regenerate, after the early parts of the game, you can afford to make fairly frequent use of manual healing as the required resources can be found very readily in most regions. You may also find it helpful to learn the skills that speed up healing.
  • The "True Shot" skill in the Huntress tree will make the bow significantly easier to use successfully later in the game, as this will automatically target arrows at enemies' heads when zoomed in, for an instant kill on those without helmets.

 

Note that in unpatched versions of the game, it was possible to unlock this achievement by replaying only the game's last chapter on Survivor difficulty via Expeditions Mode, but this no longer works in an up-to-date version.

 

 

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Attend a funeral

 

After passing through the Flooded Archives region in your main playthrough of the game, you'll return to the Geothermal Valley and have to climb a hill towards an observatory. As you do so, look out for a group of people just away from the main path and before the Ridgeline base camp - this will be the funeral in question. Just approach the group and the achievement should unlock.

 

If you miss this in the course of your main playthrough of the game, you can use Chapter Replay Elite in Expeditions Mode to replay the "Flooded Archives" chapter for another opportunity to unlock this achievement. Alternatively, visiting the funeral location in your main playthrough, even after the gathering has dispersed, should still unlock the achievement.

 

Here's a video guide taken from Youtube:

 

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109287-lo.jpg Zipper 15:gsicon:

Perform a manual zip line transfer

 

A manual zip line transfer refers to using the http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-b.png button to drop off a zip line and land on another zip line. There are numerous locations in which this can be achieved - for example, in the Soviet Installation region, where there's a series of long zip lines that you'll have to descend; rather than allowing Lara automatically to drop from one to the next, prompt the transfer manually a few moments before you reach the end of one of these. Alternatively, find any location in free-roam where two lines cross each other and drop from one to the other - the zipline ascender item from the Supply Shack will male this easier as it allows you to control Lara's movement on the lines more precisely.

 

Here are two videos taken from Youtube to illustrate each of these suggested methods:

 

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Dive into a well

 

You'll find wells in a few locations, but for this achievement, fast travel to the Valley Farmstead base camp in the Geothermal Valley, where there's a well a little to the north of the base camp. Here, climb onto the metal roof of the building to the north of the well using the crates near to the door, back off as far as possible from the well (which isn't far), then sprint towards the well, then jump and dive (with http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/lt.png) as you reach the edge of the roof to execute a dive and unlock the achievement.

 

Here's a video guide taken from Youtube:

 

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109289-lo.jpg Quiet Time 5:gsicon:

Find the best seat in the house

 

A rather obscure achievement if you don't know what to look for! For this, you need to travel to the Ruins Encampment base camp in the Geothermal Valley region. From here, climbing the ruins will allow you to reach a chair sitting atop one section; press http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/button-x.png to interact with it and Lara will sit down, unlocking the achievement.

 

There's no substitute for a video guide for this, so see below taken from Youtube:

 

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109290-lo.jpg No Guts, No Glory 15:gsicon:

Perform a 2.5 second or longer swan dive

 

This achievement will come naturally in the course of working towards the challenges in the Geothermal Valley region, which include completing four dives from a high location. One of these will take place near to the Ridgeline base camp and take longer than the 2.5 seconds required for this achievement to complete. Look for a board above the waterfall a short distance from the camp; once you've found it, sprint towards the board and jump then dive (with http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/lt.png quickly after jumping) as you reach it.

 

Here's a video guide taken from Youtube:

 

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http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109291-lo.jpg Untouchable 25:gsicon:

Replay 5 different levels without taking any damage

 

Expeditions Mode only

 

This achievement may seem quite intimidating from its description, but it's actually not that hard at all. This can be done with any of the replay modes available in Expeditions Mode, with Chapter Replay Elite being the easiest as this allows you to retain skills and upgrades from your main playthrough. Whichever mode you choose, the key is to realise that the chapters available for replay include eight which just consist of a challenge tomb, in which there's limited possibility of taking any damage - so play through any five of these for the purposes of this achievement. Of course, take care to avoid the limited possible sources of damage, e.g., from falling.

 

The chapters in quest are the following:

  • Ancient Cistern
  • Voice of God
  • The Red Mine
  • House of the Afflicted
  • Catacomb of Sacred Waters
  • Baths of Kitezh
  • Chamber of Exorcism (not ideal as fall damage is quite likely)
  • Pit of Judgement

 

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Kill a razorback boar using a Molotov cocktail

 

The Geothermal Valley is a great place for this achievement. Fast travel to the Ruins Encampment base camp in the south of the region, where you should find a crate of bottles next to the camp fire. Pick up one of these bottles and craft a Molotov Cocktail using http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/site/icons/xb1/rb.png, then travel a little westwards, towards the location of the boar icon on the map. With a little luck (they won't always appear - it will need to be raining, so just fast travel back and forth a few times if it's not), you'll find a group of wild boar around here - simply throw the Molotov at them for a kill to unlock this achievement.

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Kill 50 animals while wearing the Huntress outfit

 

The Huntress outfit is unlocked by completing the "Surveillance Disruption" and "A Hearty Meal" missions for the woman in the south of the Geothermal Valley region. Once unlocked, simply kill a cumulative total of 50 animals of any type while wearing the outfit to unlock this achievement. Of course, this will be quickest to do if you use the outfit from as early a point as possible, and using the Huntress outfit also provides a boost to health regeneration.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109294-lo.jpg Siberian Ranger 15:gsicon:

Beat 15 combat encounters after completing the game

 

After completing the game, groups of enemies will continue to respawn in certain locations; this achievement calls for you to defeat a total of 15 such enemy groups. The Siberian Wilderness and Soviet Installation regions are examples of areas where you'll find respawning enemies, but there are plenty of others. Be warned that there will frequently be one enemy in these groups armed with a flamethrower, who can pose a significant challenge!

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109295-lo.jpg No Stone Unturned 40:gsicon:

Achieve 100% game completion

 

100% game completion requires you to complete all of the game's main story, find all of the primary collectibles (those listed against each region on the in-game map) and crypt treasures, beat all challenge tombs and complete all challenges and optional missions.

 

Please refer to the following achievements for details of each of these:

  • Collectibles - Voices of the Past
  • Crypts - The Chosen Few
  • Challenge tombs - Tomb Raider
  • Optional missions - Woman of the People
  • Challenges - Compulsive

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109274-lo.jpg The Chosen Few 15:gsicon:

Uncover the remains of all Jacob's disciples

 

The remains in question are found in five 'crypts', each of which contains a special piece of equipment. The crypts are spread across three regions (two each in the Geothermal Valley and the Soviet Installation, and one in The Lost City) and the location of their entrances will be marked on your map after learning the "Intuitive" skill from the Survivor tree. However, if you would like more specific guidance on the crypt locations, please refer to the various collectibles guides included under the Voices of the Past achievement above.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109276-lo.jpg Quite A Tumble 10:gsicon:

Survive the avalanche

 

Story-related and unmissable.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109277-lo.jpg Following in Father's Footsteps 10:gsicon:

Enter the Syrian tomb of the Lost Prophet

 

Story-related and unmissable.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109278-lo.jpg Tougher Than She Looks 10:gsicon:

Survive a night in the Siberian wilderness

 

Story-related and unmissable.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109279-lo.jpg Strange Acquaintance 10:gsicon:

Rescue Jacob from the gulag

 

Story-related and unmissable.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109280-lo.jpg Taking the High Road 10:gsicon:

Light the signal fire in the Remnant Valley

 

Story-related and unmissable.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109281-lo.jpg A Helping Hand 15:gsicon:

Defend the Remnants from the Trinity invasion

 

Story-related and unmissable.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109282-lo.jpg The Key To It All 10:gsicon:

Recover the Atlas

 

Story-related and unmissable.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109283-lo.jpg Whatever It Takes 15:gsicon:

Rescue Jonah from Konstantin

 

Story-related and unmissable.

 

 

http://www.xboxachievements.com/images/achievements/3084/109284-lo.jpg The Road Less Travelled 15:gsicon:

Unlock the path to Kitezh

 

Story-related and unmissable.

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Very well done, Illusionary. Solid detail, thorough roadmap, videos where necessary; the only critique I have (which you noted you will soon fix) is a few spelling/grammar errors here and there.

 

Otherwise, the guide is high quality and ready for submission. I didn't read any false or misleading information.

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Very well done, Illusionary. Solid detail, thorough roadmap, videos where necessary; the only critique I have (which you noted you will soon fix) is a few spelling/grammar errors here and there.

 

Otherwise, the guide is high quality and ready for submission. I didn't read any false or misleading information.

 

Cheers :)

 

And yep, it needs some proof-reading - I'll do that with a clear head shortly - but I wanted to get it up as it stands for reference in the meantime. After all, this game has gone quite long enough without a guide!

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Very well done, Illusionary. Solid detail, thorough roadmap, videos where necessary; the only critique I have (which you noted you will soon fix) is a few spelling/grammar errors here and there.

 

Otherwise, the guide is high quality and ready for submission. I didn't read any false or misleading information.

 

I plan on finally being able to play this within the next few days and this looks like a very well done guide. Read through it and it all seems easily understandable. As mentioned just a few typos here and there but a pretty solid guide.

 

Okay then, editorial sweep now done so the guide should be good to go - thanks again for your comments so far. I'll be looking to get this submitted shortly, but of course any further comments are very welcome. :)

 

 

Oh, and if any Photoshop whizzes feel like putting together a banner for the guide, that would be excellent (and would of course be credited). I can do the basics of image manipulation, but it's not really my forte!

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NOPE ACHIEVEMENT

 

In the Expeditions menu select Endurance and Siberian Wilderness. Before you start a game you must select the "Nope" challenge in the game menu. If you don't you will not get the achievement. Start the game and you will begin by a broken down Snowcat vehicle. Go round the back and climb up on the Snowcat to open the chest. This will give you what you need to light a signal fire. With your back to the Snowcat, head in a North-West direction. Do not stop for anything, particularly crypts as you do not want to recover any artifacts. Keep moving in the same direction and looking around. There are two or three signal fires around this area that you can find. Some are near base camps with enemies. If you come across enemies you can take them out prior to lighting the fire so you have less who may attack you once it is lit. Go up to the signal fire and light it by holding X. If there are enemies near by they will come to engage you in a fight, so be ready to take them out. Soon the helicopter will arrive and you need to approach the rope that has been dropped and press X to be rescued.

 

By going straight to the fire without doing anything else and not investigating crypts you should get this achievement as you can do this within Day 1 of the game.

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