Overview:
-Estimated achievement difficulty: 5/10 (achievements are mostly 3-4/10 difficulty, but the online and challenge ones can be tough).
-Offline: 67 (1095)
-Online: 7 (155)
-Approximate amount of time to 125040+ hours
-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
-Missable achievements: None (Open world game, can continue playing after finishing the campaign).
-Does difficulty affect achievements?: No
-Unobtainable/glitched achievements: None
-Extra equipment needed?: None

  • DLC: The Mystery Of The Mooil Rig
    • Difficulty: 3/10
    • Time to 2503 hours
    • Unobtainable: None
  • DLC: Title Update 1
    • Difficulty: 2/10
    • Time to 75< 1 hour
    • Unobtainable: None
  • DLC: Title Update 2
    • Difficulty: 1/10
    • Time to 175: < 1 hour
    • Unobtainable: None
  • DLC: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines
    • Difficulty: 2/10
    • Time to 2253 hours
    • Unobtainable: None
  • DLC: Title Update 3
    • Difficulty: 1/10
    • Time to 200: < 1 hour
    • Unobtainable: None

Introduction:
Welcome to Sunset City! In Sunset Overdrive you take on the role of a largely self customized hero fighting hordes of 'OD' in a fun take on the post apocalyptic setting. This game above all is about fun, ridiculous action and contains some of the best parkour style movement ever put into a game. 

The achievements in this game are somewhat straight forward and mostly quite easy, with the odd one possibly posing some challenge. There is a lot of grinding to look forward too as the amount of collectibles to find is quite staggering, as well as there being achievements for number of kills and for leveling up guns which too can take some patience.

Worth noting that there are in-game maps that show the collectibles on your own map when purchased.

Step 1 - Campaign:
So first things first, you'll want to begin a new game. You will be given the chance to customize your characters appearance then it's off to begin the campaign.

There aren't any missable achievements as you can continue after completing the campaign so you don't need to worry about anything. I would suggest not doing the collectibles all at once, but collect all of one type for it's achievement, then do some more missions or challenges then return to another set of collectibles for it's achievements and keep repeating this cycle. It will get tremendously tedious if you decide to attempt them all in a single sitting. 

There are certain missions and challenges that are good places to grind out certain achievements that will be highlighted in their descriptions below, but note that you can replay every single campaign mission, side mission and challenge as many times as you want to by accessing your log in the pause() menu.

Step 2 - Online:
The online mode is accessed through your single player game by visiting any of the 'Chaos' booths littered all over the city. They are shown as a yellow smiley face on your map, you just need to walk up to one of them and press  to begin.

Once it loads you can choose one of five (four originally with two being from the first DLC, Mooil Rig) of the city's districts to play in and each one will get you an achievement for beating the requirements outlined in their descriptions below. The first two or three can be easy with a like-minded team, as well as the DLC area, but the fourth area can prove to be difficult, so if you would like to find people to attempt this with, consult the achievement boosting thread, here.

DLC: The Mystery Of The Mooil Rig

Abbreviated Walkthrough for the DLC:
Welcome to Mooil Rig! The first piece of DLC for the absolutely ridiculous Sunset Overdrive! Mooil Rig is more of the same over the top action and grinding. The single player portion is a somewhat short campaign with six new story missions and two new side missions. You can have these done which includes all of the single player achievements in around three hours.

Your first step is to make your way to the Downtown district to pick your first mission up and begin the campaign. Follow it through and pick up the two side missions as they become available, they each have their own achievement for completing them.

Next you'll want to get online. The target you need is higher for this DLC's achievement but it's not the least bit more difficult. Don't be swayed by it, you'll likely find it easier than the original games Chaos achievements. The other Online achievement is a viral one and you'll more than likely get that in your first game and if not you can use the boosting thread found Here to find someone to help you out.

Conclusion for the DLC:
So for a few hours worth of content, it's not too bad. It's definitely on the easy side and well worth picking up if you enjoyed the original game.

DLC: Title Update 1
(Full G&RM Found HERE)

Introduction to Title Update 1:
Three new achievements have been added to Sunset Overdrive related to episode one, two, and four of Buck National's challenges. All three achievements have you beating a specific score for each challenge. Using and abusing your Hair Spray Bomb with second amendment is going to help you reach that score goal.

For episode one, you are going to want to continually work through the challenges as fast as you can. For episode two and three, you are going to want to reach a certain part of the episode and just focusing on killing as many OD as possible. 

If you are familiar with Sunset Overdrive and the three challenges, these shouldn't take more than one or two attempts to reach the required score.

DLC: Title Update 2

Introduction to Title Update 2:
Welcome to the newest Title Update for Sunset Overdrive. This update features a whopping one achievement for 175

This achievement will take less than an hour (15 minutes max) to unlock.

DLC:  Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines
(Full G&RM Found HERE)

Introduction to Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines:
Welcome back to Sunset City! Where the killing is plenty and the OD is in no short supply. In this DLC, you are given a short campaign reminiscent of the rest of the game, with plenty of humor.

The achievements are largely very easy, with five story related achievements, two side mission achievements and the standard Chaos achievement.

Step 1 - Story/Side missions for Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines:
So first you'll want to begin the story. You will be told to head to a waypoint to begin so do this and attempt the first mission that will gain you entry into the new area. Follow the story until it's completed, there's nothign difficult and it's pretty linear so you can't miss anything. 

There are two side missions, one is early on which you can do as soon as you acquire it and completing it will earn you "The Pitch" achievement, then there is a second side mission that only becomes available after completing the story mission 'All You Need Is Kill Codes' and this will earn you "Language lessons."

Step 2 - Online:
After completing the single player portion of the DLC, you can move on to Chaos Squad. It's more of the same from the previous DLC and the main game, you just need to reach a certain amount of Chaos and successfully complete the Night Defense mission at the end. 

You could also do this first to get it done before starting the story, it's entirely up to you.

Conclusion to Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines:
So it's pretty short, but i can forgive it for it's easy achievements and humor. Enjoy, you'll have a laugh, although an unfortunately short one.

DLC: Title Update 3

Introduction to Title Update 3:
Two new achievements added via another title update!

For this set of achievements, you merely have to replay the Floating Garbage mission and score higher than 50,000. That will unlock both achievements. Enjoy the minor trolling by Insomniac Games with the 1 achievement and the relief that they also give you another 199 instantly.

Conclusion:
A great game, with a more than manageable achievement list for any experienced gamer. What more is there to say?

[XBA would like to thank Scotty for this Roadmap]
[XBA would like to thank 
Aceman417
Scotty & xhunterrrr for the DLC's Roadmap]

Sunset Overdrive Achievement Guide

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There are 88 achievements with a total of 1925 points

  • 5,000 OD'd Massacred.

    This achievement is unlocked by killing 5,000 of the un-dead blistery monsters of the game, the OD. 

    See 'Orange Soda II' for further details.

  • Complete an optional Night Defense without losing any of your Overcharge.

    Night defense missions are part of the campaign and you will do them as you progress, but as with every mission in the game you can replay them as much as you want. During these you will have to defend a VAT filled with Overcharge from an attacking horde of OD for a set time limit. You do get some traps to place but mostly need to rely on killing the OD yourself as quickly and efficiently as possible.

    The easiest Night defense mission to replay for this is the first one that you do. You should progress through the campaign somewhat before attempting this, unlocking better traps and upgrading your weapons and Amps, then when you're ready, return to the first Night Defense mission, or select it from your log and complete it without any OD getting into your VAT. 

    The VAT will be in the center of the defenses and there will be some wooden barricades protecting it, but they can be easily ripped apart by the OD. You should try to put your traps inside or just on the outside of where the VAT is as a final defense in case anyone manages to get past you. I would recommend using deploy-able weapons and keep shooting the deploy-able projectiles at choke-points to kill huge amounts of OD at a time, as well as shooting them all around the VAT to keep any OD from getting to it. 

    Once you have completed an Optional Night Defense mission without losing any Overcharge, the achievement will unlock.

    Note that this needs to be done on a Night Defense mission that you have already done, if you're doing the mission for the first time during the campaign and complete it without losing any Overcharge, the achievement will not unlock as you need to do it on one that you're replaying.

  • Chain together 100 traversal moves without stopping or touching the ground.

    To unlock this achievement you will need chain 100 traversal moves together without falling to the ground or stopping for too long. 

    This can be easily done if you find two cars next to each other or two air vents on a rooftop. Just jump from one to the other until your Combo chain is at 100 or above. You will need to stop after getting 100 to unlock the achievement, so after hitting 100, just drop to the floor and stand still for a couple of seconds for it to register.

  • Kill 500 enemies while at Style Level 3.

    You gain style by chaining traversal moves together. You can see your current style in the top right corner of the screen and it is a lightning bolt that is in four sections and filling each section represents each style level that you're at. 

    This will likely come naturally just by playing the game as you will constantly be grinding and jumping from place to place to avoid the enemies. Note that killing large groups of enemies at once will also add to your style and this achievement can be done while grinding kills for 'Orange Soda II' (see its description for full details) as long as you're maintaining bouncing on the drums, your combo will easily reach 999 (the maximum amount shown on screen) keeping you at style level three or above and getting you hundreds of kills towards this achievement in the process.

  • Burn, Shock, Freeze, or Enrage 1000 enemies.

    To unlock this achievement you will need to burn, shock freeze or enrage 100 enemies. You will need to acquire 'Amps' to apply to most weapons to get any of these effects to use on enemies, but there are some weapons that come with these effects as standard. 

    One of the first Amps you unlock will likely be a fire damage Amp so you can apply it straight away and begin to use it. This achievement will likely unlock through natural progression, but if you still don't have it by the end of the campaign, follow the same method that is outlined for the achievement "Orange Soda II" and use a weapon that has one of these elements to it and you'll have your 1,000 kills in no time at all.

  • Upgrade one of your guns to Level 5.

    This achievement is unlocked by upgrading any one of your guns to level five.

    See "I Like Them All" for full details. 

  • Upgrade 10 guns to Level 5.

    This achievement is unlocked by upgrading any 10 of your guns to level five.

    See "I Like Them All" for full details.

  • Upgrade 20 guns to Level 5.

    This achievement is unlocked by upgrading any 20 of your guns to level five.

    To have a gun upgrade in level, you simply need to use it to kill enemies. The more enemies you kill with a weapon, the more XP you get towards that weapons level. You can see how much XP you have and how much is needed by highlighting the weapon in your log and looking at the blue circle where it's current level is shown. 

    You should be conscious of your weapons levels as you play the game and try to keep using different weapons to level them up and try not to stick to a weapon too much if it is already level five. You can grind this achievement quite easily using the same method that is outlined for the achievement "Orange Soda II" and keep killing enemies with your weapons until they reach level five, then switch it with another weapon and get that to level five, etc., until you have 20 weapons at level five.

    Note that there are some weapons available from the season pass and the DLC 'Mooil Rig' and these DO count towards the achievement, so if you are struggling to afford any of the guns, you could get some more for free from the season pass.

  • Equip five AMPs on your character at the same time.

    Amps are upgrades that you can apply to your character to give yourself some extra abilities. There are five slots, meaning you can have five equipped at any one time. You unlock these from campaign progress or you can purchase them from Floyd at any of your bases, using the collectibles you found as currency. 

    You will eventually have gotten five of these for free as mission rewards so you could wait until such a time to equip them for the achievement, otherwise you can find a lot of the collectibles to buy five from Floyd.

    After equipping an Amp in all five slots at once, the achievement will unlock. 

  • Earn an Amp upgrade in Chaos Squad.

    Online Achievement.

    When you play Chaos Squad online and successfully complete the round, you will have an overall score that will contribute to five potential rewards. Each of the five rewards is tied to having earned a set score, so a higher score potentially yields more rewards and gives you a greater chance of being rewarded an Amp upgrade.

    The rewards are luck based and range from weapons, to pieces of clothing, to money and Overcharge, but every once in a while you'll get a weapon Amp. Keep at it and you will eventually get lucky enough to be rewarded with one.

  • Badge

     

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    Earn a badge.

    Badges are earned for performing certain actions, such as killing an amount of a certain enemy or using a certain kind of weapon. You can use these badges to 'purchase' Overdrives which give your character some combat boosts. 

    These will just accumulate as you play the game and you'll unlock your first one as the feature becomes available through playing the campaign. 

    After earning your first badge, this achievement will unlock.

  • Loot 25 emergency supply drops.

    These supply drops are blue crates that fall periodically out of the sky from a Fizzco plane and you'll need to climb up to the top of the building/structure that it lands on to get it. They'll show up on your map before they drop and will spray out green smoke to help you locate them once they land. They usually will be dropped in the same places, so if you find one that is in an easy to reach place, keep checking back there as there is a good chance another will have been dropped in that same place. 

    Loot 25 of these supply drops and the achievement is yours.

  • Equip one piece of clothing from each Faction at the same time.

    You will encounter the four different factions as you play the game and will unlock certain pieces of their respective clothing by completing missions for them. This achievement will only be unlock-able later on in the game as you have made contact with the final, most deadly of factions, 'Las Catrinas.'

    There are multiple pieces of clothing available from these factions and any will do, but just as a reference you should equip;

    • Oxfords faction - Tops:- Outerwear:- Oxford Backpack
    • Troop Bushido faction - Tops:- Tops:- Troop Shirt
    • Fargarthian faction - Bottoms:- Bottoms:- Fargarthian Armored Pants
    • Las Catrinas faction - Head:- Body Art:- Muertos
  • Spend at least 25,000 Overcharge.

    Overcharge is a currency in the game that you will use to buy things from the vendor, 'Two Hat Jack.' You get Overcharge from completing missions, successfully finishing Online missions and it is dropped from OD that you kill.

    You will easily spend this much over the course of playing the game, especially when you consider some of the weapons cost up to four times this much, as well as the collectibles maps which can cost up to 10,000 Overcharge each.

    Just spend 25,000 of your Overcharge and the achievement will unlock.

  • You earned an achievement.

    This will be the second achievement that you unlock during the game and is earned by unlocking any of the other achievements. Simple.

  • Watch the credits all the way through.

    As you can imagine after completing the game there will be some credits and for this achievement to unlock it is required that you watch them all the way through. You can skip them by pressing  but you don't want to do this. They do take a while, so you could go do something else for 10 minutes and come back or sit there and watch them, it's your choice, but once the credits have finished rolling the achievement will unlock. 

    If you happen to accidentally press  and skip them, you will need to complete the final mission again, accessed through your log to get them to play again.

  • Get to the bottom of Fizzco's corporate secrets.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing a series of side missions that task you with finding Fizzco's corporate secrets. These will become available to you as you progress through the campaign. They are (not necessarily in this order);

    • Fizzco: The International Conspiracy
    • Fizzco: The Secret Ingredient
    • Fizzco: The Dirty Secret
    • Fizzie: The Inside Story


    Complete these four side missions and the achievement is yours.

  • Reach Level 99 in Ignatius' epic RPG campaign.

    This achievement is unlocked by completing a long-winded side mission for the Fargarthians called 'The Most Epic Quest for EXP.' You will be tasked with performing certain RPG related tasks and upon completing each one you will gain a level or two. Don't worry though as you don't need to do 99 levels worth of tasks, you will jump from about level nine to level 99 after completing your final task.

  • Upgrade the Overcharge vats at every Fort.

    You upgrade each of your four bases by completing a side mission to collect an amount of materials. Each of the four Forts has one of the side missions and they are;

    • Brewery Upgrade
    • Theater Upgrade
    • Boat Upgrade
    • Hepcat Upgrade

    Complete all four of these side missions, upgrading each of your Forts and the achievement is yours.

  • Liberate all the comic books for the comic book collector.

    This achievement is unlocked by completing a series of three side missions for a comic book collector that you will find. You just need to go to each way point on the map to find each of the comics then bring them all back to him. They are;

    • Collect Some Comics
    • Collect More Comics
    • Collect Even More Comics!

    After completing the third and final mission, this achievement will unlock.

  • Clear Fargarthia of a hidden evil.

    This achievement is unlocked by completing a series of missions for the Fargarthian faction. You will need to go to each way point and destroy the red eye that will be attached to a surface. Some of them can be in an awkward place and this be difficult to find, but if you listen out you can hear them making noise which usually indicates what it is attached to. They are;

    • Crimson Eyes in the North
    • The Warlock's Red Gaze
    • Wicked Watchers in the South

    Complete these three side missions for the Fargarthians and the achievement is yours. 

  • Take back Sunset City for the misfit survivors.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing a series of missions for Floyd which becomes available later on in the game at the Downtown Fort after having completed missions for all four factions. You will just need to travel around the city and remove Fizzco flags and replace them with a new four factions flag. They are;

    • Take Back the Streets: Old Factory District
    • Take Back the Streets: Little Tokyo
    • Take Back the Streets: The Harbor
    • Take Back the Streets: Downtown

    After completing the final mission, the achievement will unlock.

  • Complete a quest from every faction.

    As you reach each faction they will give you missions to undertake in exchange for their help, as well as there being some people at each faction hideout who will offer you side missions. 

    You will need to complete at least 1 mission from each of the factions to unlock this achievement. These include;
    Oxfords

    • Side Missions
      • Oxfords' Lost and Found
      • Garage Chaos
      • Big Brother Sam
    • Campaign Missions
      • Boo-Boo Roverdrive
      • Bora Bora Water
      • Max's Parents

    Troop Bushido

    • Side Missions
      • The Firework Show
      • To Build a Better Cat Trap
      • To Cure a Case of Scabs
    • Campaign Missions
      • Bryllcream
      • Find 4Kim
      • Hot Dog!
      • The Fall of Emporer Norton

    Fargarthians

    • Side Missions
      • Crimson Eyes in the North
      • Hardcore!
      • The Most Epic Quest for EXP
      • The Warlock's Red Gaze
      • Wicked Watchers in the South
    • Campaign Missions
      • Bad Medicine
      • Tastes Like Chicken
      • The King's Feast
      • The Siege of WonderTownLand

    Las Catrinas

    • Side Missions
      • It's Personal
      • La Venganza
    • Campaign Missions
      • Awesomesmithing
      • Getting the Band Back Together
      • Concertpocalypse

    Complete one mission for each faction and the achievement is yours.

  • Complete 10 challenges with at least a bronze rating.

    To unlock this achievement you will need to complete any 10 of the challenges with at least a bronze medal.

    See "The Champion" for full details.

  • Complete 30 challenges with at least a silver rating.

    To unlock this achievement you will need to complete any 30 of the challenges with at least a silver medal.

    See "The Champion" for full details.

  • Complete 50 challenges with a gold rating.

    To unlock this achievement you will need to complete any 50 of the challenges with at least a gold medal.

    You will unlock challenges as you progress through the campaign and unlock areas of the map. They include things like 'Traversal Challenges' where you will need to traverse a course making sure to run/jump/grind through every checkpoint along the way and complete it in a certain time limit to get a corresponding medal at the end.

    There were originally 54 challenges in the game meaning you could avoid the 4 hardest ones and still get the achievement but with the DLC there are a total of 62 and they do count towards this achievement, so you can now avoid 12 of the hardest challenges and still get this achievement.

    Some of them do take some patience and a few practice runs first, especially the Traversal challenges as you will need to be as fast as possible and make every traversal perfect so as not to lose any time. Most of the gold medal scores are right on the edge of what time is possible to obtain so they can prove to be tricky. The weapon challenges are mostly easy and are good picks for getting gold medals, as well as the Buck National episode challenges. The original Bomb Delivery challenges are also mostly easy and good picks for easy gold medals. You just need to try them all and see which ones you find easiest and keep at them until you've learned the perfect way of getting the high scores necessary for a gold medal. This is definitely the hardest achievement in the game and will take some perseverance. 

    Once you have a gold medal on 50 of the challenges, this achievement will unlock.

  • Survive Chaos Squad in the Old Factory District with at least 150 Chaos.

    Online Achievement.

    See "Chaos in Downtown" for full details.

  • Survive Chaos Squad in Little Tokyo District with at least 325 Chaos.

    Online Achievement.

    See "Chaos in Downtown" for full details.

  • Survive Chaos Squad in the Harbor District with at least 750 Chaos.

    Online Achievement.

    See "Chaos in Downtown" for full details.

  • Survive Chaos Squad in Downtown District with at least 1625 Chaos.

    Online Achievement.

    These achievements require that you reach or exceed the stated Chaos level after successfully completing the final mission of the online round, which will always be a Night Defense mission. To access Chaos Squad mode you will need to find one of the many booths littered around the city that are shown on the map as a yellow smiley face and approach one of them and press  to begin. You can also access this mode through the pause () menu, going to the Chaos Squad tab (using ). Once here you can choose the area of the city that you wish to play in, with each one having it's own achievement for reaching the goal, so be sure to choose the correct area depending on which achievement you are attempting.

    You will have no choice as to the first mission, but from there on out before starting the next one you will be given a choice of which mission to attempt and on the screen where you vote you can see how much Chaos each mission will yield. Always vote for the mission that grants the largest amount of Chaos to be in with a chance of getting enough. If you fail any missions, you will not get the Chaos for it and will be unlikely to have enough at the end. It doesn't matter how well you personally perform as long as the mission itself is successful. You must be successful when defending the VAT at the end of the round, or else you will not get the achievement regardless of whether you reached enough Chaos or not. You should concentrate heavily on the smaller OD as they are the enemies that can damage your VAT. Although the larger enemies may be a nuisance, try to leave them until the very last and keep those smaller OD away from the VAT.

    It's worth noting that the amount of Chaos given for each mission is seemingly random, so even if you are successful in every mission and choose every mission with the highest amount of Chaos, you still may not have gotten enough for the achievement that you're attempting, in which case you'll have to try again, unfortunately. 

    If you need people to attempt these with, try looking in the achievement boosting thread, here.

  • 15,000 OD'd massacred.

    This achievement is unlocked by killing 15,000 of the un-dead blistery monsters of the game, the OD. There is a tracker on the character screen of the pause () menu, but this track all of your kills, including Fizzco and Scabs.

    This will of course accumulate as you play through the game and you may get a good few thousand just by completing the campaign but you're unlikely to get even close to 15,000 so this may need to be grinded. You can play the Buck's challenges repeatedly for potentially hundred of kills each time, or you can play a lot of Chaos Squad online until it pop's, but these will both take a while to do.

    The easiest and fastest way to get this achievement is to play the campaign mission 'Getting the Band Back Together'. It is quite late on when you acquire it, but when you do there will be a section where you need to jump on some drums in sequence. During this section, OD will spawn indefinitely so you can just bounce up and down on the same drum killing the never ending hordes of OD until the achievement unlocks. 

  • Kill 100 enemies while grinding.

    You can grind on most edges of buildings, containers, etc. as well as the power lines that run through most of the city and to do so you need to jump then aim to land somewhere near the edge you want to grind on and press . Once you're grinding you can aim and shoot as normal and this is one of the best ways to stay safe while killing enemies. 

    You are very likely to unlock this achievement through natural progression, if for some strange reason you haven't, just jump onto a power line and grind back and forth killing OD until it unlocks. 

  • Kill 100 enemies while bouncing or while in the air.

    You can bounce on cars, vent's on rooftops, tree's and bushes, parasol's and various other objects. You are very likely to get this through natural progression, but if you don't just jump onto a car in the middle of a street full of OD and lay waste until it unlocks.

  • Kill 500 enemies with traps.

    You can use traps when defending your forts. You unlock various different ones as you complete the campaign with some of the later ones being rather powerful. There are also some side mission were you will use traps to defend an area and these will accumulate potentially hundreds of kills towards this achievement. There is a mission for Troop Bushido, 'The Firework Show' where you can only use a trap called 'Pop Rocket' trap and it kills OD very quickly. You can keep playing this mission repeatedly until the achievement unlocks.

  • Kill 100 enemies by flinging them into danger using the Springboard Trap.

    The Springboard is one of the two starting traps that you have access to during your very first Night Defense mission. When enemies run over it, it, most of the time at least, flings them in the direction that you place it facing. 

    To unlock this achievement you will need to have the Springboard trap fling enemies into another trap and have them killed from this course of events. It is easiest to place a 'Hack 'N Slay' trap then place a Springboard trap or two facing it (you'll know when it's lined up right as it show's you on screen when your Springboard is going to fling someone into another trap) and let enemies run over them and be flung into the Hack 'n Slay. They won't always die and the trap won't always work, but during a single Night Defense you can expect around 30 kills if you set it up correctly. Just keep replaying the first Night Defense until you've gotten enough.

    After your hundredth kill in this fashion, the achievement will unlock.

  • Melee 50 enemies while grinding.

    You can grind on most edges of buildings, containers, etc. as well as the power lines that run through most of the city and to do so you need to jump then aim to land somewhere near the edge you want to grind on and press .

    While grinding enemies will regularly try to climb up to you or hang off power lines that you're grinding on. When you are grinding up to such an enemy, press  to melee attack them and knock them off. This won't always kill them and it doesn't need to for this achievement, just melee 50 enemies while grinding and the achievement is yours.

  • Destroy 250 Overcharge XT vending machines.

    You will find these throughout the city and they are blue with a glass front. You will need to smash them with a melee attack or shoot them to destroy them. You likely will not have smashed 250 of these just through natural progression but you can grind them somewhat easily.

    If you travel to the location for the challenge 'Episode 2 - Buck Strikes Back' there will be a multi-story car park nearby with around 20 or so of these Vending machines. After travelling to the area, proceed to smash all of these Vending machines, then go back to the challenge and load it up. Once the challenge loads up, immediately quit it and once the game loads up again, all of the Vending machines will be intact allowing you to smash them again. Keep repeating this process until the achievement unlocks.

  • Destroy 25 Fizzco Blimps just because you can.

    You are very unlikely to get this through natural progression but you can grind it easily. If you load up the challenge 'Glider Challenge #2' there will be a Blimp directly behind you when you start. Begin the challenge, turn around and destroy the blimp, then pause the game and restart the challenge and repeat until you have destroyed 25 of the Blimps.

    Note that the above method does not work throughout the entire game. It will work when you first get the challenge up until the 'Winger' enemies are introduced at which point the Blimps will stop spawning until after you have completed the campaign, then you can exploit this challenge again. 

  • Unlock an Overdrive.

    Badges are earned for performing certain actions, such as killing an amount of a certain enemy or using a certain kind of weapon. You can use these badges to 'purchase' Overdrives which give your character some combat boosts. You can purchase these Overdrives on the Character screen of the pause menu.

    You will need a number of Badges to purchase an Overdrive, usually around two or three, but you will likely earn a lot of badges just from natural progression. The Badges you earn correspond to the kind of Overdrive that you can purchase with them, so killing OD will earn you OD Badges that you can then use to purchase Overdrives that affect OD, such as decreased damage from them, or increased damage to them. 

    unlock/purchase any such Overdrive and the achievement is yours.

  • Unlock at least one Rank 4 Overdrive.

    After unlocking any Overdrive you can upgrade it a level by spending more of the same badges on it, up to a maximum of level four. Once you have enough Badges to upgrade an Overdrive, highlight it and press  to upgrade it to the next level.

    Once you have upgraded any Overdrive to level four, the achievement is yours.

  • Intel

     

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    Collect all 40 Smartphones.

    You can buy multiple maps with the locations of these Smartphones from Two Hat Jack. 

    The Smartphones will be floating above the ground with a blue glow around them. Just buy the maps for these and collect them all for the achievement.

  • Find all 20 secret sightseeing locations in Sunset City.

    You can buy multiple maps with these Secret Sightseeing locations from Two Hat Jack.

    These Sightseeing locations are a telescope and you just need to look through it to have found it. Buy the maps to find and use all 20 and the achievement is yours.

  • Destroy all 150 Fizzco security cameras.

     

    You can buy multiple maps with the locations of these Fizzco security cameras from Two Hat Jack.

    These are usually on the edges of rooftops or on the power lines that run through a lot of the city. Buy the maps and proceed to shoot and destroy all 150 and the achievement is yours.

  • Eavesdrop on nine conversations by hacking into satellites.

    You can buy multiple maps with the locations of these Satellites from Two Hat Jack.

    You will need to hack these satellites and position them to eavesdrop. Just scan around the area and listen for someone having a conversation and once you hear it, leave the satellite pointing towards it and as the conversation ends, you'll have completed the eavesdropping. Find and use all nine satellites with the help of the maps that you can buy and the achievement is your's.

  • Deface 40 billboards with graffiti.

    You can buy multiple maps with the locations of these Billboards from Two Hat Jack.

    The Billboards are white and have an advertisement from Fizzco on them. Buy the maps for them and proceed to graffiti all 40 of them and the achievement is yours.

  • Collect all 150 shoes hanging from wires.

     

    You can buy multiple maps with the locations of these Hanging Shoes from Two Hat Jack.

    The shoes will be hanging over power lines throughout the city and you just need to run/grind through them to collect them. Buy the maps to for these and collect all 150 and the achievement is yours.

  • Collect 250 fashion items.

     

    You unlock fashion items by receiving them as mission/challenge rewards, finding all of a set of collectibles or by purchasing them from Calista. You start with quite a lot and they are included in the 250 that you need. The best way to do this is to leave it until quite late on in the game when you have a lot of money and have gotten a lot of the mission reward clothes, then go to Calista and just buy everything. Start with all of the cheapest clothing first and work up until you have bought enough for the achievement.

    Worth noting that the clothes you earn as rewards from Chaos Squad and any you earn from the DLC, Mooil Rig will also count towards this achievement.

  • Beat Insomniac QA's high score of 534,080 on the Challenge "Buck's Revenge."

    You can access this challenge by pressing pause () and going to your log, then scroll down to select the challenge, 'Episode 3 - Buck's Revenge'.

    You only need a score of 250,000 to get a gold medal, but for this achievement you will need to beat the high score that the QA of the game has set, a whopping 534,080! This can be pretty difficult and will most definitely take you multiple attempts.

    You should try to concentrate on doing the set goal, 10 grind kills, 10 bounce kills, etc. whichever it throws at you, but try not to linger. You will want to get multi-kills regularly for massive points, so the use of a weapon like the TNTeddy and especially the Hair Spray gun being used on a group of as many enemies as possible will maximize this. Don't ever stop. Have deploy-able weapons in play and have their deployed projectile in a choke-point where enemies spawn from for a steady flow of kills. 

    This is definitely one of the hardest achievements in the game but is certainly manageable with practice and perseverance.

  • Replay any Mission and complete it under par.

    For this achievement you will first need to have completed a mission or two in the campaign, or a side mission. Once you have you can select it from your log in the pause menu ().

    An easy and early mission to attempt this on is 'One Man's Trash'. You need to collect 10 VAT parts for Floyd, so as soon as the mission starts get straight to the first overturned van, quickly collect the first five parts and move on to the next van for the second five and then head straight back to Floyd to turn it in. Ignore the enemies and just run from objective to objective, it doesn't matter what your overall score is, only that you complete the mission quicker than the set par time.

    The par time for this mission is 4:00 and i managed it in 2:36 so there's plenty of time to spare. You can only see the par time of a mission after you have completed a replay of the mission.

    Replay any mission and finish it under par time and the achievement is yours. 

  • Replay the final mission and defeat the boss under par.

    Same as the 'Replay' achievement above although this time you need to specifically replay the final mission and beat it under par time.

    The first part of the mission is not under your control you just need to keep killing Fizzco while your allies do the work. Once you get past the first part it's then up to you to defeat the final boss again. It has a predictable pattern and you'll know how to kill it as you're replaying this mission, so try to kill it as fast as possible getting to the core on it's head without making any mistakes or falling off and having to waste time getting to the top of it again.

    After replaying this mission and beating it under par time, this achievement is yours.

  • Collect all 150 Overcharge hologram signs.

    You can buy multiple maps with the locations of these Hologram Signs from Two Hat Jack.

    These will be orange neon signs that say 'Overcharge' on them and you will usually have to wall run to collect them, although if you can get above them you can just drop down off the structure that you're on and fall through them to collect them. Buy the maps and collect all 150 and the achievement is yours.

  • Collect all 150 Fizzie balloons.

    You can buy multiple maps with the locations of these Fizzie Balloons from Two Hat Jack.

    These will usually be floating above bouncing structures and you just need to bounce into them to collect them. Buy the maps and collect all 150 and the achievement is yours.

  • Collect all 150 scraps of toilet paper.

    You can buy multiple maps with the locations of these Scraps of Toilet Paper from Two Hat Jack.

    These are usually hanging from lamp posts and are pretty obvious as a large quantity of toilet paper draped over them. You will usually have to swing from the lamp post that they hang from to collect them. Buy the maps and collect all 150 and the achievement is yours.

  • Collect 20 Amps from Floyd.

    You get Amps from Floyd either as mission rewards or by purchasing them using the collectibles that you have found as currency. You can find Floyd at any of your bases and you can either let this happen through receiving them as mission rewards, or else you can spend your collected collectibles and purchase them from him.

    Once you have your twentieth one, the achievement will unlock.

 

Secret achievements

  • Survive Horror Night.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the Prologue mission, 'Horror Night.'

  • Survive one night at your Fort.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing your first Night Defense during the mission, 'Amptastic.'

  • Become a reality TV star.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'Buck National vs The Apocalypse.'

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    Survive the glider crash and look for another way out of Sunset City.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'Up in the Air.'

  • You killed a balloon.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'It's Me! Fizzie!'

  • Become an honorary Troop Member by finding Bryllcream and defeating Norton.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'The Fall of Emperor Norton.'

  • That was a lot of pigeons.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'Tastes Like Chicken.'

  • Save Sunset City from Fizzco's second-most powerful robot.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'A Hero's Duty.'

  • You forged the mythical Excalamune.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'Awesomesmithing.'

  • You beat the final Fizzco corporate machine.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'This Ends Here.'

DLC: The Mystery Of The Mooil Rig

There are 10 achievements with a total of 250 points

  • Survive Chaos Squad in the Mooil Rig with at least 2000 Chaos.

    For this achievement you will need to have finished a game of Chaos Squad online with a percentage over 2,000. It's not as difficult as it sounds, even though it's higher than the original game's targets as the missions you can choose from usually have over 1,000 Chaos and you do three missions, with a potential of over 3,000 Chaos.

    You cannot choose the first mission, but the second two when you get to vote, always vote for the mission with the highest Chaos potential. This is better done with like-minded people who are also aiming for the achievement, so if you don't have a dedicated team for this, you can consult the achievement boosting thread, Here

    Once you have survived the night defense with over 2,000 Chaos, the achievement will unlock.

  • Beat any player's score in Chaos Squad who has the 'Beat the Dev' achievement.

    (16)  

    This achievement is viral. The "Beat the Dev" achievement is from the original game and you will know when a player has this achievement as they will have a skull and cross bones like symbol next to their name in the lobby. To unlock this achievement, you will need to score higher than any player in the lobby with this symbol next to their name. 

    To be in with a chance of scoring high points, you will need to pay attention to the mission and the bonus objectives. Lead the pack when it comes to getting to each mission and always play the mission objective as well as making sure to complete each mission and the final night defense. 

    This achievement is, by it's nature, becoming increasingly common and should not pose much of a problem. If you are struggling to unlock it, you can always consult the achievement boosting thread, Here.

    Note that this achievement can be earned in any of the Chaos modes, including the Chaos modes from the original game.

 

Secret achievements

  • Find Bryllcream... again.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'Find Bryllcream... Again.'

    After downloading the DLC you can travel to a cafe in the Downtown District to begin the story line. The objective markers will be pink instead of the usual yellow.

    Complete the opening mission and upon doing so, this achievement will unlock.

  • Arrive at the Mooil Rig.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'To the Rig!'

  • Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, and instant death.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'Mooil Meltdown.'

  • Light fires big enough to see from space.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'Pyro-techniques.'

  • Protect the boat from bombs, mortars, and OD'd.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked after completing the mission, 'Protect the Ship.'

  • Defeat the DL-sea monster.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    This achievement is unlocked upon completing the final mission, 'Karma' and thus the story. You will need to defeat the boss at the end of the mission. It is largely similar to previous bosses in that there is a pattern to follow. As the fight begins you will be told to find Bryllcream, so do this and when you arrive he will throw you at the DL-sea monster. Aim for it's mouth and when inside mash  to melee it. 

    It will eventually spit you out and you must then destroy two of its tentacles. Just use an automatic weapon, I found the AK-FU worked the best. After destroying both of the tentacles, you'll need to find Bryllcream again and have him throw you at the sea monsters mouth, so repeat the process of mashing  when you're inside it's mouth until it spit's you out again.

    After this, the monster will submerge and you'll need to destroy four of it's tentacles, just use the same weapons as before. Once you destroy over half of each tentacles health, it too will submerge then resurface somewhere else, so just follow them and destroy them. 

    After destroying the four tentacles you'll need to find Bryllcream for one final time, he is near the top of the Rig, and he will throw you again at the monsters mouth. This is the killing blow and a cut-scene will play as the mission is now complete.

  • Anybody can be a movie producer, because nobody knows what they do.

    This is the second side mission that you will get during the story and is available after completing the story mission 'Pyro-techniques'. You will find the film producer on a submarine near the northern-most fast travel destination at the Mooil Rig.

    You will need to find three Navigation charts that are back on land. The first is on the second tier of the Lighthouse. You can just jump on one of the bushes at it's base to reach it, it's not necessary to use the hook to reach the top. The second chart on the small island between the two larger ones is just behind the blue hut. The third and final one on the desert island is buried on the south side of the island under a giant 'X' in the sand. 

    After finding all three charts, you will be treated to a cut-scene after which you will need to collect a certain amount of money to finance the film producers latest movie. Collect the required money, then turn in the mission and unlock this achievement.

  • Build the "Feel the Burn" weapon for a guy who is stir-crazy... or just crazy.

    This is the first side mission that you will get during the story and is available after completing the story mission 'To the Rig!' You will need to collect three weapon parts to create a new weapon that you will get as a reward. After collecting all three pieces and bringing them back to the mission giver, you will unlock this achievement, a new gun and a surprising twist to this little mission.

DLC: Title Update

There are 3 achievements with a total of 75 points

  • Beat the score of 400,000 on the Challenge "Buck National vs The Apocalypse."

    Equip your fully upgraded Hair Spray Bomb with second amendment amp and turret copter. Complete the set of challenges (bounce kills, grind kills, blower kills, and pain train kills) as fast as you can. You may be tempted to use the method of getting to a certain challenge and just killing OD, but they don't spawn at high enough rates to make this useful. Just complete each challenge quickly and keep moving on. The Hair Spray Bomb with second amendment will be used for every challenge and should make quick work of everything. 

  • Beat the score of 500,000 on the Challenge "Buck Strikes Back."

    Equip your fully upgraded Hair Spray Bomb with second amendment amp and acid sprinkler with twist of fate (you can also equip the turret copter if you so choose). Work through the challenges quickly until you get to electric barrel kills. Ignore the barrels and grind on the power lines while using your Hair Spray Bomb and acid sprinklers. You should be able to rapidly increase your score at this point as the OD should be pouring out from all over the map. It isn't too hard to hit about 600,000 points for this.

  • Beat the score of 600,000 on the Challenge "Buck Stops Here."

    Equip your fully upgraded Hair Spray Bomb with second amendment amp and acid sprinkler with twist of fate (you can also equip the turret copter if you so choose). Work your way through the challenges as fast as you can until you get to the part where you are supposed to get catapult kills. Ignore the catapults and find the part of the map where the OD are spawning from dumpsters. Lay down Hair Spray Bomb Fire and acid sprinklers at this spot for the remaining time while grinding on power lines and you should be able to get over 700,000 points no problem.

DLC: Title Update

There are 1 achievements with a total of 175 points

  • Find all 12 of Ainsley’s drawings scribbled on city walls.

    This achievement follows the artistic works of Ainsley as you find 12 of their drawings around Sunset City. There is no collectable map to make this easier, so you can either spend hours trying to find them all by yourself, or take advantage of the in-depth video below to find the 12 locations.

    Here is a map of where they are if you are unable to view the video. Thanks to Lewie for this. 

DLC: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines (Store Link)

There are 8 achievements with a total of 225 points

  • Survive Chaos Squad in the Robot Factory with at least 2300 Chaos.

    To unlock this achievement you will need to gain at least 2,300 Chaos while playing in the new location 'Fizzco Robotics.'

    This is exactly the same deal as before, you choose one of two missions by voting for them and you should always choose the mission that offers the most Chaos. Failure to complete any of the missions will leave you without enough total Chaos for the achievement, as well as failing the final night defense will void the achievement, regardless of how much Chaos you earned. 

    If you would like people to attempt this with, please consult the achievement boosting thread, found Here.

  • Put on a robot costume and collect the kill codes.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    Unlocked after completing the third mission of the DLC, 'All You Need Is Kill Codes.'

  • Reroute the power inside the factory in the weirdest way possible.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    Unlocked after completing the fourth mission of the DLC, 'Monster's Ball.'

  • Work with Buck and Sam to create a new weapon.

    To unlock this achievement you will need to complete a side mission called 'Cloudamajigger' that is just outside the base in the new area and is marked as a light blue cross in a circle. This mission is only available after completing the story missions 'All You Need Is Kill Codes.'

    Same basic idea as everything else, just follow the very clear mission instructions and upon completing the mission, the achievement will unlock, along with your new weapon.

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    Find Fiona and Lou, then help them escape by fixing Snackwrap.

    Story related, cannot be missed.

    Unlocked after completing the second mission of the DLC, 'Welcome the New Robot Overlords.'

  • Ride a cargo container into the factory.

    Story related, cannot be missed. 

    Unlocked after completing the first mission of the DLC, 'Surfing to the Robot Factory.'

  • Defeat Brandon. Like, for real.

    Story related, cannot be missed. 

    Unlocked after completing the fifth and final mission of the DLC, 'The B-Win Protocol.'

  • Weapons design is a tough business.

    To unlock this achievemet you will need to complete a side mission called 'It's Just Business.' You can acquire this mission from Lou and Fiona's base when you gain access after completing the second story mission.

    So first you'll want to pick up the weapon and first diary entry from table. From here you'll need to collect a second diary entry, so head to the blue circle and go up the two flights of stairs to a small area with flipped over tables and chairs. On this level at the back near the wall there's a purple office printer with the diary entry on top.

    From here you'll need to pick up the third diary entry, so again, head to the blue circle then when you get there, jump to the very top platform, then drop down two levels onto the largest level and next to the wall facing north east, there's another purple office printer with the third diary entry.

    From here you'll want to pick up the fourth and final diary entry, but this one is a simple one. Just go to the marker and it is there, no need to search for it.

    After that, head to the Orbital laser and kill Fizzco bots until the 'targeting analysis bar fills up. Turn it in and the achievement will unlock.

DLC: Title Update

There are 2 achievements with a total of 200 points

  • Replay the Floating Garbage mission and beat the score of 50,000.

    This achievement is unlocked for replaying the Floating Garbage mission. The mission consists of following your ship around while defending it from OD and healing it with trash.

    Work on killing the OD to help prevent damage to the ship (I recommend the Hair Spray Bomb with Second Amendment for everything but the Wingers; use the Propain Launcher on the Wingers). Make sure to be quick on the bridges to help prevent damage to the ship and to progress through the level quickly. Stay mobile and don't just grind around on the ship.

    If you scored above 50,000 on a previous playthrough of the mission, merely completing the mission will unlock the achievement.

 

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