See A Golden Age (40G) for more info.

See A Golden Age (40G) for more info.

See A Golden Age (40G) for more info.

Throughout your time in Saints Row you’ll come across challenges and perks, the two of which are intertwined. The basic crux of how its perk system works is:
 

• Beat in-game challenge (which are trackable in your mission phone app (second tab).
• Receive a preset perk.
• Use money to unlock perk slot(s) - it's 100k per slot for the Major ones, and 250k for the Elite slot!.
• Equip perk.

This achievement is actually to do with acquiring all the perks though, and not much else. So, in short: complete a challenge, get a preset perk. In order to unlock all of them though, you’ll need to do 40; 10 for Minor perks, 10 for Major perks and 20 for Elite. So, in short: do 40 challenges and you’re golden. 

You’ll get a ton, if not most of these while you go for everything else, but it doesn’t help to keep on track of the challenges and switching up weapons as you go - for instance, use the Dustlander Sword when you get it (30 kills will complete the Castle Kraken challenge) and also buy an Idol Pistol, MDI-77 Auto Rifle and Sawed-Off Shotgun when you can, as there’s two challenges linked to those. The challenges aren’t that hard, in truth, you might just have to go out your way a bit to get a few of them (like wingsuiting in Lakeshore South for the Terminal Velocity challenge).

There are a few main wingsuit challenges in Saints Row that you must unlock if you want this achievement. They are:
 

• Wing It (bounce boost off people 6 people in 30 seconds & wingsuit off 12 vehicles) 
• Terminal Velocity (free fall for 5,000 metres, get 600 seconds airtime in Lakeshore North and wingsuit for 1000 seconds in Lakeshore South)
• Once you unlock Shady Oaks, there's a challenge or two in there related to the Wingsuit too, so do them as well (and complete this challenge)
• And finally, I Can See Your House, which will have you wingsuiting galore.

Do all of those and you’ll unlock this achievement.

Each district has several stores, as denoted by green markers, and in order to get this achievement, you’ll need to purchase something from every store. You need only purchase a single item from each to count them as complete - once you’ve done that you’ll see them in the map marked as “Complete.” 

There are 36 stores in all, from clothes shops to weapons shops (and even an emote shop), and while the game doesn’t recognise the “Everything is a Million Dollars” store in the list, it counts for the achievement (this store, by the way, does not unlock until after you complete the campaign).

Here’s a list of all the regions and what stores are there:

Kavanagh County Territory
Rojas Desert North - 2 stores:
Kavanagh County Park Service
Twin Coyote Arcade

Rojas Desert South - 2 stores:
Ringers
Effin’ Cray Socks

Badlands South - 2 stores:
Starmadillo
Dusty’s

Idols Territory
Marina West - 3 stores:
Twisty Creamy
#Trending
School of Art and Design

Monte Vista - 2 stores:
Lemoneedle (Tattoo Parlor)
Woodbush Country Club

Marina East - 2 stores:
Friendly Fire (weapon store)
Take My Ex’s Stuff

Old Town West - 1 store:
Buckaroo Legends

Old Town East - 1 store:
Friendly Fire (weapon store)

Los Panteros Territory
West Providencia - 3 stores:
Branded
Rat Rods
Friendly Fire (weapon store)

Mercado - 3 stores:
Gafas De Sol
Dia De Muertos
Botas Picuda

Smelterville East - 3 stores:
Rusty’s Needle
Wearhard Industrial Clothing
Ramparts BBQ

Marshall Territory
Lakeshore North - 2 stores:
Friendly Fire
Deep Silver Volition

Lakeshore South - 3 stores:
Kiss Me
Impressions
Everything is a Million Dollars

East Flats - 4 stores:
Smelter Yo Face
Friendly Fire (weapon store)
Chicken Dance Studio (Dance Studio)
The Swole Hole

El Dorado - 3 stores:
Go Kart Ho
Rusty’s Needle (tattoo parlor)
Leather and Lace

The best and easiest way to do this is to jack a car, then wait for the driver to try and take it back from you. Some drivers will run away, but some will get angry and attempt to throw you out of the car you just stole. These pedestrians will appear as a red dot on your minimap, and have a red health bar above their head.

See The Collector (25G) for more info.

After you’ve acquired the church in the Saints Row campaign (the “Take Me To The Church” mission), Kevin will come to you with a new mission, “Office Decor.” This mission will introduce you to the Saints Row collectible stuff (officially), where you can take photos of items in the real world (that shimmer with a blue light) and have them accessible to decorate your church with. When you see one, all you have to do is take a photo and that item will be available to you then (and will show in the collectibles app on the phone).

There are 115 collectibles in all, of which you need 85. If you bring up the phone and go to the collectibles app, you will see four categories: small, medium, large and wall. If you hover over a Collectible it will tell you where to find it in the open-world.

Our advice on this one is: play the game as normal while going for the other achievements and when you see a blue shimmer, take a photo. By the end you should a massive chunk of these, then you can just wrap up after. 

If you want to get them all though - and you're missing quite a few - we've prepared a ton of maps so you can finish off them all in no-time whatsoever.

Check out the Saints Row All Collectibles Guide and Maps HERE.

Throughout your time in Saints Row you’ll come across white money bag icons on the mini-map. These are Crimes of Opportunity. They’ll only show when you’re in close proximity. When you see one, head over to it, kill the goons by the truck and loot the stash. Do this 10 times and you’ll unlock the Untouchable achievement. There are armoured trucks around that you can blow up too, but this do not appear to count. Well, they didn't for us!

The Wanted app in Saints Row is essentially a hitman app. You login, choose a target and then take them out. It’s as simple as that. Basically, fire up the Wanted app from your in-game smartphone, then pick a job. Complete the hit and you’re done.

There are twelve Wanted contacts in total, and you can take them on whenever you like via the Wanted app on your in-game phone. Complete all twelve to bag this achievement. The 12 targets are:
 

1. Snitches
2. Meth Cookery
3. Litterbugs (target is also a Collective Member, and counts towards the Chaos Tamer (25G) achievement)
4. Car Rustler
5. Marshall VIP
6. Kart Queen
7. Foreign Spy
8. Backstabbers
9. Un Mecánico
10. Millennial
11. Muscleheads
12. Necromancer

The Side Hustles in Saints Row are essentially side missions of sorts, that range from wave based combat in @tcha to driving on top of a vehicle shooting stuff in Riding Shotgun (the others are: Wingsuit Saboteur, Choplifting, and Pony Express). There are 41 in all dotted throughout Saints Row. Complete all 41 and the achievement is yours. You can keep track of what Side Hustles you’re missing in the map screen if you hover over a certain district. 

A few things to take note: you’ll need to do the first @thca mission for them to populate the map and finally, more will unlock as you complete them, so don’t be concerned if they don’t all show on the map from the off.

This achievement will unlock upon completing the final story mission titled ‘Showdown’.

See Always Be Hustling (40G) for more info.

See The Professional (25G) for more info.

Story-related, cannot be missed.

This unlocks upon completing Saints Row’s opening mission, ‘First F#@!ing Day’, which introduces you to your character.

Basically, complete 25 challenges (you can consult the list of challenges in the smartphone’s ‘Missions’ app) and this achievement is yours. The truth is, you’ll get most of these while going for everything else and completing the Criminal Empires ventures and stuff, so don’t worry too much about it. If, at the end, you don’t have it, find the easiest ones to bash out and then go ham.

In Saints Row you can customise vehicles. To do this, hit up the garage at the Saints’ church HQ when you have that unlocked, then change its paint job, body kit, or whatever, and this will unlock.

The simplest way to do this is to head into your armoury at the church, after you’ve completed the “Take Us To The Church” mission and simply change a weapon’s skin.

At Empire Tier 3, you’ll get the chance to buy the $400,000 Cutting Edge business venture. Once you’ve acquired it, you’ll be tasked with taking pictures of cutting edge materials at the behest of fashion designer Edith, following the clue given when you hover over the icon on the game’s map screen. You need only take a photo of just one, then apply the material to any weapon, car, single item of clothing, and your character’s skin. Do that and this is yours.

There are 6 main members of the Idols Collective that you’ll come across in Saints Row - you’ll recognise them because of their fancy LED helmet (basically, like Wrench from Watch Dogs 2). Some in the campaign, some in side missions, some in open-world stuff. Simply kill all 6 and this achievement is yours. The location of all six are as follows:
 

• The boss at the end of the “Be Your Own Boss” mission.
• You’ll encounter one in “Idol Threat” (a Kev mission after the Networking main mission)
• You’ll come across 2 in “Going Overboard,” a main story mission.
• You’ll find one at a Threat in Old Town West (west of the main square there).
• And finally, there’ll be one in the Wanted app. Kill members until this dude and his pesky helmet shows up.

First things first, you’ll need to get the Pugnus Sanctus Dei to get this achievement. You can get them by doing two of the Hidden History discovery activities:
 

• The first is St. Thomas Corvacho’s - south west in East Providencia
• Then, in Old Town West, head to Meeker Square.

Do both of these and you’ll unlock the Pugnus Sanctus Dei - the boxing glove gun. If you need assistance finding the two Hidden History locations and completing them - as long with the rest - then check out our Saints Row Hidden History guide here.

Then, once you have it, equip it from your church armory and then beat a car until it explodes. Do this and the achievement is yours.

Once you know how to do it, performing a barrel roll is actually very easy. You simply need to find one of the many ramps out in the world, and hit it as fast as you can in your vehicle of choice. As soon as you leave the ramp and take flight, you’ll need to hold down  and hold the left analogue stick either left or right. Doing so will see you perform a barrel roll. If you don’t hold down the button, you’ll perform a spin instead. If you need more airtime to perform a full barrel roll, you might just need to find a bigger ramp.

This achievement will unlock upon completing the story mission “Networking.”

In order to get this achievement you need to fully complete a Criminal Venture. So, first, you need to buy it from the Empire Table, then you need to place it down. Then you need to visit the criminal venture and complete all of its missions. You’ll obviously get this while going for the rest of the achievements, but if you want an early win, can we suggest the Chalupacabra criminal venture, as it only has 5 really easy missions.

In order to fully upgrade your vehicle, you need to head to your garage at the church. Choose a vehicle, go to customize and then down the bottom, under Equipment, apply the upgrade kits. The first one costs $5k, the second costs $25,000 and the third $100,000. Just make sure you've unlocked the Signature Ability first - although this took us a few attempts with a few different cars for this to unlock.

To max out a weapon, you’ll need to gain their Signature Ability by completing a set challenge attached to the weapon you want to fully upgrade (the K-8 Krukov AR is an easy one to opt for). You’ll then want to head to a gun store to purchase three upgrade kits. The first kit costs $5,000, while the second will cost you $25,000. The third and final upgrade will set you back $100,000, but it’s all worth it, as each kit increases your weapon’s ammo capacity and damage output. Also, you get this achievement. Again, like The Mechanic (20G), this took a few attempts with different guns before it unlocked too.

Saints Row’s maximum level is 20, and chances are, if you’re playing the story and mixing in a few side activities, this will come naturally before you reach the end. If not, you can boost XP by completing Side Hustles and Business Ventures, or by getting mixed up in a spot of gang warfare. Practically everything you do earns XP, so if you delve into everything Saints Row has to offer, you’ll easily hit level 20 without even trying.

Saints Row’s three factions are Los Panteros, The Idols, and Marshall Industries, alongside a fourth you’ll encounter at the end of the game. You’ll encounter some of the minibosses automatically during the campaign, and have to defeat them to progress. If you’re missing any, the KAKTS Radio Business Venture requires you draw out a miniboss by calling them on your phone to initiate a fight, so if you’ve yet to earn this achievement, this is the best way to make sure you snag it.

First things first, the title specifies an enemy, so you can’t just do this on a pedestrian - enemies have red health bars. Simply though, there’s a good chance you can get this on the “A Piece of the Action” mission, where you have to steal a car and a container - in which you tow it. If not, you can upgrade a car and add a tow bar, then seek out some gang scum on the streets of Santa Ileso.

To acquire the Quantum Aperture, you’ll need to first purchase the Eurekabator! Criminal Venture for $100,000 upon reaching Empire Tier 2. Then, you’ll need to complete the second Alpha Test, which showcases what the gadget can do - it creates a window, which allows you to shoot through walls. Once you’ve got hold of the Quantum Aperture, equip it, and use it on a tank - a Marshall tank will do it - then shoot the driver (hostiles appear as red projections) out of their seat.

See All Mine (50G) for more info.

Each time you visit a clothes store, purchase as many clothing items as your wallet will allow. You’ll also unlock items for completing certain missions and tasks, which will soon add to up to a bulging wardrobe. In all likelihood, you’ll get to 100 pieces of clothing pretty fast.

Pranking is an online only thing in Saints Row, which you must have turned on. Then, while in game with your co-op partner, hold left on the d-pad to see the Prank criteria that you must complete. These are random, but will be relatively easy things to do in-game. Once you've done them, hit left again on the d-pad and boom, the achievement is yours.

The emote store is the ‘Chicken Dance Studio’ in East Flats, just southwest of the lake in the middle of Santo Ileso. Head here and buy two emotes (cheap ones, if you like), and this will unlock.

A great way to do this, is to get your hands on a Sandstorm Elite dirtbike, and take it to your Saints church HQ garage, so it’s stored there. You’ll need to perform a double backflip while riding the bike, which can be done fairly easily off a sand dune out in any of the surrounding desert. Once you’ve done that, head back to the garage and customise the bike with the Super Air Control signature ability, which enables you to do flips a lot faster when holding . While you’re at it, fit a nitrous boost, so when you head into the desert to hit the dunes again, you can do so at top speed, then fit in a quadruple flip while using the Super Air Control signature ability.

The Infinite Boost is a Signature Ability on cars like the Vindicator (found by finding all 5 rocket car parts). Once you have that car, and that ability, you basically need to fully activate the boost, and if it runs out and you've not hit anything, you get an automatic refill. Do this three times and the achievement is yours. Nothing too hard here. Just do it on the highways and weave through the traffic. The bike outside of JimRob's has this ability too, and makes the whole thing even easier.

During gunfights, keep your eyes peeled for vending machines. Should an enemy come close to one, shoot it, and it’ll electrocute them, unlocking this achievement. There are a few opportunities to do this, so be sure to stay on the lookout for a chance to do it.

The “Non Compete Clause” is a good mission for this. When you get to the executive floor, there’s a vending machine on the right and straight ahead. Bait an enemy near it and then shoot it. Bob’s your uncle, the achievement is yours.

There are 37 Photo Hunt discovery activities in Saints Row. Complete all 37 and you’ll unlock this achievement. You can find all the discoveries and their locations (including the Photo Hunt) here in our guide.

Here's where all 37 are in text form too:

Kavanagh County Territory
Rojas Desert North - 32 discoveries (3 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 1 - Bison Memorial - central/east Rojas Desert North
Photo Hunt 2 - Snake Oil Saloon Sign - south west corner of Rojas Desert North
Photo Hunt 3 - Thunderpump sign - east of the last one

Rojas Desert South - 20 discoveries (1 photo hunt):
Photo Hunt 4 - Tombstone Angel - central Rojas Desert South

Los Panteros Territory
Smelterville East - 12 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 5 - Flaming Hot Billboard - southeast Smelterville East
Photo Hunt 6 - Boomers Short-Fuse Fireworks - central Smelterville East

Smelterville West - 7 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 7 - Joe Cola Bottle Cap - southwest Smelterville West
Photo Hunt 8 - Milk Carton - central/west Smelterville West

Mercado - 13 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 9 - 66 West On-Ramp Mural - southwest in Mercado
Photo Hunt 10 - Jackalope - east of number 9 in Mercado

West Providencia - 16 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 11 - Grind Rail - south west of West Providencia
Photo Hunt 12 - Rattle Snake - south of the fast travel in West Providencia

East Providencia - 6 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt  13 - Barbeque Barn - east in East Providencia
Photo Hunt 14 - Providencia Memorial Wall - north in East Providencia

Old Town East - 10 discoveries (1 photo hunt):
Photo Hunt 15 - Rock Duet - northeast corner of Old Town East

Old Town West - 8 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 16 - Mad Cow - southwest in Old Town West
Photo Hunt 17 - Seal of the City - in the middle of Old Town West

Monte Vista - 11 discoveries (1 photo hunt):
Photo Hunt 18 - Monte Vista Market Sign - centre/east in Monte Vista

Marina East - 6 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 19 - The Messenger - central Marina East
Photo Hunt 20 - Cactus Mural - northwest in Marina East

Marina West - 13 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 21 - La Galleria Shopping Centre Fountain - west in Marina West
Photo Hunt 22 - School of Architecture and Design Campus sign - northwest Marina West

Marshall Territory
Lakeshore North - 11 discoveries (2 photo hunt):
Photo Hunt 23 - The Solar Wind - east Lakeshore North
Photo Hunt 24 - The Coyote Rodeo - southwest Lakeshore North

Lakeshore South - 13 discoveries (3 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 25 - Dare Street Studios - north Lakeshore South
Photo Hunt 26 - The Horseshoe Cowboy - northeast Lakeshore South
Photo Hunt 27 - The Third Pillar - south Lakeshore South

West Flats - 9 discoveries (2 photo hunt) :
Photo Hunt 28 - Bowling Pin - north West Flats
Photo Hunt 29 - Old Railroad Water Tower - south West Flats

East Flats - 6 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 30 - Smelters Helmet - north East Flats
Photo Hunt 31 - FB Burger - south East Flats

El Dorado - 16 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 32 - 10 Gallon Saloon Sign - central/west El Dorado
Photo Hunt 33 - El Dorado Wedding Chapel - east El Dorado

Badlands South - 30 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 34 - Rocks 66 - southwest of the fast travel in Badlands South
Photo Hunt 35 - Badlands Windmill - west Badlands South

Kavanagh County Territory
Badlands North - 24 discoveries (2 photo hunts):
Photo Hunt 36 - House Phoenix Dragon - northern Badlands North
Photo Hunt 37 - Badlands Watering Hole - northern Badlands North

See All Mine (50G) for more info.

The special vehicle upgrades are basically the "Signature Abilities" on the vehicles. There are ten in all. Unlock them all and this achievement is yours. The ten are:

- Super Air Control (available on the Ant buggy, amongst others)
- Bowelroad Roar (part of the LARP mission chain)
- Crab Steering
- Jump
- Ball & Chain
- Tank Gun
- Ejector Seats
- Infinite Boost
- Kneecappers
- Air Boost

This achievement requires both the Pinata Launcher and the Pinata Stick. The former is a reward from the “Let’s Pretend” criminal venture - for completing the last mission. Let's Pretend is in the last tier of unlocks there) and the latter is a skin you can attach to the crowbar at a gun shop (the skin is unlocked at the @tcha in Marina West). All you need to do is shoot the pinata with the launcher and melee it before it explodes with the stick. Simple!

Easy! Simply head into your in-game smartphone by pressing ‘options/touchpad’, and select the Style app - the one that enables you to customise your character on-the-fly anywhere, at any time.

Completing a district involves placing a Business Venture there, carrying out all of the objectives attached to said Business Venture, clearing up all the collectibles dealing with any threats, doing all of the Side Hustles, and purchasing at least one item from each shop. A big portion of this part is finding the discoveries, as unlike the other activities they don't show on the map... which is why we created a series of maps with every discovery on it and you can check them out right HERE.

Do that, and you’ll know you’ve completed the district because it’ll have turned purple and have a big gold Saints’ fleur-de-lys logo in the middle of it. Do this in all fifteen districts across Santo Ileso, and boom. All done.