Achievement guide
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
| Achievement | Global | Friends who own it | Guidance |
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We Happy Few
Complete a mission without losing a soldier. |
87% |
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Combat Ready
Build an item. |
86.2% |
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What Wonders Await
Complete a Research Project. |
86.2% |
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And So It Begins…
Complete the tutorial mission. |
83.2% |
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Eye in the Sky
Launch a Satellite. |
81.7% |
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Tables Turned
Shoot down a UFO. |
81.4% |
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Up and Running
Build a base facility. |
78.9% |
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Happy to Oblige
Fulfill a Council request. |
71% |
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Prisoner of War
|
70% |
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The Gatekeeper
|
63% |
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...and Practice.
Build a Workshop. |
62.8% |
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Welcoming Committee
Kill 150 aliens. |
62.6% |
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X Marks the Spot
|
60.7% |
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Theory...
Build a Laboratory. |
57.5% |
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The Hardest Road
Advance one of your soldiers to Colonel rank. |
56.5% |
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Off My Planet
|
51.7% |
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As A Scalpel
Earn the "Excellent" rating in every performance category on a terror mission. |
51.3% |
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All Together Now
Get satellite coverage over every country on one continent. |
50.5% |
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Man No More
Build a suit of powered armor. |
48.8% |
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Worth Every Penny
Acquire 1000 credits in one month. |
48.2% |
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Ride the Lightning
|
47.1% |
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Drums in the Deep
Gain access to the lowest level in your base. |
45.8% |
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See All, Know All
|
45.1% |
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Beyond the Veil
|
42.7% |
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Pale Horse
Kill 500 aliens. |
40.7% |
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And Hell's Coming With Me
|
40.4% |
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All Employees Must Wash Hands…
In a single game, complete every Autopsy. |
39.7% |
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You Have 5 Seconds to Comply
Build a S.H.I.V. |
39.3% |
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Bada Boom
Kill 50 aliens with explosive weapons. |
38.8% |
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On the Shoulders of Giants
|
37.7% |
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Taking A Load Off
Stop a squad member from suffocating in single player |
37.3% |
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New Friend
|
35.9% |
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The Volunteer
|
35% |
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One Gun at a Time
Staff the Engineering Department with 80 engineers. |
33.3% |
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Humanity's Savior
Beat the game on any difficulty. |
31.7% |
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Bait the Hook
|
31.3% |
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Oppenheimer
Staff the Research Labs with 80 scientists. |
30.3% |
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A Little Bit Alien
Modify a soldier in single player |
29.6% |
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Who Needs Limbs?
Augment a soldier in single player |
29.5% |
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The Bigger They Are
|
28.8% |
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Flight of the Valkyries
Win a mission with an all-female squad. Single player only. |
28% |
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Elite Defense
Beat a new special mission without losing any assets |
27.8% |
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Zom-B-Gone
Eradicate the infestation |
26.5% |
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Shieldbuster
Eliminate an enemy's shield and kill it on the same turn in single player |
26.2% |
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G’day
Kill an elite enemy Sniper with one of your own snipers in single player |
24% |
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They Shall Not Pass
Eliminate all alien waves |
23.2% |
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Angel of Death
Kill an alien while flying. Single player only. |
22.9% |
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All Hands on Deck
Get at least 4 kills with XCOM Base Security personnel |
21.5% |
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Solid Prospect
Complete Deluge |
20.5% |
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Regenerate This
Kill an elite enemy Medic with explosive damage in single player |
20.3% |
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Apotheosis Denied
Deal with the newest global threat |
19.6% |
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Steel Martyr
Deploy three tactical subsystems on a single soldier in single player |
19.3% |
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Ours are the Furies
Complete Furies |
18.8% |
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Hunter/Killer
In a single game, shoot down one of each alien craft. |
18.1% |
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Pain in the Neck
Cause an enemy to suicide |
17.3% |
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Where in the World
Make certain of the new threat's location |
16.3% |
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Mind the Step
Jump two stories in one move in single player |
15.9% |
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Enemy Within
Get a Soldier to have 5 modifications in single player |
13.8% |
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Skunkworks
In a single game, complete every Foundry project. |
13.6% |
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Nice Cover
Use Collateral Damage to blow up a car in single player |
13.3% |
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Remington… Max Remington
Have your special-duty soldier kill three enemies in the same mission |
13.1% |
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Someone Your Own Size
Kill a Muton Berserker in melee combat in single player |
12.4% |
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The Meld Squad
Field a fully enhanced squad and win the mission |
12.3% |
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Anger Management
Proc Combat Rush on the entire squad (min. 4) |
11.9% |
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All Aboard
|
11.2% |
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Rising Dragon
|
9.1% |
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Shooting Stars
Shoot down 40 UFOs. |
8.6% |
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Edison
In a single game, complete every Research Project. |
8.5% |
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Meet New People. Then Kill Them.
Win a multiplayer match. |
8.4% |
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Wet Work
Complete a Very Hard abduction mission in five turns or less on Classic or Impossible difficulty. |
6.2% |
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Bubonic
Play a multiplayer match against someone with this achievement. |
6.1% |
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Xavier
Mind Control an Ethereal. Single player only. |
6.1% |
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Earth First
Beat the game on Classic difficulty. |
5.8% |
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Tingling Sensation
Kill an unseen enemy detected by a specially modified soldier in single player |
5.8% |
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Mental Minefield
Kill an enemy as it is psionically attacking you in single player |
5.1% |
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Mutatis Mutandis
Field a squad where all members have at least two modifications (min. 4) and win the mission |
4.7% |
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Rise of the Machines
Field a squad consisting entirely of augmented soldiers and SHIVs (min. 4) and win the mission |
3.5% |
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Guardian of Earth
Designate a highly decorated soldier as the Volunteer |
2.7% |
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By Our Powers Combined
Field a squad with 4 augmented soldiers, each with a different base ability and win the mission |
2.4% |
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Ain't No Cavalry Comin'
Have a soldier survive every mission in a full game. |
2.3% |
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No Looking Back
Beat the game in Ironman mode on Classic or Impossible Difficulty. |
2.2% |
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Lone Wolf
Clear a UFO crash site with one soldier on Classic or Impossible difficulty. |
2% |
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Our Finest Hour
Beat the game on Impossible difficulty. |
1.7% |
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An Army Of Four
Beat the game without buying a Squad Size upgrade (Classic+ difficulty) |
1.2% |
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A Continental Fellow
Win the game from each of the 5 starting locations. |
1% |
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