State of Decay 2
interactive achievement guide, roadmap & tracker

Intro/roadmap

A game of mostly objective/grind achievements with nothing really missable in the normal sense of the word. The grind isn't even too bad (the longest will be Others and WightsOthers and Wights for killing 10k zombies). There is coop multiplayer, but you can do all achievments solo or coop - its up to you. But, unless you manipulate saves, 4 playthroughs are necessary to get each of the legacy achievements (Be Still My Dog of WarBe Still My Dog of War, I Am the LawI Am the Law, etc). You could do this in one playthrough by levelling up 4 characters (one of each type) beforehand, saving before electing one as leader and then going through the election, plague heart killing and legacy missions for each character. Some general tips: - carry a can of fuel in the car when driving around - be sure to collect every Plague Sample you find - invest in being able to repair things (i.e. your weapons!) Leader legacies: - Sheriff: Loot received daily - Trader: 4000 influence and a trader visit when you first settle - Builder: Base-wide power+water with no fuel cost or threat - Warlord: large stockpile of weapons/ammo when you first settle

Stats

Has Singleplayer?
Yes
Has Multiplayer?
Yes
Difficulty affects achievements?
No
Guide contributors
shivars
JoseDavid GarayS
30%
Guide in progress
30% complete
Kinds
12 Story, 35 Grind, 41 Objective, 1 All-the-things, 64 Unknown,
Missables
3 Missable, 76 Optional, 8 Mutually-exclusive, 1 Soft-missable, 65 Unknown,
Multiplayer
2 Multi-player, 73 Anywhere, 78 Unknown,
Glitches
150 Not glitched, 1 Glitched, 2 Unknown,
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Interactive guides
Completion by missables/DLC
Collectible checklists
153 achievements

(State of Decay 2) Search 10 Containers.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
You'll likely unlock this during the first/tutorial mission before you even get to a settlement.

(State of Decay 2) Cause a commotion while searching a Container.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
Hold the button to search faster when searching a container. This will make more noise - if a zombie hears you and comes running....achievement!

(State of Decay 2) Deliver a Rucksack to your Storage Facility.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Earn enough Standing to promote a Recruit to Citizen.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Secure 5 Sites by exploring every room and killing every zombie.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Destroy an Infestation.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Build a Facility at your Base.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
In all bases there'll be the opportunity to construct a facility of some kind - just build one.

(State of Decay 2) Call in a Radio Command.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Earn enough Standing to promote a Citizen to Hero.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Destroy a Plague Heart.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
Marked with a red icon on the map, the first is the easiest and they get progressively harder as you kill more in a territory.

(State of Decay 2) Survey 5 Sites with your Binoculars.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Kill 100 Zombies.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Destroy a Horde.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Kill a Feral.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Switch to a different Survivor when you become Fatigued.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
Easy to get; when in your settlement and in control of a character who is fatigued ('zzz' above their head), go into the Community tab and pick a different character to play as for a bit.

(State of Decay 2) Choose a Specialization for the Cardio skill.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Kill a Bloater.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Kill 4 Screamers.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Choose a Specialization for the Wits skill.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Secure 25 Sites by exploring every room and killing every zombie.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Search 100 Containers.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Recruit a new Survivor to your Community.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Destroy a Plague Heart at night.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Choose a Specialization for the Fighting skill.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Choose a Specialization for the Shooting skill.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Kill a Juggernaut.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Destroy 25 Hordes.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Destroy 5 Plague Hearts.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
They get progressively harder as you kill more, and you'll have to kill all of them in a territory to be able to complete a playthrough. Take fire, explosive and fire. And guns. Melee weaps are not useful here!

(State of Decay 2) Claim a base on the Providence Ridge map.

Story Mutually-exclusive Single or multi-player No glitches

Finish off a Juggernaut with a melee execution.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Transfer an item from a vehicle's inventory directly into your base.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Accept a bounty from the Bounty Broker.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Survey 50 Sites with your Binoculars.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
Look on your map for binocular symbols; these indicate billboards and radio towers. Go to them, climb them, use the aim button to look. you'll see question marks for distant places of interest; stare at them to survey/unlock. You'll need a few towers to get all 50. This is another easy grind :)

(State of Decay 2) Build 10 Facilities at your Base.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
You'll likely have to be on your third base to get this far - to efficiently progress the rest of the game you won't want to be tearing facilities down and build new ones just to grind this out.

(State of Decay 2) Destroy 10 Infestations.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Have a Survivor within your Community die.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
One of your people just needs to die. Any one. Just take them out (ideally with an empty backpack so you don't have to go retrieve their stuff), find zombies and let them kill you. Job done.

Kill 1,000 Zombies.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Deliver 50 Rucksacks to your Storage Facility.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
You have to manually deliver each one to the area marked. Directly transferring from your vehicle's trunk does not count!

(State of Decay 2) Shoot the helmet off an Armored Zombie.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Earn Influence by selling 10 items to Enclaves.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Spend Influence to buy 10 items from Enclaves.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Earn 1000 Influence from killing freaks.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Enter a Dread Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Destroy every Plague Heart in your Territory.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Survive to the second wave in a session of Daybreak.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Kill 50 Zombies with your car door.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Claim a base in the Trumbull Valley map (outside of Heartland).

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown Unknown glitchiness

Kill a blood plague juggernaut.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Claim a base on the Cascade Hills map.

Story Mutually-exclusive Single or multi-player No glitches
After the tutorial mission you choose a settlement - once you arrive there and claim it the achievement will pop. You'll need to do this in a separate playthrough to Ten Thousand Gallon HatTen Thousand Gallon Hat and Tilting at WindmillsTilting at Windmills

Claim a base on the Meagher Valley map.

Story Mutually-exclusive Single or multi-player No glitches
After the tutorial mission you choose a settlement - once you arrive there and claim it the achievement will pop. You'll need to do this in a separate playthrough to Ten Thousand Gallon HatTen Thousand Gallon Hat and Dam Fine TerritoryDam Fine Territory

Work with 5 Enclaves to make them your Allies.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Claim a base on the Drucker County map.

Story Mutually-exclusive Single or multi-player No glitches

After the tutorial mission you choose a settlement - once you arrive there and claim it the achievement will pop. You'll need to do this in a separate playthrough to Dam Fine TerritoryDam Fine Territory and Tilting at WindmillsTilting at Windmills

Elect a Sheriff as the Leader of your Community.

Story Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
See Mediocre!Mediocre!

Use the Auto Shop to create an armor upgrade and apply it to a vehicle.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Survive to the fourth wave in a session of Daybreak.

Objective Optional Unknown No glitches

Elect a Warlord as the Leader of your Community.

Story Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
Each character, in their bio, has a leadership path of a certain type. Pick a character with Warlord as the type and level them up to Hero (by playing as the character). Once they are Hero, you can promote them to Leader of the settlement.

(DLC Daybreak) Allow the technician to die during a session of Daybreak.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Shoot off a Flare (or volunteer to help someone who does).

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Elect a Builder as the Leader of your Community.

Story Optional Single or multi-player No glitches
See Mediocre!Mediocre!

Complete 5 bounties for the Bounty Broker.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Build the Armory facility at your base.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Recruit Malik into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Earn a total of 500 Prestige playing Daybreak.

Grind Optional Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Reach the third wave in a session of Daybreak without the technician taking damage.

Objective Soft-missable Unknown No glitches

Allow 24 bags of dropped items to accumulate on the ground.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Destroy a plague heart in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Elect a Trader as the Leader of your Community.

Story Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

See Mediocre!Mediocre!

Unlock an outfit by completing a bounty from the Bounty Broker.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Call in 25 Radio Commands.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Survive 7 total zombie waves in Daybreak.

Objective Optional Unknown No glitches

Have a survivor within your community die while playing in a Dread Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Start a new Campaign with Survivors from a completed one.

Objective Missability unknown Single or multi-player No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Repair a wall 12 times in Daybreak.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Build the Sniper Tower facility at your base.

Objective Missable Single or multi-player No glitches
This is a leader facility for a Builder leader, i.e. you need Can We Fix It? Yes We Can!Can We Fix It? Yes We Can! first. You can then build the Sniper Tower if you have a Large plot in your base.

(DLC Daybreak) Survive to the sixth wave in a session of Daybreak.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Play Heartland in multiplayer as the host or client

Objective Optional Multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Claim a landmark outpost.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Since update 25, there is exactly one landmark outpost on each map.  it has a distinct icon.  It might be within a plague heart territory (so you'll need to clear that first).  Clear and then claim the landmark to pop the achievement.

Build the Field Hospital facility at your base.

Objective Missable Single or multi-player No glitches
This is a leader facility for a Sheriff leader, i.e. you need Nice Moves ThereNice Moves There first. You can then build the Field Hospital if you have a Large plot in your base.

Play in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone with another human being.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Open 0b1111 CLEO Drops.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Play Daybreak with another human being.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Build the Trade Depot facility at your base.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Enter a Nightmare Zone.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Just start the game with difficulty set to Nightmare.

Destroy an XL Horde (a large horde with two Screamers and a Feral) while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Fully upgrade a resource outpost.

Objective Optional Unknown No glitches

Some outposts are upgradable now (since an update).  Upgrade one to the highest level - this will need 2,800+ influence.

(DLC Daybreak) Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak without suffering any player deaths.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Kill 50 plague zombies with crossbows.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Have three survivors within your community die in a Dread Zone or Nightmare Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Recruit Keesha into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Begin a session with minimum difficulty set to Lethal.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Complete a campaign with the Builder's Legacy.

Story Mutually-exclusive Single or multi-player No glitches
Same as I Am the LawI Am the Law but with a builder elected as leader.

(DLC Heartland) Destroy a plague wall in Heartland

Objective Optional Unknown No glitches

Complete a campaign with the Sheriff's Legacy.

Story Mutually-exclusive Single or multi-player No glitches
After electing a sheriff (see Nice Moves ThereNice Moves There), kill any remaining plague hearts in your territory and new quests for the sheriff should unlock; complete these to leave your legacy! Note must be done in a separate playthrough to the other legacy achievements.

Extract 20 plague samples from plague juggernauts in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Complete a campaign with the Warlord's Legacy.

Story Mutually-exclusive Single or multi-player No glitches
Same as I Am the LawI Am the Law but with a warlord elected as leader.

(State of Decay 2) Kill 25 blood plague bloaters.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Recruit Captain Logan into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Complete 25 bounties for the Bounty Broker.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Earn a total of 5000 Prestige playing Daybreak.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Kill 10,000 Zombies.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Complete a campaign with the Trader's Legacy.

Story Mutually-exclusive Single or multi-player No glitches
Same as I Am the LawI Am the Law but with a trader elected as leader.

(DLC Heartland) Kill 25 plague screamers in Heartland

Grind Optional Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Recruit Chavez into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Destroy 100 hordes in Dread Zones or Nightmare Zones.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Recruit IzzBee into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Craft a case of bulk plague cure while in a Dread Zone or Nightmare Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Build a CLEO Relay facility in your home community.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

You have to unlock the "CLEO Core" in Daybreak in order to be able to build this facility in your regular story-mode base.

Building the CLEO Relay in Heartland doesn't count.

(DLC Heartland) Recruit Vic into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Recruit four Red Talon contractors to your home community.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Survive 49 total zombie waves in Daybreak.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Use a training manual to retrain a specialization.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Kill a plague heart with minimum difficulty set to Lethal.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Complete Heartland with both of your starting survivors alive

Objective Missable Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Recruit Diana into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Reach the sixth wave in a session of Daybreak in single player.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Complete Heartland while playing alone

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak without any wall sections being leveled.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Reach the fifth wave in a session of Daybreak without any player using explosives.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Kill one each of the four blood plague freaks with minimum difficulty set to Lethal.

Do-all-the-things Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Kill all plague hearts in a single Nightmare Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Recruit Brock into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Kill 25 blood ferals in Heartland

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Recruit Reba into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Kill 3 zombies in 3 seconds with a revolver, while wearing any cowboy hat from the Closet.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Recruit Isaac into your Heartland community

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Claim any 3 landmark outposts.

Objective Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Complete a legacy arc while in a Nightmare Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Complete Mickey Wilkerson's story in Trumbull Valley (outside of Heartland).

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown Unknown glitchiness

Contract blood plague by using a plague consumable.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Reach maximum morale while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Kill 10 or more enemies with a single plague buster

Objective Optional Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Reach the fourth wave in a session of Daybreak without any player using guns.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Recruit 8 different survivors in a single game of Heartland.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Complete Heartland as the host or client in multiplayer

Objective Optional Multi-player No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Heal the technician 12 times in Daybreak.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Hit top speed while driving a Road Racer and wearing any puffy vest from the Closet.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Fail during the first wave in a session of Daybreak.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Use the Vehicle Depot to craft and use all three vehicle upgrade kits.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown Glitched

Has to be done in Heartland.

Sometimes does not unlock :/

Complete the legacy arcs for all four leader types while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Open 0b11111111 CLEO Drops.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

Kill a screamer with a CLEO heavy sniper rifle.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Find all six different Echo Labs guns in Heartland during a single playthrough as the host

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Kill 25 blood juggs in Heartland

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

Have all four Red Talon facilities in your home community at the same time.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak after collecting 25 CLEO drops.

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Daybreak) Survive 343 total zombie waves in Daybreak.

Grind Optional Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Use the Weapons Depot to craft all four of the Network weapons in Heartland

Unknown kind Missability unknown Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Complete 10 CLEO sieges using the CLEO relay in Heartland

Grind Optional Unknown No glitches

(State of Decay 2) Survive until Day 100 while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.

Grind Optional Single or multi-player No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Use plague cure on your own survivor 100 times in Heartland

Grind Optional Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Destroy 20 plague walls in Heartland

Grind Optional Unknown No glitches

(DLC Heartland) Use plague cure on another survivor 100 times in Heartland

Grind Optional Unknown No glitches