State of Decay 2
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The next installment in the critically acclaimed “State of Decay” franchise immerses you in an all-new, multiplayer zombie survival fantasy. Build a lasting community, working with other players or solo to overcome challenges while exploring your own unique story in a world that remembers the choices you make.
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 
FAQ
- Are there missable achievements in State of Decay 2?
- Yes, 3: Plot Armor, Enemy at the Gates and Mercy Hospital. Also, 9 are soft-missable or mutually exclusive: The Forest for the Trees, Ten Thousand Gallon Hat, Be My Bodyguard, Dam Fine Territory, Tilting at Windmills, If You Build It, They Will Come, I Am the Law, Be Still My Dog of War and Speedy Delivery. 67 of 156 not yet checked.
- Are there glitched achievements in State of Decay 2?
- Yes, 1: Max Would Be Proud. 2 of 156 not yet checked.
Toothpaste Piñatas
Very common77.8%Search 10 Containers.
You'll likely unlock this during the first/tutorial mission before you even get to a settlement.
Bring the Brouhaha
Very common75.4%Cause a commotion while searching a Container.
Hold the button to search faster when searching a container. This will make more noise - if a zombie hears you and comes running....achievement!
I Got You a Pony
Common68.0%Deliver a Rucksack to your Storage Facility.
No More Strangers
Common66.4%Earn enough Standing to promote a Recruit to Citizen.
Breach and Clear
Common65.1%Secure 5 Sites by exploring every room and killing every zombie.
Sorry for Party Rocking
Common62.9%Destroy an Infestation.
Construction Complete
Common61.3%Build a Facility at your Base.
In all bases there'll be the opportunity to construct a facility of some kind - just build one.
Call Me Any Anytime
Common58.5%Call in a Radio Command.
Gotta be Larger than Life
Common57.2%Earn enough Standing to promote a Citizen to Hero.
Heart of Darkness
Common56.5%Destroy a Plague Heart.
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.
Through a Glass Darkly
Common55.8%Survey 5 Sites with your Binoculars.
Puppies and Kittens
Common55.4%Kill 100 Zombies.
Flash Mob
Common54.1%Destroy a Horde.
Blind Justice
Common53.1%Kill a Feral.
I Ran So Far Away
Common51.8%Choose a Specialization for the Cardio skill.
Barley and Spoiled Blueberries
Common51.5%Kill a Bloater.
Knowing is Half the Battle
Common49.7%Choose a Specialization for the Wits skill.
Every Piece of Trash in Town
Common48.2%Secure 25 Sites by exploring every room and killing every zombie.
No Stone Unturned
Common48.1%Search 100 Containers.
Welcome to the Jungle
Common47.5%Recruit a new Survivor to your Community.
Glutton for Punishment
Common40.1%Kill a Juggernaut.
These Dreams
Uncommon37.3%Destroy 5 Plague Hearts.
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!
Crowd Control
Uncommon37.3%Destroy 25 Hordes.
The Forest for the Trees
Uncommon37.1%Claim a base on the Providence Ridge map.
Silent Cartographer
Uncommon34.1%Survey 50 Sites with your Binoculars.
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 :)
Paradise City
Uncommon32.4%Build 10 Facilities at your Base.
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.
Sayonara
Uncommon31.6%Have a Survivor within your Community die.
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.
The Purge
Uncommon31.4%Destroy 10 Infestations.
I Got You a Pack Mule
Uncommon30.6%Deliver 50 Rucksacks to your Storage Facility.
You have to manually deliver each one to the area marked. Directly transferring from your vehicle's trunk does not count!
Men Without Hats
Uncommon30.5%Shoot the helmet off an Armored Zombie.
Road Warrior
Uncommon24.0%Kill 50 Zombies with your car door.
Ten Thousand Gallon Hat
Uncommon21.4%Claim a base on the Drucker County map.
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 
Doctor Terminus
Uncommon15.8%Elect a Trader as the Leader of your Community.
See 
Citizen Z
Uncommon15.0%Call in 25 Radio Commands.
Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
Uncommon11.2%Claim a landmark outpost.
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.
Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Rare9.1%Enter a Nightmare Zone.
Just start the game with difficulty set to Nightmare.
But It Can Be Better
Rare8.6%Fully upgrade a resource outpost.
Some outposts are upgradable now (since an update). Upgrade one to the highest level - this will need 2,800+ influence.
Lilac and Spoiled Gooseberries
Rare7.0%Kill 25 blood plague bloaters.
Collect 'Em All
Rare6.2%Complete 25 bounties for the Bounty Broker.
The Turn
Rare6.1%Earn a total of 5000 Prestige playing Daybreak.
Is There No One Else
Rare5.9%Destroy 100 hordes in Dread Zones or Nightmare Zones.
Cargo Cult
Very rare4.7%Build a CLEO Relay facility in your home community.
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.
New Lease on Life
Very rare4.1%Use a training manual to retrain a specialization.
Retrieve Biomass
Very rare4.0%Kill a plague heart with minimum difficulty set to Lethal.
Barbershop Quartet
Very rare3.2%Kill one each of the four blood plague freaks with minimum difficulty set to Lethal.
A Three Hour Tour
Very rare2.7%Claim any 3 landmark outposts.
True Grit
Ultra rare0.5%Survive until Day 100 while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.
That was it? This is easy.
Uncommon24.2%Survive to the second wave in a session of Daybreak.
Time's Up
Uncommon20.6%Survive to the fourth wave in a session of Daybreak.
Get Used to Disappointment
Uncommon20.5%Allow the technician to die during a session of Daybreak.
The Pledge
Uncommon18.1%Earn a total of 500 Prestige playing Daybreak.
Be My Bodyguard
Uncommon17.2%Reach the third wave in a session of Daybreak without the technician taking damage.
Magnificent Seven
Uncommon14.7%Survive 7 total zombie waves in Daybreak.
We Don't Need No Education
Uncommon12.9%Repair a wall 12 times in Daybreak.
The Infinite Sea
Uncommon11.3%Survive to the sixth wave in a session of Daybreak.
Just a Nibble
Uncommon10.0%Open 0b1111 CLEO Drops.
Human Contact
Rare9.9%Play Daybreak with another human being.
Day Broken
Rare9.2%Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak.
Flawless Victory
Rare8.0%Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak without suffering any player deaths.
Sleep All Day, Out All Night
Very rare4.3%Survive 49 total zombie waves in Daybreak.
I Was All By Myself
Very rare3.5%Reach the sixth wave in a session of Daybreak in single player.
Forgot My Breaches
Very rare3.3%Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak without any wall sections being leveled.
Conservation of Splatter
Very rare3.3%Reach the fifth wave in a session of Daybreak without any player using explosives.
The Moral High Ground is Mine
Very rare1.7%Reach the fourth wave in a session of Daybreak without any player using guns.
Never Forget the Medic
Very rare1.4%Heal the technician 12 times in Daybreak.
Green Talon
Very rare1.3%Fail during the first wave in a session of Daybreak.
That Byte Looks Infected
Very rare1.0%Open 0b11111111 CLEO Drops.
Hoard Mode
Ultra rare0.8%Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak after collecting 25 CLEO drops.
Guilty Spark
Ultra rare0.6%Survive 343 total zombie waves in Daybreak.
Two Heartlands Beat As One
Uncommon11.2%Play Heartland in multiplayer as the host or client
Tear Down That Wall
Rare7.2%Destroy a plague wall in Heartland
Trumbull Valley Choir
Rare6.0%Kill 25 plague screamers in Heartland
The Lonely Survivor
Rare6.0%Recruit Chavez into your Heartland community
The Helpful Hacker
Rare5.8%Recruit IzzBee into your Heartland community
The Desperate Husband
Very rare4.6%Recruit Vic into your Heartland community
Plot Armor
Very rare3.9%Complete Heartland with both of your starting survivors alive
The Shy Maker
Very rare3.6%Recruit Diana into your Heartland community
Heartlandia
Very rare3.4%Complete Heartland while playing alone
Hunting the Hunters
Very rare2.8%Kill 25 blood ferals in Heartland
The Mournful Father
Very rare2.7%Recruit Isaac into your Heartland community
Undeadly Efficiency
Very rare1.8%Kill 10 or more enemies with a single plague buster
Full House
Very rare1.7%Recruit 8 different survivors in a single game of Heartland.
How Red Was Our Valley
Very rare1.6%Complete Heartland as the host or client in multiplayer
Max Would Be Proud
Very rare1.1%Use the Vehicle Depot to craft and use all three vehicle upgrade kits.
Has to be done in Heartland.
Sometimes does not unlock :/
Shots in the Dark
Very rare1.0%Find all six different Echo Labs guns in Heartland during a single playthrough as the host
They Grow 'Em Big Around Here
Ultra rare0.9%Kill 25 blood juggs in Heartland
Such Wonderful Toys
Ultra rare0.5%Use the Weapons Depot to craft all four of the Network weapons in Heartland
CLEO Can You Hear Me?
Ultra rare0.5%Complete 10 CLEO sieges using the CLEO relay in Heartland
Heal Thyself
Ultra rare0.5%Use plague cure on your own survivor 100 times in Heartland
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Ultra rare0.3%Destroy 20 plague walls in Heartland
Playing Doctor
Ultra rare0.3%Use plague cure on another survivor 100 times in Heartland
Holding Down the Couch
Common52.9%Switch to a different Survivor when you become Fatigued.
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.
From the Top of My Lungs
Common50.7%Kill 4 Screamers.
What We Do in the Shadows
Common46.1%Destroy a Plague Heart at night.
Wax On, Wax Off
Common43.5%Choose a Specialization for the Fighting skill.
Short Controlled Bursts
Common41.8%Choose a Specialization for the Shooting skill.
Piggyback Ride
Uncommon35.1%Finish off a Juggernaut with a melee execution.
Rucks in Trucks
Uncommon35.1%Transfer an item from a vehicle's inventory directly into your base.
The Game is Afoot
Uncommon34.6%Accept a bounty from the Bounty Broker.
Walkers and Biters
Uncommon30.9%Kill 1,000 Zombies.
Can Buy Me Love
Uncommon28.0%Earn Influence by selling 10 items to Enclaves.
Black Friday
Uncommon28.0%Spend Influence to buy 10 items from Enclaves.
Fly Your Freak Flag
Uncommon27.7%Earn 1000 Influence from killing freaks.
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Uncommon27.1%Enter a Dread Zone.
Total Eclipse
Uncommon26.5%Destroy every Plague Heart in your Territory.
Lily, We're Home
Uncommon23.9%Claim a base in the Trumbull Valley map (outside of Heartland).
No Gut, No Glory
Uncommon23.8%Kill a blood plague juggernaut.
Dam Fine Territory
Uncommon23.0%Claim a base on the Cascade Hills map.
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 
Friendship is Magic
Uncommon22.8%Work with 5 Enclaves to make them your Allies.
Tilting at Windmills
Uncommon22.8%Claim a base on the Meagher Valley map.
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
Nice Moves There
Uncommon21.4%Elect a Sheriff as the Leader of your Community.
See
War Rig
Uncommon21.0%Use the Auto Shop to create an armor upgrade and apply it to a vehicle.
Mediocre!
Uncommon20.5%Elect a Warlord as the Leader of your Community.
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.
Sie sind das Essen und wir sind
Uncommon20.1%Shoot off a Flare (or volunteer to help someone who does).
Can We Fix It? Yes We Can!
Uncommon19.6%Elect a Builder as the Leader of your Community.
See
Bounty Collector
Uncommon19.2%Complete 5 bounties for the Bounty Broker.
Citizens First and Solders Second
Uncommon18.8%Build the Armory facility at your base.
The City-Raised Farmer
Uncommon18.3%Recruit Malik into your Heartland community
Head to To So Player
Uncommon16.3%Allow 24 bags of dropped items to accumulate on the ground.
The First Hurdle
Uncommon16.2%Destroy a plague heart in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.
It Looks Good on You, Though
Uncommon15.7%Unlock an outfit by completing a bounty from the Bounty Broker.
Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jaeger!
Uncommon15.3%You shot off a flare (or volunteered to help someone who did).
Welcome to the Dread Zone!
Uncommon14.3%Have a survivor within your community die while playing in a Dread Zone.
The Next Generation
Uncommon14.1%Start a new Campaign with Survivors from a completed one.
Enemy at the Gates
Uncommon11.3%Build the Sniper Tower facility at your base.
This is a leader facility for a Builder leader, i.e. you need 
Mercy Hospital
Uncommon10.7%Build the Field Hospital facility at your base.
This is a leader facility for a Sheriff leader, i.e. you need 
Called for Backup
Uncommon10.4%Play in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone with another human being.
Who Run Bartertown?
Rare9.6%Build the Trade Depot facility at your base.
Close Call
Rare9.0%Destroy an XL Horde (a large horde with two Screamers and a Feral) while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.
Citizens First and Soldiers Second
Rare8.3%You built an Armory.
Am I the Only One Zen Around Here?
Rare7.9%Kill 50 plague zombies with crossbows.
Enjoying Your Stay?
Rare7.9%Have three survivors within your community die in a Dread Zone or Nightmare Zone.
The Eager Inventor
Rare7.8%Recruit Keesha into your Heartland community
Bless Me Now With Your Fierce Tears
Rare7.5%Begin a session with minimum difficulty set to Lethal.
If You Build It, They Will Come
Rare7.4%Complete a campaign with the Builder's Legacy.
Same as
I Am the Law
Rare7.2%Complete a campaign with the Sheriff's Legacy.
After electing a sheriff (see
Blood Farmer
Rare7.0%Extract 20 plague samples from plague juggernauts in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.
Be Still My Dog of War
Rare7.0%Complete a campaign with the Warlord's Legacy.
Same as
Head to Toe So Player
Rare6.7%Allowed 24 bags of dropped items to accumulate on the ground.
The Last Soldier
Rare6.5%Recruit Captain Logan into your Heartland community
Speedy Delivery
Rare6.0%Complete a campaign with the Trader's Legacy.
Same as
Others and Wights
Rare6.0%Kill 10,000 Zombies.
Pound of Flesh
Rare5.5%Craft a case of bulk plague cure while in a Dread Zone or Nightmare Zone.
My Own Private Army
Very rare4.4%Recruit four Red Talon contractors to your home community.
Peerless
Very rare3.1%Kill all plague hearts in a single Nightmare Zone.
The Crafty Scoundrel
Very rare3.0%Recruit Brock into your Heartland community
Howdy Howdy Howdy
Very rare2.8%Kill 3 zombies in 3 seconds with a revolver, while wearing any cowboy hat from the Closet.
The Grumpy Hunter
Very rare2.7%Recruit Reba into your Heartland community
Over the Rainbow
Very rare2.5%Complete a legacy arc while in a Nightmare Zone.
You're So Fine You Blow My Mind
Very rare2.3%Complete Mickey Wilkerson's story in Trumbull Valley (outside of Heartland).
Should Have Read the Warning Label
Very rare2.3%Contract blood plague by using a plague consumable.
Throw Your Love Around
Very rare1.8%Reach maximum morale while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.
88 Miles Per Hour
Very rare1.4%Hit top speed while driving a Road Racer and wearing any puffy vest from the Closet.
Tried and Tested
Very rare1.1%Complete the legacy arcs for all four leader types while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.
Shut Up
Very rare1.0%Kill a screamer with a CLEO heavy sniper rifle.
Insourcing
Ultra rare0.9%Have all four Red Talon facilities in your home community at the same time.
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