State of Decay 2

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158 achievements Guide 29% Singleplayer Multiplayer

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 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 War,

I 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

Toothpaste Piñatas

Common77.8%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Search 10 Containers.

You'll likely unlock this during the first/tutorial mission before you even get to a settlement.

Bring the Brouhaha

Common75.4%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Deliver a Rucksack to your Storage Facility.

No More Strangers

Common66.4%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Earn enough Standing to promote a Recruit to Citizen.

Breach and Clear

Common65.1%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Secure 5 Sites by exploring every room and killing every zombie.

Sorry for Party Rocking

Common62.9%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Destroy an Infestation.

Construction Complete

Common61.3%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Call in a Radio Command.

Heart of Darkness

Common56.5%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Survey 5 Sites with your Binoculars.

See

Silent Cartographer

Puppies and Kittens

Common55.4%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Kill 100 Zombies.

Flash Mob

Common54.1%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Destroy a Horde.

Blind Justice

Common53.1%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Kill a Feral.

I Ran So Far Away

Common51.8%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Choose a Specialization for the Cardio skill.

Barley and Spoiled Blueberries

Common51.5%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Kill a Bloater.

Knowing is Half the Battle

Common49.7%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Choose a Specialization for the Wits skill.

Every Piece of Trash in Town

Common48.2%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Secure 25 Sites by exploring every room and killing every zombie.

No Stone Unturned

Common48.1%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Search 100 Containers.

Welcome to the Jungle

Common47.4%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Recruit a new Survivor to your Community.

Glutton for Punishment

Common40.1%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Kill a Juggernaut.

These Dreams

Common37.3%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

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

Common37.3%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Destroy 25 Hordes.

The Forest for the Trees

Common37.1%

StoryMutually-exclusiveAnywhere

Claim a base on the Providence Ridge map.

Silent Cartographer

Common34.1%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

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

Common32.4%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

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.

Gotta Be Larger than Life

Common32.0%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

You earned enough standing to promote a citizen to hero.

Sayonara

Common31.6%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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

Common31.4%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Destroy 10 Infestations.

I Got You a Pack Mule

Common30.6%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

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

Common30.5%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Shoot the helmet off an Armored Zombie.

Road Warrior

Uncommon24.0%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Kill 50 Zombies with your car door.

Ten Thousand Gallon Hat

Uncommon21.4%

StoryMutually-exclusiveAnywhere

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 Dam Fine Territory and Tilting at Windmills

Doctor Terminus

Uncommon15.8%

StoryOptionalAnywhere

Elect a Trader as the Leader of your Community.

See Mediocre!

Citizen Z

Uncommon15.0%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Call in 25 Radio Commands.

Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota

Rare11.2%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Enter a Nightmare Zone.

Just start the game with difficulty set to Nightmare.

But It Can Be Better

Rare8.6%

ObjectiveOptional

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%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Kill 25 blood plague bloaters.

Collect 'Em All

Rare6.2%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Complete 25 bounties for the Bounty Broker.

The Turn

Rare6.0%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Earn a total of 5000 Prestige playing Daybreak.

Is There No One Else

Rare5.9%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Destroy 100 hordes in Dread Zones or Nightmare Zones.

Cargo Cult

Legendary4.7%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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

Legendary4.1%

Use a training manual to retrain a specialization.

Retrieve Biomass

Legendary4.0%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Kill a plague heart with minimum difficulty set to Lethal.

Barbershop Quartet

Legendary3.2%

All-the-thingsOptionalAnywhere

Kill one each of the four blood plague freaks with minimum difficulty set to Lethal.

Collectibles (4)

1. Feral

2. Bloater

3. Screamer

4. Juggernaut

A Three Hour Tour

Legendary2.7%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Claim any 3 landmark outposts.

True Grit

Legendary0.5%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Survive until Day 100 while in a Dread Zone or a Nightmare Zone.

That was it? This is easy.

Uncommon24.2%

DLC Daybreak

Survive to the second wave in a session of Daybreak.

Time's Up

Uncommon20.6%

ObjectiveOptional

DLC Daybreak

Survive to the fourth wave in a session of Daybreak.

Get Used to Disappointment

Uncommon20.5%

DLC Daybreak

Allow the technician to die during a session of Daybreak.

The Pledge

Uncommon18.1%

GrindOptional

DLC Daybreak

Earn a total of 500 Prestige playing Daybreak.

Be My Bodyguard

Uncommon17.2%

ObjectiveSoft-missable

DLC Daybreak

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

Magnificent Seven

Rare14.7%

ObjectiveOptional

DLC Daybreak

Survive 7 total zombie waves in Daybreak.

We Don't Need No Education

Rare12.9%

DLC Daybreak

Repair a wall 12 times in Daybreak.

The Infinite Sea

Rare11.3%

DLC Daybreak

Survive to the sixth wave in a session of Daybreak.

Just a Nibble

Rare10.0%

DLC Daybreak

Open 0b1111 CLEO Drops.

Human Contact

Rare9.9%

DLC Daybreak

Play Daybreak with another human being.

Day Broken

Rare9.2%

DLC Daybreak

Achieve victory in a session of Daybreak.

Flawless Victory

Rare8.0%

DLC Daybreak

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

Sleep All Day, Out All Night

Legendary4.3%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

DLC Daybreak

Survive 49 total zombie waves in Daybreak.

I Was All By Myself

Legendary3.5%

DLC Daybreak

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

Forgot My Breaches

Legendary3.3%

DLC Daybreak

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

Conservation of Splatter

Legendary3.3%

DLC Daybreak

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

The Moral High Ground is Mine

Legendary1.7%

DLC Daybreak

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

Never Forget the Medic

Legendary1.4%

DLC Daybreak

Heal the technician 12 times in Daybreak.

Green Talon

Legendary1.3%

DLC Daybreak

Fail during the first wave in a session of Daybreak.

That Byte Looks Infected

Legendary1.0%

DLC Daybreak

Open 0b11111111 CLEO Drops.

Hoard Mode

Legendary0.8%

DLC Daybreak

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

Guilty Spark

Legendary0.6%

GrindOptional

DLC Daybreak

Survive 343 total zombie waves in Daybreak.

Two Heartlands Beat As One

Rare11.2%

ObjectiveOptionalMulti-player

DLC Heartland

Play Heartland in multiplayer as the host or client

Tear Down That Wall

Rare7.2%

ObjectiveOptional

DLC Heartland

Destroy a plague wall in Heartland

Trumbull Valley Choir

Rare6.0%

GrindOptional

DLC Heartland

Kill 25 plague screamers in Heartland

The Lonely Survivor

Rare6.0%

DLC Heartland

Recruit Chavez into your Heartland community

The Helpful Hacker

Rare5.8%

DLC Heartland

Recruit IzzBee into your Heartland community

The Desperate Husband

Legendary4.6%

DLC Heartland

Recruit Vic into your Heartland community

Plot Armor

Legendary3.9%

ObjectiveMissable

DLC Heartland

Complete Heartland with both of your starting survivors alive

The Shy Maker

Legendary3.6%

DLC Heartland

Recruit Diana into your Heartland community

Heartlandia

Legendary3.4%

DLC Heartland

Complete Heartland while playing alone

Hunting the Hunters

Legendary2.8%

DLC Heartland

Kill 25 blood ferals in Heartland

The Mournful Father

Legendary2.7%

DLC Heartland

Recruit Isaac into your Heartland community

Undeadly Efficiency

Legendary1.8%

ObjectiveOptional

DLC Heartland

Kill 10 or more enemies with a single plague buster

Full House

Legendary1.7%

DLC Heartland

Recruit 8 different survivors in a single game of Heartland.

How Red Was Our Valley

Legendary1.6%

ObjectiveOptionalMulti-player

DLC Heartland

Complete Heartland as the host or client in multiplayer

Max Would Be Proud

Legendary1.1%

Glitched

DLC Heartland

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

Legendary1.0%

DLC Heartland

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

They Grow 'Em Big Around Here

Legendary0.9%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

DLC Heartland

Kill 25 blood juggs in Heartland

Such Wonderful Toys

Legendary0.5%

DLC Heartland

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

CLEO Can You Hear Me?

Legendary0.5%

GrindOptional

DLC Heartland

Complete 10 CLEO sieges using the CLEO relay in Heartland

Heal Thyself

Legendary0.5%

GrindOptional

DLC Heartland

Use plague cure on your own survivor 100 times in Heartland

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Legendary0.3%

GrindOptional

DLC Heartland

Destroy 20 plague walls in Heartland

Playing Doctor

Legendary0.3%

GrindOptional

DLC Heartland

Use plague cure on another survivor 100 times in Heartland

Gotta be Larger than Life

Common57.2%

Earn enough Standing to promote a Citizen to Hero.

Holding Down the Couch

Common52.9%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Kill 4 Screamers.

What We Do in the Shadows

Common46.1%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Destroy a Plague Heart at night.

Wax On, Wax Off

Common43.5%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Choose a Specialization for the Fighting skill.

Short Controlled Bursts

Common41.8%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Choose a Specialization for the Shooting skill.

Piggyback Ride

Common35.1%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

Finish off a Juggernaut with a melee execution.

Rucks in Trucks

Common35.1%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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

The Game is Afoot

Common34.6%

Accept a bounty from the Bounty Broker.

Walkers and Biters

Common30.9%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Kill 1,000 Zombies.

Can Buy Me Love

Uncommon28.0%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Earn Influence by selling 10 items to Enclaves.

Black Friday

Uncommon28.0%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

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%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

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%

StoryMutually-exclusiveAnywhere

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

Ten Thousand Gallon Hat and

Tilting at Windmills

Friendship is Magic

Uncommon22.8%

GrindOptionalAnywhere

Work with 5 Enclaves to make them your Allies.

Tilting at Windmills

Uncommon22.8%

StoryMutually-exclusiveAnywhere

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

Ten Thousand Gallon Hat and

Dam Fine Territory

Nice Moves There

Uncommon21.4%

StoryOptionalAnywhere

Elect a Sheriff as the Leader of your Community.

See

Mediocre!

War Rig

Uncommon21.0%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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

Mediocre!

Uncommon20.5%

StoryOptionalAnywhere

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%

StoryOptionalAnywhere

Elect a Builder as the Leader of your Community.

See

Mediocre!

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

Uncommon18.2%

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%

ObjectiveAnywhere

You shot off a flare (or volunteered to help someone who did).

Welcome to the Dread Zone!

Rare14.3%

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

The Next Generation

Rare14.1%

ObjectiveAnywhere

Start a new Campaign with Survivors from a completed one.

Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night

Rare12.3%

Entered a Dread Zone.

Enemy at the Gates

Rare11.3%

ObjectiveMissableAnywhere

Build the Sniper Tower facility at your base.

This is a leader facility for a Builder leader, i.e. you need

Can We Fix It? Yes We Can! first. You can then build the Sniper Tower if you have a Large plot in your base.

Mercy Hospital

Rare10.7%

ObjectiveMissableAnywhere

Build the Field Hospital facility at your base.

This is a leader facility for a Sheriff leader, i.e. you need

Nice Moves There first. You can then build the Field Hospital if you have a Large plot in your base.

Called for Backup

Rare10.4%

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

Who Run Bartertown?

Rare9.6%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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%

ObjectiveOptionalAnywhere

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%

StoryMutually-exclusiveAnywhere

Complete a campaign with the Builder's Legacy.

Same as

I Am the Law but with a builder elected as leader.

I Am the Law

Rare7.2%

StoryMutually-exclusiveAnywhere

Complete a campaign with the Sheriff's Legacy.

After electing a sheriff (see

Nice 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.