Rise of the Tomb Raider

Unmissable - the Syrian prologue, unlocks through normal play as the game opens.

Unmissable story beat - you'll get it in the scripted avalanche escape early in Siberia. Nothing to do but survive the ride.

Unmissable story progression - pops early as you survive your first night in the Siberian wilderness.

Monoliths need a language proficiency to read. Level a language (Greek, Russian or Mongolian) by collecting its documents, relics and murals until you can translate, then interact with a Monolith. Comes naturally as your proficiency climbs - see Fluent.

Stealth-kill an enemy while he's mid-conversation with another. Listen for two enemies chatting (they stop and talk), sneak up on one and take him down during the dialogue. Camps often have a pair nattering - catch them then.

Complete any one of the 9 Challenge Tombs - the optional puzzle rooms marked on the map. You'll get it on your first, on the way to Tomb Raider.

Heal yourself during combat 3 times - craft/use a bandage while enemies are still active. Take some hits in a fight, heal mid-combat, repeat across one or several fights. You need the healing skill and cloth on hand.

Unmissable - a forced story moment at the Soviet Installation. Just play through it.

A single arrow headshot from beyond 25 metres. Pick off a distant, unaware enemy from a high perch with the bow - a stealth approach to any camp gives you the range. Zoom, aim for the head, loose.

Unmissable story beat in the Remnant Valley - unlocks as the plot demands it.

Shoot 10 enemies in the leg - just hitting the leg counts, no kill needed. Aim low with any weapon; the bow makes placing shots easy. Ten leg hits across combat and it pops.

Collect 25% of all narrative assets (relics, murals and documents). You'll pass this well before the end just by picking things up as you explore. Leads to Voices of the Past and, eventually, No Stone Unturned.

One Molotov that kills two or more enemies. Wait for a pair to stand close together, then lob a Molotov between them. Camps where enemies patrol in twos are ideal.

Unmissable - the forced story battle defending the Remnants from Trinity.

Unmissable - a forced late-game story objective. Recovering the Atlas is part of the critical path.

Unmissable story beat - a forced moment near the climax. Just play through.

Unmissable late-story progression as you open the way to Kitezh. Nothing to chase.

Water finishers drag an enemy under at the water's edge. Sneak up on an enemy standing by deep water and trigger the stealth takedown to drown them. Do it to 3 enemies - the flooded Soviet Installation is full of waterside patrols.

Complete 3 side Missions - a small subset of Woman of the People. You'll get it early just by helping the Remnants.

You get this for beating the campaign on any difficulty - it's your story-complete unlock. Play on whatever you enjoy; the difficulty-specific clears are the separate Ultimate Survivor and Extreme Survivor.

Fully upgrade any single weapon at a workbench - each node needs specific resources (hide, feathers, ore, mushrooms). A pistol or the bow is the cheapest to max. Gather the mats and buy every upgrade node for that one weapon.

Craft 5 pieces of Equipment (the field/camp consumables - bandages, ammo pouches and the like). You'll do this through normal play; if it hasn't popped, deliberately craft a few bandages.

Max out proficiency in one of the three ancient languages (Greek, Russian, Mongolian) by collecting enough of that language's relics, documents and murals. Focus one language's collectibles in the regions where it dominates. It also unlocks translating every Monolith of that tongue.

Deathless Swordsmen are the armoured undead in the Path of the Deathless. Kill one using only melee attacks and the finisher - no guns or arrows. Dodge its swings, chip it down with melee, and trigger the finisher prompt. Do it once and you're done.

Skills come in three trees (Hunter, Survivor, Brawler). Unlock every skill in any one tree with the Skill Points you earn from XP. Pick one tree and pump every point into it - you'll have plenty by the endgame.

Kill 5 enemies within 10 seconds using a rifle (the assault-rifle type, not the bow). Trigger an alarm at a camp so a group rushes you, then mow five down inside the window - headshots drop them faster to keep the clock alive.

Attend the funeral the Remnants hold in the Geothermal Valley - stay for the ceremony during that part of the story rather than running off. A quiet optional moment tied to that region.

Complete 5 Challenges (the optional per-region activity sets). Comes naturally on the way to Compulsive.

Kill any animal with an explosive - a Grenade Arrow, Molotov or grenade. Lob one at a deer or wolf. Overkill, hence the name; any animal and any explosive counts.

75% of all narrative assets (relics, murals, documents). More deliberate than Truth Seeker - use each region map's collectible counters and a locations guide to fill the gaps. Nothing missable; all revisitable.

Survival Caches are the little buried stashes that light up in Survival Instinct - hold the instinct button and dig where it glows. 40 across the regions, all marked once you've bought the map upgrades and all revisitable. A locations guide speeds up the last few.

All 9 Challenge Tombs on one profile - each a self-contained puzzle room with a skill reward. They're marked on the region maps and none are missable, so mop them up at leisure. You'll get Challenging on your first one.

Special stealth knife kills are the crouched, from-behind takedowns (the fancier ones need the relevant Brawler skill). Just favour stealth and knife 25 enemies over the game - it comes naturally if you play quietly.

Optional side content: find and examine the remains of all of Jacob's Deathless disciples, tucked around the Path of the Deathless / Geothermal Valley. Follow a collectibles guide - they persist and the area is revisitable, so nothing is missable.

Melee 5 enemies off a ledge to their death. Fight near cliffs and drops - camps on ledges, the Soviet rooftops - and shove enemies over the edge with a melee hit. Five of them across the game.

A manual zip line transfer - jump from one zip line to another mid-ride. Where two zip lines cross, ride one and press jump at the crossover to grab the second. There's a good spot in the Soviet Installation.

Pick up a bottle (they're scattered round camps and buildings - the same ones you shoot for a Challenge) and melee an enemy to death with it in hand. Sneak up and beat one down.

Craft 25 each of the three special arrows - Fire, Grenade and Poison. A grind of field-crafting: gather the mats (cloth and oil for fire, etc.) and make them in batches. Use them freely in combat, since you'll be re-crafting anyway, and the counts tot up over a playthrough.

Complete every side Mission - the optional quests the Remnants give you (not the main story). All revisitable, none missable. Grab Good Samaritan along the way.

A swan dive lasting 2.5+ seconds, so you need real height. Find a very tall cliff or waterfall over deep water, sprint off and hold the jump so Lara arcs into a swan dive. A big drop in one of the Challenge Tombs or a tall waterfall gives you the air time.

Buy one of every item from the Supply Shack (the store where you spend credits). Nothing missable - it stays available, so work through the list as you accumulate credits from play.

Shoot a bottle out of the air. The reliable way is a spot where bottles get thrown or knocked airborne (see a video for one) - snap-shoot it with the bow before it lands. Quick once you're in the right place.

An Easter egg - sit on a specific grand chair ("the best seat in the house"). Walk up to it and take the sit prompt. It's one particular throne, so check a video for the exact spot.

Complete every Challenge - the optional activity sets in each region (shoot the bottles, burn the banners, break the relics, etc.). They're tracked per region and fully revisitable. Grab Looking for Trouble on the way. A region-by-region guide saves a lot of hunting for the last few.

The map's overall completion hitting 100% across every region - all collectibles (relics, documents, murals, monoliths, survival/coin caches), all Challenge Tombs, all challenges, all missions, every camp and tomb explored. Nothing is missable: fast-travel back after the story and use each region map's counters to hunt down what's outstanding. This is the big cleanup that rolls up most of the collectible achievements.

Kill 6 enemies with the Revolver without reloading. Upgrade the pistol's magazine if you can, find a camp of 6+ weaker enemies, and drop six with headshots before the cylinder empties. Reloading resets it, so make the shots count.

25 headshots with the Bolt-Action Rifle specifically (the sniper-type rifle you pick up partway through). Take your time on unaware enemies and line up the head, or farm it in a combat-heavy camp. Any 25 across the game.

Cards are the Expedition-mode collectibles - you buy card packs from the Expeditions menu with the credits you earn playing. 150 total. Just keep spending credits on packs; you'll pass 150 well before These Belong in A Museum.

Finish the game on Survivor - a notch below Extreme, with tighter resources than the lower difficulties but manual saves intact, so far more forgiving than Extreme Survivor. Don't assume an Extreme clear grants this - the difficulty clears don't reliably stack here, so plan a dedicated Survivor run if you don't already have one.

Win 15 combat encounters after finishing the story. Free-roam the regions post-credits and clear enemy camps and patrols - the world repopulates, so just wander and fight 15 separate encounters. Nothing missable; do it whenever.

A forced story beat in the Baba Yaga DLC - rescue Nadia from Trinity. Just play through the chapter.

Kill 3 enemies with one shotgun blast. Wait for three enemies to bunch close - a doorway or a group rushing you - and fire once at point-blank into all three. Upgrade the shotgun's damage to guarantee the kills.

The Baba Yaga DLC opener - unlocks as you begin The Temple of the Witch and step into the Wicked Vale. Access the DLC from its tomb entrance in the Soviet Installation.

Survive the confrontation with the Witch near the DLC's climax - a scripted encounter. Get through it and it pops.

Part of the Baba Yaga story - craft the Antidote to the Vale's hallucinogen when the plot calls for it. You gather the ingredients as directed; a forced step within the DLC.

Razorback boars roam the wooded regions (the Soviet Installation and Geothermal Valley have them). Craft a Molotov (cloth + oil) and throw it at a razorback so the fire kills it. Any boar killed by the Molotov counts.

Craft a Poison Arrow and hit a tight group so the poison cloud catches 5 enemies. Wait for an alerted patrol to bunch on your last position, then plant one poison arrow in the middle. Any dense camp works.

Progression in the Baba Yaga DLC - activate the Ancient Lift when the story requires it. Forced within the DLC, nothing to chase.

The Baba Yaga DLC completion - unmask the Witch at the finale. Finishing the DLC's story pops it.

50% of the Wicked Vale Documents - the halfway point of Complete History of Witchcraft. Comes naturally as you explore the Vale.

Speak to Nadia one last time before you leave the Wicked Vale at the DLC's end - easy to walk out without doing it. Talk to her before triggering the exit. Soft-missable: miss it and you can replay the DLC for another shot.

Shoot a chicken out of the air with a fire arrow. Chickens flap up when startled - find some around the Remnant settlements, spook one into the air and hit it with a Fire Arrow mid-flight. Fiddly, so a video helps for a reliable chicken spot.

Complete a Score Attack level using 5 cards - equip five cards in your loadout for a run and finish the level. It's about the loadout, not the score.

Acquire the Master Key during Blood Ties - a story-gated step. You piece together its location from the Manor's clues as the DLC guides you; needed to progress.

Collect 50% of the Documents in Croft Manor - the halfway mark of Complete Family History. Comes as you explore the house.

50% of the Relics in Croft Manor - halfway to Home Raider.

The Huntress outfit is an unlockable costume (a Challenge Tomb reward / shop buy). Equip it and kill 50 animals - deer, wolves, boar, birds, anything counts. Wear it on your resource-gathering runs and 50 adds up fast.

Find a well and jump in. There's one in the early Soviet/valley areas - climb onto its rim and dive. A quick one-off; check a video if you can't spot a well nearby.

Open Lord Croft's Safe in Blood Ties. The combination is hidden in the Manor's documents - read them to work out the code, then open the safe. A puzzle payoff late in the DLC.

Complete Blood Ties - the narrative Croft Manor DLC where you explore Lara's childhood home to prove her claim to it. Finishing its story pops this. No combat; it's a puzzle and exploration chapter.

Ride the Ancient Lift back the other way - just take it in the return direction after you've crossed once.

Complete the Challenge in the Wicked Vale - the DLC's optional lantern activity. Find and light them all per the challenge tracker; a locations guide covers the small map quickly.

Shoot 15 deer in the heart - a precise chest shot, not just any kill. Deer are common in the forested regions; charge a bow shot and aim for the chest. 15 clean heart shots over your hunting and it pops.

Unearth all the Survival Caches in the Wicked Vale (the buried stashes you dig up in Survival Instinct). All within the small DLC map, none missable.

Complete 3 Replay Challenges in one Score Attack level - the optional per-level tasks (do X during the run). Check the level's challenge list before you start and knock out three in a single run.

Equip the Dreamstinger and the Wraithskin outfit at the same time - both are DLC unlocks. Once you have both, set the Dreamstinger as your bow and the Wraithskin as your outfit in the gear menu.

Collect all the Documents in the Wicked Vale - the Baba Yaga DLC's document set, marked on the Vale map and all revisitable within the DLC. You'll pass Season of the Witch at the halfway mark.

Deliberately fall to your death off the Ancient Lift - ride it and step off the edge into the drop. A joke achievement; just die from the Lift once.

Finish a Score Attack level with a card bonus of 200% or more. Stack cards that boost your score multiplier (and the risky "foil" cards that add difficulty for extra bonus) so your combined card bonus hits 200%+, then just complete the level.

All Documents in Croft Manor - the Blood Ties document set. All within the house and revisitable; use Survival Instinct to spot them.

Lara's Nightmare is the combat DLC - a haunted, enemy-filled Croft Manor. Destroy a Skull of Rage (the glowing skull objectives) to get started. Find one and smash it. See Sweet Dreams for finishing the mode.

The Dreamstinger is the DLC bow that fires hallucinogenic arrows - shoot one enemy with it to confuse them (they turn on their allies). You'll get this the first time you use it.

The Wraithskin is the DLC's stealth outfit (unlocked partway through). Wear it and kill 10 enemies - comes naturally once you have it. See The Wraith of Siberia for the bigger version.

300 Expedition cards - double Quite the Collector. Pure accumulation: spend credits on card packs from the Expeditions menu. You earn credits playing any Expedition mode, so this ticks along beside the Score Attack and Endurance grinds.

All Relics in Croft Manor - the Blood Ties relic set. Examine every one around the house; Survival Instinct highlights them.

A gold score on any one Score Attack level. Score Attack replays campaign levels for points - play efficiently, keep your combo, and equip scoring cards to clear the gold threshold on one level. Your first step toward Golden Child.

Kill 50 enemies wearing the Wraithskin outfit. The Vale's combat encounters and Score Attack runs rack this up - just keep the outfit on. Builds on Demon in the Dark.

Confuse 10 enemies total with the Dreamstinger over the DLC. Just favour it in Wicked Vale fights - ten adds up quickly, especially with the group shots from Persuasive Argument.

Defeat 100 enemies in Lara's Nightmare. The undead come in waves as you take on the mode's objectives - 100 adds up over a run or two. Just keep fighting through.

Complete a full Cold Darkness Awakened run - shut down all the towers and finish the mode. Your baseline DLC-completion unlock. See Perfectionist for the flawless version.

One Dreamstinger shot that confuses 3 enemies at once - the hallucinogen spreads in a cloud, so hit a tight group of three. Wait for a cluster in the Vale and plant one shot in the middle.

Endurance drops you in a survival forest where you gather Artifacts (scattered in crypts and ruins). Collect at least 5 in a single expedition - explore and grab five before you're forced out. Leads to Master Archaeologist.

Replay 5 different levels without taking any damage. Pick easy, short levels, play cautiously (stealth and distance) and finish each without a scratch. Five distinct levels, one clean run each.

Defeat the Nightmare - complete Lara's Nightmare by destroying all the Skulls of Rage and beating the final threat. The mode-completion unlock; Enter the Nightmare and Fight the Fear come along the way.

Rescue 6 prisoners in a run - the captured survivors dotted around the map. Find and free six in a single run; a route guide covers all their spots.

Kill 75 enemies in a single Cold Darkness run. The infected swarm as you move between towers, so play aggressively and clear groups rather than sprinting past. One thorough run gets there.

10 Artifacts in one expedition - double Archaeologist. Survive longer and range wider, hitting crypts for their Artifacts. Manage warmth and food so you last long enough to gather ten.

Just start any Wicked Vale Score Attack (the DLC's scored replay mode) - the attempt alone unlocks it. Your first step toward Witch-Hunt and Witch Trials.

Pick up 6 different weapons in a run. Cold Darkness scatters weapon pickups - grab a different one at each cache or drop you pass. Six distinct weapons across one run.

20 kills with Dragonfire Shotgun Rounds - the incendiary shotgun ammo you find in the mode. Grab the rounds, equip the shotgun, and burn 20 infected. They swarm, so it's quick once you have the ammo.

The quick one: escape the forest on day 1 without collecting a single Artifact. Drop in, head straight for an extraction point and leave immediately. Do it as your first-ever expedition.

A gold score on 10 different Score Attack levels - roughly two-thirds of the way to Golden Child. Grab gold on your ten easiest levels first.

Complete Cold Darkness without dying. Keep your gas-mask filter topped up (grab spare filters), don't linger in the toxic gas, and clear towers methodically. Pairs with Perfectionist; do it on a run you know.

Ceiling spike traps drop on you in crypts. After getting caught in one, shoot it to destroy it - do this to 3 different ceiling spike traps. Deliberately trigger one, then blast it, three times.

Survive 5 days - a gentler version of Great Outdoors. Keep the campfire going, eat regularly, and don't pick fights. Five days is very doable.

Open 6 upgrade pry chests in a run - the locked chests you pry open for weapon upgrades. They're dotted around the map; hit six in one run. A route guide helps you not miss any.

Shut down all the towers without a single mistake - no dying and no failing a shutdown sequence. Learn the tower puzzles and the safe routes between them, keep your filter stocked, and take it slow. The hardest Cold Darkness achievement; do it once you know the mode.

5 headshots with regular (standard) arrows within 1 minute - the plain bow, not special arrows. A wave rushing you between towers gives you plenty of heads; line up five inside 60 seconds.

Collect all 8 documents in Cold Darkness. They're scattered across the map; grab all eight (over one or several runs - the collection persists). A locations guide sorts the last few.

Kill small game (birds, squirrels, rabbits) with fire - a Fire Arrow or Molotov - then eat the meat, which the fire has cooked. Do this 5 times; handy for warmth and food anyway.

Find 5 crypts in one expedition - the underground ruins where Artifacts and Codices live. Explore widely and enter five distinct crypts.

A gold score on any one Wicked Vale Score Attack level. Play a run cleanly - kill efficiently, keep your combo, avoid damage - to clear the gold threshold. Scoring cards help; see Witch Trials for the full set.

Co-op: between you and your partner, eat the meat of 3 wolves. Hunt wolves together and eat the cooked meat.

The toughest thing on the list. Extreme Survivor removes manual and checkpoint saves - the game only saves when you reach a campfire and rest, and healing resources are brutally scarce. A death sends you back to your last campfire, so you can lose a lot of ground in one mistake. Do it last, on a route you know cold. Skills and gear from a completed save carry into a fresh Extreme run, so go in fully upgraded, play ultra-cautiously, stealth or skip every fight you can, keep herbs for bandages, and rest at every single campfire. Some versions allow a campfire save-backup on console to protect progress - look it up for your platform. Grants The Price of Truth but not the Survivor clear.

Escape the forest after surviving 10 days with at least 10 Artifacts in hand - combines the Great Outdoors survival with a big haul, then reaching an extraction point. Bank ten artifacts and last the full ten days before you leave.

Survive 10 in-game days in one Endurance expedition. Days are short - the challenge is keeping warm (fires, shelter) and fed (hunt, forage) while avoiding wolves and Trinity patrols. Play cautiously, camp near resources, and outlast the clock.

Survive 7 days - between Happy Camper and Great Outdoors. Same survival discipline: warmth, food, avoid danger.

Warm up from freezing by standing in a fire - in it, not beside it. Let your temperature drop to freezing, then step into open flames (a campfire or burning patch) to warm up. Brief exposure is enough.

Codices and Sarcophagi are the openable loot containers in crypts. Open 5 in one expedition - dive into crypts and crack them. Leads to the harder Skillful Raider.

Kill wolves with poison damage (a Poison Arrow), then eat their meat. Five poisoned wolves. Wolves attack often in Endurance, so poison them as they come and eat the spoils.

Survive 7 days then escape via an extraction point - just last a week and reach the exit, no artifact requirement.

A gold score on every Wicked Vale Score Attack level. Repeat the Witch-Hunt approach on each - use your best scoring cards and learn each layout. The toughest Baba Yaga achievement.

Co-op: escape carrying 5 Artifacts (any size) between you. Gather five and reach an extraction point together. The gentler version of Adventure Besties.

Co-op: eat the meat of 3 bears between you and your partner. Bears are tough - team up to bring three down, then eat the meat.

Co-op: between you, eat the meat of 5 rabbits or squirrels. Small game is everywhere - hunt and eat five.

Co-op: escape after surviving 7 days with at least 10 Artifacts. A survival-plus-haul run with a partner - last a week, gather ten, extract.

Co-op: kill 5 enemies your partner has marked (tagged with Survival Instinct). Have them mark targets, then you finish them. Coordinate over comms.

Co-op: clear 3 enemy camps at night in one expedition. Wait for nightfall, then take out three Trinity camps together - night makes the stealth easier.

Co-op: kill an enemy attacking your critically-injured (downed) partner. When your partner goes down and an enemy closes in, drop it. Comes up naturally in a rough fight.

Co-op: revive a downed player 3 times in one expedition. Play a long, dangerous run so revives are needed - three add up. Pairs with Pick-Me-Up.

Endurance Co-op (needs a partner): revive a downed player once. When your partner goes down, run over and revive them - you'll get it the first time it happens.

Co-op: eat alongside your partner while at least one of you is starving. Let hunger drop to starving, then both eat at the same time - easy to set up deliberately.

Co-op: kill a combined 25 enemies (Trinity) in one expedition. Between you, clear camps and patrols until the pair's total hits 25.

Open 5 Codices/Sarcophagi in an expedition without getting caught in a trap. Crypts are trapped (spikes, darts) - spot and avoid each before looting. Move carefully and watch for pressure plates. The careful version of Raider.

Co-op: escape with 5 Medium-and-Large Artifacts between you. Prioritise the bigger artifacts and reach extraction holding five of them.

Co-op: spend at least one full day more than 60 metres from your partner. Agree to split up and roam separate ends of the map for a day, then regroup.

A gold score on every Score Attack level - the big one. Learn each level's route and combo spots and stack your best scoring cards, then grind the tricky levels until each hits gold. The hardest base Score Attack achievement; Way to Go is the far easier all-levels version.

Co-op: escape after 10 days with 20 Artifacts between you - the biggest Endurance co-op haul and the toughest of the set. Survive the full ten days and gather twenty before extracting.

Co-op: kill a combined 10 dangerous animals (wolves, bears) in one expedition. Between you, take down ten predators - they'll come to you.

Co-op: escape after 7 days without either of you using a single revive. Play safe - don't go down at all for the week - then extract.

Co-op: warm up from freezing at a campfire your partner lit. Have your partner build and light a fire, then you (while freezing) warm up at it. Just coordinate who lights it.

A bronze score or better on every Score Attack level - just complete each with a modest score. Far gentler than Golden Child; you'll clear bronze on nearly any run.