Avowed Achievement Guide: Complete 100% Roadmap

Avowed packs 50 achievements into Obsidian’s first-person fantasy RPG, and Steam’s own unlock-rate data shows exactly where the genuine difficulty lives: not in combat, but in dialogue choices and mutually exclusive story branches. Two pairs of achievements directly contradict each other depending on who you side with in the endgame, and since Avowed doesn’t let you return to the open world after finishing the main story, planning your route matters far more here than in most Obsidian RPGs.

Quick Stats

Total Achievements: 50
Estimated Completion Time: 60-80 hours for full 100% completion across two playthroughs
Difficulty: Medium overall, with the real challenge being choice-based rather than combat-based
Online Required: No
Missable Achievements: Yes. Several achievements are tied to specific dialogue choices and are mutually exclusive with others, most notably Allochory versus Parasitoid and Tyranny versus completing the game while siding against the Steel Garrote. Avowed does not return you to the open world after the main story ends, so finish side content before the point of no return

Achievement List by Category

Story Progression (Unmissable)

You’ve Got It From Here
A Cistern Warning
A Proper Introduction
Spectral Evidence
It’ll Cost Ya
Avowed
A Test of Your Reflexes

Companion Abilities and Bonds

Luckier Than They Know
Bullseye
A Little Power Goes a Long Way
Slay!
We’re All In This Together
Training Arc

Choice-Driven and Mutually Exclusive Achievements

Allochory
Parasitoid
Tyranny
Everyone Disliked That
Fior Extinguisher
Get in the Statue, Envoy
Retirement Plan
Play Dead
Can’t We All Get Along?
Tired Of Being Nice
Pants on Fire

Combat and Skill

Grounded
Alpha Strike Protocol
Now Riposte!
A Well Overflowing
Peak Performance
Big Iron On Your Hip
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle

Exploration and Secrets

Hawkeye
That Sign Can’t Stop Me Because I Can’t Read
Dream Fungi Rotation
Reverse Card
Dungeon Siege
Kith Lord
The Outer Worlds
Two Bears High-Fiving

Collectibles and Completion

Explorer
Bounty Hunter
We Remember
Pantheon Purist
Gotta Cache ‘Em All
Pathfinder
Historian
Cooking By The Book
Pillars of Eternity
Pentiment

Misc and Roleplay

Can’t We All Get Along? (see above)
Skeyt Digger

Achievements by Category

Achievement names, unlock rates, and rarity below come directly from Steam’s own achievement data. Unlock requirements below are based on our own testing and verified trophy data.

Story Progression

You’ve Got It From Here

Unlock Rate: 90.5% (Common)

Requirement: Sail to Paradis from Fort Northreach.

How to Unlock: Complete the prologue quest, On Strange Shores, and arrive in Paradis.

Tips: This is one of your first achievements, unlocking naturally within the opening hour.

A Cistern Warning

Unlock Rate: 60.8% (Common)

Requirement: Confront your assassin in the cistern.

How to Unlock: During the Dawnshore main quest, An Untimely End, chase the assassin below Paradis into the Cistern and confront them at the end of the dungeon.

Tips: Whatever choice you make when confronting the assassin, the achievement unlocks regardless, so don’t overthink this decision.

A Proper Introduction

Unlock Rate: 42.0% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Uncover the secret of Naku Tedek.

How to Unlock: Complete the main quest Ancient Soil in southern Emerald Stair, uncovering the truth behind the voice connected to the Dreamscourge.

Tips: Story-related and unmissable during normal main quest progression.

Spectral Evidence

Unlock Rate: 30.2% (Rare)

Requirement: Complete the Trials of the Tebaru Senakis.

How to Unlock: Progress the main quest Shadows of the Past and defeat all three trial bosses within the Tebaru Senakis.

Tips: This unlocks once you’ve beaten all three bosses tied to this quest, so make sure to clear each trial rather than skipping any.

It’ll Cost Ya

Unlock Rate: 24.4% (Rare)

Requirement: Confront Kostya in the Lava Tubes of Solace Keep.

How to Unlock: During the main quest Our Dreams Divide Us Still, head into the Lava Tubes beneath Solace Keep and confront Councilor Kostya.

Tips: This achievement has been reported to unlock regardless of how you handle the Kostya encounter, similar to A Cistern Warning, so don’t stress over the specific dialogue choice.

Avowed

Unlock Rate: 22.9% (Rare)

Requirement: Complete Avowed on any difficulty.

How to Unlock: Finish the full main campaign on any difficulty setting.

Tips: You can freely change difficulty at any time during your playthrough, so this unlocks regardless of which setting you finish on.

A Test of Your Reflexes

Unlock Rate: 1.9% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Complete Avowed on the difficulty Path of the Damned.

How to Unlock: Finish the full main campaign on Path of the Damned, the hardest available difficulty.

Tips: This is the single hardest achievement in the game by unlock rate. Better gear and abilities make Path of the Damned far more manageable, so consider saving this for a second playthrough once your character is stronger.

Companion Abilities and Bonds

Luckier Than They Know

Unlock Rate: 34.0% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Unlock all of Kai’s abilities.

How to Unlock: Fully invest in Kai’s companion ability tree until every ability is unlocked.

Tips: Companion abilities unlock through story progression and companion approval, so keep Kai in your active party to build his bond faster.

Bullseye

Unlock Rate: 32.8% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Unlock all of Marius’s abilities.

How to Unlock: Fully invest in Marius’s companion ability tree until every ability is unlocked.

Tips: Marius has his own companion quest tied to progression, so completing his personal storyline alongside ability investment speeds this up.

A Little Power Goes a Long Way

Unlock Rate: 28.2% (Rare)

Requirement: Unlock all of Giatta’s abilities.

How to Unlock: Fully invest in Giatta’s companion ability tree until every ability is unlocked.

Tips: Bring Giatta along regularly in your active party to build the approval needed to unlock her full ability set.

Slay!

Unlock Rate: 25.1% (Rare)

Requirement: Unlock all of Yatzli’s abilities.

How to Unlock: Fully invest in Yatzli’s companion ability tree until every ability is unlocked.

Tips: This is one of four companion-specific ability achievements, so plan your party rotation to give each companion enough active time.

We’re All In This Together

Unlock Rate: 17.3% (Rare)

Requirement: Complete all companion moments in the Garden.

How to Unlock: After passing the point of no return into the Garden, complete the optional quest Pulling Back the Veil, which triggers a moment with each companion.

Tips: This is one of the last achievements available before the story locks you out of returning to the open world, so make sure your companions are all still in good standing beforehand.

Training Arc

Unlock Rate: 7.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete all training sessions with companions.

How to Unlock: Complete every available training session activity offered by your companions throughout the game.

Tips: These sessions are tied to companion relationships, so keep checking in with your party as your bonds deepen.

Choice-Driven and Mutually Exclusive Achievements

Allochory

Unlock Rate: 20.1% (Rare)

Requirement: Release Sapadal from their prison.

How to Unlock: During the main quest The Heart of the Living Lands in the Garden, choose to liberate Sapadal rather than destroy them.

Tips: This achievement is mutually exclusive with Parasitoid. Save your game before this decision point if you want both achievements, since you’ll need a second playthrough or a save to reload for the other choice.

Parasitoid

Unlock Rate: 3.8% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Destroy Sapadal and absorb their power.

How to Unlock: During the main quest The Heart of the Living Lands in the Garden, choose to destroy Sapadal and absorb their power rather than releasing them.

Tips: This achievement is mutually exclusive with Allochory. Its lower unlock rate suggests most players choose to release Sapadal instead of destroying them.

Tyranny

Unlock Rate: 0.9% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Become knighted as a member of the Steel Garrote.

How to Unlock: Side with the Steel Garrote faction throughout your playthrough and accept knighthood when offered.

Tips: This is one of the rarest achievements in the game, since most players side against the Steel Garrote. A dedicated second playthrough on the lowest difficulty, rushing only the main quests, is the most efficient way to secure this alongside its opposite outcome.

Everyone Disliked That

Unlock Rate: 1.7% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Have every companion leave your party due to siding with the Steel Garrote.

How to Unlock: Side with the Steel Garrote consistently enough that all of your companions abandon the party in response.

Tips: This pairs naturally with a Tyranny-focused playthrough, since both require committing fully to the Steel Garrote’s side of the story.

Fior Extinguisher

Unlock Rate: 21.7% (Rare)

Requirement: Save Fior mes Ivèrno from being razed by the Steel Garrote.

How to Unlock: During the Emerald Stair sidequest Steel Resolve, confront the Steel Garrote near the river camp, then before entering Naku Tedek, head to the Waterfall Cave and defeat the Steel Garrote forces inside. After completing Naku Tedek, speak to the townsfolk to trigger the achievement.

Tips: If you’re doing a single playthrough alongside a Steel Garrote-aligned run, reload to before the Waterfall Cave and skip it instead, then redo Naku Tedek to keep both paths available.

Get in the Statue, Envoy

Unlock Rate: 4.5% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Contemplate death.

How to Unlock: During the Dawnshore sidequest Dawntreader, speak with the Oracle and follow the ritual instructions. After an unsuccessful attempt and further conversation, choose to place your own soul into the statue and confirm the action.

Tips: This results in your character’s in-story death for the achievement, so make sure you’re ready to commit to this outcome before confirming.

Retirement Plan

Unlock Rate: 3.3% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Sell your future corpse to Elia.

How to Unlock: During the Emerald Stair quest The Animancy Method, speak to Elia and offer her your future corpse when the dialogue option appears.

Tips: Completing this also sets up the Revenant Bell Collar item, which you’ll need for the Play Dead achievement, so consider tackling both in the same quest visit.

Play Dead

Unlock Rate: 0.9% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Wear Necropants and a Revenant Bell Collar at the same time.

How to Unlock: Obtain the Revenant Bell Collar through the Retirement Plan achievement questline, then find the Necropants in a treasure map chest in Shatterscarp, and equip both items simultaneously.

Tips: This is one of the rarest achievements in the game since it requires completing Retirement Plan first and then separately tracking down a treasure map reward.

Can’t We All Get Along?

Unlock Rate: 52.7% (Common)

Requirement: Resolve a potential conflict peacefully 5 times.

How to Unlock: Choose the peaceful dialogue resolution in 5 separate potential conflict encounters.

Tips: Avowed offers frequent opportunities to talk your way out of fights, so this comes naturally if you favor diplomatic options.

Tired Of Being Nice

Unlock Rate: 3.8% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Resort to violence in a conversation 10 times.

How to Unlock: Choose the violent or aggressive dialogue option in 10 separate conversations.

Tips: This requires deliberately picking hostile responses, so it works best on a playthrough where you’re roleplaying a more ruthless envoy.

Pants on Fire

Unlock Rate: 2.1% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Lie 15 times.

How to Unlock: Choose a dialogue option that constitutes a lie in 15 separate conversations.

Tips: Keep an eye out for dialogue options that are flagged or implied as untruthful, since these count toward the total.

Combat and Skill

Grounded

Unlock Rate: 56.1% (Common)

Requirement: Slay 10 Spiders and 10 Beetles.

How to Unlock: Defeat 10 Spider-type enemies and 10 Beetle-type enemies across your playthrough.

Tips: Both enemy types are common throughout the Living Lands, so this happens naturally during normal exploration and combat.

Alpha Strike Protocol

Unlock Rate: 48.1% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Kill 15 enemies using stealth attacks.

How to Unlock: Perform 15 stealth kills on unaware enemies.

Tips: Approaching enemies from behind before combat starts triggers a stealth attack, so this adds up naturally if you favor a sneakier playstyle.

Now Riposte!

Unlock Rate: 8.7% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Parry an enemy’s attacks 25 times.

How to Unlock: Successfully parry 25 enemy attacks using a weapon or ability that supports parrying.

Tips: This requires consistent use of parry-capable weapons, so equip one deliberately if you want to farm this efficiently.

A Well Overflowing

Unlock Rate: 7.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Max out an attribute.

How to Unlock: Raise any single character attribute to its maximum possible value.

Tips: This requires investing attribute points consistently into one stat rather than spreading them evenly across your build.

Peak Performance

Unlock Rate: 14.1% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Reach max level.

How to Unlock: Continue playing and earning experience until your character reaches the maximum level cap.

Tips: A thorough playthrough covering most side content and dungeons should get you close to max level naturally.

Big Iron On Your Hip

Unlock Rate: 19.5% (Rare)

Requirement: Equip a fully upgraded weapon.

How to Unlock: Fully upgrade any single weapon at a crafting station, then equip it.

Tips: Weapon upgrade materials are found throughout the world, so prioritize a weapon you plan to use long-term.

Jingle, Jangle, Jingle

Unlock Rate: 16.7% (Rare)

Requirement: Equip a fully upgraded set of armor.

How to Unlock: Fully upgrade a complete armor set at a crafting station, then equip all pieces.

Tips: This requires a full set of matching armor pieces upgraded to maximum, so plan your crafting materials accordingly.

Exploration and Secrets

Hawkeye

Unlock Rate: 41.1% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Found the hidden room in Fort Northreach.

How to Unlock: During the tutorial island section, after climbing the ladder into Fort Northreach’s ruins, take a sharp right through the broken wall in the room with the first Adra pillar. Above the dead soldier is a bronze pipe and button leading to the hidden room.

Tips: This is missable on your first visit, but can be unlocked quickly at the start of a new playthrough if you miss it initially, since Fort Northreach is an early tutorial area.

That Sign Can’t Stop Me Because I Can’t Read

Unlock Rate: 22.4% (Rare)

Requirement: Ignore the warning note and pull the lever in the Sand Sea Ruins.

How to Unlock: During the Shatterscarp sidequest Heart of Valor, enter the Sand Sea Ruins dungeon, and in the very first room, ignore the warning sign and pull the lever anyway.

Tips: This is a joke achievement that punishes curiosity, so deliberately interact with the lever despite the in-game warning.

Dream Fungi Rotation

Unlock Rate: 20.5% (Rare)

Requirement: Try Aiko’s drugs with your companions.

How to Unlock: During the Shatterscarp sidequest The Wasteland Courier, visit Aiko’s camp and agree to sample the product when a companion initiates the dialogue.

Tips: Reports suggest multiple companions can trigger this suggestion, not just one specific party member, so simply agree when the option comes up.

Reverse Card

Unlock Rate: 6.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Kill Captain Ngunu with his own poison.

How to Unlock: During the Shatterscarp sidequest One Last Drink, speak to the three relevant people around the region, then before returning to the questgiver a second time, climb the tower ladder at Fleet Master’s Perch to find information in a lockbox. Follow the resulting dialogue choices with Ruanga to turn Ngunu’s own poison against him.

Tips: This requires following a specific investigative order during the quest, so make sure to find the lockbox information before confronting Ngunu.

Dungeon Siege

Unlock Rate: 12.6% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Enter every dungeon across all regions.

How to Unlock: Visit and enter every dungeon location scattered across all four regions of the Living Lands.

Tips: Some dungeons are one-time visits that lock you out after completion, so use a location checklist to make sure you don’t accidentally skip any.

Kith Lord

Unlock Rate: 10.9% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Discover all Party Camps across the Living Lands.

How to Unlock: Find and unlock every Party Camp rest point scattered across the game world.

Tips: Party Camps are typically found while exploring each region thoroughly, so a full map sweep will net this naturally.

The Outer Worlds

Unlock Rate: 7.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Unlock all Fast Travel beacons.

How to Unlock: Find and activate every Fast Travel beacon across the entire game world.

Tips: This achievement’s name is a nod to Obsidian’s previous sci-fi RPG. Beacons are usually found near major landmarks and settlements, so thorough exploration is the key here.

Two Bears High-Fiving

Unlock Rate: 6.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Summon a bear to fight another bear.

How to Unlock: Use a summon ability that calls a bear companion, then direct it to fight a wild bear enemy encountered in the world.

Tips: This requires having a bear-summoning ability unlocked and finding a wild bear enemy to pit it against.

Collectibles and Completion

Explorer

Unlock Rate: 16.1% (Rare)

Requirement: Complete Sanza’s map of the Living Lands.

How to Unlock: Fully explore and reveal Sanza’s map across all regions of the Living Lands.

Tips: This ties into general map completion, so thorough exploration during your main playthrough will get you most of the way there.

Bounty Hunter

Unlock Rate: 16.1% (Rare)

Requirement: Complete all Bounties from all regions.

How to Unlock: Find and complete every available Bounty quest across all four regions.

Tips: Bounties are typically posted at settlements, so check notice boards regularly as you travel between regions.

We Remember

Unlock Rate: 12.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete all Ancient Memories.

How to Unlock: Find and complete every Ancient Memory collectible sequence scattered throughout the game.

Tips: These are tied to specific lore-focused locations, so a dedicated collectible guide helps track down every one.

Pantheon Purist

Unlock Rate: 11.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Collect and place all of the God Shrine Totems and Fragments.

How to Unlock: Find every God Shrine Totem and Fragment across the world and place them at their corresponding shrines.

Tips: This is a significant collection goal spanning all regions, so pace it alongside your main exploration rather than trying to rush it.

Gotta Cache ‘Em All

Unlock Rate: 8.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Find and open all Pargrunen Caches across the Living Lands.

How to Unlock: Locate and open every Pargrunen Cache collectible scattered throughout the game world.

Tips: These caches are tucked away in less obvious locations, so a location guide is the most efficient way to track them all down.

Pathfinder

Unlock Rate: 3.7% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Find all items from Treasure Maps.

How to Unlock: Collect every Treasure Map found throughout the game, then locate and open each corresponding treasure chest.

Tips: Treasure Maps are scattered as readable items, so keep an eye out for them during exploration and follow their clues to the hidden chests.

Historian

Unlock Rate: 1.4% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Collect all volumes of the History of the Living Lands in the Eothasian Temple.

How to Unlock: During the Dawnshore sidequest Dawntreader, find all five volumes hidden within the Eothasian Temple dungeon before completing it.

Tips: Four volumes are scattered before finishing the dungeon, with locations including above a statue before an underwater section, high in the library, behind pots near a shard, and behind a bookcase near the exit. You cannot return to this dungeon afterward, so be thorough on your first visit.

Cooking By The Book

Unlock Rate: 1.2% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Cook every recipe at your Party Camp.

How to Unlock: Learn and cook every available recipe using your Party Camp’s cooking station.

Tips: Recipes are unlocked gradually through exploration and story progress, so this is best tackled during a completionist pass once most recipes are available.

Pillars of Eternity

Unlock Rate: 8.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Cleanse all the Strangled Adra across all regions.

How to Unlock: Find and cleanse every Strangled Adra collectible location scattered across all four regions.

Tips: This achievement’s name directly references Obsidian’s earlier Pillars of Eternity series, tying into the shared world of Eora.

Pentiment

Unlock Rate: 4.1% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Complete every side quest.

How to Unlock: Finish every optional side quest available across the entire game.

Tips: This achievement’s name references another Obsidian title. Since Avowed locks you out of the open world after the main story ends, make sure every side quest is finished before triggering the point of no return.

Misc and Roleplay

Skeyt Digger

Unlock Rate: 6.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Demand payment for your services 5 times.

How to Unlock: Choose the dialogue option to demand payment from an NPC or questgiver in 5 separate instances.

Tips: Not every quest offers this option, so keep an eye out for dialogue choices that let you negotiate compensation before helping someone.

5-Phase 100% Completion Roadmap

Phase 1: First Playthrough (Story and Companion Focus) Play through the main story on any difficulty, siding against the Steel Garrote for the more common outcomes, and complete every side quest and companion moment before reaching the point of no return in the Garden. This nets most story achievements, Allochory (or Parasitoid), and all four companion ability achievements.

P2: Exploration and Collectible Sweep Use the same playthrough to hunt down every dungeon, Party Camp, Fast Travel beacon, Treasure Map, God Shrine Totem, Pargrunen Cache, and Ancient Memory. Prioritize the Eothasian Temple’s five History volumes early, since you cannot return to that dungeon afterward.

P3: Choice and Roleplay Achievements Track your dialogue choices deliberately to hit 5 peaceful resolutions for Can’t We All Get Along?, 10 violent choices for Tired Of Being Nice, 15 lies for Pants on Fire, and 5 payment demands for Skeyt Digger, all achievable within the same playthrough if you plan your responses.

P4: Combat and Build Achievements Work toward Now Riposte!, Alpha Strike Protocol, A Well Overflowing, and the fully upgraded weapon and armor achievements as you naturally progress your build and combat skill through the main story.

P5: Second Playthrough for Mutually Exclusive Content Start a second playthrough on the lowest difficulty, rushing only the main quests, to side with the Steel Garrote this time. This secures Tyranny and Everyone Disliked That, along with Parasitoid if you chose Allochory the first time. Use this same run to attempt Path of the Damned for A Test of Your Reflexes once your character build is strong enough.

Conclusion

Avowed’s 50 achievements reward exactly the kind of thorough, choice-conscious play Obsidian’s RPGs are known for, with the real difficulty sitting in dialogue decisions and mutually exclusive story branches rather than combat alone. Since the game never lets you return to the open world after the main story ends, the single most important piece of advice is to finish every side quest, collectible, and companion moment before pushing into the Garden. Budget 60-80 hours across two playthroughs, and plan your Steel Garrote alliance carefully on your second run to pick up the achievements you couldn’t get the first time.