Ghost of Tsushima Achievement Guide: Complete 100% Roadmap

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut packs 77 achievements across Jin Sakai’s main campaign, Iki Island DLC, full island liberation, collectibles, combat mastery, and the cooperative Legends Mode multiplayer. Most unlock naturally during a thorough playthrough. The big grinds come from full island liberation, Legends Mode rank 20 with all roles, and the Transcendence raid completion.

This guide breaks down every achievement by category with unlock tips and a recommended completion order.

Quick Stats

Total Achievements: 77
Estimated Completion Time: 100-200 hours
Difficulty: Medium-Hard (Legends Mode requires online cooperation)
Online Required: Yes (Legends Mode achievements)
Missable Achievements: Several (specific Tales and side quests)

Main Story Progression

Gathering Storm

Unlock Rate: 92.9% (Common) Requirement: Hidden (Act 1 prologue)

How to Unlock: Complete the opening prologue.

Tips: Cannot be missed. First main story achievement.

Point of No Return

Unlock Rate: 84.0% (Common) Requirement: Hidden (Act 1 milestone)

How to Unlock: Complete a major Act 1 story beat.

Tips: Story-locked. Continue main quest progression.

Stoking the Flame

Unlock Rate: 68.7% (Common) Requirement: Hidden (Act 1 milestone)

How to Unlock: Complete a key Act 1 mission.

Tips: Cannot be missed if progressing main story.

Lost and Found

Unlock Rate: 65.5% (Common) Requirement: Hidden (Yuna’s mission)

How to Unlock: Complete the early Yuna companion quest.

Tips: Triggered during the opening hours of Act 1.

Family Reunion

Unlock Rate: 61.0% (Common) Requirement: Hidden (Act 1 milestone)

How to Unlock: Reunite Jin with a family figure (Uncle Shimura).

Tips: Act 1 boss fight followed by reunion cutscene.

Dying Embers

Unlock Rate: 42.9% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Act 2 milestone)

How to Unlock: Complete a major Act 2 story beat.

Tips: Tied to the second region transition.

The Ghost

Unlock Rate: 42.2% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Ghost transformation)

How to Unlock: Embrace the Ghost identity during a key story choice.

Tips: Pivotal Act 2 story moment. Tied to Jin’s transformation.

Sovereign End

Unlock Rate: 37.5% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Act 2 boss)

How to Unlock: Defeat a major Act 2 antagonist.

Tips: Major boss fight near the end of Act 2.

Mono No Aware

Unlock Rate: 36.9% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Act 3 milestone)

How to Unlock: Reach Act 3 (Kamiagata region).

Tips: Triggers when entering the northern region.

Blood on Your Hands

Unlock Rate: 12.3% (Very Rare) Requirement: Hidden (final story choice)

How to Unlock: Choose the Ghost path during the final boss confrontation.

Tips: Make the choice that aligns with the Ghost identity. Save before final mission to try both endings.

Honor the Unseen

Unlock Rate: 8.3% (Very Rare) Requirement: Hidden (alternate final story choice)

How to Unlock: Choose the honor path during the final boss confrontation.

Tips: Alternate ending. Reload save before final mission to grab the opposite choice.

A Legend for All Time

Unlock Rate: 3.2% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Complete Jin’s Journey in New Game+

How to Unlock: Beat the main campaign in NG+ mode.

Tips: NG+ retains gear and skills but rebuilds enemy difficulty. Plan 30-40 hours for second playthrough.

Combat Achievements

Open for Business

Unlock Rate: 71.7% (Common) Requirement: Successfully Stagger enemies 50 times

How to Unlock: Stagger enemies in combat 50 total times.

Tips: Heavy attacks against guarding enemies trigger stagger. Naturally unlocks during Act 1.

Quick Study

Unlock Rate: 57.9% (Common) Requirement: Learn the Stone, Water, Wind, and Moon combat stances

How to Unlock: Defeat Mongol leaders (key bosses) across the campaign.

Tips: Each stance unlocks from defeating specific Mongol leaders. Some require Observation outside encampments first.

Flash of Steel

Unlock Rate: 53.5% (Common) Requirement: Defeat 20 enemies with a counterattack after a Perfect Parry

How to Unlock: Time parries just before enemy strikes connect, then counterattack.

Tips: Use the Stance Mastery perk for easier parry timing. Practice on lower-tier enemies first.

Haunting Precision

Unlock Rate: 40.5% (Uncommon) Requirement: Kill 20 enemies with Ghost Stance strikes

How to Unlock: Build up your Resolve meter to maximum, then activate Ghost Stance.

Tips: Ghost Stance unlocks late in Act 1. Use it strategically against tough enemy groups.

Every Trick in the Book

Unlock Rate: 39.1% (Uncommon) Requirement: Acquire all the throwable Ghost Weapon techniques

How to Unlock: Unlock every Ghost Weapon ability through skill tree progression.

Tips: Earn Technique Points by liberating areas, completing side missions, and finding Bamboo Strikes.

All in the Wrist

Unlock Rate: 26.9% (Rare) Requirement: Defeat the maximum amount of enemies within a single Standoff

How to Unlock: Use the Standoff Streak perk to chain multiple kills in one Standoff.

Tips: Unlock the Standoff Streak perk. Time each Standoff carefully to chain into the next.

The Perfect Storm

Unlock Rate: 34.6% (Uncommon) Requirement: Fully upgrade your sword

How to Unlock: Collect Iron, Steel, and Supplies, then upgrade Sakai Sword to maximum.

Tips: Requires materials from late-game regions. Plan upgrades around Act 3.

There Can Be Only One

Unlock Rate: 20.0% (Rare) Requirement: Successfully complete every duel

How to Unlock: Win every story duel and optional duel.

Tips: Some duels are missable. Complete them as they appear in the campaign.

A Few Splinters

Unlock Rate: 24.1% (Rare) Requirement: Complete all bokken duels at the Hidden Cove Tournament

How to Unlock: Win the bokken (wooden sword) tournament on Iki Island.

Tips: Iki Island DLC required. Wooden sword duels test parry timing without lethal damage.

Liberation Achievements

Hero of the People

Unlock Rate: 54.0% (Common) Requirement: Liberate 12 occupied areas in Izuhara

How to Unlock: Clear Mongol-occupied villages, camps, and outposts in the Izuhara region.

Tips: First region. Liberation unlocks during Act 1 progression.

Good Riddance

Unlock Rate: 39.4% (Uncommon) Requirement: Liberate 8 occupied areas in Toyotama

How to Unlock: Clear Mongol territories in Toyotama (Act 2).

Tips: Second region. Available after entering Act 2.

Mass Eviction

Unlock Rate: 28.4% (Rare) Requirement: Liberate 7 occupied areas in Kamiagata

How to Unlock: Clear Mongol territories in Kamiagata (Act 3).

Tips: Third region. Available after entering Act 3.

A Fight For The Isle…

Unlock Rate: 34.4% (Uncommon) Requirement: Liberate all occupied areas in Izuhara

How to Unlock: Complete every liberation point in Izuhara region.

Tips: Includes Mongol camps, peasant villages, and farmsteads. Cross-reference the map filter.

Securing Sanctuary…

Unlock Rate: 27.1% (Rare) Requirement: Liberate all occupied areas in Toyotama

How to Unlock: Clear all Toyotama liberation points.

Tips: Use map filter for “Mongol Territory” markers.

A New Safe Haven

Unlock Rate: 22.3% (Rare) Requirement: Liberate all occupied areas in Kamiagata

How to Unlock: Clear all Kamiagata liberation points.

Tips: Final region. Combine with main story progression.

Master Liberator

Unlock Rate: 22.0% (Rare) Requirement: Liberate the entirety of Tsushima Island

How to Unlock: Clear every liberation point across all three Tsushima regions.

Tips: Cumulative goal. Unlocks after the three regional liberation achievements.

The Butcher Redeemed

Unlock Rate: 21.5% (Rare) Requirement: Liberate Iki Island by defeating the Eagle and driving the invaders from Mongol territory

How to Unlock: Complete Iki Island DLC main story and clear all liberation points.

Tips: Iki Island DLC required. Story-locked plus side activity completion.

Story Quests & Side Tales

Teller of Tales

Unlock Rate: 26.4% (Rare) Requirement: Complete all of the Mythic Tales

How to Unlock: Complete all 9 Mythic Tales across Tsushima.

Tips: Mythic Tales reward unique armor and abilities. Each unlocks at specific story progression points.

Helping Sword Hand

Unlock Rate: 11.3% (Very Rare) Requirement: Complete all Tales of Tsushima

How to Unlock: Complete every side Tale across all three regions.

Tips: Tales of Tsushima are named NPC questlines. Some are missable if you progress the main story too far without doing them.

Friend to All Raiders

Unlock Rate: 7.5% (Very Rare) Requirement: Complete all Tales of Iki

How to Unlock: Complete every side Tale on Iki Island.

Tips: Iki Island DLC required. Includes side characters’ questlines.

Common Courtesy

Unlock Rate: 6.2% (Very Rare) Requirement: Discover and complete all unwritten tales on Iki Island

How to Unlock: Find every hidden mini-quest on Iki Island.

Tips: Unwritten Tales appear as encounters without map markers. Listen for ambient audio cues.

Character Tales

Witness Protection

Unlock Rate: 47.0% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Yuna’s tale)

How to Unlock: Complete Yuna’s main Tale.

Tips: Yuna is the first companion. Complete her questline alongside main story.

Birthright

Unlock Rate: 48.5% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Taka’s tale)

How to Unlock: Complete Taka’s main Tale.

Tips: Taka’s questline runs through Act 1.

Leader of the People

Unlock Rate: 46.6% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Lady Masako’s tale)

How to Unlock: Complete Lady Masako’s main Tale.

Tips: Vengeance-themed questline across Acts 1-3.

Out of the Past

Unlock Rate: 28.3% (Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Sensei Ishikawa’s tale)

How to Unlock: Complete Sensei Ishikawa’s main Tale.

Tips: Archery-themed master-and-apprentice story.

The Unbending Archer

Unlock Rate: 28.1% (Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Ishikawa final tale)

How to Unlock: Complete Sensei Ishikawa’s final story beat.

Tips: Final boss of Ishikawa’s questline.

The Vengeful Warrior

Unlock Rate: 27.7% (Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Masako final tale)

How to Unlock: Complete Lady Masako’s final story beat.

Tips: Final boss of Masako’s questline.

The Headstrong Thief

Unlock Rate: 33.5% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Yuna ending tale)

How to Unlock: Complete Yuna’s final story beat.

Tips: Late-game emotional questline conclusion.

The Warrior Monk

Unlock Rate: 24.8% (Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Norio’s tale)

How to Unlock: Complete Sensei Norio’s questline.

Tips: Monk-themed combat tale running through Acts 2-3.

The Exiled Alliance

Unlock Rate: 40.6% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Ryuzo’s tale)

How to Unlock: Complete the storyline involving the Straw Hats.

Tips: Act 2 story arc with morally complex choices.

Den of Thieves

Unlock Rate: 48.8% (Uncommon) Requirement: Hidden (Ryuzo encounter)

How to Unlock: Confront Ryuzo during the main story.

Tips: Act 2 key story beat. Cannot be missed.

Company of Wolves

Unlock Rate: 66.9% (Common) Requirement: Hidden (Straw Hats milestone)

How to Unlock: Encounter the Straw Hat ronin gang.

Tips: Triggered during Act 1.

Have a Nice Fall

Unlock Rate: 29.7% (Rare) Requirement: Hidden (combat moment)

How to Unlock: Knock an enemy off a cliff during combat.

Tips: Easiest at cliffside Mongol camps. Time Wind Stance attack near a ledge.

Chiyoko’s Song

Unlock Rate: 15.7% (Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Chiyoko’s tale)

How to Unlock: Complete Chiyoko’s side Tale.

Tips: Heartfelt revenge story. Easily missable if you don’t accept it in time.

Treasures of the Past

Unlock Rate: 24.7% (Rare) Requirement: Hidden (treasure tale)

How to Unlock: Complete a treasure-hunting Tale.

Tips: Specific side Tale involving Sakai family history.

Dirge of the Fallen Forge

Unlock Rate: 6.2% (Very Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Iki Island tale)

How to Unlock: Complete a forge-themed quest on Iki Island.

Tips: Iki Island DLC required. Tied to a swordsmith side mission.

Pride of Ishikawa

Unlock Rate: 9.4% (Very Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Ishikawa final beat)

How to Unlock: Complete the final emotional Ishikawa moment.

Tips: Late-game character moment. Cannot be missed if completing his questline.

Elegy for Kazumasa

Unlock Rate: 13.2% (Very Rare) Requirement: Hidden (story milestone)

How to Unlock: Complete a specific emotional side quest.

Tips: Family-themed side Tale tied to fallen samurai.

Monochrome Masters

Unlock Rate: 22.3% (Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Iki Island tale)

How to Unlock: Complete the Iki Island painter side quest.

Tips: Iki Island DLC required. Black-and-white aesthetic homage.

Collectibles

Slay

Unlock Rate: 55.2% (Common) Requirement: Acquire 30 pieces of Vanity Gear

How to Unlock: Find or buy cosmetic items.

Tips: Headbands, masks, and armor dyes count. Unlock via NPCs, shops, and exploration.

Gifted

Unlock Rate: 49.6% (Uncommon) Requirement: Collect 10 gifts

How to Unlock: Find friendship gifts hidden across Tsushima.

Tips: Found in shrines, on bandit corpses, and as quest rewards.

Know Your Enemy

Unlock Rate: 28.2% (Rare) Requirement: Collect 20 Mongol artifacts

How to Unlock: Find artifacts from Mongol camps and battlefields.

Tips: Some require specific climbing. Use the Traveler’s Attire for higher artifact reveal range.

Avid Reader

Unlock Rate: 14.2% (Very Rare) Requirement: Collect 20 Records

How to Unlock: Find written records scattered across Tsushima and Iki Island.

Tips: Records add story flavor. Use Traveler’s Attire and explore every village.

A Charming Man

Unlock Rate: 40.4% (Uncommon) Requirement: Equip a charm in all 6 slots

How to Unlock: Find charms at Shinto Shrines and Inari Shrines.

Tips: Honor every Shinto Shrine you discover. Each grants a Major Charm.

Exploration & Shrines

Favor of the Kami

Unlock Rate: 14.6% (Very Rare) Requirement: Find and honor all of the Shinto Shrines on Tsushima

How to Unlock: Climb and pray at every Shinto Shrine across the main island.

Tips: Shrines are scattered across all three regions. Use Fox Dens and Traveler’s Attire to find unmarked ones.

Body, Mind, and Spirit

Unlock Rate: 10.7% (Very Rare) Requirement: Complete all Hot Springs, Haiku, Inari Shrines, and Bamboo Strikes

How to Unlock: Complete every minor activity across Tsushima.

Tips: Each activity boosts stats permanently. Cross-reference an interactive map for missed ones.

Well-Rounded Warrior

Unlock Rate: 15.2% (Rare) Requirement: Complete all Haiku, Onsen, Shinto Shrines, and Bamboo Strikes on Iki Island

How to Unlock: Complete every minor activity on Iki Island.

Tips: Iki Island DLC required. Same activity types as Tsushima but in DLC area.

Light the Way

Unlock Rate: 13.6% (Very Rare) Requirement: Rekindle all the lighthouses of Tsushima

How to Unlock: Find and light every lighthouse across Tsushima.

Tips: Lighthouses are tall structures near coastlines. Use Wind to navigate to them.

Legend & Build

The Ghost of Legend

Unlock Rate: 26.2% (Rare) Requirement: Build your Legend to earn the title Ghost of Tsushima

How to Unlock: Max out your Legend through combat and exploration.

Tips: Naturally unlocks during late Act 2 or Act 3.

The Benefit of All Beings

Unlock Rate: 26.0% (Rare) Requirement: Build your Legend on Iki Island to earn the title Legacy Redeemer

How to Unlock: Complete Iki Island DLC progression to max Legend.

Tips: Iki Island DLC required.

Photo Mode

A Moment in Time

Unlock Rate: 32.9% (Uncommon) Requirement: Personalize a scene in Photo Mode

How to Unlock: Enter Photo Mode and adjust any setting (weather, time, filter).

Tips: Easiest achievement. Enter Photo Mode from the pause menu and tweak any visual setting.

Grand Opening

Unlock Rate: 36.1% (Uncommon) Requirement: Purchase something from Baku the Voiceless in New Game+

How to Unlock: Visit Baku in NG+ mode and buy any item.

Tips: NG+ adds Baku, a new merchant who sells Charms of Legend. Buy any item to trigger.

Legends Mode (Multiplayer)

Promising Start

Unlock Rate: 12.3% (Very Rare) Requirement: Complete a Legends Mode story

How to Unlock: Finish any Legends Mode story mission.

Tips: Online mode. Play co-op with friends or matchmaking. First story mission is easy.

True Understanding

Unlock Rate: 5.6% (Very Rare) Requirement: Complete all Legends Mode stories on a single difficulty

How to Unlock: Beat every Legends story on one chosen difficulty.

Tips: Bronze difficulty is easiest. Several missions to complete.

Self-Actualized

Unlock Rate: 4.3% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Reach rank 20 in any role

How to Unlock: Level up Samurai, Hunter, Ronin, or Assassin to rank 20.

Tips: Each role levels through play. Survival and Story missions both grant XP.

Ultimate Warrior

Unlock Rate: 2.2% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Reach rank 20 with all roles

How to Unlock: Max out all four classes.

Tips: Massive time investment. Plan 50+ hours of Legends Mode grinding.

Champion of the Kami

Unlock Rate: 4.1% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Win a Legends Rivals match

How to Unlock: Win a 2v2 Rivals PvP match.

Tips: Rivals is the competitive Legends mode. Match with reliable partner if possible.

A Painful Blockage

Unlock Rate: 2.0% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Summon five Shades in a single Rivals match

How to Unlock: Earn enough Kami offerings during one Rivals match to summon 5 Shades.

Tips: Coordinate with partner for fast wave clears. Save offerings for Shade summons.

Ultimate Truth

Unlock Rate: 3.9% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Complete the final wave in a gold Survival

How to Unlock: Survive all 15 waves on Gold difficulty Survival.

Tips: Bring a strong team. Gold tier is the hardest non-raid content.

Honor Bound

Unlock Rate: 3.3% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Bind a piece of gear to a class

How to Unlock: Use Honor at the Tower of Reckoning to bind a Legends gear piece.

Tips: Late-game Legends Mode feature. Requires gear at maximum level.

Cursed No More

Unlock Rate: 3.0% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Purify a Cursed piece of gear

How to Unlock: Find a Cursed gear drop in Nightmare difficulty and purify it.

Tips: Cursed gear drops in Nightmare Survival. Take to the Tower of Reckoning to purify.

Transcendence

Unlock Rate: 2.2% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Complete all 3 Raid chapters

How to Unlock: Finish all three chapters of the Tale of Iyo raid.

Tips: Hardest Legends Mode content. Requires coordinated 4-player team. Multiple hours per chapter.

NG+ & Cosmetic

Cooper Clan Cosplayer

Unlock Rate: 5.2% (Very Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Sucker Punch easter egg)

How to Unlock: Find and equip the Sly Cooper-themed cosmetic.

Tips: Hidden Easter egg tied to Sucker Punch’s other franchise. Look for raccoon-themed gear.

Monkey See

Unlock Rate: 5.2% (Very Rare) Requirement: Hidden (Iki Island gear)

How to Unlock: Find a specific Iki Island monkey-themed cosmetic.

Tips: Iki Island DLC required. Found through exploration.

Living Legend

Unlock Rate: 4.3% (Ultra Rare) Requirement: Obtain all base game achievements

How to Unlock: Earn every base game (non-Legends, non-DLC) achievement.

Tips: Cumulative achievement. Unlocks automatically when others are complete.

100% Completion Roadmap

Phase 1: Main Story (25-40 hours)

Complete Acts 1, 2, and 3 of the main campaign
Trigger story-specific achievements (Family Reunion, The Ghost, Mono No Aware)
Choose the Ghost ending (Blood on Your Hands)
Learn all 4 combat stances (Quick Study)
Build Legend to maximum (The Ghost of Legend)

P2: Tsushima Cleanup (20-30 hours)

Liberate every region (Master Liberator)
Complete all Mythic Tales (Teller of Tales)
Complete all Tales of Tsushima (Helping Sword Hand)
Complete all Shinto Shrines, Hot Springs, Haiku, Bamboo Strikes (Body, Mind, and Spirit + Favor of the Kami)
Find all collectibles (Mongol Artifacts, Records)

P3: Iki Island DLC (15-25 hours)

Complete Iki Island main story (The Butcher Redeemed)
Complete all Tales of Iki (Friend to All Raiders)
Find all unwritten tales (Common Courtesy)
Complete all minor activities (Well-Rounded Warrior)
Max Iki Island Legend (The Benefit of All Beings)
Complete bokken duels (A Few Splinters)

P4: NG+ (15-20 hours)

Start New Game Plus
Reload alternate ending (Honor the Unseen)
Buy from Baku the Voiceless (Grand Opening)
Complete Jin’s Journey in NG+ (A Legend for All Time)

P5: Legends Mode (50-80 hours)

Complete first Legends story (Promising Start)
Complete all stories on Bronze (True Understanding)
Win a Rivals match (Champion of the Kami)
Rank one class to 20 (Self-Actualized)
Rank all classes to 20 (Ultimate Warrior)
Complete the Tale of Iyo raid (Transcendence)
Knock out remaining Legends achievements

Conclusion

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut’s 77 achievements demand 100-200 hours of focused play including Legends Mode multiplayer grinding. The main campaign and Iki Island DLC unlock around 50 achievements naturally. The remaining 27+ require dedicated Legends Mode grinding and a NG+ playthrough.

Plan to do everything on Tsushima first. Use map filters and complete each region fully before moving to the next. Iki Island is best tackled after Act 2 of the main story.

The Legends Mode achievements are the biggest time sink. Find a regular co-op partner for Survival and Rivals. The Transcendence raid is the trickiest achievement and requires patient coordination with three other players.