Achievements | Achievements Dead Space 3 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
The below table lists achievements available in the Xbox 360 game version. These are the same as trophies for PS3 version.
ACHIEVEMENT | HOW TO GET IT? |
And Then We Doubled It! | Dismember 1000 limbs from living enemies. Both, Necromorphs and soldiers count. Use kinesis to do it. |
Architect | Share a blueprint with your partner in co-op play. Share option can be found in a workbench. |
Aren't You Thankful? | Complete the game on Hardcore mode. You have to finish the game without dying. There is an option of saving and continuing, but if you die you have to start it over again. |
Axes High | Kill 30 Necromorphs using axes. |
Blast Corps | Kill 30 enemies with explosion bullets. |
Circuit's Edge | Add a Circuit Upgrade to any weapon. Remember, that the weapon needs a proper frame with upgrade slots. |
Dropping Acid | Dissolve 50 enemies with acid. You need to craft weapon with acid bath. |
Electric Lawnmower | Kill 30 enemies using an electrified Ripper blade. You need to craft weapon with rip core and electric charge. |
Empty Chamber | Kill 30 enemies using melee strikes or a melee Weapon Part |
EMT | Craft Large Med Pack in a workbench - you need 240x somatic gel. |
Epic Tier 4 Engineer | Complete the game on Classic mode. Only classic weapons can be crafted in the workbench using blueprints. Co-op mode is inactive; you have a classic aiming mode. |
From the Jaws | Save your partner from an execution by killing the attacker. It is best to do this on smaller Necromorph, which can be killed with one shot. |
Full House | Craft a Weapon with 2 tools (upper and lower), tips, and attachments with all circuit slots filled (8). |
Get On My Level | Complete the game on any difficulty setting. |
Ghosts of the Past | Face all of Carver's demons by completing all co-op side missions. |
Go for the Limbs! | Dismember 500 limbs from living enemies. Both, Necromorphs and soldiers count. Use kinesis to do it. |
Gun Collector | Collect all weapon parts. A detailed description can be found in the appropriate section in the guide as well as within the description of the chapters. |
Master Plan | Craft a weapon based on a blueprint which requires at least 2000 resources worth of parts and circuits. |
Medic! | Revive your partner 10 times. |
Metal Detector | Deploy scavenger bot to 15 resource areas. |
My Buddy | Retrieve resources from a bot at a workbench. |
Overpowered Healing | Use quick heal to heal yourself 20 times. |
Payback | Kill a Soldier by TK'ing a grenade or rocket back at them. You'll often come across Unitologists which will throw grenade at you - use kinesis to catch it and throw it back. |
RIG Master | Fully upgrade your RIG. |
Share and Share Alike | Use the RIG to give an item to your partner. |
Shootbang | Kill 30 soldiers with head shots. It is best to do it on Unitologists. |
Slow Mo | Kill 50 enemies while they are in stasis. |
Strapped | Craft a weapon - it is also one of side mission during the gameplay. The detailed description of crafting weapons can be found in appropriate part of this guide. |
Survivalist | Complete the game on Pure Survival mode. Killed enemies do not drop any item, you have to craft everything at the workbench. |
The Armorer | Collect all upgrade circuits. A detailed description can be found in the appropriate section in the guide as well as within the description of the chapters. |
The Explorer | Complete all side mission - 7 mission for single player and 3 in co-op mode. |
The Librarian | Collect all logs. A detailed description can be found in the appropriate section in the guide as well as within the description of the chapters. |
The Professor | Collect all artifacts. A detailed description can be found in the appropriate section in the guide as well as within the description of the chapters. |
There's Always Peng! | Peng can be found in chapter 14, in side mission [Reaper Barracks]. Along your way there you'll come across two pistons - Peng is in one of them. You have to slow him with stasis in order to pick up a statue with kinesis. |
Secret Achievements (are revealed only after their discovery)
ACHIEVEMENT | HOW TO GET IT? |
Aliens | Collect all Alien Artifacts. A detailed description of their locations can be found in the appropriate section in the guide. |
Close Encounter | Kill 10 alien Necromorphs. You'll encounter them only at the end of the game, during your visit in the Machine. These are one of the largest enemies you can come across in the game. |
Critical Mass | Fix the shuttle in chapter 6. |
Drill Sergeant | Deal with the Drill (chapter 10) without taking any damage. You should also avoid being hit by Necromorphs which will appear on the arena. It is best to start the fight with a very good weapon to quickly deal with the Drill. |
Hungry | Get to the pump chamber without alarming any Necromorphs in chapter 9. There are several Necromorphs which are feeding - try to not flash them with flashlight and keep on sides, moving slowly forwards. |
Hydra | Kill Snowbeast - you fight this creature three times, finally killing it in chapter 13. |
Infernal Machine | Get to the alien machine - complete Chapter 18. |
Intestinal Fortitude | Defeat the monster Hive Mind in chapter 12. |
Shoot for the Moon | Defeat The Moon - you get this achievement after completing chapter 19. |
Snow Crash | Get to Tau Volantis. You unlock this achievement after completing chapter 8, right after crash landing. |
Space Ace | Shoot at least 70 targets during shuttle flight in chapter 7. |
Space Odyssey | Experience your first spacewalk - you have to complete chapter 2. You'll get the achievement after reaching the ship entrance. |
Stranger in a Strange Land | Complete the prologue. |
Together as One | Arrange Rosetta plates in chapter 15. |
Under a Buck | Shoot down the trophy (deer head) in admirals' chamber in chapter 4. |
Weedkiller | Kill 5 plant-Necromorphs at once using the gas. In chapter 14 you'll get to the biology sector and come across a corridor full of these plants - since they shoot some projectiles, you have to catch them with kinesis so they won't kill themselves. |