Achievements | Enemies XCOM 2 Guide
Last update: 03 June 2016
There are 50 achievements in XCOM 2, most of which are unlocked in a standard way and do not require the player to do anything out of the ordinary. However, to collect all of them you will have to complete the game on the highest difficulty level, which is not an easy feat.
 | First Blood Description: Complete the tactical tutorial. Hint: you need to complete the tutorial mission of the game. |
 | Like Clockwork Description: Complete a successful ambush. Hint: all you have to do is to perform an attack during concealment. |
 | Rumor Hunter Description: Complete a rumor. Hint: you must complete a mission titled as "A rumor from the resistance", which will be given to you from the resistance randomly. |
 | Locked and Loaded Description: Upgrade a weapon. Hint: install any weapon part in at least one weapon. |
 | Rise of the Resistance Description: Make contact with a region. Hint: you must make contact with at least one resistance cell. |
 | Come Back To Me Description: Kill a Sectoid who is currently mind controlling a squadmate. |
 | A Horrible Truth Description: Recover the Blacksite Data. Hint: an achievement gained as you progress the story. |
 | Tinker Description: Build an experimental item in the Proving Ground. Hint: you need to prepare at least one experimental item (ammo, grenade, armor, weapon) in the Proving Ground. |
 | With Extreme Prejudice Description: Skulljack an ADVENT Officer. Hint: an achievement gained as you progress the story. |
 | Breathing Room Description: Kill a Viper who is strangling a squadmate. |
 | A Grim Key Description: Recover a Codex Brain. Hint: an achievement gained as you progress the story. |
 | Rebel Radio Description: Build the Resistance Comms facility. Hint: Build the Resistance Comms facility - more on the subject can be found in the section about facilities. |
 | Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Description: Apply a PCS upgrade to a soldier. Hint: you have to equip a soldier with a Personal Combat Sim. |
 | Car Wrecked Description: Cause an enemy to die in a vehicle explosion. Hint: you have to kill an enemy with a vehicle explosion, which can be triggered with a grenade. |
 | Room to Grow Description: Upgrade a facility. |
 | Bring It Down Description: Sabotage an alien facility. Hint: you must complete an alien facility assault mission with a success. |
 | Heroes of the Resistance Description: Beat a Retaliation mission with less than 3 civilian deaths. Hint: you must lose no more than 3 civilians during a Retaliation mission. |
 | Cyberlord Description: Earn a second tier hack reward. Hint: a hack reward can be gained by performing a hack on a terminal, tower, or an enemy, and to get this achievement you need to select the second effect, the portrait on the right side. |
 | Codebreaker Description: Build the Shadow Chamber facility. Hint: Build the Shadow Chamber facility - more on the subject can be found in the section about facilities. |
 | Have a Nice Trip Description: Cause an enemy to fall to its death. Hint: you can cause it by destroying the floor the enemy is standing on with the help of a grenade. The enemy will be dealt 3 points of fall damage, so you must make sure that he has less or equal to 3 health points before he hits the ground. |
 | A God Falls Description: Eliminate the enemy, Avatar. |
 | A Better Human Being Description: Recover the Forge item. Hint: an achievement gained as you progress the story. |
 | Meat Over Metal Description: Kill a Sectopod on the same turn you encounter it. |
 | Now Am I Become Death Description: Kill 3 enemies in a single turn, with a single soldier, without explosives. Hint: you can do that with the help of a Sharpshooter, with the Serial ability. |
 | A Dark Doorway Description: Recover the Psi Gate. Hint: an achievement gained as you progress the story. |
 | Pile 'Em Up Description: Kill 500 aliens (does not have to be in the same game). |
 | Mechlord Description: Hack and take control of a Sectopod. Hint: to do that, you will need the Haywire Protocol ability of the Specialist. |
 | A Line Crossed Description: Perform the Avatar Autopsy. Hint: you must perform the "Avatar Autopsy" research - more on that can be found in the chapter about research projects. |
 | Stop Hitting Yourself Description: Kill an enemy with a hacked turret. Hint: to do so, you must use the Haywire Protocol of the Specialist to take control of a turret and then kill at least one enemy with it. |
 | A Final Stand Description: Prepare an Avatar for the Commander. Hint: an achievement gained as you progress the story. |
 | Excalibur Description: Completely upgrade a beam weapon with superior grade weapon upgrades. Hint: you just have to install 2 superior grade upgrades on the best weapon you can unlock in the game. |
 | Earth Avenged Description: Overthrow the aliens at any difficulty level. Hint: you must complete the game at any difficulty level. |
 | David and Goliath Description: Kill a Berserker in melee combat. Hint: Use the Ranger's melee attack to finish off the enemy with a sword strike and earn the achievement. |
 | Shen's Legacy Description: Build a facility in every Avenger slot. Hint: you just have to build a facility in every available spot on the Avatar ship. |
 | Shadow Broker Description: Sell goods worth 1000 supplies to the Black Market (Can span multiple games). |
 | The Sun Never Sets Description: Build a radio relay on every continent |
 | Brutal Collection Description: Skulljack each different type of ADVENT soldier (does not have to be in same game). Hint: you must use the Skulljack on ADVENT troops only - you don't need to use it on aliens. |
 | Global Resistance Description: Get all of the continent bonuses available in a single campaign. Hint: you will have to make contact with every resistance cell and construct all the radio relays on every continent. |
 | Nick of Time Description: Evacuate a soldier whose bleed-out timer is still running. |
 | Defender of Humanity Description: Overthrow the aliens on Commander difficulty level. Hint: you must complete the game on Commander difficulty level. |
 | The Most Dangerous Game Description: Win a multiplayer match. |
 | Beginner's Luck Description: Beat a mission in June or later using only Rookies Hint: the time can be checked by looking in the bottom right corner of the screen while on the world map. |
 | Valhalla Description: Beat the game on at least Commander difficulty in Ironman mode Hint: you must complete the game on the Commander difficulty, with the Ironman option turned on. |
 | The Untouchables Description: Beat the game on at least Commander without losing a soldier |
 | Overpowered Description: Beat a mission on at least Commander difficulty with a squad composed entirely of soldiers of the same class (but not Rookie) |
 | Heavy Metal Description: Kill an enemy with every heavy weapon in the game (doesn't have to be in the same game). Hint: heavy weapons can be installed onto the W.A.R. Suit and E.X.O. Suit. |
 | Immortal Commander Description: Overthrow the aliens on Legend difficulty level. Hint: you must complete the game on Legend difficulty level. |
 | The Few and the Proud Description: Beat the game on at least Commander difficulty without buying a Squad Size upgrade |
 | Who Needs Tygan? Description: Beat the final mission using only conventional gear Hint: you must use only the first weapons during the final mission of the game. |
 | Exquisite Timing Description: Beat the game on at least Commander difficulty by July 1st Hint: the time can be checked by looking in the bottom right corner of the screen while on the world map. |