XCOM 2 Achievements Guide

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XCOM 2 Achievements Guide

The XCOM 2 achievements guide lists every achievement for this PC, Mac & Linux turn-based strategy game and tells you how to get and unlock them.

In the XCOM 2 achievement guide we’ll show there are 50 Achievements (0 Secret Achievements) to earn in the PC, Mac & Linux versions.

Index of XCOM 2 Guides:

XCOM 2 Achievements Guide

Achievements list organized by difficulty, starting with hard to easy to get.

[Work-In-Progress]

1. Exquisite Timing — Beat the game on Commander+ difficulty by July 1st

2. Heavy Metal — Kill an enemy with every heavy weapon in the game(Doesn’t have to be in the same game)

3. Who Needs Tygan? — Beat the final mission using only conventional gear

4. Beginner’s Luck — Beat a mission in June or later using only Rookies

Basically, wait until your research is maxed out, ideally not on the hardest difficulty, or ironman (but that’s up to you) and don’t pick a defend or hack objective, but one with very few enemies.
Then put a load of war frames on your rookies, and go in with powered heavy weapons, and light those naughty aliens up.

5. The Few and the Proud — Beat the game on Commander+ difficulty without buying a Squad Size upgrade

6. Immortal Commander — Overthrow the aliens on Legend difficulty

7. Overpowered — Beat a mission on Commander+ with a squad composed entirely of soldiers of the same class (but not Rookie)

8. The Untouchables — Beat the game on Commander+ without losing a soldier

9. Valhalla — Beat the game on Commander+ difficulty in Ironman mode

10. The Most Dangerous Game — Win a multiplayer match.

11. Defender of Humanity — Overthrow the aliens on Commander difficulty

12. Global Resistance — Get all of the continent bonuses available in a single campaign

13. Nick of Time — Evacuate a soldier whose bleed-out timer is still running

14. Brutal Collection — Skulljack each different type of ADVENT soldier(does not have to be in same game)

15. The Sun Never Sets — Build a radio relay on every continent

16. Shadow Broker — Sell goods worth 1000 supplies to the Black Market (Can span multiple games)

17. Pile ‘Em Up — Kill 500 aliens. (does not have to be in same game)

18. Earth Avenged — Overthrow the aliens at any difficulty level

19. Shen’s Legacy — Build a facility in every Avenger slot

20. A Final Stand — Create the Commander’s Avatar

21. A Line Crossed — Complete the Avatar Autopsy

22. Excalibur — Completely upgrade a beam weapon with superior grade weapon upgrades

23. David and Goliath — Kill a Berserker in melee combat

24. A Dark Doorway — Recover the Psi Gate

25. Mechlord — Hack and take control of a Sectopod

26. Meat Over Metal — Kill a Sectopod on the same turn you encounter it

27. Stop Hitting Yourself — Kill an enemy with a hacked turret

28. A Better Human Being — Recover the Forge Item

29. Now Am I Become Death — Kill 3 enemies in a single turn, with a single soldier, without explosives

The first location you can do this easily at is when your objective is to: “Capture or kill enemy VIP, Extract the VIP at the designated location, and Extract all XCOM soldiers”. Here you’ll be able to take out an Advanced Trooper, Advanced Officer, and ADVENT Shieldbearer in rapid succession with your gun in a single move.

30. A God Falls — Kill an Avatar

31. Codebreaker — Build the Shadow Chamber

32. Bring It Down — Sabotage an alien facility

33. Have a Nice Trip — Cause an enemy to fall to its death

34. Cyberlord — Earn a second tier hack reward

35. Room to Grow — Upgrade a facility

36. Heroes of the Resistance — Beat a Retaliation mission with less than 3 civilian deaths

37. Rebel Radio — Build Resistance Comms

38. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger — Apply a PCS upgrade to a soldier

39. A Grim Key — Recover a Codex Brain

40. Car Wrecked — Cause an enemy to die in a vehicle explosion

41. A Horrible Truth — Recover the Black Site Data

42. With Extreme Prejudice — Skulljack an ADVENT Officer

43. Breathing Room — Kill a Viper who is strangling a squadmate

44. Tinker — Build an experimental item in the Proving Grounds

45. Come Back To Me — Kill a Sectoid who is currently mind controlling a squadmate

46. Rise of the Resistance — Make contact with a region

47. Locked and Loaded — Upgrade a weapon

48. Rumor Hunter — Complete a Rumor

49. Like Clockwork — Complete a successful ambush

50. First Blood — Complete the tactical tutorial

The tutorial story highlights start at 6 minutes into the video guide with handy voice-over tips.

Special thanks to 2K Games, SporksAreGoodForYou, Cade & Christopher for the list, tips & guide videos.

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