Help with certain achievements (spoilers)

[Diana Nemorensis]

Alright, so I finished my first playthrough. Already looking forward to my second one. However, there doesn't seem to be an achievement guide up on Steam yet, so I'm hoping people can provide hints as to how to get the following. I think I got close to a few, but ultimately they didn't proc, so there must be a more specific way to unlock them...

• The Unmentionables: Behold the Cow
  
• High Summoner: Summon and bind an elemental, a beast, a fairy, and a ghost
  
• Cyber Wolf: Gain full access to Everlite's Computer Systems
  
• Sherlock hound: Find vital clues by pretending to be a dog
  
• Umbranaut: Rescue a fellow werewolf from an Umbral prison
  
• Cheetah's Claw: Recover three caches of Red Talon artifacts
  
• Crown of Knowledge: Trigger a mystic Awakening

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Also, are these ones bugged? I am SURE I was supposed to get them judging by the text I received, but they didn't activate. Maybe they need a very specific trigger as well?

• Legacy of Wisdom: Restore the Wisdom of the Broad Brook Garou
  
• Ghost Wolf: Keep Nomi from learning too much
  
• Honoured Dead: Restore Melodie's barrows

Considering that I got the secret achievement for ending the game with all human allies and max Renown, I definitely think I was supposed to get Legacy of Wisdom and Honoured Dead; plus, Nomi survived my game as an ally until the end and I never revealed our identity as werewolves to them, so how come I didn't get Ghost Wolf? Is it just a bug? (Legacy of Wisdom does have a lower achievement rate among players compared to Legacy of Glory or Honour).

Any hints or advice appreciated, and I will offer up what I can in return!

[jagauntt]

Trying to walk that spoiler line and talk about the tougher achievements is... hard.

Ghost Wolf: I was starting to think this one was bugged too, but I think it's that when you get the chance (like after the Teufelhand mission) to massage Nomi's output, you need to take it over other priorities. Just putting them off doesn't work; it only makes them more determined to dig. I think if you don't ever trigger the scene where Melodie chews you out for how close Nomi's getting, you're on track for the achievement.

Legacy of Wisdom: I got nothing. Maybe it IS bugged. This game is my work-downtime screw-around so at this point I have something like a dozen playthroughs under my belt, several of them high-Wisdom, and it still won't trigger.

Cheetah's Claw: This one is driving me crazy. The one idol is obviously from Podge's mission; I get only one set of idols from the Cult of Fenris mission whether I go to Chemikon or Neo-Albion and rescue idols there or not; the one from Melodie's mission doesn't seem to count. Bugged or does anyone have this one?

Honored Dead: Not bugged, but it is easy to miss that you need to do two rounds of work to restore them again after the Teufelhand no matter what, and may need additional chiminage.

[jagauntt]

High Summoner: I know where the elemental, beast, and ghost are, but where's the fairy? Katherine says the mask of Gorgon has a bindable spirit, but the option to actually bind Stheno never appears.

Edit: Found the faerie... and still don't have the achievement. Now I'm wondering about a bug.

[Diana Nemorensis]

So! I've beaten the game a second time and can answer a few of my original questions.

The Unmentionables: Nomi romance achievement (which I'll try at some point)
Cyber Wolf: I didn't get this the first time because I slightly botched the roll. If you succeed at keeping the guards out you'll have time to get everything you need from the drone (and then I personally let him go, although you don't have to get this achievement.)
Sherlock Hound: Requires following Conrad Merritt back to his house during the Esther's Restaurant segment. There are many cool ways this chapter can go, this is the only one outcome that gives you an achievement though.
Umbranaut: Another alternative to the year 2 Hog Throne chapter, where instead of going with the Cult of Fenris to the Chemikon factory you let them get themselves killed (and give up on the thrysus while you're at it) and go to the Neo Albion headquarters instead.
Cheetah's Claw: Still no idea, I might ask Kyle Marquis nicely for a hint.
Crown of Knowledge: Easily missable, you just need to visit Lucinda again after the final boss, before you finish the game.

Now for the others...

Legacy of Wisdom seems confirmed to be bugged for sure by a number of people who should've gotten it. Hell, I finished this game with 67 nights of Wisdom (and chose the Wisdom-based ending) and it never sprung lol.

Honoured Dead proc'd for me early on in the game, after I rescued Melodie from the Summer King. Whether by bug or design, it seems like you can only fully restore either Melodie's barrows or Podge's slums in one game -- despite what the game's text says, once one is restored I can never again put chiminage directly into the area for the remainder of that playthrough. On my first run I restored the slums into Rosemary Street, at the expense of the barrows' achievement, and the second run vice versa.

@jagauntt Where'd you find the faerie? And are you playing as a Shadow Lord theurge?

[Diana Nemorensis]

I also peeked online (after finishing my first playthrough) that the other hidden achievements mostly have to do with various Game Overs you can get. I just beat the game on Iron Wolf mode easily and you'd have to be trying deliberately to die lol. Anyone gotten one?

[Diana Nemorensis]

Originally posted by pinche loca:

So! I've beaten the game a second time and can answer a few of my original questions.

The Unmentionables: Nomi romance achievement (which I'll try at some point)
Cyber Wolf: I didn't get this the first time because I slightly botched the roll. If you succeed at keeping the guards out you'll have time to get everything you need from the drone (and then I personally let him go, although you don't have to get this achievement.)
Sherlock Hound: Requires following Conrad Merritt back to his house during the Esther's Restaurant segment. There are many cool ways this chapter can go, this is the only one outcome that gives you an achievement though.
Umbranaut: Another alternative to the year 2 Hog Throne chapter, where instead of going with the Cult of Fenris to the Chemikon factory you let them get themselves killed (and give up on the thrysus while you're at it) and go to the Neo Albion headquarters instead.
Cheetah's Claw: Still no idea, I might ask Kyle Marquis nicely for a hint.
Crown of Knowledge: Easily missable, you just need to visit Lucinda again after the final boss, before you finish the game.

Now for the others...

Legacy of Wisdom seems confirmed to be bugged for sure by a number of people who should've gotten it. Hell, I finished this game with 67 nights of Wisdom (and chose the Wisdom-based ending) and it never sprung lol.

Honoured Dead proc'd for me early on in the game, after I rescued Melodie from the Summer King. Whether by bug or design, it seems like you can only fully restore either Melodie's barrows or Podge's slums in one game -- despite what the game's text says, once one is restored I can never again put chiminage directly into the area for the remainder of that playthrough. On my first run I restored the slums into Rosemary Street, at the expense of the barrows' achievement, and the second run vice versa.

@jagauntt Where'd you find the faerie? And are you playing as a Shadow Lord theurge?

Update: Update coming on Monday. Code will be fixed, it'll actually be possible to gt the Cheetah's Claw achievement now. Also heard an intriguing tidbit on what new tribe will be playable in a future DLC.

[jagauntt]

Originally posted by pinche loca:

@jagauntt Where'd you find the faerie? And are you playing as a Shadow Lord theurge?

I was actually playing Bone Gnawer theurge. The beast was at the first Hog Throne concert where we rescue Nin, and I found the faerie at the very end of the game during your last chance to wrap up before the ending Hog Throne concert. I didn't get it on another theurge run I was doing still trying to get the achievement, but I couldn't find the damn beast on that run either even after restarting a few times and I have no clue what makes the thing show up now. I think the faerie only shows up if you got the other three. But even though I did, still no High Summoner.

Speaking of endgame achieves, I think Crown of Knowledge has a more specific requirement and you just stumbled into it; I just now got it on that last theurge run and I have a LOT more than two completed playthroughs and always visit all the locations once more at the end trying to dig up stuff like that faerie spirit.

[Diana Nemorensis]

Originally posted by jagauntt:

Originally posted by pinche loca:

@jagauntt Where'd you find the faerie? And are you playing as a Shadow Lord theurge?

I was actually playing Bone Gnawer theurge. The beast was at the first Hog Throne concert where we rescue Nin, and I found the faerie at the very end of the game during your last chance to wrap up before the ending Hog Throne concert. I didn't get it on another theurge run I was doing still trying to get the achievement, but I couldn't find the damn beast on that run either even after restarting a few times and I have no clue what makes the thing show up now. I think the faerie only shows up if you got the other three. But even though I did, still no High Summoner.

Speaking of endgame achieves, I think Crown of Knowledge has a more specific requirement and you just stumbled into it; I just now got it on that last theurge run and I have a LOT more than two completed playthroughs and always visit all the locations once more at the end trying to dig up stuff like that faerie spirit.

Okay interesting! Yeah I have never seen the faerie. I guess i'll have to remember to revisit everywhere before finishing the game on my third run. Have been curious about playing as a Bone Gnawer too (and haven't done a Podge romance yet either) ;)

[jagauntt]

At this point I've done all the tribes and honestly I found Bone Gnawer the toughest just because of their ban. If I'm playing smart, I'm in constant trouble with Rat...

Let me know if you get the achieve; I can't seem to find that damn beast spirit again!