how hard would it be to get all the achievements

[Nightdoom98]

i was considering going for every achievement in this game and wanted to ask how hard would it be?

[Razmir]

I don't think it's too hard. It's definitely doable.

It took me two playthroughs and a lot of savescumming.
First time I played blind for fun (on normal). The second time I rushed to get all the remaining achievements (on hard). 280 hours total. But I bet it can be done much quicker. I just took my time and enjoyed it.

It cannot be done on one hardcore playthrough. And even if it could be, I wouldn't recommend trying.

Back up your saves regularly. The game deletes some old saves automatically. So this way you'll keep access to any part of the game if needed.

There are some problematic achievements:
Fighter, Casanova, Plaque Doctor, You had one job!, Trial and Error, Cleric's pet and absolute pain in the ass Full House Sinner.

I would recommend this: if someone is dying, leave everything else and help him right away. Also party hard with Father Godwin to avoid later troubles. And read names on crosses beside the road.
Beware, some quests are timed and the game does not tell you directly. So listen carefully.

If you already finished the game, we can discuss specific topics.

[Nightdoom98]

Originally posted by Razmir:

I don't think it's too hard. It's definitely doable.

It took me two playthroughs and a lot of savescumming.
First time I played blind for fun (on normal). The second time I rushed to get all the remaining achievements (on hard). 280 hours total. But I bet it can be done much quicker. I just took my time and enjoyed it.

It cannot be done on one hardcore playthrough. And even if it could be, I wouldn't recommend trying.

Back up your saves regularly. The game deletes some old saves automatically. So this way you'll keep access to any part of the game if needed.

There are some problematic achievements:
Fighter, Casanova, Plaque Doctor, You had one job!, Trial and Error, Cleric's pet and absolute pain in the ass Full House Sinner.

I would recommend this: if someone is dying, leave everything else and help him right away. Also party hard with Father Godwin to avoid later troubles. And read names on crosses beside the road.
Beware, some quests are timed and the game does not tell you directly. So listen carefully.

If you already finished the game, we can discuss specific topics.

i haven't beaten the game just yet, just wanted to ask (steam shows the spoilers in the reply despite you hiding it so i couldn't read everything)

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You have to do 2 playthroughs minimum.
Like one on normal so you can court Thersea and Stephanie.
Then another as Hardcore, this time perhaps not only to do Hardware and beat the game under that but as to be a Virgin the entire game and also not Learn to Read. It helps to play it so that the achievement for going through the game without learning to read comes in a 2nd playthrough so that you've done the stuff that requires reading before-hand, thus have better understanding of what to do when you can't read in another playthrough.

[Nightdoom98]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

You have to do 2 playthroughs minimum.
Like one on normal so you can court Thersea and Stephanie.
Then another as Hardcore, this time perhaps not only to do Hardware and beat the game under that but as to be a Virgin the entire game and also not Learn to Read. It helps to play it so that the achievement for going through the game without learning to read comes in a 2nd playthrough so that you've done the stuff that requires reading before-hand, thus have better understanding of what to do when you can't read in another playthrough.

alright, yeah not being able to read would hurt if i didn't know what i was doing. and two people that i need to court or do i only need to court one of them?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If you review all of the achievements you will see for yourself.

Obviously you can't court Theresa, Stephanie and pay for wenches @ bathhouse and still remain a virgin the whole game.

And best bet for a game start is when speaking with Henry's Mother at the very beginning; pick the two options for SPEECH, since this is needed and harder to level up quickly. Others like Vitality or Strength can be leveled up rather quickly. Especially once you have option to pick a perk from Herbalist that can help level up Strength.

You can level up Vitality rather quick just from sprinting for the entire period your stamina bar remains. Then stop sprinting just before it runs out.

[Nightdoom98]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

If you review all of the achievements you will see for yourself.

Obviously you can't court Theresa, Stephanie and pay for wenches @ bathhouse and still remain a virgin the whole game.

And best bet for a game start is when speaking with Henry's Mother at the very beginning; pick the two options for SPEECH, since this is needed and harder to level up quickly. Others like Vitality or Strength can be leveled up rather quickly. Especially once you have option to pick a perk from Herbalist that can help level up Strength.

You can level up Vitality rather quick just from sprinting for the entire period your stamina bar remains. Then stop sprinting just before it runs out.

i checked the achievements and see that they both have there own achievement. i did spoil myself with a couple of them, but it is what it is.

also the stats do feel easy to level up and then there is speech.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It will help to save often and before talking to someone important earlier in the game, use the Bard potion. Wearing clothing that increases Charisma helps too when talking to folks. Repairing your own clothes over time will help too as it will make them less noisy.

[Echolecter]

It isn't that hard to get all achievements done, it just takes a lot of time. Am just two check marks short of completing them all. But I will say this, if you don't know what and how to do it, it's near impossible to get some of them. When going for completing most missions you will easily get a few but for me it also pointed out how incredibly boring this game can be. It feels like all NPCs are either to lazy or incapable of doing anything themselves. Take your time when going for it and be prepared for a few surprises.

[Hexalotte]

I had the same intention when I started playing the game again. I last played it in 2018. Unfortunately, I quickly realized that it is impossible (for me) to get all the achievements, because I don't play everything again in hardcore mode, or as a peaceful person, or as a person who can't read to build up Pribyslawitz, or as a virgin. I've already played over 200 hours and it would be unreasonable to have to play everything again just for a few achievements. Some people just download save games from Nexus, but for me that's cheating and is out of the question.

[Nightdoom98]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

It will help to save often and before talking to someone important earlier in the game, use the Bard potion. Wearing clothing that increases Charisma helps too when talking to folks. Repairing your own clothes over time will help too as it will make them less noisy.

I need to use the bard potion, also i use the perk to make stuff i repair make less noise.

Originally posted by Echolecter:

It isn't that hard to get all achievements done, it just takes a lot of time. Am just two check marks short of completing them all. But I will say this, if you don't know what and how to do it, it's near impossible to get some of them. When going for completing most missions you will easily get a few but for me it also pointed out how incredibly boring this game can be. It feels like all NPCs are either to lazy or incapable of doing anything themselves. Take your time when going for it and be prepared for a few surprises.

Yeah i had a feeling it would take awhile

Originally posted by Hexalotte:

I had the same intention when I started playing the game again. I last played it in 2018. Unfortunately, I quickly realized that it is impossible (for me) to get all the achievements, because I don't play everything again in hardcore mode, or as a peaceful person, or as a person who can't read to build up Pribyslawitz, or as a virgin. I've already played over 200 hours and it would be unreasonable to have to play everything again just for a few achievements. Some people just download save games from Nexus, but for me that's cheating and is out of the question.

yeah that feels like cheating to me to download a save game.

[Losk Osmanthus 路渐秋凉]

is pacifist an achievement?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Losk Osmanthus 路渐秋凉:

is pacifist an achievement?

No

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1952662218

[Razmir]

Originally posted by Hexalotte:

I had the same intention when I started playing the game again. I last played it in 2018. Unfortunately, I quickly realized that it is impossible (for me) to get all the achievements, because I don't play everything again in hardcore mode, or as a peaceful person, or as a person who can't read to build up Pribyslawitz, or as a virgin. I've already played over 200 hours and it would be unreasonable to have to play everything again just for a few achievements. Some people just download save games from Nexus, but for me that's cheating and is out of the question.

Maybe it won't be that hard.
If you played on normal, just load your save and hunt down all remaining achievements, except: hardcore, merciful, tis but a scratch and virgin. You'll have to do them in a separate run, but in that run you'll just focus on the main quest line.

Trial and Error (Pribyslavitz) is a pain but can be done quite quickly. Just reload save before learning how to read, defeat Runt and rebuild the city either with Skalitz bandits abuse and/or Peshek chest trick.

I agree that downloading other save files feels like cheating and pointless effort.
That said, hunting of achievements is also pain and not fun in some cases, so maybe it is unreasonable after all :D

[Hexalotte]

Originally posted by Losk Osmanthus 路渐秋凉:

is pacifist an achievement?

there is an achievement in the game to not kill anyone except wight

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Hexalotte:

Originally posted by Losk Osmanthus 路渐秋凉:

is pacifist an achievement?

there is an achievement in the game to not kill anyone except wight

Yes, for humanoid NPCs. Nothing against animals. As there are plenty of enemies in the game you can avoid or simply knock-out. Most killings can vmbe avoided. And that only pertains to Henry not the playable characters within the various DLCs