Northgard Achievements Guide

This guide includes all the information you will need to work through the achievements available for Northgard on Steam. While most of the achievements are easily accrued through normal gameplay, there are a few that require going out of your natural playstyle. Also, the mastery achievements require a significant time investment.

Note: I try to keep this guide up to date, however the developers regularly tweak the game and add new content. Feel free to let me know in the comments section if I have missed some information that you think would help improve the guide. Im always happy to include more resources in the guide.

Check out the Completion Stats for Each Achievement to compare your achievements to that of the overall player base.

Standard Achievements

Explorer:

Task: Explore a ruin

Method: With a scout selected, right click on a ruin in a territory under your control, as pictured below

Purge:

Task: Kill 20 Draugar in a single game

Method: While there tend to be a fair number of Draugr that spawn in each map, in order to ensure you kill 20+ in a single game you should camp a territory with Draugr Tombs. The Tombs will regularly spawn Draugr and you can kill them as they spawn (Dont colonise as it will destory the Tombs). A territory with Draugr Tombs is pictured below.

Wolf Hunter:

Task: Kill 20 Wolves in a single game

Method: As with the Purge (Draugr) challenge, the Wolf Hunter achievement can most easily be accomplished via camping a Wolf Cave (pictured below). The Cave will regularly spawn wolves and you can kill them as they spawn (Dont colonise, as it will destory the Wolf Cave)

Squalid Living:

Task: Build a House in a swamp

Method: Explore a swamp territory (like the one pictured below). Then colonise the territory and construct a house in that territory.

Trader:

Task: Have 3 active trade route in a single game

Method: This achievement is involes constructing 3 trading posts and establishing trade routes for each of them. It is made a lot easier when there is a Jötunn Camp spawned in your game, as you make three food trading routes with the Jotnar. (Play a high food producing clan like the Stag).
If they do not spawn in your map, the achievement is still straightforward. All You need to trade 3 different resources (Food, wood and one of iron or stone) with another clan.

Raider:

Task: Build 3 Harbors in a single game

Method: Only one harbor can be built per territory, therefore you will require 3 coastal tiles in order to attain this achievement. You can develop territories (100 Krowns) in order to increase their building capacity by one if you need to expand an already full territory to make room for a harbor.
Note: Just so there is no confusion, while only the Raven clan can build harbors, the longship docks of other clans count towards this achievement.

Plowshares to Swords:

Task: Turn a Farmer into a Warrior

Method: Simply take a farmer from the field he is working on and convert him to a warrior by right clicking on a training camp.

The Wall:

Task: Have 7 Defense Towers in your territory

Method: Construct 7 towers across your territory. Note that only one tower can be constructed in each tile, therefore in order to complete the task you will need at least 7 tiles/territories. (You will need enough krown production to cover the upkeep costs)

Kobolds and Friends:

Task: Trade with the Kobolds

Method: Trade with the Kobolds by building a tradepost and establishing a trade route with them, as pictured below.

Kobold Wipe Out:

Task: Destroy a Kobold camp

Method: Take a small force (1 warchief + 2 warriors) and invade a kobold camp (pictured below). Colonise the territory once you clear the kobolds to unlock the achievement.

Expansionist:

Task: Control 15 territories

Method: Simply colonise 15 territories. Most easily done against one easy opponent with a clan that has high food production in order to cover the exponential cost of colonisation.
Note: Every map size has over 15 tiles (small, medium and large).

Scholar:

Task: Have 6 active Runestone or Carved Stones

Method: Simply have your villagers occupy any runestones (or circles of stones) that spawn on the map. Should there be less than 6 slots available for loremasters by nature spawn, you can construct a carved stone to cover the shortage.
Note: This challenge is best done while also working towards a wisdom victory, as as having 6+ active loremasters will provide a significant portion of the lore production required for the aforementioned victory type.

Educated Colonization:

Task: Spend 1000 Lore in colonization in one game

Method: Just spend 1000 lore in colonization in one game.

Great Explorer:

Task: Explore every zone of Northgard

Method: The Raven clan is the best clan for achieving this task due to their scout specific lore upgrades. 'Rangers' (pictured below) increases scouting and exploration speed by 100%. Also scouts no longer consume food and cannot be hurt while exploring.

This will save you the hassle of having to heal your scouts manual as with other clans, as well as reduce the time taken to explore the map. You will need to upgrade your scout camp[northgard.wikia.com] in order to explore enemy territories.

Standard Achievements II

Victorious Squid:

Task: Witness a boat sunk by the mighty Kraken

Method: A new event called Attack of the Kraken can occur randomly during the game (does not require the presence of Kraken clan). To get this achievement, simply make sure you have a Dock and at least 1 active sailor. When the event happens, do not recall the sailor and the Kraken will eventually sink the boat, killing your sailor & damaging your Dock.

You Will Fight For Me:

Task: Enslave a Jotunn, a Kobold or a Myrkalf

Method: Slavery is an important part of the clan’s economy. Like the regular civilians, Thralls can travel in neutral territory and fight.

Thralls do not count towards your population and do not require housing. Their maximum number is based on your current population number: 33% of current population. They consume only 33% of what a Villager usually consume and they gather 50% less resources than a civilian.

How to get new Thralls: There are 2 different ways of getting new thrall:

• You can buy them from your longship dock. the price of each thrall will increase after each purchase (+40 ) , and this price will slowly decrease over time (-2 /month).
  
• After getting the Capture Lore, you’ll be able to enslave enemy civilians. You’ll need to get them to 33% HP to have a chance (10% chance per hit) to enslave them. This also works for neutral factions. Please note that each enslaved Kobold will take 1 slot in your Thrall population, each Myrkalf will take 3 slots, and each Jotunn will take 5 slots.

Knowing that you have to enslave a Jotunn, a Kobold or a Myrkalf.

Note: Just can be done with the Clan of the Dragon.

Uprising:

Task: Endure a Thrall uprising

Method: Thrall are a powerful economic and military asset but beware of their number! If by any chance your regular population falls under your Thrall population (if population<slaves), they will rise against you! This achievement can be done enduring a thrall uprising. Let population<slaves, and prepare yourself for the uprising.

Note: Just can be done with the Clan of the Dragon.

This is Getting Crowded:

Task: Get at least 20 villagers from Gefjun's Jar in one game

Method: Build the Relic of Gefjun's Jar (Goat Clan), once forged, the Relic will appear in your available building list, now you can summon new Villagers for Food at a cost depending on your current population. They will arrive to your townhall by boats. Sometimes, Sheep can replace one Villager. Then now get at least 20 villagers from Gefjun's Jar in one game to this achievement.

Note: Just can be done with the Clan of the Goat.

You dropped something:

Task: Leave 200 resources or more in loot pouches to be collected by your allies in a single game

Method: ...

What is better than 1 Giant Champion ?:

Task: Unlock 2 Giants' Champion in 1 game

Method: This achievement requires the map to generate at least 2 Giants factions. I would advise you to focus on exploration first (Kraken or Raven lores can be help finding neutral factions), on a small or medium map without bots or with low difficulty bots to help you exploring if you use a bigger map. Once you have located 2 different Giants factions, start trading with them until your reputation with them reaches the max level: upon reaching 100 reputation they will provide you with a Giant Champion to use wisely.

Note: Squirrel, Kraken and Boar clans are the best to befriend neutral factions, but all other clans should work finely too. Just make sure the bots aren't trying to compete against you.

I saw some lights:

Task: Colonize a zone with a Ceremonial Bonfire during the "Ceremonial Bonfire" event

Method: ...

Finders keepers:

Task: Explore a ruin or shipwreck on a zone next to an enemy territory

Method: Shipwrecks are a type of area found along coasts. The Area must be colonized before shipwreck can be explored. Just analyse the map and the clans around it, watch out to the enemy doesn't get the area to himself, colonize the area and explore the shipwreck.

Building a what?!:

Task: Collect 10 Stones and 10 Iron in a single game without building a mine

Method: Easy one, pick the clan of the horse and select the Warchiefs of the clan to mine a deposit.

Method by: Flu
You can do the achievement asking you to get 10 iron and 10 stones using the Eagle clan. By killing enemies in zones with stone or iron and looting the bags.

Note: Just can be done with the Clan of the Horse.

Complex Achievements

Friend of the Jotnar:

Task: Unlock the Giant's Warchief

Method: While the Jotnar Camp will spawn in most maps, it doesnt have a 100% spawn rate.
In order to unlock the Giant's Warchief, you have to scout their territory and then trade food with the giants until the friendship bar reaches 100%. This can be quite a long process and requires a lot of food. The following tips should help:

• Play one of the high food producing clans (Stag or Goat).
  
• Use more than one trading post to trade food with them (With the Jotnar you can only trade food but you can create more than one trading route with them).

Jotnar Camp

Giant Warchief Unit

Slaughterhouse

Task: Slaughter 8 sheep in a single game

Method: This is most easily accomplished while playing the Goat Clan, as they start with 2 sheep. Playing on a large map will increase the total number of tiles, therefore increasing the chance of additional sheep spawns. By playing for a domination victory and colonising most tiles on a large map, you should find 6 more sheep across Northgard.
To slaughter a sheep, select it and you should see a bar stating slaughter below its character icon.

Bear Hunter

Task:
Kill 3 bears in a single game

Method: This achievement can be quite difficult because it is so dependent on bears spawning in 3 different tiles across one map. By having 1 opponent and expanding the map to a large setting, you should decrease the probability of other clans clearing the bears before you can reach them while maximising the number of bears that can spawn in a single map. Bears are quite a tough neutral unit but can be easily taken down with a warchief and 2 warriors (Achievable with fewer units but requires careful micromanagement).

Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer:
Task: Kill the Wyvern

Note:
Only enable Fame Victory to increase the Wyvern spawn rate.

Method:
The mian difficulty of this achievement is getting a map that spawns a Wyvern. In order to increase the spawn rate of the Wyvern, you should only have Fame Victory enabled.
In terms of slaying the wyvern, you'll find it is far more difficult than other neutral territories like Kobold Camps or Draugr Tombs. The strategy I used is shown in the video below:

You should have a handful of tanky melee units (ideally shield bearers) to sustain the wyvern damage and then a large group of upgraded axe throwers for DPS.

Military upgrades are available in the lore tree, by upgrading tools, and by upgrading the relevant building for the unit you want improved.

Lore Seeker

Task:
Build a Carved Stone next to the Relic of the Gods

Note:
Only enable Wisdom Victory to increase Relic spawn rate

Method:
There is some confusion around the spawning of the Relic of the Gods[northgard.wikia.com]. This tile will spawn in wisdom victory enabled maps. In order to increase the probability of its spawn rate, have only wisdom victory enabled.

Scout the map to ensure the tile has spawned in your map. Once you have located it, you need to clear it of Valkyries and then colonise the tile. Then all you need to do is construct a carved stone (Costs 15 stone, which can be halved with the 'Erudition' lore upgrade)

MIning Tasks

Iron Miner:
Task:Mine 60 Iron in a single game

Stone Miner:
Task: Mine 150 Stone in a single game

Method:
All you need to do for these missions is mine the sufficient quanities. The main challenge of this is ensuring there is enough of each resource spawned onto the map. In order to increase this, you can improve mining efficiency via upgrades and improve the spawn rate by increasing map size. Increasing the map size to large and playing against 1 AI (to reduce competition for resources) is straightforward.
Note: By removing all victory conditions except map special, you will increase the probability of the 'Magma Flow' tile, which will include an extra iron mine.
Mining Upgrades:

• Improving miners tools (30 krowns and 5 iron): Increases extraction of Stone and Iron by 15%
  
• Mining Effiency (lore upgrade): Increases extraction of Stone and Iron by 30%

Note:I strongly advise against using the Boar Clan for this achievement, due to the fact that the 'Mining Efficiency' lore upgrade is replaced by Handiwork (a unique Boar Clan lore upgrade).

Rare spawn of a large stockpile that greatly reduces achievement difficulty

Magma Flow tile that will contain an additional iron mine

Valkyrie Achievements

Guardian:
Task: Kill 5 Valkyries in a single game

Legendary Guardian:
Task: Kill 10 Valkyries in a single game

Method: This task is most efficiently achieved by capturing the 'Gates of Helheim' territory, which is a map special victory tile.

You will have to slay 4 or so valkyries in order to colonise the territory. Then each month 2-3 valkyries will spawn for a 12 month period. In doing so you will comfortably kill at least 10 valkyries, as well as completing 'The Protector' task' (Victory be defending the Gates of Helheim).

In order to take and defend this territory, you will require a decent Warband. During the initial attack, raiding to kill one Valkyrie at a time will reduce casualties. Also building a defence tower once you colonise the territory will help defend it.

Complex Achievements II

The Explorer

Task: Have the whole map explored before the year 803 in a Medium or Large map [not in campaign]

Note: Not to be confused with great explorer, which just requires exploring the whole map (no specific settings/time limit).

Setup:
The game will always start at year 800. Therefore you have 3 years in which to complete this task. It is fairly straightforward once you apply the following settings:

1. Clan: Raven
   
2. Map Size: Medium
   
3. World Hostility: Low
   
4. Number of Opponents: 0

Explanation:

• Just like with the other exploration achievement, using the Raven clan will make your job a lot more straightforward. This is because of the lore upgrade 'Rangers' which has multiple benefits for your scouts. Its increases their rate of scouting, takes away their food upkeep cost, and they will no longer take any damage while scouting. Journeyman (The final upgrade for Raven on the first tree is also very useful, as it increases your happiness based off explored territories, meaning you can sustain a large population without having to invest in happiness related buildings, etc).
  
• Why make the achievement harder than it needs to be. You should choose medium over large because it simply reduces the number of tiles that requires scouting while still fullfilling the challenge (Note: small map size will not work)
  
• Reduces the annoyance of neutral unit attacks, as well as increasing the rate at which you will gather resources. Just means you can more easily focus on spamming out scouts instead of putting villagers into other things like warriors or food gathers.
  
• By having no opponents, you take away the need to invest villagers into troops, as well as taking away the requirement of an upgraded scout camp because you wont have to scout enemy territories (There will only be neutral territories).

My Method:
I started with the standard setup, a wood camp and house. I then quickly built a scout camp to start the exploration process, as well as to find nearby tiles that would be useful. My next priority was to expand into a couple surrounding tiles, and develop an economy that could sustain my scouts. I kept an eye out for any lore related tiles, as increasing my lore collection rate would get me the 'Rangers' upgraded sooner. You dont need a massive food economy, 1 or 2 specialised food buildings should be enough. From there it was very straightforward.

Note: Make sure to micromanage your scouts during the process, as their natural pathing tends to be very inefficient (They wont scout the next tile ahead, and will instead run across the map to explore another tile). Try fan your scouts out so they scout outwards from your town hall in a wave formation. This will stop you from having to run across already scouted territories to clear a few tiles that you missed earlier.

I didn't require an upgraded scout camp (It increases scouting rate by 50%), because I had explored the map before I had the stone to upgrade. Additionally, I didnt use the scouting option from Raven harbours, but that might be useful if it takes you longer.

Click on the image for full size.

Hanging out with friends

Task: Have 6 warchiefs on one of your tile [not in campaign]

Method: The task is already very clear, you have two ways, one fast and the easiest way and another more "complicated" way.

• Easy Way: Join with 3 friends (multiplayer mode), everyone take the Horse Clan, the clan starts with one specific advantages that can summon two warchiefs with the same time, Eitria and Brok that can be recruited in the Forge. That way the 3 clans will have 6 warchiefs, then now just enter in the same owned tile of any ally clan.
  
• Hard Way: Join with 3 of more clans (offline mode), take the Horse Clan for all allies clans, and hope that everyone gets in the same tile when attacking another clan.

Apparently these two ways above aren't working anymore

Method by AVER: I did it with a multiplayer game (4 vs 4, everyone with horse clan, 7 players AI). My allies were set to medium while enemies were set to easy. The only conditions to win was through domination. I conquered the map and the tiles near the last enemy town hall.
At the end, with 3 enemies defeated, every allied warchief (3 eitria + 3 brock) went in my tiles surrounding the enemy.

Method by divinne: I got Hanging Out With Friends during CAMPAIGN mission Fimbulvinter (Chapter 10). It's the one where you protect the bridge from being destroyed and then go to kill the bad guy up on the cliff and all your "friends" join you at the final cutscene. I have played this mission many times before but today is the first time this achievement popped up.

Method by Satyr: I got this during battle with Hrímgadr.

Method by Mc Intire: The Giant counts as warchief, so do Fallen Warriors. With "rapacious exploitation", the graveyard tile fives you 4 fallen warriors.
So all you need to have is a map with both graveyard and giant camp to able to get.

If you do not want spend money on a dlc clan, you can also get 2 fallen warriors and the giant with any other clan, and wait for the "fallen sailor" event to happen to you.

Complex Achievements III

Achievements who can be completed in one single play:

Tips:

1. Clan: Wolf
   
2. Map Size: Large
   
3. World Hostility: Low
   
4. Number of Opponents: 0/1

Deer Hunter

Task: Control 4 Hunter's Lodge at the same time [not in campaign]

Method: Playing on a large map will increase the total number of tiles, therefore increasing the chance of additional deer spawns. Just colonize 4 of them at the same time (don’t need to have workers).

Dances with wolves

Task: Gather 1000 food by killing wolves with the Clan of the Wolf in one game [not in campaign]

Method: Playing on a large map will increase the total number of tiles, therefore increasing the chance of additional Wolf spawns and Wolf Dens. With the Clan of the Wolf you Wolves and Brown Bears provides Meat (Wolves provide 15 Meat). Just kill enough wolves to gather 1000 food from they to complete.

Big Fish

Task: Have 10 fishermen at the same time [not in campaign]

Method: Playing on a large map will increase the total number of tiles, therefore increasing the chance of additional fish spawns. You must have at least 5 fish spots (if not upgraded) or 4 fish spots (if upgraded) to have enough fishermans to complete this achievement, having this number of workers, summon all the fishermans to the same tile.

Method by Sa1nt Jiao: This achievement simply needs one fish tile. Recruit 2 fishermen then move them out of the current tile, repeat this until you get the achievement, pretty easy.

For a Few More Krowns

Task: Have 3000+ krowns [not in campaign]

Method: You can complete this in many ways, building many Trading Posts, trading making routes, Harbors, building Market Places. But I think the best and the fastest way is to assign the Spoils of War lore with gain +15 for each enemy unit killed outside of your territory, that way, playing on a large map will increase the total number of tiles, therefore increasing the chance of additional Draugr and Draugr Tombs. With that trait, make a small army (5 and the Berserker will serve), and kill Draugrs and you can kill enemies population as well. That way you can accomplish this achievement more easily (without “losing” population to work at market places and trading posts).

It's a Wonderful Life

Task: Keep your happiness over 12 for a whole year [not in campaign]

Method: I did that when was missing just 1 tile of the enemy clan, when my clan was self-supporting, then build enough breweries to the happiness pass over 12 at least and wait to a whole year.

The Long Game

Task: Reach the year 810 [not in campaign]

Method: Just play the game until you have reached the year 810.

Myrkalfar Achievements

Myrkalfar & Co.
Task: Befriend the Myrkalfar

Myr'Killer
Task: Destroy a Myrkalfar Camp

Method: You can do both achievements in a single run, first you will need to befriend with them and after that attack their territory.

Myrkalfar appear only on Rangarok maps and spawn in the Myrkalfar Camp, launching attacks against players and stealing 5 food, 5 wood and 5 kröwns when they are on their territory. Trading stone or iron with the Myrkalfar will allow the player to befriend them, making it more likely that they will launch attacks on other players.

Military Achievements

Military Experience provides bonuses via xp points from defeating every enemy. When reaching 500 military experience, you’ll get to choose between 3 different military paths: The Tactician Path, the Guardian Path or the Conqueror Path.

Each of the Military Paths features 3 different unlockable skills. Be careful: once you’ve chosen a path, you won’t be able to change it, so planning will be very important!

Tactician Expert
Task: Unlock level 3 of the Tactician Path

Method: In your gameplay select the Tactician Path and reach level 3.

Guardian Expert
Task: Unlock level 3 of the Guardian Path

Method: In your gameplay select the Guardian Path and reach level 3.

Conqueror Expert
Task: Unlock level 3 of the Conqueror Path

Method: In your gameplay select the Conqueror Path and reach level 3.

Golems Achievements

You will need to play in the Ragnarok map. Sometimes during the game, the Volcano will enter into eruption and throw out Molten Rocks all over the map. Some of them will fall into your territory, enable you to mine them. However, you must mine them completely before 4 months, as Rock Golems would spawn from them and will cause damage.

The number of Molten Rocks falling onto your territory will vary depending on the number of tile that you have colonized. If you didn’t manage to mine completely the rock before the deadline, the Rock Golem will spawn missing a few HP.

The Melting Stones
Task: Completely mine 5 Molten Rocks

Rock Smasher
Task: Kill 10 Rock Golems

Method: You can do both achievements in a single run, first you will need to mine the Molten Rocks then kill the Rock Golems.

I personally recommend the Horse Clan for this achievement because both Warchiefs can mine ore without the quarry (then youldn't need to construct the quarry every time the Molten Rocks fall from the Volcano).

When the Volcano erupts, immediately go to the tile when the molten rocks fell and mine it with both warchiefs, do it 5 times to the Melting Stones achievement, after that on the next erupt wait the molten rocks transform into Rock Golems, kill 10 of them to achieve the Rock Smasher.

Tile Achievements

Please note that these achievements can take quite awhile to finish due to not spawning in every game.

Vedrfolnir (Bird) Achievements

Bird Enthusiast:
Task: Heal Vedrfolnir once

Bird Lover:
Task: Heal Vedrfolnir 10 times

Method:
Vedrfolnir spawn rate can be increased on Wisdom Victory only maps.
Increasing the map size to large will help as well. Unlike the other tiles which can be taken from other players, once Vedrfolnir has been healed, it can no longer be used by other players. Therefore face only 1 AI to reduce the risk of your opponent taking it from you.

Note: Vedrfolnir has to be healed to full health in order to count towards the achievement. Colonising the tile its on is not enough.

Thor Wrath Achievements

Contact with Thor:
Task: Colonize the Thor Wrath tile once

Thor Fanatic:
Task: Colonize the Thor Wrath Tile 10 times

Method:
The Thor Wrath tiles will always be defended by 1 valkryie. Defeat it and colonise the territory to count towards this achievement.
I have found in my experience that the tile will spawn more regularly in larger maps focused on domination victory.

Geyser Achievements

Hot water:
Task: Colonize 1 geyser tile

Northern SPA:
Task: Colonize 10 geyser tiles

Method:
There is no set defender for these tiles like with the Thor Wrath tile, however they are often occupied by wolves or draugr.
I've found they are the most common of the 3 tiles to spawn, and will occur in all victory types. Also the geyser bonuses are incredibly useful regardless of your strategy/victory condition, so you definitely prioritise colonising these when you can.

Winter Festival Event

Do you want to build a snowman?
Task: Build a snowman during the Winter Festival event

Method:
There is a temporary event during december that calls Northgard Winter Festival that unlocks a several things, like a map called permafrost and a new new event called frozen sea, only on that map do villagers make the snowman.
Having a villager in an empty tile (no houses or food buildings) will NOT mark them as idle because they're making a snowman, just make one snowman to complete the achievement.

Note: This event first appear in December 2018, it is not yet official for the event to return in 2019.

Other Tiles Achievements

Grave Raider:
Task: Explore 10 Ancient Graves

Method: Finding an ancient grave on the map save your game before exploring it, explore it, after getting 2 spectral warriors load your save and repeat the process until you get the achievement (in single player game, of course). If you want, just play regular sessions to achieve this one.

Overcooked:
Task: Wound a Giant boar with a Mjöllnir's Thunder

Method: Play it with friend/AI who will play as Boar and after he will build this relic and he activates the boar relic, boars will attack an enemy forrest territory, use Mjolnir to damage it. Make sure the other AI gets a forest tile or clear a path for them to colonize one.

Fresh Sea Air:
Task: Win a game without colonizing any non coastal zone

Method: Just play normally with the clan. Use the Shallow Waters power on EVERY tile you have, since another passive power skill will allow you to gain many kröwns (+1 per 3 buildings on costal tiles). Once you have developped your village, choose if you wanna go for Fame or Wisdom. Fame on giant map SHOULD be done effectively (Wisdom victory is much easier).

Method by Welshea: This achievement can be completed also in kraken conquest in the first mission where you need to befriend with Jotuns before enemy clans kill them.
Colonise only tiles near the sea (you can check if you don't have penalties to colonise the tile, if you don't, then you are ok) and simply made fishermen and around 6 trading posts, once this mission has been won, you'll got the achievement.
Also, you can do the same in a mission or game where you can win as a merchant for example, should be pretty easy.

Note: This works only with the clan of the Kraken.

Tile Achievements II

Please note that these achievements can take quite awhile to finish due to not spawning in every game.

Naströnd Achievements

Gardening:
Task: Clear Naströnd for the first time

Another shrubbery!:
Task: Clear Naströnd 5 times

Method:
Thick thorns prevent anyone but the most agile of warriors to pass though, warrios can't enter into the tile, you need to find one without any creature and colonize, after that, the tile can be cleared by a scout, providing additional wood resources.

And the another one, just do that 5 times, in 5 different games or in a single one (using save and load).

Landvidi Achievements

A wild Viking appears!:
Task: Attack an enemy in Landvidi

Poltergeist:
Task: In Landvidi, attack an enemy with Ghost warriors

Method:
Units inside this tile gain invisibility, making them undetectable from anyone outside of it. The easy way is to colonize this tile beside a enemy territory, doing that, enter into the woods with some warriors and wait to the tile to be attacked by the enemy, your troops will attack and you'll get the achievement.

To get the other, like the name said, just attack an enemy with Ghost Warrior (inside of a Landvidi tile).

Mimirsbrunn Achievements

Let me borrow this...:
Task: Steal a knowledge for the first time using Mimirsbrunn

Mimirsbruh:
Task: Steal a knowledge 5 times using Mimirsbrunn

Method:
Colonise a tile with Mimirsbrunn, it'll allow you to assign a villager to become a runemaster and produce lore. Doing that, you'll begin to discover a unknown knlowledge, and after being completed, you'l l be able to steal some knowledge from another clan.

To get the other, do that 5 times, in 5 different games or in a single one (using save and load).

Udarbrunn Achievements

It's just a scratch...:
Task: Use the Cleanse ability for the first time

Mass purification:
Task: Heal 8 sick units with a single Cleanse

Easy way for mass purification: Once you take the tile, save the game(if you care about win), put ALL of your units on the tile, wait for then to starve/freeze, eventually they will all get sick. Use cleanse, profit.

Method:
Colonise a tile with Udarbrunn, which provides a healing bonus to your healers and allows the use of the Cleanse ability. Use it ability to get this one.

To get the other, use the ability when you have 8 sick units, and heal them.

Poisonous Swamp's Achievements

I'm not in peak condition!:
Task: Survive the Poisonous swamps's effect for the first time

This is FINE...:
Task: Secret task

Method:
To get the first one you'll have to enter in a Poisonous Swamp tile, when your hp is less than 30% get out! Come back to your tile. If you survive the poison, you will get the achievement.

Uhh first secret achievement huh?
BUT!
To get the secret one, that's really easy, you need to lose 3 units in the Poisonous Swamp tile in the same game to get this one. Any kind of units.

Clan Achievements

There are currently 6 clans within Northgard, which at 50 games per clan mastery, makes for 300+ games in order to accomplish the following achievements.

Survivor:
Task: Win with the clan of the Goat

Goat Master:
Task: Get 50 Victories with the Clan of the Goat

Method: Due to their strong economic bonuses (rivalled only by the Stag Clan), the Goat Clan can win either domination/fame orientated victories fairly easily, or trade/wisdom victories.

Sheep Master
Task: Have 3 active upgraded Sheepfolds

Try Not to Break This One
Task: Build the Relic of Gefjun's Jar. (Goat Clan Relic)

Method: Sheepfolds are a unique building to the Goat Clan. They use sheep as workers to produce food. As with most other buildings, only one can be constructed per tile.
After the last patch you can only have 2 sheepfolders for build, steal the 3rd sheepfold from a goat opponent in 1vs1vs1 with only goat players/IA.
Note: You don't need the sheep required to fill them.

The cost of upgrading the sheepfolds can be reduced by the 'Carpentry Mastery' lore research, which decreases the cost by 20%. If you have exhausted all the iron mines in the area and still require more in order to upgrade all 3, you can purchase the additional stone you require from the Marketplace in exchange for Kröwns.

Merchant:
Task: Win with the clan of the Raven

Raven Master:
Task: Get 50 Victories with the Clan of the Raven

Method: The Raven Clan's main strength is trade and exploration, therefore a Trade Victory is the most suitable method of achieving victory with this clan. Establishing multiple harbours along any coastal territory you have colonised is easier than establishing an economy that can sustain trading other resources for Kröwns.
'Shipbuilding' lore research and upgrading the tools of sailors will help speed up this trade victory, as well as upgrading the harbours to contain 3 sailors.

Nothing personal:
Task: Launch a regular and a Giant Mercenary raid on the same tile

Method: Both raids need to be active at the same time. So send one from the Harbor, and one from the Relic to a neutral tile at the same time or in a regular tile.

A "Small" Delivery:
Task: Build the Relic of Naglfar. (Raven Clan Relic)

Aggressor:
Task: Win with the clan of the Wolf

Wolf Master:
Task: Get 50 Victories with the Clan of the Wolf

Method: The most efficient way to win with the Wolf Clan is via domination victories, due to their main clan strength coming from military bonuses. Playing on a small map against 1 easy AI opponent is the fastest combination available.

Beserk:
Task: Hire the Berserker

The Taste of Blood:
Task: Build the Relic of Horn of Managarm. (Relic of the Wolf Clan)

Method: The Berserker is unique to the Wolf Clan, and is their equivalent of a warchief. He can be hired in a training camp for the same price of 150 Kröwns and 5 iron.

Stalwart
Task: Win with the clan of the Bear

Bear Master:
Task: Get 50 Victories with the Clan of the Bear

Method: The Bear Clan is fairly rounded due to its unique bonuses being spread across defence and resistance to adverse winter effects. However, their shield mastery lore upgrade (improves shield bearers and reduces their cost) makes them a strong military power, particularly when rushing. While this strategy might not always be relevant due to future balance changes, its quite a prevalent multiplayer tactic at the moment. They can therefore be used successful in both single and multiplayer domination victories.

For single player, I would recommend a shield bearer rush in a small sized 1v1 domination map with low hostility.

This is not Over Compensation:
Task: Build the Relic of Scabbard of Gram. (Relic of the Bear clan)

Clan Achievements II

Recluse:
Task: Win with the clan of the Boar

Boar Master:
Task: Get 50 Victories with Clan of the Boar

Method: The Boar Clan is a wisdom orientated clan that has multiple bonuses that help it more easily achieve wisdom victories. Idle menders will produce lore instead of food while idle, and their blessings are improved when they reach 500 fame. Therefore Wisdom victories are the most efficient method to reach 50 wins with the Boar Clan

Nature's Wonders:
Task: Have 12 menders in your territory

Method: Menders are a unique unit of the Boar Clan,
derived from their special building, the Mender's Hut, which
replaces a regular Healer's Hut. Upgraded Mender's Huts can contain
3 menders, while regular huts contain 2. Therefore you will require
either 6 regular Mender's Huts, 4 upgraded Mender's Huts, or a
mixture of the two that totals to 12.

Do NOT Step on its Tail:
Task: Build the Relic of Mask of Gullinbursti. (Relic of the Boar clan)

Proud:
Task: Win with the clan of the Stag

Stag Master:
Task: Get 50 Victories with Clan of the Stag

Method: In the current state of the game, I believe the Stag Clan is one of, if not the strongest clan. They have fantastic benefits that combine well to create a mid/late game economy that is unrivalled. They also have some useful fame related perks that are beneficial in pursuing a Fame Victory. Examples of this are its 'Glory of the Clan' lore research (Increases each gain of Fame by 20%) and their unique building, Hall of Skalds, which replaces the brewery and produces fame as well as happiness.

Storyteller
Task: Have 5 active Skalds at the same time

This is Mine Now:
Task: Build the Relic of Hlidskjalf. (Stag Clan Relic)

Method: Skalds are the units that replace brewers for the Stag Clan. Having one upgraded Hall of Skalds and one regular hall filled to capacity will complete this achievement.

Devious:
Task: Win with the Clan of the Snake

Snake Master:
Task: Get 50 Victories with Clan of the Snake

Tear of the Earth:
Task: Use Scorched Earth on an enemy tile

Why so Serious:
Task: Build the Relic of Gungnir. (Relic of the Snake clan)

Method: At age 18 in Year 803, Signy gains the unique ability called Scorched Earth, allowing her to burn an area for 3 months, increasing all Snakes buildings and all units Attack Power by 50% and decreasing any production in the targeted tile by 50%. Now just use the ability Scorched Earth on an enemy tile.

Blood Taste:
Task: Win with the Clan of the Dragon

Dragon Master:
Task: Get 50 Victories with Clan of the Dragon

Life is Over-Rated:
Task: Kill a Jotnar with an undead Jotnar

Method: Building the Relic of Skull of Hrungnir you will able to summon an Undead Jötnar, now all you'll need to do is to kill a Jotnar with him.

The Benefits of Dark Magic:
Task: Build the Relic of Skull of Hrungnir. (Dragon Clan Relic)

Builder:
Task: Win with the Clan of the Horse

Horse Master:
Task: Get 50 Victories with Clan of the Horse

Great Defense:
Task: Control 5 upgraded towers lvl 2

Method: Following the lore military tree Weaponsmith > Great Tower, you will be able to upgrade defense towers a second time, just do it in 5 of your defense towers.

Let Them Be Stronger:
Task: Build the Relic of Dainsleif & Tyrfing. (Horse Clan Relic)

Wonder Builder:
Task: Build 2 relics in the same game.

Method: The Horse Clan when reaching 500 fame can build a second Relic. Just build 2 relics.

Clan Achievements III

Day of the Tentacle:
Task: Win with the Clan of the Kraken

Kraken Master:
Task: Achieve 50 Victories with the Clan of the Kraken

Pride of the Kraken:
Task: Build the Edda of Vor. (Kraken Clan Relic)

Unstoppable Force:
Task: Win with the Clan of the Ox

OxMaster:
Task: Get 50 Victories with the Clan of the Ox

I need more RAM!:
Task: Build the Relic of the Clan of the Ox

Who needs houses?
Task: Win a game with the clan of the Ox without reaching max population

Method:
Never reach a full population. Always have room for villagers to spawn. Basically keep building houses so the max pop is never reached at any point during a game.

This isn't even my final form!
Task: Find 6 Legendary items in one game

Method:
This clan can find Ancestral Equipment from Ancient Battlegrounds, you have to find 6 of them in one game to complete this one.

Destruction Derby
Task: Destroy 4 different buildings with the Ram ability in one game.

Method:
Use the Ox Warchief ability in 4 different buildings in one game.

The cat's out of the bag:
Task: Win with the Clan of the Lynx

Lynx Master:
Task: Achieve 50 Victories with the Clan of the Lynx

It's a trap!:
Task: Build the Relic of the Clan of the Lynx

I see you !:
Task: Reveal an enemy Townhall with Brundr or Kaelinn

Method:
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The Poacher Game:
Task: Trade 500 Hunting Trophies in one game

Method:
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The Last Resort :
Task: Release Oskoreia at the highest level of threat

Method by qwerm: Once you get the Oskoreia ability it shows up as an active skill in Meilikki's character pane when you select her and you need to trigger the effect manually. getting the achievement proper requires you to use it after you've successfully fought 10 or more waves of mythical beasts using the prior fame bonus Mythical Lure.

Agressive Negociations:
Task: Win with the Clan of the Squirrel

Squirrel Master:
Task: Achieve 50 Victories with the Clan of the Squirrel

The Root of our Clan:
Task: Build the Relic of the Clan of the Squirrel

Just a little help for my friends:
Task: Win a game having shared all the meals you prepare with all your teammates

Method:
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UNLIMITED FLOWER!:
Task: Control a territory of at least 10 Eldritch zones.

Method:
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I’m a Generous God:
Task: Gift 1,000 resources in one game.

Method:
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Clan Achievements IV

The Rat King:
Task: Win with the Clan of the Rat

Rat Master:
Task: Achieve 50 Victories with the Clan of the Rat

Just Want to Watch the World Burn:
Task: Build the Relic of the Clan of the Rat

Can I go home now ?:
Task: Overwork the same worker 5 times.

Method:
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Lord of Cinder:
Task: Keep the Purification Pyres burning for 12 months without interruption.

Method:
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It's Free Real Estate:
Task: House 10 Villagers or more in neutral factions houses in a single game.

Method:
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Megastore:
Task: Have 10 Merchants working in the same zone.

Method:
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Spread Your Wings:
Task: Win with the Clan of the Eagle

Eagle Master:
Task: Achieve 50 Victories with the Clan of the Eagle

Pandora's Box:
Task: Build the Relic of the Clan of the Eagle

Don't kick the eagles' nest:
Task: Blind 6 enemies or more in a single fight

Method by: Gryphnn
1. Research Bloodeagle
2. Find a Kobold base with 2 or more Tiles
3. Clear 1 Kobold tile to get Boneyard
4. Wait till the Kobolds attack the cleared tile (they will send ~3)
5. Have one Shield Bearer at all times in that tile
6. Farm the 6 Stuns (very easy and quick)

Just make sure you always have one Shield Bearer in the tile when they attack so it counts as one continuous fight and just send another one in when your current Shield Bearer is about to die.

If this helped you feel free to support the guide from Gryphnn

Relic Achievements

The knowledge of building Relics has just been rediscovered. Every clan can choose between 5 common Relics and each clan has one specific relic. Each clan can only have one relic per game and can only use the relic it creates.

*Check the 'Clan Achievements' to see the others Relic Achievements.*

To build a Relic, go to the Relic tab in the Forge menu and select the type of relic you want to build. Once it’s built, it will appear in the list of available buildings. Forging a Relic costs 10 Iron, 50 Wood and 100 Kröwns.

Hammer Time

Task: Build the Relic of Mjöllnir.

The Great Cauldron

Task: Build the Relic of Eldhrumnir.

Knowledge is a Fruit

Task: Build the Relic of Jörmunr.

Harder than The Rock

Task: Build the Relic of Svalinn.

Commercial Influencers

Task: Build the Relic of Bragaful.

The Wonder Collector

Task: Capture an enemy Relic.

Method: Colonize a tile with an enemy relic on it.

7 Wonders

Task: Play a game where 7 different Relics are built.

Method: Start a game with 7 players (offline/multiplayer), and just play, with time all the clans will build your own relic.

Kröwns & Daggers Achievements

Achievements added after the The Kröwns and Daggers update that brings a host of new features, gameplay additions and even a new neutral faction to Northgard.

With an increased focus on diplomacy, and a complete overhaul of how you develop and maintain relations with your fellow factions, Kröwns and Daggers is easily one of our most ambitious content updates yet!

That still only counts as one:

Task: Kill 3 enemy Dwarven Operatives in a single game

Live and Let Live:

Task: Win a game with every started neutral faction alive and not befriended by anyone

Method: Just end a game without trading with any neutral clan in the match

Clean Slate:

Task: Eliminate 3 different neutral factions in a single game

Method: ...

My Little Neutral: Friendship is Magic:

Task: Befriend 3 different neutral factions in a single game [Not in Story Mode]

Method: ...

If I can't have them no one can:

Task: Eliminate 5 neutral factions after they were befriended by another clan.

Method: ...

Spygame:

Task: Send a scout to spy on 3 different clan's Townhall in a single game.

Method: ...

Cold War:

Task: Maintain the "Eavesdropping" Rivalry for 2 years, with a clan doing the same with you.

Method by dy1239: This one is a lot easier than the last one. I chose the Boar clan against any AI player on normal difficulty and kept "knowledge“ ahead so that the AI would naturally choose "Eavesdropping" ,while we kept "Eavesdropping" and waited for two years.

The Biff Tannen Paradigm:

Task: Eliminate a clan targeted by your "Bullying" Rivalry

Method: ...

Your name in the Death Note:

Task: Be the target of 3 Manhunt Rivalry at the same time

Method by dy1239: To get this achievement, you can strat a single player game - Custom game with at least 4-5 Normal AI player. Team settings choose Free Team, and all AI players are setted in one team. I set all the AI to Raven clan, so they can scouting faster. I choose the Horse clan, and I don't recommend choosing Ox caln and Boar clan, because your opponent would more likely choose “eavesdropping” rather than “Manhunt”.I chose "Guardian" path, and build 3 watch tower. AI would sent mercenaries to your tiles, so you can easily get more Military Experience. I got this achievement on 802A.D.

In your face:

Task: Win a competitive event in which all clans have participated

Method: ...

Victory Achievements

Great Merchant Task: Achieve a Trade Victory Method: Essentially, in order to attain this victory type you need to focus on developing a large krown income in order to sustain the consistent expenditure of a great route. The more income you have, the more expensive a route you can maintain, which will in turn speed up your victory. The Raven Clan 's affinity with the harbour building makes them well suited to achieving this victory type, with upgrades such as Exotic Goods (bonus happiness per harbour) giving them a natural advantage. Conversely, a strong food producing clan such as the Goat Clan could be an alternative, establishing multiple food trade routes to a neutral unit (Jotnar Camp for example) in order to maintain a sufficient krown income (Their 'Food Trade' upgrade would help with this).

Warlord Task: Achieve a Domination Victory Method: Domination victories are straightforward: destroy the other clans in the game. This can be the longest/most difficult victory type in a normal game (multiplayer) because it can take a long time to break down your opponent's defences and costs a lot of food to colonise tiles towards their Town Hall. Playing on a small map against 1 easy AI should speed this up drastically. I would consider most clans at least somewhat suitable for this challenge, bar perhaps the Boar Clan. Wolf Clan: Very strong warchief and a host of different military bonuses. Bear Clan: Incredibly effective rushing ability (often seen online) with upgraded shield bearers, while the armoured bear is useful clearing neutral camps in order to quickly reach your opponent. Stag & Goat Clans: Strong food income and economy in order to colonise towards the enemy and quickly build and maintain a solid warband. Raven Clan: Can use mercenaries to capture opposition Town Hall tiles. Note: You only need to capture the territory with the opposing clan's town hall, so you can ignore their other tiles.

King of Northgard Task: Achieve a Fame Victory Method: The conditions of a Fame victory are fairly straightforward. Constructing an Altar of Kings just has a construction cost, colonising 12 territories is simple on a large map, and fame can be gained in multiple ways, such as: Lore Upgraded Buildings Defeating Neutral Monsters (Wyvern, Draugar, Wolves) Sailors Feasting Etc I would consider the Stag Clan the most efficient fame clan, with their Brewery (Hall of Skalds) producing fame, 'Glory of the Clan' lore upgrade (20% bonus fame), and a strong food-based economy which easily enables the colonisation of 12 tiles. Altar of Kings : Can be found in the advanced section of the building menu. Cost: Wood 300, Kröwns 300, Stone 10 Note: By only enabling Fame victory, you will increase the probability of a Wyvern spawning, which when slain gives a 300 Fame boost

The Wise Task: Achieve a Wisdom Victory Method: In order to achieve a wisdom you need active lore-gathering units (either loremasters or sailors), and attain all 4 blessings within the lore tree. This requires researching 15 different lore upgrades. Loremasters can be placed on a 'Circle of Stones' or 'Runestone' You can also: Construct Carved Stones (Costs stone) Research the 'Erudition' upgrade (Halves carved stone cost and increase loremaster output by 20%) Train sailors and set them to raid for lore (As opposed to Fame) Upgrade the tools of your loremasters Construct an Alter of Kings has +2 lore income as well (+4 with the boar upgrade Legacy) Capture/Colonise the Relic of the Gods (pictured below) Note: By enabling only wisdom victory, you will increase the number of 'circle of stones' and other wisdom related bonuses, which should speed up the process of winning by wisdom.

Ragnarok

Task: Win a Ragnarok game

Method: Just win a Ragnarok game.

Special Victory Achievements

Each of these tiles randomly spawns when 'Map Special' victory type is enabled. One one of these tiles will spawn in a single game, and each offers a different challenge, which is explained below.

The Mystic

Task: Win by taking control of Yggdrasil

Method:
Yggdrasil is fairly straightforward in comparison to the other challenges. All you need to do is scout the territory, clear it of the Valkyries that guard it and colonise it (which costs 2000 food). The primary difficulty with this achievement is stockpiling 2000 food and defending it against attacks while the colonisation timer ticks down.

Due to the high food cost involved, a strong food producing clan (Either the Goat or Stag Clan) is highly recommended to speed up this process.

The Smith

Task: Win by forging the Sword of Odin

Method: This achievement doesn't need a Forge any more. The sword can be smithed directly on that tile.

As with the other map special victory tiles, this challenge first requires clearing the Magma Forge tile of Valkyrie. The rest of the challenge revolves around the use of Iron to forge the 3 parts of Odin's Sword. Each of these parts costs 15 Iron and takes a certain amount of time to be forged. The smithing of the sword is done by the unique 'Forge' building, which can be found in the advanced section of the building menu and must be built on the Magma Forge tile.

Forge: Unique building used for the smithing of Odin's Sword

Conserving Iron is an important part of this challenge, so you should avoid upgrading too many units. The mining efficiency upgrade and Jords blessing can increase your iron stockpile, and additional iron can be purchased from the marketplace building if necessary (It is quite expensive!)

The Protector

Task: Win by guarding the Gate of Helheim

Method: The Protector achievement requires fighting multiple waves of Valkyrie as part of colonising and defending it. A wave of 2 Valkyrie will spawn each month that you hold the territory. You have to hold the territory for a total of 12 months in order to win by this victory condition.

One thing I strongly recommend is constructing a defensive tower once you colonise the territory. It will provide additional firepower against the monthly waves, as well as serving to fend off attacks from other players coming into the territory.

Another beneficial action is fulfilling the trading friendship with the Jotnar Camp in order to get the Giant Warchief unit, which can tank the valkyrie damage very effective.
This obviously takes quite a while and isn't always an option. Your warchief or upgraded shield bearers are an effective alternative. Also, the Bear Clans armoured bear is another option.

Having a maxed out healers hut can also help with this as they can quickly heal the wounded units that tanked the wave.

Progression:

Total Win Achievements

Currently, there are 7 different achievements related to total wins (10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 & 1000)

	Warrior Rank Task: Achieve 10 victories with any clan		Warchief Rank Task: Achieve 25 victories with any clan
	Thane Rank Task: Achieve 50 victories with any clan		Jarl Rank: Task: Achieve 100 victories with any clan
	King Rank Task: Achieve 250 victories with any clan		High King Rank: Task: Achieve 500 victories with any clan
	Norse God Task: Achieve 1000 victories with any clan

Achievement Strategy:
Obviously, for someone who is passionate about the game, they will eventually rack up 100+ wins over the course of their time playing the game. However, if you wanted to attain the King Rank urgently, I would recommend the following settings:

• Difficulty: Easy
  
• Clan: Stag or Goat
  
• Map Size: Small
  
• Number of Opposition: 1
  
• Victory Conditions: All

The reasoning for these settings is fairly simple. In a 1v1 on a small map against easy AI, their town hall is extremely close and poorly defended. The reasoning behind using Stag or Goat over the other clans is purely down to the fact that their economic strengths vastly outway other clans. However, in such short and straightforward games, other clans are more than adequate as well.

Essentially the strategy in these games should be to establish a basic economy that can maintain a moderately sized Warband (War chief + 4 or so units) while expanding directly towards the opponents town hall. With basic micromanagement of troops and the use of a healing hut, you can quickly destroy any troops or defensive towers standing between you and a domination victory.

Easy way to 1000 wins achievment: Players are united to get this one, just need to download a save file from the guide, upload to your saves location and play a game. You can check more information here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2606984862

Tracking Your Progress

You can track your progress on these achievements via the profile tab on the main Northgard menu.

Campaign Achievements

Strategy:

This is the currently the best resource I can find that has the campaign completed on extreme difficulty all in one video. Its a fairly useful reference for any challenges you have with the campaign, although I hope to add some of my own strategy tips at a later point.

	Chapter 1 - Exodus: Task: Complete the first chapter of Rig's Saga		Chapter 2 - Foothold Task: Complete the second chapter of Rig's Saga
	Chapter 3 - Settlement: Task: Complete the third chapter of Rig's Saga		Chapter 4 - Trade War: Task: Complete the fourth chapter of Rig's Saga
	Chapter 5 - Punitive Expedition: Task: Complete the fifth chapter of Rig's Saga		Chapter 6 - Intervention: Task: Complete the sixth chapter of Rig's Saga
	Chapter 7 - Jötunnheim: Task: Complete the seventh chapter of Rig's Saga		Chapter 8 - Contest: Task: Complete the eighth chapter of Rig's Saga
	Chapter 9 - Tremors: Task: Complete the ninth chapter of Rig's Saga		Chapter 10 - Fimbulvinter: Task: Complete the tenth chapter of Rig's Saga
	Chapter 11 - Bifrost: Task: Complete the eleventh chapter of Rig's Saga

	The End: Task: Complete Rig's Saga in Normal difficulty (or above)
	Conqueror: Task: Complete Rig's Saga in Hard difficulty (or above)
	Through Helheim and Back: Task: Complete Rig's Saga in Extreme difficulty

Campaign Reward:

The reward for completing the campaign on extreme difficulty + completiong of secret objectives:
Ability to use characters from the campaign as your warchief in single or mulitplayer games outside of the campaign.

Secret Objective Achievements

Note: I will add some strategy tips to help with the completion of these secret objectives, but I have just listed them for now as some people want to do them during their first attempt at each campagin mission. You can complete secret objectives during this initial attempt (Before you unlock the info about these challenges).
Most of these are fairly straightforward and just require minor detours on the path to mission completion.

1. Secrets of Exodus

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the first chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Reach 500 food.
   
2. Explore all the abandoned houses.
   
3. build the longship dock before year 3.

2. Secrets of Foothold:

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the second chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Reach 6 happiness.
   
2. Destroy all the Wolf Dens.
   
3. Trade Food and Wood with Halvard via 2 Trade Routes for at least 1 Month each.

3. Secrets of Settlement:

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the third chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Hold 6 Sheep in Sheepfolds at any one time.
   
2. Kill all the Valkyries.
   
3. Organise 6 feasts.

4. Secrets of Trade War:

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the fourth chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Force the Raven Clan to surrender.
   
2. Trade with all neutral factions at the same time during 1 Month.
   
3. Have 12 Merchants and 6 Sailors active at any one time.

5. Secrets of Punitive Expedition:

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the fifth chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Destroy both secondary raven outposts.
   
2. Kill Hagen before Year 2 ends.
   
3. Complete the mission with Egil never being defeated.

6. Secrets of Intervention:

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the sixth chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Never fail to meet any of Svarn's requests.
   
2. Reach 500 Fame before year 4.
   
3. Win without building any Harbor.

7. Secrets of Jötunnheim

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the seventh chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Supply food to your Jötnar allies through trade until they let you through.
   
2. Unravel the Jötnar's forgotten history by studying the giant sword.
   
3. Win without having any Mender.

8. Secrets of Contest

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the eighth chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Kill all the Wyverns. (there are 2)
   
2. Colonize the Jötnar's camp.
   
3. Subdue Borgild by force.

9. Secrets of Tremors

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the ninth chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Slay the Hrímgadr before Year 4.
   
2. Get 10 different types of military units at one time. (the 6 warchiefs, 1 bear, and the 3 standard units)
   
3. Exploit 4 Rimsteel mines at any one time.

10. Secrets of Fimbulvinter:

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the tenth chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Build at least 6 upgraded Defense Towers.
   
2. Survive without building any Defense Towers.
   
3. Do not allow any of your allies to fall.

11. Secrets of Bifrost

Task: Complete each of the secret objectives of the eleventh chapter of Rig's Saga

Objectives:

1. Seal one gate of Muspell each year.
   
2. Annihilate all the poor Kobolds.
   
3. Do not let Bifrost fall under 50% of its durability.

Secrets of Rig's Saga:

Task: Complete all the secret objectives in every chapter of Rig's Saga

Strategy: Simply complete the secret objectives for all 11 of the campaign missions in order to unlock this achievement.

Conquest Achievements

Conquest refers to the third post-release major update which introduced a stand-alone new game mode alongside new content and balancing. It was released on 2019-10-22.

Conquests are a succession of custom games ("battles") against AI opponents on specific maps where unique game rules and/or victory condition have been set. It can be played on four difficulties to challenge every type of player: Easy, Normal, Hard and Extreme.

Method: All the achevements below have the same method, just finish the Conquest with the designed clan.

Stag Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Stag

Wolf Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Wolf

Bear Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Bear

Horse Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Horse

Raven Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Raven

Goat Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Goat

Boar Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Boar

Ox Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Ox

Snake Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Snake

Dragon Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Dragon

Kraken Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Kraken

Lynx Conqueror:

Task: Finish the Conquest with the clan of the Lynx

Squirrel Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Squirrel

Rat Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Rat

Eagle Conqueror:

Task: Finish a Conquest with the clan of the Eagle

Conquest Achievements II

Perfectionist:

Task: Finish all battles of a Conquest

Emperor:

Task: Finish a Conquest in Hard difficulty

Sovereign:

Task: Finish a Conquest in Extreme difficulty

Domination:

Task: Finish at least 6 Conquests with different clans

I came, I saw, I conquered.:

Task: Win each of the 30 different battles

Method: In each Conquest with a different clan we have 3 big circles:



Each big circle has a unique quest for the clan, in total we have 30 different scenarios from the conquest mode. To able to complete this, you have to won every conquest with every clan.

Change Log

1. Guide published: 26/01/2018
   
2. Initial Full Release Updates: 8/03/2018
   
3. Last Update: 06/10/2022
   
4. Guide progress: 211 of 211 (100%)

Final Note: Please let me know in the comments section if there are any mistakes, or information that needs updating. Im always eager to improve the guide for you guys!
**still needs methods updates**

[Madjestik85]

the guide needs updating

[Trandor]

For "I came, I saw, I conquered" there's 51 battles now. Just repeat the first 2 Battles of a conquest and see if any new ones pop up. Here’s a list:
Age of Vampires, Battle for Midgard, Befriend the Jötnar, Beyond the Sea, Bifrost, Call of Blood, Carved in Stone, Cataclysm, Death Match, Defend the Oppressed, Dystopia, Far from the Eye, For Odin's Glory, Foxholes, Frozen Gates, Glorious Lands, Gold Rush, Greed's Price, Hostile Lands, How to train your Wyvern, Imported Knowledge, Inner Sea, Invasion from Helheim, Keep it Simple, Kobold Infestation, Lands of Oblivion, Lazy Villagers, Left Behind, Master Supplier, Minopoly, Muspell's Wrath, Myrkalfar Uprising, New Settlers, Newfound Knowledge, No Gods or Masters, Quarantined, Race to Yggdrasyl, Rising from the Abyss, Rough Seas, Shards of Misfortune, Surrounded, Swamps of Death, The Cursed, The Great Hunt, The Wise One, Threats from the underground, Titanomachy, Too many Wyverns, Valkyrie Galore, Viking's Glory, Winter is Here

[Ripper28]

For "Enter At Your Own Risk" just go into Bifröst mode there you can construct as many barricades within one tile as you wish.

[SotiCoto]

"Knowledge is Power" is also pretty easy to get with the Turtle Clan Relic and a fair bit of cash.

[vlassia™]

For the "Knowledge is power" achivement you need to play free for all with other 7 players/AIs and befriend all of them until they "share" their knowledge with you. Best is to send 3 scouts to each of their home base building so I think that the Raven clan is best to obtain this.

[NYiTa]

Thank you, this is such a well made guide. I know others have asked for this but would you consider updating it? I am unable to complete the achievement "Enter at your own risk" builing 6 defense buildings I can't wrap my mind around it! Thank you again and Happy Holidays!

[SotiCoto]

Are you intending to update this for the rest of the DLC achievements? Many of the really rare ones aren't in this guide, and for some of them I don't even have the first clue where to start getting them.

[BlackFalcon09]

100% completion requires a ridiculous amount of playing time, not to mention you have to spend at least $50 (when on sale) for all the DLC.

[wildkard]

I wish this game didn't have such unrealistic completionist achievements. Other than that I honestly love it.

[jesseaerts78]

How do you achieve the "Knowledge is power" achiefment?