Half-Life: Alyx, Missable Achievements Guide (Spoiler-free)

A quick right to the point guide for all achievements you are able to miss or have missed. There will be very minor spoilers for gameplay content especially in the chapter exclusive achievements, however there will be no/minimal spoilers regarding the story itself.

This guide will not cover guaranteed achievements you can get by playing the story.

General Achievements

These achievements will be obtainable in every chapter as long the requirements are met, these are not locked to certain chapters however the objects/enemies might be.

Combine Harvester
Use the gravity gloves to loot an item off a living Combine Soldier



Dead Giveaway
Loot a corpse



Deadliest Catch
Use the gravity gloves to intercept an incoming enemy grenade in mid-flight



Indirect Approach
Kill a Combine Heavy while their shield is up


I recommend to use 2 grenades for this. Damage the heavy first with a grenade, shoot him a couple times then wait for his shield to come back up before throwing another grenade underneath him. Do not keep looking at him after throwing the grenade or he will flash you and his shield might disappear before your grenade explodes. You can also damage him with bullets first if you only got 1 grenade.


Mazel Tov
Pick up and smash 50 glass bottles.



Pro-Pain
Kill a grunt by shooting their gas tank.


For me, shooting at the gas tank itself did not work, however shooting at the valve of their gas tanks does. I recommend to use a sight for this.


Safe Trip
Use the multi-tool to hack a tripmine.



Smash and Grab
Break open a supply crate with your hands.

Chapter 1

These are the missable achievements in Chapter 1

Eye of the Geiger



When Russel is done explaining the plan and sits down, grab the Geiger counter across him and use it on his face.


Good Grub
Feed the snark


In the early beginning you will find a room with a camera and an insect in a jar on the table. Grab the can next to it that says 'NOT COFFEE' and feed the snark by shaking it.


Gnome Vault of My Own



Grab the garden gnome after getting the gun from Russel and carry it all the way to the end of Chapter 10. The gnome is hidden on a couch behind a pillow left underneath Russel's window.
Note: You can't store the gnome in your wristwatch.


Mag-Snagger
Catch Russell's ammo magazine before it hits the ground.


After getting your first gun, Russel will throw a mag which you need to catch mid-air.


On a Roll
Interact with the playground somehow


When you arrive at the playground, grab the small red bucket near the slide and roll it off the slide.


Little Slugger
Represent yourself with specific prop on Russel's Map


After Russels asks you to grab something to represent them, use the small baseball figure near you.

Chapter 2

Missable achievement in Chapter 2

Freshly Squeezed
Test your grip on a headcrab heart.


When you meet the Vortigaunt, there is a dead headcrab with a heart in it and nearby a bowl headcrab hearts. Grab a heart and squeeze it.

Sidenotes:
This achievement won't always register, you might want to retry it a couple times.

If you dont have the Valve Index knuckles, you need to bind squeeze to one of the buttons on your controllers in the options.

Chapter 7

These are the missable achievements in Chapter 7.

Crustacean Frustration
Kill the annoying headcrab before it breaks everything


After the elevator you come into a hallway with a headcrab crossing a plank infront of you. kill the headcrab before it knocks anything off.


Flat Note
Kill Jeff.


At the end of Chapter 7, lure Jeff into the trash compactor and activate it.


Hold Your Liquor
Catch a bottle falling out of a cupboard before it breaks and alerts Jeff.


In the alcohol storage room, there is a cabinet where if you open it, a bottle starts to roll off. Grab the bottle before it hits the ground.


Near-Jeff Experience
Stay near Jeff for 10 seconds (but not too close)



Sound Strategy
Escape the distillery without killing Jeff.


Go through Chapter 7, at the end you can lure Jeff into a container and lock him in, do not activate the trash compacter.


Team Spirit
Bring Russel a bottle of vodka.


Go through Chapter 7 and reach the start of Chapter 8 with a bottle of vodka, you can store it in your wristwatch.

Chapter 10

Gnome Vault of My Own



Remember the garden gnome from Chapter 1? Your journey with him ends here.

IMPORTANT: While using the elevator, drop the gnome on the big box. If you hold it in your hands the gnome will disappear.

[DeRockProject (jongyon7192p)]

Is that room in Ch6 not missable? Or the xen grenades

[Player 2]

For those who are having issues with some achievements not triggering, sometimes I wouldn't get the pop-up when they unlocked but when I checked my achievements there they were. Just something to keep in mind.

[idle221]

OP I think you should add the following to the Gnome vault of my own section.

If you leave the gnome by the window at the northern star knowing that you come back to it later on it will de-spawn. You have to take it with you.

[Jas]

I figured out how to squeeze in WMR but it still doesn't work.

[A Spinny Cracker]

@Benjaminthefox2 , on Rift S (not sure if it works on normal), you press Trigger, Grip, and A & B buttons (X & Y for left controller) and it'll Squeeze. I recommend using your right hand as the X button (or Y, whichever is the top one) activates the Pause Menu

[wendigo enjoyer]

How do you squeeze a headcrab heart on Oculus rift

[aversion]

I think the game treats it as a "junk" item and automatically trash removes it.

[aversion]

Also happened in the dark, it was sitting right on top of the staircase right where I left it, and i went out to kill the remaining zombies and it's gone.

[aversion]

no, no it actually just disappears if you look away from it. you know that tunnel just after you get the shotgun? I had it thrown over there, fully lit, got ambushed and moved forward, and by the time I checked back all I see are the zombie corpses. No gnome around or underneath them. Gone.

[『Lazy Loser』]

@aversion i had no problems with the gnome disappearing, make sure you drop it in a place it cant fall over and roll away. You can't store the gnome you have to bring it by grabbing it with your hand all the way to the end.