[ DLC] Hellraid 100% Achievements Guide

A guide about how to obtain 100% DLC completion.

Overview

10 new achievements.
Completion time: 5-10 hours.
NOTE: backup your save game before you start Hellraid. The well-read achievement can bug if you don't collect them on the same run.
Save game location: C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\userdata\yoursteamid\239140\remote\out\save (or use Game Save Manager)


NOTE: ACHIEVEMENTS DONT WORK IN STORY MODE, THEY ONLY COUNT IN THE ARCADE MODE. FINISH STORY, THEN PLAY SECOND MODE FOR ACHIEVEMENTS.

Beginnings are hard

~ Die three times on the first floor, before the first Clavis.


It's the easiest to complete, you just have to die before you pick up the first fragment.

Well - Read

~Collect all 10 notes


Make sure to backup your save game, this achievement can be glitchy sometimes. You have to collect all 10 notes in one run.

This bug was fixed, now you don't have to worry about getting them in one run.

^credit goes to its owner

Time to file a tax form

~ Earn more than 3000 coins in one run.


As the desription says, it has to be done in one run. Make sure you loot every chest, dead body, and money bag/satchel. You get coins from dismantling your weapons too, so grab as many as you can on the way and dismantle them. You can also scan the area with your skill (default Q) for loot. After the final boss, you will be rewarded with chests containing many coins.

Throw me a bone

~ Kill 50 skeletons with fall damage.


This has to be done in one run too. The counter resets if you don't complete it. According to the comments they fixed it and it can be done in multiple runs.

Method 1:

Messaggio originale di Howlyn:

For the achievement "Throw me a bone" (kill 50 skelettons with fall damage), I suggest to do it right at the beginning of the raid. Stand by the arena, on the ledge and throw enemies down there with the grapple skill (ALT + Directional key). Make sure they hit the ledge with the first Clavis part, right below the platform. I'm not sure that kill counts if they hit the center of the arena.
Die and reload the level once enemy run out. You can also activate the first door to get an extra 5-6 runners to throw down there.

Method 2:

1. Climb on higher places and let the skeletons follow you. Use your grapple skill to throw skeletons off from ledges. It will take a while to get this achievement, but it should unlock before the last area.
2. Throwing them into confined spaces--such as the gaps between raised platforms and walls--will count as fall damage.
3. If you play in coop, only one can get it per run; there aren't enough skeletons for everyone.

Into the lava

~ Kick enemy into lava.


The lava pit area is after the second fragment. Once you are here, start kicking enemies into the lava and the achievement will be yours.

Clavis was a key all along

~ Put Clavis fragments into Arena.


This achievement is story related. You have to get all 3 fragments and place them on the ground.

Non omnis moriar

~ Finish Hellraid with only one life left and 0 medkits.


We recommend getting this on normal difficulty. In the final area, kill every enemy except the boss. Let the boss kill you until you have 1 life, and, if you have medkits left, drop them from your inventory. -> this doesn't work anymore, the dlc was updated. Enemies will keep spawning until the boss is alive.

Messaggio originale di Muckelchen:

You can actually kill the boss and every other enemy while having health items, you just have to have 1 life and 0 health items when ending Hellraid, so just let yourself drop to one life at the fight and AFTER the fight you can simply drop all health items, this makes it way easier.

Fast as hell

~ Finish Hellraid under 30 min.


Just complete the quest steps as fast as you can and skip the unneccessary fights.

Video for assistance:

Blocked by Ba'al

~ Reach level 10 Hellraid rank.


You'll get this while working on the other achievements. As you level up, you will get better melee weapons (gold tier) and an increase in difficulty.

Wake up!

~ Finish Hellraid on Nightmare.

Messaggio originale di Howlyn:

Focus the mages whenever you see them. If you cannot, break their line of sight, slowly clean up the rest.
Don't get overwhelmed, you can easily outrun everything, reposition yourself, temporise to heal up and buff up again.

On the last boss room for each wave, clean up the runners first, draw them inside one of the room. Don't stay in the open. Break the line of sight of mages. When mages start to get inside your room, swap to another! After a room swap, use your potions again. Clean berserker and mages last. If the mages decide to get in melee, might as well sweep them.
Repeat for each wave.

Final boss, same strategy, clear the melee first, break mages' line of sight, draw the boss in a room and use your throwing knives on him. Spam him with throwing knives until he dies.

I did it this very day, 26th of June 2024, character is only prestige 10, first try in 54 minutes. Two deaths on the last room because I wasn't patient enough.

Some tips for completing nightmare difficulty:
1. You should have a higher legendary level rank with points in stamina, health, and unarmed combat. If your level is low, use this guide to farm xp:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=777741139
2. Fists do more damage than your weapons.
3. Climb on heights. Some enemies will come after you but you can kick them off or use your skill and smash their heads:
4. Dropkick skill (run + jump kick) is useful against unarmored enemies.
5. Run + slide kick against armored skeletons.
6. Do it in coop and play safe. Someone can lure the enemies to the others who are camping on heights.
7. The enemies with fire/poison/electricity powers do a lot of damage. Use grenades/throwing knives on them or rush them and kill them fast.
8. Focus on the boss. As soon as the boss appears enemies will spawn constantly.

Messaggio originale di Atakan:

Thanks for putting this guide together. I have some tips for the achievement "Wake Up!". Use flasks on enemies with elemental powers to trigger the animation of whatever damage type you used. When the animation plays go for melee and finish them. You'll take a bit of damage from the flask but it's nothing significant. When elemental zombies appear in the boss battle don't go melee on them, instead, simply circle around that level to force all enemies to gather in the middle and throw flasks at them. When only a few zombies remain, take out some of them but not all of them. After that, use your shivs to destroy the boss. Be sure to go for head-shots. If you can't do that than simply use the multi-throw skill on him. Shivs do a ton of damage with the max bonus from the legend tree. If you collect enough of them (15-20) you won't even have to approach the boss.

Final Words

If you have any questions, let us know in the comments. :)

[Nyxi]

Thank you both, I found a video from 2023, I added it to the guide

[✪ Jockekocke ツ]

Well read is outdated and it not correct anymore

[Dust]

Hello I want to say thanks for the guide.
oh yeah, they changed the location for the well-read notes number 9(Anat's Letter). there is no table where I play now in 2025. pause at 3:50 in the video, the note 9 is on the left on the triple chair(farthest) right under the left torch.

[Nyxi]

From the main menu you select the save, advanced settings (I think it was F, sorry it's been a while) and choose the correct difficulty. After that you just go to the dlc area and it should be on nightmare difficulty.

[DetonaSaurus]

How to play on Nightmare mode?

[Howlyn]

For the "Wake up!" achievement :

COMMENT 2/2

Focus the mages whenever you see them. If you cannot, break their line of sight, slowly clean up the rest.
Don't get overwhelmed, you can easily outrun everything, reposition yourself, temporise to heal up and buff up again.

On the last boss room for each wave, clean up the runners first, draw them inside one of the room. Don't stay in the open. Break the line of sight of mages. When mages start to get inside your room, swap to another! After a room swap, use your potions again. Clean berserker and mages last. If the mages decide to get in melee, might as well sweep them.
Repeat for each wave.

Final boss, same strategy, clear the melee first, break mages' line of sight, draw the boss in a room and use your throwing knives on him. Spam him with throwing knives until he dies.

I did it this very day, 26th of June 2024, character is only prestige 10, first try in 54 minutes. Two deaths on the last room because I wasn't patient enough.

[Howlyn]

For the "Wake up!" achievement :

COMMENT 1/2, Steam locks at 1000 characters...

TL:DR :
- BREAK MAGES LINE OF SIGHT
- USE VARIOUS POTIONS : Shield, Power, Stamine
- CLEAR RUNNERS, MELEE SLOW DUDES, BERSERKERS/MAGES LAST
- TAKE YOUR TIME, TEMPORISE, KEEP MOVING


Do this achievement last, so you will be stacked up on various potions and weapons. Keep your legendary weapons for it (the ones from the Hellraid levels, check your stash!).

Take your time, you do not have to rush anything. Draw the runners to you first to clear them separately from the slower ones. Loot everything, keep on stacking potions if you have not been hoarding them.

Make good use of the Shield Potions (forgot the name), the Power Potions, the Stamina potions. These are extremely good, especially the shield one.

[Howlyn]

Thank you for this guide!

For the achievement "Throw me a bone" (kill 50 skelettons with fall damage), I suggest to do it right at the beginning of the raid. Stand by the arena, on the ledge and throw enemies down there with the grapple skill (ALT + Directional key). Make sure they hit the ledge with the first Clavis part, right below the platform. I'm not sure that kill counts if they hit the center of the arena.
Die and reload the level once enemy run out. You can also activate the first door to get an extra 5-6 runners to throw down there.

[dyinglightlover69]

Anybody else having a bug where it seems i have unlimited lifes, trying to get the beginnings are hard achievement but no matter how many times I kill myself or however I do it, I don't fail or get the achievements? I'm not too familliar with hellraid but I feel like this is a bug or smth.

[Laggy_McStutters]

guide needs update as notes have changed locations