Quest Hunter 100% Achievement Guide

A one-stop shop for everything you need to achieve 100% in Quest Hunter.

This guide is more of a hub so you have easy access to all the information you need in order to 100% the game. I've tried to credit all sources used.

Update 30/10/2022: Strangewood DLC achievements have been added!

Introduction

None of the achievements are related to the difficulty selected, so feel free to choose whatever you're comfortable with. Personally, I found 'experienced' to be easy at times.

All achievements can be earned in one playthrough if you make sure to pick the right dialogue options during some key conversations. Check the Optional Achievements section for more details.

Note that all achievements (except for Clash on Graveyard veteran) can be earned in co-op (thanks to BadBoyUK for confirming).

Tips for new players looking to 100% the game:

• Upgrading your equipment is generally unadvisable and you'll likely find better items as you progress through the quests.
  
• Money doesn't really matter as there's not much to spend it on.
  
• Feel free to waste food items as much as you want as they'll be useless late game. Try to avoid using health potions until Act 3 when they'll have the biggest impact.
  
• I'd recommend investing heavily in Health and Shield as they both drastically increase survivability. Attack is also useful, especially early game, to make sure you can one-shot enemies.
  
• Freeze is a must-have spell. Get it as soon as possible and upgrade it whenever you can. Speed can also be really useful as the base movement speed is incredibly slow. Late game, Ghost Defender is quite strong if upgraded to level 6 and beyond.

Story Achievements

These are necessary to progress the story.

Survivor

This should unlock once you leave the 'Crash Site'.

The first friend

The Old Miser in 'Camp' will give you his location.

The second friend

The Old Miser in 'Camp' will give you his location.

The first dungeon

Complete the blacksmith's quest in the 'Blacksmith's House'.

'Goblins camp'

Who wouldn't run to save a princess?

'Goblins Conqueror'

Location: 'Goblins Camp'
Spelly goblins. Not annoying at all. At. All.

The Savior of Princesses

Location: 'Goblins Camp'
Save the girl. But she's like 12 so don't do anything else.

Builder

Speak to Fasthands the carpenter in 'Camp'.

Defender

Kill all the bandits in the Camp.

The Reds camp

Go to the Reds' camp.

Antiquities expert

Open the gate and go through.

Dark business

The thief will ask you to steal the relic of the White Top Hats.

Threat of the swamps

Location: 'Witch's Hut'
If you're having trouble fighting the monster, try hitting him from behind.

The Mystery of the Dead

Location: 'Camp'
Speak to the Undertaker in the East.

Graveyard

Get to the Graveyard. It's in the West of the map.

'Cemetery secrets' & 'Cemetery secrets 2'

These quests are all part of the undertaker storyline which will need to be completed for a story quest item.

Thief

Location: 'Someone's House'
What you're looking for is a photo on the shelf.

Captain

Location: 'Camp Near the Swamp'
You'll need to gather a bunch of items from different people. Each one will ask you to do something else before they give what you want....because the game isn't long enough otherwise.

Castle feels like home

Go through the castle and speak to the Lord of the Marshlands.

In charge of the cemetery

Go through the Northern cemetery and finish the location.

The most important achievement

The Big Bad = bad. Go boom boom on the bad.

Great rescuer

In the final dialogue of the game, elect to protect the princess rather than yourself. Apparently, some 0.2% of players actually miss it.

Let there be light!

Sun get.

Optional Achievements

Some of these achievements are missable, so you might want to be careful not to choose the wrong dialogue option. They are not necessary to progress the story.

Generally, you want to be nice/reasonable in all dialogue. Being rash/aggressive can cause you to skip over certain quests and achievements.

Generous

Location: 'Camp' (Act 1)
Always pay the beggars 10 coins for the best info. The achievement apparently only triggers if you pay the beggar 10 coins the first time you meet him.

Bad news

Location: 'Camp' (Act 1)
Quest Giver: Iron Forehead (NW)
Quest Goal Location: Inside the dungeon next to Iron Forehead.
Go through the dungeon and find the lost brother. Go back to Iron Forehead to finish the quest and trigger the achievement.

Hallucinations King

Quest Location: 'Mysterious Well'.
Quest Giver: The well in the North-West.
Quest Goal Location: A chest to the east of the well, behind the wall.

On the enemy's side

Easy to miss. Don't fight the Reds and join them instead. Check Stapper's guide for a step by step walkthrough.

Chef

Once you've joined the Reds and done some things for them, they'll send you to strongarm the butcher. It follows on from the 'On the enemy's side' achievement. Check Stapper's guide for a step by step walkthrough.

The conqueror of the Reds

I don't think it's mandatory to kill the boss of the Reds, but doing the Chef quest will make him attack you anyway.

True Detective

Location: 'Bald Skull Inn'
Quest Giver: Soldier of the King inside the Bald Skull Inn
Solve a murder case. The quest itself is quite straightforward. Be nice and reasonable in dialogue options and use evidence when possible.

Cleaner of the Horrible Well

Location: 'Bald Skull Inn'
Get into the secret society by finding a White Top Hat (there's multiple to be found in the area).

Pumpkin King

Location: 'Pumpkin Farm'
Quest Giver: Pumpkin Seller in Tavern Yard (Bald Skull Inn)

Bounty hunter

Location: 'Northern Woods'
Quest Giver: Herald in Tavern Yard (Bald Skull Inn)

Bone cave

I think this unlocks after you complete the Graveyard.

Winner of the Random

Pretty self-explanatory. Do the Ancient Maze dungeon.

A new friend

Location: 'Guard'
Quest Giver: Royal Blacksmith in 'Camp near the Swamp'
Tell one of the guards that you found a ring and that the body it was taken from is gone.

Completionist Achievements

These achievements generally have to do with killing X monsters or doing X things.

These can be done at any time so I suggest ignoring them until after you complete the story. Many of them will be completely or at least partly done by then.

'Lumberjack' & 'Tree Hater'

Just go full Minecraft and punch some trees.

'Stone Crusher & 'Epic Stone Crusher'

Break stones. Secrets can be hidden behind stones so might as well.

Gravedigger

Will definitely unlock as you play.

Loot collector

Will definitely unlock as you play.

'The First Golem' & 'Golems Fighter'

Will unlock as you progress through the story. Either use Freeze and smack them or kite them around using PowerStrike/Fireball.

'The First Golden Skeleton' & 'Skeletons Fighter'

Will unlock as you progress through the story.

A sharp eye

Buried chests, secret areas, and items hidden behind the environment all count.

Games with poison

Hey, I was thirsty.

Extremal

Fall into the abyss

'Demoman' & 'Demoman with experience'

Bombs are quite useful and you get a lot of them.

'The first treasure' & 'Treasure hunter'

You will most likely complete these as you progress the story. The Shovel icon in the top right will light up if you're standing over buried treasure.

Gourmand

These are very useful early game so I expect this to be unlocked very quickly.

Chests lover

You'd have to try not to get this one.

'Paladin' & 'Threat to the undead'

You'll definitely unlock these while playing.

'Nature's enemy' & 'Weed killer'

Use your shield or the Freeze spell to make fighting these easier.

Slug fighter

You'll probably get this while doing the main story. Remember to freeze the slugs so you don't have to fight their offspring.

Drawned man

If you stay in the swamp too long, you'll sink and drown.

Wood goblins fighter

Go to 'Lost Caravan' and take a right - there are 3 wood goblins close to each other. Freeze them and use Ghost Defender while bopping them on the head to kill them quickly. Get out, reset, and keep going until the achievement pops.

Moose hunter

Go to 'Lost Caravan' and follow the road North. There's 5 moose that you can keep killing. Reset and go again until the achievement pops.

The threat of the Dungeons

Can be done very quickly by resetting 'Dungeon' and completing it while sprinting. A better idea, though, is to pick this up while going for the 'Goblin's Fighter' achievement.

'The Goblin's Enemy' & 'Goblin's Fighter'

Keep resetting 'Goblin Cave', run to the end to kill the Goblin Shaman, and reset. I recommend doing this while you're also going for 'The Threat of the Dungeons' achievement, as the end of the Goblin Cave dungeon is generally just after the Shaman.

'Loser' & 'On close terms with death'

I left these to last as they're quite boring. I died around 10 times over the course of the campaign. I amassed something like 60 poisons, found a torch, and just started chugging. Another option is to go to 'Dungeon', find a torch near a ledge, and just take continuous dives. Remember to yell 'GERONIMO'.

Clash on Graveyard veteran

In this mode enemies come in waves and you have to kill them all (without dying obviously). At the end of each wave, you get 1 chest with loot and 1 level up. There's also a bunch of hidden chests you can dig up for extra loot.

I recommend levelling Health and Shield to keep yourself alive, and just run around spamming Fireball until everything is dead.

Strangewood DLC Achievements

This section details the four new achievements to come with the Strangewood DLC. None of the achievements are missable - just follow the quests.

Village defender

Location: Strangewood Village
Quest Giver: Peasant Woman in Strangewood Village
Defend the village from 3 waves of enemies. The gates you can buy are very weak so double/triple up on each doorway. Purchase some 5/6 cannons per doorway and spam them all next to each other. As the waves come in, use Speed and Ghost defender to dispose of the yellow skeletons - cannons can take care of the rest.

Conquerer of Bosses

Location: (Strangewood) Mountain Pass
Kill the stone giant. It's a bit of a puzzle but if you want some hints:
Hint 1: Those furnaces at the top might be useful.
Hint 2: There's a lever in the middle - what does it do?
Solution: Use the furnaces to retract the panels. The platforms to the furnaces work as a counterbalance, so leaving an ore on the left one (in the middle) seems to help. Once both panels are retracted, lure the boss between them (optionally use Freeze to keep him in place) and use the lever to damage him. Doing this twice seems to be enough.

Conquerer of Animalizing

Location: (Strangewood) Narrow Path
Cure A Sad Stranger from the Animalizing curse.
Note that the achievement seems two have two requirements:
- Find the cure and bring it to the Duke. (thanks to WilliamYu92)
- Cure the girl in Narrow Path.

Renowned ufologist

Location: (Strangewood) Strange Ship
Complete Marilyn's quests. Note that the special item she asks for can be found by going to the east of the village.
It seems that to complete this you may need to achieve 'Village defender' first (thanks to WilliamYu92).

Credits

Thanks to InsanityPixelated for making the guide's thumbnail - I'm worthless in Photoshop.

Easy Target kindly gave me consent to adapt parts of his Russian achievement guide.

Stapper for his guide giving step-by-step instructions for the 'On the enemy's side' and 'Chef' quests.

[B4ckdr4ft]

Btw ... its a lot of fun to kill slugs with the poison cloud. So much loot. ^^

[Kryn]

Hey William.Thank you very much for the contribution.
Regarding 1, I got the achievement when I cured the girl, so I assume that the achievement has two checks: a) cure the girl and b) talk to the duke about the cure.
Regarding 2, I did the siege defence quest before Marilyn, so I wasn't aware of this.

I will amend the notes on the two achievements to reflect this, thank you!

[WilliamYu92]

Thank you for the guide. Here is some additional information I found might be helpful:
1. I noticed that the Conquerer of Animalizing achievement is achieved by talking to Duke Cowardlo in the village after getting the cure instead of Narrow Path. I did cure the girl in the Narrow Path before heading to the village, so I am not sure if that is also required.
2. For Marilyn's quests, the special item is buried underground near the pound of "Nose." However, to obtain the location for digging from the village lady, you need to finish the defender quest and the pumpkin quest (the one following the defender quest). The pumpkin quest's object is located at the northwest corner of the village map. Finish the pumpkin quest and head back to the village lady; then, you can ask where you could find Nose's poop and get the map from her.

[Kryn]

Thanks for letting me know - I'll update ASAP when I get them.

[Sipalman]

There are 4 new achievements!

[Kryn]

Thanks for confirming - added as a note in the introduction!

[BadboyUK]

Me and my friend finished the game, you can get all the achievements in co-op except for the Clash on Graveyard Veteran.

[Kryn]

I haven't played the game in co-op and I wasn't able to find any info online, but I imagine you should be able to get achievements playing in co-op.

[BadboyUK]

Do you know if all of these are obtainable in Co-Op?