Dying Light Achievement Guide (pre-DLC)

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Broken Achievement PSA

**EDIT: By the time you read this, the broken achievements may have already been fixed.

Before you get started with your quest for achievements, you should know that some of the achievements are partially broken. Not all of the achievements listed below are fully broken. Some do not unlock while others simply do not display the proper information. Check the bottom of this category for my suggestions on when to back up your save file.

The following achievements have been identified by the community to be somewhat broken:

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Hardware & Performance Issues

Achievement Bugs

• The Whole Story Achievement is bugged; it gets stuck at 43/44.
  
• The Following Achievements can sometimes get stuck:
  
• Trespassing
  
• Now It's Safe
  
• I'm a Runner and a fighter
  
• It's All In the Writing

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Source: http://steamcommunity.com/app/239140/discussions/0/604941528488544773/

The Whole Story - Most people end up getting stuck at 43/44 side quests done. Some also get desync and end up with an even lower number. I suggest backing up your save file before you turn in ALL of your side quests.

Trespassing - It's entirely possible that you can have gaps in your QZ progress even after completing all of them. I suggest making a backup twice. Once after you gain freedom to explore in the Slums and once more after just reaching Old Town.

Now It's Safe - Just like with Trespassing, make 2 backup saves.

I'm a Runner and a fighter - You only need 15 challenges. I've been told by a friend that in other languages, it says ALL challenges.

It's All In the Writing - If you got all the collectibles in your save, but the achievement progress got stuck with few collectibles remaining, you can go to the main menu, and create a new save and start at the very last mission, and grab the rest of the collectibles.

If you have any useful information regarding broken achievements, please post a comment and we will add them in after confirmation.

Collectibles

It's All In the Writing
Find all text collectibles


The following video guides were published by PowerPyx. Big thanks to him for doing an awesome job and for giving me permission to link to these 3 videos.

The YouTube page of each collectible guide has time annotations for each collectible. View them on a browser to make the most out of the guide.

Combat

Bolter Hunting
Catch 5 Bolters


Bolters only appear during the night, and you have to silently walk up to them, otherwise they will run away. Below is an example of a Bolter and where you can find one. The closest spawn to the tower has a Bolter that you can easily 'farm' with silent takedown.



Alternatively, you can also use guns. Just be prepared for volatiles afterwards.

Italian Plumber
Kill an enemy with a wrench, using Vault followed by Drop Attack


Wrenches are quite common early on after you get a few survivor levels. I suggest putting one in your stash for later use if you have yet to unlock Drop Attack and Vault. If you missed this opportunity, don't worry. Some zombies randomly spawn while carrying French Wrenches. You can also loot wrenches in some areas of the game (although they are a bit hard to find after you move up in weapon tiers).

Everybody Dance Now
Simultaneously shock 5 monsters with electricity


There are 2 methods you can use to get this achievement. You can throw a firecracker on any of the electric traps (fence or otherwise) and then activate the trap once 5 are simultaneously stepping on it. Alternatively, you can craft and use conducting liquid to make it easier to shock a group of 5 zombies with an electrified weapon.



Can't Touch This
Kill 20 enemies in a row without taking damage.


You can do this by just being extra careful early on. Alternatively, you can have molotovs do all of the work for you.



This is Harraaaaan!
Kill 100 enemies by kicking them off the rooftops/cliffs.


When you're farming this achievement, make sure you're actually getting experience from kicking them off the cliff/rooftop. If you aren't getting experience, that means that it doesn't count. If you are doing your farming on the infamy bridge. Make sure you're not kicking them into the water. There are quite a few spots where you can kick the zombies off easily with camouflage and firecrackers but only a few of them will net exp when done.

Here's a screenshot of the method posted above:



Mouths Wide Open
Kill a Volatile


Volatiles only appear during the night, it's recommended to use a UV Flashlight or UV Flares.



Hush, Hush Now
Quiet a Screamer


Screamers are introduced during the second part of the game while you are in Old Town. You will encounter this enemy type either from doing quarantine zones (at least two of the Old Town quarantine zones should contain a screamer) or from progressing the main story.

If you progress the story to the point where they show up they will also start spawing in the wild. An example of a spawning spot can be found below.



To silence them simply run up to them and press your use button (deafult is "F").

BBQ
Stick a burning zombie on spikes


Use a spike trap like the one shown below (it helps if there are a lot of zombies) then use ram/tackle to stick one of the zombies into the spikes.



A Game of Catch
Kill 50 enemies with throwing weapons


Throwing weapons can be looted from enemies throughout the game. I suggest doing this early just to get it out of the way especially since throwing weapons generally suck except for taking out the projectile zombies. There's also a combat challenge that you can deliberately fail to farm throwing weapon kills.

Electrified!
Catch 25 enemies in the Electric Fence trap


As the achievement describes, go to any electric fence trap (they're scattered throughout the map) and start luring zombies with firecrackers , then press b key to activate the trap.



Note: make sure to turn the trap on again in the powerbox near after using it.

Harran Shooting Club
Kill 50 enemies with shooting weapons


The further you get into the story the more likely you are to find weapons from the traders or directly from the human enemies in the game. Just make sure to grab one (shotgun, pistol or automatic rifle) along with some ammo and get some killing done with them. If you haven't been using guns the entire game, you can also complete this achievement while doing combat challenges that let you use various guns.

Blinded by the Lights
Blind 25 Volatiles with flares or a flashlight


You can grab large packs of flares from Airdrops. While you are being pursued by volatiles, just throw down a flare and stay within the safety of the UV light.

High Flyer
Kill 25 enemies using Ground Pound or Drop Attack


Drop Attack is always a 1-hit kill on most weak zombies so it's good to farm the kills using a weak weapon as soon as you unlock the skill.

Judo Master
Throw 50 enemies with Grapple


When you are surrounded by a lot of zombies it's a lot easier to farm this achievement when you have reversal unlocked. In order to grapple, you need the appropriate skill. The controls are Alt+A/S/D whenever you are face to face with a zombie.

Enlightened!
Blind 25 enemies in the Light Trap.


There is a light trap in front of the tower that you can easily farm for this achievement. I'm quite sure you can also blind Goons and some other types of zombies but the closest blindable enemies near the tower are Volatiles. Once you use up the tower's light trap, you can go offscreen to recharge it.

Co-op

I've Got Your Back
Complete 1 quest in a co-op game


Polyamory
Complete 5 quests in a single co-op game with the same 3 partners


Just to clarify, a single co-op game means a single session.

Lucky 7
Win 7 coop competitions


Harran Athletics
Take part in 10 coop competitions


There's an online setting that lets you increase the frequency of co-op competitions. The fastest ones to complete are the ones triggered by creating a personal waypoint.

Dynamic Events

Disaster Recovery
Get 15 Relief Packages


You will get this naturally as you play. If you are impatient, you can sleep until morning in order to trigger an Airdrop (assuming you haven't progressed to the point where they stop completely).

We're All In This Together
Save 15 survivors from zombies


This will come naturally as you play. Zombie-related survivor events are much more frequent than the events involving Rais' men.

♥♥♥♥ Homini Lupus Est
Save 15 survivors from Rais's men


This achievement is RNG-dependent and it may be the most time-consuming achievement depending on how fast you go through the main content of the game. You can improve your odds of finding more events by playing in co-op. The more ground you cover, the greater the chance that you will trigger an event popup.

You have slightly better chance of finding this type of event in the Slums compared to the Old Town. The reason for this is because a) the Airdrops have stopped and b) there are more kinds of dynamic events in the Old Town (less chance of getting what you want). You'll want to do this achievement before completing the game because doing so will drastically reduce the chances of this event triggering (if not down to 0).

If you've been having some bad luck finding these events, you can move the process along by aritificially triggering an event. In order to do this, go to the Slums and then sleep through the night. Once morning comes, an Airdrop will arrive (GUARANTEED) followed by an event shortly afterward. It helps if you have other players combing the (mostly western side) map in order to be in range of any event popups. Once you find an event, hopefully it will be one to rescue a prisoner from Rais' men. Just go to sleep right away (twice for morning) in order to trigger a new event. This will save you a lot of time waiting around for events to show up.

Exploration

Trespassing
Complete all Quarantine Zones


Now It's Safe
Capture all Safe Zones


A Long Way Down
Jump to the water from the Infamy Bridge (Slums) at night


There's a side quest which suggests being on the bridge at night, that is a good time to do it. You can jump anywhere off the bridge, at road level or higher up, as long as it is at night.
There is a safe house on one side of the bridge where you can sleep till night

Miscellaneous

Everybody Knows Kyle
Reach Survivor Rank lvl 12


The Legend of Harran
Reach Survivor Rank lvl 18


Agile
Reach Agility Prof. Lvl 10


Strong
Reach Power Prof. Lvl 10


Open Sesame
Perform 10 successful Lockpicks


You have to open 10 locks with lockpicks. Lockpicks can be crafted in sets of 5 using 1 Metal Part.



Master Crafter
Use Blueprints at least 100 times


You'll easily get this as you continue to craft. If not, just craft a heap of lockpicks using 1 Metal Part.

Prom Night
Survive night pursuit of level two or higher


Your night pursuit level is shown beside your minimap during night time. The longer you have volatiles chasing you, the higher it gets. Simply shake off your pursuers by throwing a flare or hiding in a safe zone to get the achievement.

Mount Everest
Climb at least 8,848 meters on various objects.


You should make good progress towards this achievement by simply beating the game and working towards the other achievements available. Depending on how much exploring and climbing you have done you will probably end up somewhere between 50%-80% at the end of the story.

Using the grapple hook does not seem to count towards the distance so make sure you manually climb as much as possible.

If you get to a point where you simply need to grind it out you should look for a spot that is easily climbed and quick to get back down from so you can repeat it over and over. Example below:

Pheidippides
Run (move or sprint) at least 42,195 m


This achievement should trigger before you even reach the second stage of the game and without a doubt before you beat the game.

Trade Company
Sell items worth 10,000 dollars


Another achievement that is pretty much a given. You will make a lot of money in the game if you collect loot from boxes (more from locked ones) and selling dropped weapons. If you just spend a minimal amount of time getting rid of your extra loot you will earn enough for this achievement many times over.

I'm a Runner and a fighter
Complete 15 Agility or Power Challenges


You only need to complete 15 of the challenges. I have been told by some people that other languages mention it as ALL challenges. This is not the case.

Gabriel's Sword
Add a fire elemental effect to a sword or a khopesh


Swords and Khopeshes become more frequent in the latter half of the game. You will need to use a blueprint that has the fire element effect on it in order to get the achievement.

The Whole Story
Finish all side quests.


This achievement is currently bugged. Most people are reporting being stuck on 43/44 on their achievement counter.

**EDIT: This achievement was fixed a few days ago. If you are still having issues with the achievement, start a new file or contact Techland support.

Story

Flight of the Crane
Jump from the Crane


Is It Really Necessary?
Kill your first Infected


Little Craftsman
Craft your first item


My left or your left?
Meet with Rais


Snake in the grass
Escape the arena


Sightseeing
Reach the Old Town


Making Faces
Show the outside world that you're still alive


Tied loose end
Deal with Tahir


Now You Can Come In
Find Camden


Vertigo
Activate the Amplifier


Bittersweet
Complete the game

[Patches]

anyone wanting to do the polyamory achievement add me

[Obrigan ™]

Need a mate to do Together till the end achievement , i can help doing another achievement in exchange if you want. Add me !

[54147]

Anyone still playing and trying to get the Polyamory achievement (and the co-op competition ones)? Add me...

[That just happened]

I have all of the listed achievments and still have 2 hidden achievments. Any ideas?

[AssassinLord82]

Nevermind, did 6 more "save the survivor" events and the achievement popped.

[AssassinLord82]

We're all in this together is bugged for me, it is stuck on 14/15 survivors saved and won't go up when I save someone from a zombie.

[Thyrus]

@komarzycho headshots only count on the kills

[komarzycho]

Can you make a good description about "Robin Hood Theory"?Since i think it's bugged.I did headshot to Rias's men and nothing really happened,this achivement it's totally bugged and Techland has to fix it

[Zένø™ 👌]

are collectibles missable or can you return and find them at any time?thx

[HaZe]

Good guide it helps