Saints Row IV 100% Completion: How To Achieve It

This guide explains how to achieve 100% completion for Saints Row IV. I have tried to find strategy guides that explain how to reach 100%, but I haven't found one. The 100% completion must show on the save file. This guide explains what is required and what is not required to reach 100% completion. This guide does not explain how to attain all achievements. There is a separate Steam strategy guide just for attaining all achievements.

Screenshot Of 100% Save File

Notice that the screenshot shows 45 missions completed. There is a lot of confusion over how many missions there really are, but that's because an individual quest may count as 3 missions completed. For example, Punch Shark the final story quest, counts as 3 missions completed. I remember having 42 missions completed on the screen of my save file before starting the Punch Shark mission. The difference between primary quests and missions is explained in the next section of this guide.

Items Required To Be Completed For 100% Completion

The following items need to completed in order to attain 100% game completion:

• Missions
  
• Activities
  
• Diversions
  
• Challenges
  
• Collectibles
  
  

  Missions

  
  There is a distinction between primary quests and missions. Primary quests are quests that are necessary to advance the main storyline. They are split into missions. The missions are assigned when you choose a primary quest. This means that each quest may contain multiple missions to complete. You can complete one mission in the quest, save your game, and take on the next mission at another time. In the meantime you can take on side quests that may have been unlocked by the completed missions. I noticed a percentage increase after completing one mission of the quest and there was at least one mission remaining in that quest. There are 30 missions in the table in the next section of this guide, excluding activities. There are also 7 loyalty missions assigned by Homies that must be completed for 100% completion. The reward for completing each loyalty mission is a super homie who can join you when you call them on the phone for backup. The super homie is a more powerful version of the homie who assigned you the loyalty mission.
  
  

  Activities

  
  Activities are a form of entertainment that test your time or test your ability to chain combos in order to maximize your cash. They are integrated with some main story missions and many side missions, unlike activities in Saints Row: The Third.
  
  Earning a Bronze medal is necessary only for completing the activities. Failing to earn a Bronze medal results in failure. The activities are divided into easy, medium and hard. The hard activities will take quite a bit of practice in order to earn a Gold medal. You will have to earn a Gold medal for all activities in order to achieve 100% completion.
  
  

  Diversions

  
  Diversions, like activities, are integrated with some main story missions and many side missions. They involve hacking stores, rushing to hotspots to delete virus programs known as flashpoints protected by Zin troops, upload viruses while battling waves of enemies, assassinate targets, and climbing towers that are originally red, but turn blue once your reach their apex. Hacking stores requires you to connect nodes together in limited time using a remote access node without sounding the alarm. After hacking one store, it unlocks and you can shop for weapon upgrades and ammo. Playing all side missions available will require you to play these diversions.
  
  

  Challenges

  
  Challenges require you to reach a certain number of kills of Zin aliens with specific weapons, reach a certain number of kills of a specific type of alien, drive a certain distance over time with specific vehicles, earn silver medals for specific activities, gold medals for specific activities, etc. You are required to complete 65 challenges, but you will get credit for completing 66 challenges by completing the 65 challenges. In addition, you will get the Challenge King achievement. The following screenshot shows the "Quest" section that you need to visit to keep track of your challenges.
  
  
  The next screenshot shows a partial list of challenges:
  
  
  The next screenshot shows completion of each challenge:
  
  
  

  Collectibles

  
  Collectibles are various types of items scattered all over the maps of the Simulation. They include data clusters, audio logs, text adventures, and Zinyak statues. Data clusters are everywhere on the map and can be found on the ground, on walls, on rooftops, and in the air. There are 1255 of them and they are the most numerous collectibles in the game. Data clusters are divided into single clusters, blast clusters, triple data clusters, telekinesis clusters, and stomp clusters. Be sure to keep track of how many clusters you have collected by checking the "Stats" section of the Hub menu. Shown below are screenshots of the various types of data clusters.
  
  The next screenshot shows how many collectibles I had on the map by the end of the game.
  
  
  The map shows 1022/1040 collectibles by the time I achieved 100% completion. That's because the remaining 18 collectibles are from the "How The Saints Save Christmas" DLC.
  

Table For Missions For 100% Completion (Excluding Loyalty Missions)

Missions

The table below displays the titles of the primary quests that must be completed as part of 100% completion. Also displayed is the quest log, act number, and the mission title for each primary quest.

Primary Quest	Act	Quest Log	Mission
Purple Ops	Prologue	Zero Saints Thirty	Zero Saints Thirty
Hail To The Chief	Prologue	The Saints Wing	The Saints Wing
Leave It To The Saints	Prologue	A Pleasant Day	A Pleasant Day
Learn The Rules...	Act 1	Learn The Basics Time To Increase The Tempo Learn To Damage The Alien Presence	The Fundamentals Bending The Rules Tutorial: Hot and Cold
The Escape	Act 1	Break Out Of The Simulation	The Real World
Breaking The Law	Act 2	Take Over A Store Break On Through That Burning Sensation	Hack The Planet Break On Through Activity: Platforming Rift Tutorial: Power Element
Ghost In The Machine	Act 2	Help The AI Enter The Simulation Go To Training Program	Power Up CID Activity: Genki's Mind Over Murder
Zero Cool	Act 2	Break Matt Miller Out Retrieve Matt Miller	Miller-Space Matt's Back
Anomalous Readings	Act 2	Find The Reading's Source Test Your Mettle On Super Power Fight Club	The Warden Stomp Activity: Fight Club
Back By Popular Demand	Act 2	Find Johnny Gat	De Plane Boss
The Boss Goes To Washington	Act 2	Rescue Pierce	The Saints Flow
King of Stilwater	Act 2	Rescue Ben King	King Me
From Asha With Love	Act 2	Rescue Asha	The Case Of Mr. X
Emergency Situation	Act 2	Something's Wrong In Steelport Remove The Clones From Steelport	A Game of Clones
...The Very Next Day	Act 2	Rescue Johnny Gat	Welcome Back
Death From Above	Act 2	Learn More About Death From Above	Tutorial: Power Training
The Kinzie Gambit	Act 2	Meet The Crew To Bring Down Zinyak Repel The Boarders	When A Plan Comes Together All Hands On Deck
The Girl Who Hates The 50s	Act 3	Locate Keith David Rescue Kinzie	He Lives Hello Teacup
Keymaster	Act 3	Collect Parts For The Key Finish The Key	We Have The Technology Batteries Not Included
Punch The Shark	Act 3	Grand Finale Grand Finale Part Two Grand Finale Part Three Grand Finale Part Four	Grand Finale* Grand Finale Grand Finale Grand Finale

*Reminder that "Grand Finale" missions in the "Punch The Shark" primary quest count as 3 missions completed.

Other Items Required For 100% Completion

Loyalty Missions

The following table shows the Loyalty missions that must be completed. The Homies who assigned these loyalty missions will become Super Homies upon completion.

Mission Title	How To Unlock	Act Unlocked	Homie
Nytefall	Complete "Zero Cool"	Act 2	Matt Miller
Girls Night Out	Complete "Back By Popular Demand"	Act 2	Shaundi
Pump Up The Volume	Complete "The Boss Goes To Washington"	Act 2	Pierce
King Of The Dance	Complete "King Of Stilwater"	Act 2	Ben King
Training Day	Complete "From Asha With Love"	Act 2	Asha
SR 3 Wrap-Up	Complete "...The Very Next Day"	Act 3	Johnny Gat
The Girl Who Beat Cyrus	Complete "The Girl Who Hates The 50s"	Act 3	Kinzie

Note that each of the loyalty missions are unlocked by completing one of the main story missions shown in the table that displays the primary quests and missions contained in those quests.

Activities

The following list shows the activities that must be completed by earning Gold medals for each one of them.

• Blazin'
  
• Prof. Genki's Mind Over Murder
  
• Rifts - Platforming, Speed, Telekinesis
  
• Mech Suit Mayhem
  
• Vehicular Mayhem
  
• Telekinesis Mayhem
  
• Fraud
  
• Fight Club
  
• Mayhem
  
• Tank Mayhem

Diversions

The following list explains when each type of diversion can be unlocked:

• Hotspots - Available after "Hot and Cold"
  
• Store Hacking - Available after "The Real World"
  
• Tower - Available after "The Fundamentals"

The following screenshot shows a flashpoint that needs to be deleted:


The following screenshot shows a flashpoint on a rooftop that needs to be deleted:


The following screenshot shows how to hack a store:


The following screenshot shows the top of a tower that must be climbed from the bottom:

Challenges

The following screenshot shows the "Quest" section in the Hub menu that you need to visit to keep track of your challenges:


The next screenshot shows a partial list of challenges:


The next screenshot shows completion of each challenge:

Collectibles

The following screenshots display the various types of data clusters:

Single data cluster found by climbing one of the 3 towers.

Finding data clusters using the flying super power is more efficient than driving around the Simulation.

Triple clusters at the top of a tower.


You need the freeze blast super power to collect that cluster on the wall.

You need the telekinesis super power to blow up the sphere and collect that cluster.

You need the stomp super power to stomp on that cluster and collect it.


Audio logs are logs of important characters in Saints history. There are Saints members and enemies included in the audio logs. Audio logs are collectible according to the character you encounter and will not be collectible until you encounter the appropriate character. There are three audio logs for each character and 39 in total. The collection of audio logs also happens to be one of the 65 challenges.

Text adventures look like small computers that cannot be seen from far away. You will have to be very close to them to notice them. There are 8 text adventures in total.

Zinyak statues can be found all over the Simulation. There are 36 Zinyak statues overall. You must destroy all 36 statues, preferably with an explosive weapon such as a rocket launcher.

You can easily find collectibles on your map after completing Matt Miller's "The Pledge" side mission. You will unlock the collectible finder which will display all collectibles on your mini-map and map. The following screenshot shows the number of data clusters remaining on the map, along with the remaining audio logs related to Cyrus, thanks to the collectible finder.


There are 3 audio logs at the end related to Maero. You will not find these collectibles until after completing the "Kill Kill Destroy Kill" side mission, the final side mission of the game. It requires you to defeat Maero as a target in one of the diversions. These audio logs will appear on the western portion of the map.

Items Not Required For 100% Completion

There have been questions as to what items are not required to complete for the purpose of getting 100% completion. Shown below is a list of items that do not have to be completed for the purpose of getting 100% completion.

• Genki Holiday Special
  
• Naughty and Nice
  
• Cat and Mouse Co-op
  
• Death Tag Co-op
  
• Enter The Dominatrix DLC
  
• How The Saints Save Christmas DLC, including collectilbles such as Christmas adventure logs and letters to Santa.
  
  The Genki Holiday Special is a series of activities similar to Prof. Genki's Mind Over Murder. It is a part of the Saints Row IV DLCs and completion of Saints Row IV DLCs do not count towards 100% completion. The Naughty and Nice activity unlocks by playing the "How The Saints Save Christmas" DLC. This activity involves using a sleigh to deliver presents and destroy alien sleighs. I began playing the DLCs after I attained a 100% save file. The "How The Saints Save Christmas" DLC has 18 collectibles that do not count towards 100% completion, as I had explained in the "Items Required For 100% Completion" section.
  
  

[Jankes]

So Diversion cat & mouse does not count?

[Wandering Mania]

trist10,
I assume you have the DLC, like 'How the Saints save X-Mas' and 'Enter the Dominatrix'. There are a few collectibles that will need those missions to be done. They will show a marked down percentage on the map, but will not count against the '100% achievement', because they are DLC ones, and have their own achievements.

And for the X-Mas DLC, the collectibles aren't even on the main map. They are in the mission maps.

[Trist10]

@Wandering Mania I completed all the missions and side missions but they still don't show, i'm so confused.

[Wandering Mania]

@trist10,
There's some that you need to progress the game to get. Try doing that.

[Trist10]

My collectibles in 98% completion shows 1022/1040 but there's no collectibles left on the map. Please help?

[GeoLuz]

@Kewl Kids Klub I didn't dedicate much time to mouse and death tag co-op activities since they were not required for 100% completion. For the Genki Holiday Special activity you need to upgrade telekinesis since this type of activity requires throwing objects quickly. As for Naughty and Nice, you don't really need upgrades. You need to practice shooting your airborne vehicle. Btw, Naughty and Nice are part of the "How The Saints Save Christams" DLC, so they have nothing to do with 100% completion of Saints Row IV.

[Toast Malone]

what upgrades did you need for naughty and nice activity, and Genki Holiday Special activity, and cat and mouse co-op activity, and death tag co-op activity?

[GeoLuz]

I remember wondering how I can find the final 3 audio logs in the game. When I finished "Kill Killl Destroy Kill" I finally could see Maero's audio logs in the western part of the map. Thanks for the clarification. Here's another link in which someone had trouble finding Maero's audio logs: https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/threads/missing-audio-logs.4274/

[Wandering Mania]

Yeah that's what I am talking about. That security deletion apperies after you rescue Pierce. So if you have just gotten Pierce on the ship, that mission is availible.

If you are waiting till the "Kill kill Destroy Kill" mission to do it then that is fine, but it is availible before that. As you can still get the 100% if you do all the open world stuff without the missions having to be active. And when you rescue a new homie you can just talk to them a few times and it is an easy quick quest completion.

[GeoLuz]

Yes, you have to kill Maero in Pierce's loyalty mission, "Pump Up the Volume." As for Johnny's side mission Kill Kill Destroy Kill, you have to kill Maero again. He appears after disrupting the system like you would in any Security Deletion side mission. I will share with you a GameFaqs link in which someone claims to have had to kill Maero again. Scroll to the end to see what FoxtrotDelta88 experienced, which is exactly what I experienced in trying to access Maero's 3 audio logs. https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/649269-saints-row-iv/67051580