This The Outer Worlds 2 Achievements is your all-in-one reference to achieve 100% completion in The Outer Worlds 2 — covering achievements, collectibles, quests, and key milestones across the game.
If you’re a perfectionist aiming for every trophy or a newcomer trying to plan your run efficiently, this walkthrough will help you tick off everything systematically.
The guide is divided into categories to make tracking progress easier:
- Difficulty & Combat
- Plot & Faction Quests
- Companions & Pets
- Levels & Progression
- Collectibles
Each section includes clear conditions, hidden triggers, and tips on how to unlock achievements without missing anything during your first playthrough.
Difficulty | Combat
Difficulty Achievements
The Outer Worlds 2
Complete the game on any difficulty.
This unlocks automatically upon finishing the campaign, regardless of settings.
Hard, But Possible
Finish the game on Hard difficulty.
Recommended for players who enjoy a challenge but still want access to forgiving combat mechanics and quick saves.
Very Hard
Finish the game on Very Hard difficulty.
You’ll need to carefully manage skills, armor mods, and consumables. It’s best to tackle this on NG+ with upgraded weapons.
Combat Achievements
Scary GARY Adversary – Kill 5 enemies with Gary’s tentacles.
Acquired after obtaining Gary’s unique mutation weapon. Works best in crowd-heavy zones.
Dance Dance Disfiguration – Kill 10 enemies with the Spectral Disco Saber in Spectral Rainbow.
Found during the Spectral Rainbow questline. Saber kills count only when its effect triggers the finishing blow.
Ad Hominem Homicide – Kill 10 enemies distracted by the Spam Gun’s advertising drones.
Deploy drones first, then eliminate distracted targets. Works against human-type enemies.
Stop Hitting Yourself – Kill 15 enemies with Armageddon alone.
Armageddon’s charged attack must deal the killing blow — splash damage doesn’t count.
Never Seen – Kill 50 enemies using stealth attacks.
Focus on the Sneak Attack perk early. Suppressed weapons and the “Cloak Field” mod make this easier.
Stompy – Kill 5 enemies by stomping them after hitting them with the Shrink Ray.
Shrink targets first to reduce HP, then jump and melee stomp them.
Elemental Maelstrom – Kill an enemy exposed to all elemental damage types.
Combine acid, shock, plasma, and corrosive attacks before landing the final blow.
Go Out With a Bang – Kill 3 enemies with a single shot from The Big Bang.
Gather enemies in tight spaces for multi-kills. Explosive perks help.
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee – Kill 5 enemies while floating in Ziranium Assault Rifle armor.
Trigger the hover boost before the kill. A fun one once you unlock the armor.
Hatchling Hunter – Kill 50 total young raptidons, baby crabs, bugs, baby veranids, or critters.
Easily done while exploring rift areas or nesting sites.
Waylaid Grenades – Shoot down 3 grenades mid-air.
Use VATS-like slow-time abilities to make this manageable.
Corpse Warper – Melt 20 bodies using Auntie’s Acid Dematerializer.
Works only on humanoid corpses.
Chemically Dependent – Experience withdrawal from medical inhalers 20 times.
Purposely let withdrawal effects trigger by overusing stimulants.
Plot | Additional Quests | Factions
Welcome to Paradise Island – Land on Paradise Island for the first time.
Praetor Towers Powered – Calibrate all grounding stations on Praetor.
Capture The Archive The Hard Way – Take control of the Archive without reinforcements.
Revive The Archive – Restore the Archive to full functionality.
Vexed the Vox – Infiltrate and leave the Vox Relay Station.
Desperate Times Call for Monastic Measures – Stop de Vries’ accomplices at Alexandria Monastery.
Left To Your Own Device – Acquire the Rift Anomaly Modulator.
Auntie’s Old Acquaintance – Meet Amos during Aunt Cosmos’ questline.
OA: Objectives Accomplished – Complete all Order of Ascension missions.
AC: All Complete – Finish all Aunt Cosmos missions.
Corporation Cooperation – Convince Aunt Cosmos and Order of Ascension to work together.
Destroyer of Worlds – Reach the lowest possible relationship level with both factions.
Well Dressed – Defeat the Consul wearing clothes instead of armor.
A Stiff In The Rift – Jump into a rift and die. A comedic, hidden achievement.
Tip:
Make manual saves before each major faction decision — several endings are mutually exclusive.
Companions | Pets
Companions
- One for All – Recruit all companions.
- All for One – Complete every companion questline.
- All for None – Ensure that all companions either die or leave permanently.
Each companion has their own loyalty chain — completing them unlocks special passive bonuses.
Pets
- Hatchling Catcher – Place 5 pets on your ship.
Pets can be found as collectibles or through side contracts.
Levels | Progression
Flawed Hero – Accept 3 flaws (optional character debuffs with unique perks).
Skilled – Raise any skill to level 20.
Level 30 – Reach character level 30.
Maximum Gun – Fully upgrade the Beginner’s Rewards weapon.
Upgrades Available – Apply mods to 10 weapons or armor.
Everything Must Go – Earn 50,000 Bits by selling items.
Anti-Consumerist – Complete the game without spending a single Bit.
This requires careful looting and crafting without vendor purchases.
Collecting
Cloister Excogitation Logs CEL-ebration – Find all Church of Excogitation audio logs on Cloister.
Winning Hearts and Heads – Collect 20 human hearts (yes, literally).
SA Quarterlies Quantified – Find every Science Adventures Quarterly issue on Paradise Island.
Golden Ridge Murals in Plural – Collect all Golden Ridge Mural Fragments.
A Journey of a Thousand Miles – Find 1 Pitchball or Tosob card.
Whew, That’s Enough! – Find 100 total cards.
Rift Drifter – Explore all localized rifts in Arcadia.
Completion Tips
Manual Saves: Create separate save slots before every major decision or mission branch.
Exploration: Many collectibles are tied to side paths and faction outposts.
Dialogue Skills: Several achievements (especially faction-related ones) can only be completed with Persuade or Lie checks.
NG+ (New Game Plus): Ideal for mopping up combat and collection-based achievements.
The Outer Worlds 2 builds upon everything fans loved about the original — and this guide ensures you experience every secret, mission, and collectible the game has to offer.
From mastering rift combat to balancing faction politics, every achievement adds another layer to the game’s satirical space frontier.
If you’re going for the true 100%, prepare for multiple endings, deep exploration, and plenty of witty encounters along the way.