Sanctum 2 Achievement Guide

Welcome to the achievement guide for Sanctum 2!

The purpose of this guide is to give a clear and concise overview of the requirements for earning all 50 achievements in the game and reaching that perfect 100% completion.

Some things worth mentioning:

• You can play all maps on easy mode if you want (Game Options – Game Mode). This does not disable any achievements, although you cannot use the Feats of Strength while playing on easy, so any related achievements must still be obtained on normal mode.
  
• In order to get all the achievements, you have to buy all four DLC map packs. The season pass includes everything needed for 100% completion.
  
• There are no missable achievements, as you can replay the maps at any time.
  
• While some of the maps can be hard to complete solo, it's still possible with a solid strategy. Strategies for completing the individual maps (mazes, loadouts, etc.) can be found in many other guides, such as THIS great guide by Foffy.
  
• There are three multiplayer achievements, including a viral achievement. Feel free to add me if you're trying to earn any of those and I'll help out.
  
• If you don't bother with any of the survival maps, it should take about 50-60 hours to earn all the achievements in the game.

With all that out of the way, let's begin!

Halfway Awesome
Reach rank 10 Full-time Ass-kicker
Reach rank 20 Titan
Reach rank 25 Above and Beyond
Reach rank 30 Titan Slayer
Reach rank 35 Freedom!
Reach rank 40 Better Late Than Never
Reach rank 50

These achievements are earned by leveling up your profile. Experience is gained by killing enemies, earning wave-based bonuses and completing (or even failing) maps. Note that any active Feats of Strength boost XP gain by 20% each. You unlock new weapons, towers and perks (as well as extra tower/perk slots) as you level up and gain new ranks.

When the game was first released, the maximum rank was 20. With the introduction of new content, the XP curve has also been rebalanced, so you should easily reach rank 50 by the time you beat all the maps in the game (including DLC).

Humble Beginnings
Complete your first map

Earned by completing the first (tutorial) map of the game. Self-explanatory.

Hope Rides Alone
Complete Facility, Rocky Fields, Giant Trees and Swamp

Earned by completing all four areas in the main campaign, 16 maps in total (four per area).

Fiskeplaske
Complete Coastline Slumdog Medicine
Complete Brightholme Clean Kill
Complete Outskirts The Last Stand
Complete Arc Islands

Earned by completing all four DLC areas, 16 maps in total (four per area). All necessary DLC is included in the Sanctum 2 season pass (each DLC also adds new weapons, towers and perks).

Growing Stronger
Complete a map with a Feat of Strength enabled Hercules
Complete a map with 5 Feats of Strength enabled McBirger's
Complete Facility with 5 Feats of Strength enabled Balboa
Complete Rocky Fields with 5 Feats of Strength enabled Norwegian Wood
Complete Giant Trees with 5 Feats of Strength enabled Moist
Complete Swamp with 5 Feats of Strength enabled Total Badass
Complete Facility, Rocky Fields, Giant Trees and Swamp with 5 Feats of Strength enabled

These achievements are earned by completing the maps in the main campaign with all five Feats of Strength active.

Unlike the first Sanctum game, there are no fixed difficulty levels in Sanctum 2. Instead, the player can use Feats of Strength - optional difficulty modifiers that can be activated in the Game Options menu. There are five feats in total:

• Titan Slayer (+50% enemy health)
  
• Impeccable Accuracy (+40% enemy movement speed)
  
• Hydra Hunter (enemies regenerate 150 health per second)
  
• Beast Tamer (+100% enemy attack speed)
  
• Hardcore (players only respawn after each wave; selling towers returns 50% of the resources)

While there is an "easy mode" option in the menu, it also disables any Feats of Strength, so you still need to play through the normal campaign to earn these achievements. Pliskeblaske
Complete Coastline with 5 Feats of Strength enabled We Don't Go to Brightholme
Complete Brightholme with 5 Feats of Strength enabled BOOM! Headshot
Complete Outskirts with 5 Feats of Strength enabled Leaving Loek III
Complete Arc Islands with 5 Feats of Strength enabled

Earned by completing the DLC maps with all five Feats of Strength active. See description above.

These achievements can all be earned on any map with very little effort. You will likely earn most of them without even trying, quite possibly on the first few maps of the game.

Mr. Perfect
Complete all waves on a map without losing any core life

Earned by killing all enemies before they reach the core. While it can be difficult to prevent damage to the core in some cases, early maps should provide plenty of chances for a "perfect" game.

The Bas(e)ics
Build 20 tower bases

Earned as soon as you've built your first 20 tower bases. You only get a limited amount of bases at the start of every map, but each new wave increases the amount of bases you can place.

The Best Defense is Offense
Upgrade a tower to the max

Each tower can be upgraded twice, up to Tier 3. Just stand next to a tower and hit the "use" key to upgrade it. You can still upgrade (overcharge) towers past their max tier, but this is not needed for the achievement.

Gibbs, Gibbs Everywhere
Blow up three enemies at the same time

Earned by simultaneously blowing several enemies into pieces. Some effective methods include the secondary fire of Skye's rifle (grenade), Sweet's rocket launcher, well-timed mines, or the Corpse Explosion perk. Smaller enemies like Runners and Walker Pups are obviously prime targets for this achievement.

One Shot, One Kill
Get a kill with every shot in the sniper clip

The sniper rifle is the default weapon of SiMo and is unlocked for all other characters at rank 20. Its magazine holds four rounds, so you need four kills (using the alternate fire doesn't work in this case). Just find a good vantage point and aim for the weakspots of low-health enemies (sniper shots deal massive bonus damage on weakspot hits).

Honey Badger Don't Care
Recover from 1 HP three times without dying

Unlike the first Sanctum game, some enemies are aggressive towards players and can attack them. When your health drops to a dangerous level, the screen colors become muted. When this happens, retreat and wait in a safe spot until your health regenerates. For an easy method, drop mines in front of non-aggressive enemies (like Soakers or Armored Heavies), let them trigger the mines and stand near the blast. This should drop you to 1 HP. Repeat the process until you unlock the achievement.

Come at Me, Bro!
Kill 10 enemies in a row without getting hit

Simple enough. Just keep your distance and fire away.

Lab Rat
Find the secret area on Bio Lab

From the spawn point, turn around and run behind the left wall. Push the red button on the console. This will open the nearby lab door. Go inside to find the secret area and unlock the achievement.

Loekrise Kingdom
Find the secret area on Outpost

From the spawn point, cross the river to trigger the first wave (Walker Patriarch) and deal with the enemy. There's a large air outlet directly opposite the field. Use it to launch yourself on top the structure next to the waterfall. Jump onto the rock ledge and walk along the river until you reach the beach (a reference to the movie Moonrise Kingdom).

Dark Secrets
Find the secret area on Abandoned Lab

From the spawn point, turn around and drop down. There's an air outlet to the left. Use it to launch yourself onto the large pipe and run to the end, where there will be a button on the wall. Press it and the door next to the core will open. Go inside the complex, past the crates and you will find yourself inside the secret area.

Game in a Game
Complete a game-in-a-game Six Pack
Complete six game-in-a-games

There are arcade cabinets hidden across several maps, each containing a minigame that you need to beat. The games themselves are fairly simple and usually take only a minute or two to complete.

From the spawn point, head straight to the Diamond Pick bar. You can’t miss it, just follow the noise of the loud music blaring from inside. There will be an arcade cabinet there.

Snake! - Literally just a game of Snake. The game area expands as the snake grows bigger, so you’re not in any danger of colliding with yourself. You need to beat the high score (42) to win.

From the spawn point, run straight past the core, jump on the rock ahead and double-jump on the nearby structure. Use Sweet with the Rymdskor and Plumber Shoes perks for maximum jump height. Then turn around and jump on the balcony above the core to find the arcade cabinet.

Shmups Sucks! - A simple space shooter. You need to beat the high score of 400 points to win.

From the spawn point, push the holographic button to your left. This opens the door next to one of the cores. Enter the complex to find two free mines and a terminal with the arcade game.

Box Pusher! – Some basic sliding block puzzles. You need to complete all the puzzles to win.

From the spawn point, turn around and run on the railway tracks all the way to the end towards the giant tree. The wall will open into a hidden area that contains the arcade machine.

Take Out! - A basic Breakout clone. You need to break all the blocks to win.

From the spawn point, turn right and run across the large support beam that's crossed by a vine. There's a hidden air outlet at the end. Use it to launch yourself on top of the closed hangar, where you can drop down to find the arcade cabinet in the corner.

Pung! - Literally Pong. You need to win 10 games, which can take a while due to the horrible paddle controls.

From the spawn point, run on the upper walkway to the structure at the end. There's a button on the back. Push it and go back to the main building. The door will be open and inside you'll find the arcade cabinet.

Loek Poacher! - The point of the game is to buy trophies cheap and sell them high to cancel out your debt. However, since the debt increases exponentially as you switch areas, the game can be very difficult to beat. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to win - just switch areas in the game until the debt increases so much that the value goes into negatives (around Day 80). Then buy and sell a single item to win instantly.

Sniper Skye
Finish a map playing Skye with Tactical Juxtaposition, Marksman and Steady Aim I Am SUPER ANGRY
Finish a map playing Skye with Collateral Damage, Bloodletter and Adrenaline Rush LOOK MOM, I'M FLYING
Finish a map playing Sweet with Rymdskor, Plumber Shoes and Upper Class Heavy Artillery
Finish a map playing Sweet with Long Range Specialization, Core Guardian and Long Range Superiority MLG Noscope Maximum Skill
Finish a map playing SiMo with Tactical Juxtaposition, Rymdskor and Trickster ROBOTS, ROBOTS EVERYWHERE
Finish a map playing SiMo with the G2 Companion, Roboticist and Electrical Outburst Street Justice
Finish a map playing Haigen with Spiked Armor, Desperate Measures and Hydra Blood Angry Working Class
Finish a map playing Haigen with Best Friends Forever, Reinforcements and Roboticist Swedish Police Can't Track This One
Finish a map playing TSYGAN with Rymdskor, Trickster and Parthian Tactics Legolaser Aimed Shots
Finish a map playing TSYGAN with Marksman, Steady Aim and Long Range Superiority

Earned by completing any map with the listed character and perk combination. Many of these perks (and the TSYGAN character) are only available through DLC, so you need all four DLC to get all the achievements. You also need to reach at least Rank 40 to unlock all the necessary perks.

Not the Bees!
Have 10 drones from the Drone Launcher over an enemy

The Drone Launcher is a weapon from The Pursuit DLC. It's unlocked at Rank 29. As the name implies, the weapon launches homing drones that hover around an enemy and shoot at it (similar to the Drone tower). The Launcher holds six drones to a magazine, so you'd need to unload two magazines on a single enemy to reach the required number of drones for the achievement.

Coffee Stained
This is a viral achievement

You'll earn this after playing Co-op with someone who already has the achievement. It doesn't matter if you win or lose the map. Feel free to add me if you're still missing this achievement.

Team Player
Complete one map with 5 Feats of Strength enabled in Co-op

Exactly like the description says. Just search for games that have enabled the Feats of Strength, or start your own game and wait for (or invite) someone to join.

Final Destination
Complete The End in a party of four

Earned by completing the final map of the original campaign in Co-op with three other players. Everyone in the party will earn the achievement as soon as you beat the map.

That's it. I hope this guide has been useful.

Thanks for reading.

Good luck and have fun playing!