Badges, medals, records, distinctions, achievements: who doesn't love spending hours carrying a garden gnome along with you from start to end of a game just to unlock the precious flair?
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Where are the Act 1 lore books?
What are the locations of the Act I lore books needed for the achievements A Quick Study, Taking Notes and Historian of Tristram?
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Where do I search for “The Hanging Tree” book in Act I?
Where do I search for The Hanging Tree book in Act I?
The Hanging Tree is the first "book" you need to listen to in the Act I, but I cannot find it; what am I missing?
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Must party members be present for coop achievements?
If all other party members are in town, in another zone, or dead during an event OR boss battle (one that awards a "cooperative achievement"), will the event/boss battle still award the coop ...
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How do I complete the Crispy Critters achievement?
The Crispy Critters Act III challenge achievement says to "Use a Demon Forge to kill 3 Tormented Stingers at once".
I am assuming that the fire-breathing heads on the sides of the path in the last ...
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How do I complete the Takes a Lickin' achievement?
The Takes a Lickin' Act III challenge achievement says to "Get licked by 5 different Soul Rippers, Soul Lashers or Soul Devourers at once."
Trying to both survive kiting what small grouping of 3 of ...
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Where are the Act 2 lore books?
D3's lore books are broken into People, Quest, Bestiary, and World lore book categories, though they are discovered in areas/zones, not by those categories. I'm missing "Missive to Maghda, Part 1" and ...
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How do I get the Walkies achievement?
Jetpack joyride has a new Achievement based on Flash. How can I get Walkies? The description says:
Take Flash on a 10KM Walk
Does this mean I have to travel 10KM in a single run with Flash?
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What are the stars on some Diablo 3 achievements? [duplicate]
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What do those different symbols on achievements mean?
Some of the achievements in Diablo 3 have a star on them with a 1 next to it. What does that signify?
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Is it possible to see a user's achievements through the Battle.net web interface?
... or any other interface that would not require to log into a Battle.net game (World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3) ? I can't seem to find it by logging in Battle.net, but perhaps I'm missing ...
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If I dodge, absorb, or block an attack, did I get hit?
For some of the "Challenge" achievements, the specific challenge revolves around killing a boss without getting hit, or hit by specific attacks:
It occurs to me that loading up on dodge and/or ...
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Where are all the Alcarnus prisoners?
The Hero of Alcarnus achievement says to find all 13 prisoners in Alcarnus. I've found 10 in the main bazaar area. Where are the other three?
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Where are the Act 3 lore books?
D3's lore books are broken into People, Quest, Bestiary, and World lore book categories, though they are discovered in areas/zones, not by those categories. You'll see the one I'm missing below ...
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Where is the “Burial Wishes” Act 4 lore book?
I've been through the Act many times and have not seen this drop. Where is it?
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What chests count for “Chestmaster 2000”?
I opened a regular chest (called "Chest") and my "Chestmaster 2000" score did not increase. Does it only count "Resplendent Chests" or what?
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Is there any guaranteed way to complete the Like Water achievement?
The Like Water Achievement Monk Class specific achievement requires you to dodge 15 attacks in a row.
Dodge is a percentage chance with diminishing returns as I understand it. I boost my Dex quite ...
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How do you get the “Savior” achievement?
"Save players from death 250 times"
What are the mechanics? What methods can I use?
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What is an effective way of acquiring the Demolition Derby achievement?
This challenge requires you to get a chain of destroying 50 breakable objects. So far in the game, I have not been able to find any area that has that many objects close together. Is there a ...
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Can I earn achievements in the Classes category while playing as another class?
Achievements such as the Monk's "Like Water" (Dodge 15 attacks in a row) don't rely on a class-specific skill. Does this mean that they can be earned with any class?
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How can I make my enemies flee?
The "But You Can't Hide" achievement requires that you kill 100 enemies while they are running away. How can I make enemies flee in order to get the achievement?
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What are the locations of the traveling merchants for the Market Research achievement?
The "Market Research" achievement requires that you meet the following traveling merchants:
Wandering Tinker
Rodger the Alchemist
Vendel the Armorsmith
Adenath the Curio Vendor
Kyr the ...
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How do I become the Puppet Master?
I'm trying to get the achievement Puppet Master for the Witch Doctor:
I've got the following:
4 Zombie Dogs (requires a passive skill)
Gargantuan
Fetish from Big Bad Voodoo
My Templar Follower
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Big Trouble in a Talking Barrel?
So i've been sitting here for like 10 minutes watching this old codger dance around in a barrel waiting to unlock this achievement because I am an achievement junkie.
Does anyone have this ...
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If people can see through my clothes, will I be Color Coordinated?
One of the Diablo 3 "exploration" achievements is Color Coordinated:
Equip your head, shoulders, torso, legs, feet, and hands slots with items dyed the same color.
I don't particularly care for ...
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How many play throughs would it take to get all achievements?
I see that many achievements require leveling multiple characters to level 60, and I see from the full list that play on multiple difficulties is also necessary. Suffice it to say, most (probably ...
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What is the best strategy and location to complete the Controlled Fury achievement?
The Controlled Fury achievement requires that you maintain max Fury for five minutes.
Controlled Fury
Fight with maximum fury for 5 minutes.
What is the best strategy to get this achievement? ...
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Bashiok nerfed my class. I want to kill him. Where do I find him?
I have the Blade. I want the achievement. And besides, Bashiok is a smug jerk and killing him would be satisfying.
I know he's a rare spawn, but what kind of mob is he a variant on? In which ...
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How did I earn “Steeling with Feeling” without earning “To The Smithy!”?
View the screenshots below. It shows that I earned Steeling with Feeling: Level up the Blacksmith BUT I did NOT earn To The Smithy!: Acquire the Blacksmith
I am assuming that this is a glitch, ...
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How do kill count achievements work in multiplayer?
I was looking at my achievement list and saw lots of achievements for kills, like The Elitist achievement.
How does this work in multiplayer? Will a kill count towards my achievement progress if my ...
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Quests not marked as completed under achievements?
I've just completed Act 1 - and looking at the achievements, it seems there are several which have not awarded because the requisites have been marked as not completed.
For example: The Last of the ...
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How do I complete the Meditation achievement?
The class-specific Monk achievement Meditation says that I need to "Use Mantra skills to grant a beneficial effect to an ally 200 times."
I use mantras constantly and renew them as soon as they wear ...
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Where is The Lyceum?
The Lyceum is listed as one of the objectives for the No Stone Unturned achievement, yet nobody seems to know where it is. Where is it?
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Does Rakinishu's Blade have a special purpose?
I found Rakinishu's blade at an event in act II, does it have any purpose, or is it just a sort of Easter egg / in joke?
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Do the parts of exploration achievements for each act reset between logins if you haven't completed them?
On my second time logging in to play (first play-through), on the quest to kill the skeleton king, I decided to also pick up the Act 1 exploration achievements, like A Nice Place to Visit and Thorough ...
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Where can I find Report from Wortham and Villager's Journal?
I (and it seems like a lot of other people) am missing two quest lore reports for an achievement: "Report from Wortham" (the first) and "Villager's Journal" (the last).
Where can I find them?
By ...
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How can I correct missing lore achievements?
Through various instances of downtime or pseudo-downtime (where the servers were being worked on and "you may cause some interruption in communication, ability to log in, use of in-game features, and ...
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Who fights without pants?
Diablo III has two achievements that involve fighting bosses in nothing but your skivvies: Naked Lust and The Hero's New Clothes.
Obviously, clothes are kinda important.
Which class is best at ...
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How do I complete the Cursed Captives achievement?
The Cursed Captives achievement says to free 6 prisoners in 120 seconds in the Cursed Hold (which is obviously Act I).
I have tried this several times and always been quite over 2 minutes. The ...
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How do I complete the Destroyer of Destiny achievement?
The Destroyer of Destiny requires that you destroy all 4 Activated Pillars in the Royal Crypt at once. This can obviously only be done when going to face the Skeleton King.
The pillars are placed a ...
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What determines low health for the Survivor achievement?
As per the title, the Survivor achievement says to survive combat with low health 250 times.
But how low is low?
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When does Adria speak about “Suffering” and “The War's End” in Act 3?
I'm looking to hear Adria's dialogue on "Suffering" and "The War's End" but I can't seem to get her to want to talk about anything but Azmodan. She is in the armory with Leah working on the Black ...
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Do health wells, chests, and other interactive objects that allies use count towards the achievements?
Achievements such as "Slice of life" and "Chestmaster 2000" require that you interact with a certain number of interactive objects. These objects appear to all players in co-op, and seem to benefit ...
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Where can I most efficiently buy all items for the “Shut up and take my money” achievement?
The "Shut up and take my money" Achievement requires that you buy one of each item from merchants. There are a lot of items on the list that my class doesn't use, and I am unfamiliar with. Is there ...
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What is the best area to farm the Chestmaster 2000 acheivement?
To receive the "Chestmaster 2000" achievement, you must open a lot of chests.
Chestmaster 2000
Open 2000 chests.
I'm sure most will get this achievement eventually, just by regular grinding ...
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How to get the remaining follower conversations?
I've just finished Diablo III and try to get the Listen to all <...> conversations for the followers.
However, no matter if I talk to them while they are hired or not, some options are not ...
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How can I track achievement progress?
I'm preparing to clear Instant Karma tonight, but I want to know how much progress I have made in the achievement.
Is there a way I could track my achievements (like the quests are track-able at the ...
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How do I manipulate where the Skeleton King teleports?
In attempting to get Instant Karma, I died a few times on my Wizard then gave up figuring I was too low level to tank incidental damage, though I did get close (12/15). My major problem was trying to ...
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Can I do the speed run achievements after I finish the act?
There are 4 achievements for speed runs, one for each act, and another for completing all of them. Will I be able to do those runs after I finish the game with a developed character and how, or do ...
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What are the feats of strength in Diablo 3?
Like the title says - what are the known feats of strength in the game?
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Are the creatures in the Never Seen That Before Achievement randomly throughout the world?
There is a massive list of monsters to kill for this achievement. Are these rare monster spawns completely random in the world or are there set locations that I should look? If so, has anyone ...
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Punching Diablo?
One of the Diablo 3 achievements simply says "Punch Diablo."
How exactly does one achieve this? Is it a matter of removing all weapons, or is it a class/skill-based feat?
