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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How do I earn SC2's “Hurry up, it's raid night” achievement?
The "Hurry up, it's raid night" achievement in Starcraft 2 involves "beating Wings of Liberty, on normal, in 8 hours or less."
Is there a recommended mission path to take? Which mission should I take ...
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How do I take the companion cube with me after the level “Cold Boot” in Portal 2?
In "Cold Boot", on GLaDOS 7 -- the first time I encounter a companion cube -- the Material Emancipation grid is broken.
GLaDOS makes a point of pointing this out, and saying don't take anything with ...
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What bonuses does a “deity” level AI get and how do I deal with them?
The "Deity" difficulty level of Civilization V says that "the AI receives heavy advantages". In Civ IV this meant that the AI started with more units, 2 settlers, etc.
So my question is two-fold:
a) ...
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What are the two 'hidden' achievements, and how do I get them?
In BrowserQuest, the achievements list includes 2 that are denoted only as ??? / ???
I've already defeated the 'final boss' and completed all of the other achievements (Ignore the 16/20 there, the ...
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How to unlock the achievements related to hidden areas in Portal 2?
Portal 2 features a number of achievements that are related to "hidden" areas:
Door Prize
Final Transmission
Ship Overboard
Portrait of a Lady
Party of Three
How can I unlock them?
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How can I find the House of Curios?
... and what other secrets and achievement goodies are located in the zone?
The House of Curios is one of the dungeons for the No Stone Unturned achievement, and also (according to DiabloWiki) the ...
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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 achieve “Smash TV”?
Which eleven monitors do I have to break to obtain the Smash TV achievement?
I'm assuming it's the monitors that appear throughout Chapter 8?
But, having just run through Chapter 8 and trying to ...
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What is a strategy to earn the best defense achievement in StarCraft 2?
I have been attempting to earn the Best Defense achievement in StarCraft 2.
The Best Defense is an achievement earned during the third mission of the Wings of Liberty campaign: Zero Hour. The goal of ...
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Do console commands affect Steam achievements?
I've painted myself into a corner and am forced to choose between abandoning a couple hours' progress or cheating my way out of it. Unfortunately, I can't find hard data on if/how the use of console ...
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Does adrenaline cause the in-game clock to slow down in Alien Swarm?
I'm currently gunning for the speed-run achievements in Alien Swarm, and as a result every second counts for the level completion time. It occured to me that it might be helpful to get through the ...
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Where do I find Leah's journal?
I found Part 1 of Leah's journal in her room of the Slaughtered Calf Inn. Where do I find the remaining parts? And how many parts are there?
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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 is Michael Mamaril?
In tribute to a Borderlands fan by the real name of Michael Mamaril who died from cancer at a young age, Gearbox immortalized him as an NPC vault hunter who offers you guns to help you out (source). ...
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How do you get the Custom Game Novice achievement in Starcraft 2?
The Achievement is Exploration > Custom Game Novice.
It reads
Win 3 solo evenly matched Custom Games against any A.I. opponents.
I have gone Single Player > Versus A.I > Play versus A.I. and beat ...
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What are the precise requirements of the “Model of a Modern Major-General” achievement in Civilisation 5?
Model of a Modern Major-General
Train all Units, across any number of playthrough.
Is it known what the precise requirements are for this achievement?
Do you actually need to train all ...
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What are and how do I earn Feats of Strength in StarCraft 2
On the bottom of the achievements menu is an option for Feats of Strength. When I click this option, the window it brings up is entirely blank, but does have a drop down filter at the top.
Are Feats ...
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How can I clear Steam achievements for Portal 2?
My brother has played Portal 2 on my account and got a decent chunk of the achievements without specifically trying for them. Shamefully, I haven't yet played it, but I want to of course. I really ...
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How do I get the “Zergling Rush” achievement in StarCraft 2?
I'm trying to get a lot of the battle.net achievements, but some of them seem quite difficult.
Specifically, "Zergling Rush" the 20 zerglings in 255 seconds achievement
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General strategy for limited steps Portal levels
One of the challenges in Portal was to try to complete certain levels while taking a minimum number of steps. Obviously this requires good use of portal placement, but I was never able to get ...
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When can I get Covetous Shen's conversations for the Everybody Loves Shen achievement?
The achievement says to "Listen to all of the Jeweler's conversations."
Because Shen's conversations seem to change quite frequently, it seems like it would be easy to miss a lot of these, so I'd ...
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How can I find the ancient device with less searching?
I have found the ancient device maybe 7 times and seen 5 of the outcomes. To see all 10 for the Wheel of Misfortune achievement and to find all the locations for the Nooks and Crannies achievement, ...
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Where do the enemies for the unique enemy achievements spawn?
For the achievement Never Seen That Before, you need to kill one of the listed unique enemies. For the achievement Special Snowflakes, you need to kill 15 of these same listed unique enemies. For the ...
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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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Giving Claptrap a high five
How do I give Claptrap a high five for the "Up High, Down Low" achievement? I found Claptrap in Sanctuary after Roland's house and it had a "high five" dialogue option after I finished its mission, ...
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How do I get the “Merry Christmas” achievement in DEFCON?
I have a feeling the new Merry Christmas achievement is going to become significant in a bit, and therefore I'd like to unlock it.
However, I have no idea how. The description doesn't help at all:
...
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What is the fastest way to get the Diggle Nog achievement?
The Diggle Nog! achievement states:
Diggle Nog! - Make some Diggle Nog. Who doesn't love a nice cold glass of Diggle Nog?
Since I've never played this game, I have no idea what to do to get it. ...
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Can the Steam achievements be gained also offline?
If I play, for example, Plant vs Zombies or Toki Tori on Steam when I am offline, can I get achievements? Are these re-synchronized when Steam returns online?
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What are all the Secret Achievements in Fruit Ninja?
What are all the Secret Achievements in Fruit Ninja? I've been playing for a while but only got the one for getting a score of 99.
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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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When should “the weary blacksmith” conversation in act I take place?
When should "the weary blacksmith" conversation with the blacksmith in Act I take place?
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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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What happens to my campaign progress if I uninstall StarCraft 2?
I need to repave my machine. I've made progress in the StarCraft 2 Wings of Liberty Campaign that I don't want to lose. I believe the achievements I've unlocked are tied to my battle.net account and ...
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Are Tacos Delicious? What happens if I eat 7,460 of them?
Satan gave me a taco once. It made me mighty sick. So naturally, I was suspicious when I met a rather terrifyingly friendly demon-looking-creature in the markets of London who was all too happy to ...
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How do XBox Live Achievements Work if You're Offline?
If you're offline when your game would normally assign you an achievement, what happens? Are you notified, and it syncs to your profile later when you are online? Do you just miss out on it?
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What is the quick load achievement in Alien Swarm?
Today, after 3 hours of game, I gained
Quick Load
- Successfully perform a fast reload.
but I really didn't understand what it is and how I got it. Can you explain me what to "perform a fast ...
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Do turrets and robots killing enemies count for the Pacifist achievement?
The pacifist achievement text says:
Complete Deus Ex: Human Revolution without anyone dying by your hand. (Boss fights don't count.)
What about me hacking a security system and setting ...
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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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Can steam create an overview of all my achievements?
I play several games on Steam and I love the achievement system. It would be great to get an overview of all the achievements ever gained in Steam games. Does Steam support this? I haven't found such ...
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What are the secret achievements in Cave Story+ (PC/Steam), and how do I get them?
I found Curly's panties in Cave Story+, and got a secret achievement. Checking the global achievements page, I discovered there are a lot of other hidden achievements (the ones that have no ...
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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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What are the secret achievements in Super Meat Boy?
Super Meat Boy has just been updated with new achievements, and though they are listed on the steam achievements page, they have no accompanying text on how to unlock them.\
The original secret ...
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How do I get A Gift from Krampus?
Binding of Isaac has an achievement for "A Gift From Krampus". The hint says it's in Satan's room, but I don't know where that is.
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How do I cook roasts?
Steam's holiday sale added the "Holiday Dinner" achievement to Psychonauts. The description is:
Cook and consume two different kinds of roast in one sitting.
I played through about half the ...
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Civilization 5 Elizabeth-specific achievement domain?
The achievement specifically tied to Elizabeth (that's the English) is as follows:
Ruler of the Seas
As Elizabeth, sink and destroy 357 enemy naval units, across any number of playthroughs.
So my ...
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How do I beat medium AI in 5 minutes?
I would like to get 'beat medium AI in 5 minutes' achievement. Usually I am playing as terran.
Is there special SMALL (TINY) map for that? What is strategy for that? Should I build 1st barrack on ...
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What is the fastest way to complete “The Art of Conversation” achievement?
I know from reading this question how to finish up the follower conversations, however to get "The Art of Conversation" I need to complete almost all conversations in the game (I believe there are a ...
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How do I get the “Sniper Duel” achievement in Minecraft?
The "Sniper Duel" achievement in Minecraft requires me to kill a skeleton from 50 meters away. Is this equivalent to 50 blocks? What is the easiest way to do this? I've recently located a skeleton ...
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Easiest way to get the “ride a pig off a cliff” achievement?
I'm having some difficulty getting this achievement - currently I am placing my saddle on a pig close to a cliff, but as soon as I jump on the pig always turns around and walks back towards safety..
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Are puppet cities counted towards the limit of 3 imposed by the “Bollywood” achievement in Civilization V?
Bollywood
As Gandhi, win a cultural
victory with 3 or fewer cities in your
empire.
Do puppet cities count towards this limit or not?
I'd assume they probably are (since you do get ...
