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As of patch 1.01.09, Sands of Aura has a total of 72 achievements, 14 of which are only accessible in Hard Mode difficulty.
Achievements referring to all manner of unique collectables like Armor, Talismans, Codices, Pommels and Brews and similar have to all be collected on one character in order to trigger the achievement. Due to the nature of branching paths and choices the player can take throughout the game, certain Items may be permanently missed which prevents the player from obtaining every achievement in a single play through. Upon completing New Game, a subsequent play through in Hard Mode difficulty can be started with the player character retaining all unique Items present in their inventory, making it vastly more accessible to obtain all previously missed achievements.
- Battle achievements
- Bosses are unique and cannot be fought again, making all battle-specific achievements missable once they are defeated
- Champion of Starspire: Completing the Main Story Quest The Festival of the Spire before defeating all opponents prevents the achievement
- The End of Ancients: Failing to accept and complete the Side Quest To See a Candle's Light prevents this optional boss and all related achievements
- Let Me Solo Them: Recruiting Kauzzum for aid before the fight prevents this achievement
- Rain Must Fall: Entering Ishular before accepting Alaira's NPC Side Quest The Specter of Tradition on The Ruins of Hurwell will make all achievements/collectables related to her unavailable
- Redeemer: Entering Ishular before accepting/completing Danthea's NPC Side Quests Engulfed in Sin and A Fortunate Gesture will make achievements/collectables related to her unavailable
- Story & Quest achievements
- Nurture over Nature / Nature over Nurture: Depending on player choice, only one of these achievements can be gained per play through
- Most if not all achievements related to Danthea, The Penance Redeemer, Alaira, The Lady of Hurwell and Calder, The Excommunicate can be missed out on if their respective quest chains are not accepted/completed before entering Ishular
- A Momentary Reflection: Prevents the achievement from being obtainable if optional dialogue has been missed before completing the Main Story Quest The Festival of the Spire
- Collectible & Exploration achievements
- Locks and Keys: Can be missed if Lawrence's Lost Key to open the room is not purchased during the Main Story Quest The Festival of the Spire
- Missing Melodies: Can be missed if Trebor is not recruited in time before completing the Main Story Quest A Natural Effect
- Transformative Nature: Can be missed if the Flowering Vasculature has not been retrieved and used inside the Family Tomb before defeating the Wilgram Twins
- Certain quests related to Danthea, The Penance Redeemer, Alaira, The Lady of Hurwell and Calder, The Excommunicate will yield Talismans, Armor Sets and other Collectibles, missing out on said items will therefore prevent some achievements from being obtainable in the current play through.
Battle achievements
| Name | Description | Details | |
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A Small Thirsty Thing | Defeat the Sanctum Beast | Boss of Melgom's Cavern |
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A Supreme Kindness | Defeat the Sanctum Beast before Lawrence is incapacitated | - |
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Spirit Within | Defeat Ubaani | Boss of Tupi's Grotto |
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Reaching Vines | Defeat Ubaani without being hit by his vine whip attacks | Blocking the attacks does not invalidate the achievement |
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Overboard | Defeat the alchemect | Boss of Paragon's Rest |
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Unimpaired | Defeat the alchemect without taking any damage | Getting hit by his throwing flask attack does not invalidate the achievement |
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Twin Thorns | Defeat the Wilgram Twins | Boss of Radix Stronghold |
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Savage Progeny | Defeat the Wilgram Twins within five seconds of each other | - |
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Sovereignty of Irons | Defeat Greckko | Boss of The Cinderhold |
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En Garde | Parry Greckko three times before defeating them | - |
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The Guardian of Fire | Defeat the Flare Knight | Boss of The Flare Forge |
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Unbridled Flame | Defeat the Flare Knight with at least two pillars still intact | - |
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Champion of Starspire | Win the tournament during the Starspire festival | Defeat all three opponents during the tournament |
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Rotted Throne | Defeat the Hashari Princess | Boss of Black Rot Chasm |
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Before Court and Council | Defeat the Hashari Princess while both of her handmaids are alive | - |
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Herald of the Holy Seat | Permanently defeat the Giant of Ishular | Vanquish the Ishulari Giant by defeating it in all seven locations back-to-back without resting at Resonance Bells |
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Prime Radiance | Defeat Atnael | Boss of Ishular |
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Trial By Fire | Defeat Atnael without taking damage from fire trails | - |
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Shattered Illusions | Defeat Aura | Reach the Pillar of Entropy and side with Tupi. Alternatively, travel to the Ruined Settlement before or during the optional ending Side Quest To See a Candle's Light and choose to leave Aura |
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Navigating Farewells | Defeat Aura without taking any damage from orbs during her shield phases | - |
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The End of Ancients | Defeat Melgom | Optional Boss inside the Pillar of Entropy, only accessible when the optional ending Side Quest To See a Candle's Light has been completed |
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Ascendant | Defeat Melgom without taking any fall damage | Enter a portal the be transported to a separate plane above and perform a plunge attack to avoid fatal fall damage. Optionally, using the Dust Fall Talisman further negates any accidental fall damage |
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The Coming Dawn | Defeat Maveth | Final Boss inside the Pillar of Entropy |
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Transcended Abyss | Defeat Maveth without taking any damage from corruption pools | - |
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Let Me Solo Them | Defeat the Belfry Priests without enlisting the help of Kauzzum | Engage the boss of The Belfry by yourself |
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Frigid Winds | Defeat Einar | Boss of The Coldwell |
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Child of Ronkurth | Defeat Einar without being hit by any large frost orbs | "large frost orbs" refers to the big orbs with yellow spell effects following after the player character, not the small orbs |
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Dousing a Venerable Flame | Defeat all Ferrum bosses | Vanquish Greckko, The Cinderwarden, The Flare Knight, Vozryx, The Scarlet Caretaker and Cathexis, The Armor Master[needs confirmation] |
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Rain Must Fall | Defeat Alaira | Boss of Ruins of Hurwell |
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No Salvation | Stop Alaira from successfully healing before defeating her | Causing a stagger interrupts Alaira's healing spell |
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Redeemer | Defeat Danthea | Make sufficient progress in the Side Quest A Fortunate Gesture |
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Divine Guidance | Defeat Danthea without being hit by any orbiting maces | "orbiting maces" refers to the golden, semi-translucent maces circling the battlefield, not the conal attack |
Story & Quest achievements
| Name | Description | Details | |
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Setting Sail | Begin your journey in Talamhel | Start a New Game |
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Leisis Bless You | Return the Book of Scripture to Navae | Complete the Side Quest Ashes and Dirt |
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The River Styx | Discover the once-man village | Complete the Side Quest Reduced Fare |
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Smotherly Love | Decide the fate of Creature | Complete the Side Quest To Shield or Smother |
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Nurture Over Nature | Give the Abeyant Ovum to Furn | Retrieve the Ovum after defeating the Hashari Princess, return to the hatchery and accept the Side Quest What Lies Ahead by declining Kauzzum's plea to hand him the ovum, defeat him and hand the ovum to Furn |
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Nature Over Nurture | Give the Abeyant Ovum to Kauzzum | Retrieve the Ovum after defeating the Hashari Princess, return to the hatchery and choose to hand over the ovum to Kauzzum |
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A Blunted Blade | Complete Danthea’s conversation in Ishular | Point of no return warning: Achievement no longer obtainable in the current cycle if A Fortunate Gesture has not been completed before entering Ishular. Finish the Side Quest A Fortunate Gesture, head to Ishular and engage her dialogue in all four locations throughout the city |
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A Girl From Husker | Discover the true origin of Leisis | Point of no return warning: Achievement no longer obtainable in the current cycle if Engulfed in Sin has not been completed before entering Ishular. Make sufficient progress in the Side Quest In Search of Providence |
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A Casualty of Truth | Discover Calder within the Crumbling Basilica | Point of no return warning: Achievement no longer obtainable in the current cycle if Engulfed in Sin has not been completed before entering Ishular. Branching path: Achievement no longer obtainable in the current cycle when Calder has been sent to Starspire Refuge instead during the Side Quest In Search of Providence. During In Search of Providence, command Calder to drink the liquid inside the Ishular Depths. Journey to the Crumbling Basilica and find Calder within the infested hall above the church, past the bridge and second Resonance Bell |
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Ignorant Bliss | Complete Calder’s conversation after his return to Starspire | Point of no return warning: Achievement no longer obtainable in the current cycle if In Search of Providence has not been completed before entering Ishular. Branching path: Achievement no longer obtainable in the current cycle if Calder has been sent to the Crumbling Basilica instead during the Side Quest In Search of Providence. During In Search of Providence, command Calder to not drink the liquid inside the Ishular Depths and instead return to Starspire Refuge. Calder can be found within the entrance hall of the Church of Leisis sitting on a bench after sufficient Main Story progress has been achieved |
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Family Heirlooms | Help Alaira overcome the legacy of her family | Point of no return warning: Achievement no longer obtainable in the current cycle if Remains of Redemption has not been completed before entering Ishular. Complete the Side Quest Remains of Redemption, engage her dialogue after defeating Atnael, return to Ruins of Hurwell and finish her dialogue within the Hurwellian Court |
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A Momentary Reflection | Participate in all optional Aura moments | Point of no return warning: Achievement no longer obtainable in the current cycle if any dialogue has been missed before accepting/completing the Act Three Main Quest A Natural Effect. Engage in all optional dialogue with Aura: At the lake in Radix Stronghold, near the dead forest inside The Flare Forge and the telescope and candle-light vigil during the Starspire Festival |
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Port of Call | Decide the fate of Talamhel | Reach an ending |
Collectible & Exploration achievements
| Name | Description | Details | |
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Piles and Piles | Have 100,000 glint in your possession | - |
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Explorer | Discover and land at every island | Refer to Talamhel |
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Locks and Keys | Unlock the locked room in your home | Purchase Lawrence's Lost Key during the Starspire Festival for 100 Emblems to unlock the door |
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Missing Melodies | Find and recruit all musicians for Starspire | Refer to Wandering Troupe |
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Transformative Nature | Use the Flowering Vasculature | Collect the Flowering Vasculature inside the coiling library of Radix Stronghold, return to the Family Tomb (separate area at Radix that can be docked at with Grainwake) and use the item on the statue |
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Advanced Armaments | Recruit an armorsmith and weaponsmith for Starspire | Complete the Side Quest The Smile of Hatred to recruit Lakin as weaponsmith. Make sufficient progress in the Main Story Quest The Embers of Avarice to recruit either Cathexis or Pleonexis as armorsmith |
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Artisan Armaments | Upgrade your armorsmith and weaponsmith equipment to max level | Upon recruiting both weapon- and armorsmith hand in Anvil of Andalux, Snowcinder Bellows and Korvig's Grindstone to either of the smiths |
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Top Tier Gear | Upgrade an item to level 20 | Upgrade either Weapons or Armor at the Forge |
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One Size Fits All | Collect all armor pieces | Refer to Armor. NOTE: It is not necessary to collect all armor sets to reach the threshold that triggers the achievement |
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Bladesmith | Collect all weapon head codices | Refer to Codices |
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Sommelier | Collect all brew recipes | Refer to Brews |
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Pommelsmith | Collect all weapon pommel casts | Refer to Pommels |
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The Trinket Tracker | Collect all talismans | Refer to Talismans |
Hard Mode achievements
| Name | Description | Details | |
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A Small Thirsty Thing (Hard Mode) | Defeat the Sanctum Beast in Hard Mode | - |
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Spirit Within (Hard Mode) | Defeat Ubaani in Hard Mode | - |
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Overboard (Hard Mode) | Defeat the alchemect in Hard Mode | - |
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Twin Thorns (Hard Mode) | Defeat the Wilgram Twins in Hard Mode | - |
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Sovereignty of Irons (Hard Mode) | Defeat Greckko in Hard Mode | - |
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The Guardian of Fire (Hard Mode) | Defeat the Flare Knight in Hard Mode | - |
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Rotted Throne (Hard Mode) | Defeat the Hashari Princess in Hard Mode | - |
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Prime Radiance (Hard Mode) | Defeat Atnael in Hard Mode | - |
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Frigid Winds (Hard Mode) | Defeat Einar in Hard Mode | - |
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Redeemer (Hard Mode) | Defeat Danthea in Hard Mode | - |
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Rain Must Fall (Hard Mode) | Defeat Alaira in Hard Mode | - |
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The End of Illusions (Hard Mode) | Defeat Aura or Melgom in Hard Mode | - |
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The Coming Dawn (Hard Mode) | Defeat Maveth in Hard Mode | - |
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Port of Call (Hard Mode) | Decide the fate of Talamhel in Hard Mode | - |