Overview
This guide will help you understand and have the knowledge in order to 100% this game, will explain all the achievements for an easier understanding, give you some tips for those that are more harder to get and give some personal experiences with some of them as well. Check the last section “New achievements” to see the latest achievements added to the game, if there are new achievements that are not mentioned in that section that means that I either, didn’t notice there are new achievements because I don’t keep track of the game that closely anymore or that I’m working on getting them before updating the guide. Either way I would appreciate if you comment when new achievements are added to the game so this guide doesn’t get outdated.Anything you consider its worth mentioning in the guide or adding to it, let us know in the comments and we’ll add it! Also don’t hesitate in telling us if we messed up something or need to clarify anything as well!Quick reminder: enabling sv_cheats in a server will disable progress for all achievements and will remain this way until you restart the game, some people say that restarting the server enables achievements again but doesn’t work 100% of the times, so just in case whenever you enable cheats and you want to go for achievements in the same session, just don’t, you might be wasting your time so restart the game to make sure achievements are enabled again.
Playing as a survivor
While infected, survive long enough to let it run it’s course and turn you into one of the undead.
Start a game on normal difficulty and add bots. When the game starts let the zombies hit you. Since it is random you might see that your character is starting to lose his mind (black and white sight and hearing reduction). Wait until he loses his mind completely and becomes a zombie. You will earn the achievement then.
Remove both legs from a zombie.
For this one you can use a grenade or any weapon to get it. Melee weapons also work.
Complete Any Escape map without firing a single bullet, on Hard or Higher Difficulty.
You are not able to shoot any gun but you can still kill zombies with a melee weapon. Just bring some friends with you on any escape map or you can fill the lobby with bots instead.
Complete 250 Objectives in the Escape Game-Mode.
You will get this achievement as you play through the maps on Escape mode.
Sprint over and squish 5 cockroaches
There are no cockroaches around the map, instead cockroaches are your fellow survivors when they die and they don’t become a zombie, this applies to all game-modes.
Tip: The easy way to get this is bringing a friend and letting him get killed, then just meet somewhere and sprint over them
Ride 20 different survivors as a cockroach
This achievement is similar to the last one but on the cockroach’s perspective, you need to get close to a survivor and ride them (default key E), you will know when you’re riding a survivor when you get “stuck” in them and move at the same time as them. You will have to do this with 20 players, can be bots and doesn’t have to be 20 different players thrughout all games, it can be the same player but it will have to be on a different game. By adding bots from the lobby it will only count 1 if you ride them all, for some reason, it’s not clear if it’s because they all have the same name or if this just doesn’t work this way.
Tip: The easiest way is to create your own server, add bots by using the commands below, getting killed and riding them all. Repeat until the achievement pops up. Since these commands doesn’t require of sv_cheats to enable them, they won’t disable any achievement progress so you’re safe to use them.
Heal 25 fellow survivors whilst working together in our Co-Op Game Modes
There are 2 items that you can use to heal yourself (default key LMB) or other people (default key RMB):
Med kit. Heals 100% of your health, looks clearly like a med kit.
Inoculator. Heals 25% of your health, looks like a small pistol without a barrel and with a syringe on top of it
Barricade 50 windows, doors and other entrances in the Extraction Game-Mode.
In order to do this you need to find a nailgun and some planks to barricade, they can be found around the maps, always fixed spawn points. Then just barricade all you can, you will see what you can barricade when you equipo the nailgun.
A handy tool, used for many kinds of purposes
This achievement is a bit tricky and took us more than it should because the map where you get the “handy tool” is somewhat broken, Barlowe Square, more than a few times I got stuck around the initial cafeteria without any open fences to the next area but that’s besides the point. The tool can be found in the building you also find the keys for the entrance to the underground (the zone with the generators), if you don’t know where this is, this follows the main path of the map and can’t be missed so try looking for a guide that explains the way.
Fastforwarding to the building mentioned before, you can see it from the other side of the fence so eventually you will get to this point after extinguishing the fire.
Climb to the first floor and break the window to enter the apartment
As you walk through it you should find the keys for the door where you found the fire extinguisher, instead of turning around, keep going through the building.
And you will find yourself in a hallway that leads downstairs, right after you leave the first apartment turn right and you will see this closed door. What you need to do now is use the keys on it, if it doesn’t work, keep using them and then use them again and again and again… This took me more than 20 tries and also threw the keys towards the door (idk if this does anything though) and kept trying, eventually you will see the icon to interact with the door. Then you’ll know you can open it.
After you enter the apartment you will find a body in a corner with a green crowbar stuck in its chest, just grab it and the “handy tool” is yours. It’s completely green so it’s easily distinguished from the regular crowbar.
Reference image for the Green Crowbar.
PS: The thing with the door could be either a bug and it doesn’t properly register that you’re using the keys on it, or made on purpose so people don’t get into the apartment by mistake.
Playing as a survivor < Flatline >
Earn $5,000 dollars on Flatline
Spend $10,000 dollars on Flatline
These two previous achievements doesn’t require to be within a single game. So you will get those eventually by playing the game mode
Delay the inevitable
In Flatline game-mode there is a button, its called Round Saver, around the map that cost 1000$ to purchase. This button will give you a second chance when all your team die without having to start from the first wave just yet. It’s not clear how it actually works, it can either be to save the wave you purchased the button or to save the last wave you survived whatever the wave you were in when purchased it.
This button is in the main hall of the station on the middle desk near the back reception. This will only be purchasable if it wasn’t purchased already and it’s not clear if you can purchase it again after dying and in the case you can, if it would even work properly.
Get an upgrade module
These upgrade modules can be dropped by riot police zombies randomly, the drop % is quite low. The modules look like a box that can be easily spot when they drop, is not like you will miss it.
When it drops you will have to pick it up and it will give your current weapon a random upgrade. The maximum number of buff on a weapon are 4. Each box will display an image of the buff that contains, in the picture you can see that the one on this box is the buff that vanishes zombies when they get killed.
Get something from the mysterybox
The mistery box is a big black box around the map and will cost 1000$ to open. It will give a random weapon with random upgrades. Just open it 10 times and it’ll pop up. You can see a reference image below.
This mistery box is from the Unionstation map and its located right next to the train on the outside of the station. They will always appear in a fixed location on each map and you can purchase them as many times as you want. If you don’t like the weapon you get from it, just recycle it and you will get some money back.
Buy 1000 weapons from the shop
The shop will open at the end of each wave, you will see footsteps on the floor that will lead to you it, there you can buy weapons, ammo, health and other supplies.
You will have around 90 seconds to get there and buy whatever you can until it closes again and the next wave will start. The shop won’t be always in the same place (at least on most of the maps) so each time it will be in a different location but you’ll always have the footsteps to find it.
This is what the shop looks like, although all the shops rooms have different sizes. Depending on the map you’re playing in, you might find a few different items like a red keycard in Unionstation or some boltcutters on Harvest, those will unlock a “secret” room in the map where you will find supplies.
Recycle 500 weapons
The recycler is a regular container but it will be interactable and will always have a fixed location on each map. You can see a reference image below.
This recycler is from the Unionstation map and its located near the train on the outside of the station, around the corner on one of the furthest side of the train. The better the weapon you recycle the more money you will get back from it. You can only recycle melee weapons and firearms so don’t try recycling other items.
Playing as a survivor < PvP >
This section will include all the achievements related to the PvP mode (Hunted Game-Mode) and other achievements that requires 2 or more players that can be done in other game modes. Most of them will require of a friend or two in order to get them, some of them can be done with bots instead.
Kill a player controlled zombie or fellow survivor in any Game-Mode that exceeds 150ft.
Tip: The easy way to get this is by asking for help from a friend, keep in mind that you might want to add a bot if you can’t get 2 friends to help you because the game will end one there’s only 1 survivor alive. Clearly the optimal weapon for this would be the sniper, then go to Harvest, search for the roof that you can reach by jumping on a pick up truck and walking through a wooden plank, pick the sniper that’s near the lantern you see in front, go to the position shown on the pictures below and pray for your aim.
Let your zombie friend stand behind the police car and just in case right next to the fence behind it so you can ensure the 150 feets.
Kill 25 player controlled zombies with a melee attack.
Get 25 Headshots on your fellow survivors using the crossbow in our Hunted Game-Mode
Do not get mistaken with the compound bow, the crossbow is the one that shoots sideways. This one is better with friends, with bots you might not even have the chance to find the crossbow before they kill you or they kill each other.
Get 50 Headshots on your fellow survivors in our Hunted Game-Mode
Kill 250 of your fellow survivors in the Hunted Game-Mode.
Since the game is not as alive as one would like, the fastest way to do this is creating a private server and adding a bunch of bots. The most entertaining way would be to bring a bunch of friends together and have fun… but we’re here to hunt achievements not for the fun, right?
Playing as a zombie < PvP >
Use your Roar to build a horde of 15 or more zombies.
When playing as a zombie run around and gather zombies to follow you by using the Roar ability (default key R) until you reach 15, which is the maximum you can gather.
While on the hunt, provoke 25 phone ‘pings’ as a player zombie while in our Hunted Game-Mode.
When you play as a zombie a survivor needs to call you 25 times to earn this one. Play with a friend and when you are near each other the survivor needs to take out his phone (Default key B) and the zombie player’s name should appear on its screen then call the times needed.Also it is avaiable on hunted mode.
Destroy 50 Doors and/or Barricades as a player zombie.
Kill the last remaining survivor in a round while playing as a zombie.
This achievement can only be done in co-op game-modes because in Hunted game-mode when there’s only 1 survivor remaining the game will consider him the winner and the round will restart.
Kill a player survivor with low health using nothing but your grapple and bite.
Tip: The fastest way to do it is by bringing a friend to any co-op game-mode because of the same reason on Cat ‘n’ Mouse achievement in case you can only find 1 person to help. So the way to do it is by having the survivor at full health and the zombie at less than 30% of the health, then as the zombie only use grapple (default key RMB) from his back to bring down all the survivor’s health.
Kill a survivor while he is being grappled by a fellow player zombie.
Tip: Same process as the previous achievement but with the help of another player playing as a zombie as well. So what you need here is 1 survivor and 2 zombies (not both zombies requires to be players but it’s easier if they are both players), while one zombie is grappling, the player zombie just kill the survivor with a normal attack, bot zombies occasionally also use the grappling but it’s random.
If the survivor gets killed when the zombie at the back isn’t grappling anymore (because the grapple only lasts a few seconds), the achievement won’t pop up so it needs to be while the grappling is happening, so its recomended to low the survivor’s health first to its minimum.
Kill a player survivor as a zombie while on fire.
Tip: Montclair and Barlowe Square in Escape game-mode usually have a fire half way of the map you need to extinguish to progress that you can use for this achievement. To clarify the description the zombie is the one that has to be on fire, not the survivor.
Kill 3 player survivors in a round while playing as a zombie.
You can either add bots for this one or go with some friends on a server.The one who needs it need to become zombie either by dying or becoming infected. Then that player needs to kill 3 peoplein 1 round.
Kill 25 AI survivors in the Extraction Game-mode as a player zombie.
The survivors that you need to kill are the ones that have to get extracted by the survivor players.
Infect 25 player survivors.
To infect survivors you can either do it by hiting them with your normal attack or by grappling, grapple has a higher chance to infect than a normal hit and it also deals more damage most of the times. Playing with more players and at a higher difficulty also increases the chance to infect survivors. Keep in mind that as soon as you infect a survivor it will count towards the achievement, you don’t need to wait for the survivor to become a zombie, so if you want to speed things up just grapple first for the highest chance to infect and then keep hitting them until they die.
As a zombie using the vision ability (default key F) you can see which survivor is infected as it will have a green circle underneath. In this picture you can see that 2/3 survivors are infected.
Grapple and bite 50 player survivors.
Stand behind a survivor and use the grapple action (default key RMB)
Kill 250 survivors as one of the undead.
This one will take a lot of time because is harder to kill as a zombie than it is as a survivor, although this can be done with bots it will still take a lot of time since bots have quite good aim and will kill each other very fast. If you’re lucky you will get up to 3-4 kills each match with a full 16 players lobby (you + 15 bots). On your way to get this achievement you should also try grappling for the previous achievement and eventually you will get “Hold me close” as well.
Completing maps < Escape >
These sections will include completing all maps in all objective game-modes, such as Escape, Extraction and Flatline. Keep in mind that if you complete the map a higher difficulty, you will also unlock the achievements for the ones at lower difficulty (if there are any). These achievements are quite self-explanatory so there won’t be any extra clarifications about them but there will be tips from personal playthroughs. Keep in mind that after each update some of these achievements might get bugged and not unlock and other might get fixed instead, so just hope for a next update that will fix the bugged ones.
Complete Montclair, on Normal or Higher Difficulty in our Escape Game-mode.
The map itself is not too hard to beat but is very bugged so you might need to beat it a few times before the achievement pops up (if it ever does). It also has a chance to crash your game, specially near the end of part 2 after calling for extraction, so be advised.
Complete Biotec, on Extreme Difficulty in our Escape Game-mode.
Tip: This map is very difficult to solo because there are a few points where a big group of zombies will spawn and taking them out by yourself and not get surrounded is quite challenging so at least one or two friends with experience are recommended to beat this level. Keep in mind that the description of the achievement isn’t complete, it’s missing to complete it “with 4 or more survivors left” as someone already talked about it after having issues unlocking the achievement this discussion.
Complete Camp Whitner, on Normal / Extreme Difficulty in our Escape Game-mode.
This map is very opened, in comparison with other maps so you might get lost quite easily, the objectives are also somewhat far apart one from another sometimes and some of them don’t really give you a useful hint to where to go. So take your time learning the map or follow someone that knows it well. The level is not the hardest one either since you can run around the zombies without much trouble but there’s one point where you need to enter a garage and hold for some time, this part can be the hardest since is the a closed zone and you can’t run around that much because it’s a small place to hold and there will be a big wave of zombies flooding the place.
Tip: Kill as fast as you can and get the hell out of there as soon as you can or you will get surrounded by zombies, don’t stick around for too long.
Complete RoanokePD with 4 or more survivors left, on Normal or Higher Difficulty in our Escape Game-mode.
At 2.1.3.4. version this achievement is glitched and although you all might survive, even if only one of you survives, the one that survived will get the achievement (maybe the ones that didn’t survive will get it as well, we haven’t tested that yet). Also you can get it while playing solo.
Complete RoanokePD Solo, on Normal / Hard Difficulty in our Escape Game-mode.
Tip: This map is quite easy to do on solo even on Extreme difficulty, with good aim and patience you will reach the end of the map with enough ammo to spare for all weapons. There’s only 1 infinite wave of zombies and that is at the end of the level when you’re waiting for extraction at the roof but still manageable, as for the extraction at the garage its a bit harder because many zombies will spawn at the same time from different places and you can get surrounded quite easily so wait outside of the garage, keep your distance with the swarm of zombies that will come from i and always check your back, zombies might spawn on the upper floor and come down as well.
Complete Barlowe Square with 4 or more survivors left, on Normal or Higher Difficulty in our Escape Game-mode.
At 2.1.3.4. version this achievement is kinda bugged, although you might all escape, only the first survivor to escape will earn the achievement, so if you’re playing with randoms, you might want to yeet the escape, if you’re playing with friends then you will have to do the map as many times as friends you have.
Complete Barlowe Square Solo, on Normal / Hard Difficulty in our Escape Game-mode.
Complete Barlowe Square, on Extreme Difficulty in our Escape Game-mode.
This map only has a few moments where it can be very annoying and difficult specially while going for the solo runs. When you get to the bank and you need to go through it to find the vault, you will encounter an infinite wave of zombies until you reach the destination going through small corridors, meanwhile you’ll have to find a keycard to open a locked door within a small frame of time before you get surrounded. Then on the part 2 of the map you’ll need to turn on generators (there are more generators than you need to turn on so if you’re missing any, its not bugged, so you need to keep looking around while again figthing an infinite wave of zombies.
Tip: Take your time learning those two troublesome locations and the objectives, once you know exactly what to do, where to go and safe spots it will become easier to beat. You won’t beat it on your first try unless you get carried by someone who knows it well.
Completing maps < Extraction >
Complete all Extractions on Aurora Estates on Normal or Higher Difficulty in our Extraction Game-mode.
In this map there will be 6 houses with a group of 1-3 survivors each that you will have to extract after holding the house for a few minutes.
Tip: I find easier to defend the survivors outside of the houses, survivors have a very good aim and quite a lot of ammo so you can just make them stay on top of any car in the middle of the street and let them do the work.
Complete all Extractions on Barlowe Square on Normal or Higher Difficulty in our Extraction Game-mode.
This map has 9 locations with a group of 1-3 survivors as well.
Completing maps < Flatline >
For all Flatline maps, if you get a any weapon from the mystery box with explosive ammo, then its gg, this buff can also be drop by riot police zombies if you’re lucky. It can one-shot a riot police zombie from far away, it doesn’t even have to be a headshot, actually you don’t need to hit them, just shoot at the ground near them and they will die because of the explosion, also it can take many zombies at once if they’re close together. Becareful using it too close to you, it will damage you as well.
Complete Stone Creek, on Normal or Higher Difficulty in our Flatline Game-mode.
Tip: With good coordination with your friends you can camp at the attic, there will be 3 windows that you can keep barricading and 2 entrances from the floor below with ladders that zombies will have to climb, the 4th window that can’t be barricade won’t be an entrance for zombies anyway. With more players will be easier to cover all the entrances. Running around the garden can also work but at late waves there will be a lot of zombies that can surround you easily.
Complete Harvest, on Normal / Extreme Difficulty in our Flatline Game-mode.
Tip: This map is quite small and there’s not much room to run zombies around so your best strategy is to camp at the basement or it’s entrances, barricading doors as possible. One good spot to camp is the garage, there are 2 doors which can be barricaded, one to the outside where you will see most of the zombies of the wave, and one to the inside of the house. The other good spot is the upper basement, there will be again 2 entrances, one where zombies will drop from the outside (if the players on the other spot are able to take out all the zombies on the outside, this entrance will be empty), and the other entrance is the one from the living room upstairs, this one can’t be barricaded so here should always be one player covering the stairs.
We made it with 4 players, 2 on each spot to camp so one can cover the other while reloading. In this map is a requirement to find a weapon with explosive ammo so you can clear the outside of the house easily since this is the part where most of the zombies will spawn. Another thing that will help at the last wave is the trap on the outside infront of the recycler. This trap is worth $1500, so you might want to start saving on wave 8 in order to purchase this, keep in mind that the trap will electrify the fence around the outside and only lasts for roughly 30seconds, so the best option would be to wait around 20seconds after the escape arrived (the helicopter will wait next to the recycler) and then activate it so you have a safe escape.
Complete Unionstation, on Normal or Higher Difficulty in our Flatline Game-mode.
Tip: This map is very big and you can run around it to escape from zombies although some of the corridors are not too wide to avoid zombies to surround you, other zones like the outside and the main hall are good places to run zombies around. As for now we haven’t found any safe spots in this map to camp.
Complete Clock Tower, on Normal or Higher Difficulty in our Flatline Game-mode.
Tip: On normal difficulty is not a big deal. Although this map can look like its a bit big, it’s actually quite small, little exterior zone with only the recycler, shop and mystery box and the inside of the clocktower with 2 floors. The 2nd floor only has a corridor and a staircase that leads you to the escape of the map, which is a few floors above and there will be no zombies on your way up, it’s also closed so you can’t go further than the 2nd floor until the last wave. The safest spot would be on the 1st floor, as you enter the building on the furthest right side. There are 2 connected rooms at the end of the corridor with only a rescue closet each one and no other doors than the front doors. So with 2 or more players you can cover both doors knowing zombies won’t come from the back.
Tip for all Flatline maps:
Waves 1-3: Kill with a melee weapon as much as you can, it will give you extra money with each kill and you won’t need to buy more ammo after each wave, this will allow you to get a good gun after wave 2 so you can take care of riot police zombies easier. Also try to recycle some melee weapons you find around the map that no one uses and barricade some windows or doors to get some extra bling bling, being careful that barricading the wrong door can backfire while being chased by a bunch of zombies.
Waves 4-6: Always buy a med kit (just in case), its cheap and will save you or one of your friends after a beating. By now you probably won’t want to use any melee weapons because you can get easily surrounded or caught with low stamina, so recycle them as much as possible for extra money. You might also have at least one primary weapon of your choice for taking care of riot police zombies, shotguns can take off the helmet within 2-3 shots at mid range. If you’ve been farming good money you might as well try luck on the mystery box.
Waves 7-10: Would not recommend purchasing any turrets before these waves because they will give you less money and they’re not that necessary at earlier waves. If you purchase them keep in mind that they can get stuck with only 1 zombie and be unable to kill him meaning that this 1 zombie can kill your turret and it will be 500$ vanished, so try to defend (might sound ironical) your turret so it can use all its ammo at least. One thing that you should purchase at this point is the Round Saver, which will give you a second chance after your party gets completely killed so you won’t start from wave 1 right away.
TL;DR: Manage your money for the essential and save for future waves as you can, always be on the look for extra money. Also please keep on moving, don’t get yourself get surrounded on an open space, run (if possible) around the whole map if necessary or camp on safe places with few entrances that can be barricaded or easily defended.
Collectibles < Gotta Collect ‘Em All >
Thanks to those who found them first, SixthBlackWing and Siul (don’t know about others who also found any of these), you can check the whole conversation about these achievements here.
Find and collect patient zero
Originally posted by JonnyBoy0719 (developer):there are 3 “collectibles” that you can find, scattered on 3 maps (1 on each).
Biotec, Campwhitner and Barlowe Square.
all Escape maps. Have fun looking for them 🙂
If you don’t feel like searching every corner of those 3 maps, you will find the locations of the 3 collectibles below. The server has to be on Normal difficulty or higher in order to the collectibles to spawn. These collectibles can’t be picked up, only used, that means that a full lobby can all get it on the same game. Keep in mind that you don’t actually need to complete the whole map after getting a collectible, so if you want you can just leave the game after getting it.
Biotec
As you get to the yellow corridor (where the keycard reader is). When facing the door that requires the red keycard, head left.
There will be 2 offices at the end of the corridor, one of each side of the corridor, enter the one on the right.
The collectible will be on the floor between one shelf on the corner and a sofa next to it. Use it (default key E)
Camp Whitner
Once you find the red keycard (from the dorms, inside the first building) go to the objective door and get through it. There will be a corridor that will lead you to the next zone.
As you enter the corridor you will find a door in front of you where you can use the same keycard as well. This room is an armory where you will find guns and ammo but there are always a few zombies, maybe even a riot police zombie so be careful entering without holding a weapon.
Across the room, around the table in the middle and underneath it, right next to a box you will find the collectible, just use it.
Barlowe Square
On part 2 of the map, right when you exit the store you will have to go through this building with a truck next to it, you will see some stucked zombies crouching under it.
When you enter just go up the stairs and in front of you at the end of the corridor you will see a picture of an eagle, there’s where you need to turn right and enter the first door on your right,
If the previous is closed then you will need to keep going through the path and eventually you will leave the building by the back door, here you turn right and you’ll see an emergency stairs that you’ll have to climb up to enter that same apartment from the window.
Right in front of the window you will see a shelf, just get close to the collectible and use it.
Collectibles < Panic! >
Find and collect Eugene, Marcus, Jessica and Paul
Just as the previous achievement, this time there are 4 figures of some of the characters of the game that can be found on different maps.
Roanoke PD
Just as you spawn take the path on the right side, cross the door and inmediatly face the right side and you will see this corridor with a door at the end.
After you open it, there is a chance that you might be blocked by some table on fire, just turn around and look for a fire extinguisher and come back, then just go straight to the last door on the left.
Behind and under the desk on the other side of the room you will find Eugene.
Clock Tower (Flatline)
At spawn you will see 2 paths, one that goes inside the building and one with an opened gate that leads to the shop, take this last path and keep going straight following the path until the end.
You will eventually get to the limit of the map where you can see 2 gates. One with a mystery box right infront of it and one without it. Head to the corner of between those gates.
Behind a tree, some bushes and a rock you will find Marcus.
Barlowe Square (Extraction)
This one is a bit different because depending on where the AI spawns, you will be able to get to this figure or not. If they don’t then you simply won’t be able to access the building where the figure is, then just suicide until they spawn on this exact building. This one happens to be the same building where the other figure from the previous achievement was but on another room
At the corner between Franklin Avenue and Diamond Boulevard there is a possible AI spawn. This corner is located at the top left part of the map. Keep in mind the direction of the letters on the phone to orientate yourself throught the map. On the loading screen of this map you can see the whole map.
You can either enter from this door or the back door if you go though the back alley that you can see on the right side.
As soon as you enter you will see a door and some stairs behind it, just keep going up until you get to the 3rd floor.
Eventually you will get here, that door at the end is where you need to enter.
After entering walk around the sofa in the living room and you will find Paul behind it.
Camp Whitner (Flatline)
This collectible used to be inside of one of the rescue closets but devs changed its location so no bots or more players are necessary in order to get it now. Still the new location is very close to the old one but just outside a rescue closet.
On spawn you will probably be inside this room with the drums with everyone else in the lobby.
Just turn right and through the door, keep following the path. Go through the kitchen, if you find 2 doors blocked and one of them that can be bought then you’re going the wrong way, you need to go to the other side of the kitchen and exit it’s back door
Eventually you will get to this hole in the wall, you’ll need to unlock the wall which costs $50 so it’s not a problem.
After the hole there are 3 directions you can go, take the left one and you should will some stairs going down and a corridor downstairs
Keep going though the path and you’ll see some more stairs that lead outside. Right next to the stairs there are a few sofas with some planks for the nail gun.
Sitting on the chair right below the stairs is the last collectible, Jessica. As you did with the rest of the collectibles just use it and you’ll be done!
Killing zombies
This section will include all the achievements related to killing zombies in different ways, such as weapons or types of zombies.
Kill 5 zombie doctors
You will get this achievement eventually by playing the game so don’t even bother with this one. Good thing is that these zombies sometimes drop medkits or inoculators when killed. Best map to try this achievement is Biotec since some doctors will spawn there when you reach the lab, although they will spawn on all maps randomly, they are the ones with the white coat.
Kill 10 zombie looters
This one is similar to the previous one, the difference is that these zombies are clearly identifiable as they have a backpack on their back and will drop random supplies when killed.
Kill 10 Zombies with a single grenade
The strategy is the same as the next one but with the fact that you need to calculate how you throw the grenade to not miss. Sometimes zombies with backpack can drop grenades so you can get a grenade from them, there will also be grenades randomly around the maps.
Destroy 10 helmets from riot officer zombies
These zombies are the hardest ones to kill. They wear a full riot police uniform so the fastest way to kill them is by shooting at his helmet until it breaks, then their head will be open to a normal headshot. Depending on your weapon of choice you will need more or less shots to the helmet, personally I find the shotgun a good choice for these enemies, 2 or 3 shotgun shots and the helmet is done.
Kill 10 zombies with the flamethrower
Just set enemies on fire and wait for them to eventually die by fire. Sometimes the fire will extinguish from the zombies, just set them on fire again and keep your distance, they can still hit you while on fire. It is not clear if this weapon can appear on any other mode than Flatline.
The flamethrower is a weapon that can be purchased in the shop of Flatline mode. It costs $950, has an ammo capacity of 100 and can’t be reloaded nor purchase ammo for this weapon so be smart using it. Instead you need to buy a new one, the flamethrower can be recycled when empty and will give you around $500.
Kill 15 Zombies with a single explosive.
This achievements means the handmade explosive (the one with the old phone attached to it). You can place it on a wall and detonate it remotely, this will allow you to gather a big group of zombies and lead them to your trap. It’s not clear that you can also use a grenade for this one, but still the handmade explosive should be easier to get it with.
Kill 20 zombies with firearms that has silencers
Silencers, as any other attachments, are randomize when you pick up or buy a weapon. It is supposed to be available on any map or gamemode. So far I’ve tested it on Flatline by either buying the gun on the shop or finding one on the map (on Harvest there is a room on the second floor that you can open with Boltcutters, one can find them on the garage. Inside the room there are 2 Scars, explosives, med kits and ammo), so it’s about luck whether you get a silenced gun or not so just keep buying weapons until you find one.
Kill 20 zombies with a crowbar
For this achievement you will need a crowbar, keep in mind that it CAN’T BE THE GREEN CROWBAR FROM THE ACHIEVEMENT “GREEN IS MY COLOUR” , the kills with this crowbar won’t count towards the achievement. Also while doing this achievement with my friends, we had an issue with the host not getting the achievements but everyone else did, might just be that one time but just keep that in mind too.
Kill 25 crawling zombies
Crawling zombies are usually the ones without legs, it has been confirmed that removing zombie’s legs with shotguns or grenades and then killing them count towards the achievement
Let the Turret and/or Survivor AI kill 25 zombies
This turret can be found on Flatline game-mode. You will need 500$ to purchase them and find a button to place the turret, these buttons are spread around them map and will have a lighter colour as they are interactable. These turrets are not invincible and will run out of ammo eventually so use them wisely if you’re going for the Flatline’s achievements.
Kill 25 zombies with a Fire Extinguisher
The Fire Extinguisher is not meant for killing hence won’t deal a lot of damage. The only way to hit with it is by using the melee attack (default key V) and it’s not clear that you can perform a stealth kill with this “weapon”. The easiest way to do this is obviously on easy difficulty since the enemies will deal little damage with each hit. You can only use melee attacks with it and before getting this you will unlock the next achievement.
Knockdown 50 zombies
To knockdown enemies you have to hit them with the melee attack (default key V) with any weapon. This might not always work and they might not always get knockdown, so go for easier difficulties to avoid struggling with this achievement. An easy method that I found to achieve this is by using the fire extinquisher. Be careful since the animation is too slow so enemies can hit you. On easy difficulty, the first 2 hits on a zombie will knock him out, the third will kill him.
Kill 50 zombies using a melee weapon’s stealth kill ability.
To perform a stealth kill with a melee weapon you need to get behind a zombie and press the melee attack (default key V), killing the zombie with the regular attack (default key LMB) or the charged attack (default key RMB) will not count towards this achievement. You will know when you did it correctly when the camera goes to 3rd person and your stamina bar goes all the way down after the kill.
Kill 100 Zombies with the scoped bolt action rifle
As this doesn’t mention any exclusive game-mode, it should be doable all across all game-modes and not within a single match. Sniper kills count for this achievement as well.
New achievements
This section will include the achievements that came with the last update and will come in the next update.
Last update with new achievable achievements: February 15th. Update: 2.1.5.9
These achievements are already added or will be added as soon as possible as we find the way to achieve them.
A handy tool, used for many kinds of purposes
Try this method and it will probably unlock. “Verify cache then do sv_cheats 1; give crowbar_green; sv_cheats 0”
Kill 20 zombies with a crowbar
Since items are random to spawn you can try this method if you are lucky and you start a flatline map you might spawn with a crowbar as a melee weapon. Just kill 20 enemies and the achievement will pop.
Thank you!
Thanks to Cosmos and all the people that helped finding out how to get some of the achievements and testing how some other works. Thank you for reading as well! If there are any questions we will gladly answer them in the comments! I hope the game does not have any unachiavable achievement in the future!
