Overview
This guide provides you help for obtaining all available achievements in Ancestors Legacy, including all DLC. The original guide was created and fully completed by SIMON 07, and has since been aided in the completion of the guide by LowFatMilk following the updates adding the Teutonic Order and Slav Campaign, and the Saladin’s Conquest DLC.
Introduction
Ancestors Legacy has currently a total of 62 Achievements, seven of them are hidden/secret. 13 Achievements have been added after release with the Teutonic and Slavic Campaigns, and another 12 were added with the Saladin’s Conquest DLC.
You can unlock all of them in singleplayer so there is no need to play online. Nevertheless it is possible to unlock some of them in online multiplayer if you want to.
There are no known bugged achievements so its possible to complete the game 100%. Most of the achievements are quite easy to obtain, you just need to know how. This is why I made this guide. Now have fun hunting achievements and playing this awesome game!
Please note this guide is work in progress. If you have any advice that isn’t included here, just let me know and I’ll add it! Same is true if you spot any mistakes. Thank you!
NOTE: The Devs added a new campaign with new achievements as well as new DLC. I am in the process of finishing the guide and completing these achievements to bring the guide to completion – LowFatMilk
Campaign Achievements
These achievements are unlocked by finishing the different chapters of the campaign.
The first Viking campaign as Ulf Ironbeard is also the tutorial for this game. You can already get almost half of all available achievements for this game during this campaign. It consists of five chapters where you slowly learn the mechanics of the game.
Complete the basic training mission
Finish the first chapter.
Complete the squad training mission
Finish the second chapter.
Complete the economy training mission
Finish the third chapter.
Complete the base building training mission
Finish the fourth chapter.
Complete Ulf Ironbeard’s campaign
This one is rewarded for finishing the fith and last mission of Ulf’s campaign. You need to raid the monastery of Lindisfarme.
Complete Rurik’s campaign
In the second campaign with the Vikings you are playing Rurik. There is only one storyrelated achivement that will be awarded if you finished the last chapter of Ruriks campaign.
Complete Edward’s campaign
Finish the last mission of Edward’s campaign.
Complete Harold’s campaign
Finish the last mission of Harold’s campaign. This is the second campaign of the Anglo-Saxons.
Complete Rudolf’s campaign
Finish the last mission Rudolf’s campaign.
Complete Mieszko’s campaign
Finish the last mission of Mieszko’s campaign.
Congratulations, you have finished all the base game Campaigns!
General Achievements
All of these achievements are possible to unlock in campaign or in skirmish mode. Many of them you’ll unlock simply by playing the campaign without extra effort. If there is a special mission where it’s easy to get i’ll note it.
Make an enemy trigger a trap you built
Where: Second mission of Ulf Ironbeard’s campaign
You have to set up a trap during the tutorial anyway and will be rewarded with the achievement.
Detect and destroy five enemy traps
Where: Third mission of Ulf Ironbeard’s campaign
Here you will learn how to detect and destroy enemy traps. Simply enable the defensive mode (Hotkey Y) and enemy traps are visible. The right click on it to attack it. In this mission there are two enemy traps so you either replay it till you got the achievement or you keep on playing campaign/skirmish matches until you found another three traps.
Raise the defence level of your village
Where: Fourth mission of Ulf Ironbeard’s campaign
You will obtain control of a village for the first time in this mission. You can raise the defence of your village by clicking on the icon on bottom left. You only need to have enough resources for the upgrade.
Raise the alarm in your village
Where: Fourth mission of Ulf Ironbeards campaign
If you conquered a village, simply click on the alarm/bell icon in the village-menu and you’re peasants will quit working and run to the centre to defend the village. Afterwards, just click on it again and they will continue working and producing resources.
Defeat an entire enemy squad with ranged attacks only
Where: Any mission or skirmish
Build at least two archer squads, attack an enemy squad and avoid any melee attacks with either your other troops or the archers themselves.
Raise a squad’s armour to its maximum level
Where: Any mission or skirmish
If you have enough iron stored you can upgrade your troops in the control panel by clicking on the corresponding icon. Lvl. 3 is the maximum.
Replenish a squad ten times
Where: Any mission or skirmish
If a squad is losing soldiers, retreat back to your base or to a village. There you can replenish your squad. You’ll get this anyway by the time.
Specialise ten squads
Where: Any mission or skirmish
Your squads gain experience by fighting and killing enemies. If they rank up, you’ll be noted. Now you can specialise your squad with three different traits. It’s doesn’t matter which on you choose.
Congratulations, you’ve unlocked the first half of the General achievements!
General Achievements II
Send peasants to work at a resource point 50 times
Where: Any mission or skirmish
When conquering a village your first step should be upgrading it’s resources. Doing this will send your villains to it’s mines and fields for work.
Destroy a village with Gold defense
Where: Second mission of the second campaign as Vikings
A village with gold defense has better defense (obviously). In this mission you can find a village on bottom right. Destroy the town hall, capture it and the achievement will be yours.
Reach maximum level with any squad
Where: Any mission or skirmish
Keep your units alive and fight. By killing enemies they will gain experience. The maximum lvl is 5. It shouldn’t be hard to reach this in a long mission.
Unlock a veterancy ten times
Where: Any mission or skirmish
By leveling up your troops unlock a veterancy. Repeating this ten times will happen automatically during your playthrough.
Destroy any building with a siege machine
Where: Fith mission of Ulf Ironbeard’s campaign
In this mission you will have the chance to build a siege machine for the first time. After you destroyed the wall in the mission (which doesn’t count) simply aim on any other building nearby.
Defeat each type of unit in the game at least once
Where: Any mission or skirmish
The easiest way to track your progress is if you play multiplayer/skirmish vs every available faction.
Recruit each type of unit in the game at least once
Where: Any mission or skirmish
You can either play shirmish/multiplayer with every avaiable faction or you play every campaign and build all available units.
Congratulations, you have unlocked all of the General achievements!
Multiplayer / Skirmish Achievements
All these following achievements can be obtained either offline in skirmishes against the AI or in multiplayer online matches:
Start a match in Multiplayer or against AI
Win a match in Multiplayer or against AI
Lose a match in Multiplayer or against AI
Those three are pretty obvious and easy to achieve so i guess there’s no further description required.
Win a Multiplayer match or AI Skirmish in less than 8 minutes.
Find a partner to boost this online or try your luck against (easy) AI. I unlocked this by playing on the 3v3 map ‘Autumn Rise’, Anihilation. Make yourself and your 2 Insane allies the Slavs (for their shield warband starting units) and make your 1 enemy Easy Saracens or Vikings (no stable so easy to burn, and their starting unit are spearmen who get rekt by shields). Rush every village with a unit of shields, use ‘Raise Shield’ ability to take the town, and then once all villages are controlled by your team, destroy the enemy base. I unlocked this in 7:37.
Alternatively, you could use Domination mode:
“Kita 2 Dec, 2018 @ 1:22pm
For ‘Indisputable’ you can start Domination Skirmish with Insane AI on your team versus Easy AI.
Just cap the villages and kill any enemy units stupid enough to get close to them.
Achievement popped in 5 minutes.”
Win a match against an AI on Insane difficulty
This will be the hardest multiplayer achievement. You can do this in a team fight with a partner.
The easiest way to do it on your own is to set up a 2v1 team match, add insane AI on your team and play vs. one insane AI player. Thx to alad for this advice.
Congratulations, you have unlocked all of the Multiplayer and Skirmish achievements!
Hidden Achievements
Ancestors Legacy has 7 hidden achievements. They are usually rewarded for some extra-effort in some of the campaign missions. I listed all of them here but since i haven’t unlock every single one i will add further description as soon i got them. By now you can at least see the description which might help you as well.
Help at least 8 drakkars survive the siege before Lindisfarne (Secret)
Where: Fourth mission of Ulf Ironbeard’s campaign
After capturing the final village your ally will appear. He’s got a fleet of 12 ships and you need to make sure at least 8 of them survive. Be fast and destroy the catapults before they sink the ships. For further information also see this thread:
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Capture and hold all villages at Izborsk (Secret)
Where: Fourth mission of Rurik’s campaign
You need to capture all villages in this campaign. It’s a bit tricky since you have only 5 Squads and your ally keeps taking squads away whenever he loses one. You need to split your army and capture fast enough.
Pick up all armours scattered behind Vienna’s walls (Secret)
Where: Third mission of Rudolf’s campaign
When attacking the right part of the city where you have to gather resources look out for the blacksmiths in the town. Destroy the building and each one will drop two armour pickups. Collect all 6 of them and the achievement is yours. I marked the blacksmiths on the map with a red dot:
Deliver 5 or more catapults before night-time at Wells (Secret)
Where: Third mission of Edward’s campaign
There are several catapults to pick up. Just make sure you build enough houses so you can have enough squads. Then cover them with your army and bring them to the exit point.
Capture the village of Kopytko (Secret)
Where: Fith mission of Mieszko’s campaign
This one is rewarded for capturing the village Kopytko in Mieszko’s campaign. It’s the village in the south across the river.
Kill 2000 peasants (Secret)
You need to kill a total of 2000 peasants. One of the Devs stated any peasant on the map that gets killed counts towards this:
Originally posted by DC_beerbear:Originally posted by Primarchus:Where can I find a large number of peasants?
Peasants in enemy base (standing near buildings, extinguishing buildings, repairing/building) also count to this achievement
Kill Harald in less than 5 minutes at Stamford Bridge (Secret)
Where: Fourth mission of Harold’s campaign
Be fast and kill Harald within 5 minutes. After the mission starts gather your troops and move over to Haralds location. Don’t use the bridge to cross the river, just the flat water a few steps below.
Split up your troops: Make sure Dunstan isn’t involved in any battle. Use him and target Harald with his bow while your other troops are battling the approaching enemy squads.
Congratulations, you have unlocked all of the Hidden achievements!
Konrad’s Campaign Achievements
All achievements for the second German Campaign, Konrad von Thierberg.
Start Konrad’s campaign
Simply start the second German campaign of the Teutonic Order. Right after the intro you will receive this achievement.
Get rid of all the bandits and save all the villagers in Pokarvis
Mission I. If you simply complete all side objectives during this mission, you will unlock the achievement. Side objectives include saving the stranded villager, killing the patrolling bandits to the south of Pokarvis, and clearing the mine to the west. If you finish these objectives before you investigate the Order camp, you should unlock this achievement. It is easier to save Burke’s friend first, because then Burke will follow you around, making killing the of the other bandits much easier.
Defend Lubawa only using ranged units
Mission II. Your goal is defend the fortress with your AI partner, all you need to do is select your archery range and create an entire army of archers, all 9 of them. Upgrade them to at least tier 2 armour and place 5 on the west wall, 3 on the north wall and 1 on the east wall. You can also construct towers. Move Konrad away from all the fighting, as his kills will disable the achievement, as will traps. You can ONLY kill enemies with archers, crossbowmen and towers. This achievement will pop up once the enemy routes from the fortress.
Capture all the villages near Christburg
Mission III. As straight forward as it sounds, simply use your soldiers to Capture all the villages around Christburg before completing the main objectives (constructing the required buildings).
Disarm all the traps without being detected in Natangia forest
Mission IV. You will come to a farm area that looks like this:
You cannot be seen by anyone, not can you engage anyone in a fight. Total stealth for this. Put your Nachtjaegr into Defensive stance so they can see the traps, and move from bush to bush. When you destroy the trap, leave yourself an open for escape, and make sure you are NOT in defence stance so that you can run away from any squads that come to investigate (because they do). The achievement will pop once you disarm all 6 traps without being spotted. Here is a little map with all traps marked in Blue
Finish the Battle of Lidzbark in less than 25 minutes
Mission V. You must win the battle fast, and can do this by using your Cavalry to charge enemy units, and then retreat them back until they can charge again. Upgrade them with speed buff. Using Konrad with Cleaver units to mop up stragglers gets the job done fast.
“death9900 ︻┳テ=一 14 Feb @ 8:27am
Tips for getting ‘Blitkrieg’:
use knights to charge into enemies, retreat and charge again, put spearmen in front of army and use spear wall.
Attack in order: fort -> northern village -> western village -> eastern village”
Complete Konrad’s campaign
Finish the last mission of Konrad’s Campaign.
Congratulations, you have unlocked all the achievements for Konrad’s Campaign!
Boleslav’s Campaign Achievements
Sneak into the enemy base undetected
Mission I. After you have captured the villages and defended your fort, you will be given control of a single small unit of 3 spearmen. Using this unit, you must move from bush-to-bush and avoid the patrols. If you follow the direct route to each bush you will make it no worries. The enemy will talk amongst themselves which is often the cue to move. The achievement will pop as soon as you reach the enemy catapult and destroy it.
Don’t let any of the enemy convoys pass through the outpost
Mission II. Your goal is to defend the roads and destroy enemy convoys passing through, as long as no enemy soldiers make it past your outpost and off-map, you will get this no worries. You can do this easily by moving your army to each convoy and destroying them. You will have to fight a total of 6, with each increasing in size and varying in troops. At one stage they will send two at once, it is easiest to attack one, retreat all units to home base, and then move out and destroy the second one. The achievement will pop once you destroy the last convoy
Find out what happened to the villagers
Mission III. After you have cleared the river of enemies, Boleslav will ask you to secure the nearby villages and gather 800 wood for a bridge. When you take the western village, a spearman will comment on how he thinks something is wrong. Save your game here as sometimes this can be a bit buggy. Follow the shrines marked on the map until you see a few cutscenes of a Pagan Preacher talking about how fat and lazy Christians are. You will then be attacked by several enemies (3x spearmen and 1x shield warband). Defeating them should unlock the achievement, although sometimes it does not right away. Revert to save if you finish the mission and it still has not unlocked.
Destroy all enemy ships
Mission IV. You are tasked to take enemy villages and then an outpost in front of a river, and need to build a catapult to destroy the walls. You do not need to even build one, there should be a catapult you can capture near an eastern village. Once you have secured all the villages and breached the outpost, the Varangians will start sending ships down the river. Use a unit to capture 1 more catapult in the northern village you just took, and send both to the banks of the river. The ships sail down very slowly, with gaps in between some of them. You only need 2 catapults to take them all out. You will complete the objective after sinking 7 ships, but you need to sink all 10 to get the achievement, which will unlock after the tenth is sunk.
Don’t let the enemy attack any of the catapults from your team
Mission V. During this mission you, as per usual, secure enemy villages and are again asked to supply a catapult and bring it to a certain area. There are 2 villages that enemies will spawn from to come to attack the catapults; 1 at the furthest north-east village and 1 at the furthest north-west village. The north-west village spawns shield warbands, and can be covered easily with the 2 Cavalry units on max armour you have at the start, as well as the village towers. The north-east village spawns spearmen and cavalry archers, and can be covered with your own spears and shields. The FIRST catapult you deliver is scripted to die in a cutscene, so don’t worry about that at all. HOWEVER make sure you save when you deliver it, because the enemy catapult might hit it, which will disable the achievement. If it is struck by the enemy, load back. Once you move your second catapult to the required area, the enemy will increase more attacks from the 2 villages, so save again and make sure you use your cavalry to counter any Cav Archers they send from the western village, and spears to cover the eastern village. Once these 2 waves have been beaten, the enemy will attack your base. Save one last time, pull everyone back to the town hall and defeat this force, which will both end the mission, campaign and unlock the achievements.
Complete Boleslav’s Campaign
Simply finish the campaign to unlock this achievement.
Congratulations, you have unlocked all the achievements for Boleslav’s Campaign!
Saladin’s Conquest DLC Achievements
The following achievements can be obtained in any game mode, but are easiest in a Skirmish against AI or Multiplayer with a friend
Kill an enemy hero in a Multiplayer or Skirmish match with a Hassassin squad
The Hassassin squad is a low health high damage melee unit. They are extremely squishy, and do not fare well in long engagements. The best way to do this is to vs several AI on easy, get at least 3-5 units of Hassassins with max armour, and when your allies are fighting the enemy armies, flank around and target their Hero. Use their thrown projectiles for better direct damage, and save a squad or 2 to throw theirs and charge as the Hero tries to retreat. Best to face 4 enemies in case your allies kill the Heroes.
Win a match on Desert and Wilderness, Crusade of Anarchy or Scorching Quarrel
Very simple, play and win a Skirmish or Multiplayer game on one of these maps.
Win a match as the Saracens in Anihilation Mode
Again, very simple, best done in combination with the Tanned achievement
Destroy the enemy’s Town Hall using Scorpions
You don’t have to just use scorpions here, I only had 1 in my army and when the Town Hall collapsed I unlocked the achievement. As long as it does some damage and survives the battle, you should be fine.
Kill 5 enemy squads in 1 minute only using Grenadiers
Easiest to unlock at the start of Mission III. You have 2 grenadiers at the start, and can use them to utterly wipe out 5 squads of low-unit crusaders very quickly whilst securing the first well. If you want to make sure you kill the enemies, use the ability to increase missile damage.
These achievements are gained by playing and completing Salah ad-Din’s Campaign
Start Salah ad-Din Yusuf’s campaign
Straight forward, begin the Campaign.
Don’t lose any squads in the mission ‘Battle of The Horns of Hattin’
Mission I. During this battle you are given command of different groups of units. At the beginning you have Cavalry, followed by Cavalry Archers, and then a mixture of infantry and Cav archers. After the transition to nighttime you are given Cav Archers and Spearmen, and the final transition back to daytime you have Cavalry, Cav Archers and Spearmen. You cannot lose a single unit in this mission otherwise you miss the achievement. Pay attention to your unit HP, use the Cav archers to out-run enemy units and don’t be afraid to play cautiously.
Complete all the quests with only one Hassassins squad in Akka
Mission II. Once you have infiltrated the city of Akka with your Hassassin unit, you need to use that single unit alone to complete every side objective BEFORE you destroy the gears at the gates. It is easier to walk around at night because there are fewer patrols. When you are fighting the 3 Knights, use your javelin throw to do max damage. Best to not upgrade their armour at all because you want maneuverability over defence. One thing to note is that although the towers cannot break your camouflage, some are in range of objectives you are required to detonate, and placing charges disables the camo ability, leaving your unit open to arrow fire. Save and save often so if your unit is exposed, you can re-load and try a different angle. If all else fails, remember you don’t need the entire unit to escape unscathed, just to use the one unit for all side objectives. The achievement will pop once you have completed all the side objectives and then blown one of the gates.
Claim all the wells in the mission ‘Impatient Vengeance’
Mission III. You have to be fast for this achievement. At the beginning of the map you have to capture towns with wells in them to increase your water level. There are 6 in total (not counting your starting well) and if your water level reaches max before you have captured them all, you miss out on the achievement. Move fast but remember to keep your captured wells defended, some need to be repaired by infantry squads.
Claim all the villages and expand your base in 30 minutes in ‘The Final Straw’
Mission IV. aggressive expansion and speed are required to capture all the villages and construct the required buildings. Keep 1 or 2 units of Cav floating around to engage any enemy units that attack villages you’ve already secured, and press the rest of your army on. Only upgrade the village base defence while you focus on constructing the buildings in your base, relying on the town bell and Cav for protection, once your base is expanded then start building Village towers.
Kill all the Christian preachers in the mission, ‘Siege of Jerusalem’
Mission V. Around the city you will see preachers running around, divert a fast unit to kill them all and you’ll pop this achievement when you kill the last one.
Complete Salah ad-Din Yusuf’s campaign
Complete the final mission in Salah ad-Din Yusuf’s Campaign
Congratulations, you have unlocked all the Saladin’s Conquest achievements!
Conclusion
Thanks for reading this guide!
We hope we could help anyone out there. If you found a better way of getting one of the achievements just let us know. Also if you notice any mistakes in this guide, or know of a better way to unlock a certain achievement, drop a comment.
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