Overview
An achievement guide explaining how to earn every achievement in BattleBlock Theater, even the secret ones.
Introduction
Hello everyone, and welcome to my second Steam guide, an achievement guide for BattleBlock Theater! I decided to make this in order to offer tips and tricks to unlocking the 30 achievements, for all of those completionists out there. Or people who want a certain achievement. I don’t know.
Story Achievements
Cast Member
Difficulty: ☆☆☆☆☆
Complete the story’s opening sequence in any mode.
If you need help on this achievement you should seek immediate medical attention.
Seasoned Performer
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Complete the first four finales in any mode.
Hats Off
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Get a letter grade in all eight finales in any mode.
In order to get these achievements, you’ll have to beat 4 and/or 8 finales. Finales are the “final levels” at the end of each chapter. There’s 1 finale per chapter, so there are 8 in total. Each finale has 2 stages back to back, along with a timer. You can touch checkpoint flags to earn 10 extra seconds. If the timer runs out, you have to restart the finale.
Crowd Pleaser
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Complete all the Encores in any mode.
There are 3 encores per chapter, thus adding up to 24 in total. Encores are similar to finales because they also have timers. They are unlocked at the end of each chapter, as little “bonus stages”. Some encores are easier in solo, others in co-op.
Solo Star
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Get a letter grade in every level (except Encores) in Normal Solo Story Mode.
Beat every level (aside from encores) with any letter rank (A, B, C…). Each chapter has 9 levels and 1 finale, adding up to 72 levels and 8 finales. Earn any letter rank on each of them in order to get this achievement.
Coop Star
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Get a letter grade in every level (except Encores) in Normal Co-op Story Mode.
Similar to Solo Star, you have to beat the game in co-op story mode on normal. The levels are altered from the originals to fit co-op play. I recommend you play with a friend and use Skype or something to communicate.
Insane Solo Star
Difficulty: ★★★★★
Get a letter grade in every level (except Encores) in insane solo story mode.
Insane mode is the same as normal, except the fact that there are no checkpoints. If you die, you’re forced to restart the level. Playing the levels in normal mode beforehand can make it easier for you.
Insane Coop Star
Difficulty: ★★★★★
Get a letter grade in every level (except Encores) in insane co-op story mode.
Same as Insane Solo Star. However, if you or your partner dies, the level restarts. That means you and your partner share a life. As stated perviously, there are no checkpoints. It is strongly recommended that you play with someone who beat the game and has good communication skills.
Gift Shop Achievements
Nail File Cake
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Free a fellow prisoner.
You need 10 gems in order to use a Concession Stand in the Gift Shop. Using one will give you a random prisoner and this achievement.
Black Marketeer
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Get yourself a cool new weapon.
On the left of the entrance to the Gift Shop is a teleporter, go in there. Then, there are 2 cats standing near the exit. If you give one 5 yarn balls, they’ll give you a weapon and this achievement.
First Time Trader
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Make a trade with someone.
On a co-op game, go to the second floor by using the teleporter near the entrance, walk to the right, and there will be some trade booths. Press Y to start the trade and select any items that you want to exchange. Once you finish the trade, you get this achievement.
Armed and Dangerous
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Collect all the weapons in the Gift Shop by unlocking or trading.
The cats on the second floor will give you a random weapon in exchange for 5 yarn balls. There’s 1 yarn ball per stage. In total, there are 13 weapons, so you need 65 yarn balls to buy them all. They are: A Frisbee, Grenade, Boomerang, Ball, Fireball, Ice cube, Fan, Vacuum, Dart Gun, Plasma Ball, Paper Airplane, Frog, and Acid ball.
Jail Breaker
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Free 50 prisoners in the Gift Shop.
Each prisoner costs 10 gems, so you’re going to need to spend 500 gems in total to buy 50 prisoners from the Concession Stands in the gift shop.
Social Butterfly
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Collect all the prisoners of one head shape.
The best way to get this is to use the same Concession Stand every time you go to unlock a new prisoner. Concession Stands vary by heads, so pick your favorite and go to it every time until it runs out, giving you this achievement.
Freedom Hero
Difficulty: ★★★★★★
Free all the prisoners in the Gift Shop by unlocking or trading.
Collect every single prisoner from the gift shop. To do this, you’ll need around 3,000/5,000 gems. This is where you’re going to have to go into ultra-super-omega-alpha-destroyer-uber-awesome-albino-collecter mode. You’ll have to make trades with other players for prisoners. Some will want yarn, others gems, just make sure you’re not trading away something important. Yarn is only obtainable once.
You can also trade yarn for gems, heads for yarn, etcetera. An average run of the story mode will give you 800 gems, depending on if you go for them or not. In total, there are 260 prisoners/heads you need to obtain. Make sure you hold on to each one, you’ll only get the achievement if you have all of them at once.
Multiplayer Achievements
Chicken Toucher
Difficulty: ???
Play with the Behemoth or someone with this achievement in an online game.
The difficulty of this achievement is iffy, because of the rarity of it. Note that you can get this achievement by playing with someone who already has it. It can spread like a wildfire, or be kept concealed, but my guess is that it’ll be relativly common in a while. Just make sure to play online a lot, doing so will increase your chances of meeting someone with this achievement.
The Professional
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Be on the winning team in 100 arena matches.
Winning 100 matches will come over time, there’s nothing else to really say about this.
All Around Joe
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Be on the winning team in one arena match of every mode.
There are 8 gamemodes in arena mode, and all you have to do is win each one at least once: Soul Snatcher, Muckle, Challenge, King of the Hill, Color The World, Grab The Gold, Ball Game, and Capture the horse.
Deadly Performer
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Get 100 kills.
Kill 100 living things. It doesn’t matter if it’s an AI or other player, if it’s arena or story, co-op or solo, just get 100 kills. All kills add up, so you should just get this over time.
Melee Master
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Successfully use every melee attack move.
Do the following attacks on enemies in order to unlock this:
Spike: A, then X
Shove: X
Slide Kick: Forward + X
Low Kick: Down + X
Up Shove: Up + X under an airborne enemey
Punch: B while close to an enemy
Weapon: B while away fromn an enemy
Uppercut: Down + B
Judo Throw: Hold RT while an enemy approaches
Weapons Master
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Use each weapon successfully.
(See “Armed and Dangerous”)
Hit an enemy/player with each of the 13 weapons to unlock this.
Theater Critic
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Play and rate 10 user-created levels.
Load a user level and play it. Rate the level afterwards. Do this 10 times.
Theater Manager
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Download and host a game of user-created levels.
Host an online game and choose a couple of user-created levels to play.
Miscellaneous Achievements
Virtuoso
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Get an A++ in 10 levels.
In order to earn an A++ rank, you’ll need to collect every gem in a level, get the yarn ball, and beat the level in a certain time limit all at once. I recommend trying to A++ the entire first chapter, since that’s the easiest one to do.
Secret Finder
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Find a secret level.
To do this, you just have to find a secret level. The first one is in 1-7, which I recommend going for. Here’s a video of how to get to it, made by IGN.
Secret Hat Hunter
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Collect 10 Golden Hats.
Golden hats will randomly be ‘dropped’ while you’re playing. When it is, a green trail will move in a direction on your screen, and that’s where the golden hat is. Grab it and bring it to the end of the level to earn it and 10 gems. If you die, you drop it, but you can pick it up again. Just make sure to not drop it in something like water, or else it’ll sink and be gone forever.
Prison Food
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Get eaten alive.
Get eaten by a giant… racoon… thing… yeah… the first one you can find is in level 2-8. All you have to do is touch it and watch yourself be ripped limb from limb. Here’s an example video, made by JackThaGamer.
Traitor
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Kill your teammate 50 times.
When playing co-op, chances are you’ll accidently kill your partner. Kill him/her 50 times “accidently” or on purpose to get this achievement.
Consolation Prize
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Die enough times and we give you a prize.
Die 600 times, which should just come with time.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading my guide, a rating is always appreciated! If you enjoyed, you might want to check out my other guide for Game Dev Tycoon.