Overview
Guidance for obtaining 100% achievements!
Introduction
Terminator: Resistance features 25 achievements. Most of them are either story-related or unlock while exploring levels and completing side objectives. Solely -No Hope- is highly missable; you must reach level 12 and activate “Lockpicking 3” before the end of chapter 11.
You can play and complete the game on any difficulty. Chapters can be replayed at any time.
Story | Unmissable
Escape from Pasadena with other survivors.
Make contact with the imprisoned Resistance Soldiers.
Find the South Division’s Resistance Shelter.
Escape Downtown with Alvin.
Destroy the Infiltrator.
Obtain Skynet security codes from a fallen HK Tank.
Complete the game on any difficulty level.
Finish infiltrator mode [on any difficulty level].
Destroy your first T-800.
Missable
Complete a side objective.
Complete 5 side objectives.
Side objectives are marked with a blue square on the map. Always prioritize them.
Successfully craft 5 items.
Successfully open 10 locks.
Lockpicking requires the “Lockpicking” skill and picklocks (can be crafted at workbenches).
Find a note.
Find 10 notes.
You don’t have to explore every corner to find ten notes. They are mostly hidden inside safe houses or nearby story locations. Please, refer to the “Notes” section for additional guidance.
Successfully hack 10 devices.
There are at least 100 hackable chests, doors and turrets scattered throughout the game.
Successfully hack a Turret.
Get an enemy killed by a hacked Turret.
Get behind a turret to hack it. If a T-800 is nearby, it will be killed within a few seconds. This can be easily done during the objective Hospitality – Investigate the hospital.
Upgrade your weapon.
Skynet weapons can be modified. You will see a tutorial screen as soon as it’s possible to add chips to your weapons.
Destroy T-800 Flamethrower by shooting its fuel tank.
You will encounter several T-800 Flamethrowers during the second half of the game. Simply crawl behind one of them and shoot its tank.
Kill a Terminator using a Termination Knife.
Ryan will give you two knives in chapter 10. Equip them as your primary weapon, find a Terminator and sneak up from behind. Kill it with LMB while staying undetected. You can’t kill a Terminator which already has seen you once.
Take at least a ‘good’ photo of an enemy.
You will get the camera in chapter 11. Use it to take a picture of any enemy.
Open the unlockable door in Pasadena.
Destroy a Skynet Outpost.
Destroy the T-47 that occupies Pasadena.
These three achievements can be unlocked during chapter 11 – Back to Pasadena.
1 ⇢︎ Hopeless door (requires “Lockpicking 3” skill)
2 ⇢︎ Skynet Outpost
3 ⇢︎ T-47
Use Ryan’s boombox to annoy Alvin.
Talk with Ryan before completing Members of the Resistance – Talk to Baron during chapter 15. He will ask you to find a working radio. You can find it a bit later, during the quest Hunting Season – Find missing soldiers in chapter 16.
As soon as you are back in the resistance shelter, turn it on and increase the volume.
Notes [Selection]
Side Quest: Not a Toy
Note : Welcome to Big Jeff’s
Location: Dining Room – Ground Floor.
Main Quest: The Rules Of Survival
Note: Creepy Lil’ Dolls
Location: Resistance Outpost.
Prerequisite: Pipe grenade to destroy the entrance wall.
Side Quest: Skynet’s Plasma Storage
Note: Departing Gift
Location: Small garage next to Skynet Gate.
Side Quest: Skynet’s Plasma Storage
Note: LA Pulse
Location: Building near Skynet’s Gate – 2nd Floor.
Main Quest: Where is Colin?
Note: Bird of Prey
Location: Safe House – 2nd Floor.
Main Quest: Hospitality
Note: See You Later
Location: Hideout – Secret Room.
Prerequisite: Lockpicking 2 (skill).
Main Quest: Hospitality
Note: F UCK!
Location: Building with destructible wall – On top of barrel.
Main Quest: Hospitality
Note: Dear Maria
Location: Morgue – Next to laser-blocked door.
Main Quest: Hospitality
Note: Prognosis
Location: During T-800 stealth section – Behind a locked door at the end of the halfway.
Main Quest: Hospitality
Note: Food for Thought
Location: Hideout’s basement – On top of table.
Main Quest: Back To Pasadena
Note: Stranger Danger
Location: Hideout – Secret garage.
Main Quest: Back To Pasadena
Note: They’re Taunting Me
Location: Next to Hopeless Door.
Side Quest: Colin’s Stash
Note: Southern Hospitality
Location: Safe House – Couch next to save point.
Side Quest: Chalk-full of surprises
Note: Dear Jennifer
Location: Basement area.
Main Quest: Back To Pasadena
Note: Things Are Lookin’ Up
Location: Next to main objective.
Main Quest: Back To Pasadena
Note: Resting Place
Location: Next to main objective.
Main Quest: Members of the Resistance
Note: Memorandum – John Connor
Location: Next to main objective, hard to miss.
Main Quest: Hunting Season
Note: Mission Update
Location: Next to dead body.
Main Quest: Find Mack
Note: Research Log – Dr. Alvin Scott
Location: Shelter, Research Room – On table next to Alvin.
Main Quest: Find Mack
Note: Type Magazine
Location: Safe House – Basement.
Main Quest: The Codes
Note: Request Form
Location: Shelter – Room B01.
Main Quest: The Codes
Note: A Rose for Jessica
Location: Shelter – Restricted Area.
Side Quest: On your way to the second part of “Lady Vengeance”.
Note: My Promise with You
Location: See screenshots for exact location.
Side Quest: Lady Vengeance
Note: Time to Leave
Location: Same room as Eva’s Transmitter – Next to cash register.
Side Quest: Lady Vengeance
Note: Coming Home
Location: Reward for completing the quest, next to Lady Vengeance’s dead body.
Main Quest: The Codes
Note: Journal Entry – Weak Spot
Location: Mack’s Shelter.
Infiltrator Mode Secrets
Find all 3 secrets in the infiltrator mode.
All secrets must be uncovered within a single playthrough.
Full map with all secrets (scroll down for more details):
Secret: T-800 Hand
Location: Head to the 2nd floor of the hospital and escape through an open window:
Secret: H-K Centurion Blueprint
Location: Behind a breakable wall in front of the yellow aerial work platform:
Secret: “Burning In The Third Degree” Song
Location: Behind the counter of the restaurant at the westernmost point of the map:
