After a short tutorial, you will be asked to pick a class to play as. Choose any of them and start the story mode to unlock this achievement.

You gain experience from every battle you win, and even a tiny amount for any battle you lose. This achievement will simply take time, but you can even complete battles against much easier opponents and still get some decent experience. Complete the story and this should come along the way. If not, just complete any appropriate Dungeon over and over until you're done.

Follower side-quests will unlock shortly after completing Chapter 1 when your first follower joins you. The gear score for these does not increase as yours done, so you can complete the next chapter and it will super easy to complete.

Followers are leveled with gold and food, a resource you will earn for many different types of battles and chests. You will also need to complete at least one side-quest per follower to get a unique item that is used to increase their "rarity" - you only need one to go from Common (white) to Uncommon (green) which happens at Level 5. You can get to Level 10 from there with no more rarity increases (the next one happens at Level 15).

This will come naturally as you complete the story, but be aware you need to have all 50 unique pieces of gear in your inventory at the same time, so don't salvage anything unless you have a double of it.

The level you can increase your gear to is directly linked to your player level, so you won't be able to get this until you've also unlocked High and Mighty (100G). As you level and work through the story you'll get equipment near your own level, so don't spend too much on leveling up existing gear unless you're hard stuck on a story quest and aren't having luck getting new equipment from chests. This game is one of patience, so sometimes it is better to earn a gold or diamond chest and simply wait a day for it to unlock to see what you get rather than grinding a ton of battles for materials to level up existing gear. Regardless, once you get to Level 50 you'll be able to also increase a piece of gear to Level 50 for this achievement.

You'll need plenty of gold, equipment shards, and unique items (glyphs, runes, and relics) for this process - I won't go over how to obtain every single one as the game does a good job of allowing you to click on the item you need and then it shows any possible way to obtain it. Just follow the story to complete it and then target the different game types. You can of course spend real money to purchase bundles for upgrading certain things, but that's up to you.

Update: As of April 2, 2024, the requirement for this achievement changed, but only slightly. There was a large gear rework introduced with Season 3.0 and rather than upgrading individual pieces of equipment, there are now "Battle Scrolls" for defense, offense, and utility. If you already had achievement it will obviously stay unlocked, but if you were working toward it, your grind likely got longer. While this gear rework has simplified the process and allows all gear to share the same power boosts, the number of items required to get a scroll to Level 50 significantly increased over what a single item may have required. Regardless, the process remains the same as above.

This will once again come naturally as you work through the story. You'll get new spells as rewards from story quests and from various chests. Just make sure you have ten unique spells in your inventory all at the same time.

Similar to upgrading equipment, you will need a unique item (runes for spells) to increase the rarity. You should only need a single rune at Level 5 and can then use basic materials (spell shards and gold) to get it to Level 10.

Update: The spell system got a rework at the end of Season 2.0 (patch 2.5), which is outlined HERE. However, the system remains the same in how you upgrade the book to how you upgraded spells which I outlined in the original solution above.

Just like spells and equipment, this will come along the way to completing the story. Be sure to keep any minion possible (even duplicates) as they are needed to open chests if you don't have a key to open it immediately. You can get rid of your duplicates later on once you have a nice stock of them, though you shouldn't run out of space for a while, especially if you are upgrading your followers who will provide more storage.

Similar to upgrading equipment, you will need a unique item (scrolls for minions) to increase the rarity. You should only need a single scroll at Level 5 and can then use basic materials (minion shards and gold) to get it to Level 10.

An armor bonus occurs when you have at least two items equipped from the same set at the same time. Sometimes the set bonuses rely on the rarity of the pieces as well, and a bonus may not activate unless both pieces are Rare (blue) quality for instance. You should get this fairly early in the game as it spoon feeds you a few items from the "Royal" set as story quest rewards.

You should be able to get this fairly early in your journey to completing the story. I used one of the early sets called "Guard" which has Pauldron, Armor, Gloves, Belt, Shield, and Broadsword. Every armor set includes a weapon and will consist of six different pieces. At the time I unlocked this I also had five items for the Night and Royal sets and four pieces for three other sets, so you'll finish one quicker than you think.

Once you hit Level 3, you can view the Kingdoms menu and you'll find a large number of available Kingdoms. Most will be public so you can just join quickly to get the achievement. You can also create your own Kingdom for 5k Gold if you'd prefer. I'd suggest trying to join a fairly full Kingdom as you will get some decent rewards of gold and keys just by being a member and playing the game.

You will gain the ability to fight battles in a party starting at Hero Level 3. Go to the "Battles" tab at the bottom of the screen and choose the "Party" option. From here you can search for existing parties and join them, or start your own and wait for someone to join you. You need a minimum of two people to unlock this achievement, despite being able to start a battle by yourself inside this section.

The battles here will scale to the total gear score of the party, so for instance if someone Level 30 joins you while you're only Level 5 as happened when I first got this achievement, you will likely get killed in one or two hits by the enemy your're facing. If you die, a resurrection timer begins and your party member if alive will move in to attack your enemy once they are done with their own. I died three times and did almost zero damage, but my ally killed all three enemies in the battle and I still got credit for completing it, and unlocked the achievement.

Dungeons will take place during the story quests, so this is unmissable if you complete the story. You can also access on-demand Dungeons via the "Battles" menu once you hit Level 5 if you want to speed this up.

The Versus option will unlock in the "Battles" menu once you hit Level 9. Use the Quick Battle option to randomly get matched against an AI version of another player who has a similar level and gear score that you do. Try to prioritize skull matches and obviously focus on getting color matches for the spells you have. These battles typically aren't too difficult and you only need five thankfully.

Events unlock in the "Battle" menu once you hit Level 5. You will see Daily Siege and Event Dungeons which will last one or multiple days, respectively. You get two tokens per day for each type of event, and each token will enroll you in a fight against two enemies. If you've followed that math, you can fight up to 8 enemies per day in Events. Do this two days in a row to unlock the achievement (assuming you kill every enemy and do not fail the fights).

Dragons will show up during story quests, events, and dungeons - most specifically the "Dragonrest Temple" dungeon which has a guaranteed dragon at the end. I'd suggest completing story mode first before spending any time grinding out the rest.

The Scourge of Light is the final boss of Season 1.5, which can be purchased from the shop for 750 Gems, or played for free if you wait for it to be available during the weekly rotation (but since there are 10+ seasons, this could take a while). You will need to complete all three chapters of the season to face off and defeat this boss, which should pose no issue if you are Player Level 50 and have high-level gear.

Yog'Thadassa is the final boss of Season 2.5, which at the time of writing this guide (April 2024) is only available for Crowns, which cost real-world money to purchase and will set you back $5. As future seasons are released, it is likely this will be available for 750 gems similar to the other seasonal content, and will also be featured for free in the weekly rotation. However you decide to acquire this content, you will need to complete all three chapters of the season to face off and defeat this boss, which should pose no issue if you are Player Level 50 and have high-level gear.

Season 3.0 released into the game on April 2024, with one chapter unlocking every two weeks. Playing during the current active season is always free, while similar to Apocalypse Then (50G) you may need to use crowns, gems, or wait for the free weekly rotation to access the content. However you decide to access the content, once you have completed all three chapters, this achievement will unlock. Like previous seasonal content, a Level 50 player will have no issues on the regular difficulty.

Adventures are available once per week, and consist of a few daily battles while you choose which path to take along a large map. You can view the entire map ahead of time, so plan your moves accordingly if you want to complete them as quickly as possible. You will not be able to complete the entire adventure in one sitting, as you only have so much "energy" per day, and this will refresh the following day to continue the journey or you can use gems to purchase more if you want to do the entire adventure in a single day. But as I said, only one adventure is available per week, so save your gems and just do it over multiple days. You can complete an adventure in the fewest possible moves in two days, or do it over 3-4 days if you want to explore every part of the map.

Portraits are unlocked by completing various in-game achievements. I had 15 as soon as I logged back into the game in April 2024 after completing the original 1000 Gamerscore back when the game first launched, so this should come naturally as you work toward all the other achievements. The main way to earn these is to complete NPC side-quests, raise your Citadel level, max out different hero classes, and win increasing amounts of battles.