to retrieve your lost vigor.
to select the Umbral Lamp, you target an enemy (
), you hold 
to aim, and you press 
to Soulflay them. What you need to do then is damage the enemy's disembodied soul until you see a red dot appear. This is an Umbral finisher. Press 
to trigger the finisher, and this achievement will unlock.
. When the Vestige is raised, this achievement will unlock.
), and you get a little flashback of events that led up to the sorry state of affairs in Lords of the Fallen. There are 60 of these Umbral Stigmas in total, and you will spot them as shimmers of light. Once you have found and Soulfayed all 60, over the course of the adventure, this achievement will unlock.
- Lords of the Fallen – Where is the Blacksmith?
- Lords of the Fallen – Where to go in Pilgrim's Perch?
- Lords of the Fallen – Where do you buy seeds?
- Lords of the Fallen – How to upgrade your gear
- Lords of the Fallen – Where to go after the Hushed Saint boss
- Lords of the Fallen – Combat Tips and Tricks That Help a Lot
- Lords of the Fallen – How do you Soulflay?
- Lords of the Fallen – How do you use magic?
- Lords of the Fallen – Cracked Rune Tablet Location
- Lords of the Fallen – How multiplayer works
- Lords of the Fallen – How to upgrade the lamp
- Lords of the Fallen – Where to go in Fitzroy's Gorge
- Lords of the Fallen – How to start Exacter Dunmire's side quest
- Lords of the Fallen – How to upgrade the Sanguinarix
- Lords of the Fallen – Where is the Skyrest Bridge key?
- Lords of the Fallen – How to free the Tortured Prisoner
- Lords of the Fallen – Where to find the Empyrean Grenade
- Lords of the Fallen – How to free the Petrified Woman
- Lords of the Fallen – All Umbral Eyes Locations
- Lords of the Fallen – All Gestures Locations
- Lords of the Fallen – All Armour Piece Locations
- Lords of the Fallen – All Weapons and Shield Locations
- Lords of the Fallen – All Spell Locations
- Lords of the Fallen – Ammo Types and Throwables Locations
- Lords of the Fallen – Rings and Pendants Locations
Overview:
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 7/10 [Achievement Difficulty Rating]
- Offline: 55 [860
]
- Online: 8 [140]
- Approximate amount of time to 1000: 80+ hours [this depends on grinding for certain weapon drops, so it can elongate your time with it] [Estimated Time to 100%]
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 3 – there are three endings, and each unlocks different items and its own secret class, necessary for obtaining all spells, armour, and weapons
- Missable achievements: 25 – Lord of The Fallen (70G), Weapon Collector (50G), Ironclad (50G), Lord of the Risen (15G), In Light we Walk (15G), Back to the Void (15G), Trinket Collector (30G), Inferno Adept (10G), Radiant Adept (10G), Umbral Adept (10G), Gesture Collector (20G), A Hunger Sated (20G), Fallen (15G), None Shall be Spared (25G), Part of the Divine (10G), Travels Resumed (10G), Moving On (10G), Hero Worship (10G), Faithful (10G), Without Purpose (10G), A Queen’s Rest (10G), The Last Step (10G), Vengeful Reflection (10G), Lingering Moments (30G), A Trace of Venom (10G)
- Does difficulty affect achievements: No difficulty settings
- Unobtainable/glitched achievements: None
Introduction:
Lords of the Fallen is a Soulslike from developer Hexworks. It’s a kind of reboot of the 2014 Lords of the Fallen, and it has stiff competition this year in the Soulslike stakes, from Lies of P. It’s a challenging game, of course, and it’s also a long one. If you want to unlock all the achievements, then it is going to take you over the 80-hour mark, as it requires three playthroughs. You have to play through the game once, and then go into New Game+ with the same character the second two times.
Each of the endings has particular items tied to them, and they also each unlock a secret class. This is why you need more than one playthrough to get every item and spell and piece of gear. Plus, a lot of that actually depends on random drops, which will prolong you quite a way. Let’s jump in!
Duplication Exploit
Now, the first thing to note is: there is a duplication exploit that you can use. It’s sneaky and underhanded, but that’s sort of why it’s brilliant. It will make getting the completion that much easier and quicker, so here is what it is. A co-op player can drop Vigor Skulls – these are the items that you can use to unleash little pockets of Vigor, good for levelling up your character. You can use a cloud save to duplicate these Vigor Skulls. As the person dropping Vigor Skulls, once you have amassed them, close the game app to force a cloud save backup to occur. Launch the game, load your save, join a co-op session, and drop these to a co-op partner, but here's the important part: DO NOT close the game. With the game still running after having dropped all Vigor Skulls, press the Guide button on the controller, highlight the game and press
, and go to Manage Games and Add-ons. From there, choose the save data at the bottom, press on it, choose to Delete Save Data. When prompted, ensure you Delete Local Save only! You want to keep your cloud save intact. Deleting your local save in this manner will automatically close the game app. Now, when you relaunch the game, it'll sync with your cloud save, giving you back the Vigor Skulls you had before you dropped them. Do this again and again, and you can level up in bonkers fashion. Note: This is fine for Vigor but won't work for things like armour, weapons, spells, quest items, etc. It just works for currency.
Remember that in order to receive the full 1000 for Lords of the Fallen you need three playthroughs, and you need to do all of those playthroughs with the same character, going over into a New Game+.
Step 1: Go for the Adyr Ending and get as many collectibles and quests as possible
Focus on the Adyr Ending in your first run. Check out the Adyr ending guide listed in Lord of the Risen (15G).
This is the evil ending, and it means that you don't cleanse the beacons in the main quest. These are the red pillars of light that shoot up into the sky. Leave them be!
Step 2: Go for the Radiant Ending and the Kukajin Quest
The second playthrough, in New Game+, you want to go for the Radiant ending, which is where you cleanse all of the beacons. It's the "good ending" really, and it's probably the one that most people would instinctively go for. See Fallen (15G) for more details, but basically you want to complete the Kukajin quest in this run, as the previous Adyr ending run makes that impossible. See A Trace of Venom (10G) for specific detail on how to complete this quest.
Step 3: Go for the Umbral Ending, complete the Iron Wayfarer and Paladin Isaac quests, defeat all bosses
The Umbral Ending is a very sneaky one, indeed, and the hardest of the endings to obtain. Check out Back to the Void (15G) for a complete rundown of every criteria that has to be fulfilled to get this one. And you also want to make sure that you complete the Paladin Isaac quest in this playthrough. See Vengeful Reflection (10G) for how to do the Paladin Isaac quest.
Conclusion:
As is expected with any Soulslike game, Lords of the Fallen offers up a decent challenge for all players alike. However, the sheer time to complete is significantly more than many other games in the genre, thanks to needing three playthroughs and tons of random drops to collect all gear in the game. Be prepared to put your time in, and hopefully you can find a good co-op partner for the online achievements. If you made it through the three playthroughs and the grind, congrats on a well earned completion!
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 7/10 [Achievement Difficulty Rating]
- Offline: 55 [860
]- Online: 8 [140
]- Approximate amount of time to 1000
: 80+ hours [this depends on grinding for certain weapon drops, so it can elongate your time with it] [Estimated Time to 100%]- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 3 – there are three endings, and each unlocks different items and its own secret class, necessary for obtaining all spells, armour, and weapons
- Missable achievements: 25 – Lord of The Fallen (70G), Weapon Collector (50G), Ironclad (50G), Lord of the Risen (15G), In Light we Walk (15G), Back to the Void (15G), Trinket Collector (30G), Inferno Adept (10G), Radiant Adept (10G), Umbral Adept (10G), Gesture Collector (20G), A Hunger Sated (20G), Fallen (15G), None Shall be Spared (25G), Part of the Divine (10G), Travels Resumed (10G), Moving On (10G), Hero Worship (10G), Faithful (10G), Without Purpose (10G), A Queen’s Rest (10G), The Last Step (10G), Vengeful Reflection (10G), Lingering Moments (30G), A Trace of Venom (10G)
- Does difficulty affect achievements: No difficulty settings
- Unobtainable/glitched achievements: None
Introduction:
Lords of the Fallen is a Soulslike from developer Hexworks. It’s a kind of reboot of the 2014 Lords of the Fallen, and it has stiff competition this year in the Soulslike stakes, from Lies of P. It’s a challenging game, of course, and it’s also a long one. If you want to unlock all the achievements, then it is going to take you over the 80-hour mark, as it requires three playthroughs. You have to play through the game once, and then go into New Game+ with the same character the second two times.
Each of the endings has particular items tied to them, and they also each unlock a secret class. This is why you need more than one playthrough to get every item and spell and piece of gear. Plus, a lot of that actually depends on random drops, which will prolong you quite a way. Let’s jump in!
Duplication Exploit
Now, the first thing to note is: there is a duplication exploit that you can use. It’s sneaky and underhanded, but that’s sort of why it’s brilliant. It will make getting the completion that much easier and quicker, so here is what it is. A co-op player can drop Vigor Skulls – these are the items that you can use to unleash little pockets of Vigor, good for levelling up your character. You can use a cloud save to duplicate these Vigor Skulls. As the person dropping Vigor Skulls, once you have amassed them, close the game app to force a cloud save backup to occur. Launch the game, load your save, join a co-op session, and drop these to a co-op partner, but here's the important part: DO NOT close the game. With the game still running after having dropped all Vigor Skulls, press the Guide button on the controller, highlight the game and press
, and go to Manage Games and Add-ons. From there, choose the save data at the bottom, press on it, choose to Delete Save Data. When prompted, ensure you Delete Local Save only! You want to keep your cloud save intact. Deleting your local save in this manner will automatically close the game app. Now, when you relaunch the game, it'll sync with your cloud save, giving you back the Vigor Skulls you had before you dropped them. Do this again and again, and you can level up in bonkers fashion. Note: This is fine for Vigor but won't work for things like armour, weapons, spells, quest items, etc. It just works for currency. Remember that in order to receive the full 1000
for Lords of the Fallen you need three playthroughs, and you need to do all of those playthroughs with the same character, going over into a New Game+. Step 1: Go for the Adyr Ending and get as many collectibles and quests as possible
Focus on the Adyr Ending in your first run. Check out the Adyr ending guide listed in Lord of the Risen (15G).
This is the evil ending, and it means that you don't cleanse the beacons in the main quest. These are the red pillars of light that shoot up into the sky. Leave them be!
Step 2: Go for the Radiant Ending and the Kukajin Quest
The second playthrough, in New Game+, you want to go for the Radiant ending, which is where you cleanse all of the beacons. It's the "good ending" really, and it's probably the one that most people would instinctively go for. See Fallen (15G) for more details, but basically you want to complete the Kukajin quest in this run, as the previous Adyr ending run makes that impossible. See A Trace of Venom (10G) for specific detail on how to complete this quest.
Step 3: Go for the Umbral Ending, complete the Iron Wayfarer and Paladin Isaac quests, defeat all bosses
The Umbral Ending is a very sneaky one, indeed, and the hardest of the endings to obtain. Check out Back to the Void (15G) for a complete rundown of every criteria that has to be fulfilled to get this one. And you also want to make sure that you complete the Paladin Isaac quest in this playthrough. See Vengeful Reflection (10G) for how to do the Paladin Isaac quest.
Conclusion:
As is expected with any Soulslike game, Lords of the Fallen offers up a decent challenge for all players alike. However, the sheer time to complete is significantly more than many other games in the genre, thanks to needing three playthroughs and tons of random drops to collect all gear in the game. Be prepared to put your time in, and hopefully you can find a good co-op partner for the online achievements. If you made it through the three playthroughs and the grind, congrats on a well earned completion!
[XBA would like to thank Josh Wise for this Roadmap]
