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Saturday, 02 June 2012 06:15

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ACHIEVEMENT GUIDE

 

This is one of my favorite game series ever, and considering that I actually did this game 100% on PC, I figure it'd be a disservice if I didn't share my achievement-knowledge of the game with the community. So let's get right into it.

(note: this is all under the pretext you're going for all 1000G)

 

Difficulty: 6/10. Possibly a 7. The game itself isn't hard, per say, but it is very challenging. If you're not familiar with portals and cannot think critically with them, this game will make you rip your hair out. And the co-op is tedious.

 

Length: About 25-35 hours. It could be less if you blast through the campaign (which it at least 10, maybe even 15 hours) and have a partner for the entire co-op experience. The length varies substantially from person-to-person but expect to spend at least a day working your way through all of the puzzles.

 

Playthroughs: This is where it gets tedious. You have to play through the entire campaign AT LEAST once. You may even have to retry certain levels, (see Smash TV achievement). And then you have to play the co-op at least twice. And again, you may have to repeat a few stages.

 

Online Achievements: There are a whopping TWENTY-ONE online related achievements for a cool 510G.

 

Missable Achievements: A lot. This will be elaborated on in the following posts.

 

Glitched Achievements: None.

 

 

ACHIEVEMENT / VIDEO GUIDE

 

(these videos are not mine, and each respective owner is credited)

 

 

Wake Up Call - 5 points

Survive the manual override

 

Campaign achievement, cannot be missed

 

 

You Monster - 5 points

Reunite with GLaDOS

 

Campaign achievement, cannot be missed

 

 

Undiscouraged - 10 points

Complete the first Thermal Discouragement Beam test

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

Bridge Over Troubling Water - 10 points

Complete the first Hard Light Bridge test

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

SaBOTour - 10 points

Make a break for it

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

Stalemate Associate - 15 points

Press the button!

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

Tater Tote - 15 points

Carry science forward

 

Campaign achievement. I did read somewhere that you can advance past this stage without having Potato-GLaDOS on your Portal Gun, but I don't think this will glitch the achievement. When you arrive at the next puzzle, she will be on your gun and you should unlock it.

 

 

Vertically Unchallenged - 15 points

Master the Repulsion Gel

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

Stranger Than Friction - 15 points

Master the Propulsion Gel

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

White Out - 15 points

Complete the first Conversion Gel test

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

Tunnel of Funnel - 15 points

Master the Excursion Funnel

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

Dual Pit Experiment - 15 points

Do the same test twice

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

The Part Where He Kills You - 20 points

This is that part

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

Lunacy - 20 points

That just happened

 

Campaign achievement

 

 

Drop Box - 20 points

Place a cube on a button without touching the cube

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

 

 

 

 

 

Overclocker - 30 points

Complete Test Chamber 10 in 70 seconds

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

 

 

 

Good Listener - 5 points

Take GLaDOS' escape advice

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

Starts at 0:24

 

 

 

 

You Made Your Point - 10 points

Refuse to solve the first test in Chapter 8

 

See video above at Good Listener. Starts at 1:01, it takes close to two minutes for the achievement to pop up.

 

 

Pit Boss - 30 points

Show that pit who's boss

 

See video above at Good Listener. Starts at 2:00.

 

 

Preservation of Mass - 20 points

Break the rules in Test Chamber 07

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

 

 

 

Pturretdactyl - 5 points

Use an Aerial Faith Plate to launch a turret

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

 

 

 

Final Transmission - 20 points

Find the hidden signal in one of the Rat Man's dens

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

 

 

 

 

Scanned Alone - 5 points

Stand in a defective turret detector

 

Credits to BamblakopzGameGuides

 

 

 

No Hard Feelings - 10 points

Save a turret from redemption

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

 

 

 

Schrodinger's Catch - 20 points

Catch a blue-painted box before it touches the ground

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

 

 


Ship Overboard - 10 points

Discover the missing experiment

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

 

 

 

Door Prize - 20 points

Examine all the vitrified test chamber doors

 

Credits to IGNentertainment

 

 

 

Portrait of a Lady - 10 points

Find a hidden portrait

 

Credits to RoosterTeeth

 

 

 

Smash TV - 75 points

Break 11 test chamber monitors

 

This is one of those achievements you want to focus on as soon as you start Wheatley's chambers. Keep an eye open so you don't have revisit too many stages (which can be time consuming and tedious)

 

 

 

 

From here on out, all achievements that you earn will be through co-op play. Aside from the actual strategy, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU PARTNER UP WITH A PLAYER WHO:

 

a) Has a mic (you should definitely have a mic too)

 

b) A decent rig and internet connection, nothing is more terrible than missing a 4-hour cheevo because someone lagged

 

c) Can actually play the game. Which means neither of you should be completely dependent on some form of a guide to walk you through.

 

I will do my best to elaborate on all of these as best I can.

 

 

High Five - 5 points

Celebrate your cooperative calibration success

 

Just high five your co-op partner. Not a high four. A high five. Only that'll unlock the cheevo.

 

 

Team Building - 10 points

Complete all test chambers in the Team Building co-op course

 

This achievement is straight forward enough. Remember that you have to complete all the chambers. You will not unlock this achievement if your partner just brings you to the last stage and complete that only. (As a matter a fact, if I'm not mistaken the pairing system wouldn't allow something like that anyway).

 

 

Confidence Building - 10 points

Complete all test chambers in the Mass and Velocity co-op course

 

Again, straight forward. Remember to communicate with your partner at all times. Refer to above note.

 

 

Bridge Building - 15 points

Complete all test chambers in the Hard-Light Surfaces co-op course

 

See Team Building achievement.

 

 

Obstacle Building - 15 points

Complete all test chambers in the Excursion Funnels co-op course

 

See Team Building achievement.

 

 

You Saved Science - 100 points

Complete all test chambers in all courses of co-op

 

It means you've completed every chamber in cooperative play.

 

 

Iron Grip - 20 points

Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mass and Velocity co-op course

 

This particular achievement requires good communication between you and you partner. Here is a video guide:

 

Credit to firehurts

 

 

Gesticul-8 - 15 points

Perform all 8 gestures of your own volition in co-op

 

You will unlock most gestures throughout the course of completing the chambers. By the end of the Excursion Funnels co-op course, all 8 gestures should have unlocked.

 

 

Can't Touch This - 10 points

Dance in front of a turret blocked by a hard light bridge in co-op

 

Straight forward, be sure that your partner does not remove the light bridge (in the case they put it up) or you will die.

 

Credit to CruelTroopOfDoomTV

 

 

Empty Gesture - 25 points

Drop your co-op partner in goo while they are gesturing by removing the bridge under them

 

Okay this is funny.

 

Credit to ChcBrs85

 

 

Party of Three - 25 points

Find the hidden companion cube in co-op test chamber

 

You do not have to interest with the actual companion cube (it'll be out of reach anyway) so feel free to let go of the 'grab' key. It simply has to enter your POV and the cheevo will unlock.

 

Credit to ThatGuyTaylor

 

 

Narbacular Drop - 25 points

Place a portal under your co-op partner while they are gesturing

 

As your partner is doing a gesture just place an OPEN portal under them. So make sure it's your second portal and the first one you placed is actually valid.

 

 

Professor Portal - 75 points

After completing co-op, complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn’t played before

 

After you've completed co-op, play random matches until you run into someone who hasn't done co-op yet. Or you can organize it with a friend.

 

 

Air Show - 20 points

Perform 2 aerial gestures before touching the ground in co-op

 

A nifty trick for this particular achievement is to have your partner shoot a portal directly below you, and directly above you. As you're making the infinite drop do the two gestures. CHEEVO UNLOCKED! (Portal 1 players will recognize this is similar to the "Terminal Velocity" drop).

 

 

 

Portal Conservation Society - 20 points

Complete Chamber 3 in the Hard-Light Surfaces co-op course using only 5 total portal placements

 

There are a plethora of ways to accomplish this, so get creative with it.

 

Credit to SoftlyAdverse

 

 

Four Ring Circus - 25 points

Enter 4 different portals without touching the ground in co-op

 

This is a bit of a tricky one, you'd definitely need to communicate well with your partner. Open two of your own portals (preferably one above and below you), drop into the bottom one, and as you're falling have your partner open a new portal and then replace your bottom one. ALWAYS REPLACE THE BOTTOM PORTAL, or else you will just hit the ground.

 

Credit to technole

 

 

Triple Crown - 15 points

Solve 3 co-op chambers in the Mass and Velocity course in under 60 seconds each

 

There is no preference. See what chambers you're comfortable with and which ones you know you can do the fastest. The clock doesn't start until you place the first portal.

 

 

Still Alive - 15 points

Complete Course 4 with neither you nor your co-op partner dying

 

This is unbelievably tedious. Excellent and constant communication are a MUST. And if there was a time to stop joking around, this would be it. Your partner may become very agitated with you if you ruin the run. You both have to have 0 deaths to unlock this achievement.

 

 

 

Asking for Trouble - 10 points

Taunt GLaDOS in front of a camera in each of the five co-op courses

 

Nothing special, at the end of one of the chambers in each course, do any of the gestures.

 

 

Rock Portal Scissors - 20 points

Win 3 co-op games of rock-paper-scissors in a row

 

This cheevo is based solely on luck. You have to keep playing until one of you wins 3 games in a row. You could leave your character to idle while your partner keeps repeating the gesture (RPS is a gesture) and vice-versa.

 

 

Friends List With Benefits - 50 points

While playing co-op, hug 3 different people on your friends list

 

FREE HUGS!

 

Credit to WhackinPhoenix

 

 

 

And there we have it! Good luck completing Portal 2, and I hope you enjoyed reading my guide

 

 

ACHIEVEMENT LIST

 

 

Pit Boss - 30 points

Show that pit who's boss

 

Preservation of Mass - 20 points

Break the rules in Test Chamber 07

 

Pturretdactyl - 5 points

Use an Aerial Faith Plate to launch a turret

 

Lunacy - 20 points

That just happened

 

Drop Box - 20 points

Place a cube on a button without touching the cube

 

Overclocker - 30 points

Complete Test Chamber 10 in 70 seconds

 

No Hard Feelings - 10 points

Save a turret from redemption

 

Schrodinger's Catch - 20 points

Catch a blue-painted box before it touches the ground

 

Ship Overboard - 10 points

Discover the missing experiment

 

Final Transmission - 20 points

Find the hidden signal in one of the Rat Man's dens

 

Good Listener - 5 points

Take GLaDOS' escape advice

 

Scanned Alone - 5 points

Stand in a defective turret detector

 

The Part Where He Kills You - 20 points

This is that part

 

Bridge Over Troubling Water - 10 points

Complete the first Hard Light Bridge test

 

SaBOTour - 10 points

Make a break for it

 

Stalemate Associate - 15 points

Press the button!

 

Wake Up Call - 5 points

Survive the manual override

 

You Monster - 5 points

Reunite with GLaDOS

 

Undiscouraged - 10 points

Complete the first Thermal Discouragement Beam test

 

White Out - 15 points

Complete the first Conversion Gel test

 

Tunnel of Funnel - 15 points

Master the Excursion Funnel

 

Dual Pit Experiment - 15 points

Do the same test twice

 

Tater Tote - 15 points

Carry science forward

 

Vertically Unchallenged - 15 points

Master the Repulsion Gel

 

Stranger Than Friction - 15 points

Master the Propulsion Gel

 

Professor Portal - 75 points

After completing co-op, complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn’t played before

 

Air Show - 20 points

Perform 2 aerial gestures before touching the ground in co-op

 

Portal Conservation Society - 20 points

Complete Chamber 3 in the Hard-Light Surfaces co-op course using only 5 total portal placements

 

Empty Gesture - 25 points

Drop your co-op partner in goo while they are gesturing by removing the bridge under them

 

Party of Three - 25 points

Find the hidden companion cube in co-op test chamber

 

Narbacular Drop - 25 points

Place a portal under your co-op partner while they are gesturing

 

Asking for Trouble - 10 points

Taunt GLaDOS in front of a camera in each of the five co-op courses

 

Rock Portal Scissors - 20 points

Win 3 co-op games of rock-paper-scissors in a row

 

Friends List With Benefits - 50 points

While playing co-op, hug 3 different people on your friends list

 

Four Ring Circus - 25 points

Enter 4 different portals without touching the ground in co-op

 

Triple Crown - 15 points

Solve 3 co-op chambers in the Mass and Velocity course in under 60 seconds each

 

Still Alive - 15 points

Complete Course 4 with neither you nor your co-op partner dying

 

Can't Touch This - 10 points

Dance in front of a turret blocked by a hard light bridge in co-op

 

Smash TV - 75 points

Break 11 test chamber monitors

 

High Five - 5 points

Celebrate your cooperative calibration success

 

Team Building - 10 points

Complete all test chambers in the Team Building co-op course

 

Door Prize - 20 points

Examine all the vitrified test chamber doors

 

Portrait of a Lady - 10 points

Find a hidden portrait

 

You Made Your Point - 10 points

Refuse to solve the first test in Chapter 8

 

You Saved Science - 100 points

Complete all test chambers in all courses of co-op

 

Iron Grip - 20 points

Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mass and Velocity co-op course

 

Gesticul-8 - 15 points

Perform all 8 gestures of your own volition in co-op

 

Confidence Building - 10 points

Complete all test chambers in the Mass and Velocity co-op course

 

Bridge Building - 15 points

Complete all test chambers in the Hard-Light Surfaces co-op course

 

Obstacle Building - 15 points

Complete all test chambers in the Excursion Funnels co-op course

 


 

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