All FFXVI Achievement Lists and How to Complete Them
With the release of FFXVI on PC, many gamers are eager to grind the latest entry to the franchise and get all the achievements in the game. The base game and two DLCs feature three sets of accolades. While some can be obtained by simply playing through the main questline, some require a little bit more effort to unlock. Here are all the achievements you can acquire in the base game and the two DLCs Echoes of the Fallen and Rising Tides.
Table of Contents
Base Game Achievements
The Chronicler
- Description: And thus did our journey end…
- How to Complete: Complete all Achievements in the Game
Awoken
- Description: Rise from your reverie.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
With Great Power
- Description: Inherit a power unknown.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Acceptance
- Description: Accept your fate.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Lawless
- Description: Defy your fate.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Legacy
- Description: Turn the corner.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Twilight Rose
- Description: Revisit the past.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
From Stone to Sand
- Description: Exact revenge.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Twin Flames
- Description: Unite the flames.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
The Promise
- Description: Become one.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
A Vessel Complete
- Description: Collect the final piece.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Ashes to Ashes
- Description: Escape the Darkness.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Falling Star
- Description: Fulfill a legacy.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Punisher
- Description: Punish 10 enemies (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: This achievement is the easiest to pull off since all you have to do is Punish ten enemies.
You’re Not the Boss of Me
- Description: Defeat a boss without taking damage.
- How to Complete: The best time to do this is during the Midnight Raven boss fight in the Fanning Embers MSQ.
Made to Be Broken
- Description: Defeat 20 enemies while semi-primed (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: You must unlock Clive’s Limit Break to complete this achievement.
It’s Over 50,000
- Description: Deal an enemy 50,000 damage while it is staggered (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue and while fully primed as Ifrit).
- How to Complete: This achievement will eventually be unlocked as players get stronger, but you can use Eikon Abilities such as Gigaflare and Flames of Rebirth to hit the goal.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeift
- Description: Land 15 Shift Strikes or Shift Shots combined (excluding battles in Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: This achievement will come naturally to players as they play the game.
Packing Heat
- Description: Execute and land 2 Heatwave Counters in a single battle (excluding those in Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: The best way to accomplish this achievement is to use Heatwave against enemy projectiles. Activate the ability right before you get hit twice.
Fatal Attraction
- Description: Defeat 5 enemies in the air after using Deadly Embrace (excluding battles in Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: All you need to do is launch enemies in the air using Deadly Embrace before killing them. Ideally, you’ll want to do this after you’ve chipped away their HP.
Never Coming Down
- Description: Land Gouge, Wicked Wheel, and Rook’s Gambit in midair before landing (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: All of these abilities come from Garuda, so you can complete them after you obtain them.
I Am the Thunder
- Description: Discharge 50 Blind Justice lightning balls (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: You must obtain Ramuh and set him as Clive’s active Eikon to complete this achievement. You can complete the achievement over multiple instances.
Rod to Redemption
- Description: Lure an enemy into striking a Lightning Rod 3 times before it dissipates (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: The best way to complete this is to place down a rod and lure enemies towards it. Be sure to stand behind the post and have the rod between you and the enemy.
Untouchable
- Description: Land Titanic Block to fend off 10 enemy attacks (excluding battles in Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: You must obtain Titan to get the Titanic Block ability.
Beat Rocking Blocks
- Description: Land the third punch of a Titanic Counter twice in a single battle (excluding battles in Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: You need to obtain Titan to get the ability and activate it right before getting hit by an enemy. Make sure to press the key for this skill three times.
100 Mfps
- Description: Land 100 hits with Lv. 2 or higher Megaflare (excluding battles in Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: You’ll need Bahamut to charge up Megaflare to level 2 or higher 100 times.
Such Dodge, So Mega
- Description: Execute a Precision Dodge 3 times while charging a single Megaflare (excluding battles in Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: Executing Precision Dodges while charging Megaflare produces Megaflare Dodge. You only need to dodge three times in a single charge.
Oh, Snap!
- Description: Inflict Permafrost on 10 enemies by perfectly dodging attacks with Cold Snap (excluding battles in Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: Use Shiva as your primary Eikon and dodge when an enemy attacks to trigger Cold Snap. Ideally, do this against melee enemies to ensure that Permafrost hits.
Cold-blooded
- Description: Simultaneously defeat three or more enemies frozen using Frostbite, Permafrost, or Diamond Dust (excluding battles in Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: To complete this, you must whittle down the enemies’ HP bars to the point where you can one-shot them with any of the three abilities. Afterward, group them by luring them towards you and cast one of Shiva’s attacks once they are clumped together.
Every Damn Sinew
- Description: Land a Lv. 2 or higher Zantetsuken five times (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: You can do this by executing Zantetsuken when the meter for the ability has reached two or higher gauges.
Fistful of Steel
- Description: Execute 3 Steel Counters in a single battle (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: You must use Odin’s Arm of Darkness weapon to perform Steel Counter. Afterward, dodge an attack and counter right away three times.
Yes, Eikon
- Description: Master all of a single Eikon’s abilities and feats.
- How to Complete: For this achievement, we advise focusing on Eikons with only five abilities, like Garuda or Bahamut.
Masterclass
- Description: Upgrade all feats and abilities to their maximum.
- How to Complete: Master all abilities in the game.
With Two Ds
- Description: Upgrade consumable potency and inventory slots to their maximum.
- How to Complete: Finish the “Weird Science” and “Even Weirder Science” side quests to obtain the Treated Potion Satchel and Expanded Potion Satchel Curiosities to complete this achievement.
And They Opened Up My Mind
- Description: Collect six signboards.
- How to Complete: Unlock all six signboards.
Think, Mark!
- Description: Defeat 10 notorious marks.
- How to Complete: Defeat any of the 10 out of 36 targets on the Hunt Board.
Hunter, Hunted
- Description: Clear the Hunt Board.
- How to Complete: Hunt all 36 targets on the Hunt Board.
Trial Run
- Description: Complete a chronolith trial.
- How to Complete: Complete any of the seven Chronolith Trials.
For the Hoard
- Description: Obtain all curiosities.
- How to Complete: Collect all 22 Curiosities to unlock this achievement.
Dressed to the Fives
- Description: Craft or upgrade five pieces of gear.
- How to Complete: Craft and upgrade any five pieces of gear at the Black Hammer, which you can unlock once you reach the hideout.
Half Past Twilight
- Description: Craft the legendary sword Gotterdammerung.
- How to Complete: Complete all “Blacksmith’s Blues” side quests to craft Gotterdammerung.
The Pen is Mightier
- Description: Open 10 letters at the reading table.
- How to Complete: Read all 10 letters after unlocking the reading table in Clive’s chambers. You receive these messages when you progress through the game after certain MSQ and side quests.
The More You Know
- Description: Help Harpocrates attain a knowledge level of 5.
- How to Complete: You need to spend 25 hours of playtime and speak to Harpocrates occasionally to reach level 5 knowledge with him.
Careful Whisper
- Description: Obtain all available items from your patrons.
- How to Complete: Earn enough Renown to acquire every Patron reward.
You Can Pet the Dog
- Description: Pet Torgal 5 times.
- How to Complete: Do what the description says.
A Fine Hound
- Description: Execute and land 5 Precision Sics (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue).
- How to Complete: Order Torgal to Sic an enemy when the prompt appears.
When You Ride Alone
- Description: Ride Ambrosia for the first time.
- How to Complete: Reunite Clive with Ambrosia during the “White-Winged Wonder” side quest.
Here Be Rosfields
- Description: Visit all areas on the world and local maps.
- How to Complete: You can unlock this simply by playing and exploring all areas of the map.
Eureka
- Description: Spend 36,000 gil at the Tub & Crown.
- How to Complete: Visit the Tub & Crown at the Hideaway and spend 36,000 gil on Drinks.
Fantasy, Finally
- Description: Complete the game in “Final Fantasy” mode.
- How to Complete: Complete a New Game+ on Final Fantasy Mode.
Echoes of the Fallen Achievements
A Crystal Darkly
- Description: Brave the dusk.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
The Only Way Is Up
- Description: Enter the spire.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Repercussion
- Description: Silence the echoes.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
OMG
- Description: Defeat Omega on “Final Fantasy” mode.
- How to Complete: You unlock this by completing the DLC in Final Fantasy Mode.
Bit Fit
- Description: Obtain all Fallen bits.
- How to Complete: You can unlock this achievement by finding all six Fallen Bits within the Sagespire.
My Reward Is with Me
- Description: Obtain the Omega Weapon.
- How to Complete: You can complete this achievement by crafting the Omega Weapon at The Black Hammer after defeating Omega.
The Rising Tide Achievements
The Calm
- Description: Find again what was lost.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Homecoming
- Description: Enter Mysidia.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Flow
- Description: Awake the storm.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Flood
- Description: Restore the flow of time.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Explain That
- Description: Tamed the tides.
- How to Complete: Progress your MSQ or Main Storyline
Though Breakest the Head
- Description: Defeat Leviathan in “Final Fantasy” mode.
- How to Complete: Complete The Rising Tide DLC while in Final Fantasy Mode
Tideslinger
- Description: Land 300 Tidal Attacks combined (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue)
- How to Complete: You can achieve this by using Leviathan’s Serpent’s Cry and landing it 300 times.
Supersoaker
- Description: Strike three or more enemies with Tidal attacks while using unlimited ammunition following a Quick Refill.
- How to Complete: When using the ability, the trick is to hit the button that activates Serpent’s Cry while the glowing circle is inside the white circle. Doing so gives unlimited ammo for a short period, which is the best time to complete this achievement.
Deus Ex
- Description: Channel the heavens.
- How to Complete: Unlock Ultima’s Eikon Abilities by interacting with the Arete Stone at the Hideaway after completing the main story.
A Most Worth Vessel
- Description: Acquire and master all Leviathan and Ultima abilities.
- How to Complete: You must master Leviathan and Ultima’s Abilities, which requires 35,225 AP.
The End Can Wait
- Description: Complete 10 Mysidian quests.
- How to Complete: You only need 10 of the 11 Rising Tide side quests to unlock this achievement.
Still Breathing
- Description: Complete the Trial by Water.
- How to Complete: You can locate Leviathan’s Chronolith Trial in the Languor Falls area in Mysidia.
Occasio Calva
- Description: Complete Kairos Gate.
- How to Complete: Complete all twenty circles within a single Kairos Gate run. You can unlock this by completing the main story and channeling Ultima’s abilities.
