Last checked: November 1, 2026.
Darkest Dungeon II is a single-player roguelike strategy game from Red Hook Studios. This guide preserves a 65-entry legacy checklist and adds a practical route for its longer and more conditional unlocks.
Current-list note: The legacy checklist below is not the complete current achievement list. Steam currently shows 121 achievements: 97 across four base-game sets and 24 across two DLC sets. For the live list, check Steam’s Darkest Dungeon II achievements or the Epic Games Store achievement list. Red Hook’s official DLC page describes the add-on content.

Recommended route
- Build account progress first. Spend Candles at the Altar of Hope to unlock heroes and upgrades. Complete Confessions and hero backstories as you learn the combat and region routes.
- Combine objectives during ordinary expeditions. Work on region clears, lair bosses, hero skills, relationships, and enemy counters while progressing. Keep notes on the single-expedition requirements before ending a run.
- Plan the long challenges separately. Grand Slam requires the same four heroes to clear all five Confessions without a death. Hat Trick requires three lair bosses in one expedition; choose a route with enough supplies and a team that can reach every enemy rank.
- Finish cumulative goals over multiple runs. Enemy-kill totals and stagecoach distance add up over time. Check your platform’s achievement screen to see what remains.
- Watch the calendar for Loop Year. On Steam, this unlock is tied to playing on the game’s release anniversary, May 8.
Tips for conditional achievements
- Grand Slam: Keep the same four heroes for all five Confessions. A hero death breaks the streak, so prioritize survivability and avoid optional risks when close to completion.
- Hard Mode: Equip the Stygian Blaze before entering the final fight. Prepare a team for the added pressure and keep stress recovery available.
- Hat Trick: Route through three lairs in one expedition. Bring a party with reliable healing, stress control, and attacks that reach the back ranks.
- Triage: Complete all three services at the same Field Hospital visit: treat a disease, remove a negative quirk, and lock in a positive quirk.
- Utopia and The Clash: Enter the Mountain with a full party and the required relationship state for every hero. Use Inn items and manage affinity before the final route.
- 100-kill achievements: Focus on the matching enemy groups when choosing regions, then let the totals accumulate across expeditions.
Legacy achievement checklist
This table contains the 65 objectives preserved from the original checklist. Names and availability can differ between platforms and newer achievement sets; use the official platform list above for the current total.
| Achievement | Unlock requirement |
|---|---|
| 20,000 Leagues Above the Sea | Drive 20,000 leagues in the stagecoach |
| Autodidact | Master 5 Skills On A Single Hero During An Expedition |
| A Clear Conscience | Complete Any Hero’s Entire Backstory |
| A Life Well Lived | Apply 5 Memories Onto A Single Hero |
| A Place To Lay Your Head | Reach The First Inn |
| Bacon Bits | Kill 100 Swine |
| Banishment | Kill 100 Cosmic Beings |
| Body Of Work | Complete Cowardice |
| Boxcar Kid | Unlock The Runaway |
| Catch And Decease | Defeat The Lair Boss Found In The Shroud |
| Circle Of Life | Defeat A Shambler With Shambler’s Spawn Equipped |
| Clearing The Ledger | Land The Killing Blow On A Lair Boss From The Bounty Hunter |
| Creep And Sleep | Defeat The Lair Boss Found In The Tangle |
| Deprogramming | Kill 100 Fanatics |
| Dissector | Kill 100 Cadavers |
| Don’t Make Me Turn This Coach Around | Have A Hero Meltdown |
| Eidetic | Have A Full Roster Of Heroes With At Least One Memory Each |
| Escape From The Black Hole | Defeat A Shambler |
| Eyes Up | Complete Obsession |
| FNG | Find A Replacement For A Fallen Hero |
| Funny Guy | Unlock The Jester |
| Grand Slam | Defeat All 5 Confessions With The Same Four Heroes Without Any Of Them Dying |
| Handled | Complete Ambition |
| Harvest Festival | Clear The Foetor |
| Hat Trick | Defeat 3 Lair Bosses In A Single Expedition |
| Hard Mode | Defeat The Final Boss With The Stygian Blaze Equipped |
| Hope Rekindled | Unlock 25% Of The Altar Of Hope |
| Hot Air | Complete Resentment |
| Ichthyophobic | Kill 100 Fisherfolk |
| It Happens | Party Wipe Against Any Confession Endboss |
| It Rings A Bell | Apply A Memory Onto A Hero |
| Long Live The King | Unlock The Leper |
| Loop Year | Play the game on the anniversary of release |
| Meat And Greet | Defeat The Lair Boss Found In The Foetor |
| Merry Time | Clear The Shroud |
| No Gravestone Left Unturned | Party Wipe Against Each Confession Endboss |
| No More Mouths To Feed | Kill 100 Gentry |
| Nope | Abandon An Expedition |
| Not Today! | Defeat Death |
| Now Stay Dead | Kill 100 Gaunt |
| Overdue Notice | Defeat The Lair Boss Found In The Sprawl |
| Predator | Kill 100 Creatures |
| Worldly Traveller | Visit every Inn |
| Ramble On | Drive 1,000 leagues in the stagecoach |
| Resurrection | Unlock The Flagellant |
| Reverse Banditry | Kill 100 Pillagers |
| Road Trip | Have A Trophy, Pet, And Four Stagecoach Items Equipped All At Once |
| Rush Hour | Clear The Sprawl |
| Serenity Now! | Have A Hero Become Resolute |
| Shrine Of Reflection | Complete All Heroes Entire Backstory |
| Spelunker | Clear The Sluice |
| Tears In The Rain | Lose A Hero Who Was Full Of Memories |
| The Clash | Enter The Mountain With A Full Party And All Negative Relationships |
| The World As It Was | Unlock 100% Of The Altar Of Hope |
| This Belongs In A Museum | Defeat The Antiquarian |
| This Looks Familiar | Unlock 50% Of The Altar Of Hope |
| To Grandmother’s House | Clear The Tangle |
| Triage | Treat a disease, remove a negative quirk, and lock in a positive quirk at a single Field Hospital |
| Unfulfilled Desires | Unlock The Vestal |
| Unleash Hell | Unlock The Hellion |
| Unshackled | Complete Denial |
| Utopia | Enter The Mountain With A Full Party And All Positive Relationships |
| Whale | Purchase an indelible trinket from the Hoarder |
| When You Want Something Done Right | Hire The Bounty Hunter |
| Wyrdly Reconstructed | Unlock The Occultist |
For details on newer achievements added through updates and DLC, use the current platform list linked above. You can also browse the site’s game guides for more walkthroughs.



