Finding yourself on a dangerous planet inhabited by aggressive creatures, you will want to learn new skills and find consumables as soon as possible to survive. Once you’re up to speed, you’ll want to know about all the secret challenges — especially given the much-coveted Achievement notifications consistently pop up on your screen. Risk of Rain Returns offers 155 unique Achievements, and here we’ll show you how to unlock each one.
Risk of Rain Returns Achievement Guide
Before we begin, it’s worth noting that Achievements in Risk of Rain are variable and require varying amounts of time to unlock. You unlock some of them in the first hours of gameplay and can not even notice what you did. But others will require specific actions limited to certain locations, characters, or time. Getting all 155 achievements in Risk of Rain Returns will take a lot of time, but rest assured that you will have a great time.
All Risk of Rain Returns Achievements
Achievement | Unlocking |
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Lizard Bait | Kill 20 Lemurians in one playthrough. |
Never Look Back | Complete the 1st stage in under 5 minutes. |
Pre-Alpha | Find ball with three spikes hidden somewhere in the world to unlock it. |
The Grind | Reach level 20. |
Gold Medalist | Get a gold rank on 5 Providence Trials. |
Close Calls | Commando: Dodge 7 lethal attacks. |
Thread the Needle | Complete the “A Rung Above” Providence Trial. |
Rapidfire | Achieve 200% attack speed as Huntress. |
Sixth Sense | Defeat the Ancient Wisp without taking damage as Huntress. |
Still Standing | Survive a boss with less than 20% health. |
Mechanized Militia | Have 4 drone at once. |
“Is This Bugged?” | Fail a shrine 3 times in a row. |
Warrior | Beat the Third stage. |
Junk Collecto | Defeat the Scavenger. |
The Lone Survivor | Survive 40 minutes. |
A Dime A Dozen | Kill 12 enemies simultaneously using the Gold-Plated Bomb. |
Desperado | Kill a boss with ‘Lights Out’ as Bandit. |
Classic Man | Reset your cooldown 15 times in a row as Bandit. |
In the Soup | Survive in lava for 1 minute. |
Zero Sum | End a Teleporter timer with 0 enemies on the map. |
Before Titans | Kill the Colossus, Magma Worm, and Wandering Vagrant. |
Tank | Block 2000 damage total with your shield as Enforcer. |
Activated | Use the same Equipment Activator 5 times. |
Turtle | Stay in Shield Mode for 5 minutes straight in combat as Enforcer. |
Handy | Find the janitor robot. |
Hydraulic Press | Kill 10 enemies simultaneously with FORCED_REASSEMBLY as HAN-D. |
Like New | Beat the third stage without falling below 60% health as HAN-D. |
Seasoned Wanderer | Find 15 Monster Logs. |
Mechanic | Purchase 40 drones total. |
Controlled Demolition | Detonate 15 Bounding Mines within 5 seconds as Engineer. |
Optimal | Kill a boss in 15 seconds or less as Engineer. |
Excavation | Clear a path for the survivor. |
Blazing Victory | Survive the teleporter event without falling below 50% health as Miner. |
Hot Streak | Reach level 10 without getting hurt more than once as Miner. |
Washed Away | Complete the game. |
High Caliber | Achieve 15 consecutive perfect reloads as Sniper. |
Iron Sights | 1-shot kill 10 enemies consecutively as Sniper. |
The Experiment | Free the chained monster. |
Dissolved | Spread 3,300 feet of caustic sludge as Acrid. |
Catchy | Spread Epidemic to 25 enemies as Acrid. |
Sole Survivor | Die 50 times. |
Last Wish | Find the bloated survivor. |
Vampire | Find 7 Monster Teeth and 1 Guardian Heart. |
In Good Health | Reach 650 Health. |
Special Delivery | Unlock a Golden Chest with the Explorer’s Key. |
Strength of Will | Get max barrier. |
Macho | Deal 5000 damage in one shot. |
Watery Grave | Drown 20 Whorls. |
War Bonds | Collect 20,000 gold. |
Endless Voyager | Collect 4 Keycards. |
Achievement | Unlocking |
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Insurance Fraud | Use a health shrine that drops you below 5% health. |
Lucky Devil | Pass a shrine four times in a row. |
Mastery | Complete the game on Monsoon difficulty as Mercenary. |
No Flukes | Complete the game 5 times. |
Flash of Light | Eviscerate 50 enemies as Mercenary. |
Gourmet | Find Meat Nugget, Bustling Fungus, Sprouting Egg, Bitter Root and Foreign Fruit in one run. |
Cracking Claws | SEAR/FLAMBE 20 Sand Crabs as CHEF. |
Catch and Release | Have 20 cleavers out at once as CHEF. |
Itemized | Get 30 unique items in one playthrough. |
Bionic | Travel 6,500 meters using the Hydraulic Gauntlet as Loader. |
Snuffed Out | Kill the Overloading Magma Worm as Loader. |
Untouchable | Activate the 3rd teleporter without being hurt once as Commando. |
Broken Continuity | Kill Acrid in less than 15 seconds as Acrid. |
Sagitta Aurum | Obtain a golden drone as HAN-D. |
Deforestation | Kill 15 enemies at once using the Sawmerang as HAN-D. |
Empty Pockets | Beat the third stage without any players collecting items or equipment as Sniper. |
Siiick | Kill Providence while backflipping as Sniper. |
“…Ask Questions Later” | Collect 20 temporary items at once as Drifter. |
Big Red Button | Defeat 30 enemies after launching them using Airstrike as Pilot. |
Aerodynamic | Kill 10 enemies without touching the ground or geysers as Pilot. |
The Hunt | Defeat 3 unique event bosses in one run as Huntress. |
Massacre | Multi-kill 15 enemies as Artificer. |
Yoink | Complete the “A Toxic Path” Providence Trial. |
Anywhere, Everywhere | Visit 10 unique stages. |
Recycled | Recycle 6 drones in one playthrough. |
All Purpose | Complete the “Brave Heart, Steady Hand” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Commando. |
First Place | Complete the “Slide to the Finish!” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as Commando. |
Only the Beginning | Complete the “A Colossal Feat” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Commando. |
Selfless | Complete the “S.O.S.” Providence Trial. |
Natural Competition | Complete the “Scavenger Hunt” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Enforcer. |
A Sweet Smell | Complete the “Specimen Sampling” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Enforcer. |
Higher Ground | Complete the “Go On Without Me” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as Enforcer. |
Chasing Shadows | Complete the “Inner Demons” Providence Trial. |
Matricide | Complete the “Blades in the Wind” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Huntress. |
Where You Want To Be | Complete the “Piercing Space and Time” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as Huntress. |
Rope Burn | Complete the “Hot-Rope Hop” Providence Trial. |
Retrograde | Complete the “Castle of Memories” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as Bandit. |
Gassed Up | Complete the Providence Trial “Highway Robbery”. Alternatively: Collect 300 items as Bandit. |
Trigger Finger | Complete the “Endless Stand-Off” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Bandit. |
Aquarium | Complete the “Drowning in Research” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as Engineer. |
High Magnitude | Complete the “From All Angles” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Engineer. |
Amplified | Acquire a Beam Drone as Engineer. |
Field Testing | Complete the “Get Off My Lawn!” Providence Trial. |
Nucleation | Complete the “Caustic Climb” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Acrid. |
Aposematic | Complete the “Uncontrolled Experiment” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as Acrid. |
Altered Genome | Find the illegal shipment. |
Anti-Virus | Complete the “Ruins of the Future” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Loader. |
Divebomb | Complete the “Crash Landing” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as Loader. |
Live Wire | Complete the “Colossal Lift” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Loader. |
Riposte | Complete the “Don’t Think, Feel” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Mercenary. |
Achievement | Unlocking |
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Tsuchinoko | Complete the “Assassination Contract” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Mercenary. |
Infinite Potential | Complete the “Shadows of the Past” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as Mercenary. |
Commander | Complete the “Main Systems Offline” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as HAN-D. |
Thank You | Complete the “Think of the Children” Providence Trial. |
A Little Extra Push | Complete the “Routine Maintenance” Providence Trial. |
Free-Range | Complete the “A Fresh Harvest” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as CHEF. |
Grease Fire | Simultaneously kill 15 oiled enemies using SEAR/FLAMBE as CHEF. |
Well-Seasoned | Complete the “The Right Ingredients” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as CHEF. |
“…Or Your Money Back” | Complete the “Kited Blades” Providence Trial. |
Full Circuit | Complete the “Lightning Strikes Twice” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Artificer. |
Terminal Velocity | Complete the “In the Clouds” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Artificer. |
Solar Power | Complete the “Danger Orbits” Providence Trial or defeat 3,000 enemies as Artificer. |
Chance of Showers | Complete the “Meteor Showers” Providence Trial. |
Campsite | Complete the “Lone Wolf” Providence Trial. |
Thermal Vision | Complete the “Bullseyes Only” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Sniper. |
By Design | Complete the “A Duplicator?!” Providence Trial. |
Trash Compactor | Complete the “Perilous Descent” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Drifter. |
Biodegradable | Complete the “Equivalent Exchange” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Drifter. |
New Record | Complete the “Break the Targets!” Providence Trial or complete 25 stages as Miner. |
Hot-Blooded Vengeance | Kill 8 Elder Lemurians without losing your Scorching status. |
Burning Out | Complete the “Scorching Heart” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Miner. |
Hivemind | Complete the “Gup Sorting?” Providence Trial. |
Paratrooper | Complete the “Emergency Ejection” Providence Trial. |
Steady Grip | Complete the “Race to the Finish!” Providence Trial or collect 300 items as Pilot. |
Keep It Up | Complete the “Juggling Priorities” Providence Trial. |
Divine Intervention | Unlock a survivor. |
In the Forest | Find the Artifact of Honor. |
Somewhere Dry | Find the Artifact of Kin. |
Among the Mushrooms | Find the Artifact of Distortion. |
In the Meadow | Find the Artifact of Spite. |
Below the Bridge | Find the Artifact of Glass. |
Drowned Below | Find the Artifact of Enigma. |
Near the Core | Find the Artifact of Sacrifice. |
In the Hive | Find the Artifact of Command. |
Beneath the Temple | Find the Artifact of Spirit. |
Kaleidoscope | Find the Artifact of Origin. |
Carrying Weight | Get a Gold Rank on 15 Providence Trials. |
Sight-Seeing | Find the 4 hidden Artifact Shards. |
Entropy | Find the Artifact of Tempus. |
Seeing Ghosts | Find the Artifact of Cognation. |
Secret Risk of Rain Returns Achievement
Achievement | Unlocking |
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Artificer’s Hope | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Artificer. |
Drifter’s Spirit | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Drifter. |
Acrid’s Hunger | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Acrid. |
Huntress’s Agility | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Huntress. |
Commando’s Bravery | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Commando. |
Enforcer’s Will | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Enforcer. |
Bandit’s Cunning | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Bandit. |
HAN-D’s Directive | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as HAN-D. |
Engineer’s Intellect | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Engineer. |
Sniper’s Reflex | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Sniper. |
Miner’s Determination | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Miner. |
Chef’s Recipe | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Chef. |
Mercenary’s Technique | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Mercenary. |
Loader’s Strength | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Loader. |
Pilot’s Focus | Complete the final Providence Trial playing as Pilot. |
Risk of Rain Returns is now available for PC and Nintendo Switch.