Tears of Metal Achievements Guide: All 89 Challenges

Tears of Metal currently has 89 Steam achievements. Three come directly from defeating the Act bosses, many track cumulative campaign progress, and the hardest group asks you to complete an Act while avoiding chests, spending, healing, any equipped Emblem, or ally deaths.

Nothing in the current list is permanently missable because campaigns can be repeated. However, a failed Act restriction normally means starting a new campaign attempt for that achievement.

Achievement overview

Category	What it includes	Best time to attempt
Story bosses	Defeat Gilles, Iseult, and Harold	Normal campaign progression
Act restrictions	No chests, spending, paid healing, equipped Emblems, or ally deaths	Dedicated runs after learning the route
Combat feats	Blocking, Perfect Blocks, low-health actions, combo chains, damage spikes	Build-specific cleanup runs
Battalion goals	Rescue allies and use ally commands	Across normal and dedicated campaigns
Economy milestones	Gain Triskeles, spend coins, or hold 1,000 coins	Naturally across repeated campaigns
Cumulative goals	Damage, healing, parries, rescues, and Dragonstones	Keep progressing while clearing other goals

Complete 89-achievement checklist

The checklist below follows the current official Steam list. “One campaign” counters reset when that campaign ends; “across campaigns” counters are cumulative.

#	Achievement	Requirement
1	Excuse Me, Pardon Me	Bump into 30 enemies with Dodge during one campaign.
2	First Wages	Accumulate 600 Triskeles across campaigns.
3	Swift Revenge	Deal 500 damage within two seconds after being hit, in one campaign.
4	Trophy Hunter	Kill one Elite.
5	Stocked Up	Accumulate 1,200 Triskeles across campaigns.
6	Not Today!	Block an otherwise lethal attack.
7	Barely Made It	Finish a level below 10% HP.
8	Butcher	Defeat Gilles the Hog.
9	Frivolous	Spend 800 Coins during one campaign.
10	Indomitable Fortress	Accumulate 50,000 bonus Block damage across campaigns.
11	Arming the Ranks	Accumulate 2,100 Triskeles across campaigns.
12	There will be blood…	Accumulate 75,000 Strike damage across campaigns.
13	Blocker Extraordinaire	Block 20 attacks during one campaign.
14	Devastator	Hit one enemy for at least 300 damage in one attack.
15	Healer	Restore 150 HP during one campaign.
16	Band of Brothers	Have four active Ally Emblems at the same time.
17	Stop, Drop and… what?	Catch fire five times during one campaign.
18	Big Spender	Spend 2,500 Coins across campaigns.
19	No Intermission	Kill 100 enemies in one uninterrupted combo chain.
20	Devastating Blow	Hit one enemy for at least 500 damage in one attack.
21	Vicious Retaliator	Accumulate 5,000 bonus Block damage across campaigns.
22	Collector of Status	Have three status effects active at once.
23	Shieldwright’s Best Friend	Have Block broken five times in one campaign.
24	Damage Sponge	Take 300 total damage during one campaign.
25	Battle-Hardened Medic	Restore 500 HP across campaigns.
26	Well Supplied	Accumulate 3,900 Triskeles across campaigns.
27	Unstoppable Force	Maintain a combo chain for 20 seconds.
28	Here Come The Pro’s	Begin a campaign with one ally at MAX rank.
29	Last Stand	Activate the hero Special below 5% HP.
30	Cataclysm	Deal 2,000 combined damage with one attack.
31	Guardian	Rescue 500 allies during one campaign.
32	Cornered Threat	Kill 100 enemies at 10% HP or lower in one campaign.
33	Resilience Beyond Measure	Restore 225 HP during one campaign.
34	By My Command…	Kill five Captains with Ally Commands in one level.
35	Sweet Sweet Revenge	Accumulate 10,000 bonus Block damage across campaigns.
36	Quartermaster	Accumulate 5,700 Triskeles across campaigns.
37	The Shepherd	Rescue 2,000 allies across campaigns.
38	From Old Money	Spend 1,500 Coins during one campaign.
39	Whirlwind of Death	Kill 200 enemies while streaking in one campaign.
40	Wall of One	Prevent 1,500 damage with Block across campaigns.
41	Tactician	Issue 15 Ally Commands across campaigns.
42	War Chest	Accumulate 7,500 Triskeles across campaigns.
43	Heart of a Phoenix	Start a battle below 50% HP and finish at full HP.
44	Turtle Master	Block 50 attacks during one campaign.
45	Forged in Gold	Accumulate 9,300 Triskeles across campaigns.
46	Shieldwright’s Hero	Have Block broken ten times in one campaign.
47	Sharing The Moment	Let an ally land the killing blow on a boss.
48	Do Unto Others…	Accumulate 25,000 bonus Block damage across campaigns.
49	Witch Hunter	Defeat Iseult the Banshee.
50	A Proper Army	Accumulate 11,100 Triskeles across campaigns.
51	Earth-Shattering Blow	Hit one enemy for at least 1,000 damage in one attack.
52	Army of One	Rescue 1,000 allies during one campaign.
53	Relentless	Kill 300 enemies while streaking in one campaign.
54	Back from the Brink	Recover after reaching 1% HP.
55	Iron Investment	Accumulate 12,900 Triskeles across campaigns.
56	Rock Smasher	Destroy 25 Dragonstones across campaigns.
57	The Bankroller	Accumulate 14,700 Triskeles across campaigns.
58	Superstitious	Finish Act 1 without opening a Treasure Chest.
59	Juke-master	Kill 100 Captains immediately after Dodging, across campaigns.
60	Mint Condition	Accumulate 16,500 Triskeles across campaigns.
61	Forearm Splinters	Have Block broken 15 times in one campaign.
62	Mac Scrooge	Hold 1,000 Coins at one time.
63	Not One Left Behind	Finish Act 2 without an ally dying.
64	Vengeful Spirit	Parry an enemy that just damaged you five times across campaigns.
65	Lord of the Treasury	Accumulate 18,300 Triskeles across campaigns.
66	No Expense Spared	Accumulate 20,100 Triskeles across campaigns.
67	Great Wall Of Scotland	Prevent 1,000 damage with Block during one campaign.
68	Viceral Instinct	Perform 125 parries across campaigns.
69	Tough It Out	Finish Act 2 without paying currency to restore health.
70	Gold Flows Like Blood	Accumulate 21,900 Triskeles across campaigns.
71	The Benefactor	Accumulate 23,700 Triskeles across campaigns.
72	Dragonslayer	Defeat Harold the Dragon.
73	Demolitionist	Destroy 50 Dragonstones across campaigns.
74	Saving It For A Rainy Day	Finish Act 1 without spending any Coins.
75	The Last Wall	Block 100 attacks during one campaign.
76	Should Have Looked Up…	Let a Dragonstone reduce the hero to 10% HP or lower.
77	Immortal Defense	Block 50 otherwise lethal attacks.
78	Bastion of Defense	Prevent 1,500 damage with Block during one campaign.
79	Moving Target	Block 100 ranged damage during one campaign.
80	Razor’s Edge	Perform 30 Perfect Blocks during one campaign.
81	Living on the Edge	Start and finish a boss fight at 10% HP or lower.
82	Voluntary Discomfort	Finish Act 2 without opening a Treasure Chest.
83	Arrow Catcher	Block 200 ranged damage during one campaign.
84	Clockwork	Perform 45 Perfect Blocks during one campaign.
85	Human Porcupine	Block 300 ranged damage during one campaign.
86	Minimalistic Creed	Finish Act 1 without equipping any Emblem.
87	Area of Annihilation	Kill at least 75 enemies with one attack.
88	Ascetic Warrior	Finish Act 2 without equipping any Emblem.
89	Questionable Priorities	Open a chest while an ally awaits rescue three times across campaigns.

Story and boss achievements

Achievement	Requirement
Butcher	Defeat Gilles the Hog.
Witch Hunter	Defeat Iseult the Banshee.
Dragonslayer	Defeat Harold the Dragon.

These follow the campaign order. Use the three-Act walkthrough to prepare the route or the boss guide index for fight-specific strategies. You do not need to activate a separate challenge before the fight.

Act 1 restriction achievements

Achievement	Requirement
Superstitious	Finish Act 1 without opening a Treasure Chest.
Saving It For A Rainy Day	Finish Act 1 without spending any coin.
Minimalistic Creed	Finish Act 1 without equipping any Emblem.

These restrictions can be targeted in the same Act 1 run: do not open Treasure Chests, do not spend coins, and do not equip an Emblem. Take the shortest practical route and rely on the hero, army, permanent progression already available, and rewards that do not violate the displayed conditions.

The current official description says any Emblem. Do not equip passive or active Emblems during the attempt.

Act 2 restriction achievements

Achievement	Requirement
Voluntary Discomfort	Finish Act 2 without opening any Treasure Chest.
Tough It Out	Finish Act 2 without spending currency to recover health.
Not One Left Behind	Finish Act 2 without any ally dying.
Ascetic Warrior	Finish Act 2 without equipping any Emblem.

It is possible to plan one combined restriction attempt, but protecting every ally while refusing chests, paid healing, and all Emblems is much harder than clearing the achievements separately. For the first completion, combine only the restrictions your current village upgrades and hero can support.

For Tough It Out, avoid every recovery option that charges currency. Free recovery is not prohibited by the Steam description, but always read the current event confirmation before accepting it because event costs can change during Early Access.

Low-health achievements

Achievement	Requirement
Barely Made It	Finish a level with less than 10% HP.
Last Stand	Use your Special below 5% HP.
Cornered Threat	Kill 100 enemies while at 10% HP or less in one campaign.
Back from the Brink	Heal back from 1% HP.
Living on the Edge	Start and finish a boss battle at 10% HP or less.
Heart of a Phoenix	Start a battle below 50% HP and finish at full HP.

Do these after the normal campaign clear. Deliberately lowering health can end a run before the condition is registered, and Living on the Edge requires both the start and end of the boss battle to remain within the stated limit.

Paper Cult fixed the tracking for the low-health boss achievement shortly after launch. Update the game before attempting it if an older guide reports that the achievement is broken.

Blocking and parry achievements

The defensive achievement lines become progressively harder:

Blocker Extraordinaire, Turtle Master, and The Last Wall require 20, 50, and 100 blocks in one campaign.
Razor’s Edge and Clockwork require 30 and 45 Perfect Blocks in one campaign.
Great Wall Of Scotland and Bastion of Defense require avoiding 1,000 and 1,500 damage by Blocking in one campaign.
Moving Target, Arrow Catcher, and Human Porcupine require blocking 100, 200, and 300 ranged damage in one campaign.
Viceral Instinct tracks 125 parries across campaigns.
Immortal Defense asks for 50 blocks against attacks that would otherwise kill you.

Use a hero and current equipment that can survive repeated defensive attempts. Do not combine the most dangerous low-health and lethal-block goals with an Act restriction run unless the setup is already proven.

Combo and damage achievements

Important one-run or one-action targets include:

Achievement	Requirement
Unstoppable Force	Keep a combo chain active for 20 seconds.
No Intermission	Kill 100 enemies in one combo chain.
Devastator	Deal at least 300 damage to one enemy with one attack.
Devastating Blow	Deal at least 500 damage to one enemy with one attack.
Earth-Shattering Blow	Deal at least 1,000 damage to one enemy with one attack.
Cataclysm	Deal 2,000 total damage in one attack.
Area of Annihilation	Kill at least 75 enemies in one attack.

The single-enemy damage achievements and total-damage achievement measure different things. A large area attack can satisfy Cataclysm without dealing the required single-target value for the other line.

The 20-second combo-related unlock was impossible on an early version and was fixed by Paper Cult. Use a current build before dedicating a run to it.

Battalion and ally achievements

Guardian requires rescuing 500 allies in one campaign.
Army of One requires rescuing 1,000 allies in one campaign.
The Shepherd tracks 2,000 rescued allies across campaigns.
Tactician tracks 15 ally commands across campaigns.
By My Command… requires five Captain kills with Ally Commands in one level.
Here Come The Pro’s requires starting a campaign with an ally at MAX rank.
Sharing The Moment requires an ally to deal the killing blow to a boss.
Questionable Priorities requires opening a Treasure Chest while an ally is waiting for rescue three times across campaigns.

The wording for Sharing The Moment says “an ally,” not specifically another online player. Do not treat it as a confirmed co-op-only achievement unless the current in-game description changes.

Economy and cumulative achievements

The Triskeles achievement chain progresses from First Wages at 600 total to The Benefactor at 23,700. These totals accumulate across campaigns, so keep playing while working on other categories instead of farming the final milestones first.

Other long-term goals include:

cumulative Strike damage;
cumulative extra Block damage;
cumulative healing;
parrying enemies that just damaged you;
killing Captains immediately after Dodging;
destroying 25 and 50 Dragonstones;
rescuing allies across campaigns;
spending coins and holding 1,000 coins at once.

Check whether the description says in a single Campaign or throughout your Campaigns. That wording determines whether the counter resets when a run ends.

Efficient completion order

Finish a normal campaign. Unlock the three boss achievements and learn the route.
Accumulate passive milestones. Rescue allies, issue commands, gain Triskeles, deal damage, heal, block, and parry while pursuing other goals.
Run the Act 1 restrictions. Combine no chests, no coin spending, and no equipped Emblems when your permanent progression is strong enough.
Run the Act 2 restrictions. Start with no chests and no paid healing; add ally survival or no equipped Emblems only if the setup remains reliable.
Build-specific cleanup. Target long combos, large single hits, area kills, Perfect Blocks, and ranged blocking.
Low-health cleanup last. Attempt the 1%, 5%, and 10% conditions after you can control incoming damage and recovery.

Achievements not unlocking

Update Tears of Metal to the current standard branch.
Re-read the Steam description and check whether it requires one campaign or cumulative progress.
Finish the level, Act, or results transition before checking Steam.
Restart Steam and the game once.
Verify the installed files.
Repeat the condition on the current branch if it was completed on an older crossplay build.

Patch 0.8.57278 corrected tracking for the no-chest Act achievements and the low-health boss achievement, along with a related 20-second combo unlock. Older reports about those conditions may no longer apply.

Frequently asked questions

How many achievements does Tears of Metal have?

Steam currently lists 89 achievements.

Are there missable achievements?

No achievement is permanently missable because campaigns can be repeated. Act restrictions must be retried on a new run if their condition is broken.

Are any achievements co-op only?

The current Steam descriptions do not explicitly require another human player. Sharing The Moment requires an ally to land the boss killing blow, but the wording does not say “co-op player.”

Can Act restriction achievements be combined?

Yes, their requirements do not directly conflict. Combining them makes the run substantially harder, especially in Act 2.

Does this list apply to Xbox achievements?

Steam currently lists these 89 achievements. Xbox on PC may use a different achievement set or tracking service.

Sources

Official Steam global achievement list for Tears of Metal Accessed 8/9/2026
Paper Cult achievement and unlock fixes Accessed 8/2/2026
Official Tears of Metal Steam store page Accessed 8/2/2026

Last updated August 9, 2026