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• Jij niet exploit the debug mode to get the achievements.
• Jij niet unlock any achievements while any mods are enabled. Disable all your mods to garantee you’ll unlock the achievements.
• Jij niet unlock any achievements when playing on sandbox or challenge modes. You’ll only unlock achievements when playing on Apocalypse, Survivor or Builder game modes.
• Jij can unlock achievements with multiple characters or saves, given the requirements (bijv. getting 500 zombie kills) are achieved on a single character and save.

Miscellaneous

This is how you died.

– Die for the first time.

Spreekt voor zich. You probably already have this achievement. If you don’t, just run into the first zombie you find or try putting yourself on fire by leaving a stove on with burning food or by turning a microwave on with a metallic object inside.

Member of the horde.

– Turn into a zombie.

Spreekt voor zich. You’ll turn into a zombie if you die while infected with the Knox infection. Let yourself become a tasty snack for your friendly neighborhood rotted brain zombies and accept your fate. Daarna, join the party with your new friends. Yummers.

The easy way out.

– Commit suicide by drinking bleach.

You can find bleach bottles inside kitchen and bathroom counters, sometimes beside corpses. To get this achievement you must chug enough bleach from the bottle to kill yourself. Getting killed by other means or eating poisoned food won’t trigger this achievement.

Bedankt, dumbass

. – Survive the helicopter event.

Voor deze prestatie, you need to survive until the next day after the helicopter event happens. You can either stay inside your base if the pilot haven’t spotted you yet or use a car to get away from zombies in case the helicopter is following you. In case you need to haul ass, go to a less populated area to attract less zombies.

Necrophobia.

– Get jumpscared by a zombie.

Voor deze, your character will need to spot a zombie for the first time from close proximity. If the zombie was seen before, the character will not get scared once it gets close. You’ll hear a loud noise when this happens and the achievement will pop up.

De beste vriend van de mens.

– Find a Spiffo plushie.

You can find Spiffo plushies in toy stores or inside wardrobes. You can also target kids bedrooms as they have a high chance to spawn random toys around. Once you put the plushie in your inventory you unlock this achievement.

Zombie Kills

Groovy.

– Krijgen 500 zombie kills.

Zien Dawn of the dead. below for more details.

No more room in hell.

– Krijgen 1000 zombie kills.

Zien Dawn of the dead. below for more details.

Dawn of the dead.

– Krijgen 1500 zombie kills.

For this achievement you must accumulate 1500 zombie kills in a single character. Helaas, killing zombies by setting them on fire or running them over with a vehicle don’t count as valid kills. This means that you’ll have to kill them either by melee or gunfire. If you play the game normally you should get the achievement pretty easily as long as you survive for enough time. A good strategy to increase your body count is to hoard a lot of ammo (preferably shotgun shells) and go guns blazing. Going on a field trip to dense populated cities as West Point or Louisville should net a fair amount of kills. Just keep in mind that you can still be overrun, so try to attract small hordes out of the city and clear them one at a time.

Survival Time

Just getting by.

– Overleven 7 dagen.

This one is pretty easy. The most common way new players die on their first week is fighting more zombies than they can handle or running around drawing attention to themselves. The best way to survive your first week is to go outside to loot and only fight 2-3 zombies at a time, if you have a good weapon. Bij twijfel, just stay inside your starter house, try to barricade and keep enough food and water to survive.

28 days later.

– Overleven 1 month.

The tips from the previous one also apply here, you should have a well barricated safehouse, but also lots of supplies, so loot all the food, water, tools and weapons you can. If you already have looted all supplies around town, you should start considering long term survival. Build water collectors to gather lots of water, and invest in farming, trapping, fishing and foraging for food. Deze 4 skills should be used alongside eachother, fulfiling the weaknesses and needs on each one.

All year round.

– Overleven 1 jaar.

This achievement is way harder than the previous ones. During the period of one year, one can make a slip so many times and end up dying, losing all your progress. Unless you are well equipped and prepared for the worse, don’t take any unnecessary risks. Another challenge in surviving for this long is winter. You should be prepared when it arrives. Try to save as many water and non perishable food, as in winter all ways to gather or produce food will be less effective, so having extra in case you need is a good strategy. You should also have means to warm yourself, winter clothes and a campfire or antique stove are good calls, just be sure to have enough fuel.

Skill Achievements

Most achievements from this section are related to reaching maximum level on a certain skill. Here are some things to consider when grinding for levels:

• When creating a new character, some traits or occupations can impact your starting level on a skill and give you a % bonus in gains for that particular skill (bijv. If you take the carpenter occupation and the handy trait, you’ll start off with 4 levels in carpentry, en een 125% boost to all carpentry exp gains).
  This can help massively when grinding a very difficult skill, making it easier to reach maximum level. This is especially true to Strenght and Fitness.
• Always read the right skill book before grinding a skill. If you read the entire skill book you can get from 3x to 16x exp multipliers that increase your exp gains by a ton. Said multipliers are comulative with traits and occupations exp bonus.
• Watching the Life and Living channel on the start of your playthrough can give a good head start on certain skills, making the process faster. You can also watch VHS tapes to get similar results.

Passive Skills

Cardio.

– Reach maximum level in fitness.

Fitness can be leveled by sprinting, attacking and exercising. Be careful not to get too exausted as it can make fighting really difficult. As sprinting normally draws too much attention to yourself, you’ll mostly get more xp by exercising. Try to pair painkillers and vitamins to reduce pain and fatique. I also highly recommend getting traits that increase your fitness when creating your character.

Absolute unit.

– Reach maximum level in strenght.

Strenght can be leveled by exercising and hitting zombies with melee attacks. Your best option to level this skill is to exercise. In case you find dumbbells, use them to exercise to get more xp. Take meds to lower pain and fatique, and try not to enter combat after exercising. I also highly recommend getting traits that increase your strenght when creating your character.

Agility Skills

Gotta go fast.

– Reach maximum level in sprinting.

You level up sprinting by…sprinting. Ja. Oh, and jogging too I guess. You can do it inside your home so you won’t attract any zombies.

Feather feet.

– Reach maximum level in lightfooted.

You level up lightfooted by sneaking around zombies without being detected. This skill is pretty much the same thing as sneaking, but it affects the noise you make even when you are standing, while sneaking only affects how much noise you make when you are crouched. To level this skill just sneak around zombies. A good way to level this skill fast is to draw a huge horde of zombies to a building which you have access to the rooftop. Daar, just sneak around the edges and you will get a lot of xp.

Float like a butterfly.

– Reach maximum level in nimble.

To level this skill, you must move while in the combat stance. Dat is het. You can go to a corner in your safehouse and just walk while afk and level up. Just try to remember your basic needs and that zombies still exist.

Sneaky beaky like.

– Reach maximum level in sneaking.

This one is pretty much the same thing as lightfooted, but you only get xp while crouched. As you probably will always be sneaking around while crouched, both your lightfooted and sneaking will be at generally the same level. The tip I gave in lightfooted also apply here.

Combat Skills

Opmerking:

Almost all skills in the combat section can only be upgraded by hitting zombies with the corresponding weapon type (bijv. if you wish to level short blade, you can only get xp in that skill by hitting zombies with short blades). To keep this section simple, I’ll just list the overall best weapons in each category,

Here’s Johnny!

– Reach maximum level in axe.

This one is a exception, as you also get xp by hitting trees. The best weapons in this category are: Pikhouweel, Wood Axe and Axe.

E. M. M. M.

– Reach maximum level in long blunt.

The best weapons in this category are: Koevoet, Baseball Bat and Spiked Baseball Bat.

Bonk.

– Reach maximum level in short blunt.

The best weapons in this category are: Lead Pipe, Metal Bar and Nightstick.

Bloodshed.

– Reach maximum level in long blade.

The best weapons in this category are: Katana and Machete. (the only two in this category lol)

Stabby.

– Reach maximum level in short blade.

The best weapons in this category are: Hunting Knife and Meat Cleaver.

Prehistoric warfare.

– Reach maximum level in spear.

The best weapons in this category are: Garden Fork, Spear with Hunting Knife and Spear with Machete.

Mint condition.

– Reach maximum level in maintenance.

You level this one everytime you use a weapon and it doesn’t lose any durability. Als zodanig, weapons with high durability and less chance to lose durability when striking are the best, leuk vinden: Bijl, Koevoet, Hamer, Machete, Hunting Knife and Garden Fork. Blijkbaar, stomping zombies also level this up, not sure if it is a bug or intentional.

Crafting Skills

Nailed it.

– Reach maximum level in carpentry.

To level this one, you can barricade doors and windows, saw logs into planks, building things from wood and dismantling furniture. You get a lot of xp when dismantling beds, wardrobes and store shelves.

Hell’s kitchen.

– Reach maximum level in cooking.

You gain xp each time you cook something using heat and crafting cooking recipes. A good way to level this with low effort is to eat everything you can in a bowl, as each time you add something you get some exp. Ook, you can toss a ton of uncooked bugs you got from foraging into a heat source and suddenly become a master chef. If your only specialty is gourmet cooked cockroaches that is.

It’s honest work.

– Reach maximum level in farming.

You get exp in this skill by harvesting crops. The healthier the crop, the more xp you get, no matter the quantity. You can find some ready to harvest crops in some gardens around cities to get a good head start.

Doctor in the house.

– Reach maximum level in first aid.

As you need to patch yourself to level this skill, and you mostly don’t wanna get hurt in this game, this skill is kinda underpowered and quirky to level up. A good way to level, is to walk barefoot on broken glass and patch yourself up or scratch your hands digging furrows. Just be careful to not end up dying.

Resistance.

– Reach maximum level in electrical.

To level this skill, dismantle any electronics you find, such as digital watches, cameras, radios, lamps, enz. You also get some exp when repairing generators. Pair dismantling eletronics for electrical scrap and repairing generators with said scrap and you can level this one pretty easily.

Metal man.

– Reach maximum level in metalworking.

Either dismantle or build things with your propane torch. A good way to get exp is to dismantle car wrecks and mass dismantle lockers in schools, fire stations and police stations.

Pimp my ride.

– Reach maximum level in mechanics.

Each time you repair, install or uninstall vehicle parts you get some xp. Each individual part has a 1 day cooldown, so succesfully installing or uninstalling the same part won’t give any additional exp, unless it gets damaged in the process. You should hoard vehicle and vehicle parts and just install and uninstall them to your heart’s content. Lightbulbs are a good pick since they are very light and any type of lightbulb you find can be used.

Suit yourself.

– Reach maximum level in tailoring.

To level tailoring, you need to patch holes and add paddings to clothes. The type of fabric you use don’t matter, you will get the same amount of exp per patch, so use only ripped sheets to level, as they are really easy to get and very cheap. You should also try to find a piece of clothing with lots of individual parts, this will speed up your grinding. A good piece of clothing with lots of parts is the overalls, which can be found on wardrobes and in lockers in vehicle repair shops or in mechanic zombies.

Firearm Skills

Bullseye.

– Reach maximum level in aiming.

You get xp in this skill each time you hit a zombie with a gun. As your chance to hit zombies when firing increase the higher this skill goes, weapons with lower hit chances at lower levels are not recommended. I suggest grabbing a shotgun, as they tend to mostly hit your target even in lower levels. Ook, as they can hit multiple targets with a single shell, you get a pretty good xp per ammo ratio.

I ain’t got time to bleed.

– Reach maximum level in reloading.

Herladen. Really, just relaod. You get xp everytime you reload. You can just sit somewhere and load your shotgun with malicious intent. Doesn’t need to be a shotgun tho. Anything with bullets should work.

Survivalist Skills

Teach a man to fish.

– Reach maximum level in fishing.

Each time you catch something when fishing, even shoes or socks, you get fishing exp. Echter, catching bigger fish will net you more xp than catching yout 5th soggy sock.

It’s a trap!

– Reach maximum level in trapping.

To level this skill, you need to catch animals with your traps, the bigger the sucker is, the more xp you will get.

Man vs. wild.

– Reach maximum level in foraging.

You get exp in this skill by finding things when the search mode is active. The rarer the item you found is, the more exp you get. You also get xp if you discard something, so you don’t need to put every rock you find in your bag.

Closing Notes

Dat is alles 38 achievements currently in the game. This guide ins’t detailed as most of the achievements are pretty straightfoward to obtain. I’ll try to update this guide if new achievements are added to the game. If you have any doubts, use the comments section to ask for help, I or someone else might help you out. Feel free to correct me in any section in case I made a mistake or discuss with other people. Bedankt.