D&D Lords of Waterdeep

D&D Lords of Waterdeep

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Achievement Guide
By DugDigger
This guide is designed to help you understand and get the achievements in Lords of Waterdeep, including the hidden 22 achievements in the game.
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Overview
Lords of Waterdeep is one of my favorite board games, it's also a favorite of my wife, who always manages to defeat me (probably why she likes it so much). This guide is primarily a list of all the achievements in the game. The majority of the achievements are self explanatory. There are some grindy ones in this game that will take some dedication to unlock. You will need to own the two expansions (Undermountain and Skullport) to fully unlock all of the achievements in the game.
Base Game Achievements
Apprentice: Complete 1 Tutorial.

Master: Complete All Tutorials
You will need to click through all the tutorials, they are good if you've never played the board game version. You do NOT need the expansions to go through the expansion tutorials.

Welcome to Waterdeep: Win 1 Game

Aristocrat: Win 5 Games

Lord: Win 100 Games.
The grindiest achievement in the game, good luck! Set bots to easy and just play!

Overlord of Waterdeep: Win a game as each of the 11 Lords in the basic game

Noble: Win 10 Online Games.

Usurped: During the scoring of a 4+ player online game, start in first and end in last

Sleeper: During the scoring of a 4+ player online game, you started in last and won the game

Esquire: Score 125 Points in a Game

Cabal: Acquire 9 Clerics in 1 game

Band: Acquire 18 fighters in 1 game

Gang: Acquire 19 Rogues in 1 game

Council: Acquire 11 Wizards in 1 game

Devoted Curate: Hire 77 Clerics
This is a stat tracked across multiple games, this will come in time.

Headmaster: Hire 111 Wizards
This is a stat tracked across multiple games, this will come in time.

Captain: Hire 300 Fighters.
This is a stat tracked across multiple games, this will come in time.

Gangleader: Hire 400 Rogues
This is a stat tracked across multiple games, this will come in time.

Penny Pincher: Collect 500 Gold
This is a stat tracked across multiple games, this will come in time.

Proprietor: Aquire 3 buildings in 1 game

Landlord: Acquire 5 buildings in 1 game

Harbor Master: Occupy every actions space in Waterdeep Harbor in 1 round

Inn Keeper: Occupy every action space in Cliffwatch Inn in 1 round

Warlord of Waterdeep: Complete all 12 Warfare quests in the basic game

Warmonger: Complete 8 Warfare quests in 1 game
The quests you complete must be from the base game ONLY. This will not pop if you do 7 Warfare quests from the base game and 1 Warfare quest from the expansion.

Merchant of Waterdeep: Complete all 12 Commerce quests in the basic game

Moneychanger: Complete 8 Commerce quests in 1 game
The quests you complete must be from the base game ONLY. This will not pop if you do 7 Commerce quests from the base game and 1 Commerce quest from the expansion.

Wizard of Waterdeep: Complete all 12 Arcana quests in the basic game

Spellbinder: Complete 8 Arcana quests in 1 game
The quests you complete must be from the base game ONLY. This will not pop if you do 7 Arcana quests from the base game and 1 Arcana quest from the expansion.

High Priest of Waterdeep: Complete all 12 Piety quests in the basic game

Oracle: Complete 8 Piety quests in 1 game
The quests you complete must be from the base game ONLY. This will not pop if you do 7 Piety quests from the base game and 1 Piety quest from the expansion.

Well Rounded: Complete 1 of each quest type in 1 game

An Officer and a Gentleman: Assign the Lieutenant and Ambassador in the same round
Undermountain Expansion Achievements
I'll Take These: Collect 3 placed resources from a single action space

Full of Surprises: Play 6 intrigue cards in a single round

King of the Undermountain: Complete 6 Undermountain quests in a single game

Quests? Who Needs Quests?: Win a game in which you have completed 4 or fewer quests

Halaster's Heir: Occupy all three Undermountain action spaces at the same time

Resourceful: Collect 200 placed resources
Skullport Expansion Achievements
Bad Influence: Place a Corruption on a action space that already gives you Corruption

Lack of Subtlety: Lose 10 victory points by taking a corruption when the corruption track is empty

The Obvious Evil: Collect 15 Corruption in a single game

Crime Lord: Complete 6 quests from the Skullport expansion in a single game

Absolved: Return 10 Corruption to the Corruption Track in a single game

Rid the Corrupt: Remove 6 or more corruption from the game during a single game

Keeper of the Keys: Occupy all three Skullport action spaces at the same time

Spies in Every Corner: Complete the quest "Place a Sleeper Agent in Skullport" in a game with the Skullport expansion

Corrupted: Collect 100 Corruption

Moral High Ground: When playing with the Skullport expansions, win a game without receiving any corruption

Tempting, Isn't It?: Have three buildings that you own and have additional resources placed on them at the same time

Greedy: In a single game, place a resource of each type on a space that gives that same resource

They're Everywhere: Occupy four of the six buildings on the Undermountain and Skullport boards in a single round
Hidden Achievements
Pledge Drive: You completed Recruit for Blackstaff Academy as Khelben Arunsun

Waterfront Property: You purchased the Smuggler's Dock as Mirt the Moneylender

Smoke on the Water: You assigned an Agent to Waterdeep Harbor as Caladorn Cassalanter

First Among Equals: You assign an Agent to Castle Waterdeep as Piergeiron the Paladinson

The Wanderer's Home: You purchased the Yawning Portal as Durnan the Wanderer

Location, Location, Location: You played Real Estate Deal as Larissa Neathal

Family Reunion: You played Repel Drow Invaders as Kyriani Arriver

Who's Scarier than an Owlbear?: You completed Domesticate Owlbears as Sammereza Sulphoritis

Bait and Switch: You played Assasination as Nindil Jalbuck

Leisure Activity: You completed Investivate Aberrand Infestation as Brianne Byndraeth

Honest, It fell off the Wagon!: You completed Procure Stolen Goods as Nymara Scheiron

Knowledge Is Power: You Completed "Create A Shrine To Oghma" as Sangalor

Come my Minions: You put "Trobriand's Graveyard" into play as Trobriand

Undercontrol: Complete Defeat Uprising from Undermountain while playing with Undermountain expansion

Pleased to Meet Me: You completed "Survive a Meeting with Halaster" as Halaster

Seeing Eye to Eye: You completed "Confront The Xanathar" as The Xanathar

It's Not Stealing If It's Yours: You completed "Steal Spellbook from Silverhand" as Irusyl Eraneth

Who was that Handsome Devil?: You completed "Ally with the House of Thann" as Danilo Thann

Introvert: Play 10 offline games

Recluse: Play 30 offline games

Extrovert: Play 1 online game

Social Butterfly: Play 10 online games
TODO
If you've enjoyed this guide please rate up! Thank you!

-Finish gathering all hidden achievements.

-Organize achievements into ones available in base game vs ones only achievable in expansions

-Add images of achievements

-Possibly write full achievement guide for game. (COMING SOON!)
19 Comments
erhoads 20 Jan, 2024 @ 12:25pm 
Is there a trick for having the quest cards come out? I have done a game where I went through the ENTIRE deck of quest cards and the quest card I needed for that hero did NOT come out. Out of every 10 games I play it might come out once or twice. Getting frustrating.
NoahBodyGaming_Extraneous 28 Jul, 2020 @ 10:13pm 
if you want to ensure you get the 8 quest achievement to pop you MUST return the the lobby and then re-enter the game before you complete the 8th quest
AmoShep 19 May, 2020 @ 8:23pm 
UPDATE 3: Just got the 8 Arcana Quest achievement by completing a Skullport Arcana quest. It was my 4th Skullport Arcana quest in addition to 9 completed base Arcana quests, for a total of 13. The mystery continues...
AmoShep 19 May, 2020 @ 7:03pm 
UPDATE 2: Just got the 8 Piety Quest achievement with 6 base Piety quests and 2 Skullport Piety quests. So strange...
AmoShep 18 May, 2020 @ 9:08pm 
UPDATE: I just finished a game with 9 base Warfare quests completed and still didn't get the 8 warfare quest achievement. Clearly bugged. Two of my quests were Plot Quests - perhaps they meant 8 non-plot quests? Yikes
AmoShep 18 May, 2020 @ 7:21pm 
Good guide! The 8 quests of each type aren't quite right - I just got Moneychanger with 7 base quests and 1 Skullport quest. I've never been able to get it while Undermountain was in use. So either the specific Skullport quest I completed is bugged for that achievement, or these achievements recognize Skullport quests but not Undermountain quests. (The quest that got me the achievement is called Pay Fines). Thanks!
Gareth Redcloak 15 May, 2020 @ 4:34am 
Achievements "Spymaster" and "Shadowlord of Waterdeep" are missing in this list.

Thanks!
BETTER RED THAN DEAD 5 Feb, 2019 @ 8:22am 
Thank you, Narcissistic Cannibal. It explains everything for me. :hand2hand:
Narcissistic Cannibal 5 Feb, 2019 @ 2:19am 
You have to be the leading player during the match, but lose in the end due to other players receiving more VPs for their quests (or you losing VPs for corruption). And vice versa for another achievement.
BETTER RED THAN DEAD 5 Feb, 2019 @ 2:14am 
I can't reach Sleeper and Usurped ahievements. They are my last. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong...