There are 60 achievement in Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, which all can be obtained in just a single playthrough. Unfortunately, there's a couple of missable achievement. So I will split the achievement to a couple of category so you will not miss any achievement.

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There's 11 story related achievement in Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. So you don't need to do anything to get them (in other word, just finish the game to get these achievement). You can ignore this section and go to the missable achievement section right away.

1. The Once and Future King


You will get this achievement after meeting Arthur in the Asylum Island (prologue).





2. The Fate of the Horns


You will get this achievement after completing Horns of The South main quest by either supporting Captain Breandan and One Eye or Galahad (act 1).




3. The Hollow Blade


You will get this after extracting Arthur soul from the Excalibur (act 1).





4. The Audience


You will get this after defeating the Queen of Sagremor (act 2).





5. Shackles of Faith


You will get this when you talk with Laurelia, after meeting the mysterious figure that make the Priestess gone mad (act 2).





6. Chains or Freedom


You will get this after deciding to give the Menhir Rites Tablets to Denholm or Yvain (act 2).





7. The Shield of Avalon


You will get this after extracting Arthur soul from Palamedes shield (act 2).





8. Strider


You will get this after entering the third region (act 3)





9. Crown of Ashes


You will get this after extracting Arthur soul from the crown (act 3).




10. Shadow of the Giants


You will get this after deciding the fate of the giants (act 3).




11. King of Avalon


You will get this after finishing the game,

Missable achievement is an achievement that you can miss in your playthrough. If you miss one of this achievement, you either start a new campaign or load an older save (if available). I've listed these achievements from the earliest ones you might have missed.

12. Forged in Loss


When you just go out from the cell where you start the game, just go left until you reach a room (In front of the room there is a dead guard). There's a box with a letter that you need to get there. If you miss the letter, you have one more change to get it when you get Perinde Ac Cadaver quest (you can get this quest by talking to Ignatius, a patient in Cuanacht hospital), because you will get the change to go the Asylum once more.

After you got the letter, a quest will pop up. Just keep the letter for now, because the person needed for this achievement is located in Cuanacht (act 2). The person you looking for is Erfyr, a blacksmith in the city. Before you can deliver the letter, you need to complete a mission to get Beor heart first (another blacksmith who was lying sick near Efyr when you first met him). After you complete the mission you will get new dialogue options with Erfyr and eventually a dialogue about the letter will appear.


13. No Chains, No Destiny


You need to kill Caradoc in Asylum Island. You will get a nice opportunity to this in the end of the prologue, just before you leave the island. Also, it's pretty easy to kill him by changing the game difficulty to story mode. Use burning ember to attack him at close first so he change his weapon to sword, then quickly hop to boat. He can't attack you there, so you can go spam your fire magic there. Make sure to take all his armor because his armor is needed for the next missable achievement in act 1.

14. Double Identity


Remember the armor you get from Caradoc? Now you need to use it before you talk with him in Act 1 to get the achievement (make sure you use all his armor). You can meet Caradoc outside the Lair of The Beast, a cave near the beach. Here the location precisely:


15. Gates Are Unnecessary


Enter Horn of The South by swimming, then talk with Fearghas.





16. Yours Forever


In a tavern in Horn of The South village, there's a girl named Alisa. You need to talk nice with her the first time you meet her. if not, this achievement will be locked because she will not give you any quest if you talk rude with her. Just complete all her mission and always talk nice (although she is very annoying). Handy tips: in one of her earlier quest, we are needed to bring her Ragged Noblemans Doublet and Frayed Silk Gloves. Both items can be found in pile of junk in Horn of The South, below the stair.

If you already talk rude with her, you can still get this achievement by romancing Beor, one of the blacksmith in Cuanacth (act 2). To do this, you need to help his heart back. Then as his quest progress and you needed to make a new heart from iron for him, make sure to infuse your health to the heart (You will lost around 30 health permanently). Otherwise, you cannot get this achievement with Beor.


17. The Oracle’s Cluck


To get this achievement, you need to talk with a specific chicken three times, one time in each region. But first, you need to drink a potion from Jann Heber (a physician in Horn of The South. His house located near our stash) to be able to talk with the chicken. You can only drink the potion the first time you talk with him, so make sure to always pick the dialogue about the potion first. Otherwise, the dialogue will disappear permanently.

The chicken first location is in Horn of The South, near Eogan. After that, you can find it near the pig farmer in Cuanacht. Last, you can meet it in the Theud Village, near the crane in the edge, near the broken bridge. Here is the chicken:


18. Blooming Friendship


First, go to Smuggler's Bay Dungeon:






When you enter Smuggler's Bay Dungeon, you will meet a Tired Guard. Don't kill him because you need him alive to get this achievement. Choose this dialogue options in order instead:

- Why can't people come in?
- What do I need to come in?
- I have business with Arnulf
- I want to buy some bloom
- I'm here for one sack

After that you will got a key, then you need to talk with him again. Just make sure you go smoke with him and choose the options "best friend" when it's pop up.


19. WAAAOOOAAGGHH!!!


First, go to this location:








There's a corpse that have a ring named Ring of Fall Damage Reduction. Get the ring, equip it, then jump to your death. I put his achievement in this section because well, you might have sold the ring without knowing about this achievement.


20. The Deadliest Catch


Kill Scourge of The Seas with fishing rod. It's a boss that located in a cave below All Mother Temple. You can directed to this cave as a part of The Last Voyage mission. Pretty easy to kill in story mode difficulty (I kill it before reaching level 20), it will just take some time to finish him. The boss will not spawn again, so if you already kill it, you need to load an older save files.


21. By My Own Hand


Get Arthur soul from the Excalibur before meeting Lord of The Seas. As you know, touching the sword will do a lot of damage. So to do this achievement, you need to level up until around level 20-25 (in other word, just explore region 1 and do some side quest until you get to high level). After that, drink origin potion to reset your skill, then spend all the points into endurance and the first health skill. Make sure to equip your most strongest potion too in your quick slot, then spam it when you taking damage from the Excalibur.

New information: You can get this achievement while still in low level if you want (around 3-5) by stocking 5-10 potions, eating food, then using King's Power to slow the time.

22. The Cost of Curiosity


You need to pet a Croakmaw to get this achievement. The only location to get this achievement is in Cuanacht, here:



if you kill the Croakmaw before pet it, it will not respawn. If you already killed it, you need to load an older save file.


23. The Sporeborn King


Before you fight the Queen of Sagremor (a boss from one of the main quest in act 2), you will be approached by some mushroom guy. He will ask you to help him infect the King so the mushroom could take the kingdom. Accept it's demand to get the achievement. You only got one opportunity so if you refuse it, you need to load an older save file. Nothing bad will happen in story so don't need to overthink about this decision (though it will surely give you The Last of Us vibe)

24. And My Axe!


You need to make sure all Dal Riata tribes join the moot to get this achievement (this is one of the main quest in act 3). The four tibes are: Volker, Sveinn, Theud, and Ulfr.

The Volker are the easiest one, just complete all quest from the chief and then he will agree to join the moot. For the Sveinn tribe, you need to make sure to side with the chief and kill their god, otherwise he will refuse to join the moot. For the Theud tribe, just do all the quest until you meet the mother giant, then make sure to choose the "Yngvi has fullfilled her duty to the tribe" for the last dialogue options so the Theud can join the moot. For the Ulf tribes to join the moot, you need to choose Stron'ner as the chief. If you choose Darv'hanr as the chieftain, he will refuse to join the moot. After all tribes agree to join, just go and take Arthur crown. The achievement will pop up after you finish taking the crown then meet all the chieftain outside.

There are 12 achievement that you can get from combat.

25. The Journey Begins


Reach level 5. Technically could also be achieved by doing quest.





26. Marked by Avalon


Reach level 20. Technically could also be achieved by doing quest.





27. Forged in the Wyrdness


Reach level 35. Technically could also be achieved by doing quest.





28. A Legend in the Making


Reach level 50. Technically could also be achieved by doing quest.





29. Master of One


Max out a single Skill Proficiency. If you only use one weapon until level 30-40 (like bows, for example), you will eventually get this achievement very fast.




30. Soft Underbelly


Hit an enemy's weakspot 100 times, for example enemy head. Best way to get this achievement is by using bow.




31. My Wolves Are Better Than Yours


Defeat 10 wolves using summoned wolves. There's a wolves summoning magic in the mining cave in the first region. After you get the magic, make sure to always summon a wolves every time you meet wolf (they usually paired in two). Even if you didn't increase your magic attribute, you can still summon up to 3 wolves so it will be easy to get this achievement.

32. Pen Mightier Than Sword


Kill an enemy with a sketch book. You can buy the sketch book from Orlaith in Horn of The South. You can get this achievement later when you already in high level to make it more faster to kill the enemy.



33. Shouldn't Have Done That


You need to burn Strawfather's with fire arrow to get this achievement (maybe burn magic will work too, but I use fire arrow to get this). This is an enemy that you can meet in region 2. Just go teleport to the Cuanacth farm and walk until you see wheat field. Strawfather's will located near the field.



34. Unleash the Legend


Kill 5 enemies with a single use of Arthur's Power. Will be pretty easy to get when you already in high level because you can kill almost every enemy in one hit. You can also get this achievement when you still at low level by depleting all enemy health first before using the power. The best place to get this achievement is in the grave before you meet Yorath, because there are many skeleton and corpse eater here. Just make sure you gather them in close proximity before using the kings power.

35. Bear Handed


Kill a bear with only a fist. I would recommend to try getting this achievement after you already in high level, around 35-40. Technically, you can this achievement when still around level 20, but it will be more tedious. When you see a bear, make sure to save your game, then drink origin potion to reset your skill. After that, maximize your attribute point to strength and some in endurance, then fully take the unarmed skill, health, and armor. The best way to kill the bear is to keep aiming to their ass :D

36. Trinity


Kill Abigor, Beherit, and Cobalt. They are a mini boss that located in each region. You don't need to fight them right away, because after finishing the game, they will still be available and will not disappear. Besides, fighting them after in high level will makes the battle more-more easy. The first one you can meet is Abigor in first region, located here:








Next is Beherit, in second region. Located here:






Last is Cobalt, inside a cave in third region. The cave located here (I marked the map so you don't get confused):

There are 9 achievement that you can get from completing quest (some are a very long series of quest that stretch from act 1 until act 3).

37. It’s Alive!


You will get this achievement by cultivating a plant. The problem is, you can only cultivate a plant from a quest from Eogan, one of the Keeper in Horns of The South. Just follow his quest and you will eventually got a seed for you to plant. It needs a 30 minute real time until the plant is ready, so just go finish some other quest then back to take the plant.

38. Ironic


You need to turn Rumpolt Finnini into cheese, using the cheese magic that you get from him. Now, to meet this guy in the first place, you need to finish Orlaith quest first. After that, you can meet this guy. Keep in mind that to successfully turn him into cheese, you need to at least upgrade your magic attribute because you will not have enough mana to turn him into cheese if you never increase the mana attribute.


39. The Keeper of the South


After you do all the main quest in Horn of The South, you can ask the captain to join the Keeper. if you sided with Galahad, Fearghas will become the new captain. You can still join the Keeper even though you kill the old captain.




40. Justice Delivered


After become a Keeper, you will get three new mission to kill some bandit. Just finish all three mission to unlock this achievement.




41. Ailei’s Healthcare System


Ailei is a doctor that located in Cuanacht hospital. Just help her and finish all the quest that she gives to get this achievement.




42. Last One of the Season


You can get this achievement while completing one of The Alchemy Guild quest, so just focus about joining The Alchemy Guild first. Technically you can also get this achievement while exploring the second region.




43. The Spark of Creation


Complete all The Alchemy Guild quest to unlock this achievement. You can join The Alchemy Guild by entering the Mistbearer's Den in act 1, located here:




44. Fate of the Crows


Complete all The Children of Morrigan quest to unlock this achievement. You can join The Children of Morrigan by freeing Vidar in act 1, located here:


After freeing Vidar and agreed to help him, you need to betray him and choose to sided with The Children of Morrigan.

45. The Stonewarden


Complete all The Stonewarden quest to unlock this achievement. You can initiate the quest to join the Stonewarden by talking to Ugh'we in Dal Riata camp in act 1.

A number of achievement (14) that you can get by doing various thing.

46. Hands of Creation


Craft 10 items. Just go craft some leather, arrow, or armor ten times. You can only craft item in grindstone:






47. Master Chef


Cook 50 dishes. Just collect every ingredient/food you can find, then cook it. You will eventually get this achievement as you play.




48. Brew It Yourself


Brew 25 potions. If you are low on sage (main ingredient to make potion), you can buy it from Jann Heber.




49. Keyless Entry Specialist


Lockpick 50 locks. You will get this achievement eventually as you progress in the story.





50. The One Percent


Have 10.000 gold. Just save your money and don't buy or upgrade anything (not many good item in this game anyway). Make sure to always grab armor and weapon to sell to vendor too. Also, increasing your practicality attribute will help you get money more fast. I would recommend to increase it to at least 5/6.




51. Home Sweet Home


Buy a house. You can buy one house in Horn of The South (20.000 gold) or in Cuanacht (50.000 gold). So obviously you want to buy the cheaper one to get this achievement faster. Although, the cheaper house is ugly.




52. New Friend


Hatch Qrko, our cute Axolotl pet. To get Qrko, you need to enter the Lair of The Beast, a cave near the location we meet Caradoc in act 1. Inside, there's an egg that you can get.


After 5.000 steps, the egg will hatch when you rest in bonfire.




53. Pages of Experience


Unlock 25 journal entries. You will literally get this achievement by keep progressing the story.




54. Honor Over Life


Return all the Keeper's dogtag (a total of 13) to Fearghas. I should inform you from the start that there's one dogtag that can only be obtained in Asylum Island (so this achievement should have been placed in missable achievement too XD). It's going to be hard to point you the location of each dogtag because some of them located in a very sneaky place. So here I give you a link to nice video that will show you all the dogtag location:












55. Prey of the Wyrdness


Get ambushed during Wyrdnight. Remember that when you sleep at night outside safe area, you will wake up suddenly? Now, to get this achievement, you need to do that again, but with enemy near you when you awaken. So my advice, find a area where Wyrdspirit usually spawn, sleep there at afternoon until night. You will then get this achievement after you woke up near enemy.


56. For Academic Purposes


There are 7 Liliana books that you need to have to get this achievement. Which, thankfully, all available in Vrell bookshop in Cuanacht. She will sold 5 books, which you can buy for a cheap price. The other two, unfortunately, was not on sale and you need to steal it from her: Beautiful Liliana in the Dungeons of Perversion and Beautiful Liliana Returns to the Chamber of Ecstasy. Both are displayed on a shelf near the table. Just save your game if you only want the achievement. If you want to keep them, well, you can just pay a fine to the guard :D

(Remember that you need to have all the book in your inventory. not your stash, in order to unlocking this achievement)


57 Pilgrim of the Wilds


There are three Stagfather Shrine in each region (so there's a total of 9) that you need to visit and complete the hunt mission (visiting is not enough, you must complete the hunt by killing the three deer). Here is the location in each region:




For killing the deer itself, its better for you to do it after you have a high level (level 15 or more). Otherwise, you will often fail the hunt. You can also lower the difficulty to story mode to make it more easier.



58. The Fisher-King’s Successor


IMPORTANT UPDATE: With the newest patch 1.04, now we need to catch a whopping total of 35 fish to get this achievement (before the update, we only need to catch 6).

My advice, try to fish in different body of water (sea, lake, river), because the fish type will change depending the place (although, you will still very often get the most common fish in every area, like Common Bream and Common Barbel). Also, try to fish for two/three days strike in the same location non stop, because the devs told us that a different type of fish will appear depending the time you fish. This will help you identified what kind of fish will appear in different time of game. Plus, to make your fishing worth while, try to fish while doing dash or running, because it will increase your dash and agility. At least you got something while waiting for the fish.

UPDATE: Grinning Fox have made a super awesome guide of where to catch all the fish. I advice you to check his guide on Steam:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3504289311

To be honest, I can't understand the devs obsession with this fishing achievement. This is not a farming game like Stardew Valley, so why make us need to get all the fish for achievement. Ten fish I still can tolerate, but 35? That's too much 🥲

There are two achievement that are related to the secret ending. Before I show you the achievement, it's better to explain you first how to get the secret ending. In order to get it, you need to access three secret area (one in each region, must be opened sequentially) and open all knight tomb (a total of 5). For the tomb knight, it's not enough to only open it. You need to meet all the knight inside in order to meet the criteria for secret ending.

If you done all of it, you will get an additional options when deciding what to do with Arthur soul.




59. Bleeding Heart of the Plague


You will get this achievement after you access the second secret area. I will show you the location below later.





60. Beyond the Veil


The secret ending achievement. Now, I will show you the three secret location and all the knight tomb location for you in order to unlock this achievement:





- First secret area, near the Archspire (take Excalibur first to open this):




- Second secret area (take Palamedes shield first to open this):




- Third secret area (take Arthur crown first to open this), located behind the waterfall:





Now, for the five knight tomb location:

- Sir Lancelot Tomb (you need to get the Excalibur first):



- Sir Gawain Tomb (you need to get the Palamedes shield first):



- Sir Dagonet tomb (you need to get the Palamedes shield first):



- Sir Galahad Tomb (you need to get Arthur crown first):



- The Knight Tomb (you need to get Arthur crown first):



After you open all the secret area and clear all the knight tomb, you will have the ability to use Weaver spindle when choosing the ending. With that, you will get the secret ending!