Clandestine is a 2-player or singleplayer stealth/hacking game set in 1996. Asymmetrical co-op allows one player to take the role of the spy while a friend provides overwatch and assistance as the hacker, and unravel a post-Cold War espionage conspiracy.

The year is 1996, five years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A string of accidents and murders gone mostly unnoticed by the public eye have put the world of international espionage on high alert - veteran Cold War operatives from both sides of the former Iron Curtain are being assassinated around the globe. High-ranking officials of the CIA and the FSB secretly establish a joint task force to investigate the leaks. Codenamed The Kingbridge Executive, the group is funded with whatever money could be skimmed off of official projects and staffed by whoever could be spared from official operations. As field operative Katya Kozlova or hacker Martin Symborski, you will be deployed on dangerous missions across Europe and North America, chasing the source of the leaks.


This will teach you dos and don'ts of the game and explain a little bit about any occurring situations you may come across.


In this playthrough, select Insane difficulty and try to get all the intel during this run (The Fox). This will help you in the future from any possible bugs. You can chapter select any mission that you missed intel on but it may glitch.

It is up to you to decide if you want to aim for any of the Ghost, Blitz, Pacifist, MacGyver, Anonymous playstyles but will ultimately make your runthrough harder. It's advisable to aim for the playstyles later on to make it easier to achieve.


In this playthrough, create a new profile you will need to play stealthily, not being spotted (Ghost) and not creating any footprint (Whisper achievement) at all so you can get the stealth storyline in Paris (Safe House).


These achievements are dependant on the way you play and what difficulty you played on. If you decided to play on a different difficulty than the roadmap advised, you will need to refer to this section for the difficulties you missed. Playstyles typically require you to replay the missions a few times but you can maximise collection of the playstyles down to 2 additional runs:

First run - Don't get seen, do not kill anyone or bring a weapon and do not get caught by the admin. Take your time and you should be fine. (Ghost, Pacifist, MacGyver, Anonymous)

Second Run - Beat the Blitz time for the mission as fast as possible. You are free to use any means necessary to get through the mission and since you should have the other playstyles, lethal is allowed now.


These are the achievements that are dedicate solely on the operative to perform within the game. All these achievements are cumulative and will carry though chapter select. It's best to focus on the other sections as you will most likely earn most of these during normal gameplay.


These are the achievements that are dedicate solely on the hacker to perform within the game. All these achievements are cumulative and will carry though chapter select. It's best to focus on the other sections as you will most likely earn most of these during normal gameplay.

No. You will need to replay as both the hacker or spy (or if you're playing solo, you will need to do multiple runthroughs to clean up any misc. achievements.) Then you will have to replay the missions to attain all the different playstyles.


Yes and no. There are certain achievements that are cumulative and some are required to play a certain new profile runthrough to earn as these are footprint based and saves the story depending on how loud you have been throughout the story. The game doesn't allow you to use chapter select to change the overall outcome of the story so you will have to do this all in one new playthrough.

The achievements you need to start a new profile on are:


Safe House
Capture the target in Paris


Yes, my co-op partner had issues when getting the achievements for the most part, they were slightly delayed to when I got them, despite if we were playing in my campaign or his. "The Fox" achievement is highly buggy as the mission that never recorded the intel is in London so watch out for that. My co-op partner tried to get "One True Keeper" achievement there and never popped.


The intel locations are randomised for different playthroughs. Therefore, it is hard to establish a perfect guide at the current moment. The best course of plan is to sweep and clear each of the rooms until you find all of the intel.


There is a glitch on the Cyprus mission where there isn't enough intel. To get the intel to spawn differently, go back to HQ and reselect the mission and try again.


Clandenstine is very flexible with the playstyles, it allows you to get all 5 playstyles in one go or aim for one at a time. It all depends on how confident you are playing through the game. The more you aim for in one go, to faster you will complete the achievements corresponding to the playstyles.


If you're following the roadmap, you shouldn't come across the target on your first playthrough. The target appearing in the Paris Safehouse solely depends on the amount of footprint you cause in the subsequent missions. As the story arc gets saved indefinitely per profile, you need to make sure you have low footprint (Under 50) to ensure you come across the target.

You should encounter the target on your second, stealth/no footprint run. They will be in the basement.


The challenge missions also count towards being completed on Insane difficulty.


One of three things has happened:

- You have accidentally missed a piece of intel. There is no way to find stats of the amount of collectibles you have got so make a small checklist and tick off the missions once you see the stats at the end of the mission you just completed.

- You need to play "Snatch and Grab" challenge missions too. The main intel objectives also count towards the overall collection of intel. The mission won't finish until you return to the spawn locations so don't be afraid to collect the main intel on the sweep of the level.

- The games glitched up and you need to create another profile get them all again. Hopefully this doesn't happen to you but it can happen and the only way to fix it is by using a brand new profile.


- Fall damage is super forgiving in this game. You can jump down from a high height before taking injury/death. This can be highly helpful during the last mission jumping down the staircase to evade guards on a Ghost/No Footprint playthrough.


- There is a bug where only 14 of the 15 intel appears on Cyprus mission. Go back to the HQ and reselect the mission as reloading checkpoint or restarting mission doesn't change the spawns of the intel.

- London is a buggy mission to detect if you have intel. The end screen may say you have the intel but it may not register properly with Steam or the unlockables of the game.

- Do not use The Cleaner asset on an enemy while the operative is taking them down from cover. The animation glitches up and the operative cannot move away from cover after. Best to swap cover or to wait for the operator to move away before using The Cleaner Asset.

Conquistador
Complete Mexico City

Complete the tutorial level.


Viking
Complete Copenhagen

Complete Mission 1.


Occupy Wall Street
Complete London

Complete Mission 2.


La Femme Nikita
Complete Warsaw

Complete Mission 3.


Setec Astronomy
Complete California

Complete Mission 4.


Disavowed
Evade Tantalus

Complete Mission 5.


Gone Home
Recover your assets in Cyprus

Complete Mission 6.


Full Circle
Go rogue

Complete Mission 7 and at the end you will have a conversation. You will need to select the second option to side with Christopher Grishin and unlocking this achievement.


Clean Slate
Clear your name

Complete Mission 7 and at the end you will have a conversation. You will need to select the first option to side with Daniel Mansoor and unlocking this achievement.


Alpha Team
Complete every storyline mission in co-op

If you completed the game in co-op, this will unlock.


Sidetracked
Complete all challenge missions in any mode

You will need to complete the 4 challenge missions that are located after the storyline through chapter select. The challenge missions have a no checkpoint policy so if you die or fail the mission, you will have to restart from the beginning. You do not have to play all 3 game types for each challenge mission, just one for each but it is advisable to select "Smash and Grab" as you will need to collect all of the intel in every mission including challenge mission anyways.



The Fox
Unlock every item in the game

This is highly glitched. Weapons and gear are unlocked by collecting intel throughout the game. You will need to collect all intel (including challenge missions "Snatch and Grab") to get the Custom 45 pistol. Please follow the roadmap to ensure you unlock this achievement. You can use chapter select to get any intel but isn't recommended.


One True Keeper
Collect all intel in any mission

You will need to collect all intel in a single mission. This should come naturally as you play the first playthrough if you are following the roadmap.

Safe House
Capture the target in Paris

This achievement is footprint based and saves the story depending on how loud you have been throughout the story. You will need to play a runthrough on a new profile with low footprint (under 50) to ensure the target appears. During this playthrough, you should be getting 0 footporint The game doesn't allow you to use chapter select to change the overall outcome of the story so you will have to do this all in one new playthrough.

If you have been successfully quiet up to the Paris mission, the target will be in the basement to speak to.



Zero Footprint
Complete any storyline mission with no footprint

Footprint is the amount of evidence you leave behind after you complete the mission. Footprint can be caused by:

- Killing people
- Knocking out people
- Setting off alarms
- Shooting or using equipment
- Using utilities
- Being spotted by a guard or camera
- Getting caught by an admin
- Using DDOSFloods/Virus on Admin

You will see your footprint for the mission after you complete the mission. Get zero footprint and you will earn this achievement.


Whisper
Complete every storyline mission with zero footprint


Footprint is the amount of evidence you leave behind after you complete the mission. Footprint can be caused by:

- Killing people
- Knocking out people
- Setting off alarms
- Shooting or using equipment
- Using utilities
- Being spotted by a guard or camera
- Getting caught by an admin
- Using DDOSFloods/Virus on Admin

You will see your footprint for the mission after you complete the mission. Get zero footprint and you will earn this achievement. There is not a checklist for footprint so you will need to make your own to make notation of which missions you have completed zero footprint. Following the roadmap, you should have all the missions with no footprint but if you do miss one, you can chapter select back and still get it. Make sure to use the door to the left to skip the tutorial level as a guard counts as footprint.


Adinatha
Complete every storyline mission without killing anyone

This is tied to the Pacifist playstyle. You need to make sure you either avoid the guards, use ring airfoil rounds or non-lethal takedowns. You need to avoid every guard in every single mission (excluding challenge missions) while going for the zero footprint run so this should come with it.

Complete all missions (excluding challenge missions) without killing guards and you will unlock the achievement. You can track what playstyles you have completed on chapter select.


Ghost
Complete any mission without getting spotted

This is tied to the Ghost playstyle. You need to make sure you either avoid the guards or eliminate them without getting spotted. Also watch out for cameras spotting you too. You need to avoid every guard in every single mission (excluding challenge missions) while going for the zero footprint run so this should come with it. If you are spotted, reload checkpoint.

Complete a mission (excluding challenge missions) without being seen and you will unlock the achievement. You can track what playstyles you have completed on chapter select.


Ethereal
Complete every storyline mission without getting spotted

This is tied to the Ghost playstyle. You need to make sure you either avoid the guards or eliminate them without getting spotted. Also watch out for cameras spotting you too. You need to avoid every guard in every single mission (excluding challenge missions) while going for the zero footprint run so this should come with it. If you are spotted, reload checkpoint.

Complete all missions (excluding challenge missions) without being seen and you will unlock the achievement. You can track what playstyles you have completed on chapter select.



Anonymous
Complete every mission without ever getting caught by the admins

Admins are the "Eye" icon that roams around looking for you throughout the network. They will try to trace you when you hack through a firewall or node. Make sure not to get caught by the admin or you will have to reload checkpoint. The safe areas in the network are the home node and any private areas you can jump to in the network.

Léon
Complete every storyline mission on highest difficulty or above

Self explanatory. Finish every mission on Insane difficulty including challenge missions.


Ethan Hunt
Complete every storyline mission on high difficulty or above

Self explanatory. Finish every mission on Hard difficulty including challenge missions.


Jason Bourne
Complete every storyline mission on medium difficulty or above

Self explanatory. Finish every mission on Medium difficulty including challenge missions.


IMF
Complete every storyline mission within the allotted time limit

This is connected to the Blitz playstyle. You will need to look at the briefing screen on the chapter select menu. At the bottom of the description, there will be the time allotted for you to earn Blitz. Complete the mission within the time for every mission and you will unlock the achievement. You can track what playstyles you have completed on chapter select.


We'll Do It Live
Complete any mission without ever carrying a gun

This is connected to the MacGyver playstyle. You will need to make sure you do not carry a weapon during the course of a single mission. Complete the mission without a weapon and you will unlock the achievement. You can track what playstyles you have completed on chapter select.


MacGyver
Complete every storyline mission without ever carrying a gun

This is connected to the MacGyver playstyle. You will need to make sure you do not carry a weapon during the course of every mission. Complete the mission without a weapon for every mission and you will unlock the achievement. You can track what playstyles you have completed on chapter select.

Omega Sector
Complete any storyline mission with at least 4000 footprint

You need to cause a most trouble as possible throughout a mission. You can get footprint by:

- Killing people
- Knocking out people
- Setting off alarms
- Shooting or using equipment
- Using utilities
- Being spotted by a guard or camera

It is better to use Ring Air Foil Rounds so you can alert the enemy and leave them alive as a surviving witness too for higher footprint. Everytime an alarm is set, 3 guards spawn into the map which can help to increase the surviving witnesses. The ideal level to attempt this achievement is on Denmark where you have 3 sections to cause the most footprint.


Executive Outcomes
Kill at least 100 enemies throughout the game

Self explanatory. Kill 100 enemies and this will unlock.


The Cleaner
Kill at least 50 enemies with headshots

Self explanatory. Get 50 headshots and this will unlock.


Haywire
Take out 50 enemies with melee takedowns

Self explanatory. Use takedowns on 50 enemies and this will unlock.


Lord Protector
Knock out 25 enemies with ring airfoil rounds

Self explanatory. Use Ring Airfoil Rounds to knock out 25 enemies and this will unlock.


Keymaster
Successfully force 10 locks

Self explanatory. Locks can be broken throughout the game, apply maximum pressure on the bar and the lock will be forced open but will cause footprint. Force open 10 locks and this will unlock.


Morrígan
Stun 5 enemies at the same time with the Banshee

The Banshee is a equipment device that can jam radio earpieces of the enemy who are in range of the operative. This will stun them for a short time. Cause alert to at least 5 enemies and lure them close to you. When there is 5 guards close, activate the Banshee and the achievement should pop.


First Echelon
Use five different gadgets in one mission

This requires Katya to wear the Covert Ops Outfit to carry 6 pieces of equipment. Have the operative select at least 5 different gadgets at loadout and select a mission. Simply throw the gadgets and the achievement will pop.


Safety First
Shoot an enemy with a chambered round that's different than your loaded magazine

You need to pick up an enemy's gun and hold R and wheel mouse up or down to swap the magazine over. Select another weapon and swap the magazine into that gun; then proceed to get a headshot on an enemy. The achievement should unlock.


Uplink
Have 5 VPN tunnels going at once

As much as this looks like an Martin achievement, it requires Katya to do this. This requires Katya to wear the Covert Ops Outfit to carry 6 pieces of equipment. Have the operative select at least 5 Modems at loadout and select a mission that has at least 5 computers in such as Denmark Police Station. The operative will have to plant 5 routers in 5 different computers within the same area in order to unlock the achievement. This has to be done all in the same area of the mission as the networks do not carry over areas of the same mission.

In co-op this will only unlock for the hacker so you will have to swap roles and unlock it for each other.


Sneakers
Complete all social engineering sequences

There are multiple conversations to interact with as Katya but she will have to be in her Low Profile outfit to initiate them. You must not alert any enemies leading up to the social area, or it will be missed. Alerting enemies can be caused by being spotted in restriced areas or doing suspicious activities such as pulling out a weapon or doing a takedown while in view of a guard. Only when the vision cone is red, will it affect the ability to get the social interaction so don't worry if a guard is yellow and comes to investigate.

The conversations you need to succeed are:

- Denmark Construction (talking to the guard at the end of the area). Martin needs to find an email on which server to hack then during the conversation, hack the correct server to bypass the guards at the end.

- London (Talking to the guard at the desk for the archive files). Katya needs to speak to the guard and find out his name. Martin needs to find to find the PC belonging to the guard and find out any secrets on him.

This could be:

- Cheating on his wife
- Stealing
- Evading Tax

Once you find the hidden secret on the guard, tell him and he'll let you into the archive room.

California Entrance (Speak to the receptionist). Katya needs to speak to the receptionist to tell her that she there for an interview. The receptionist will ask for the name of the QA Lead. While Katya stalls, Martin needs to search the "Firmware" section of the network to find the QA Lead's name. Once the name has been found, Katya needs to tell the receptionist.

The receptionist then proceeds to ring the QA Leads phone to acknowledge this information so Martin has to intercept the call at the top left of the network. Once the call has been intercepted, you are allowed through.


California CEO (Speak to the CEO and let her call security). Sneak up to the CEO, avoiding guards as they are needed to be alive and not be suspicious to have the possibility to answer the phone in the upcoming conversation. When you enter the CEO's office, you will get into a cutscene conversation. Here the CEO will say she will call security, Katya needs to reply "Go right ahead". The CEO will proceed to call security; Martin needs to intercept the call once again by going to the top left of the network and clicking on the security phone node.



Bravo Protocol
Collect 30 local asset dossiers in the game

Throughout the missions, there are Dossiers to collect as the operative which will give the hacker extra assets to use. You need to collect 30 of them. The easiest way to do this is to load up Paris Safehouse mission and activate the two secret lamp switches (located on the second floor next to a mattress and on the ground floor near a guard in a brick hallway before breaking the lock on the door leading downstairs to the basement). Once both lamps are turned, go down stairs into the basement where there are wooden barrels, there is a side way with a cabinet at the end. Interact with the cabinet and you will find a secret hallway leading down to an area with a table containing 5/6 Dossiers. Rinse and repeat until the achievement pops.

Acid Burn
Crack 100 nodes

Nodes are any icons that Martin can interact with such as:
- Computers
- Firewalls
- Doors
- Electrical Outlets
- Steam Pipes
- Story based objectives

Successfully use 100 of these throughout the game and this achievement is yours.


The Plague
Install 50 viruses

Viruses are available from the first mission (Denmark). The first icon on the top left of the assets lists are viruses. Top place a virus, select an active node such as a firewall and click the virus icon to install a virus on the node. This will stop the admin in their tracks for a short period, however you do not need to have the admin get trapped in the viruses for the achievement.


Perfect Dark
Cancel 10 alarms

When Katya gets caught by a camera, it will set off an alarm within 3 second of the camera being alerted. On the tactical map, this will appear as a flashing blue alarm. During this time, you will need to select the Social Engineering Asset icon (which is located second from the bottom) so the alarm cancels before it sets off. This is easier when playing co-op as you can focus solely on turning off the alarm instead of playing solo, making sure you're seen and then switching over to Martin. Usually there isn't enough time to switch over views and select the asset so co-op is advised here.


Fly On The Wall
Tag 50 enemies

You will learn this in the tutorial, you need to tag 50 enemies throughout the game. Simply click on an enemy icon on the tactical map to place a tag on them. Do this to 50 enemies and the achievement will unlock.


Watch Dog
Neutralise 20 enemies with transformers or steam pipes

Throughout the levels, you will notice electrical outlets and steam pipes that are hackable by Martin. To unlock the ability to use them, you need to hack the node on the Network Map first then click on the icon of the utility you want use on the Tactical Map. If the admin catches you before you use the utility, they will re-lock and you will have to re-hack it again.

There are two types of utilities:

Electrical Outlets - These have a proximity range to be used. Once hacked and triggered, they will stay armed until an enemy becomes close enough into its range of attack. An electric zap will render anyone close enough to the outlet unconscious so it is a non-lethal method.

Steam Pipes - These also have a proximity range but also is on a timer once they are triggered so you will need to time the arming of the steam pipe in relation to the enemy patrol if you want to eliminate them. These are lethal so do keep in mind not to use them if you are going for a pacifist playstyle too.


(Four-chan)
Use DDOSFlood 20 times

To DDOSFlood, simply click the second icon on the asset list and it will freeze the admin for 30 seconds. Do this 20 times throughout the course of the game and the achievement will unlock. You will only be given 2 DDOSFloods per mission so you will either have to restart mission to grind quickly or be sure to use them through your playthroughs.


Dodge This
Evade the admins 100 times when they're actively tracing you

When you are in the network, anytime you are outside the home node renders you detectable by the admin. When you successfully hack through firewalls and nodes, the admin will try to trace the source. When the admin gets close (one node away from you), the network screen will flash red and you will hear a warning sound. This means they are tracing you. You must move away from the admin during this time and that will count as an evade. Do this 100 times for the achievement.


I Need Guns...
Spawn 20 dead drops for the spy

On the side of the Assets List, you will notice a couple of icons:

- Ammo Refill Dead Drop
- Health Refill Dead Drop

These are dead drops that you can spawn into certain locations of the level if the operative needs it. To spawn the asset, you need to select the asset you want by selecting the icon and then select a drop point (briefcase icon) and the asset will spawn. The operative doesn't need to actually retrieve the asset to count towards the achievement for the hacker, just spawning them will suffice.

The operative can find dossiers around the level to add more assets during the mission to speed up the achievement but this can easily be done during normal co-op play.


Garbage Collector
Remove 15 bodies

Another asset on the hackers menu; The Cleaner (located at the bottom of the Asset list) will remove any knocked out or dead enemies or civilians from the level. To get the achievement, click The Cleaner icon to active the asset and you will see pulsating icons of unconscious/killed NPCs, click on an NPC and they will be removed from the level.

You will get three Cleaners per mission but the operative can find dossiers around the level to add more assets during the mission to speed up the achievement but this can easily be done during normal co-op play.


Operation Dinner Out
Bribe 10 enemies

This achievement is highly missable as the operative has to collect a Bag Man Dossier within the mission to use. The easiest Bag Man Dossier to find is in the second mission in London, located on the Second Floor in a room under construction. In the room is a computer on a desk, behind the desk is the Bag Man Dossier. Since this is a grindy achievement, grab the Dossier and get to the next checkpoint (It will say "Progress Saved" in the objective HUD at the top left of the screen when you get a checkpoint.) then use the Bribe Asset. Reload the checkpoint and you will get the asset back. Rinse and repeat until the achievement unlocks.





1984
Spend a combined one hour viewing surveillance camera feeds

This will be easily unlocked during the course to gameplay, especially if you are playing co-op since you are dedicated to the hacker. Spend 1 hour as the hacker to earn the achievement.


Ladies First
Disable 20 lasers for the spy

This should unlock way before the end of the game. Throughout the game, there are lasers in which the operative will need to get past. The lasers icon is a circle with a star looking symbol inside. The hacker will need to click on the icon to turn off the lasers for a few seconds to allow the operative to pass through before they turn back on. Do this 20 times and Achievement unlocked.