Achievement Guide

[Spot2009]

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SONG ACHIEVEMENTS

10 songs cleared.50 G
Get a grade of D or higher in 10 songs.

You can only do this in Game Mode. You can complete this on any difficulty, including Beginner. It just won't record your stats on Beginner, but you can still get it.

20 songs cleared. 50 G
Get a grade of D or higher in 20 songs.

'See 10 songs cleared.'

30 songs cleared. 50 G
Get a grade of D or higher in 30 songs.

'See 10 songs cleared.'

40 songs cleared. 50 G
Get a grade of D or higher in 40 songs.

'See 10 songs cleared.'

50 songs cleared. 50 G
Get a grade of D or higher in 50 songs.

'See 10 songs cleared.'
You will start off the game with around 50 songs.

60 songs cleared. 50 G
Get a grade of D or higher in 60 songs.

See '10 songs cleared.'
You will have to unlock new songs in order to obtain this. To unlock songs, play Quest Mode (explained later).

All songs cleared.50 G
Get a grade of D or higher in all songs.

See '10 songs cleared.'
There are 73 songs total. You must unlock songs through Quest Mode.

CHALLENGE ACHIEVEMENTS

MORE TO COME

KEY:
(B) - Basic
(D) - Difficult
(E) - Expert
(O) - Oni

Steps:
Flat - All arrows are the same color
Reverse - The arrows go towards the bottom
Sudden - Arrows show up half-way
Poison - Stepping on these will fail your challenge (black arrows)
Hidden - Arrows disappear half-way
Phantom - Arrows appear half-way and disappear at your arrow
Dark - Your arrow markers are gone
Mirror -
Stealth -
Boost - Arrows accelerate to the top

KEY (song color):
Part of a song
Full song

(Difficulty) Song name - Winning Condition (Modifiers)

SIMPLE cleared.20 G
Clear all 6 SIMPLE challenges in challenge mode.

Should not be much of a challenge. The only one you may have a problem with is 6, since it's a really slow song. The next 2 sets are pretty simple, except maybe #6.

Challenges:
1. (B) Test Room - No BOO
2. (B) Less Yap Yap' - No Up/Down
3. (B) Close Your Eyes - Dance gauge no+%
4. (B) Rapper's Delight - Full combo
5. (B) Senses - <10 Combo
6. (B) Feels Just Like It Should - No Jump steps

MODERATE cleared.20 G
Clear all 6 MODERATE challenges in challenge mode.

Challenges:
1. (B) Dancefloor Killer - Don't step on the same arrows 2x in a row
2. (B) Don't Play Nice - Jump steps only (Speed 1.5x)
3. (B) Race Against Time - Don't step on poison arrows (Few poison)
4. (B) September '99 - Dance gauge full
5. (B) Heart With a View - Full combo
6. (B) Bongo! - Full combo (Boost, Sudden)

ORDINARY cleared.20 G
Clear all 6 ORDINARY challenges in challenge mode.

Challenges:
1. (D) Wraith - No Up/Down
2. (D) We Are Connected - <10 Combo
3. (B) Nightshade - No empty dance gauge (Reverse, low gauge)
4. (B) Guilt is a Useless Emotion - Dance gauge no+%, no poison (few poison)
5. (B) All Up In My Face - 80% Perfect (Reverse)
6. (D) Saturday Night - Don't step on 8th notes (Speed 1.5x)

SUPERIOR cleared.20 G
Clear all 6 SUPERIOR challenges in challenge mode.

6 is a bitch here for some people not really good. Just keep at it and you'll get it, definitely.

Challenges:
1. (B) Less Yap Yap' - <50% Dance gauge (Hidden, low gauge)
2. (D) My Only Shining Star - Full combo (Speed 1.5x, Reverse)
3. (D) Love Is On Our Side - Don't step on the same arrow 2x in a row (Boost, Reverse)
4. (D) Summer Fantasy - Don't step on 4th notes (Flat)
5. (D) Ignition - Dance gauge full, no posion (Some poison, low dance gauge)
6. (D) Hot Limit - 85% perfect, full combo (Reverse)

MARVELOUS cleared.20 G
Clear all 6 MARVELOUS challenges in challenge mode.

Ok, 6 here is a REAL killer. Tir na n'Og is the weirdest song ever. There are lots of 16th and 8th notes jumbled around, so you're gonna have to focus a lot here.

Challenges:
1. (D) Koibito - Dance gauge full (Speed 3x)
2. (E) Hydrasound - Full Combo (Reverse, Jump Step)
3. (E) Cosmic Hammer - No poison (Many poison)
4. (D) The Hop - Dance gauge full (Phantom, Reverse, Low dance gauge)
5. (D) Everytime We Touch - <25% Dance gauge (low dance gauge)
6. (D) Tir na n'Og - 90% perfect, full combo (Flat)

GENUINE cleared.20 G
Clear all 6 GENUINE challenges in challenge mode.

Ok, now onto the real challenges. You'll definitely run into trouble on 3, so practice a lot.

Challenges:
1. (E) Horsemen of the Invisible - <25% Gauge (Speed 1.5x, Phantom, Dark, Reverse)
2. (E) Healing Vision - No Up/Down (Boost)
3. (D) Slow - 0 Points (Speed 2x)
4. (E) Twist - No jump steps (Reverse)
5. (E) Slam - <10 Combo
6. (E) B4U - No empty gauge (Speed 3x, Boost, near empty gauge)

PARAMOUNT cleared.20 G
Clear all 6 PARAMOUNT challenges in challenge mode.

These next challenge sets are pretty bitchy here on out, so watch out.

Challenges:
1. (E) WWW .Blonde Girl - <25% gauge (Speed 2x, near empty gauge)
2. (E) September '99 - 85%+ Perfect (Boost, Hidden, Mirror, Reverse)
3. (E) Diamond Jealousy - No poison (Speed 2x, Some poison)
4. (D) Somebody to Love - Don't step on the same arrow 2x in a row (Speed 0.5x, Phantom, Dark)
5. (E) Close Your Eyes - Gauge No +%, Only 8th steps (All freeze, near empty gauge)
6. (E) Rapper's Delight - 85%, Full Combo (Speed 5x, Reverse)

EXORBITANT cleared20 G
Clear all 6 EXORBITANT challenges in challenge mode.

Challenges:
1. (E) Run It! - 95% Perfect, Full combo (Speed 1.5x)
2. (E) Cachaca - 100% Great (Speed 1.5x)
3. (E) Love Me Do - 100% Perfect (Speed 3x, all freeze)
4. (E) Feels Just Like it Should - No 16th steps (Speed 1.5x, Flat)
5. (E) Stop Violence! - No poison (Speed 2x, Phantom, Some poison)
6. (E) Vanity Angel - No gauge +%, Don't step on the same arrow 2x in a row (Speed 3x, Boost, near empty gauge)

CATASTROPHIC cleared.20 G
Clear all 6 CATASTROPHIC challenges in challenge mode.

Challenges:
1. (E) Drivin' - 100% Perfect (Right, Music slowed)
2. (E) Cachaca - 70+ of Perfect/Great/Good (Sudden Arrows)
3. (E) GO! - No poison, 90% Perfect (Speed 1.5x, Some poison)
4. (E) Treble, Bass and Attitude - No 4th steps (Flat)
5. (E) Return of the Toe Jam - No poison (Speed 2x, Phantom, Reverse, Some poison)
6. (E) Tsugaru - Don't step on the same arrow 2x in a row, no poison (Speed 2x, Some poison)

APOCALYPTIC cleared.20 G
Clear all 6 APOCALYPTIC challenges in challenge mode.

Hardest of 'em all, obviously. Seriously, good luck on 6. Practice A LOT, and you'll get lucky eventually.

Challenges:
1. (E) Sky High - Full Combo (Stealth, Dark)
2. (E) Xenon - No Gauge +%, no 16th steps (Flat)
3. (E) Insertion - 100% Perfect (Speed 8x, Reverse)
4. (E) Don't Play Nice - Full Combo, No jump steps (Speed 0.5x, Flat)
5. (E) Brightness Darkness - Full Combo (Shuffle, Dark, Reverse, Late 8th step)
6. (O) MAXIMIZER - 90% Perfect, Full Combo

[Spot2009]

QUEST MODE ACHIEVEMENTS

cachaca30
Purchase the song "cachaca" in Quest mode.

Not really purchased, but obtained. In Quest Mode, you will get a Special Invitation in Washington. You must have already cleared Washington to get the Invitation. Complete this Fanbase challenge and you'll get it.

See below for Quest explanations and such (like the icons).

Return of the Toe Jam.30
Purchase the song "Return of the Toe Jam" in Quest mode.

Not really purchased, but obtained. In Quest Mode, you must clear all states in the Southern Region (red). After, you will unlock a Competition, which is a dance battle, but more difficult. After beating the competition, you'll get this.

Tir na n'Og.30
Purchased the song "Tir na n'Og" in Quest mode.

See 'Return of the Toe Jam.' Northern Region (blue).

PARANOIA EVOLUTION30
Clear all 6 PARAMOUNT challenges in challenge mode.

I don't really understand this at all. This can be unlocked in Quest Mode.

After clearing all competitions, finish up your Special Invitations, and travel around (do some random challenges); you'll get 6 battles. If you win those, you'll get this. Each battle will be increasingly difficult; it's best to have 4-8 backup dancers in all battles! By the 3rd battle, the opponent will have almost all Music Clips and almost all Movie Clips.

The last battle: Your opponent has all Clips. I suggest you turn off the Background Movies (to make it easier), unless you have all Movie Clips.

NOTE: All 6 battles will appear at one random time after you get the silver trophy! They also appear at RANDOM areas. If you complete more challenges, you have a higher chance of getting the invitations.

Love Me Do (The Acolyte's mix).30
Purchased the song "Love Me Do (The Acolyte's Mix)" in Quest mode.

See 'cachaca'. New York
(~1960 fanbase - Expert/Oni songs; I thought Xenon + Music Clip on Expert worked best)

MAXIMIZER30
Purchased the song "MAXIMIZER" in Quest mode.

After completing the 5 regional competitions and complete the rest of your Special Invitations, you will receive the invitation to the North American Competition. If you win, you'll get this. The location is random, so you can do the little trick (see below).

Watch out! Your opponent has around 70 Music Clips and almost all Movie Clips!

Bongo!30
Purchased the song "Bongo!" in Quest mode.

See 'Return of the Toe Jam.' Western Region (green). Don't forget Alaska and Hawaii!

think ya better D.30
Purchased the song "think ya better D" in Quest mode.

See 'cachaca'. California

Stop Violence!30
Purchase the song "Stop Violence! - B.L.T. Re Production" in Quest mode.

See 'cachaca'. Missouri

Healing Vision (Gridlok Mix)30
Purchase the song "Healing Vision (Gridlok Mix)" in Quest mode.

See 'cachaca'. Ontario

Xenon.30
Purchase the song "Xenon" in Quest mode.

See 'Return of the Toe Jam.' Canadian Region (orange)

My Only Shining Star30
Purchase the song "My Only Shining Star" in Quest mode.

See 'Return of the Toe Jam.' Eastern Region (violet)

Drivin'30
Purchase the song "Drivin'" in Quest mode.

See 'cachaca'. Florida
(~1780 fanbase - Difficult (some)/Expert/Oni songs; I used 'Everytime we Touch' + Music Clip on Expert)

Koibito.30
Purchase the song "Koibito" in Quest mode.

See 'cachaca'. Texas

Treble, Bass and Attitude.30
Win first place of the chamionship in Quest mode.

See 'cachaca'.
Um.. I don't really get this, either. You can get this in the Illinois invitation.

[Spot2009]

TIPS & OTHER

Quest Mode:
- A Special Invitation is an envelope icon in the map. There is a number next to it; this shows how many turns you have before it disappears! Each challenge in the Quest Mode is a turn.

- Special Invitations (trick): A cheap way to get a Special Invitation on an area you want (i.e for the achievement/song) is to exit out the map. After you complete a challenge, you'll be brought to the main map. If you press B and then A (thus, taking you to the char select screen and then back into the Quest Map), you have a random chance of an Invitation to show up. It is random where the Invitation lands on, so it may take a while for the Invitation to land on the place you want!

- To immediately end a challenge, hold Back or Start. You will clear it or fail it, depending on how you played. It doesn't automatically fail you.

- Icons: On the top left of the screen, the left icon (Speaker/disc circle thingy) represents how many Music Clips you have bought (explained later). The right icon (Movie clapper thing) shows how many Movie Clips you have.

- Music Clips: Every time you enter a new city, you have a random chance of a few things: A backup dancer or purchasing a movie/music clip. When you get a Music Clip, when you choose a song for your challenge, you'll notice a music note next to a song (ON THE LEFT). This shows that you have bought it. When you use it, you get a boosted amount of points (+2 per step). This is helpful in Fanbase or Dance Battle challenges. After the song is over, the next songs are random. These work in competitions/Special Invitations.

- Movie Clips: It's the same thing as a music clip, but you only get a boosted amount of points when the movie clip is playing. You'll know when it's playing when the FEVER icon during a song is lit up above your character. These clips won't play for music videos.

- Backup Dancers: These help in Dance Battles/Fanbase challenges and give you a bit of points. The more you have in an area, the better. These don't work in music videos. YOU CAN ONLY HAVE 8 MAXIMUM IN ONE AREA.

- Dance Battles: In a dance battle, you choose the first song. You will most likely want to choose a song in which you have a music clip on. CAREFUL! If there is an upside down music note on the right side of the song, then that's your rival's! If you choose that song, they'll get a boosted point bonus against you! Those weird block patterns on the dance bar at the top of a dance battle shows a music clip bonus. If it's orange/red, you get the bonus. If it's white/blue, they'll get the bonuses. Both you and your rival's bonuses can be turned on at the same time. They can also use FEVER, but no backup dancers.

A good song to have near the beginning (if you don't have TOO much music clips) is to use "Love in On Our Side" (not sure if it's this). On difficult, it has a max combo of 270 steps.

- Fanbase Challenges: These challenges require you to get as many points as possible. you must get a minimum of a certain number of points, and it resets every song. So it's useful to choose a song that will get you the most points! Every step you take, you will get a certain number of points.

PER STEP
Perfect: 4
Great: 3
Good: 2
Almost: 1?
Boo: 0
OK: +0
NG: 0
Music Clip: +2
Movie Clip (FEVER): +2
Backup Dancers: +1 per dancer (random) UP TO 8

Remember: It helps if you have less areas unlocked if you want the Invitation to appear where you want.

Challenge Mode:
- Stay calm. These challenges get increasingly difficult, especially after Marvelous.

- The challenges won't take you one try for most of them. If you fail, just keep trying at it and you're bound to get it (few exceptions..). For a lot of the challenges, you'll need to memorize/study the arrows to get it.

- As challenges increase, the stipulations become difficult as well. Poison arrows, Speed up, Reverse, Dark, Phantom, Sudden arrows.

- Use the controller. If you're able to do this on the mat, you truly are a master (or just plain lucky). ABXY and the D-Pad are used to the corresponding arrows.

More to come.

[Oryan]

Nice guide, I was going to publish mine today, but I guess I no longer have too. Mind if I add-on to the challenge parts? I got some good tips for them.

BTW, I decided to get off my lazy arse and finish DDR:U. Today I'm going to hit 1000/1000. Only 4 songs left to go. (2 in Apoc and 2 in Exor).

Woot

-OryaN

[Tron]

deserves a stick! good work spot and oryan.

[Spot2009]

Go ahead and give advice if you want. I'll put it on the guide.

[DJMAZaka007]

For the above post about unlocking 10, 20 then 30 songs etc. Do i just have to play the same songs over and over again in order to get these achievements on any difficulty in Game Mode


SONG ACHIEVEMENTS

10 songs cleared.50
Get a grade of D or higher in 10 songs.

You can only clear songs in Game Mode, and can be on any difficulty. You can do these on beginner, but the grade will not be displayed (but it will still get you an achievement). After 10 songs (with a D or higher), you'll get this achievement.

[Spot2009]

They must be different songs, and yeah you have to complete the entire song with a D or higher. You can't play the same song over again for it.

[Butters]

Originally Posted by erton

deserves a stick! good work spot and oryan.

A Men to that my brutha.

[Spot2009]

Hey Oryan, how the HELL did you do Maximizer on Oni? That one is amazing. Of course, I haven't even finished Marvelous (Tir na n'Og is amazingly hard), but I have some done here and there in some other challenges.

[kirchiri]

There is an excellent quest mode guide here
http://forums.xbox.com/10899163/ShowPost.aspx

Helped me out with alot my problems

[Spot2009]

That's the same guide written for A360P.

Right now I'm trying to figure out Fanbase numbers for the unlockable songs.. And tips for the challenges.

[****-[C]rockett]

i still dont get how to get ---> PARANOIA EVOLUTION30
Clear all 6 PARAMOUNT challenges in challenge mode.

[****-[C]rockett]

OMG HELP!!!!! U start off with 58 songs, right i unlocked 14, and there are only 14 songs to unlock. . where is the 73rd song. . i cant get the damn clear all songs achievement. . this is dumb. . HELP!!!

[Spot2009]

You unlock 15 songs. You must be missing one.

[Petey247]

Awesome guide, it helped a lot. I would add that you can complete quest mode and unlock all of the songs on the Basic difficulty level. It just requires some strategy.

Thanks again!

[RoT_xFaithx]

this really help and ill use over the weekly after school...

[Chojin]

I just found out the quickest and easiest way to beat any fan base challenge you come across without the need for back up dancers and music/movie clips.

simply select any song on oni difficulty and mash the ABXY buttons as much as you can during the song. you don't get penalised for extra steps so its all good, i managed about 3000 fanbase on my last try and the most you need for any of the fanbase achieves is 1960 i think.

worth adding anyway for anyone who gets frustrated with it, i know i have randomly going from map to map hoping a backup dancer appears.

[KrazyKevin1]

ok... this game is EFFIN pissing me off. on the old ps1 dancemat i can do every song on expert. yet on quest mode on beginner i cant even win a stupid championship? i've put it on the easiest settings and such im getting a combo for the whole damn song and piss all is happening the bar stays minimum and i keep failing. ive even tried doing oni mode with the controller and despite mashing it i still cant win its an absoloute PILE. cant i just like... pass the songs and thats all?? :|:|:|:|

[Chojin]

Originally Posted by KrazyKevin1

ok... this game is EFFIN pissing me off. on the old ps1 dancemat i can do every song on expert. yet on quest mode on beginner i cant even win a stupid championship? i've put it on the easiest settings and such im getting a combo for the whole damn song and piss all is happening the bar stays minimum and i keep failing. ive even tried doing oni mode with the controller and despite mashing it i still cant win its an absoloute PILE. cant i just like... pass the songs and thats all?? :|:|:|:|

use a controller for quest mode.... and here's some helpful stuff (maybe)

fanbase: try to do songs on basic and with multiple backup dancers if doing these legit.

jump combos: do the calvin harris tune on basic, it has about 35 jumps in it.

freeze combos: i forget the name, LED something but its towards the end of the songlist. theres 40+ freezes in this songs first half.

dance battles: keep going. keep doing songs on basic and perfecting them. eventually the bar will go down.

[KrazyKevin1]

hey again havnt been on in a while... i dont quest most and completed all the songs and unlocked them all but i still havnt got the all songs cleared achievement :O (ive done power mode also) any help pleaseee?

[Chojin]

Originally Posted by KrazyKevin1

hey again havnt been on in a while... i dont quest most and completed all the songs and unlocked them all but i still havnt got the all songs cleared achievement :O (ive done power mode also) any help pleaseee?

you need to fully complete quest mode. like owning ALL music clips. once you own all music clips for songs already in the playlist it'll start giving you new songs.

i havent bothered to do this though...

[KrazyKevin1]

i see... haha theres like 425 music clips arent there? :| and for 50 points not really worth it :P but thanks

[Chojin]

Originally Posted by KrazyKevin1

i see... haha theres like 425 music clips arent there? :| and for 50 points not really worth it :P but thanks

na, not those clips the other ones. the full song clips.

[KrazyKevin1]

yey! how manys that then :\ i havnt been able to go on this in a while due to NEIGHBOURS i dont blame them for the complaining like :P

[KrazyKevin1]

hey erm... i have 69/73 it turns out but everytime it brings up the type of music clip i need my computer crashes... happened to anyone else?

[moose0003]

nice this will definately help out

[prmononoke]

Is there any way to know that you have cleared a state? Like, how do I know that I am done with Arizona, or some place else?

[ShinUkyo]

I meant to post this a while back, since I hadn't seen it mentioned before. The game seems to have a glitch, in terms of tracking how many songs you've cleared in Game Mode. When you play those "power courses" in Party Mode, they actually count towards your total songs played. So since I'd played all four of the regular power courses early on, it actually gave me the achievement for "cleared all songs" even though I'd never unlocked or played the last couple of secret songs. Kinda sucks that it messed up the order of my achievements, but oh well. And technically, that means that people could get the "cleared all songs" achievement without ever needing to unlock the last four songs in quest mode.

[Pain Psycho]

really useful, thanks alot