Overview:
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 5/10
- Offline: 49 (1000 )
- Online: 0 (0 )
- Approximate amount of time for 1000: 15-20 hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2
- Number of missable achievements: 0
- Glitched Achievements: Mob Massacre, Strength of 10 Men, Losing his Mind.
- Do cheats codes disable achievements?:No (except the master moves achievements)

Conan is a very linear hack and slash game which should give you a certain 1000 if you play it smartly. If you don't play it smartly, you will probably need a few more playthroughs, but since it is a fairly short game, you are not looking at a major time commitment. Most of the achievements are do "action X" a certain number of times, which would be so simple if the count stacked through your playthroughs. Since they don't stack, it is at least a time commitment even if it is not a challenge.

Step 1: Prepare
Familiarize yourself with the guides to the Bosses and Maidens, Runes & Chests. These will be invaluable, since some of the chests are very well hidden, but will become obvious once you know where they are. There are also a lot of achievements stemming from these (10 for 180 ), so it is worthwhile to check first, or look through the guide as you progress.
You don't need to worry about cheats unless you have already passed the game on medium or higher, but they are unlocked from the main menu by going to Extras > Unlockables. Once you have the basic idea of the game, just jump right in because the first level is a tutorial.

Step 2: Hard Playthrough
Hard difficulty is not that hard, so don't feel daunted by the name. The main reason I died on hard was because I was trying to kill an enemy in a specific way for achievement hunting purposes. During this play through you are going to want to focus on a few achievement lines, don't try and do everything at once. You will get nine achievements (200 ) just for finishing this playthrough and dumb luck will lead you to another half dozen at least.

There is not enough experience handed out in this game to unlock all the moves in all three weapon styles, so pick two to focus on for this play through. I would recommend the one handed blade and the two weapon styles, since you can start the former at the beginning of the game and the latter is simple to max out. One-handed should give you the disarm achievements and the two weapon should give you the dismemberment achievements. The only reason to pick up a two handed weapon in this playthrough is to get the Parry Farm achievement.

In this playthrough, try to find all runes, maidens and chests. Refer to the guides above if you are uncertain. This is also the playthrough to get the achievements on the Giant Squid battle, about three quarters of the way into the game. These are the grapple kills achievements, the throw achievements and Bring Out the Gimp. Doing this will also get you about 60,000 points on this level, guaranteeing you the two point based achievements. After this playthrough, you should have about 40 achievements worth about 750 .

Step 3: King Playthrough
After completing the game on Hard, you will unlock King difficulty and 3 cheats: Master all Moves (self explanatory), Song of Death (song of death is always active), and Infinite Power (armour powers do not deplete energy). Personally, I would avoid the master all moves cheat, but Infinite Power is very valuable. If you get into a tight spot or just get fed up with fighting the rubber monkeys, activate a power and kill them instantly. It will also give you a number of chances at Strength of 10 Men during the final fight with Graven.

During this playthrough, try and focus on the impaling achievements and Master Two Handed Swordsmen. With the cheats, this difficulty is not that hard either, so long as you don't try to mop up everything on this playthrough. Just focus on a few achievements and getting through the game. This should net you another few achievements, but you will still have a few missing.

Step 3: Achievement mop up
After passing the game on King, you unlock the invincibility cheat which makes mop up a snap. Finish the last few achievements, like Untouchable, Rock of Ages, and Losing his Mind. Check the guide below if you want to know where to find the best place to get these achievements.

Glitched Achievements:
There is good news for completionists in this game - the achievements are glitched in your favour. For me, Mob Massacre and Strength of 10 Men unlocked during my fight with Graven, despite the fact that only two enemies died. Still not sure why, but it saved me a full playthrough just to try. Also, I have heard that the Losing his Mind achievement unlocks without actually decapitating the captain. I haven't experienced this, though.

Conclusion:
If you have any other achievements missing, perhaps Enemy Appetizers or Meat Market, you may need to start a second mop up playthrough, but given that the game only takes between 5 and 8 hours (less with invincibility), it is not a huge time commitment. Refer to the guide below to find the best place to get your missing achievements if you are not sure. A final note about Meat Market, after you kill Bone Cleaver for the second time, you fight ghosts and statues almost exclusively, which cannot be dismembered, so try to get this early in the game.

That's it, 1000 , no annoying online achievements, no massive time commitment, just a simple and fun game to complete. Enjoy.

[x360a would like to thank Capn Doug for this Road Map]

 

Conan Achievement Guide

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There are 49 achievements with a total of 1000 points

  • 5 Grapple Kills

    see 'Fatal Touch'
  • 50 Grapple Kills

    see 'Fatal Touch'
  • 250 grapple kills

    see 'Fatal Touch'
  • 500 grapple kills

    All the grapple achievements can be unlocked during the Giant Squid Boss battle. When the squid starts to turn the crewmen into Oilmen just use , or , grapple combo's on them, it takes about an hour of constant grappling to gain this achievement.
  • Impale an enemy

    Easily obtained near the start of the game, while rescuing A' kanna's crewmen, just grapple an enemy and throw him into the spike pillars
  • Impale 100 enemies

    There are quite a few enemies which can be impaled near the start of the game while rescuing A' kanna's crewmen, and during the Bone Cleaver Boss battle. Just make a point of luring enemies towards any spike's you come across while playing the game and Impale them.
  • see 'Master Looter'
  • Disarm 100 enemies

    Try and buy the 'Shield Strip' and 'Thief of Bel' One-Handed Combat Abilities early in the game, these are key to obtaining this achievement. When you start finding enemies with shields, first use Shield Strip then use Thief of Bel and then have Conan pick a shield back up, this causes him to drop his dual weilding sword, which the disarmed enemy will pick back up, allowing you to perform Thief of Bel again. Repeat until you eventually kill the enemy, then move onto the next enemy.
  • Kill 100 enemies by boulder throw

    This can be unlocked by throwing boulders and other items like crates, vases, etc. Just run towards a group of enemies and when they start following you, run back to the item pick it up and throw it towards the enemy group, if your lucky you can kill multiple enemies with one item. Using this method should net you the achievement fairly quickly.

    A trick to this achievment is to turn on the infinite armor power and stone skin power on the enemies, then a single item will kill them, as sometimes the item will only stun the enemy.
  • Kill an enemy by death fall

    see 'Death Rain'
  • Kill 100 enemies by death fall

    This achievement should be saved untill the Giant Squid Boss battle, simply get to the stage where the squid turns the crew into Oilmen, then grapple them and throw them overboard.
    BEWARE - Do not throw the Oilmen onto the Squid as this sometimes stops the squid transforming the crewmen into Oilmen.
  • 100 dismemberments

    see 'Meat Market'
  • 500 dismemberments

    see 'Meat Market'
  • 1000 dismemberments

    This achievement can be fairly easy, I found the 'Blade Fury' Dual Wield Parry attack to be quite useful as it removes an enemies Head, Arms and Legs! Thats 6 dismemberments per enemy! Other useful moves include 'The Mercenary' Dual Wield ,,,, and 'Triple Heavy Strike' Dual Wield ,,.
  • Perform every parry kill move

    There are 3 for each weapon style: One-Handed, Dual Wield and Two Handed. Simply wait near an enemy and just as his attack is about to hit you, press  to block, then press the button displayed above his head either ,, or , perform all three then change to the next weapon style.
  • 100 parry kills

    see 'Parry King'
  • 200 parry kills

    Just kill every weak enemy that you see with a parry attack and you should have this achievement in no time. This should also help towards the Meat Market achievement if you try to perform the  parry while dual wielding.
  • Combo Counter reaches 100

    In the last level there's a point where you have to push a pillar over to create a bridge, it begins to crumble as you cross it. When you get across, you'll fight alot of Oilmen. Use the 'Cimmerian Cyclone' Dual-Wield Combat Ability  (hold). This way you can make those necessary hits, just make sure you don't step into the black ooze.
  • Combo Counter reaches 325

    see 'Chained Attacker'
  • Kill 5 or more enemies simultaneously

    see 'Strength of 10 Men'
  • Find 5 treasure chests

     
    see 'Filthy Rich'
  • Find 50 treasure chests

    see 'Filthy Rich'
  • Find all treasure chests

    This Guide >Here< mentions the locations of alot of the chests in the game, but it misses the first two. At the start where the statues come to life, there's a chest on the far left and right sides of the area before you head through the door.
  • Save a Maiden

     
    see 'My Hero'
  • Activate 5 rune triumvirates

     
    see 'Triumvirates United'
  • Activate all rune triumvirates

     
    There are 3 different types of rune triumvirates, Green (Health), Blue (Power) and Red (Song of Death). Finding all the runes of the same type will unlock the corresponding achievement. This guide >Here< has the locations of the runes.
  • Collect all armor pieces

    Each Boss in the game has a piece of Conans armour, so you will get this achievement just by playing through the game.
  • Complete the game on Hard mode

    Select Hard when starting a new game and play from begining to end.
  • Complete the game on King mode

    Unfortunately you can't start a game on this mode and unlock the Mighty Conan achievement as well, you must first complete the game on hard and then the King difficulty will be unlocked.
  • Find all Health Meter powerups

     
    see 'Triumvirates United'
  • Find all Power Meter powerups

     
    see 'Triumvirates United'
  • Find all Song of Death meter powerups

     
    see 'Triumvirates United'
  • All one-handed blade attacks mastered

    As you use your one-handed combat abilities you will build up a masterary, you can check your progress by pressing , all the abilities which are not mastered will have an orange meter next to them. You need to buy every one-handed combat ability in the game and use each one untill you master it.
  • All dual wield attacks mastered

    As you use your dual wield combat abilities you will build up a masterary, you can check your progress by pressing , all the abilities which are not mastered will have an orange meter next to them. You need to buy every dual wield combat ability in the game and use each one untill you master it.
  • All two-handed blade attacks mastered

    As you use your two-handed combat abilities you will build up a masterary, you can check your progress by pressing , all the abilities which are not mastered will have an orange meter next to them. You need to buy every two-handed combat ability in the game and use each one untill you master it.
  • Kill at least 25 enemies during the Giant Squid boss battle

    This will unlock while doing the Death Rain or Fatal Touch achievements.
  • Decapitate a captain with a shield

    There is a one-handed combat ability called 'Head Pop' ,,, perform this move while holding a shield on a captain 2-3 times, he will be unable to block it, once his helmet is destroyed Conan will slice his head off with the shield unlocking the achievement.
  • Complete a mission without taking any damage

    Can be done on any difficulty and on any level, so just start the game on easy and play through the starting levels without being attacked, the achievement will unlock on the after mission stats screen. Alternatively you can complete the game on King mode and activate the invincibility cheat...
  • Score 20000 points in a level

    I got this achievement on the second level, basically you just have to kill all the enemies on a level. You get points for the amount of kills, dismemberments, impalements etc. and lose points for deaths and damage taken.
  • Score 100000 total points

    This is unlocked when you reach a total score of 100000 points, if you are going for the Fatal Touch and Death Rain achievements, you can spend some time gaining points during the Giant Squid Boss battle.
 

Secret achievements

  • Send Graven into the Netherworld in the Ocean Ruins and complete the game

    *Achieved through main story line*
  • Save all maidens

     
    There are a total of 24 Maidens in the game, here are the amounts you should find in each level:

    Chance Meeting has 1
    Pirate Raid has 1
    Tribal Warrior has 3
    Elephant Graveyard has 3
    Midnight Raid has 2
    Outpost has 7
    Devil Island has 2
    Fallen Kingdom has 3
    Well of Dreams has 2

    When you get near a Maiden you will hear her shouting for help, this guide >here< has their locations
  • Defeat the Bone Cleaver and his army in Barachan Isles and obtain The Ward of Fire

    *Achieved through main story line*
  • Defeat the Sand Dragon in the lost city of Shem and obtain The Ward of the Earth

    *Achieved through main story line*
  • Defeat the Elephant Demon in the Kush caves and obtain The Ward of the Abyss

    *Achieved through main story line*
  • Defeat the Sorceress Queen in Stygia and obtain The Ward of Souls

    *Achieved through main story line*
  • Defend the ship and defeat the Giant Squid

    *Achieved through main story line*
  • Defeat the Bone Cleaver in Argos and obtain The Ward of the Departed

    *Achieved through main story line*
  • Kill 10 or more enemies simultaneously

    You can use the Void armour power during the very last boss battle, or you can use the Fire Rain armor power during the Serpent Queen Boss battle when she summonds several enemies, either way, just wait untill there are enough enemies around. This achievement is quite hard as all 10 must die at exactly the same time or it won't unlock.

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