Listed below are common Video Game Achievement templates.
By method of acquisition
If you want to add to the list, please make sure that your addition is generic enough to be found in games of different genres. Also, please avoid creating redundant entries.
Single-Player
- Completed chapter X of the single-player campaign (times chapters; most, if not all, of them secret)
- Completed the single-player campaign (times difficulty settings above Easy)
- Discovered a specific ending (times endings; all secret)
- Discovered the Golden Ending (secret)
- Discovered the terrible ending (secret)
- Fell for game-ending Schmuck Bait (secret, also likely to make fun of you)
- Discovered all endings
- Completed a major sidequest:
- ...a major NPC's optional storyline (Player Party members, recurring Quest Givers, etc.)
- ...an Escort Mission with all NPCs surviving
- ...a Romance Sidequest
- ...a Collection Sidequest
- Completed a Downloadable Content level
- Ditto on Harder Than Hard difficulty
- Completed a specific level or the entire game with an additional challenge (No-Damage Run, Pacifist Run, Stealth Run, Speed Run, etc.)
- Sat through the Closing Credits to watch The Stinger
Gameplay Mechanics
- Reached the Character Level Cap
- Maxed out a Skill Score (times noteworthy skills)
- Used a specific skill N times (times noteworthy skills)
- Used the gimmick game mechanic N times
- Dealt an extraordinary amount of damage with a single attack
- Chained together an extraordinary long and/or complicated combo
- Got very unlucky (sorry for the bad luck, here is an achievement)
Enemies
- Killed the particularly tough obligatory boss (secret)
- Killed a Superboss (times such bosses; possibly secret)
- Ditto on Harder Than Hard difficulty (secret)
- Won the seemingly Hopeless Boss Fight (secret)
- Killed N mooks of a specific type (times types)
- Killed N mooks with a specific weapon (times weapons, though usually limited to the Emergency Weapon and Too Awesome to Use weaponry)
- Killed N mooks in a specific way (headshot, environment damage, etc.)
- Killed a specific enemy in a specific contrived way (secret)
Completionism
- Visited all locations with a specific theme to them
- Visited every location in the game
- Used each weapon/vehicle/magic/combo/etc. in the game
- Earned the highest rank in every ranked challenge
- Gathered N generic collectable items ("stars", "gems", etc.)
- Increase N by a factor of 10 and repeat until the total number of collectables in the game is reached
- Filled in every Monster Compendium entry
- Discovered a piece of Unlockable Content
- Discovered all hidden Unlockable Content
- Played the game for a total of N hours
- Attained 100% Completion
- Earned every other achievement
Multiplayer
- Joined a multiplayer game session
- Won N multiplayer matches of specific type (times multiplayer modes)
- Repeat any number of times, increasing N by a factor of 10 every time
- Played a specific multiplayer mode for N hours (times multiplayer modes)
- Scored N hundred kills online (repeat up to an arbitrary N)
- Scored N kills with a specific weapon (times weapons)
- Played an online game with/against a player who already had this achievement
Miscellaneous
- Started the game, or did a really easy-to-perform action (often used to track how many people who bought the game have actually played it)
- Performed an arbitrary sequence of in-game actions existing specifically to give you this achievement (possibly an Easter Egg; often secret or intentionally vague)
- Did nothing for N seconds after reaching a certain point in the game
- Killed the Player Character in any or all specific ways possible
- Successfully rendered the game Unintentionally Unwinnable
