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Steam Achievements are rewards for completing game objectives or performing pre-determined actions in a game.

You can get Underworld Ascendant achievements simply by playing the game. As you perform certain actions in the game, you'll occasionally earn an achievement. Your achievements can be viewed through the stats in the Steam Community, or ingame using the Steam overlay (usually viewable with Shift-Tab). All Underworld Ascendant Achievements have the same two icons for "Completed" and "Pending", shown here on the right.

For additional information about trading cards, badges and rewards, check out the Game Stats and Achievements in Steam KB article.

There is considerable overlap between Feats and Achievements, and the differing descriptions and names of one can give insight into how to complete the other.

Achievements

The following Achievements are available:

Name	Description	Notes
Arcane Regeneration	Regained a massive amount of health using Arcane Regeneration.	Unknown spell. May require Vitality2 and very low current health: consider poison for a controlled damage rate.
Balancing Act	Balanced on a plank.	Balanced like a see-saw, or balancing on its end? Unknown.
Bark & Bite	Defeated a Ripper.	Has not triggered when slaying them with swords, fire, missiles...
Bound Time	Dispatched an enemy who was bound while time was slowed.
Box Master	Jumped on a levitated box	Does not seem to trigger when using ᚾᛃ (Bind wood) or ᛖᛃ (Move Wood).
Cat Burglar	Gathered a key item without being detected.	Triggers even if you don't have the side bounty to do so.
Cautious First Steps	Snuck by initial foes without being detected.	You can start a new game just to do this!
Cheated Death	Used "Merciful Fate" to cheat death.	Unknown spell.
Combo Attack	Performed a combo attack with a sword, axe, or without a weapon.	Possibly not skill dependent after Patch 1, but may require skills such as Bloody Barrage or Fighter's Fury.
Crawstuck	Jammed a trap with an object.	Levers which disable traps can trigger this, as can using physics objects. The Trap Impairment skill may help.
Deadly Sorcerer	Killed an enemy with spells.	Requires ᚦ?-series spells.
Diverting Behavior	Caused an enemy to investigate a sound.	Does not seem to trigger with thrown or carried physics objects. If not bugged, may require a glass vial for distraction.
Dual Caster	Successfully casted a spell with two runestones.	All spells are two or more runes. "ᚢᛗ" (Heal Person) is the first spell you can cast.
Dynamics of Reversal	Reflected projectile.	Unknown spell. Reflect spell MAY be ᛒᛉᛖ. Rune wand is marked as "REMOVED". Internal feat name: ReflectedAnArrowOrMindBlast.
Environment Master	Caused multiple enemies to be killed by physics damage.	Triggers on its own in some levels, just by loading the level.
Fire Kill	Caused an enemy to be killed by Fire.	Triggers on its own in some levels. Igniting the building around them seems to work. Merely holding a burning thing to their face until they die is apparently not enough.
Flawless Victory	Resolved a combat encounter against multiple opponents who detected me without taking damage.	Ranged weapons help, as does terrain to prevent more than one attacking you at once.
Formulaic Expert	Successfully casted a spell with four runestones.	Requires enough runes, but can be done without any casting skill: ᛉᛒᚱ? where ? is any rune from the right of the wheel, is a level-1 spell to fire that thing as a missile. However, this use of the ᛉᛒ combination is considered a bug, and may be fixed.
Friend of Deep Slugs	Feed a Deep Slug one of it's favorite foods.	Eyeless Nether Fish can trigger this. Ensure that they fully consume the fish.
Hard To Reach	Switched a lever without touching it You will almost certainly get this in the training level, throwing an object at the lever, though you can obtain it in the very first room.
Incite Commotion	Enemies convinced to turn on each other.	Outcasts attacking monsters does not trigger this. Standing so that a foe is between yourself and a bowman or magic user seems to be the simplest path. Angering a reaper while others are close to it may also trigger it.
Long Jump	Leap Boldly Ascendant.	Jumping from a height allows greater distance, especially with various jumping skills. A blow from a Ripper can also throw you far enough to achieve this. This feat seems to lack a feat description.
Long Wall Run	The world is your playground.	Requires the Wall Run skill and a long enough wall.
Meteoric Demise	Killed an enemy with a burning crate.	Does not trigger from holding or placing burning crates against foes. May have to beat them to death with the flaming crate?
Mind Killer	A Mind Crippler was killed indirectly.	Internal feat name is MindCripplerDiedWithoutPlayerDamagingIt.
Night Vision	Because the darkness should fear you.	Requires the Night Vision skill. Crouch in darkness after obtaining the skill.
Parry	A good fighter knows when to Parry.	Has not triggered when parrying.
Physics Kill	Caused an enemy to be killed by physics damage.	Throwing things at monsters achieves this. It can also trigger on its own, if they're killed elsewhere in the level by collisions, falls, etc.
Pit Fallen	Killed an enemy with a trap.	Has not triggered with mechanical traps. Perhaps requires a pit trap?
Pounce	Pounced on an enemy.	Requires the Pounce skill. Jump onto their head, Mario-style, from a ledge, or just from the ground if you have good enough jump skills. Can be a 1-hit kill, in combination with other passives like Ambush.
Pyromaniac	Caused multiple enemies to be killed by Fire.	Triggers on its own in some levels. Igniting the building around them seems to work. Merely holding a burning thing to their face until they die is apparently not enough.
Saurian Slide	The Saurians passed this technique down for generations.	Requires the Saurean Slide skill.
Seasoned Silent Assassin	Killed several enemies without being detected.	You can one-shot people from stealth with damage-boosting skills and weapons. Otherwise, attacking them in darkness can work, as can shooting them from cover.
Secrets of the Deep Slugs	Hid in a Deep Slug smoke trail.	Crouch any time the slug-trails are smoky. Feeding them Nether Fish, Nether Caps, and Bounty of the Depths are claimed to make them secrete smoky trails.
Secrets of Wall Running	Used Wall Run off a free object.	Requires the Wall Run skill and some convenient furniture such as a table, bookcase, coffin, or crates.
Silent Assassin	Killed an enemy without being detected.	You can one-shot people from stealth with damage-boosting skills and weapons. Otherwise, attacking them in darkness can work, as can shooting them from cover.
Trapper	Killed multiple enemies with traps.
Trapper Keeper	Bound or stuck in place a creature, who was then dispatched by a trap device.
Tripwire Expert	Killed an enemy with a tripwire.	Requires a tripwire.
Uncompromising Obstruction	Blocked an arrow with a held object.	Hold a crate while you're being shot at. Since this blocks their sight, maybe peek over it until they fire.
Undetected Distraction	Caused a creature to investigate a sound, but was undetected.	Does not seem to trigger with thrown or carried physics objects. If not bugged, may require a glass vial for distraction.
Unseen Ascendant	Resolved multiple quest objectives undetected.	Triggers even if you don't have the side bounty to do so.
Untouchable Assassin	Defeated an enemy without being damaged.	Sneaking up behind low-level enemies with a decent weapon can one-hit them, particularly with skills that increase Adept or weapon damage. Ranged attacks also help.
Weaponized Slug	Killed an enemy using a Deep Slug trail.
What Wizards Know and Others Don't	Rebranded a wand with a new spell.	Requires the Focus Mastery skill. Right-click while holding a wand, select a spell, and right-click again. Avoid doing with a wand that uses runes you don't have, or you can't put its original spell back!

See Also

• Feats