Achievements Guide
Swag and Sorcery has 48 Steam achievements, and all 48 are obtainable, so a 100% completion run is entirely possible. Most unlock naturally through progression. The rest come down to zone grinding, the Endless Adventure, and a lot of crafting luck. None of the 48 are hidden, so you can read every requirement from the achievement list before you start.
Swag and Sorcery has 48 Steam achievements, and every one of them is obtainable on the current build. Most unlock naturally through progression, while a handful require dedicated grinding or extreme crafting luck.
None of the 48 are hidden. Steam shows a description for all of them, so nothing here is a surprise trigger you have to know about in advance.
A persistent piece of community folklore holds that the game has 50 achievements and that two of them, usually called Bribe and Speech Master, are permanently broken, with the supposed fix being a downgrade through Steam depots or a third-party unlocker. Ignore that advice. The game's achievement list has 48 entries and your Steam overlay counts 48, so 48 of 48 is 100%. Two definition slots were removed from the game's internal numbering at some point, which is probably where the story came from, but no removed achievement appears in your list or blocks your completion percentage.
This guide lists every achievement sorted by category.
Heroes
| Achievement | Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Recruiter | Hire the first hero | Hired at the Guild for 100 gold |
| Gorgeous Trinity | Hire 3 heroes | Each hire costs more than the last |
| The more the merrier | Hire all 8 heroes | The roster is fixed at eight |
| Smart hero | Open the first trait of any hero | Level 5 unlocks a class quest, and completing it awards the trait |
| Revealed potential | Open all the traits of all the characters | All 8 heroes to level 25 and all 24 class quests completed (11.2%) |
| Swag in the blood | Fully equip one hero in legendary items | The rarest in the game at 10.4%, and heavily luck dependent |
City Development
| Achievement | Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant | Earn 1,000 gold | Cumulative |
| Accountant | Earn 10,000 gold | Cumulative |
| Treasurer | Earn 100,000 gold | Cumulative, exactly like the two above. You do not need to hold it all at once |
| Builder | Build the first building | Story progression |
| Architect | Build all the buildings | Story progression |
| Fashion village | Pump village reputation to the maximum | Reputation comes from winning competitions |
| Mayor | Upgrade all buildings to the maximum | Late-game resource sink |
| Tactics | Buy a buff for the first time | Bought with gold at the Church or the Spa, not "used" on a hero |
| Caring boss | Unlock all buffs | All eight, not just the three passive ones. Library research costs gold |
| Sage | Unlock all spells | Library research costs gold. Power of Fire I is the exception, from a quest |
| Nerd | Unlock all researches in the Library | Roughly 13,900 gold to clear the whole tree |
| Oligarch | Buy all the recipes in the fashion house | Late-game gold sink (14.5%) |
Quests
| Achievement | Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fog get out | Completely clear the mist | Cleared by quest rewards. The full list of mist-clearing quests is not documented |
| Altruist | Complete all side quests | Requires dedicated grinding |
| Naked king | Complete all main story quests | Narrative completion. The last one is the Okiki kill |
Adventuring
| Achievement | Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The adventure has begun! | Complete an adventure for the first time | Tutorial |
| Group work | Send a party of two heroes on an adventure | One group containing two heroes, not two groups at once. A Spa quest raises your group size to two |
| Optimization | Send three groups on adventures in parallel | Needs three Stables and a mid-game economy |
| Creator | Use an active spell in combat for the first time | Requires Library |
| Animals are not welcome | Kill 100 normal monsters in the Magical Forest | Zone grind |
| Flayer | Kill 100 elite monsters in the Magical Forest | Zone grind |
| Enemy of the living | Defeat the Owl Guard (Magical Forest boss) | The game more often calls this boss the Owlman. Owl Guard is the achievement wording |
| Walk on corpses | Kill 100 normal monsters on the Battlefield | Zone grind |
| Black digger | Kill 100 elite monsters on the Battlefield | Zone grind |
| Vice squad | Defeat Big Boy (Battlefield boss) | |
| Silence around | Kill 100 normal monsters in the Dark Ruins | Zone grind |
| Paronormal Researcher | Kill 100 elite monsters in the Dark Ruins | Zone grind |
| Neo-romance is the opposite | Defeat the Skull of Knowledge (Dark Ruins boss) | |
| Give heat | Kill 100 normal monsters in the Hot Springs | Zone grind |
| Amateur hotter | Kill 100 elite monsters in the Hot Springs | Zone grind |
| Back to the well | Defeat Okiki (Hot Springs boss) | |
| Bog lover | Kill 100 normal monsters in the Swamp | Zone grind |
| Once and involved | Kill 100 elite monsters in the Swamp | Zone grind |
| Color rattle | Defeat the Rainbow Snake (Swamp boss) | |
| Deep knowledge | Kill 100 normal monsters in the Underground City | Zone grind |
| The secret is revealed | Kill 100 elite monsters in the Underground City | 16.5%, the fifth rarest in the game |
| Naughty Tentacles | Defeat the Nameless (Underground City boss) | The achievement string reads "Slap the Nameless" |
| Portal into something | Unlock the Endless Adventure | Unlocks on completing the main story |
| Explorer something | Upgrade the Endless Adventure to level 10 | |
| Amateur something | Upgrade the Endless Adventure to level 50 | 11.3%, the third rarest. The true endgame grind |
Events
| Achievement | Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fashion sentence | Enter the Fashion House competition for the first time | Tutorial |
| Reference | Spank the grave robber | Pick "Spank" and not "Let him go" during the Yorick event |
Zone Progression and Boss Order
Zones do not unlock one at a time. They arrive in tiers, and only three of the six bosses gate anything.
| Tier | Zones | Hero levels | How you reach it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magical Forest | 1 to 5 | Open from the start |
| 2 | Battlefield, Dark Ruins | 3 to 24 | Kill the Owlman |
| 3 | Hot Springs, Swamp, Underground City | 24 to 50 | Kill both Big Boy and the Skull of Knowledge |
| 4 | Endless Adventure | 50 and up | Complete the main story |
So the Battlefield and Dark Ruins open together, and the three late zones open together. Big Boy, Okiki, Rainbow Snake and the Nameless gate no zone at all. The completion figures show it plainly: more players have farmed 100 monsters in the Dark Ruins (54.9% as of August 23, 2026) than have ever killed Big Boy (53.7%), which could not happen if Big Boy opened the Dark Ruins.
Each zone pairs with a boss for achievement purposes:
| Zone | Boss |
|---|---|
| Magical Forest | Owl Guard, called the Owlman in game |
| Battlefield | Big Boy |
| Dark Ruins | Skull of Knowledge |
| Hot Springs | Okiki |
| Swamp | Rainbow Snake |
| Underground City | The Nameless |
Reaching a boss
You cannot simply walk into a boss. Each zone carries a progress bar that fills as you complete runs, the boss becomes available at 100%, and beating it resets the bar.
| Zone tier | Progress per completed run | Runs to a boss |
|---|---|---|
| Magical Forest | 5% | 20 |
| Battlefield, Dark Ruins | 4% | 25 |
| Hot Springs, Swamp, Underground City | 2% | 50 |
That 2% rate is what makes the last three zones the real grind of the game, and it explains why the late boss achievements sit where they do.
The Endless Adventure
The Endless Adventure unlocks when you complete the main story, not on any single boss kill. The last story quest is the Okiki fight, so Okiki, and not the Nameless, is the one that opens the final location.
It is an infinitely scaling combat zone. Patch 1.028 added over 70 unique high-tier crafting recipes to its loot tables, and these recipes do not drop anywhere else in the game. The chance of finding them rises as you level the zone.
Hardest Achievements
If you are going for 100% completion, expect to spend the most time on these five.
- Swag in the blood (10.4%): A full set of legendary gear on one hero. Put your highest Intelligence or Strength hero in the matching building, keep the queue full, and accept that this one is mostly luck. Note that legendary is orange in this game, not purple.
- Revealed potential (11.2%): All eight heroes to level 25, plus all 24 class quests finished. The quests are the real work, since several ask for specific legendary items.
- Amateur something (11.3%): The Endless Adventure to level 50.
- Oligarch (14.5%): Buying every Fashion House recipe is expensive. Win competitions by matching judge preferences and event colors.
- The secret is revealed (16.5%): 100 elite kills in the Underground City, at 2% zone progress a run.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many achievements does Swag and Sorcery have?
48, and all 48 are obtainable, so 100% completion is possible. None of them are hidden either, so every requirement is readable from the achievement list. The 50-achievement figure players sometimes repeat, with two supposedly broken, counts two definition slots that were removed from the game's internal numbering and never appear in your list.
Are any Swag and Sorcery achievements unobtainable?
No. Your Steam overlay counts 48 and all 48 can be earned on the current build. Ignore advice about downgrading through Steam depots or using third-party unlockers, because there is nothing to work around.
What is the rarest achievement in Swag and Sorcery?
Swag in the blood at 10.4%, which needs one hero fully dressed in legendary items. Revealed potential follows at 11.2%, then Amateur something at 11.3%, Oligarch at 14.5%, and The secret is revealed at 16.5%.
How do zones unlock in Swag and Sorcery?
In tiers, not one at a time. The Magical Forest is open from the start, killing the Owlman opens the Battlefield and Dark Ruins together, and killing both Big Boy and the Skull of Knowledge opens the Hot Springs, Swamp, and Underground City together. The other three bosses gate nothing.
How do you unlock the Endless Adventure?
Complete the main story. The final story quest is the Okiki fight, so Okiki, and not the Nameless, is the kill that opens it. Patch 1.028 added over 70 unique high-tier crafting recipes to its loot tables that drop nowhere else.
What to Read Next
- Heroes and Traits. Hero-linked achievement conditions.
- Adventuring and Combat. Zone and boss order progression.
- Crafting and Buildings. City development milestones.