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Borderlands 2 Achievement Guide (All DLC)

The Borderlands Handsome Collection is free to PlayStation Plus subscribers at the moment. On top of that, Borderlands 2 is on sale in the Steam store and Gearbox Software has released a brand new DLC expansion for Borderlands 2 that is free for the first 30 days. With all of this in mind, people are flocking back to Pandora in droves. For all of you new achievement hunters out there, we have developed a detailed achievement guide for Borderlands 2.

Guide to Success

There are a total 75 achievements in Borderlands 2, if you include all of the game’s downloadable content. As a result, there is quite a lot you will need to do if you want to earn them all.

A large chunk of the base game’s achievements can be earned by simply playing the game’s campaign. Outside of that, you will need to complete some side missions for a few achievements. You will have to level up multiple classes, as well as level up one of the classes to the original level cap. Lastly, there are a handful of locations you will need to discover and few difficult challenges to complete.

Overall, earning every achievement in this game is not easy. That being said, it is not impossible. Check out the achievement list below for a breakdown of what precisely you will need to do.

Achievement	Description
Challenge Accepted	Completed level 1 of all non-level-specific challenges with a single character
Goliath, Meet David	Allowed a Goliath to level up four times before killing him
Went Five Rounds	Completed Round 5 of any Circle of Slaughter
Not Quite Dead	Reached level 5
Better Than You Were	Reached level 10
Always Improving	Reached level 25
Capped Out	Reached level 50
Arctic Explorer	Discovered all named locations in Three Horns, Tundra Express, and Frostburn Canyon
Urban Explorer	Discovered all named locations in Sanctuary, Opportunity, and Lynchwood
Highlands Explorer	Discovered all named locations in The Highlands, Thousand Cuts, and Wildlife Exploitation Preserve
Blight Explorer	Discovered all named locations in Eridium Blight, Arid Nexus, and Sawtooth Cauldron
World Traveler	Discovered all named locations
Sugar Daddy	Tipped Moxxi $10,000
Decked Out	Had Purple-rated gear or better equipped in every slot
Sabre Rattler	Killed 100 enemies with the Sabre turret
Phased and Confused	Phaselocked 100 enemies
So Much Blood!	Gunzerked continuously for 90 seconds
Cute Loot	Killed a Chubby
Tribute To A Vault Hunter	Got an item from Michael Mamaril
Definitely An Italian Plumber	Killed Donkey Mong
High-Flying Hurler	Killed a flying enemy with a thrown Tediore weapon
Token Gesture	Redeemed 25 tokens
Unseen Predator	Remained in Zero’s Deception mode for ten seconds straight
Build Buster	Killed a Constructor without it ever building another bot
How Do I Look?	Unlocked 10 customization items
Friendship Rules	Revived someone from “Fight for Your Life!” that is on your friends list
Better Than Money	Purchased 5 items from the black market
Up High, Down Low	Gave Claptrap a high five
Bounty Hunter	Completed 20 side missions
Did It All	Completed all side missions
First One’s Free	Completed the mission “My First Gun”
Dragon Slayer	Completed the mission “Best Minion Ever”
A Road Less Traveled	Completed the mission “The Road To Sanctuary”
New In Town	Completed the mission “Plan B”
An Old Flame	Completed the mission “Hunting The Firehawk”
No Man Left Behind	Completed the mission “A Dam Fine Rescue”
Wilhelm Screamed	Completed the mission “A Train To Catch”
Sky’s The Limit	Completed the mission “Rising Action”
Can See My House From Here	Completed the mission “Bright Lights, Flying City”
Farewell, Old Girl	Completed the mission “Wildlife Preservation”
Got The Band Back Together	Completed the mission “The Once and Future Slab”
Identity Theft	Completed the mission “The Man Who Would Be Jack”
An Angel’s Wish	Completed the mission “Where Angels Fear To Tread”
Bombs Away	Completed the mission “Toil And Trouble”
Knowing Is Half The Battle	Completed the mission “Data Mining”
Cool Story, Bro	Defeated Jack
What does it mean?	I can’t even capture it on my camera
Well That Was Easy	Completed the mission “Shoot This Guy in the Face”
Thresher Thrashed	Defeated Terramorphous the Invincible
Feels Like The First Time	Opened the chest at the bus stop in Fyrestone
Treasure Hunter	Completed the mission “X Marks the Spot”
Gadabout	Discovered all named locations in Oasis and the surrounding Pirate’s Booty zones
Completionist	Completed all Pirate’s Booty side missions
Explosive	Completed the mission “Long Way To The Top”
Motorhead	Completed all Campaign of Carnage side missions
Obsessed	Collected 10 pictures of Moxxi in Campaign of Carnage
Face Off	Completed the mission “The Fall of Nakayama”
Done That	Completed all Hammerlock’s Hunt side missions
Been There	Discovered all named locations in Hammerlock’s Hunt
I Totes Planned That Boss	Slew Mister Boney Pants Guy
Yaaaaaay	Introduced thyself to the White Knight
Shorty, You So Best	Completed thy quest by rescuing yonder queen
Girl’s Gotta Eat	Fed thy noble queen 3 times during one visit to her quarters
It’s Like That One Video	Showed thine worst enemy, the abomination known as “The Darkness,” who is the nerdiest of them all
They Was All “Hey That’s Mine”	Unsheathed 5 swords from Immortal Skeletaurs without leaving the area
Dang Girl You Ace At This Game	Won the most challenging round in Murderlin’s Temple
Hmmmmm	Wielded the Mysterious Amulet
Keep Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’	Demonstrated your skill, or lack thereof, at rolling the magical treasure orb of many sides
Make it Raaaaaid	Vanquished the Ancient Dragons of Destruction
Anyway, Here’s “Firewall”	Activate the Backburner’s firewall.
Chocolate Chip Confirmed	Allow Tiny Tina to arm the moonshot cannon.
Spicy Boy	Defeat Haderax the Invincible.
Decrypted!	Defeat the Dark Web.
3 or Bust	Complete the mission “Paradise Found”.
Painbow Connection	Equip effervescent-quality gear in all slots (except class mod).

Hunter Boyce

Hunter Boyce is a writer, which probably seems pretty obvious with "author" prominently displayed. He mostly writes about video games. However, he was previously a mixed martial arts news writer. When not writing about people pelting each other in the face or about leveling up in the latest RPG, he tends to spend his time as a web producer in Atlanta. You can shout all of your MMA and video game related quandaries at him at @SomthinClever on Twitter. Feel free to make your demands to him in ALL CAPS. He loves that.