Warhammer Survivors Achievements Guide: 100% Unlocks, Bosses, and Secrets

Master all 51 Warhammer Survivors achievements with our complete 100% roadmap covering secret unlocks, Extremis bosses, evolutions, and paint pots.

Surviving the endless grimdark swarms demands tactical precision, overwhelming firepower, and relentless endurance. Hunting down every unlock in this roguelite bullet-heaven title is a monumental task, especially with dozens of hidden challenges standing between you and ultimate victory. Mastering the complete list of Warhammer Survivors achievements requires a solid grasp of both Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar theaters of war.

Whether you are struggling against brutal Extremis monstrosities or trying to locate hidden relics scattered across cursed death worlds, completing all Warhammer Survivors achievements demands an organized strategy. This comprehensive achievement guide details every stage unlock, Extremis boss showdown, weapon evolution requirement, and collectible paint pot set to guide you on the path to 100% completion.

Roadmap to 100% Warhammer Survivors Achievements

The base game launches with 51 Steam achievements, spanning standard progression milestones, grueling boss encounters, and obscure exploratory secrets. Unlike many genre peers where unlocks trigger automatically through casual survival, community reports indicate that Warhammer Survivors enforces a significantly steeper difficulty curve. Early runs will punish reckless positioning, making meta-progression upgrades—particularly Toughness (health regeneration) and Redeployment (extra lives)—essential before tackling higher-tier challenges.

Achievement completion breaks down into five primary categories:

Arsenal & Evolutions: Upgrading and mutating base weapons into endgame ordnance.
Extremis & Stage Bosses: Slaying monstrous threats from both the 40K and Age of Sigmar rosters, including restricted Purity Mode clears.
Rescue Scenarios & Missions: Extracting stranded operatives and completing specialized map operations.
Citadel Paint Pots & Relics: Tracking down legendary modeling paints and ancient imperial or celestial artifacts across sprawling maps.
Roster Mastery: Recruiting, purchasing, and morphing characters across factions.

For detailed tracking and community milestone percentages, players often monitor the Steam Community achievement tracking pages to compare global completion rates and verify recent hotfix updates.

Boss & Extremis Encounter Achievements

The most demanding Warhammer Survivors achievements require hunting down notorious faction leaders and apocalyptic behemoths. Bosses appear either as scheduled wave summits (typically around the 10, 20, or 30-minute marks) or as specific targets in dedicated battle zones.

Extremis targets demand high burst damage and constant movement. If an Extremis encounter drags on too long, enrage mechanics increase the boss's movement speed and projectile density, making evasion nearly impossible.

40K and Age of Sigmar Boss Encounters

Achievement Name	Target Faction / Realm	Core Requirements & Strategy	Difficulty
Defeat a Carnifex	Tyranids (40K)	Survive wave assaults to spawn the Tyranid living battering ram. Maintain medium range to avoid its charging gore attack.	Moderate
Defeat Typhus	Death Guard (40K)	Evade his persistent miasma clouds and viral clouds while whittling down his massive decaying health pool.	Hard
Defeat Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka	Orks (40K)	Kite the Prophet of the Waaagh! through heavy AoE fire; watch out for rapid dakka bursts and charge phases.	Very Hard
Defeat the Norn Emissary	Tyranids (40K)	Dodge targeted psionic lances while clearing aggressive swarm escorts. High single-target DPS is vital.	Very Hard
Defeat Skarbrand	Chaos Daemons / Khorne	Do not attempt close-quarters combat. Use slowing effects and piercing ballistics to counter his surging fury.	Extreme
Defeat the Great Unclean One	Chaos Daemons / Nurgle	Avoid bile pools and vomited projectiles; continuous rotary damage or burning fields will counter his passive regeneration.	Hard
Defeat a Plague Furnace	Skaven (AoS)	Destroy the rolling engine of disease before toxic fumes cover the entire combat arena.	Moderate
Defeat a pair of Mangler Squigs	Gloomspite Gitz (AoS)	Stay on the perimeter. Mangler Squigs bounce erratically across the map, dealing crushing contact damage.	Moderate
Defeat a pair of Skull Cannons	Khorne (AoS / 40K)	Split their aggro and destroy them rapidly before their cross-firing artillery shells box your character in.	Moderate
Defeat Trugg the Troggoth King	Destruction (AoS)	Counter his magic-absorbing carapace with physical ballistic damage; keep moving when he smashes his club into the ground.	Hard
Defeat Vizzik Skour	Skaven (AoS)	Dodge his verminous death magic and clear swarms of clanrats to keep a clean line of sight on the master warlock.	Extreme
Defeat Grukk Face-Rippa	Orks (40K)	Focus down his personal nob bodyguards first to strip away damage mitigation buffs.	Moderate

Conquering Purity Mode

Two specific trophies will test your mechanical skill: defeating a 40K Extremis Boss with Purity Mode enabled, and defeating an Age of Sigmar Extremis Boss under the same condition. Purity Mode disables meta-progression passives, forcing you to rely entirely on in-run decisions, baseline character traits, and flawless dodging.

Player experience suggests utilizing high-mobility characters such as Malum Caedo or Sister operatives who benefit from built-in cool-down reductions and projectile rate bonuses. Prioritize early weapon upgrades over defensive trinkets, as dragging out an un-augmented Extremis fight guarantees defeat via swarm overwhelm.

Rescue Scenarios and Stage Completions

A sizable portion of the Warhammer Survivors achievements revolves around specialized rescue scenarios and completing hostile planetary sectors. During these runs, player maps display distant points of interest marked by rescue beacons or structural terminals.

To clear rescue scenarios, you must navigate through dense hostile lines, secure the designated extraction perimeter, eliminate all surrounding elite units, and escort or hold out until the extraction timer lapses.

Achievement Name	Map Setting	Primary Objective & Completion Conditions
Complete the Ork Stronghold rescue scenario	Ork Stronghold	Breach the greenskin forward compound, save captured units, and eliminate the garrison warlord.
Complete the Gallowdark rescue scenario	Space Hulk Gallowdark	Navigate claustrophobic corridor choke-points to rescue stranded boarding parties from Genestealer clutches.
Complete the Death World rescue scenario	Death World	Endure hazardous environmental terrain effects while extracting survival teams from local fauna.
Complete the Imperial Shipyard rescue scenario	Imperial Shipyard	Secure drydock control nodes, hold the perimeter, and free orbital deck crew members.
Complete the Imperial Bastion rescue scenario	Imperial Bastion	Hold the ramparts against escalating siege forces to safeguard Imperial command personnel.
Complete the Skrappa Spill rescue scenario	Scrap Basin	Sift through mechanical wastelands, surviving scrap barricade ambushes to rescue grease-guild operatives.
Complete the Twin-Tailed City rescue scenario	Twin-Tailed City (AoS)	Defend the holy district from corrupting incursions while evacuating Sigmarite civic leaders.
Complete the Bloodwind Spoil Rescue Scenario	Bloodwind Spoil (AoS)	Traverse the Eightpoints battlefield, holding sacrificial sites to liberate captive warriors.
Complete the Great Parch Rescue Scenario	Realm of Fire (AoS)	Battle blistering heat auras and fire cultists while securing mining guild outposts.
Complete the Under-Empire Rescue Scenario	Blighted Tunnels (AoS)	Penetrate Skaven burrows, destroy warpstone cages, and extract reconnaissance squads.
Complete the Warp	The Immaterium	Survive wave mutations and shifting reality mechanics to conquer the Warp stage finale.
Complete the Necropolis	Realm of Death (AoS)	Endure relentless undead legions across the necropolis wastes to unlock stage mastery.

Weapon Evolutions and Arsenal Mastery

Evolving weapons is critical to surviving beyond the 15-minute threshold. To earn the coveted achievement for having 6 evolved weapons at the same time, you must plan your loadout synergistically from level one.

How Evolution Functions

Upgrade your primary weapon to its maximum rank (typically Rank 7 or 8).
Acquire at least Rank 1 of the compatible passive support upgrade or accessory.
Defeat an elite enemy or mini-boss after the 10:00 match mark.
Open the dropped elite chest to trigger the weapon mutation.

Base Weapon (Max Level) + Matching Passive Upgrade + Post-10 Min Chest = Evolved Superweapon

Community reports frequently caution players against collecting reward chests prematurely; picking up an elite chest before both prerequisites are satisfied will merely award standard coin or single-tier upgrades, squandering an immediate evolution chance.

Base Weapon / Relic	Matching Passive Accessory	Resulting Evolved Weapon	Primary Tactical Effect
Chainsword / Chainsaw	Tape Measure (Size / Area)	Eviscerated Chainsaw	Massive sweeping cleave that inflicts devastating stacking Bleed ticks.
Lasgun	Projectile Speed / Munitions	Melta Beam Array	Converts single-target las-fire into sweeping thermal beams that incinerate armor.
Storm Eagle Rocket	Munitions Logistics / Range	Evolved Storm Eagle Rocket	Launch-burst rocket volleys with massive area-of-effect concussive blast radii.
Uskavar the Sunderer	Retaliation / Strength Seal	Evolved Uskavar the Sunderer	Earth-shattering melee shockwaves that scale directly with player damage reduction.
Nuln Oil Spill	Liquid Green Stuff / Potency	Nuln Flood Vortex	Pools of corrosive shade paint that continually melt incoming swarm waves.
High Explosive D6 Dice	High Roller Luck / Gold Seal	Sanctified Polyhedral Battery	High-velocity bouncing explosives with guaranteed critical strike bursts.

Unlocking the achievement for holding six evolved armaments in a single run requires strict accessory discipline. Avoid picking up utility passives that do not pair with your weapons until all six evolution pairings are secured in your inventory slots.

Collectibles: Paint Pots, Relics, and Secret Unlocks

A signature thematic element woven into the Warhammer Survivors achievements is tracking down miniature paint pots, classic imperial tools, and mystical tomes. These items appear as fixed map spawns, hidden breakable rewards, or milestone unlocks.

Citadel Paint Pot Sets

Collecting Citadel paints unlocks standard faction characters, morphs, and special traits.

Paint Pot Tracker:
[ ] Set A: Leadbelcher (Solo Milestone)
[ ] Set B: Abaddon Black, Leadbelcher, Mephiston Red, Rakarth Flesh
[ ] Set C: Leadbelcher, Abaddon Black, Agrax Earthshade, Mechanicus Standard Grey
[ ] Set D: Abaddon Black, Agrax Earthshade, Celestra Grey, Reikland Fleshshade, Retributor Armour, MacCragge Blue
[ ] Universal: Collect any 12 Warhammer Paint Pots total

Achievement Target	Required Items	Unlocking Method & Lore Note
Paint Collector: Leadbelcher	Leadbelcher Pot	Destroy scrap barrels across industrial sectors to uncover this metallic staple.
Base Paint Arsenal	Abaddon Black, Leadbelcher, Mephiston Red, Rakarth Flesh	Explore perimeter corners of Death World and Shipyard levels to assemble this core set.
Industrial Pigments	Leadbelcher, Abaddon Black, Agrax Earthshade, Mechanicus Standard Grey	Found inside Imperial Bastion storage containers and Ork vehicle wreckage.
Master Painter Set	Abaddon Black, Agrax Earthshade, Celestra Grey, Reikland Fleshshade, Retributor Armour, MacCragge Blue	Collect all six across high-tier rescue missions to unlock custom veteran chapter heraldry.
Twelve Pots of Glory	Any 12 Total Paint Pots	Awarded cumulatively throughout your career as you discover paint drops in breakables.

Ancient Relics and Stage Secrets

Locating hidden relics requires exploring dangerous outer map zones rather than sticking safely in the center.

Find the Auspex in the Desert Wasteland: Move south-west from the starting drop point in the Desert Wasteland. The scanner is tucked between rocky outcroppings.
Find the Book of Tzeentch on the Death World: Head toward the northern anomalous ruins on the Death World map; defeat the surrounding sorcerous horrors to secure the grimoire.
Find The Emperor's Tarot in the Imperial Shipyard: Located in the observation command tower at the map’s eastern edge; grants progress toward the full tarot card collection.
Find the Arcanoscope in the Twin-Tailed City: Search the central plaza fountain ruins in the Sigmarite city stage.
Find the Celestial Orrery in the Under Empire: Delve into the lowest sub-levels of the Skaven warrens to retrieve this astrological engine.
Use the Arcanoscope to find the Eye of Tzeentch in Gnarlwood: Equip the acquired Arcanoscope relic during a run in Gnarlwood to reveal the cloaked portal housing the Eye.
Turn on all the Astropathic Relays: Activate all four broadcasting arrays scattered across the Imperial fortress map in a single session.

Roster, Economy, and Character Milestones

Beyond raw survival, several Warhammer Survivors achievements track economic trades, character conversions, and unique NPC interactions.

Unlock every standard character: Complete specific stage survivals (e.g., reaching 20 minutes with baseline operatives) and satisfy objective lists to assemble the full roster.
Morph a character: Available in the hub armory once you combine matching character tokens with required paint pots, evolving standard units into legendary chapter variants.
Defeat a total of 100 Ork Vehicles: Target Ork-controlled stages such as Skrappa Spill and Ork Stronghold; concentrate high-penetration weapons like evolved Lasguns or Storm Eagle Rockets on incoming Warbuggies and Trukks.
Buy Balphamus Vaulk as a playable character from Balphamus Vaulk: Locate the wandering merchant NPC Balphamus Vaulk during a run while playing with a massive gold reserve, then purchase his contract directly from his own wares screen.
Trade Agreements with Brokk Grungsson & Drekki Flynt: Purchase both Kharadron Overlords trade pacts across every compatible realm stage to cement ultimate resource generation.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hardest achievement in Warhammer Survivors?

Community consensus ranks defeating Extremis bosses in Purity Mode as the most difficult feat. Because Purity Mode disables purchased meta-progression passives like bonus armor, rerolls, and wound regeneration, players must rely purely on flawless dodging, situational positioning, and optimal RNG leveling.

Can weapon evolutions be triggered before the 10-minute mark?

Based on player experience, elite chests collected prior to the 10-minute mark will generally not evolve your weapon even if your base weapon is at maximum level and possesses the corresponding passive. Always hold off on opening boss chests until after 10:00 has elapsed on the match timer.

How do I complete all Warhammer Survivors achievements for paint pots quickly?

To expedite paint pot collection, invest heavily in the Luck and Item Magnet meta-stats in the main hub. Higher Luck increases the chance that map destructibles (crates, urns, and barrels) will drop paint pots rather than minor coin pickups or health stims.

Does playing in co-op disable Warhammer Survivors achievements?

Multiplayer clears and achievements register normally across supported lobbies; however, special condition unlocks like Purity Mode must be selected by the lobby host, and individual objectives—such as picking up specific relics like the Book of Tzeentch—must be gathered during an active session to count toward personal profile progress.