Fallout 4has dozens of achievements included in the base game and its DLC packages. Many of them revolve around completing the various main quests and those for the game’s factions. That means achievement and trophy hunters will need to complete multiple playthroughs to get them all. There are also some that appeal to collectors and explorers, requiring intense scouring of the game’s map.
Several of these achievements stand out as harder than the rest, requiring either more time, effort, or luck to complete. These can stump players and hold them back from 100% completion of the game; though,luckily, there are some ways to get around the difficulty of these achievements.These areFallout 4’s ten hardest achievements to complete, along with some methods to get through them more easily.
10Prankster’s Return Requirements Some Prior Skill Point Investments
Experience And A Bit Of Luck
The Prankster’s Return achievement is a callback to one frompreviousFalloutgames, which saw players place an active explosive in someone’s pocket. The goal remains the same here, asthe challenge will only be completed when the player successfully pickpockets a grenade or mine into the inventory of an NPC.
The difficulty here is twofold. First,players must have at least two points in the Pickpocketing perk, one that many players usually overlook. It’s easy enough to access, since it only requires players to have one point in perception to reach, but rarely will anyone invest points in this perk except for the sake of this achievement. Next, players must acquire an explosive and successfully put it in the pocket of an NPC, which has a good chance of failure every time. Ultimately, this will blow up whatever poor soul you are pickpocketing, so don’t do this to any important characters.
9Touchdown! Doesn’t Have An Obvious Goal
You’ll Probably Get This One By Accident
Touchdown! is an odd case, because while the actual accomplishment of this achievement isn’t super difficult, it can be difficult for players to even realize what it is they need to do. The description, “score a touchdown,” is hardly helpful, andplayers who see it next to the Home Run achievement might assume it similarly has to do with finding and using ancient sports equipment.
10 Hardest Fallout 4 Enemies, Ranked
Fallout 4 is packed with tough enemies and beasts for the Sole Survivor to face as they explore, but few offer as hard a fight as these creatures.
But no. The Touchdown! achievement simplyrequires that the player be killed by a mini nuke, either by a Super Mutant Suicider or by an enemy wielding a Fat Man launcher. Blowing one’s self up does not work, though interestingly, the game will sometimes count it as complete if a follower is downed by an enemy explosion. The title of the achievement is in reference to how the Suiciders spike their mini nuke into the ground when in melee range of a player, and the mini-nuke’s football-like shape.
8…The Harder They Fall Is The Most Combat-Heavy Achievement
Hunting Down The Game’s Biggest Foes
The next achievement, …The Harder They Fall, is the first on this list that will require some amount of combat prowess. It entails hunting down and killing 5 giant monsters in the wastelands, fearsome foes that won’t die easily.Onlyboss monsters like Super Mutant Behemothsand Mirelurk Queens actually count toward this achievement,meaning that hunting Fog Crawlers and Hermit Crabs in Far Harbor won’t do anything for you here.
These kills will only count toward the achievement if the player deals the last bit of damage, so cheesing these beasts by leading them into groups of Brotherhood Knights or relying on your companions won’t work.
Finding these foes isn’t necessarily the problem, as plenty can be found all across the map. But taking them on is another matter entirely, sinceeach possesses powerful ranged and melee attacks that can kill the player quickly, especially on higher difficulties.They’re also faster than one would expect, and rarely alone. The best strategy for taking them on is to find areas to lay down mines to cripple their legs, before shooting from cover and moving backward when necessary.
7Docile Takes Time And The Right Equipment
A Tough Challenge Out Of The Wasteland Workshop
The Wasteland Workshop is one of three DLC packages forFallout 4that introduce new settlement features and mechanics. It primarily focuses oncapturing and taming the creatures of the wastes, such as Radstags, Yao Guai, and Deathclaws. Players can construct cages and lure these creatures into them to secure them at different settlement locations.
So not only does this achievement require multiple levels of investment, but also several rare components, and the time it takes for five creatures to get trapped.
But capturing the critters is only half the battle for the Docile achievement. Players must alsotame their captive mutants using a beta wave emitter,another settlement feature which can only be built by those with the Wasteland Whisperer and Animal Friend perks. So not only does this achievement require multiple levels of investment, but also several rare components, and the time it takes for five creatures to get trapped. The nice thing is that certain tamed creatures can be used to guard your settlements, so there is a nice payoff to this one.
6Legend Of The Wastes Requires Some Serious Commitment
The Sole Survivor Keeps On Surviving
Legend of the Wastes is pretty straightforward as far as achievements go, simply requiring the player to reach level 50. But this is easier said than done, asreaching such a high level takes plenty of exploring, fighting, and the completion of quests. For players on lower difficulty modes, where leveling up is less frequent, this achievement will likely take nearly the whole main quest’s runtime to reach.
Many previousFalloutgames had level caps that would have made level 50 impossible, but notFallout 4. you may level up as high as you wish, as long as you keep gathering experience.
Of course, playing onhigher difficulties like Survival modewill make one level up faster, making it much more feasible to reach this high of a level. And there’s a plethora of options to choose from when it comes to gaining experience. InFallout,everything from crafting to killing to finding new locations will build up progress towards a new level. The higher a character’s intelligence, the faster they will gather experience; or, for players with the Idiot Savant perk, lower intelligence will provide an increased chance of random experience gains.
5…They’re Action Figures Will Take Some Serious Exploration
Finding Every Vault Boy Bobblehead
Across all the first-personFalloutgames, collecting the Vault Boy Bobbleheads has been an optional challenge that provides players with some helpful buffs. There aretwenty in total, each representing one of the 7 SPECIAL attributes and the 13 subskillspresent in the games beforeFallout 4.These bobbleheads are scattered all across the map in all sorts of hiding spots, and being small, they are easy to miss.
All 20 Bobblehead Locations In Fallout 4
Getting all 20 bobbleheads in Fallout 4 can take a long time if you don’t know where to look, but the bonuses they give make the search worth it.
Fallout 4has a few bobbleheads in easy-to-find locations, such as the Museum of Freedom or Vault 114, but many of them are located in optional ruins and points of interest towards the exit. It takes a careful eye (and probably a guide) to locate each of them, which is necessary for the …They’re Action Figures achievement.
4Beverageer Requires A Good Deal Of Experimentation
Having Fun In Nuka-World
TheNuka-WorldDLC for the gameprovides a whole new map to explore, all centered around an abandoned Nuka-Cola theme park. Part of the new mechanics that the game introduced wasthe ability for players to mix and match Nuka-Cola flavors, creating new consumables with unique effects when drunk.
A Nuka-Mixer station is required to do this, though they are easy enough to build and also already present in several parts of the park.The Beverageer achievement requires players to make twenty different new flavor combinations,each of which requires specific ingredients and, in most cases, a recipe. Only five of the fifteen D.I.Y. Colas come preloaded in the player’s toolkit, so the other fifteen must be found in the park. The best strategy here is to pick up and store every Cola you come across, since they are the main ingredients in these custom versions, and thoroughly explore each section of the theme park for recipe books.
A good Follow-Up To Beverageer
All Sugared Up is a natural follow-up to the previous achievement, since it requires players tokill forty Nuka-World creatures while under the effects of Nuka-Colas. The thing is that only custom Colas count for the sake of this achievement, and similarly to …The Harder They Fall, players must land the last hit.
Why Nuka-Cola Is So Important In Fallout
Nuka-Cola is extremely important to surviving Fallout’s wasteland, and the surprising reason for its significance made it an icon of the franchise.
Two things make this especially hard. One, on top of the custom Colas between tedious to create, many of their effects don’t last that long. Two, the types of creatures that count for this are not clear, as certain mutants unique to Nuka-World are still counted as variants of Commonwealth critters. The best thing to do is toprepare several Nuka-Sunrises, which last the longest and provide combat benefits,and start by hunting down the near-twenty Gatorclaws in the Safari area of the park.
2Eyes On The Prize Takes An Unreasonable Amount Of Time
A Serious Jump In Difficulty
Of all ofFallout 4’s achievements, Eyes On THe Prize will likely take the longest regardless of what players do. It’s another one unique to the Nuka-World DLC, and it requires players toearn 100,000 tickets at the Nuka-Cade. This borders on absurdity, as most methods of acquiring tickets provide only a couple hundred at a time at best, meaning dozens if not hundreds of games must be played.
Several large rolls of tickets can be found around the different areas of the park, though not nearly enough to reach the 100,000 goal.
Unfortunately, there isn’t a real trick to this.The fastest game to play and win tickets from is Bandit Roundup,which requires players to shoot targets as they move through a small course. This can be done easilywith an explosive weapon, ensuring maximum points and close to 1,000 tickets per game. Play it 100 times, and this achievement is yours.
1Benevolent Leader Is The Most Difficult Achievement By Far
Keeping The Commonwealth Happy
Benevolent Leader is the most difficult achievement to unlock inFallout 4, and it isn’t even close. Most of these achievement are tedious or require a lot of investment, but they are doable. Benevolent Leader is one that, for some players, seems impossible to achieve, even when all the right steps are taken. Essentially,it requires that a large settlement reach the maximum happiness level of 100, which is much easier said than done.
Certain NPCs, like Mr. Handys and Mama Murphy, cannot ever reach 100 happiness, making this goal impossible to reach in settlements where they are present.
If all the needs of the settlers in a location are met in terms of food, water, shelter, and defense, the settlement will cap out at 80 happiness. To get higher than that,players must build shops, add animals, or build some of the happiness-inducing contraptions from the Vault-Tec Workshop DLC. This all takes considerable resources and funds to accomplish, as well as time. The happiness of a settlement rises as players spend more time playing, and it can take real-life hours for a settlement to go from 80 to 100 happiness. It’s one of the biggest pains inFallout 4to accomplish, and has no real effect in-game.
