Want 100% completion in Dying Light: The Beast? The game features 30 achievements designed to unlock through regular play, with story trophies popping naturally and the rest easily cleaned up in free roam after the credits. Use Survivor Sense throughout your run to quickly spot loot, collectibles, and points of interest.

Key facts for 100% completion (time, difficulty, missables)

Before you start, keep these parameters in mind to plan an efficient run:

  • Total achievements: 30. No multiplayer requirements and no difficulty-specific trophies.
  • Estimated time to 100%: roughly 40–60 hours, depending on cleanup and collectible routing.
  • Missables: none. Story trophies are unmissable, and you can free-roam after finishing the main questline.
  • Post-game: all remaining gameplay, location, and collectible achievements can be completed after the story.
  • Tip: keep an eye on your Survivor Sense to find collectibles and optional activities faster.

Story achievements (unlock during campaign)

The following unlock automatically as you progress through the main quests:

  • Free at Last — Escape from the Baron’s bunker.
  • Experiment on the Loose — Defeat your first Chimera.
  • New Friends — Save the survivors at the Town Hall.
  • Craftsman’s Apprentice — Install your first weapon mod.
  • Largo Embargo — Discover the Baron’s sabotage.
  • Less Obedient — Get a mountain dropped onto your head.
  • Enhanced Telepathy — Survive the test field experiment.
  • There You Are! — Capture “The Beast.”
  • Glimpse Into the Future — Complete the main story.

Combat and skill achievements (methods that work)

Iconic (kill with a Dropkick)

Step 1: Unlock the Dropkick skill once it’s available early in the game. It appears shortly after you’ve fought your first Chimera.

Step 2: Weaken a single infected to low health to avoid accidental knockdowns that don’t finish the target.

Step 3: Use Dropkick (run + jump + double press E) to deliver the killing blow and pop the achievement.

Apex Predator (kill a Volatile)

Step 1: Engage at night or in dark interiors where Volatiles spawn. Bring strong weapons and a few medkits.

Step 2: Lure the Volatile to a UV-protected safe zone entrance. The UV weakens it and gives you room to reset.

Step 3: Fight in short bursts, retreat to the safe zone to heal when low, and use Beast Mode for fast damage.

Gunslinger (6 revolver headshots in 20 seconds)

Step 1: Acquire a revolver from the Town Hall shop or through exploration. Stock up on ammunition via shops or convoy encounters.

Step 2: Find a slow-moving group of walkers. Aim for clean, close-range headshots to avoid misses.

Step 3: Fire in a controlled cadence. Reload before you start, then commit to six headshots inside the 20-second window.

Hexakosioihexekontahexa (666 Beast-power kills)

Step 1: Frequently trigger Beast Mode during large horde encounters to register many kills per activation.

Step 2: Prioritize dense areas and events for faster progress. The counter is cumulative across the playthrough.

Ultimate Survivor (max Survival skills) and Ultimate Beast (max Beast skills)

Step 1: Earn XP through quests, combat, and open-world activities to fill out the Survival skill lines as you approach endgame.

Step 2: Advance the Beast skill tree by progressing the campaign and defeating Chimera types, then allocate points until the tree is fully unlocked.

Vehicle and traversal achievements

I Still Don’t Approve of Mindless Fun (500 vehicle kills)

Step 1: Invest a few skill points into your vehicle to improve survivability and control.

Step 2: Use long, open roads and dense hordes. Drive through clustered infected to build kills quickly and safely.

Sunday Morning Run (run 10,000 meters)

Step 1: Spend time on foot between objectives instead of relying solely on your vehicle to accumulate distance.

Step 2: Parkour routes in towns and forests naturally push the counter; this will unlock during normal exploration.

Kylin McCrane (gold in all Travis’s races)

Step 1: Complete the side content that reveals race locations, then run each course once to learn the layout.

Step 2: Optimize your line and restarts. Small route corrections and consistent driving are usually enough for gold.

Crafting and maintenance achievements

Blacksmith (repair weapons 50 times)

Step 1: When a weapon’s durability drops, open your inventory and repair it using the required materials.

Step 2: Rotate through multiple melee weapons over time. Since each item has limited repairs, you’ll naturally hit 50 total.

Craftsman’s Apprentice (install a weapon mod)

Step 1: After receiving your first mod from Town Hall progression, open your inventory.

Step 2: Select a compatible weapon and apply the mod to unlock the achievement.

Craftsman (upgrade all blueprints to maximum)

Step 1: Collect Manual Pages and upgrade materials from Dark Zones and side quests. These are the main sources for blueprint upgrades.

Step 2: Upgrade each blueprint to its top tier. This is resource-heavy and likely one of your final cleanups.

Firefighter (112 flamethrower kills)

Step 1: Unlock the flamethrower via the Survival skill tree to gain its crafting option.

Step 2: Conserve fuel and use it on tightly packed groups to register multiple kills per burst.

Exploration and location achievements

We’re Safe Here! (activate all safe zones)

Step 1: Clear each safe zone of enemies, then power the generator to activate the UV lights.

Step 2: Expect 22 safe zones across the open world. Any missed zones can be handled post-story.

And Then There Was Light (activate all transformer stations)

Step 1: Locate all nine transformer stations marked by tower-style icons on the map.

Step 2: Power them up one by one; you can route these while pursuing nearby quests and races.

Crane on a Monument (reach a high vantage point)

Step 1: Head to the memorial on the Hill of Heroes.

Step 2: Climb to the top to unlock the achievement and enjoy the view.

Collectibles and lore achievements (what to find and where)

Cabinet of Curiosities (find all collectibles)

This meta-achievement unlocks once all individual collectible sets below are complete. Track progress from the Collectibles tab in your inventory.

Know What ‘Castor’ Means? (all Beavers)

  • Monastery.
  • Town Hall.
  • Art Gallery.
  • Library.
  • Power Plant.
  • CWIP Industrial Park.
  • Pharmacy Dark Zone.
  • Auto Repair Shop.
  • Memorial Hill of Heroes.
  • National Park Mountain Shelter.
  • St. Valentine Asylum.

And Don’t Forget to Wash Your Hands (all “Hidden Truths with Spark” podcasts)

  • Inn safe zone.
  • House opposite the library.
  • Station Square Apartment.
  • Old Hideout safe zone.
  • Restaurant by the Asylum Island Tower.
  • Abandoned House safe zone.
  • Villa opposite the Pharmacy Dark Zone.
  • Highway bus refuge.

What Happened at the Asylum (Asylum secrets)

Thoroughly search St. Valentine Asylum and collect files on: Subject Otto, Subject Hans, Subject Helga, Subject Kurt, Subject Ingrid, and Subject Maria.

Family Picture (Fischer family clippings)

Two newspaper clippings: St. Valentine’s Asylum and Town Hall.

Quick-reference checklist (all 30 achievement names)

  • Free at Last.
  • Experiment on the Loose.
  • New Friends.
  • Craftsman’s Apprentice.
  • Largo Embargo.
  • Less Obedient.
  • Enhanced Telepathy.
  • There You Are!.
  • Glimpse Into the Future.
  • Iconic.
  • I Still Don’t Approve of Mindless Fun.
  • Gunslinger.
  • Apex Predator.
  • Blacksmith.
  • Firefighter.
  • Sunday Morning Run.
  • Hexakosioihexekontahexa.
  • Craftsman.
  • Ultimate Survivor.
  • Ultimate Beast.
  • Know What ‘Castor’ Means?.
  • And Don’t Forget to Wash Your Hands.
  • What Happened at the Asylum.
  • Family Picture.
  • Cabinet of Curiosities.
  • Good Samaritan.
  • Crane on a Monument.
  • We’re Safe Here!.
  • And Then There Was Light.
  • Kylin McCrane.

Complete the story, clear side content as you go, then switch to focused cleanup using the lists above. With free roam and Survivor Sense, the final few trophies come together quickly.