Borderlands Achievements…and How to Get Them
Part of the fun of playing Borderlands is completing all of the challenges, and gaining all of the Achievements. Here is a list of all the achievements in the original game, and DLC, for Xbox 360 and PS3 (no Steam achievements for Borderlands) and some tips on how to add them to your arsenal of accomplishments!
Zombie Island of Dr. Ned
Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot
Secret Armory of General Knoxx
| Name | Description | Xbox 360 Game Points
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Playstation 3 Trophies | How to Get It |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid in Fyrestone | Complete 5 missions in the Arid Badlands | 5 | Bronze | ‘Nuff said. Find 5 quests and complete them. Collect quests from Dr. Zed, T.K. Baha and the Bounty Board in Fyrestone |
| Made in Fyrestone | Complete all missions in the Arid Badlands | 15 | Bronze | Rust Commons are outside the town of New Haven |
| Paid in New Haven | Complete 5 missions in the Rust Commons | 10 | Bronze | See the Missions list to plan this Achievement |
| Made in New Haven | Complete all missions in the Rust Commons | 20 | Bronze | See the Missions list to plan this Achievement |
| My Brother is an Italian Plumber | Kill an enemy by stomping on its head | 15 | Bronze | You do minor damage when your character physically jumps on a baddy. Go to Fyrestone in the Arid badlands and (if you’re not too powerful already) damage a LVL 2 Skag until it’s near dead then jump on it until you kill it |
| Speedy McSpeederton | Race around the
Ludicrous Speedway in under 31 seconds |
10 | Bronze | Ludicrous Speedway is in southern portion of Dahl Headlands; correlates with the quest “Death Race Pandora” |
| You call this archaeology? | Apply an elemental artifact | 20 | Bronze | Complete the Shock Crystal Harvest Quest to get an elemental artifact |
| Ding! Newbie | Earn level 5 (5,376 XP) |
5 | Bronze | |
| Ding! Novice | Earn level 10 (37,798 XP) |
10 | Bronze | |
| Ding! Expert | Earn level 20 (263,595 XP) |
20 | Bronze | |
| Ding! Hardcore | Earn level 30 (820,463 XP) |
30 | Bronze | |
| Ding! Sleepless | Earn level 40 (1,836,137 XP) |
40 | Bronze | |
| Ding! Champion | Earn level 50 (3,429,728 XP) |
50 | Bronze | |
| Discovered Skag Gully | Discover Skag Gully | 5 | Bronze | Exit Fyrestone by the “Catch a Ride” station and go left |
| Discovered Sledge’s Safe House | Discover Sledge’s Safe House | 5 | Bronze | |
| Discovered Headstone Mine | Discover Headstone Mine | 5 | Bronze | |
| Discovered Trash Coast | Discover Trash Coast | 5 | Bronze | |
| Discovered The Scrapyard | Discover The Scrapyard | 10 | Bronze | |
| Discovered Krom’s Canyon | Discover Krom’s Canyon | 10 | Bronze | |
| Discovered Crimson Lance Enclave | Discover Crimson Lance Enclave | 15 | Bronze | |
| Discovered Eridian Promontory | Discover Eridian Promontory | 15 | Bronze | |
| Get A Little Blood on the Tires | Kill 25 enemies by ramming them with any vehicle | 20 | Bronze | Once you finish the Catch-a-Ride missions do a little run around the Arid Badlands, and run over everything you see |
| Rootinest, Tootinest, Shootinest | Kill 5 Rakk in under 10 seconds
|
10 | Bronze | Find a Rakk hive in the Arid Badlands and let them all come towards you one at a time. Shoot away! (Easier when you’re above LVL 10) |
| Pandora-dog Millionaire | Earn $1,000,000 | 50 | Silver | Do all your quests and sell, sell, sell. Pick up any item that is dropped and sell like a fool |
| Fence | Sell 50 guns to a shop | 25 | Bronze | Pick up any items (or dupe a few if you have a buddy) and sell, sell, sell! |
| Can’t We Get BEYOND Thunderdome? | Win an Arena match | 25 | Bronze | There are three arenas, one in the Arid Badlands by T.K. Baha/Fyrestone |
| Duel-icious | Win a duel against another player | 15 | Bronze | Go to your Game Options and turn on Accept Duels, walk up and melee attack another player, they will melee you back to accept your challenge |
| Group LF Healer | Rescue a groupmate from death in a co-op game | 25 | Bronze | Stay close to your teammate. When their health bar starts screaming red and flashing exclamation point, run up to them and you will get the option to Heal them (square on PS3). Press and hold until they get a second wind |
| There’s No “I” In “Team” | Complete 15 missions in co-op | 30 | Bronze | Talk a buddy into buying Borderlands. The person who is the lowest level should host the game so they don’t get locked out of quests that the other may have already completed. |
| And They’ll Tell Two Friends | Play in a co-op game with either an employee of Gearbox or someone who has this achievement | 10 | Silver | |
| Weapon Aficionado | Reach proficiency level 10 with any weapon type | 20 | Bronze | |
| Duelinator | Win a duel without taking damage | 35 | Silver | |
| Facemelter | Kill 25 enemies with corrosive weapons | 25 | Bronze | |
| 1.21 Gigawatts | Kill 25 enemies with shock weapons | 25 | Bronze | |
| Pyro | Kill 25 enemies with incendiary weapons | 25 | Bronze | |
| Master Exploder | Kill 25 enemies with explosive weapons | 15 | Bronze | |
| There are some who call me…Tim | Equip a class mod for your character | 25 | Bronze | |
| Fully Loaded | Rescue enough Claptraps to earn 42 inventory slots | 10 | Bronze |
10 Claptrap missions |
| Truly Outrageous | Kill an enemy with the Siren’s action skill | 15 | Bronze | Lilith’s Phasewalk causes a damaging shockwave |
| Careful, He Bites | Kill 15 enemies with the Hunter’s action skill | 15 | Bronze | Kill enemies with the Mordechai the Hunter’s Bloodwing |
| Reckless Abandon | Kill 15 enemies with the Berserker’s action skill | 15 | Bronze | Go Berserk with Brick’s Berserker action skill |
| Down in Front! | Kill 15 enemies with the Soldier’s action skill | 15 | Bronze | Set up Roland’s sentry gun, the Scorpio Turret |
| 12 Days of Pandora | Mastered the technology of Pandora (12 Combat Rifle Kills, 11 Pistol Kills, 10 shotgun kills, 9 SMG kills, 8 sniper rifle kills, 7 melee kills, 6 critical hit kills, 5 explosive kills, 4 shock kills, 3 incendiary kills, 2 faces melted, 1 grenade kill) |
30 | Bronze | Use a corrosive weapon for the 2 faces melted, Critical Hit is easily achieved with the Hunter Mordechai as he has skills involving increased critical hit, otherwise aim for the head on humans, stomach on spiderants, mouth on skags |
| Wanted: Sledge | Killed Sledge | 10 | Silver | Follow the flow of the Sledge quests, Sledge is Level 18 |
| Wanted: Krom | Killed Krom | 20 | Silver | Found in Krom’s Canyon atop a badass weapon turret, Krom is Level 25 (Gain extra XP if he dies after you knock him off his turret). Sniper rifles at the turret seemed to do the trick, make sure you have good cover, though! |
| Wanted: Flynt | Killed Flynt | 30 | Silver | Found in the Salt Flats |
| Destroyed the Hive | Killed the Rakk Hive | 40 | Silver | |
| Destroyed the Destroyer | Killed the Vault Boss | 50 | Gold | Big bad guy at the end. How to get it? Lots of bullets |
| United We Stand | Defeated the Rakk Hive, the Vault Boss, Sledge, Krom, or Flynt in a co-op game | 35 | Gold | |
| You’re on a boat! | I bet you never thought you’d be here | 15 | Bronze | In Treacher’s Landing find a docked boat around the corner of a beach-like area. There is sort of keyhole area through a rock you go through. The boat is decorated with Christmas Lights. Step onto it for this achievement. |
| Borderlands Defender | You have defeated all bosses and are a powerful force to be reckoned with | PS3 Only | Platinum |
| Name | Description | Xbox 360 Game Points
|
Playstation 3 Trophies | How to Get It |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House of the Ned | Completed the “House of Ned” missions | 25 | Bronze | Complete the mission to easily get your achievement |
| Jakobs Fodder | Completed “Jakobs Fodder” misssion | 25 | Bronze | Complete the mission to easily get your achievement |
| Night of the Living Ned | Killed Ned…sort of | 1 | Silver | |
| Ned’s Undead, Baby | Killed Ned. Again. | 49 | Gold | |
| Braaaaaaaaaaaaains! | Completed “Braaaaaaaaaaaaains!” misssion | 25 | Silver | Complete the mission to easily get your achievement |
| Name | Description | Xbox 360 Game Points
|
Playstation 3 Trophies | How to Get It |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Tournament | Completed the lesser challenge in all 3 coliseums | 10 | Bronze | This second DLC is pure arena matches |
| Hell-Burbia | Completed the larger challenge in the Hell-Burbia coliseum | 25 | Silver | |
| The Angelic Ruins | Completed the larger challenge in The Angelic Ruins coliseum | 25 | Silver | |
| The Gully | Completed the larger challenge in The Gully coliseum | 25 | Silver | |
| Big Tournament | Completed each of the larger challenges in all 3 coliseums | 40 | Gold |
The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
| Name | Description | Xbox 360 Game Points
|
Playstation 3 Trophies | How to Get It |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making a Monster | Build the New Car: Monster | 10 | Bronze | Unlocked after “Grease Monkey” mission is completed |
| Athena, Out | Rescue Athena | 25 | Bronze | Unlocked after “Prison Break: Try Not to Get Shanked mission” is completed |
| Depot Demolition | Destroy the Lance Depot | 25 | Bronze | During “Loot Larceny” mission |
| Vincible | Kill Crawmerax the Invincible | 50 | Silver | Unlocked after “You.Will.Die” mission is completed |
| Sneaky Little Buggers | Kill each of the loot midgets | 25 | Bronze | Kill one of each loot midget: Meat Popsicle, Truxican Wrestler, Mini Steve, Crimsom Shorty and Dumpster Diver |
| Speed Kills | Destroy a Lancer while in a Racer | 25 | Bronze | Complete “You’ve Got Moxxi: Moxxi’s Red Light mission” to get Racer; shoot and destroy a Crimsom Lancer |
| Ding! Overleveled | Reach Level 51 | 15 | Silver | |
| Ding! Overleveled to 11 | Reach Level 61 | 40 | Bronze | |
| Completionist | Complete all missions in Secret Armory | 25 | Bronze | Complete all missions in Secret Armory |
| Secret Achievement – Sucker Born Every Minute | Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement | 10 | Bronze | During “Code Breaker: Time is Bullets” in the Sunken Sea, go to house next to World’s Largest Bullet, deposit 8 million in a box with dollar sign on it |