THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

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100% Achievement Guide
By TotemMX
Welcome to this guide (version 1.01). The game has 49 Achievements.

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The always updated version of this guide is at https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2756008027
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Story Mode
Thank You for Playing!
Cleared Story Mode for the first time.


You can change the number of rounds and difficulty in Options > Game, then setup to 1 round (default is 3) to make Story Mode faster. CPU level = 1 for easy fights.


Reach for the Top!
Cleared Story Mode with 3 official teams.


There are 13 Official teams, you can manualy select the characters or pick one from the "Registered Team" menu at the top of the screen.

You get the achievement after Clear Story with 3 Official Team.


Burning to Fight!
Cleared Story Mode with 5 official teams.


There are 13 Official teams, you can manualy select the characters or pick one from the "Registered Team" menu at the top of the screen.

You get the achievement after Clear Story with 5 Official Team.


Now or Never!
Cleared Story Mode with 10 official teams.


There are 13 Official teams, you can manualy select the characters or pick one from the "Registered Team" menu at the top of the screen.

You get the achievement after Clear Story with 10 Official Team.

Who's Next?
Cleared Story Mode with all random characters.


In Team (character) selection, you need to pick the option "Character Random" in the bottom right. Team Random doesnt work for this achievement.


High-Scorer!
Achieved an SS clear rank in Story Mode.


You need Score around 300k points in a match. You dont need to perfect all rounds, but you need a fair amount of HP (Life Bonus) and defeat whole team with 1 character (Streak Bonus). Set lowest difficult for easy fights.

Options > Game, then CPU level = 1.

Training
Daily Grind
Trained in Training Mode.


Go to Training mode from main menu. Pick characters for Player 1 and Player 2, as soon as the mode loads, you will get the achievement.

Online Mode
Repeater
Fought online 10 times (excl. Room matches).


Casual and Ranked matches Only. Just finish 10 matches.

Regular Customer
Fought online 30 times (excl. Room matches).


Casual and Ranked matches Only. Just finish 30 matches.

OK!
Achieved your first victory online (excl. Room matches).


Casual and Ranked matches Only. Win a match.

Sup
Won 10 ranked matches.


Win 10 matches in Ranked Mode.

Piece of Cake!
Won 30 ranked matches.


Win 30 matches in Ranked Mode.

Start of a Legend
Achieved your first ranked-match winning streak.


Get 2 wins in a row in Ranked Mode.

Master
Reached rank 16.


The first time you enter Ranked Match Mode, you are asked if want to play a 3 Tutorial Battles to determine your rank. If you skip it, you will start at Rank 15. Just one rank away from achievement!

Keep winning until you fill up the rank with 5 Stars. To enter promotion, then win 3/5 matches to rank up.

Game has daily bonus:
- First win match gives 2 Stars.
- You dont lose any Star in your first match lost.


The Usual
Fought a Team VS match via Room match.


You can either Create a Room or Search for a Team VS Mode Room. This mode is the most popular mode in Room Matches, so you will find a plenty amount of rooms.


I Can Handle This Myself
Fought a Single VS match via Room match.


You can either Create a Room or Search for a Single VS Mode Room. This mode is the second most popular mode in Room Matches.


Let's PARTY!
Fought a Party VS match via Room match.


You can either Create a Room or Search for a Party VS Mode Room. This mode is not popular, so probably you will need to create a Room. You can invite a friend instead waiting (the waiting is very long for this Room Mode).


Which Character to Use...?
Fought a Draft VS match via Room match.


You can either Create a Room or Search for a Draft VS Mode Room. This mode is not popular, so probably you will need to create a Room. You can invite a friend instead waiting (the waiting is very long for this Room Mode).


Assemble!
Fought in a room you've created in Room match (any mode).


Create a room (The most popular Room Mode is Team VS), then wait for a opponent or invite a friend. You will get the achievement at the end of the match.


CONGRATULATIONS!
Increased your rank.


To get this achievement you need to rank up to Rank 16 at least.

Lower Ranks doesnt count for this achievement.
Profile
Title Holder
Acquired 10 titles.


Go to Profile from Main Menu (Online secion), then Title. You get new titles for playing online matches (10 titles), winning online matches (11 titles), achieve Champion Rank (1 title) and completing Missions with each character (39 titles). You need 10 new titles for this achievement.



Title Hoarder
Acquired 30 titles.


For this Achievement you need to start completing All Missions with most of Characters.

I made another guide. Due to its large size I do not include it here.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2776262882

You will get this achievement after getting 30 new titles.

Title Master
Acquired 50 titles.


You will get this achievement after getting 50 new titles. This will be your second last achievement.

Update comming soon.
Tutorial
Gotta Master the Basics!
Cleared all tutorial trials.


You need to clear both Tutorial modes: Basic Moves and Attack Modes.

DJ Station
SNK NEO SOUND RECORDS
Customized music at the DJ Station.


The DJ Station let us change the music of the Stages. You can select tracks from the unlocked Albums (20 albums in total). Press R3 to open Album Menu.

Main Menu > DJ Station > Custom Entry (Space/Menu)> Select 1 Slot > Then choose a track for each stage (Press Space/Menu button to confirm)


Memorable Tunes
Unlocked 5 albums in the DJ Station.


There are 21 albums in Total. To unlock a new Music Albums you need to Clear Story mode with a secret team. You need to unlock 5 new Music Album for achievement.


from Esaka
Unlocked 10 albums in the DJ Station.


There are 21 albums in Total. To unlock a new Music Albums you need to Clear Story mode with a secret team. You need to unlock 10 new Music Album for achievement.

Album
Team
Unlocked by default
Unlocked by default
Clear Story mode with Elizabeth, King and Shermie.
Clear Story mode with Kyo, K' and Ash.
Clear Story mode with Isla, K' and Krohnen.
Clear Story mode with Yuri, Athena and Isla.
Clear Story mode with Dolores, Dinosaur and Clark.
Clear Story mode with Ryo, Krohnen and Angel.
Clear Story mode with Ramon, Ángel and Dinosaur.
Clear Story mode with Meitenkun, Kula and Chris.
Clear Story mode with Benimaru, Robert and Yashiro.
Clear Story mode with Shun'ei, Leona and Iori.
Clear Story mode with Mai, Luong and Chizuru.
Clear Story mode with Terry, Vanessa and Dolores.
Unlocked by default.
Clear Story mode with Terry, Andy and Shun'ei.
Clear Story mode with Ralf, Maxima and Antonov.
Clear Story mode with Ralf, Clark and Heidern.
Clear Story mode with Terry. Ryo and Kyo.
Clear Story mode with Ralf, Clark and Athena.
Unlocked by default.
Missions
Mission Complete
Cleared all single-person mission trials.


Each Character has 5 Trials. Clear all trials with 1 character to get the achievement.

I recommend the following guide to understand some "tricks" you need to learn to pull out those sick combos.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2758019997

Technician
Cleared all two-person mission trials.


Each Character has 5 Trials. Clear all trials with 2 characters to get the achievement.

Birth of the Greatest Team
Cleared all three-person mission trials.


Each Character has 5 Trials. Clear all trials with 3 characters to get the achievement.
Miscellaneous
Perfect Fighter
Achieved 10 perfect wins (excludes PvP versus modes).


The "PvP versus" part in the description means you cant get this achievement playing with 2 controllers. You can get achievements playing in Versus Mode vs CPU, using Handicap Lv 5 to start with max Power Gauge and setting CPU with Handicap Lv1 to reduce their HP to 50%.

You need to "Perfect" a round 10 times to get the achievement.

Versus > Single VS > Normal > Player 1 vs CPU > Select Character > Setup Handicap, Lv 5 for you, LV 1 for CPU to make the things easier.


Breakneck Speed
Landed 50 or more hits in a single combo (any mode).


Climax Cancel with K':

MAX Chain Drive , then Hyper Chain Drive

Hyper Chain Drive alone does 45 hits, so cancel MAX Chain Drive after you get 5+ hits.

This can be done in Training Mode.


One Punch
Dealt 900 or more damage in a single combo (any mode).


Advance Cancel + Climax Cancel with Terry Bogard:


Activate MAX Mode , then perform Power Geyser , immediately cancel it with MAX Buster Wolf , then cancel it with Climax Stardust Ignition .

This can be done in Training Mode.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2772110910

Alternative Method (easier):

Advance Cancel + Climax Cancel with Ralph:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2772110905

Revenge!
Punished 20 times (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


There is a difference between Punish and Counter hit:

- A punish refers to attacking an opponent who is recovering from performing a move. It is easier to "punish" whiffed (missed) attacks, as well as attacks that have long recovery time or attacks that are very minus on block.

- A counter hit or counter is a term for an attack that hits another player while they are in the process of performing an attack.

If you done correctly Punish, you will see a message in the bottom left. Above the Power Gauge.

Shatter Strike!
Landed a Shatter Strike (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


"When you have one or more Power Gauge blocks perform to perform a Shatter Strike".

To get this achievement you need to finish off opponent with Shatter Strike. You can get it in Versus Mode vs CPU, using Handicap Lv 5 to start with max Power Gauge.

Versus > Single VS > Normal > Player 1 vs CPU > Select Character > Setup Handicap, Lv 5 for you, LV 1 for CPU to make the things easier.


That's Gotta Hurt!
Landed 20 Shatter Strikes (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


"When you have one or more Power Gauge blocks perform to perform a Shatter Strike".

To get this achievement you need to finish off 20 opponents with Shatter Strike. You can get it in Versus Mode vs CPU, using Handicap Lv 5 to start with max Power Gauge.

Versus > Single VS > Normal > Player 1 vs CPU > Select Character > Setup Handicap, Lv 5 for you, LV 1 for CPU to make the things easier.


Time to Get Serious!
Activated Max 20 times (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


"When you have two or more power gauge blocks, press to Activate MAX Mode".

This achievement is kind of buggy, since it requires you use the Max Mode over 20 times. You can get it in Versus Mode vs CPU, using Handicap Lv 5 to start with max Power Gauge.

Versus > Single VS > Normal > Player 1 vs CPU > Select Character > Setup Handicap, Lv 5 for you, LV 1 for CPU to make the things easier.


Just Getting Started!
Activated Quick Max 20 times (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


"Activating MAX mode upon landing a regular attack or command mode (special) will activate MAX Mode (Quick). This also works if the attacks are blocked".

After an attack or special press , to enter MAX Mode (Quick). You need 1 Power Gauge block. You can tell the difference from the regular MAX Mode, because the bar will turn pink.

You can play on Versus vs CPU, using handicap Lv 5 in order to start with max Power Gauge.

Versus > Single VS > Normal > Player 1 vs CPU > Select Character > Setup Handicap, Lv 5 for you, LV 1 for CPU


Secret Technique Time!
Achieved a K.O. with a Climax Super Special Move (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


Climax Super Special Move is the strongest special move of each character. It requires 3 Power Gauge to use. The command always contain , you can find it in the fourth window of the command list. To get this achievement, finish off opponent with it.

Pause Menu > Command List > Climax Super Special Move

You can play on Versus vs CPU, using handicap Lv 5 in order to start with max Power Gauge.


CLIMAX K.O.!
Achieved 20 K.O.s with a Climax Super Special Move (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


Climax Super Special Move is the strongest special move of each character. It requires 3 Power Gauge to use. The command always contain , you can find it in the fourth window of the command list. To get this achievement, finish off 20 opponents with it.

Pause Menu > Command List > Climax Super Special Move

You can play on Versus vs CPU, using handicap Lv 5 in order to start with max Power Gauge.


Miscellaneous (cont.)
Surprise Attack!
Executed 20 Climax Cancels (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


Climax Cancel means you cancel a Super Special Move animation (normal or MAX), by doing Climax Super Special Move command before Super Special Move animation ends. You need at least 4 Power Gauge blocks (5 Power Gauge blocks, if you start with MAX Super Special Move). If done correctly, you will see a indication in the left side of the screen.

You can play on Versus vs CPU, using handicap Lv 5 in order to start with max Power Gauge.

Versus > Single VS > Normal > Player 1 vs CPU > Select Character > Setup Handicap, Lv 5 for you, LV 1 for CPU


MAX K.O.!
Achieved 20 K.O.s with a Max Super Special Move (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


MAX Super Special Move is an enhanced version of the Super Special Move of each character. It requires 2 Power Gauge to use. For the command, instead using 1 button (Light or Heavy), you need to press both at the same time. You can find the command in the third window of the command list.

To get this achievement, finish off 20 opponent with it.

You can play on Versus vs CPU, using handicap Lv 5 in order to start with max Power Gauge.

Versus > Single VS > Normal > Player 1 vs CPU > Select Character > Setup Handicap, Lv 5 for you, LV 1 for CPU



The History Here Is Different
Executed 20 Advanced Cancels (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


Advanced Cancel means you cancel a Super Special Move animation, by doing MAX Super Special Move command (2 buttons instead 1) before Super Special Move animation ends. You need at least 3 Power Gauge. Must be different Super Special Moves. If done correctly, you will see a indication in the left side of the screen.

You can play on Versus vs CPU, using handicap Lv 5 in order to start with max Power Gauge.

Versus > Single VS > Normal > Player 1 vs CPU > Select Character > Setup Handicap, Lv 5 for you, LV 1 for CPU

Kyo's Advanced Cancel is:
182 Shiki , then cancel with MAX Ura 108 Shiki * Orochinagi



SUPER K.O.!
Achieved 20 K.O.s with a Super Special Move (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


Just finish off 20 opponents with any Super Special Move.

You can play on Versus vs CPU, using handicap Lv 5 in order to start with max Power Gauge.

Versus > Single VS > Normal > Player 1 vs CPU > Select Character > Setup Handicap, Lv 5 for you, LV 1 for CPU


Playtime Is Over!
Executed 20 Super Cancels (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


Super Cancel means you cancel a Special Move animation, by doing Super Special Move command before Special Move animation ends. You need at least 1 Power Gauge. If done correctly, you will see a indication in the left side of the screen.


Fruits of Labor
Executed 20 K.O.s with an EX Special Move (excl. PvP matches/training mode).


Most of the Special Moves have EX variant. Just press both Heavy and Light button while doing special move command. You need at least 1 Power Gauge. If done correctly, you will see character glow gold.


Turning the Tables!
Performed 10 reversals(excl. PvP matches/training mode).


A reversal is a move (usually a special) that generates a certain advantageous situation when done in immediate reaction to an opponent's attack. Sometimes a reversal is done at what the game considers the optimal time necessary to take advantage of either the move's invincibility frames or general priority for the best possible outcome. The timing window for such moves is generally small. An easier way to think of this form of reversal is a special move that only deals damage if the opponent attempts to attack while it is active.

Gotcha!
Successfully executed 10 throws(excl. PvP matches/training mode).


The description is wrong. It needs 10 Counter Throw.

When you being Throw, you can Counter Throw by performing a Throw ( ). It can be done vs CPU.

First Change the CPU lv to 5.

Main Menu > Options > Game > CPU lv 5. You can also change the Rounds to 5.

Then go to Versus > Single vs Normal > P1 vs CPU, pick a Opponent that doesnt have a Special Throw (like Clark), because those Throw cannot be countered.

Stay near opponent. Avoid jumping, you can also use "roll" ( ) to force Opponent to try grab you. Once you perform 10 Counter Throw, you will get achievement at the end of the match.


THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV
Earned all trophies.


This will be the last achievement you will get. Thanks for reading this guide.

15 Comments
Nugem 26 Jul, 2023 @ 2:39pm 
Unfortunately, I'm stuck at the ''Surprise Attack!" achievement for a while now. Looks like there's a bug I can't complete it. I tried to report it several times in different forums but I only get people thinking I'm an idiot telling me to things I already tried.
TotemMX  [author] 22 May, 2022 @ 7:27am 
@Junchnzy I saw a thread about it. Dont forget to post it in Technical Support subforum on Steam. There is more moderation on that subforum.
Junchnzy 22 May, 2022 @ 6:26am 
Who's Next? can not be unlocked in version 1.33
HeaTonWu 22 Feb, 2022 @ 4:09am 
i am 48/49 too Can not finish it
MikamiIsAJerk 21 Feb, 2022 @ 9:12am 
@TotemMX Damn, that sucks. Sorry to be annoying, but would you mind bumping my friend's forum post about this issue with a comment? It'd be great if the developers could see the thread and acknowledge the issue.
TotemMX  [author] 21 Feb, 2022 @ 8:44am 
@MikamilsAJerk Steam Global Stats shows that 0% have it, but I dont see anything on PlayStation or Xbox achievements sites to confirm it. Is the 4th time I see someone is point out there is no achievement after completing everything else.

I havent seen on Steam a person with 100% achievements, tho.
MikamiIsAJerk 21 Feb, 2022 @ 7:48am 
Did anybody get "THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV" achievement? It appears to be bugged- my friend got all other 48 achievements and it didn't pop.
TotemMX  [author] 20 Feb, 2022 @ 8:39pm 
@orcnclown Thanks!
ornclown 20 Feb, 2022 @ 8:18pm 
Excellent guide!

Thank you for this!!
Ω Yukich 19 Feb, 2022 @ 12:43am 
Damn