Stirring Abyss

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Stirring Abyss Achievement Guide
By Dalkavuk
List of achievements and instructions that show how to unlock those achievements.
   
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Difficulty and Ending Achievements
Conqueror of the Abyss
Complete the game on Hard difficulty.

  • Self-explanatory.


Armed and Ready
Recover the arming code for the Soviet nuclear bomb.

  • Before the last mission, there will be an optional mission to get arming codes. Just finish the mission to unlock this achievement.

You can see the mission at the map here:

The Nuclear Option
Detonate the Soviet nuclear bomb.

  • Getting the arming codes is required. Then you have to arm the bomb and survive for a bit. Or you can try to do the other ending achievement and save before killing the boss and arm the bomb, then kill the boss.

Home Sweet Home
Defeat the Captain Ascendant.

  • Just kill the boss without arming the bomb.
Kill-Inspect Achievements
You just have to kill some enemies and inspect them. I don't know if some of these are missable.

Strange Beasts
Inspect a dead Scyphozoa.

  • This will be the first enemy you will encounter at the campaign. Just go near it right click its body after killing it.


Lurking Menace
Inspect a dead Spineskulker.

  • Self-explanatory.


Under Pressure
Inspect a dead Burst Pod.

  • Self-explanatory.


Warped Fauna
Inspect a dead Infected Pod.

  • Self-explanatory.


Predator
Inspect a dead Murkfiend.

  • Self-explanatory.


Vessel of Corruption
Inspect a dead Vessel.

  • Self-explanatory. These ones will appear more when corruption is higher.


The Parasite
Inspect a dead Voidspawn.

  • Self-explanatory. These creatures spawn from corruption.


The Priesthood
Inspect a dead Fathom Seer.

  • Self-explanatory.


Hunters of the Trench
Inspect a dead Stalking Tentacle.

  • Self-explanatory. You will see these enemies near the end.


Not So Cold War
Inspect a dead Soviet Diver.

  • Self-explanatory. You will see these enemies near the end.


The Harvest Begins
Inspect a dead Harvester.

  • Self-explanatory.


The Insatiable
Defeat the First to Hunger.

  • First boss, you can't miss it and you do not have inspect it.


Beyond Reality
Defeat the Gatekeeper.

  • Second boss, you can't miss it and you do not have to inspect it.

Other Achievements
Still Counts
Have an enemy kill another enemy.

  • You can use charm or mark skill to make enemies to attack each other or you can just use a vessel or pod explosion.

Barrage
Deal 250 damage to enemies in a single turn.

  • You can unlock this achievement easily as you progress.


Massacre
Kill five or more enemies in a single turn.

  • I don't know how I got this achievement. I think vessels triggered each other. Using vessels is not a bad idea for this achievement.

Never Liked Them Anyway
Kill one of your divers with friendly fire.

  • A miss with speargun, AOE damage or madness can do the job. It goes without saying but save before trying for this achievement.

Transformation
Mutate one of your divers.

  • Pretty simple one. Just use a void marrow to mutate one of your crew.


Superhuman
Have a single diver undergo four Mutations.

  • You have to use 8 void marrows or less with the level 6 skill of mutation which can be unlocked for some divers (minimum 5).

Even Death May Die
Use the Profane Chapel to resurrect a dead diver.

  • You need to build a Profane Chapel to an empty room and use one void marrow to resurrect the dead diver. You may want to save and load.

Good As New
Pump every section of the Salem.

  • You just have to pump all of the water; you do not have to build or repair. So, it won't be problem.

Geared to the Teeth
Unlock one of the top-level nodes on the Mechanical track of the Enigma Board.

  • Self-explanatory.


Survival of the Fittest
Unlock one of the top-level nodes on the Biological track of the Enigma Board.

  • Self-explanatory.


The Dark Arts
Unlock one of the top-level nodes on the Eldritch track of the Enigma Board.

  • Self-explanatory.


Combat Veteran
Kill 500 enemies.

  • Self-explanatory. I got this one towards the end of the campaign.


Unveiled Mysteries
Uncover 1,000 Clues.

  • You can get this achievement near the end. If not, you will get it while playing endless mode.

Legendary Blow
Deal 150 damage with one critical attack.

  • This one was hard for me. I wasn't able to do it while I'm playing campaign (hard difficulty). Then, I tried an easy endless run and opened the speargun damage upgrades (mechanical tree) and critical damage upgrade (biological tree). I used a special speargun from Soviet Cache missions, another special item which guarantees critical strike from Soviet Cache missions, spotter skill and dart skill which decreases the armour. First, I used the dart, then spotter skill and critical item, lastly special speargun. My choice of enemy was an infectious pod.


Endless Master
Earn 20,000 score on Endless Mode.

  • Hard gives the most points but easy is much more secure. It isn't that much of a time-consuming achievement.
Acknowledgements
Thank you for checking my guide. If you have any suggestions or if you see any mistakes (information, typo, etc.), please let me know. Have a nice day!
9 Comments
stunlord 3 May, 2024 @ 9:24am 
(btw, I was playing on normal; not sure if on hard more enemies have armor, but, on normal, only Voidspawn have armor, making Spotter or any other armor reducing skill unnecessary...)
It's also possible the Hull Buster only appears on normal in the campaign. it was in the last soviet cache mission, the final one unlocked with radar. the reward didn't change either, it was hull buster when I reloaded and tried again, even when getting the lowest roll with the dice to open it. the other contents were random, hull buster was not)
stunlord 3 May, 2024 @ 2:17am 
You can just get the hull buster from a soviet cache in the campaign... I got the crit dam upgrade, both speargun upgrades... got it with my third shot. You don't need to reduce their armor, or anything, there's only 1 enemy in the game with armor (the guys that spawn out of corruption). The damage spread is a 1 in 4 chance of getting 75-78 dam, which will net you the achievement on a crit. If you have 25% chance of crit, you have a 1/16 chance of getting the achievement with every shot. 33% crit chance, then it's a 1/12 chance.
Dalkavuk  [author] 16 Oct, 2023 @ 3:42pm 
I am happy to hear that you have got it!
HarꓷꓓieseL 16 Oct, 2023 @ 5:37am 
Got it, after like million Soviet Caches looted.
After all hope had abandoned me, in truly Lovecraftian style. Itt popped up after perfect dice score (could be related).
Dalkavuk  [author] 6 Oct, 2023 @ 6:29pm 
I had no idea that it was low chance. Thought it was fixed but it wasn't. It is a boomer. I hope you can find it at another run or later in this one.
HarꓷꓓieseL 6 Oct, 2023 @ 3:36am 
#Dalkavuk

Yes, I am aware of dart mechanic, and guarnteed crit amulet. Also, the spotter skill. I am using that combo all the time. However, now I am at 120.000 in Endless mode, at least 10 Soviet caches, looted - still no Hull Buster.

Game experience went from really enjoyable to BEYOND STUPID.

How stupid can it be to tie 1 achievement to a SINGLE GUN, that can not be obtained in campaign and its very very rare even in Endless mode?
Dalkavuk  [author] 3 Oct, 2023 @ 10:50am 
First, you will need the critical damage item. After that you can use skills to lower the armor and defence. After that you can use that spear gun. I found that gun at endless mode though. It wasn't available at the campaign.
HarꓷꓓieseL 3 Oct, 2023 @ 4:45am 
Legendary blow achievement proves to have legendary hard difficulty.
I am already at 60.000 score in endless mode, I played entire campaign on Hard, yet i did not encounter Soviet special speargun that i see on images you uploaded. All i get is Baba Yaga (3 point speargun), Talisman, and Soviet armor.
What is the name of that second Soviet speargun and what is it's perk? Is it something related to critical damage, because achievement is impossible to trigger without that particular weapon
Evgen_eey 10 Mar, 2023 @ 6:50pm 
Nice, thanks!