Achievements
In Caves of Qud, there are a total of 52 achievements awarded for completing certain tasks. Of these 52, 20 are hidden, meaning that neither the requirements for completion nor the achievement's icon are displayed until after the player has completed them. These hidden achievements are displayed further down, in a separate section from the non-hidden achievements.
Note that many achievements, such as On The Rocks, will kill the player. In these cases, using Precognition or, if you are True Kin, a Sphinx Salt injector(favilink error!) before dying will still award the achievement.
These are currently only available for players playing on Steam clients.
Non-Hidden Achievements
A Bond Knit with Trust
Become loved by a faction. | |
Through some method, gain a reputation of +600 or more with one of the in-game Factions.
This can generally be achieved most easily by becoming loved by the player's starting village, as you can water-ritual with the Mayor, the town's Warden, and the town's Questgiver. From there, you must either kill creatures disliked by the village, perform a Water Ritual with creatures liked by the village, or use Schrodinger pages from the Annals of Qud to increase your reputation further. |
Biographer
Cubic and Wisest Human
Activate a time cube. | |
Come into possession of a timecube, and then activate it. A timecube is one of the few Artifacts which can earn the achievement Donation Level: Kasaphescence when cast down into the sacred well.
Thus, if you have it, it is a good idea to use Precognition (or a Sphinx salt injector(favilink error!), if you are True Kin) before activating your timecube, so that you can earn the achievement and still have a timecube to cast into the sacred well. |
Dark Tidings
Forsee your own death. | |
Die while using the Precognition mutation or, if you are a True Kin, die while under the effects of a Sphinx salt injector(favilink error!). |
Donation Level: Kasaphescence
Make an offering at the Sacred Well of an artifact worth at least 200 reputation. | |
Main article: Sacred well
Throw an artifact worth 200 reputation or more into the Sacred well. Timecubes or Phase cannons are the only artifacts valuable enough to give 200 reputation when cast into the well. If you have it, it is a good idea to use Precognition (or a Sphinx salt injector(favilink error!), if you are True Kin) before offering to the well so that you can gain the achievement and still keep your artifact. |
Eat an Entire Bear
Kill a bear and eat it. Just eat an entire bear. | |
Kill a bear and eat its corpse raw by picking up the Bear corpse, waiting until you are famished or hungrier, and choosing to eat it.
Players with the Carnivorous mutation need not wait until they are famished. |
Friend to Fungi
Host 3 different fungal infections at once. | |
Become the host of 3 different types of fungal infection.
This can be easily done by walking near three different color broodpuffs. Make sure that one fungal infection already grows before walking into the next one, as itchy skin does not stack and walking into more spores will not change the infection type. |
Gemini
Wield Caslainard and Polluxus. | |
Wield Caslainard & Polluxus, Svenlainard, Trophy Hunter's two electrified longswords.
Killing Svenlainard, Trophy Hunter is, for obvious reasons, an expedient. He is not affiliated with the Village of Kyakukya, so you do not need to worry about others joining in the fight unless you have area of effect moves. However, dominating him and forcing him to drop his swords also works. |
Go on. Do it.
Wield the amaranthine prism. | |
Kill Mamon Souldrinker and equip the amaranthine prism that he drops.
Note that, once you equip the amaranthine prism, there is no way to remove it, and it will eventually kill your character. |
Goat Simulator
Project your mind into a goat's body. | |
Dominate a goat. |
In Contemplation of Eons
Perform the water ritual with Oboroqoru, Ape God. | |
Find Oboroqoru, Ape God and then perform the water ritual with them.
The lair of Oboroqoru, Ape God is a hidden lair in the jungles around Kyakukya. Apes will also trade you the location if you have reputation with them. |
Jawsnapper
Kill 100 snapjaws. | |
There's so many of the little buggers. Play long enough and you'll get it. |
Knight Conical
Recover Stopsvalinn. | |
The location of Stopsvalinn can be easily gotten from trading secrets from the Barathrumites or Trolls. |
Leap, Frog.
Convince a frog to teach you how to jump. | |
Perform the water ritual with a legendary frog, and request that it teach you a skill. (Legendary frogs teach Jump.)
This is a very rare achievement due to based mostly on the random chance that you will come across a legendary frog lair, and have enough reputation for them to teach you Jump. ice frog lairs are generally located in the Jungle biome. |
Love at First Sign
Fall in love with a sign. | |
Inject yourself with a love injector and look at a sign.
Mouse control is required for this achievement, as looking through keyboard forces the cursor to center on yourself, making you fall in love with yourself instead. Turn on mouse controls, apply love injector, and right click a sign to look at it. |
Love Thyself
Fall in love with yourself. | |
Inject yourself with a love injector and look at yourself (press l). |
Mutagenic Mastery
Advance a mutation to level 15. | |
Have at least one mutation at level 15.
It is much, much easier to do this with a Mental Mutation, as Mental Mutations can get their level boosted by Ego. |
Peekaboo
Become loved by newly sentient beings. | |
Gain a reputation of 700 or more with Newly sentient beings.
Somewhat difficult to attain, due to the rarity of Newly sentient beings. |
Proteus
Have 10 mutations. | |
Through some method, gain a total of 10 mutations.
This can be easily done by creating a character that has a 4 point defect and choosing all the cheapest mutations possible. Example Build: BAEEEEEGB6BJBPBVB1B3DADKDNDRDWED |
Pyramid Scheme
Kill a chrome pyramid. | |
Quiet This Metal
Speak to the alchemist. | |
Starry Demise
Be crushed under the weight of a thousand suns. | |
Get killed by a Neutron flux explosion. |
Six Arms None the Richer
Have six arms. | |
Take multiple arms, and equip helping hands. Or, dominate an insect that has 6 legs. |
The Laws of Physics Are Mere Suggestions, Vol. 1
Violate the Pauli exclusion principle. | |
Phase back into the corporeal realm inside a wall which is completely surrounded by other walls.
This will kill you instantly. |
The Spirit of Vengeance
Recover the Ruin of House Isner. | |
The Woe of Joppa
Become hated by the villagers of Joppa. | |
Somehow, reach a reputation score of -600 with the villagers of Joppa. |
Three-Sludge Monte
Kill a trisludge. | |
Kill a sludge(favilink error!) composed of at least 3 different liquids.
Proselytize or beguile a sludge(favilink error!), and dump 3 different liquids on it. Then wail on the helpless thing. It must be a Trisludge, any more and it will not count. |
Five-Sludge Monte
Kill a pentasludge. | |
Kill a sludge(favilink error!) composed of at least 5 different liquids. |
Ten-Sludge Monte
Kill a decasludge. | |
Kill a sludge(favilink error!) composed of at least 10 different liquids. |
To Thine Own Self Be True
Wear your own severed face on your face. | |
Through some method, manage to get your face severed off, regenerate it, and then equip your severed face in your face slot.
A detailed description of how to do this can be found in the Voluntary Dismemberment guide. |
What With the Disembowelment and All
Find one of Argyve's old apprentices. | |
Your Thirst Is Mine, My Water Is Yours
Hidden Achievements
Cosmo-Chrononaut
Enter a lot of space-time vortexes. |
Free Falling
Fall to your death. | |
Die by falling down a shaft.
The deep shaft behind the purple door in Golgotha or the deep shaft in Bethesda Susa will both kill you if you fall in them. Use of Precognition or, if you are True Kin, a Sphinx Salt injector(favilink error!) is advisable. |
Hole Like a Head
Get decapitated. | |
Get you head cut off.
The following NPCs have Decapitate as a skill: Kesehind, Warden Indrix, Goatfolk Pariah. In addition, you can also be decapitated by a decarbonizer's decarbonize effect, an axe-wielding dervish, or by an Evil Twin if you know decapitate or are wielding a relic that has a chance to decapitate. If you only have one head, losing it will kill you. |
Litteratus
Read 10 books. | |
When finding a book in the world, make a habit of choosing to read it before putting it in your inventory. You need only look at the first page of a book for it to count as read. |
So Powerful is the Charm of Words
Read 100 books. | |
When finding a book in the world, make a habit of choosing to read it before putting it in your inventory. You need only look at the first page of a book for it to count as read. |
Metal Pedal
Contract ironshank. | |
Become afflicted with Ironshank.
Note that Ironshank must actually be contracted. Using honey or Yuckwheat stems to stave off the disease after getting the "Your legs ache at the joints" message will not count. |
Footloose
Cure ironshank. | |
Cure Ironshank using the method described in the Corpus Choliys.
Note that Ironshank must actually be contracted in order to be cured. Staving off the disease using honey or Yuckwheat stems will prevent you from contracting the disease and thus prevent you from curing it. |
Oathbreaker
Violate the sacred covenent of the water ritual. | |
Kill someone you performed the water ritual with. |
On the Rocks
Drink lava. | |
Find a puddle and drink that good juice. Note that this is instant death. |
Psst.
Find the oddly-hued glowpad. | |
Find the oddly-hued glowpad in the Salt Marsh. They will be located in the center zone of a random Salt Marsh pasarang. |
Say No More
Contract glotrot. | |
Become afflicted with Glotrot.
Note that Glotrot must actually be contracted. Using honey or Yuckwheat stems to stave off the disease after getting the "Your throat feels sore" message will not count. |
Tongue in Cheek
Cure glotrot. | |
Main article: Glotrot
Cure Glotrot using the method described in the Corpus Choliys. Note that Glotrot must actually be contracted to be cured. Staving off the disease using honey or Yuckwheat stems will prevent you from contracting the disease and thus prevent you from curing it. This also counts for the Synolimb achievement. |
Shoot.
Get killed by a chute crab. | |
Easily done if entering Golgotha blind. For a dedicated build for this, take precognition and wings, fly to Golgotha, and precog until you find the shaft with "scratched vents" and wait.
Example code: BGEKMGSNB5DJDNDP |
Synolymb
Regenerate a limb. | |
Can be done by either having Regeneration, entering a regeneration tank, or applying an ubernostrum injector after losing a limb. Regenerating a tongue to cure Glotrot also counts for this achievment. |
That Was Nice
Compliment Q Girl. | |
Choose the "Your hair is a quasar of red ochre and indigo." option while talking to Q Girl. |
Welcome to Qud
Die. | |
Get reduced to zero HP by an enemy or environmental effect. |
You Are Becoming
Install a cybernetic implant at a becoming nook. | |
As a True Kin, find a Becoming nook and install one of the cybernetic implants found nearby.
A Becoming nook is guaranteed to appear at the bottom-most floor of the Rusted Archway. |
You Became
Install a cybernetic in every available slot.
A Becoming nook, which will allow True Kin to install cybernetics, is guaranteed to appear at the bottom-most floor of the Rusted Archway. |
You Are What You Eat
Eat one of your own limbs. | |
Get dismembered (voluntarily or not), and cook with your limb. Meal Preparation is highly recommended. |
Your Better Half
Get killed by your evil twin. | |
Get killed by one of your evil twins, which will occasionally appear when entering an unexplored map tile if you have the Evil Twin defect. |