If done correctly, achievements in the game will serve as a log of all the things you have done and, when you get ready, achieved while playing. Age of Empires 2, as I have said before, is probably my favorite game of all time. And I mean it.
How to Get All Achievements
Just as a quick note, I will include all of the Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition achievements, as well as those included in the most recent Xbox release.
Name | How to Unlock | Name | How to Unlock |
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Aztec Victory | Win a game playing as the Aztecs. | Berber Victory | Win a game playing as the Berbers. |
Briton Victory | Win a game playing as the Britons. | Bulgarian Victory | Win a game playing as the Bulgarians. |
Burmese Victory | Win a game playing as the Burmese. | Byzantine Victory | Win a game playing as the Byzantines. |
Celtic Victory | Win a game playing as the Celts. | Chinese Victory | Win a game playing as the Chinese. |
Cuman Victory | Win a game playing as the Cumans. | Ethiopian Victory | Win a game playing as the Ethiopians. |
Frankish Victory | Win a game playing as the Franks. | Gothic Victory | Win a game playing as the Goths. |
Hunnic Victory | Win a game playing as the Huns. | Inca Victory | Win a game playing as the Incas. |
Hindustani Victory | Won a game playing as the Hindustanis. | Italian Victory | Win a game playing as the Italians. |
Japanese Victory | Win a game playing as the Japanese. | Khmer Victory | Win a game playing as the Khmer. |
Korean Victory | Win a game playing as the Koreans. | Lithuanian Victory | Win a game playing as the Lithuanians. |
Magyar Victory | Win a game playing as the Magyars. | Malay Victory | Win a game playing as the Malay. |
Malian Victory | Win a game playing as the Malians. | Mayan Victory | Win a game playing as the Mayans. |
Mongol Victory | Win a game playing as the Mongols. | Persian Victory | Win a game playing as the Persians. |
Portuguese Victory | Win a game playing as the Portuguese. | Saracen Victory | Win a game playing as the Saracens. |
Slavic Victory | Win a game playing as the Slavs. | Spanish Victory | Win a game playing as the Spanish. |
Tatar Victory | Win a game playing as the Tatars. | Teutonic Victory | Win a game playing as the Teutons. |
Turkish Victory | Win a game playing as the Turks. | Vietnamese Victory | Win a game playing as the Vietnamese. |
Viking Victory | Win a game playing as the Vikings. | Age of Empires | Win a game with every civilization. |
Guardian of Scotland | Complete the William Wallace Campaign. | Iron Maid | Complete the Joan of Arc Campaign. |
Custodian of the Holy Land | Complete the Saladin Campaign. | For the Horde! | Complete the Genghis Khan Campaign. |
The Emperor Strikes Back | Complete the Barbarossa Campaign. | Huney, I Shrunk The Romans | Complete the Attila the Hun Campaign. |
El Campeador | Complete the El Cid Campaign. | Emperor of Tenochtitlan | Complete the Montezuma Campaign. |
The Thicker the Hay, the Easier Mowed | Complete the Alaric Campaign. | Vladislav, Baby Don’t Hurt Me | Complete the Dracula Campaign. |
A Tale of One City | Complete the Bari Campaign. | Renaissance Man | Complete the Sforza Campaign. |
Earth Shaker | Complete the Pachacuti Campaign. | The Blind Archer | Complete the Prithviraj Campaign. |
Master of the Maghreb | Complete the Tariq ibn Ziyad Campaign. | King of Africa | Complete the Sundjata Campaign. |
Age of Discovery | Complete the Francisco de Almeida Campaign. | Destroyer of Axum | Complete the Yodit Campaign. |
Island Hopper | Complete the Gajah Mada Campaign. | King of Just Laws | Complete the Suryavarman I Campaign. |
Cakkavatti | Complete the Bayinnaung Campaign. | Rebel with a Cause | Complete the Le Loi Campaign. |
Empire of the Steppes | Complete the Tamerlane Campaign. | The Cabbage King | Complete the Ivaylo Campaign. |
Yes we Khan! | Complete the Kotyan Khan Campaign. | Battle Beast | Complete all Historical Battles in single player. |
Furor Teutonicus | Defeat all opponents instead of collecting the required Relics in the first Barbarossa mission “Holy Roman Emperor”. | A Truly Holy Emperor | Convert the Cathedral in Milan without acquiring a single Villager in the third Barbarossa mission “Pope and Antipope”. |
The Kushluk Assassination | Kill Kushluk before 20 minutes have elapsed in the second Genghis Khan mission “A Life of Revenge”. | I Was In China Before | Defeat the Jin before they start constructing a Wonder in the third Genghis Khan mission “Into China”. |
The Go-Getter | Defeat the Hungarians before Subotai has arrived in the sixth Genghis Khan mission “Pax Mongolica”. | Offense is the Best Defense | Defeat all opponents before constructing a Wonder in the sixth Saladin mission “The Lion and the Demon”. |
No Wonder on my Watch | Destroy every enemy Wonder before it is completed in the sixth Attila the Hun mission “The Fall of Rome”. | Diplomacy is for the Meek | Kill the Scythian Prince and defeat the Scythians in the first Attila the Hun mission “The Scourge of God”. |
Truly Countless Bodies | Defeat all opponents before 30 minutes have elapsed in the fifth Attila the Hun mission “The Catalaunian Fields”. | Hot & Spicy | Prevent Tabasco from being defeated in the third Montezuma mission “Quetzalcoatl”. |
The Missionary | Collect all Relics in the first El Cid mission “Brother Against Brother”. | Numerous As the Grains of Sand | Win the second Alaric mission “Razing Hellas” while training no military units aside from infantry. |
Rome Was Destroyed in One Day | Destroy all Roman Castles before 30 minutes have elapsed in the fourth Alaric mission “The Giant Falls”. | Fire with Fire | Amass 10 Condottieri, 10 Genoese Crossbowmen, and 10 Bombard Cannons in the fifth Dracula mission “The Night Falls”. |
No Royal Hair Touched | Reach the King before 10 minutes have elapsed in the second Gajah Mada mission “Unconditional Loyalty”. | With the Help of My Sisters | Amass an army of at least 100 Gbeto Warriors in the fourth Sundjata mission “Blood on the River Bank”. |
Roar like a Lion | Win the fifth Sundjata mission “The Lion’s Den” on Hard difficulty. | An Army Marches on Its Stomach | Complete all secondary objectives and destroy all of Dagnajan’s smaller bases before Dagnajan and his army march in the third Yodit mission “A Fallen Crown”. |
Friends, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears | Convert Afonso de Albuquerque without killing a single Portuguese unit in the fifth Francisco de Almeida mission “A Son’s Blood”. | Relic Hoarder | Collect all Relics on the map in the fifth Suryavarman mission “Nirvanapada”. |
Chasing the Crown | Kill King Takayutpi before 5 minutes have elapsed in the first Bayinnaung mission “The Burmese Tigers”. | Not a Greek Tragedy | Win without losing any of your four heroes in the fifth Le Loi mission “A Three-Pronged Attack”. |
Cuman Flush | Win the second Kotyan mission “The Battle at the Kalka River” without advancing to the Castle Age. | He Won’t Be Back | Assist King Bela and defeat the Austrian Duke Frederick in the fifth Kotyan mission “A New Home” before 45 minutes have elapsed. |
Pitched Battle | Successfully defend Cuzco without constructing any new walls or gates in the second Pachacuti mission “The Field of Blood”. | Raging Wildfire | Conquer Delhi at least 5 minutes before the timer expires in the fourth Tamerlane mission “Sultan of Hindustan”. |
Eternal Gratitude | Encounter a Penguin in the Historical Battle “Vinlandsaga”. | Lone Warrior | Win “Kurikara (1183)” without forming an alliance with the Hojo clan in single player. |
Turkish Delight | Win “Bapheus (1302)” by defeating Turkish factions without allying with them in single player. | Smoke on the Water | Purchase 20 Dragon Ships in the Historical Battle “Lake Poyang (1363)”. |
Battleship | Win the Historical Battle “Lepanto (1571)” without allowing any Turkish Transport Ship to unload on your shores. | The Wonder, the Wonder, the… Oh, Never Mind | Prevent the Korean Wonder from being destroyed in the “Noryang Point (1598)” mission of the Historical Battles. |
Homeless | Delete your starting Town Center and still win the game. | Bird Shooting | Kill an enemy Scout Cavalry with your Town Center. |
Sheep Hoarder | Gather 20 Sheep in a Random Map game. | Dark Dinner | Eat 2 Wild Boars in the Dark Age. |
Dark Humor | Kill 20 Villagers with Militia in the Dark Age. | Pleasant Peasant | Build 1,000 Farms in total. |
Out of Their Element | Destroy a ship using a melee unit. | D-Day (D stands for Demo) | Destroy an enemy Transport Ship with a Demolition Ship. |
Chain Reaction | Blow up an enemy Demolition Ship with a Demolition Ship of your own. | Kaboom | Kill 1,000 enemy units using Demolition Ships. |
Wololo | Convert 1,000 units. | Losing Your Religion | Convert an enemy Monk. |
Relic Hunter | Collect 100 Relics. | Howdy Neighbor | Scale an enemy wall using a Siege Tower. |
Castle Crusher | Destroy 50 Castles. | Castle of Doubt | Lose an unfinished Castle that is at least 95% complete. |
Mango Shots | Kill 500 units with Mangonels. | Knocking On Your Door | Demolish 200 buildings with Battering Rams. |
90kg Over 300 Meters | Build 300 Trebuchets. | Bull’s Eye | Destroy a Trebuchet with another Trebuchet. |
It’s a Treb! | Kill 25 units with Trebuchets. | Marco Polo | Explore 99% of a ludicrously sized map. |
The Wonder, the Wonder, Noooooo… | Build a Wonder. | Final Countdown | Destroy an opponent’s Wonder with less than 100 years remaining on the Wonder Victory countdown. |
Masterpiece | Win alone against 3 human opponents. | Rest in Peace | Beat an AI opponent on “Peaceful” difficulty in a 1v1 game. |
Easy Going | Beat an AI opponent on “Standard” difficulty in a 1v1 game. | With Moderation | Beat an AI opponent on “Moderate” difficulty in a 1v1 game. |
Rough Ride | Beat an AI opponent on “Hard” difficulty in a 1v1 game. | Barbaric Manners | Beat an AI opponent on “Hardest” difficulty in a 1v1 game. |
Prominent Player | Beat an AI opponent on “Extreme” difficulty in a 1v1 game. | The King Is Dead, Long Live the King! | Win a Regicide game. |
Out With A Bang | Kill an enemy King with a Petard or Demolition Ship. | Too Lame To Tame | Loot 500 gold with Keshiks. |
Fighting From Afar | Create 500 Longbowmen in a single match. | No Suntzu Light | Shoot 100,000 arrows with your Chu Ko Nu. |
Frankly My Dear… | Create 100 Throwing Axemen in a single match. | Sushi Lover | Build 30 Japanese Fishing Ships. |
Unexpected | Convert 100 units using Spanish Missionaries. | Supremely Unexpected | Win a match as the Spanish while only creating Villagers. |
Anyone Order a Pizza? | Train 1,000 Condottieri as a non-Italian civilization. | Elephantastic | Train 40 War or Battle Elephants in a single game. |
Karambolage | Spam the enemy with 500 Karambit Warriors in a single game. | Hun, What Are You Doing? | Burn down 200 buildings with Tarkans. |
Name | How to Unlock | Name | How to Unlock |
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Burgundian Victory | Win a game playing as the Burgundians. | Sicilian Victory | Win a game playing as the Sicilians. |
The English Justinian | Complete the Edward Longshanks campaign. | The Good, the Bold and the Fearless | Complete the Grand Dukes of the West campaign. |
Haute Culture | Complete the Hautevilles campaign. | Unchivalrous Pragmatist | Defeat Simon the Younger’s army before the baronial forces attack the first Edward Longshanks scenario “Vain Ambition”. |
Throne Thief | Steal the Stone of Scone in the fourth Edward Longshanks mission “Toom Tabard”. | Malleus Scotorum | Kill William Wallace before Robert the Bruce betrays you in the fifth Edward Longshanks scenario “Hammer of the Scots”. |
No Wheels | Do not construct a single siege weapon in the first Grand Dukes of the West mission “A Kingdom Divided”. | A Second Hastings | Wipe out Humphrey’s base before defeating Jacqueline in the fifth Grand Dukes of the West mission “The Hook and Cod Wars”. |
Shut Up La Hire! | Defeat the French army before capturing Joan of Arc in the sixth Grand Dukes of the West mission “The Maid Falls”. | Self-Made Man | Win without allying with Argyrus or Guaimar in the first The Hautevilles mission “Guiscard Arrives”. |
Haute, Haute, Brief Candle! | Inspire a rebellion in the second Hautevilles mission “Roger in Sicily”. | Italy Jones and the First Crusade | Do not lose a hero in the fourth Hautevilles mission “Bohemond in the East”. |
Golden Spurs | Transform 50 Villagers by researching Flemish Revolution. | Tour d’Italie | Construct a Donjon and use it to train a Serjeant. |
Name | How to Unlock | Name | How to Unlock |
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Bohemian Victory | Win a game playing as the Bohemians. | Polish Victory | Win a game playing as the Poles. |
Bond of Brothers | Complete the Algirdas and Kestutis campaign. | Star of the Poles | Complete the Jadwiga campaign. |
Man of the Chalice | Complete the Jan Zizka campaign. | Tolerant Piety | Build a Monastery or Shrine in every Lithuanian village in the first Algirdas and Kestutis mission “Family Affairs”. |
Scattered Horde | Kill all enemy commanders before defeating their hordes in the third Algirdas and Kestutis mission “The Tatar Yoke”. | Mint Condition | Deliver the Ransom Cart undamaged in the fifth and final Algirdas and Kestutis mission “In the Shadow of the Throne”. |
Protector of the Realm | Win without losing any neutral towns to Halych in the second Jadwiga mission “Star of the Poles”. | No Baggage | Defeat the Crimean Tatars without building a Town Center in the fifth Jadwiga mission “Vytautas’ Crusade”. |
No Quarter | Kill Ulrich von Jungingen and Nicolas von Renys in the sixth Jadwiga mission “The Fruits of Her Labor”. | Malevolent Marauder | Destroy all 6 Bohemian villages in the first Jan Zizka mission “The One-Eyed Wanderer”. |
Zizkov Hill | Do not lose the Old Tower northeast of your city in the fourth Jan Zizka mission “The Golden City”. | Against All | Defeat the Crusaders in the fifth Jan Zizka mission “The Emperor’s Fury”. |
Rhapsody of the Bohemians | Train 10 Houfnices as the Bohemians. | Fast Food | Gather 500 food by constructing farms next to Folwarks as the Poles. |
Name | How to Unlock | Name | How to Unlock |
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Bengali Victory | Win a game playing as the Bengalis. | Dravidian Victory | Win a game playing as the Dravidians. |
Gurjara Victory | Win a game playing as the Gurjaras. | The Persian Tiger | Complete the Babur campaign. |
Like Father, Like Son | Complete the Rajendra campaign. | Won’t You Take Me By The Hand | Complete the Devapala campaign. |
Raja of the People | Save both allied villages in the first Prithviraj mission “Born of Fire” on Hard difficulty. | Hopeless Romantic | Win the third Prithviraj mission “Hand of a Princess” with 12+ minutes remaining on the timer. |
Inspiring Poet | Convert all Rajas before the Ghorids attack in the fifth Prithviraj mission, “The Legend of Prithviraj”, on Hard difficulty. | Never Trust a Campaign AI | Ignore Kabul’s offer to form a non-aggression pact in the second Babur mission “The Last Timurids”. |
An Offer You Khan’t Refuse | Convert both Alam Khan and Daulat Khan in the fourth Babur mission “The Battle of Panipat”. | The Renovator | Repair all 4 Town Centers in the devastated villages in the fifth Babur mission “The Rajputs”. |
No Rest for the Wicked | Defeat Mannaram and Polonnaruwa without capturing a Town Center in the second Rajendra mission “Deeds of the Father”. | Eye of the Tiger | Defeat Srivijaya, Madurai, the Chalukyan Empire and the Pirates in the third Rajendra mission “Rising Star”. |
No Wonder You Won | Win the game before Mahipala completes his Wonder in the fourth Rajendra mission “Sacred Waters”. | Huna Join Me? | Convert all 3 Huna Khans in the third Devapala mission “Renunciation”. |
Construction Cancellation | Destroy the Rashtrakuta Wonder before it is completed in the fourth Devapala mission “Liberation?”. | Parinirvana | Accumulate 100 piety points in the fifth Devapala mission “Enlightenment”. |
Face My Ratha | Train 10 Rathas as the Bengalis. | King of the Seas | Sink 10 enemy ships with Thirisadais as the Dravidians. |
Forged in the Heat of Battle | Train 10 Chakram Throwers as the Gurjaras. |
Name | How to Unlock | Name | How to Unlock |
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Not Just a Militia | Upgrade your Militia to Men-at-Arms. | Family Feudal | Advance to the Feudal Age in a Campaign Scenario. |
Can I be Frank with You? | Win the “Tours (732)” Co-Op Historical Battle with an AI or Human Teammate. | Challenge Accepted | Win any Medal in any Art of War Challenge. |
Going for the Gold | Win a Gold Medal in any Art of War Challenge. | Wingman | Win a Skirmish or Multiplayer Game with a Human or AI Teammate. |
Baby Boomer | Queue 5 Villagers at the Town Center in the Dark Age. | Bull Market | Create a Trade Route with another Market. |
Bon Voyage | Turn on Auto-Scout in any Game Mode. | Prepare for Boar! | Research Loom at the Town Center. |
Best Civilizations Tier List for Age of Empires 2
This was a long list! This is what I love about this game. Not only is the content and gameplay excellent, but the designers pay attention even to things that aren't as important, such as the achievements. Go ahead and continue playing until you unlock all of them. Probably it will take a day or two.
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