Skyrim achievement list leaked to little surprise

It seems to me the list of a popular games achievement list is pretty standard stop for the hype train at this point. So while I wasn’t surprised to learn that Skyrim’s achievements are out in the open, I was intrigued. Check out just what you’ll need to do in Skyrim to rake in all that delicious gamerscore below:

 

  • Unbound (10) – Complete “Unbound”
  • Bleak Falls Barrow (10) – Complete “Bleak Falls Barrow”
  • The Way of the Voice (20) – Complete “The Way of the Voice”
  • Diplomatic Immunity (20) – Complete “Diplomatic Immunity”
  • Alduin’s Wall (20) – Complete “Alduin’s Wall”
  • Elder Knowledge (20) – Complete “Elder Knowledge”
  • The Fallen (20) – Complete “The Fallen”
  • Dragonslayer (50) – Complete “Dragonslayer”
  • Take Up Arms (10) – Join the Companions
  • Blood Oath (10) – Become a member of the Circle
  • Glory of the Dead (30) – Complete “Glory of the Dead”
  • Gatekeeper (10) – Join the College of Winterhold
  • Revealing the Unseen (10) – Complete “Revealing the Unseen”
  • The Eye of Magnus (30) – Complete “The Eye of Magnus”
  • Taking Care of Business (10) – Join the Thieves Guild
  • Darkness Returns (10) – Complete “Darkness Returns”
  • One with the Shadows (30) – Returned the Thieves Guild to its former glory
  • With Friends Like These… (10) – Join the Dark Brotherhood
  • Bound Until Death (10) – Complete “Bound Until Death”
  • Hail Sithis! (30) – Complete “Hail Sithis!”
  • Taking Sides (10) – Join the Stormcloaks or the Imperial Army
  • War Hero (10) – Capture Fort Sungard or Fort Greenwall
  • Hero of Skyrim (30) – Capture Solitude or Windhelm
  • Sideways (20) – Complete 10 side quests
  • Hero of the People (30) – Complete 50 Misc Objectives
  • Hard Worker (10) – Chop wood, mine ore, and cook food
  • Thief (30) – Pick 50 locks and 50 pockets
  • Snake Tongue (10) – Successfully persuade, bribe, and intimidate
  • Blessed (10) – Select a Standing Stone blessing
  • Standing Stones (30) – Find 13 Standing Stones
  • Citizen (10) – Buy a house
  • Wanted (10) – Escape from jail
  • Married (10) – Get married
  • Artificer (10) – Make a smithed item, an enchanted item, and a potion
  • Master Criminal (20) – Bounty of 1000 gold in all nine holds
  • Golden Touch (30) – Have 100,000 gold
  • Delver (40) – Clear 50 dungeons
  • Skill Master (40) – Get a skill to 100
  • Explorer (40) – Discover 100 Locations
  • Reader (20) – Read 50 Skill Books
  • Daedric Influence (10) – Acquire a Daedric Artifact
  • Oblivion Walker (30) – Collect 15 Daedric Artifacts
  • Dragon Soul (10) – Absorb a dragon soul
  • Dragon Hunter (20) – Absorb 20 dragon souls
  • Words of Power (10) – Learn all three words of a shout
  • Thu’um Master (40) – Learn 20 shouts
  • Apprentice (5) – Reach Level 5
  • Adept (10) – Reach Level 10
  • Expert (25) – Reach Level 25
  • Master (50) – Reach Level 50

Anything to take away from that? Well there’s nothing here we didn’t know already about Skyrim. As far as achievement lists go it’s a fairly standard affair. There are points for doing x thing y times, points for main quest progression and points for doing the other assorted side things in the game, such as getting married or being a particularly elusive criminal.