Overview: - Estimated achievement difficulty: 10/10 [7/10 for 935] - Online: 41 [1000] - Offline: 0 [0] - Approximate time to 1000: 80-100 hours [dependent on skill] [50-60 hours for 935] - Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 [+2 Partials for the "Mastery" achievements] - Missable achievements: No - Does difficulty affect Achievements: Yes - Unobtainable/Glithed Achievements: No - Glitchy Achievements: No - Extra equipment needed?: bungie.net account Introduction: Destiny is a co-op shooter/RPG hybrid from Bungie. The game is set around a somewhat dumbed down MMO framework, and focuses on action and loot over story and substance. The game itself is grindy, as are the achievements. If that is not your type of game, Destiny may not be for you. If you love the idea of gearing up with friends and taking down waves of enemies and tough bosses, it's a very fun game. Step 1: Setup The first thing you'll want to do is create an account at bungie.net and link your Gamertag. This will be required to join a clan which is required for a few achievements later in the game. It is also worth bookmarking the Legend page which will help you track your gear, bonuses, daily/weekly missions, and weekly marks. Once you're set with that, load up the game and pick a Class that suits you. Once in-game, you are able to create or request to join a clan via bungie.net (inexplicably there is no clan management in-game). To create a clan, visit the page online. To join a clan, you'll need the link to the clan or you can search by name, then click "Request to Join" - once one of the clan leaders accept you, you're in! Now that you've got your character all setup and in a clan, it's time to begin. Step 2: Story Play through the main story missions first, while looking for dead ghosts (Ghost Hunter achievement), gold chests(better loot), materials (Spinmetal, etc - Packing Heat/Fully Weaponized achievements), public events (Public Defender achievement), and Engrams (Decryptologist achievement), as well as completing bounties as they become available to level up more quickly. Try for as many precision shots as possible for the "Bane" achievements as well. You'll get a number of story related achievements and other miscellaneous achievements along the way without really trying. Step 3: PVP Once you have completed the story and leveled up a bit, you'll be ready for PVP. Because you use the same character from your story mode, starting this too early will leave you at a disadvantage against higher level players. You'll need to play 34-50 matches in a single week (34 if you win all of them, 50 if you lose all of them) to max your Crucible marks, and during those matches you should pick up all the other achievements as well. Step 4: Strikes and Farming Completing Strikes, earning rep from various factions, and farming materials to get higher level gear will help you level up to where you need to be for the final step of the game, the Raids. After Level 20, the only way to actually increase in "Level" is to equip gear with a "Light" rating. You will also want to make some friends and/or join a large clan to work on the Strike achievements and ultimately the Raid achievements. Step 5: Raids Raids are hard. Like, insanely so. You will need a completely decked out character and five friends who are likewise geared to the highest possible standard. You'll also want to be in a clan with those friends, and be able to communicate and coordinate with them well during the missions. They are not too different from Strikes, though there is less direction from the game on what to do, and as I mentioned, the difficulty is ramped up significantly. Step 5: Mop Up You should not have much left to do achievement-wise, unless you never played the other two characters to get their Mastery achievements. If you're still somehow missing anything else, check the individual achievement descriptions for help. If you've cleared Step 5, you'll be able to get any other achievement with ease. Source: XBLAchieves