I was taking down some notes for achievement hunting. Thought I'd might as well put it in a guide for anyone who's interested.

The game released less than 6 hours as of this writing. Everything is very much a work-in-progress. If there's any issues, just let me know.

Guide is done for now. Experience calculation is still unconfirmed, but that was never the main focus.

I'll be back next week on the 29th when Episodes 3 & 4 drop. Special thanks to the kind folks in the comments who helped out!

Alright, going through the Episodes 3 & 4 right now. With the multiple roster changes and paths to take, it's gonna take a while to map out all the possibilities.

Basic missions will have requirements for each of the 5 stats (Intellect, Combat, Vigor, Charisma, Mobility). If the shape outlined by the mission's requirements is completely covered by the outline of your team's stats, the mission will 100% succeed.

Some missions will show a raised hand (✋) when your team arrives, allowing you to choose options. Those options are either give auto-success if certain characters are present, or they test a single stat instead of all 5.

It is generally recommended to click on new missions as soon as you have the appropriate team ready. Another recommendation is to click on the ✅ after each mission to confirm the results as soon as possible.

For episode 1, the 6 heroes in the training segment do not have abilities, and do not gain experience from completing missions.

From Episode 2, if you select an auto-success option, the character that enabled it gets more exp. (Seems like they get one-third more exp. Further testing required.)

Some missions might appear only if you fail other missions. For example, failing the mission "Blaze in the Burbs" unlocks "Bigger Blaze in the Burbs".

Some missions will provide a second set of options if you fail. For example, on the mission "Fight at Crypto Night", if you choose "Dynamic Duo" but don't meet the requirement, another set of options will be offered: to either "Host a drinking contest." or "Fight the Fight-Men".

Recommendations are targeted towards getting the "Shift Was Lit" achievement (Completed a Z-Team Shift Without Missing or Failing a Call)



Credit to Captain Smollett for:
Pointing out I'd missed the "Apprehend Art Thieves" mission,
Coupe's auto-success option for "Locate Stolen Art",
The options for "Bigger Blaze in the Burbs" mission.

Credit to Watchman for pointing out I didn't save the "Apprehend Art Thieves" mission edit. My bad; I got a error while editing, and the one time the edit successfully saved, I missed the mission info.

Under construction

Special circumstances: Your team is under pressure to not get fired. This means:


To clear members off missions: Exit back onto the map by clicking "Close". Then re-select the mission to clear the member selection. This will allow you to pick new heroes.

For example, you won't be able to send anybody solo for the first mission (Beach Clean Up). However, you can keep picking the first member, then exiting to map and choosing again, until the game randomly assigns you the second member you like.


For a couple of missions, certain members will force themselves onto the mission. This is bad, as they'll then try to sabotage each other enroute to the mission. Use the trick above to reset team selection for a mission.

Amaranth in the comments notes that certain members might not sabotage each other due to synergy. Shock4ndAwe in the comments corroborates that synergy pairs do not sabotage each other.

The original synergy pairs from the demo are:

• Sonar + Malevola
  
• Flambae + Prism
  
• Invisigal + Golem
  
• Punch Up + Coupe

Tested and confirmed, the above synergy pairs do not sabotage each other.


Sabotage events happen where your team sabotages each other and you get 3 choices (roll vs select stat) to resolve the issue.

Non-synergy members out on mission together can sabotage each other. Sometimes, your members at base will literally leave base to sabotage someone on their way back from a mission.

Sabotaged members do not contribute their stats towards mission completion, and gain no XP from mission success.

Failing a sabotage mission can result in injury.



Ah, management: Love how it makes work harder.


Below are the actual missions. Following the recommendations should result in only 3 Sabotage missions:


Credit to Amaranth for providing the stats for Investigate Tip. Checked and confirmed accurate.
Credit to QuietBird for recommendations for the last wave of 4 missions (Save the Mascot in Peril, Investigate Tip, Runaway Train and Parking Lot Backup). Corroborated by ThePhilippineDoc and Whyd you kill my cat?.
Credit to Whyd you kill my cat?  for recommendation of adding Flambae to Learn About the SDN Scammer to boost synergy with Prism.

20/20 calls.

Under construction.



15/15 Calls.



Credit to Ricko for stat requirements for "Join the Cult". Tested and confirmed.
Credit to Whyd you kill my cat? for reminding me I'd forgotten to write Invisigal in recommendations for "Comically Yours".
Credit to DreadDawson and Whyd you kill my cat? for Golem's auto-success in "Baby Kaiju Attack".

As of today, only 4 episodes have been released. That's why some of the achievements are listed as impossible.

If you see that people have already obtained those achievements, assume those are dev/ QA testers/ review copies/ people using achievement unlockers.

Tip for any achievement hunters: The game does NOT save during the dispatch section of Episode 1(until you take off the training glasses) or Episode 2 (until Invisigal asks for eyes on Granny's Donuts). If you return to the main menu at any point during the dispatch portion, when you resume, you'll start right after the slide show. Takes 3-4 minutes from there to completing the first couple missions. They added a scene select feature: Select the Episode > Choose whichever scene you've already unlocked to replay it again. Rolls back progress to chosen scene, so you lose any progress up until that scene for that save.

Update: Currently updating Episode 3+4 achievements.

You do not have to send the characters out on the mission to discover slot-related abilities (Golem, Prism, Coupe). Once abilities are discovered by placing a character in a certain slot, it counts for the achievement.





Credit to VvVitekVvV for Malevola's starting ability.

Credit to ChaotiCrows for pointing out and correcting several typos in the table.

Credit to Captain Smollett for Punch Up's upgraded abilities.

Chillaxing commented that they got the achievement Getting to Know Yous by unlocking Waterboy's starting ability in Episode 4. Unlocking the starting abilities of the starting 8 heroes is confirmed to work; We're just not sure what else works as well.

Here's a table for anyone who wants to plan their stats for an achievement-hunting run.

Note some changes from the demo: Invisigal lost a point of Vigor, Golem’s Charisma-Mobility went from 3-1 to 2-2.



Here are the starting stats for the 6 heroes from Episode 1:

Mission Experience Distribution

Credit to UnlimitedNC, who commented that everyone receives experience from a successful mission.

Credit to Fringehunter7719, who pointed out that Prism's clones counts for division of XP, but cannot receive it.

Test results:

Crypto-Night > Idol Makeover:

• Prism solo gives 1,729 exp.
  
• Prism + Punch Up + Punch Up (Clone) gives 576 and 433 exp respectively, or 1,009 exp total.
  
• Prism + Punch Up gives 864 and 650 exp respectively, or 1,514 exp total.
  
• Prism + Punch Up + Malevola gives 576, 433 and 433 exp respectively, or 1,442 exp total.

Crypto-Night > Dynamic Duo:

• Sonar-Human + Malevola gives 650 and 650 exp respectively, or 1,300 exp total.
  
• Prism + Malevola + Golem gives 433, 433 and 433 exp respectively, or 1,299 exp total.

Museum Robbery > Weave:

• Invisigal solo gives 910 exp.
  
• Malevola + Coupe gives 455, 455 exp respectively, or 910 exp total.

Further testing required. Note that Crypto-Night is a decision-based mission, while Museum Robbery is a stats-based mission.

For now, I'd tentatively recommend sending characters solo if on decision-based missions with an auto-success option, to maximise total experience. For stats-based missions, the total remains the same, it's up to you how you want to distribute the experience.


Mission Experience Formula

Based off testing, stat-based missions seem to give experience based off the following formula:

Experience = (Mission Value - Success Rate) / Mission Modifier

For example, the first mission (Lost Balloon) has a Mission Value of 308 and a modifier of 0.4:

Flambae has a 100% success rate: (308 - 100) / 0.4 = 520 experience
Coupe has a 72% success rate: (308 - 72) / 0.4 = 590 experience

Another example, the fifth mission (Retrieve Stolen Boat) has a Mission Value of 360 and a modifier of 0.4:

Invisigal has a 83% success rate: (360 - 83) / 0.4 = 692 experience
Sonar-Bat has a 72% success rate: (360 - 72) / 0.4 = 720 experience
Coupe has a 63% success rate: (360 - 63) / 0.4 = 742 experience

What does this mean?

The more unsuitable the team, the lower the success rate.
The lower the success rate, the larger the amount of experience gained IF SUCCESSFUL.
Failed missions give no experience.

2025-10-26:
Added Episode 1 missions requirements + recommendations.
Added Episode 1 choices.
Added alternate method for Achievement "Phoenixes Down" based off the crucifié method, suggested by xInSt*r in comments.
Added Episode 1's tutorial heroes to the "Starting stats" section.
Added Changelog.
Changed title of guide from "Episode 2 Missions Guide" to "Missions Guide".
Changed the format of the narrative choices to show the default option when time runs out in a separate column.
Changed the text of the “Love ‘em from my mouth to my butt." achievement guide.
Re-ordered the sections so the more relevant stuff is at the top, and the technical stuff is at the end.

2025-10-28:
Changed text of Achievements to reflect earliest episode unlockable.
Changes Achievements layout to group them by earliest episode unlockable.

2025-10-30:
Added Episode 3+4 missions.
Added Episode 3+4 choices.
Added Upgrade Abilities.
Added tips for dealing with Episode 3's special circumstances.
Separated the Episode 3 missions into separate sections for each shift.
Added the sabotage missions under Episode 3 Missions - Shift 1.

2025-10-31:
Combined "Starting Abilities for Achievement: "Getting to Know Yous" with "Upgrade Abilities" into a new "Abilities" section.
Re-arranged stat columns from Left-to-right, top-to-bottom (Int | Com | Vig | Cha | Mob) to Clockwise (Com | Vig | Mob | Cha | Int) for all sections.

2025-11-02
Updated the guide with input from comments. (So many questions... which language of the game translated "Lightningstruck Strikes Again" into "That ♥♥♥♥♥♥"?)