Achievements play an important role in MMORPGs, whether officially awarded by the game or documented by players themselves. But which achievements are among the hardest? We at MeinMMO will reveal it to you.
What kind of achievements are these? In this list, we have gathered achievements that are difficult to obtain. These are not necessarily the rarest in the game, as rare achievements often require a lot of grinding. Especially achievements that require defeating many players in PvP are often only achieved rarely, such as Warlord of Draenor in WoW or God/Goddess of the Arena in GW2.
We have also excluded some achievements that were only available temporarily. One example is the achievement Scarab Lord from WoW, which required participation in the opening event of Ahn’Qiraj.
The achievements selected here are not only related to grinding and thus belong to the hardest achievements in their respective MMORPGs.
The Legend – Final Fantasy XIV
What is this achievement? For this achievement, you need to defeat the boss in the raid Endless Shadows of Bahamut (fatal). This raid was introduced with patch 4.11 on October 10, 2017, and is aimed at players level 60.
How many have achieved it? So far, 6.1% of all players have completed this raid (via FFXIVCollect). However, the number has only increased slightly in recent weeks. In November 2021, prior to the release of the Endwalker expansion, only 4.8% had defeated the last boss of the raid, even though it had been available for four years.
What makes the achievement so difficult? The boss has several challenges:
- After 14:04 minutes, the boss enters a hard enrage, making defeat almost impossible
- The combat arena is surrounded by a wall that instantly kills players upon contact – and the boss has a knockback ability
- There is a tornado ability that kills players instantly
- A player at a distance is hit by an AoE they must quickly leave, otherwise they die immediately
- There are several other abilities that players must know precisely, including a laser that must hit multiple targets, or else the targeted player dies
Additionally, the raid is an ultimate raid. You will always be scaled down to level 70 and the values from that time. This makes the Shadows of Bahamut a challenging boss even today.
Theoretically, the achievement can be bought if you find a group to carry you through the raid. However, this practice is frowned upon in the community.
You can watch a video of the boss fight here:
His True Face – Tibia Online
What is this achievement? His True Face is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic achievements in Tibia Online. For it, you must be teleported to a specific room during a quest.
How many have achieved it? This is not known. However, it took over 10 years for someone to record this achievement on video.
What makes the achievement so difficult? No one knows exactly how the achievement works. In mission three of the Blood Brothers quest, you will be teleported to another room with some luck and then receive the achievement. How one gets teleported and what the requirements are remains unknown – even though the achievement was discovered in 2010.
That an achievement is completely opaque or hard to understand is not unusual in Tibia. There are still hidden achievements that players have not solved even after decades. In March, we reported on how players solved a riddle that they had been struggling with for over 5 years.
This video from 2021 shows how the His True Face achievement works:
Tibia itself is an incredibly exciting MMORPG. It was developed in Germany and released in 1997. However, particularly in recent years, the “Old School” game has experienced a revival.
We spoke with the developers in our podcast:
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