I created this guide to document the set of equipments and encounters that I used to get specific achievements. I will try to keep this update as I progress through the game.

Completed The High Priestess with 12 Blessings and the Holy Mace.

Obviously, you need a holy mace and a lot of encounters which provide blessings. However, from my experience, it is best to run two cards that give fame and golds, since you need 16 fame to equip holy mace and some money to trade for blessings.



I chose "Duel" and "Winding Trail," but you are free to choose others. Basically, you should have one card that gives a lot of fames and another that gives golds.

As for equipments, get a lot of stuff that help you win bets.



And add a blessing to your supply.



For companion, Adriane is the best, since you will do a lot of card bets.

And don't forget to dig out every avalanche to gain free blessings.

Had 200 Gold on completing Hierophant.

This one is rather easy. Stuff your encounters with cards that give golds. I especially recommend Goblin Town, as it gives a huge amount of gold. You can unlock this card by completing "Follow the Goblin" quests 4 times in a row. Drunken Night is also nice. You may also consider one card to help with your food situation.



Do not spend any gold on anything, and you should be set.

Completed the Lover's challenge with Oswin fully healed.

Firstly, add a lot of encounters with food. Before the last stage, set up a camp to heal Oswin.

The most difficult part is to win the combat without Oswin taking any damage.



Once the battle starts, undeads will throw projectiles at Oswin. You need to act fast!

• Roll forward left! This will put Oswin behind you. Thus, you take all projectiles.
  
• Immediately, throw the purification bomb on undead. At this point, most undeads should gather near The Wraith. With a good aiming, you should be left with only 2-3 undeads and The Wraith. Make sure you throw the bomb quick enough. Otherwise, undead will bomb Oswin first!
  
• Hit The Wraith just once to cancel the channeling. Then proceed to kill all remaining undeads. Be careful that some undead will reanimate. Clear them out again.
  
• Hopefully, the last step shouldn't take long. But even if you end up taking a while, The Wraith will most likely sap your HP, not Oswin. If you have enough health, you can last quite long.

Be prepared to Exit the game (or ALT+F4) a lot. If Oswin takes damage, just exit and re-enter.

Killed an Assassin with the Reaper's Arrow.

"Death" is the only mission I am aware of that will have an assassin. To get this achievement, you need a right mix of equipments/fame/max hp cards. Without gain HPs encounters, you will fail the final showdown. Without fame, you cannot equip Reaper's Arrow. Without gain equipment cards, you might not even get your hand on Reaper's Arrow. It is also nice to have some gold as well, so you can purchase Reaper's Arrow from the store, if it happens to show up.





For supplies, I chose Fate Path, Food, and Max HP. Fate Path is to trade for gain max HP at Winter Solstice.

Once everything is ready, face the assassin. Just attack him until he drops and waits for you to finish (F button hanging on his head). Then, press Q to finish him off. Be careful that your companion does not get the last hit though.

Completed The Empress with the Encrusted Mace

Simply stuff encounters that give fames or combats. At every village, protect all villagers. You can do this by attacking the foremost enemy. Deal with chain throwers last as they don't deal damage to villagers.

Completed 3 Brimstone tokens.

You need to complete 3 Brimstone tokens. Basically, a brimston card is the one with shining red color. It is the opposite of a platinum card, meaning it is very difficult to survive.

Choose a mission which allows unlimited brimstone cards. I generally choose "the tower" or "the chariot" because they only require 8 encounters.



Right now, I am experimenting with "Hierophant" as it allows you to acquire resources first. Most likely, you can take one brimstone card at a time.

Hoarford Trial

I might get the name wrong, since I don't have the card anymore. This is the quest that Colbjorn must go through a trial to reclaim himself. Make sure you have a lot of health (and luck).

You have to survive a night in a forest. On every choice menu, the time of the day will be noted. Before nightfall, explore as many locations as possible by selecting "keep moving." When it is night, visit one of the locations. The pond will first damage you and heal you back, so be careful if you are low on health. However, if your companion is on cooldown, the pond will refresh that. So, it is a good idea to visit the pond if your health allows. The crow will take your equipment in exchange of health gains. The shrine will ask for golds in exchange of health gains too.

Once it is dawn, you get the token.

The Far North



This one requires a lot of food and luck. Basically, you choose the choice that consumes most food and pray you get good luck with dices and wheels. On the last wheel, you need to get success to unlock the token.

The Deadly Forest



Select Wanderer as your companion. Don't enter the forest, but choose to set up a camp. Roll the dices to get 16 or more, and then wait for woodcutter.

Our gamer friend "Lunix Vandal" has suggested the following solution to this achievement. I have confirmed that it works.

Lunix Vandal 20 Nov @ 8:10am
For the "Unburdened" achievement (finish The Star with no Curses):
At minimum, you will want "The Underneath," "The Little Devil," and "Forgotten Dreams" in your encounter deck, along with enough Food Gain to pay for The Underground.

These cards are unlocked by completing Malaclypse's quest chain and earning the Gold Tokens from The Wheel and The Devil.

With those three cards in your deck, you have two ways to victory:
A) Find "The Underneath" on the fourth floor of the challenge, pay 10 Food to enter, check the shops, and visit Blessings & Curses to have all of your Blessings and Curses removed.
B) Find "The Underneath" and "The Little Devil" before the fourth floor, use them to remove as many Curses as possible, and then use "Forgotten Dreams" on the fourth floor to replay either of the Curse-removal encounters as appropriate -- "The Little Devil" if you only have the Scepter's Curse, "The Underground" otherwise.
Afterward, simply win the challenge to earn the achievement.

Another card which is very helpful is "Demon Arae." This would allow you to remove 2-3 curses.

Wielded Blood Crescent

Blood Cresent is obtained by completing all questing maces challenges. The first questing mace is obtained by meeting woodcutter and buying his ring (refer to Purgatory achievement above) After you get the ring, you walk into the (new) deadly forest and would be given the mace.

The challenges are not overly difficult, just a little boring. You just need to kill specific sets of enemies.

Got Huge Success in 10 Wheel Gambits.

This one is quite tedious. I did mine with "The Sun."

Stuff your encounters with food and map reveals. Estrella is a good companion for the first level. Try to find the exit as fast as possible. If you encounter blocked passage, ask Estrella to help for a few times. The pendulum is slow enough to get it right every time.

When you get to the second level, change your companion to Malaclypse. Find "Prison Mage" encounter. Once you do, choose "leave." The wheel gambit will contain "hugh success." Click stop when the card is at about 9 o'clock.

Rinse and repeat.