Listed below are common
Video Game Achievement templates.
By method of acquisition
If you want to add to the list, please make sure that your addition is generic enough to be found in games of different genres. Also, please avoid creating redundant entries.
Single-Player
- Completed chapter X of the single-player campaign (times chapters; most, if not all, of them secret)
- Completed the single-player campaign (times difficulty settings above Easy)
- Discovered a specific ending (times endings; all secret)
- Completed a major sidequest:
- Completed a Downloadable Content level
- Completed a specific level or the entire game with an additional challenge (No Damage Run, Pacifist Run, Stealth Run, etc.)
Gameplay Mechanics
- Reached the level cap
- Maxed out a skill score (times noteworthy skills)
- Perused a specific skill N times (times noteworthy skills)
- Perused the gimmick game mechanic N times
- Dealt an extraordinary amount of damage with a single attack
- Chained together an extraordinary long and/or complicated combo
Enemies
Completionism
Multiplayer
- Joined a multiplayer game session
- Won N multiplayer matches of specific type (times multiplayer modes)
- Repeat any number of times, increasing N by a factor of 10 every time
- Played a specific multiplayer mode for N hours (times multiplayer modes)
- Scored N hundred kills online (repeat up to an arbitrary N)
Miscellaneous
Stock titles
- "1.21 Gigawatts": For doing something with electricity
- "Master Whatever": For earning every other achievement