Achievements

Achievements are ANKOU’s feats: one-time exploits to pull off, on a specific map or anywhere. You can check them in the Achievements tab of the Challenges screen (main menu, Progression), along with the date you earned them. The Challenges screen opens at level 3 (see Levels, ranks and prestige), but achievements can be earned from your very first match.

The tab is laid out to get straight to the point:

• a summary at the top: achievements earned, achievements almost unlocked, rewards still to earn and secrets still hidden;
• All / To earn / Earned filters;
• Almost unlocked: cumulative achievements (kills, round, mystery box, boards…) you are at least halfway through, with their progress bar;
• then achievements sorted by theme — Survival, Combat, Armory and perks, Maps and secrets — each with its score. Every card shows its reward before you earn it.

What they reward#

• Every achievement earned awards 25 Ankou Coins.
• Many also give an emblem or a title, to equip in the Barracks (see Leaderboards, Barracks and Archives).
• “Ankou’s Recruit,” earned by finishing the beginners’ guided match (round 5), awards 25 extra Ankou Coins, once per account.

How they unlock#

• Achievements are checked at the end of each match, from the match and your cumulative stats.
• Round goals only count in ranked matches: starting at round 1, not the guided match.
• Easy difficulty is unranked: it has its own round achievements, the same goals marked “(Easy)” (rounds 10, 20, 30 and 50, round 20 without going down, round 15 with four players). Their rewards are separate: the Apprentice Lighthouse Keeper title and two sea-foam green emblems. They don’t unlock the ranked achievements’ rewards.
• Map-specific achievements (Easter egg, secrets, Nec Mergitur round goals) only trigger on that map.
• “In a single match” goals must be done in one match; the others add up over your matches.

Secret achievements#

Secret achievements keep their description hidden until you earn them. The game only hints at the map to search (“Keep exploring Ker-Ys to find it…”) and the kind of reward (emblem or title), without its name. They’re all tied to the maps’ secrets and Easter eggs: see The Awakening of Ys and The Last Metro (Nec Mergitur Easter egg), if you don’t mind a nudge in the right direction.

Tips#

• Sea Legs (round 20 without ever going down): the match has to run to the end, without leaving early. Buy Menhir early and keep a stun grenade to break free.
• Hothead (round 15 on Realistic): difficulty is picked in the lobby; zombies have more health and hit harder there, but XP is multiplied by 1.25.
• Full Crew (round 15 in a four-player match): gather a full squad in the lobby.
• Rising Tide (Ker-Ys Easter egg in under 75 minutes) and Faster than the Last Metro (Nec Mergitur in under 90 minutes): the time counted is match time. Plan your route as a team and split the steps.
• Up Close and Personal (50 knife kills in one match): make the most of the early rounds and the Insta-Kill power-up; the Iron Arm gumball helps a lot.
• Round on the House (drink 8 perks in one match): you normally only carry 4 perks at a time, but every purchase at a machine counts, including perks bought back after going down.
• Sharpshooter (60% accuracy over a match of at least 10 rounds): you also need to fire at least 200 bullets. Pick accurate weapons and fire single shots rather than long sprays.
• Fortune at Sea (100,000 points in one match): knife kills and headshots pay the most; a long match is enough.
• Shortwave (the five Project Morgane transmissions on Ker-Ys): the radio sets are scattered across the island; the transmissions you find stay in your Barracks Archives.
• Solid Gold, Diamond Shine and Child of the Abyss follow camo mastery (see Camos).

All achievements#

Checked against the game on November 8, 2026