War in the North Legacy Edition Achievements
A completion-safe achievement guide for Legacy Edition, separating the live Steam list, changing Xbox visibility reports, and historical route advice.
Patch 2: War-Mechanist counts the fellowship
War-Mechanist now counts kills across the whole fellowship, rather than keeping the relevant count separate for each character. When planning this task, keep the party on the same objective and use the conditions shown in your platform’s achievement description; rotating heroes does not require treating every hero as a separate kill run.
For a completion route, update first, check the live achievement list, then track this counter separately from The Cult of the Lidless Eye. Patch 2 repairs Scroll 7 quest credit too, but a quest-counter repair and an achievement-list synchronization problem are different failures. Keep a screenshot of the visible condition if an unlock remains missing; the patch does not announce universal retroactive unlocks or account-wide transfer between platforms.
Quick answer
Plan the campaign, side quests and cleanup around the achievement descriptions on your own platform. Use original-release route names to find the relevant quest, then follow the current condition.
Build a safe completion route
1. Capture the live list first
Open the achievement or trophy page on the platform where you will play. Save a screenshot or export the list if the platform allows it. Record the game edition and date; launch-week lists can change without your old walkthrough changing with them.
2. Separate route achievements from system achievements
| Type | Planning method |
|---|---|
| Story or chapter | Follow the campaign and mark the chapter where it should unlock |
| Side quest | Use the old walkthrough to find the quest, then verify the current trigger |
| Combat or skill | Test in a low-risk encounter and avoid assuming old counts are unchanged |
| Collection or secret | Keep a chapter checklist and use a second run if the item can be missed |
| Difficulty | Confirm the platform’s wording and finish the required campaign on that setting |
| Co-op | Test the host/client and local/online conditions before committing to a full run |
The GameFAQs original guide, PlayStationTrophies route, and XboxAchievements route are historical route references. They are not current Legacy Edition patch notes.
3. Protect the save before risky conditions
Keep a backup before a difficulty transition, co-op session, or chapter with several collectibles. If an unlock does not appear, do not immediately overwrite the only save by repeating the whole section. Note the condition, time, platform, and whether the game displayed a notification.
Xbox: hidden list versus failed unlock
These are different problems:
- Hidden list: the platform does not show the game’s achievement page at all.
- Visible but locked: the list is present and the stated condition has not registered.
- Visible and completed but no notification: the condition may not have backfilled, or the platform sync may be delayed.
The launch-day Xbox discussion reports the list appearing after an initial absence. That is a dated community timeline, not proof that every earlier unlock will backfill. Repeating a condition once after the list is visible is a reasonable test; deleting progress is not.
Steam and cross-platform caution
SteamDB records a Steam achievement category and current review metadata, while Steam’s own listing is the product source. Neither source proves that an achievement earned on one platform transfers to another. Assume platform-local tracking unless the platform or publisher says otherwise.
If a co-op achievement is involved, test it in a short private session first. The separate progress-not-saving guide explains why a client should not spend a full completion session before checking persistence.
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