Arms of God Hidden Achievements & Secret Trophies — Complete Unlock Guide

Achievement Overview

Arms of God has 47 achievements: 30 visible (listed in-game with descriptions) and 17 hidden (no description until unlocked). The hidden achievements range from "play the game normally and this will pop" to "do something so specific you would never discover it without a guide."

This guide covers all 17 hidden achievements, plus the 5 hardest visible achievements that players struggle with most.

Hidden Achievements

"I Meant to Do That" (Hidden)

Unlock: Kill a boss by falling off a ledge and landing on them. How to get: Act 3 Fire Elemental boss arena has ledges on the sides. Get the boss to low HP, climb up, jump off and land on it. The fall damage must deal the killing blow. Easiest on Normal difficulty. Missable: No — can be done on any boss with ledges (Act 3, Act 4 Omega).

"Pacifist Run" (Hidden)

Unlock: Clear any act while killing only the boss and mandatory enemies. How to get: Act 1 is easiest. Only kill the 3-4 red-icon enemies required to open doors. Skip every optional room. Boss kill counts. Takes about 6 minutes. Missable: No — can be done on any difficulty, any act.

"Speed Demon" (Hidden)

Unlock: Clear Act 1 in under 7 minutes. How to get: Use the speedrun route (see [Speedrun Guide](/guides/arms-of-god-speedrun-guide)). Dual Blades, dash through optional rooms, kill only mandatory enemies. The 7-minute window is generous if you do not stop for loot. Missable: No.

"Untouchable" (Hidden)

Unlock: Clear any act without taking damage. How to get: Act 1 on Normal with Holy Crossbow. Stay at maximum range, kill everything before it reaches you. The boss (Archon of Storms) is the hardest part — stay at mid-long range and dodge lightning. Ranged weapons make this significantly easier than melee. Missable: No. Can be done on any act, any difficulty.

"The Floor Is Lava" (Hidden)

Unlock: Clear a room without touching the ground for more than 1 second at a time. How to get: Act 1, first room (3 Hollow Soldiers). Use Dual Blades, dash immediately on landing. The dash counts as airborne. Attack in the air between dashes. Easier than it sounds — the room has only 3 slow enemies. Missable: No.

"Friendly Fire" (Hidden)

Unlock: Make an environmental hazard kill 3+ enemies at once. How to get: Act 2, any room with explosive barrels. Weaken a group of Plague Rats (they swarm), then trigger the barrel. Rats have low HP so even a weakened group will die. Act 3 fire traps also work. Missable: No — barrels exist in every act.

"Mercy Killing" (Hidden)

Unlock: Kill a boss with a weapon swap strike. How to get: Get any boss to 5% HP or lower. Swap weapons. The first attack after swapping deals 30% bonus damage — this must be the killing blow. The swap strike animation is distinct (a flash of light on the weapon). Missable: No.

"Collector's Curse" (Hidden)

Unlock: Hold 10+ weapons in your inventory without equipping or dismantling any for an entire act. How to get: Simply do not dismantle or equip new weapons. Pick up everything that drops. By the end of Act 2 you will have 10+. The challenge is fighting with underpowered weapons because you are not upgrading. Missable: No.

"Glass Cannon" (Hidden)

Unlock: Clear any act with less than 50% of the recommended HP. How to get: Act 1 recommended HP is roughly 200. Use equipment that does not provide HP bonuses. Stay at starting HP. Clears naturally if you prioritize damage upgrades over HP. Missable: No. Note: there is also a [Glass Cannon build guide](/guides/arms-of-god-glass-cannon-build-guide) for the actual build archetype.

"One Trick Pony" (Hidden)

Unlock: Clear any act using only basic attacks (no blessings, no abilities, no weapon arts). How to get: Act 1, unequip blessing if you have one. Use only the basic attack button. Dodge is allowed. Takes longer but Act 1 is balanced for players without blessings. Missable: No.

"Treasure Hunter" (Hidden)

Unlock: Find and open all secret rooms in a single playthrough. How to get: There are 8 secret rooms total (2 per act). See our [Secret Rooms guide](/guides/arms-of-god-secret-rooms-hidden-areas-guide) for all locations. Must be done in one playthrough — resets on NG+. Missable: Yes — some secret rooms are off the critical path. Use the guide linked above.

"Lore Master" (Hidden)

Unlock: Read every lore tablet in the game. How to get: 24 lore tablets scattered across all acts. You must interact with each one. The game does not track which ones you have read. Use a checklist. Act 4 has 3 tablets hidden behind breakable walls. Missable: Yes — but you can revisit acts to collect missed tablets.

"The True Ending" (Hidden)

Unlock: Defeat Divine Engine Omega on Hard Mode without taking damage from the final phase. How to get: The final phase (last 25% HP) has an attack pattern: beam sweep → meteor rain → charge → repeat. Learn the pattern. The beam sweep is dodged by dashing through it. Meteors are dodged by constant movement. The charge is dodged sideways. Focus entirely on dodging during this phase — damage the boss only during the 2-second pause between patterns. Missable: No — can be re-attempted as many times as needed.

"Minimalist" (Hidden)

Unlock: Clear the entire game (Acts 1-4) without ever equipping a second weapon. How to get: Use the Assassin class (Dual Blades). Never pick up or equip a second weapon. Your single weapon must carry you through all four acts. Upgrade it to +15, max blessings, and rely on Cathedral bonuses. Hardest achievement in the game. Missable: No — but requires a dedicated playthrough.

"One With the Shadows" (Hidden)

Unlock: Clear Act 3 without ever being hit by a Shadow Assassin. How to get: The hard way: perfect reflexes. The easy way: Holy blessing reveals cloaked Assassins. Frost blessing slows them. Ranged weapons kill them before they reach you. With Holy + Frost + Stormcaller Bow, Assassins never get close enough to attack. Missable: Yes — if an Assassin lands a hit, you must restart the act.

"Speed Reader" (Hidden)

Unlock: Skip all dialogue and cutscenes in a single playthrough. How to get: Hold the skip button (Esc on keyboard, Options on controller) during every dialogue and cutscene. Must be done for the entire game in one run. The final cutscene counts — do not let it play. Missable: Yes — a single watched cutscene voids it.

"And Then There Were None" (Hidden)

Unlock: Kill every enemy type in the game at least once. How to get: 23 enemy types across four acts. Most unlock naturally. The rare ones: Divine Guardians (Act 4 only, 2 spawns per run), elite variants of each enemy type (low spawn rate), and the secret boss in Act 3 (hidden behind the waterfall in the Temple area). Missable: No — all enemies respawn.

Hardest Visible Achievements

"Perfectionist" (Visible)

Requirement: S-rank every act.

S-rank requires: <15 minutes clear time, <5 deaths, >80% enemies killed. Act 4 is the hardest because of the time requirement. Use the speedrun strategies from this guide.

"Master of Arms" (Visible)

Requirement: Unlock all 60 weapons.

Requires NG+ for 4 weapons exclusive to Hard Mode. See the [complete weapon list](/guides/arms-of-god-weapons-tier-list-guide) for unlock conditions.

"Blessed" (Visible)

Requirement: Max all blessings to level 10.

This is a grind — requires roughly 200 Divine Essence total. Farm Act 4 Omega boss for best Essence rate.

"Iron Man" (Visible)

Requirement: Clear Hard Mode without dying.

The hardest achievement in the game. Requires a fully optimized endgame build, max Cathedral upgrades, and perfect boss pattern knowledge.

"Completionist" (Visible)

Requirement: Unlock all other 46 achievements.

Self-explanatory. This is the final achievement most players unlock.

Achievement Roadmap

Playthrough 1 (Normal, ~25 hours): Unlock all story achievements + most combat and collection achievements naturally. Follow the hidden achievements list for missable ones.

Playthrough 2 (Hard Mode, ~15 hours): "Iron Man" attempt with a maxed build. Clean up any missed achievements.

Cleanup (5-10 hours): Farm remaining weapon unlocks, blessing levels, Cathedral upgrades. Target "Completionist."

Total for 100%: roughly 45-50 hours.