Guide to all Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Achievements (WIP)
 
 

Introduction

Welcome to my Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Guide. This is my first steam guide and currently a work in progress. I’ll be updating this guide as I play the game, so please bear with my slow pace. Feel free to comment if anything needs to be changes or if something is wrong.
 
 
Total achievements: 59
 
Missable: ~30
 
 
Number of playthrough: 1 (if you follow a guide)
 
Time to 100%: 16-24h
 
 
No achievements are tied to the difficulty you choose. Feel free to choose the difficulty you prefer. You can also change and customize it mid playthrough and still gain all the achievements.
 
 
 

Main Story

A Risky Gamble
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 1.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Busted
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 2.
 
Missable: No
 
 
The Cost of Freedom
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 3.
 
Missable: No
 
 
The Monster Queen
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 4.
 
Missable: No
 
 
The Monster Queen
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 5.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 6.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Canine Confusion
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 7.
 
Missable: No
 
 
The Matriarch
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 8.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Desperate Times
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 9.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Test of Faith
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 10.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Mind Over Matter
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 11.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Knowhere to Run
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 12.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Against All Odds
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 13.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Into The Fire
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 14.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Broken Promises
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 15.
 
Missable: No
 
 
The Magus
 
Requirement: Complete Chapter 16.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Guardians of the Galaxy
 
Requirement: Complete Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
 
Missable: No
 
 
 

Defeat Something

All of these are most likely tied to the story, so they are most likely not missable. They could also contain spoilers.
 
 
Llama Wrangler
 
Requirement: Capture the Quarantine Zone monster.
 
Missable: No
 
 
Squid Kicker
 
Requirement: Defeat the Dweller-in-Darkness.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
Family Intervention
 
Requirement: Defeat the Blood Brothers.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
Mama’s Boy
 
Requirement: Defeat the Meredith Quill delusion.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
Titanslayer
 
Requirement: Survive the manifestation of Thanos.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
Foom’s Doom
 
Requirement: Defeat Fin Fang Foom.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
Faithless
 
Requirement: Defeat Grand Unifier Raker.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
Poetry Critic
 
Requirement: Defeat The Magus.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
 

Abilities & Weapons

Self-Improvement
 
Requirement: Purchase your first Star-Lord Ability.
 
Missable: Yes (but unlikely)
 
 
Dynamic Team
 
Requirement: Invest in at least one Special Ability for Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot.
 
Missable: Yes (but unlikely)
 
 
Fully Loaded
 
Requirement: Invest in all Special Abilities for all Companions.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Flash Freeze
 
Requirement: Acquire the Ice Element for Star-Lord’s guns.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
Shock and Awe
 
Requirement: Acquire the Lightning Element for Star-Lord’s guns.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
Fan Friction
 
Requirement: Acquire the Wind Element for Star-Lord’s guns.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
Lava Launcher
 
Requirement: Acquire the Plasma Element for Star-Lord’s guns.
 
Missable: Most likely not
 
 
 

Combat

Most of these achievements are missable, you’ll need to pay a close attention to them if you want to 100% this game in a single playthrough. However, you should be able to get a lot of them just from playing naturally.
 
 
Pick Me Up
 
Requirement: Revive a fallen team member.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Stagger Swagger
 
Requirement: Stagger 25 enemies.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
No Way, Nova Corps
 
Requirement: Interrupt a Nova Centurion with Gomora’s Call to Action.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Slakebuster
 
Requirement: Interrupt Slakebeast with Drax’s Call to Action.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Groot Can*l
 
Requirement: Interrupt a Charger with Groot’s Call to Action.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Drax the Dismemberer
 
Requirement: Dismember an Inquisitor with Drax’s Call to Action.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Unstoppable Force
 
Requirement: Attain the maximum possible Momentum 10 times.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
This one is technically missable, but very easy to achieve. I pretty much reached max momentum after every fight. You should unlock this one naturally.
 
 
The Crowd Goes Wild
 
Requirement: Execute a Flair Attack 10 times.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Once an enemy is staggered and low health, you’ll see a button prompt above their head (Q by default), simply get close and press it. Repeat 10 times.
 
 
Set ’em Up, Knock ’em Down
 
Requirement: Defeat 15 Staggered enemies with a Charged Shot.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Bullet Hell
 
Requirement: Defeat 15 enemies with Star-Lord’s Fan the Hammer ability.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Adding Injury to Insult
 
Requirement: Defeat 10 enemies affected by Drax’s Wrath of Katath ability.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Trained to Perfection
 
Requirement: Defeat 10 enemies with Gamora’s Executioner ability.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Boom Show
 
Requirement: Defeat 20 enemies with Rocket’s Five Barrel Barrage.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Herbal Remedy
 
Requirement: Revive or Heal Companions 10 times with Groot’s Gift of the Florae.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Altitude Adjustment
 
Requirement: Defeat 20 enemies with Star-Lord’s Eye of the Hurricane.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Killer Friendship
 
Requirement: Execute an Auto-Combo with Gamora.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Katathian Handshake
 
Requirement: Execute an Auto-Combo with Drax.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Aim Assist
 
Requirement: Execute an Auto-Combo with Rocket.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Timber!
 
Requirement: Execute an Auto-Combo with Groot.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
 

Collectables & Outfits

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Thoughtful Captain
 
Requirement: Find half of the Guardian Collectibles.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Managerial Skills
 
Requirement: Find all of the Guardian Collectibles for one Guardian.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Like a Glove!
 
Requirement: Find and equip one Outfit.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Fashion Pa*sion
 
Requirement: Find and equip all Outfits.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Lore Hoarder
 
Requirement: Collect 65% of all Galactic Compendium entries of each category.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
 

Miscellaneous

Galactic Frugality
 
Requirement: Pay your Nova Corps fine.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
Eat It, Rodent
 
Requirement: Win the bet against Rocket.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 
This one is missable but very easy to do. At some point throughout Chapter 1, you’ll enter a Kree Sentry’s head. In there you’ll find a ton of parasites to shot. Which should give you a huge lead and most likely give you the win.
 
 
This Is What We Do
 
Requirement: Win every trophy.
 
Missable: Yes
 
 

 
 
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