Overview:
-Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10
-Offline: 48/48 (1000)
-Online: 0
-Approximate amount of time to 1000: 25-35 hours
-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: Multiple (one each for Story mode, Free Play mode, and Ground Assault/Space missions. You can replay missions at any time.)
-Number of missable achievements: None
-Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No
-Does difficulty affect achievements?: No difficulty
-Glitchy achievements: Yes (“A Presence I've Not Felt Since” [Collect all mini-kits]. See below.)
-Unobtainable achievements: No
-Extra equipment needed?: No
Introduction:
Welcome to Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. If you follow this roadmap and finish off one thing before moving onto the next, this should be an easy 1000. That way you can keep track of everything you’ve done. It's not a hard game by any means, just time consuming.
There are many different modes you can play in this game, and they are all required to play if you want to get 1000 in it. There’s Story mode, Free Play mode, Ground Assault missions and Space missions. Luckily, Superstory mode (from the previous Lego Star Wars games) does not make a return. Each mode is explained below. There are also two “hubs” (a Republic and Separatist ship) where you can access those missions, purchase characters and vehicles/ships that you have unlocked, travel to different systems, and get some random achievements.
Certain Bounty Hunter and Ground Assault missions cannot be completed if you haven’t unlocked and purchased a particular character. Search around the hubs for them (the guide has where they are located as they are unlocked in the hub under each mission achievement).
You have to accumulate gold bricks to open new areas of your hubs. If you try to access an area where you need gold bricks, it will tell you how many are needed to unlock it. See “Stealth Wealth” for how many gold bricks are unlocked for completing what task.
Also, there is one achievement that you have to get by not using the Invincibility red brick. It is “The Force is With You” (Complete a story level without dying [and no invincibility cheat]). You can use the Regenerate Hearts red brick, though.
There is one achievement that seems to be glitchy. It is the “A Presence I’ve Not Felt Since” achievement (Collect all the minikits). It seems to not be unlocking for some people. The achievement says ‘Single Player Only’, but the main profile can unlock it if playing in co-op, even if the second player has collected some of them. Right now, there’s no real workaround for this if it doesn’t unlock for you without playing through the game a second (or third) time. Travellers Tales have suggested entering every mission then Save & Quit without collecting anything. This seems to have not worked.
The sections of each hub ship are laid out here.
Cheat Codes:
There are cheat codes for every character, vehicle/ship (except novelty ones) and red brick in the game. That link is here if you don’t want to find everything in the game. To enter a cheat code, hit Start, go to the Extras menu, and choose “Enter Secret Code”. There are a few achievements that you can unlock using them:
- “Cheat!” (Collect all red power bricks)
- “Clanker Collector” (Unlock/purchase all 'Droid' characters)
- “Jedi Master” (True Jedi in every level) – If you have all the stud multiplier red bricks turned on, you can get this in your first run through Story mode.
There are no achievements for unlocking all the characters or vehicles/ships this game, but they all are needed for the 100% achievement. So, if you are having trouble finding one or two characters or unlocking a certain vehicle/ship, you can always use the code for it if you want. Remember, if you use a code to unlock a character that is built from the minikits (the 22 Classic characters), you still have to collect all the minikits for the “A Presence I’ve Not Felt Since” achievement (Collect all the minikits).
"Fives" is the only character that doesn't have a code and can only be unlocked by completing the Story mode level 'Rookies'. He is needed for the “Jango’s Army” achievement. Savage Opress is a character that can only be unlocked by typing in his code (MELL07) in the cheats menu. He is not needed for the 100% achievement. (thanks Reigning Darth)
Step 1: Story mode (36 for 510)
Your first run through the game will be playing and completing Story Mode. There are 22 missions to go through. You get an achievement for each mission. By my count, you can also get an additional 12 achievements just by playing through Story mode and plotting out which achievements can be unlocked during which mission. There are also two additional achievements you can unlock:
- For “Jango’s Army”, you unlock all the characters throughout Story mode except for two. You need to find all the minikits in the missions ‘Blue Shadow Virus’ (Classic Shadow Stormtrooper) and ‘Liberty on Ryloth’ (Classic Stormtrooper) to unlock them. Or, you can just enter in their cheat codes.
- You can get the “Jedi Master” achievement in this playthrough if you’ve used the codes to unlock all the red bricks and have the stud multipliers turned on.
You unlock a majority of the characters and vehicles/ships by completing Story mode. Then you have to walk around the hubs to purchase some of them (some you don’t have to purchase). Look at the Story mission achievements to see who and what are unlocked when you complete that particular mission.
By my count, you should have unlocked at least 36 achievements (potentially). Only 12 more to go!
Note: The next three steps can be done in any order, but recommended that you complete one before moving onto the next.
Step 2: Free Play (1 for 70)
This playthrough you are going to get all the minikits. Here is a link to a guide and videos on how to collect them all. This is probably the most time consuming aspect of the game.
37 achievements down for 580. Only 11 more to go.
Step 3: Ground Assault missions (3 for 70)
There are two achievements that can be unlocked by doing the ground battles, “Viceroy of the Fleet” and “Admiral of the Fleet”. Note that you need to have unlocked and purchased certain characters to unlock some ground battles. You need to convert all 16 systems to one faction for one achievement, and then convert them to the other faction for the other achievement. But, for the 100% achievement (and the “Stealth Wealth” achievement), you need a gold brick for each battle (32 in all), so if there are some that are locked, you may have to convert it to one faction and then back to the other for the gold brick. Keep a list of which ones you have unlocked the gold brick on.
Note: In regards to the achievements, after you complete Story mode, it is recommended that you convert the systems to Separatist first (since six systems are locked and already converted to Separatist), then to Republic. Then you just have to convert those six that were previously locked back to Separatist for the gold bricks.
You can also get the “Finder’s Keepers” achievement (Hijack 20 enemy units in Ground Battles) during these missions.
That’s 40 achievements unlocked for 650. Just 8 more to go.
Step 4: Space missions
While there is no achievement for completing all the space battles, it is needed for the 100% achievement because you get a gold brick for every one you complete (16 of them). All space battles are pretty straight forward; start by flying out in between the two ships, destroying the gold brick in the bubble and destroying Lego items. Some missions you need a Rapid Fire ship, others ones with Missiles or Torpedoes. The game tells you what you need when you fly out. See “Stealth Wealth” for tips on two of the space battles as you need to do something else before you can fly into battle.
The Rishi Moon space battle might give you trouble. Look here for tips.
Still at 650…
Mop Up:
You should only have a few miscellaneous achievements left to unlock.
- You have to complete all 16 Bounty Hunter missions for a gold brick each (guide is here) and the achievement “Isn't Negotiation the Jedi Way?” for 20. If these are your last gold bricks to obtain, you will also get the “Stealth Wealth” achievement for 70.
- You also may have to do the “The Dark Side I Sense In You” achievement (Free all villains from the Resolute brig) for 50. You can do that after you complete all the Ground Assault missions, as some characters are unlocked by completing those missions.
- For “Twice the Pride, Double the Fall” (Defeat Anakin with Count Dooku), simply choose both characters in the hub and kill Anakin with Dooku. This is worth 10.
- If you didn’t use the cheat codes to unlock all 18 red bricks for the “Cheat!” achievement for 70, you have to find them in the two hubs. There is a guide here with the locations to all of them.
- For “Land-o Calrissian”, you have to have collected all the minikits in the ‘Shadow of Malevolence’ mission. Use him to fly between hubs and land with him to unlock the achievement. This is worth 10.
- For “They’ll Never See Us Coming” (Win 3 consecutive Arcade Mode Battles), you have to hook up a second controller to play Arcade mode. Access the mission terminal and choose the bottom right screen. Look in the guide to see how to unlock it. It is worth 20.
100%:
If you’ve completed all of the above, you should get the final 100 achievement, “Impressive, Most Impressive”. Listed below is a breakdown of what you need. You may have already unlocked this achievement earlier if you’ve completed the requirements.
You need to do the following to get 100%:
- Complete all 22 Story missions
- You must "True Jedi" all 22 missions (in Story mode or Free Play)
- Collect all 220 Minikits (10 each in 20 Story missions including Prologue and Epilogue plus two hidden missions)
- Complete all 32 Ground Assault missions (16 each for the Republic and the Separatists)
- Complete all 16 Space missions
- Complete all 16 Bounty Hunter missions
- Collect all 130 gold bricks (see “Stealth Wealth” for the breakdown. You must also build the LEGO structure with all 130 bricks on the Republic ship)
- Collect all 18 red bricks (or use the cheats)
- Purchase and/or unlock all characters (114 in all)
- You must purchase/unlock all Ground Assault vehicles
- You must purchase/unlock all Flight Based ships
- You must unlock all Novelty vehicles (look here for their locations)
Conclusion:
Congratulations on another 1000. This isn’t a hard completion by any means; just time consuming (as are all Lego games). You will spend the most time collecting the minikits and about four hours doing the Ground Assault and Space missions. If you’ve missed anything, be sure to look at the guide thoroughly, and even search the forums if you having trouble with a particular achievement. Good luck!
x360a would like to thank bLaKgRaVy for this Road Map