Overview:
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 5/10
- Offline: 22 [1000]
- Online: 0
- Approximate amount of time to 1000 : 5-10 hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2
- Number of missable achievements: None!
- Glitched achievements: None!
- Do cheat codes disable achievements: No Cheats
Your classic children's game, Shrek the Third offers very few challenges for the average gamer. Although Grimm difficulty and the perfects may annoy you sometimes, they're nothing you can't get past with a little practice.
Introduction:
Welcome to Shrek the Third. This game has a total of 22 achievements and requires two playthroughs to get 1000. The reason that two playthroughs is required is because both the Grimm and Charming difficulties must be purchased from the Gift Shop and therefore cannot be done simultaneously.
Step 1: Purchase the Grimm Difficulty
The Grimm difficulty will run you a measly 1,500 gold to purchase. To obtain that gold simply play the first level "Royal Tutorial" twice or the first and second level. Once you have at least 1,500 gold go to the main menu and go to the Gift Shop and purchase the Grimm Difficulty. Once you purchase it, from the Main Menu go to Options and set the difficulty to Grimm.
Step 2: Playthough #1 (Grimm Difficulty)
Now that you gave the difficulty set to Grimm, from the Main Menu go to Scene Select and select the very first scene to begin this playthrough. As you go through this playthrough try and get all of the objectives except the "Perfect" and "Tremendous" ones. The reason I say don't worry about the perfects is they can be done later and on an easier difficulty. However if you get it, then more power to you. For the collector objectives just be sure you smash everything in your path so you don't miss an item.
As you go through the story you'll also want to be sure to collect all of the mugs and coloring books. For the mugs follow THIS GUIDE and for the coloring books follow THIS GUIDE. Also be sure to keep a log in case you miss any of these items or if you miss a perfect or any other objective for that matter. We'll use this log in the next step. The last bit of advice I can give you for this playthrough is to purchase the upgraded costumes for each character as soon as you have enough gold. Shrek is the only character with multiple costumes (I recommend either the Knight Armor or Pirate Outfit). You can also purchase the damage increase and fairy dust increase if you want.
Step 2: Midway Mop Up
Now that you have completed the game on Grimm, go to options from the Main Menu and set the difficulty to Normal. With that done, use the scene select option to replay all of the levels in which you missed a perfect. Keep in mind that for the most part, falling and being reset counts as a death so be careful when jumping across gaps. If you can, this is also a good time to complete every other objective on that level that you may have missed. After completing this step you should pretty much have all of achievements except for "Spoon Fed Ogre" and "The Juggler."
Step 3: Playthrough #2 (Charming Difficulty)
Before you can play on this difficulty you must purchase it from the Gift Shop for 15,500 gold. If you don't have enough gold simply replay the first level a few times on Grimm Difficulty. Once purchased, set the game difficulty to Charming and begin a new playthrough by using scene select again. With all that done, prepare for the easiest part of the game. In the first level, you can easily get "The Juggler." A few minutes into the level the game will try to tell you to press to block, DON'T DO IT. Instead focus on launching enemies by holding and catching them with . As long as you don't press an infinite number of enemies will spawn allowing you to get the achievement easily. After this simply playthrough the game as fast as possible. Although enemies will die in just one hit, most of the fights are passable and therefore you don't need to participate in them. Simply run through the level as fast as you can. If for some reason you still missing an objective other than a perfect, finish it up in this playthrough.
Conclusion:
There you have it! If you're at this point and STILL missing an achievement, simply set the difficulty to the required setting and use scene select to replay the desired mission.
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