Overview:
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 2/10
- Offline: 50 (1000 )
- Online: 0 (0 )
- Approximate amount of time to 1000 : 5-10 hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
- Number of missable achievements: None!
- Glitched achievements: None!
- Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No Cheats
Like most children's and movie themed games, this game will not be a challenge for most experienced gamers. The achievements are relatively easy, but require a lot of collecting and tracking what you have collected and what still remains.
Introduction
Welcome to The Spiderwick Chronicles. This game has a total of 50 achievements and requires only one playthrough to get 1000 . Of the achievements, 8 are unlocked simply by playing through the story and 3 are gained by playing a mini-games that are seperate from story mode. The 39 achievements remaining will require you to collect certain items in the game or complete bonus quests.
Last, Regine Faller has created a full walkthrough for this game. Refer to it whenever you get lost and don't know what to do. It is posted HERE.
Step 1: Playthrough the game
To get started begin a new game and select the easy difficulty. Difficulty setting does not affect achievements. Then you will begin the game as Jared and you'll be off on your way. If you get lost refer to the walkthrough mentioned above.
As I mentioned above, most of the achievements in this game are collection based and require a small amount of tracking to remember what you've caught/collected and what still remains. NumberUno has done the work for you and found the location of everything collectible. It is posted HERE. I highly suggest that you save the lists to your computer and mark them off as you find them. This will limit frustration later on.
Moving on, as you playthrough the game, I suggest you do your best to catch the minimal amount of sprites and instead try to progress through the story. I say this because upon completion of chapter 7 you will have the opportunity to complete everything still remaining. The following are what you should focus on getting prior to ending chapter seven:
- Roach Killer, Roach Conqueror, Roach Master You will play as Thimbletack twice during the course of the game. In the first playthrough you should collect 29 roaches and 21 on the second. Once again, NumberUno has a great guide posted HERE. Simply follow this guide anytime you're Thimbletack and you'll get all 50 roaches and the achievement. Also not that NumberUno's cockroach guide tells you how to get the upgraded sword for Mallory off of the wall.
- River Troll Master You can only do this as Simon. The first opportunity you have to get this is when you are playing as Simon after Mallory has just defeated the 20 Goblins in the quarry. When you get to the troll, just spray it over and over until it hits the sunlight and turns to stone.
Step 2: Mop Up
As I said, after completing Chapter 7 you will have to complete the field guide to complete Chapter 8. This gives you the opportunity to mop up all the remaining achievements that you can get in the story. In order to complete chapter 8 you are required to get not only all sprites, but all the relics and other items as well. Once again, use NumberUno's guide linked above with the lists of the locations of everything collectible. Use it and mark it off once you collect it. I highly suggest you run around as Simon while doing everything after Chapter 8 as he is required for the most things (Fire Salamander collecting, Knocker Cave, Killing the Bull Goblins, etc.) You will know that you have done everything necessary to complete the field guide when you are told there is a visitor at the front door. Here are a few tips as you go about completing this step:
- For the ball bearing, Gobstone and Fruit collector achievements just know that they are located everywhere, often times in bushes and the sides of pathways. Hitting the washing machine in the cellar with the bat will give you 15 Ball bearings and the second knocker will give you 50 gobstones. I actually got the 40 fruit collection achievement after completing chapter 8. There were 5 fruit in the yard that I swear weren't there before.
- The game uses an autosave feature to keep your progress. Understand that if you die, everything you collected between your last save and the time you died will have to be collected again. This is where a lot of people lose track of what they have collected and then think they're glitched, so be warned. The game always saves when you enter a new area.
- For the sprite race right outside the front door. If you have an extra slot open for a sprite, after she challenges you to a race you can catch her in your net. If you do, the race will still happen and be easy to win, but you won't get a reward from her for winning.
- Although 500 goblin teeth may sound like a lot you will get a lot just playing the game normally. Don't waste time hunting goblins.
Step 3: Play the ISL Mini-games
It is now time to do these three achievements. Use a second controller for the "ISL Master" achievement. Simply use the strategies noted in the achievement guide and you should get these very easily.
Conclusion
We're Done! If you're at this point and have not gotten any of the achievements the game allows you to continue playing even after completing Chapter 8.
x360a would like to thank Method for this Road Map