Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Achievements Guide
Use a practical roadmap and searchable directory to complete all 30 achievements without wasting campaign, class, or weapon progress.
Direct answer
Finish the 30 achievements efficiently by clearing the campaigns first, combining compatible difficulty and equipment goals, spreading weapon experience across ten guns, and saving the long combat counters for normal campaign and Horde play.
Quick answer
- The Steam achievement list contains 30 achievements.
- Campaign progress creates natural progress toward combat, collection, class, and weapon goals.
- A clean Intense-or-higher mission can meet both Hardened Trooper and Pure Professionals when the exact conditions are satisfied.
- Worst Party Ever and Head Hunter received specific unlock fixes, so update the game before repeating their requirements.

Plan a Clean 30-Achievement Run
Treat the list as five connected workstreams instead of 30 unrelated chores. Campaign clears open the broadest path, while weapon levels, enemy eliminations, attachments, cosmetics, and class missions can progress during those same runs.
| Phase | Main targets | What to combine |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Campaign route | Six named campaign achievements plus Legionnaire's Service Medal | Use different weapons and collect attachments, Augments, and cosmetics while advancing the story. |
| 2. Loadout setup | Not Just For Decoration, Fully Loaded, Next Top Marine, Yellow Makes It Shoot Better | Complete exact equipment requirements in the Hub before starting another mission. |
| 3. Difficulty clears | Hardened Trooper, Noble Soldier, Fervent Warrior, Pure Professionals | Attempt the no-friendly-fire condition with an Intense-or-higher clear. Keep separate proof for each named difficulty requirement. |
| 4. Progression route | Hell and Back, Seasoned Veteran, Maxed Out, Well Stocked Arsenal, Custom Made Marine | Rotate weapons until ten reach two stars, then push a preferred weapon to four stars and finish the Specialist mission count. |
| 5. Cleanup | Combat totals, collection totals, Worthiness Tested, Wave Goodbye | Use campaign replays, Challenge runs, and Horde to finish counters without creating a separate grind too early. |
- Clear every named campaign on Casual or higher while changing weapons before one option absorbs all available experience.
- Complete the four quick loadout and cosmetic requirements as soon as the required items are available.
- Raise one Kit toward Rank 10, fill its perk board, and unlock the Specialist before scheduling five Specialist mission clears.
- Run the required Intense, Extreme, and Insane missions deliberately, then verify the no-friendly-fire condition with the whole squad.
- Use Challenge and Horde sessions to finish enemy, headshot, collection, and remaining weapon progress.
Search Every Achievement and Requirement
Use the directory when an unlock is missing or when you need the exact number, named campaign, mode, class, or equipment condition. Clear the search field and select All categories to restore the complete 30-entry list.
| Category | Count | Best time to work on it |
|---|---|---|
| Campaign | 7 | First full story clear |
| Difficulty | 4 | After a reliable class and loadout are ready |
| Combat | 5 | Throughout all campaign, Challenge, and Horde sessions |
| Progression | 4 | Every successful extraction |
| Collection | 3 | Alongside normal rewards and exploration |
| Equipment | 2 | In the Hub after earning compatible parts |
| Customization | 2 | In Appearance and weapon customization menus |
| Class | 1 | After the Specialist becomes available |
| Challenge | 1 | When a Challenge run can be started |
| Horde | 1 | In a dedicated Horde session |
30 entries
Welcoming Committee
CampaignComplete the Prologue Campaign.
Next Top Marine
CustomizationEquip cosmetics on your head, torso, and legs.
It's a rescue mission, you'll love it!
CampaignComplete the Rescue and Recovery Campaign.
Not Just For Decoration
EquipmentEquip at least one attachment on a sidearm.
Yellow Makes It Shoot Better
CustomizationEquip a colorway and three decals on a gun.
Hardened Trooper
DifficultyComplete a mission on Intense difficulty.
Worst Party Ever
CampaignComplete the Boarding Party Campaign.
Hell and Back
ProgressionLevel a weapon to four stars.
Worthiness Tested
ChallengeAttempt a Challenge run.
How Do You See Out Of These Things?
CollectionCollect 10 hats.
Combine Campaign and Difficulty Goals
The campaign group has six named completion achievements and one all-campaign achievement. A full clear on Casual or higher provides the cleanest base because it satisfies each named story requirement as you reach it and works toward Legionnaire's Service Medal.
| Decision | Recommended approach | Completion check |
|---|---|---|
| First story clear | Stay at a difficulty the squad can finish consistently | Confirm each named Campaign completion as its final mission ends. |
| First Intense clear | Pick a familiar mission and remove explosive or wide-area friendly-fire risks | Hardened Trooper should meet its condition when the mission completes. |
| Pure Professionals attempt | Use Intense or higher and make zero friendly-fire hits across the entire squad | The run must finish with no player taking friendly-fire damage. |
| Extreme and Insane | Schedule separate clears matching the wording of Noble Soldier and Fervent Warrior | Verify each achievement after completing its named difficulty. |
For Pure Professionals, squad discipline matters more than raw speed. Establish firing lanes, avoid crossing in front of a teammate who is already shooting, and reserve explosive or flame weapons for angles with clear space. A single clean Intense run can meet the written conditions for both Pure Professionals and Hardened Trooper.
Stack Weapon, Kit, and Collection Progress
Weapon progression has two different shapes. Hell and Back asks for one four-star weapon, while Well Stocked Arsenal asks for ten weapons at two stars. Rotate through ten weapons early, then keep a preferred option equipped until it reaches four stars. This prevents a maxed favorite from absorbing missions that could advance another weapon toward the ten-weapon threshold.
| Goal | Efficient checkpoint | Avoid this mistake |
|---|---|---|
| One four-star weapon | Keep one reliable weapon as the long-term project | Switching away every mission before any weapon reaches four stars. |
| Ten two-star weapons | Maintain a simple ten-weapon checklist | Counting weapons that have only reached one star. |
| Kit Rank 10 | Keep a dependable Kit active through campaign and cleanup runs | Repeatedly changing Kits when rank progress is the immediate target. |
| Full perk board | Fill every visible slot on one board | Assuming unlocked perks count while board slots remain empty. |
| Five Specialist missions | Unlock Specialist, equip the Kit, and count completed missions | Counting missions played before Specialist was equipped. |
Attachments and Augments support three achievements. Equip any compatible attachment on a sidearm for Not Just For Decoration. For Fully Loaded, choose one weapon and verify every attachment position plus the Augment position is occupied. Collection totals require 50 weapon attachments and 5 Augments, so keep earning new parts even after the equipment achievements unlock.
The Specialist unlock guide explains when to transition from base-class progression to the five Specialist mission clears.
Finish Combat, Challenge, and Horde Cleanup
Do not isolate the large elimination totals during the first campaign pass. Every Xenomorph, Pathogen, Synthetic, Combat Automaton, and headshot earned during campaign or mode-specific work reduces the remaining cleanup.
| Achievement | Reliable task definition | Practical pairing |
|---|---|---|
| Another Bug Hunt | 10,000 Xenomorph eliminations | Campaign replays and Horde sessions with Xenomorph-heavy encounters. |
| Purge the Unclean | 1,000 Pathogen eliminations | Revisit activities where Pathogen are the active enemy faction. |
| Spilled Milk | 1,000 Synthetic eliminations | Use Synthetic encounters while deliberately aiming for headshots. |
| Decommission Mission | 1,000 Combat Automaton eliminations | Pair Automaton encounters with weapon and Kit leveling. |
| Head Hunter | 1,000 headshot kills | Use controllable weapons and prioritize enemies with readable weak points. |
| Worthiness Tested | Attempt one Challenge run | Start the run when the squad can also advance campaign, weapon, or combat goals. |
| Wave Goodbye | Survive five Horde waves | Equip a stable build and treat wave five as the required checkpoint. |
The counter wording says eliminate or get kills, so build the cleanup around actions credited to your profile. If progress seems slower than expected, stop changing several variables at once. Use one enemy faction, one weapon, and one short session, then check whether the expected achievement progress moved.
Fix an Achievement That Did Not Unlock
| Symptom | First check | Recovery action |
|---|---|---|
| Worst Party Ever is missing | Boarding Party Campaign was fully completed | Install the current game update, complete the final requirement again, and recheck the platform achievement list. |
| Synthetic headshots did not advance Head Hunter | The kills were headshots against Synthetic enemies | Install the current game update, repeat a small controlled set, and check the counter again. |
| Pure Professionals failed | Any squad member took friendly-fire damage | Retry with agreed firing lanes and lower-risk weapons. |
| Fully Loaded failed | One attachment position or the Augment position is empty | Inspect every slot on the same weapon and re-equip the completed setup. |
| Next Top Marine failed | Head, torso, and legs all have cosmetics equipped | Change and apply all three body regions during the same setup session. |
| Yellow Makes It Shoot Better failed | The same gun has one colorway and three decals | Apply all four cosmetic selections to one weapon. |
| A campaign achievement failed | The named Campaign, rather than one mission inside it, was completed | Recheck the directory wording and finish the Campaign endpoint. |
| A filtered directory looks incomplete | Search text or a category filter is active | Clear search and return to All categories. |
When troubleshooting, repeat only the smallest requirement that can prove the issue. Avoid replaying an entire campaign when the missing condition is a loadout action, one Horde checkpoint, or a counter that can be tested in a short encounter.