IWD:EE achievement hunting party (Best for getting the most?)

Heavyline

I've beaten Icewind Dale plenty of times and now with the Steam achievements released... I think it's a perfect time to return to the northern parts of Faerûn.

However, most of the achievements are hidden and mysterious at this point. I have a guess that some of the achievements may require specific class to get them. I remember Baldur's Gate II had alot of class specific achievements that required multiple playthroughs (mostly because of guilds). So it won't be surprising if Icewind Dale had some too. There are plenty of quests that can be completed differently if you have a specific class with you so who knows if one of them had a little achievement inside.

For example.

Bard - When talking to the singing elf in Easthaven
Druid/Ranger - Ogre in Kuldahar Pass
Paladin - I remember there was one part with bunch of slaves and you can successfully demand to free the slaves as Paladin for lots of XP.

I need some help to remember if there were any other classes or even races that can make a huge difference in completing quests.

Right now my party-plan for the achievements;

Paladin (for specific quests and Epic Warrior-achievement)
Ranger or Druid (for specific quests)
Cleric (for specific quests and Epic Priest-achievement. Also I can't live without cleric in my party)
Bard (for specific quests and Epic Rogue-achievement)
Wizard (for Epic Mage-achievement)
Elf Fighter/Wizard/Thief-multiclass (for Ultimate Warrior-achievement)

This is all for fun of course. Last time I played and completed Icewind Dale was in 2014 when the IWD:EE was released. The achievements put me in the mood to start the game again and play the game a bit differently. For example. I've never thought of using Fighter/Wizard/Thief-multiclass for the elf, but with the Ultimate Warrior-achievement it's giving me an interisting challenge and see if this multiclass is actually worth anything at all.

Happy hunting!

gugulug5000

I put together a guide for most of the achievements already. It's on Steam now if you want to look through most of them (missing three of the hidden ones). I posted a link to it in the Icewind Dale section. Good luck on the hunt.

Heavyline

Just finished Icewind Dale: Enchanced Edition (Haven't touched Heart of Winter yet). So far I've got 56% of the achievements. According to guide by @gugulug5000 I got all of the base game story / quest related achievements. Only stuff Iam still missing are the "level 30" achievements, Flying Solo, Storyteller (Which was bugged. I did another run in Story mode after finishing the game on normal. Took me like 4 hours) Master Tactician and HoW stuff.



I've been enjoying the 2.5 beta alot. But Iam little surprised there weren't that many achievements for specific classes and how to complete quests. I was expecting little more. Considering the amount of achievements in Baldur's Gate: Enchanced Edition. Although IWD is alot more linear than Baldur's Gate and you don't have much options in completing quests other than killing everything you see. But there are some special cases. Some examples;

Wolf in Apsel's Workshop (Easthaven)
If you have a ranger or druid in your party. You can complete the quest without killing the wolf by using Charm Animal succesfully.

Ghereg, The Ogre (Kuldahar Pass)
Normally you can go to Kuldahar and ask help from Arundel for ogre's headache. But if you have a druid in your party, you can figure out the cure yourself and help the ogre without ever speaking to Arundel. Not sure if there is significant XP reward differences here, but it saves you some time. (No need to travel to Kuldahar and Kuldahar Pass again just for this poor ogre)

Albion (Dragon's Eye)
Friendly priest in Dragon's Eye (level 4). With Paladin in your party you can detect his evil and expose his deception. This will result in fight as usual, but also a nice XP bonus.

Joril (Wyrm's Tooth)
A Paladin in your party can demand Joril, the frost giant to free the slaves. Just like Albion. This will result in fight, but also rewards you with XP quite nicely.

Flozem (Lower Dorn's Deep)
If you have a bard in your party and "Portrait of Marketh" in your inventory. You can convince Flozem to become an artist and leave his current life behind.

Also huge shoutout/thanks to @gugulug5000 for his guide. For those who have not seen it. You can check it out here. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1223943100 My "achievement run" was blind. But during my story mode-playthrough this guide helped me alot when I checked if I missed anything (and apparently I did miss "The Reborn Blade")

Planning to start playing HoW after christmas. Looks like I may have to try out Storyteller, Flying Solo and Master Tactician after 2.5 is out, since I have a feeling these achievements may be bugged.

sarevok57

the only achievement im missing at the moment is beat the game on HoF mode, for me, i struggled to get the story mode one, as Heavyline said, it's a bit buggy, but if you start a new run, and play nonstop from start to finish and never reload then beat the game, you will get the achievement

hopefully i get the HoF achievement on the current run im doing, since HoF is not a fun mode, and i would hate having to do it again