Guide on how to unlock every achievement in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
INTRODUCTION
This guide will help you get all of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle‘s achievements : They really aren’t difficult to obtain, and can be gotten in a single playthrough.
Keep in mind that this guide may contain spoilers
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This game features a total of 45 achievements as of the 6th of December, 2024.
Story-related achievements
Complete “The Golden Idol”.
Section : Introduction
Complete “The Break-In”.
Section : Marshall College
Complete “The Stolen Cat Mummy”.
Section : The Vatican
Complete “The Idol of Ra”.
Section : Gizeh
Complete “A Harsh Climb”.
Section : The Himalayas
Complete “Into the Fire”.
Section : Shanghai
Complete “The Blessed Pearl”.
Section : Sukhothai
Complete “Atonements”.
Section : Iraq
Fieldwork & Quests (Vatican)
Complete “The Mad Priest” Fieldwork.
Complete “A Savage Discovery” Fieldwork.
Complete “A Nun in Trouble” Fieldwork.
Solved all mysteries in Vatican City.
Pretty straightforward : by searching through the Vatican, you’ll unlock mysteries. Solving them will complete the quests listed under the “Mysteries” category in your journal. Do them all and you’ll unlock this achievement.
Photographed all inscriptions in Vatican City and returned to Antonio.
For this achievement, you must go to the indicated locations on your map and take a picture of 10 inscriptions scattered across the Vatican. Once that’s done, you can go back to Antonio and put the pictures on the board next to him to get the achievement.
The video below shows all locations of the inscriptions – thanks to ‘Somewhat Awesome Games’ for letting me use his video in my guide !
Fieldwork & Quests (Gizeh)
Complete “Secret of the Queen Mother” Fieldwork.
Complete “Sanctuary of the Guardians” Fieldwork.
Solved all mysteries in Gizeh.
Same as When in Rome, but in Gizeh.
Bring all radio frequencies to Gina.
In Gizeh, you can find radio frequencies : there are four, scattered in Nazi camps. Upon collecting them, bring them to Gina and the quest will be completed.
Collect all the missing Stelae.
In Gizeh once again, you’ll be able to find Stelae. The first time you’ll hear about this is when you’ll receive a certain quest from Gina. 4 Steale will be asked at first, but there are 6 others. They are usually found in small structures hidden by sand, were you’ll need to have the lighter unlocked (for most of them).
Fieldwork & Quests (Sukhothai)
Solve the Cogwheel puzzle in Sukhothai.
Solved all mysteries in Sukhothai.
Same as Secrets in the Sand, but in Sukhothai.
Collection & Miscellaneous
Eat a Cornetto.
Very simple – you can find many cornettos in the Vatican, just pick one up and eat it.
Eat an Aish Baladi Bread.
Same as before – you can find those in Gizeh, eat one and you’ll get the achievement.
Eat a Star Fruit.
Once again – pick up a Star Fruit, found in Sukhothai, and eat it.
Collected 50 Journal Notes.
Journal notes include photos & notes : you’ll find plenty during your playthough. This achievement unlocks naturally, upon finding them all.
Collected all Journal Notes in the game.
Same as Field Survey, though this time around you have to collect ALL of the notes. This may be the hardest and most time-consuming achievement in the entire game, along with Repatriation.
Ernesto photographed.
As soon as you buy the camera from Ernesto, you can use it to take a picture of him. When you do, the achievement will unlock.
Capture 50 Photographs for your Journal.
There are many sites where you can take pictures ; some unlock after progressing in the story.
This achievement is fairly easily and will unlock naturally, just make sure to take a photo of the highlighted structure / scenery as soon as you have the camera icon on the top left corner of your screen.
Learned an ability from Adventure books.
As you play through the game, if you search each room thoroughly, you’ll often come across Adventure books. Others can be found in the boxing ring or through purchase : once you’ve found one, go in your inventory, under the “book” section, in which you’ll be able to unlock an upgrade with points you gain by completing missions & taking pictures.
Learned 10 abilities from Adventure books.
Same as Literary Bug : do this 10 times and you’re set !
Learned all abilities from Adventure books.
Same as Bookworm : unlock every Adventure books and buy all of the upgrades.
Revisit a location.
This can be obtained after reaching the Vatican : if you open your journal, you’ll have access to a map of all the major visited locations. From there, you can teleport to any other areas you’ve unlocked. Doing so will grant the achievement.
Return all Lost Artifacts.
There are many, MANY lost artifacts in this game. Scattered all across the multiple regions of the game, it’ll take you a lot of time to get. Upon getting all of them, you should get the achievement.
Combat
Defeat all boxing champions.
In the Vatican, there is a boxing ring that requires you to have an uniform (its location is marked on your map). Once you’ve got the uniform, you can enter the ring upon equiping it – once inside, you’ll be able to fight various opponents. This can be somewhat challenging, so be sure to upgrade your character and master the controls as to avoid the enemy’s attacks. After that, you must also [WIP]
Clobbered an enemy with a guitar.
Guitars can be found all across the map – just pick one up and hit the enemy with it.
Hit an enemy with a fly swatter.
Same as The Right Note : fly swatters seem a bit less common, but you’ll eventually find one if you search well. Once you have one, hit an enemy and the achievement will unlock.
An enemy was hit with an apple.
Press “3” to equip your healing items (or equip them through the TAB key) and select the “fruit” item. If you’ve collected an apple, you just have to throw it on an enemy (right click then left click). Apples are very easy to find all across the map, often on tables.
Pushed an enemy off a ledge.
This can easily be done in the Vatican, when you’re in elevated areas : simply press “R” in front of an enemy until he falls off. This can also be completed by holding “F” (whip button), pulling the enemy towards you, if he is on an elevated area and you are below. He’ll fall off and you’ll unlock the achievement.
Disarmed an enemy with the whip and used the weapon to knock him out.
Using your whip (“F” key), unarm someone who is holding a weapon and pick up before knocking him down. This will grant you the achievement.
Knocked out an enemy using only counters.
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Dodged a power punch.
There are two type of ennemies : ‘small ones’ and ‘big ones’ : find a ‘big enemy’ and, when they attack you with their two hands, dodge backwards and this should grant you the achievement.
DLC : The Order of Giants
CONCLUSION
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