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Master Strategist achievement in Defense Grid 2

Master Strategist

Earn 100 Gold Medals on any missions.

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How to unlock the Master Strategist achievement

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    Here is what I can confirm about the achievement.

    Dg coordinated defense medals do not count towards the achievement.
    Co op doubles medals do count towards the achievement.
    The achievement counts medals in groups meaning you have to get all of your gold medals in the same type and difficulty. For example if you have 100 gold medals total but 2 were earned on easy and the rest were on normal the achievement registers that as only 98 golds. The same goes for the three types such as open or competitive.
    Also you can not get multiple golds on the same exact mission they will not stack.
    All modes excluding Dg coordinated defense golds do count towards the achievement.

    I received my achievement directly after completing my 100th gold medal according to the rules above all of which were done on normal difficulty and open type.

    With all of that said... there are still some things that I can not confirm myself, they are:
    if any golds under normal difficulty count
    if and how same screen co op affects the achievement
    I have read that if someone else's account plays the game on the same xbox it uses the same save file and thus any new golds acquired using the other account will not be registered towards the achievement.

    I would suggest to anyone that reads this to only play normal difficulty

    I hope this helps! If you have any ideas on how to improve this guide please comment below!

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    Friggin GreaseSo I just need to get 100 gold medals in the same mission, same type of game, same map, same difficulty?

    That sounds stupid. The things we do
    Posted by Friggin Grease on 09 Feb 22 at 17:36
    DARK2K10So just got this today, not 100% on the requirements but I had about 105 golds on normal with no achievement, I did the 1st story mission (not prologue) on easy and then it popped
    Posted by DARK2K10 on 16 Jul 23 at 20:37
    MrNoLuckFoxDoes anyone know if getting the 100 golds in co-op doubles works and unlocks the achievement. Trying to do it with a friend.
    Posted by MrNoLuckFox on 25 Nov 23 at 22:04
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    This is NOT a solution but rather a useful tip I just learned. If you download the Xbox one smart glass app it tracks how many gold medals you have so you don't have to physically count each one
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    morbiusPlay everything on the same difficulty and use smartglass to keep track. Otherwise you still need to count them by hand.
    Posted by morbius#5498 on 21 May 16 at 16:39
    I Argonaut IYeah, there is also a medal count if you go to the menu and click achievements
    Posted by I Argonaut I on 24 May 16 at 15:32
    XellizJust downloaded smartglass, but its not showing me the number of medals I have earned.
    Posted by Xelliz on 23 Jan 18 at 17:04
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    Locked 01 Aug 2016 03 Aug 2016
    This achievement will take some time, but will also help you complete "10 Items No Less" and "Xenocide". In order for you to get this, all medals must be earned on the same type (I stayed on open) and difficulty (I did easy). Every medal must be earned on a different mode (story, grinder, practice, etc.) for them to count towards the achievement. I recommend not even bothering with split screen or multiplayer (except for achievements containing those modes) as those medals also don't count I believe. The prologue also does not count.

    I would recommend starting by either completing every mission on practice or story, and then doing it on the other one after completing on of those. This will earn you 40 of your 100 medals straight away. (Practice because it's the easiest mode) After this, I'd recommend going back to missions you liked/found easy and doing every mode (except the multiplayer ones) on them. The mission I found easy were 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18 and 19. If you would like to do this achievement the fastest, then the first missions are the way to go because they have less waves. If you would like to complete "10 Items No Less" as fast as possible while still making progress on this achievement, I'd recommend doing a lot of grinder/super grinders because from my experience they give you items more often.

    You can check your progress on the game hub. The only reason you shouldn't get the achievement exactly on 100 is because you got a gold medal on a mode in a mission twice.
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