Indiana Jones and the Great Circleis all about making discoveries and exploration, and the best rewards for fully experiencing everything the game has to offer are achievements.
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With a total of 45 achievements to collect, getting the complete set is no small feat. We know of a few different achievements that are going to prove difficult as you move closer to the 100% mark.
Offensive Defense
Knock Out an Enemy using only counters.
You may not even realize it (button-mashing for the win!) but there’s a counter and parry mechanic in the game’s hand-to-hand combat system. Pressing the left shoulder button will put your fists up to block, and timing it correctly as a blow comes in will dodge it and grab the enemy, leaving them vulnerable to an attack.
We recommend tracking down and researching the following Adventure Books to make this achievement easier:
Tour de Force
Defeat all boxing champions
The fascists of the axis powers really enjoy punching the lights out of each other, as it turns out. In each of the three main locations in the game, Indy can infiltrate anunderground boxing ringand collect prize money and special adventure books by winning the boxing tournaments.
There are three discovery missions tied to each of the tournaments, which require you to infilitrate the enemy ranks in a disguise. Check out our guides below for a full breakdown and walkthrough of each of the missions:
Bring all radio frequencies to Gina.
This requires finding the eight collectible radio frequencies scattered aroundGizehandSukhothai(there are four in each location). Gina will track down and communicate the locations of four different fascist encampments in the area, containing special loot.
To find these frequencies, keep an eye out forradio receiversinenemy camps. We also recommend finding a map of radio frequencies in each area, which can in turn be found by purchasing a map of all the books and maps in the area.
Beneath the Surface
Solve all mysteries in Sukhothai.
All three major locations in the game have a set number of mysteries to solve, but what makes Sukhothai unique is theSerpent’s Chestmystery, which requires players to go back and visit multiple past areas in the game with an underwater breathing device equipped.
We don’t want to spoil the locations (or the prize at the end) for you, but we definitely recommend snooping aroundunderneath the Vatican, insidetemples in Gizeh, and around thecanal in Shanghai.
Solve the Cogwheel puzzle in Sukhothai.
Hidden behind an underwater blockage (if you haven’t already, you should enable the visual assist settings in the menu to highlight interactive items) in the rivers of Sukhothai, there is a bigcogwheel puzzlethat cannot be solved with the wheels provided.
The twist here is that players have to go toten different locationson the map where a different cogwheel piece is missing, and return it to the puzzle to solve it. Thankfully, you can find a map for these pieces if you’re having trouble locating them.
Repatriation
Return all Lost Artifacts.
Fifteen lost artifacts are lost in the three major locations (five in each), and are hidden behind clever puzzles and tucked away in hard-to-see corners of the map. These artifacts belong in a museum, and will be returned once Indy tracks them all down.
This is another case of item maps coming in handy, which can be purchased at the local map vendor. One that got us scratching our heads was in the circular building in the Vatican (hint: jumpupthespiral stairsthat lead down into the wine-based puzzle, there’s one at the top of the tower).
Learn all abilities from Adventure books.
There are a lot of Adventure Books in this game, but this feat is made a little bit sweeter thanks to the permanent rewards and upgrades it provides. Definitely grab the map of books from the local vendor before attempting this one.
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By the way, to collect this achievement, you’ll needall the Moxie and Shaping Upbooks collected and read as well. This means finding and donating all90 medicine bottles (30 per location), which will probably take a while as well.
Shadows Out of Time
Collect all the Ancient Relics.
Even more annoying than finding the Adventure books or the lost artifacts are theAncient Relics, a strange set of identical stones that serve some kind of unknown purpose related to the Great Circle.
The difficulty in finding these items ranges from super easy to extremely complex, but, as always, buying a map of the relics in an area will surely help alleviate some of the stress of finding them.
Collect all Journal notes in the game.
If you’ve been playing for more than ten minutes, you’ll know that there are literallyhundredsofJournal notesto be found throughout the game. These includecomics,photos taken with the camera,handwritten notes,fliers and local maps.
The hardest part about getting this achievement is the very last Journal note in the game’sfinal location(no spoilers), which requires players to collect every single Ancient Relic and solve the game’s most complex puzzle to unlock a single journal note behind a large stone wall.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events ofRaiders of the Lost ArkandThe Last Crusade. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power known as the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones. You’ll become the legendary archaeologist in this cinematic action-adventure game from MachineGames, the award winning studio behind the recent Wolfenstein series, and executive produced by Hall of Fame game designer Todd Howard.
