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Portal 2 has 51 achievements on Steam, with 49 of them being worth a total of 1000 Gamerscore points on Xbox,[1] and 52 trophies on PlayStation, 43 of which are bronze trophies, 5 silver, 3 gold and 1 platinum trophy.[2]

Achievements[]

Image Achievement Gamerscore points PlayStation Trophy
Achievement Portal 2 Platinum Trophy Portal 2 Platinum Trophy
Collected all other Portal 2 trophies
Instructions: Exclusive to the PlayStation 3 version. Unobtainable due to server closure.
Location: All chapters and courses (required).
Ps 0 platinum
Achievement Pturretdactyl Pturretdactyl
Use an Aerial Faith Plate to launch a turret
Instructions: This achievement is unlocked by placing a Sentry Turret on an Aerial Faith Plate. The turret doesn't need to be active. This can be accomplished in several test chambers, both in the main campaign and the co-op campaign.
Location: Both campaigns.
5 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement You Saved Science You Saved Science
Complete all test chambers in all courses of co-op
Instructions: Self-explanatory
Location: Co-op: All courses (required).
100 Ps 1 gold
Achievement Asking for Trouble Asking for Trouble
Taunt GLaDOS in front of a camera in each of the five co-op courses
Instructions: Self-explanatory. The taunt gesture is unlocked during course four.
Location: Co-op: All courses.
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Professor Portal Professor Portal
After completing co-op, complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn't played before
Instructions: This will not work if the player befriends a random new player during Calibration Course. To activate it, the player must befriend then invite someone who has never played before.
Location: Co-op: Calibration Course.
75 Ps 1 gold
Achievement Gesticul-8 Gesticul-8
Perform all 8 Gestures of your own volition in co-op
Instructions: Gestures performed automatically at the end of certain test chambers do not count. Likewise, gestures triggered by one player but involving actions from both only count for the player who initiated it.
Location: Co-op: Any course.
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Empty Gesture Empty Gesture
Drop your co-op partner in goo while they are gesturing by removing the bridge under them
Instructions: This achievement will only unlock if the gesturing player falls in toxic water after being dropped.
Location: Co-op: Any course.
25 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Narbacular Drop Narbacular Drop
Place a portal under your co-op partner while they are gesturing
Instructions: This can be performed in most chambers, but the Hub or the first chamber of Team Building present the most convenient locations. The gesturing player has to fall through the portal to activate the achievement, but unlike Empty Gesture does not have to be killed afterward.
Location: Co-op: Any course.
25 Ps 2 silver
Achievement Air Show Air Show
Perform 2 aerial gestures before touching the ground in co-op
Instructions: This is easiest to perform within an Excursion Funnel or infinite loop.
Location: Co-op: Any course.
20 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Four Ring Circus Four Ring Circus
Enter 4 different portals without touching the ground in co-op
Instructions: To unlock this achievement, the player must physically enter each colored portal without touching the ground. Entering one portal in a pair only counts as one portal. All four need to be entered without passing through the same one twice. This can be accomplished in Chamber 1 of Team Building. Place the yellow and red portals on the floor next to each other. Then place the blue and purple portals above and to the right of the floor portal on the right. By entering the purple portal on the floor, the player will pass through the purple and red portals, hitting the ceiling. Upon falling back through the yellow portal, the blue portal can be switched for the red one, allowing the player to fall through and earn the achievement.
Location: Co-op: Any course.
25 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Rock Portal Scissors Rock Portal Scissors
Win 3 co-op games of rock-paper-scissors in a row
Instructions: Self-explanatory. The achievement only counts for the winner. The other player has to win three times on their own to get it.
Location: Co-op: Any course.
20 Ps 2 silver
Achievement Friends List With Benefits Friends List With Benefits
While playing co-op, hug 3 different people on your friends list
Instructions: Self-explanatory. Hugs count regardless of who initiates them.
Location: Co-op: Any course.
50 Ps 2 silver
Achievement High Five High Five
Celebrate your cooperative calibration success
5 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Obstacle Building Obstacle Building
Complete all test chambers in the Excursion Funnels co-op course
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Party of Three Party of Three
Find the hidden companion cube in co-op test chamber
Instructions: The Companion Cube is in the final chamber of the course, to the left of the building containing the security disk. To reach it, the player must use the Excursion Funnel to send themselves past the building. A wall will open, showing the cube, before pushing the players into a spike wall. This achievement and "Still Alive" are mutually exclusive.
Location: Co-op: Excursion Funnels.
25 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Still Alive Still Alive
Complete Course 4 with neither you nor your co-op partner dying
Instructions: Self-explanatory. This achievement is mutually exclusive with "Party of Three".
Location: Co-op: Excursion Funnels.
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Bridge Building Bridge Building
Complete all test chambers in the Hard Light Surfaces co-op course
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Can't Touch This Can't Touch This
Dance in front of a turret blocked by a hard light bridge in co-op
Instructions: Self-explanatory.
Location: Co-op: Hard Light Surfaces.
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Portal Conservation Society Portal Conservation Society
Complete Chamber 3 in the Hard-Light Surfaces co-op course using only 5 total portal placements
Instructions: Self-explanatory. The total includes portals placed by a partner. The achievement will unlock for both players regardless of who places the portals.
Location: Co-op: Hard Light Surfaces.
20 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Confidence Building Confidence Building
Complete all test chambers in the Mass and Velocity co-op courses
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Iron Grip Iron Grip
Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mass and Velocity co-op course
Instructions: This achievement is unlocked by catching the cube in chamber six on the first try. This is easiest to do when the cube is dropped right after the player trying to catch it hits the Faith Plate below the Vital Apparatus Vent. The achievement counts for both players, regardless of who catches the cube.
Location: Co-op: Mass and Velocity.
20 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Triple Crown Triple Crown
Solve 3 co-op chambers in the Mass and Velocity course in under 60 seconds each
15 Ps 3 bronze
Talentshow Talent Show
Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mobility Gels co-op course
Instructions: Self-explanatory. To catch the cube, place one portal under the Vital Apparatus Vent and the other on the slanted portal surface opposite the ramp. Trigger the cube and have the other player run up the ramp at the same moment to catch it in flight. Once the cube has passed through the portals, move the portal from the vent to one of the two platforms at water level, sending the cube-holder into the air. Then move the portal from the slanted surface to the remaining platform. This will put the cube-holder into a loop so they can destroy the turrets guarding the exit. Once the cube-holder has destroyed the turrets, place a portal on the slanted surface opposite the exit to launch them to the door. Once both players have reached the door, the achievement will activate. The achievement counts for both players.
Location: Co-op: Mobility Gels.
N/A
Achievement Team Building Team Building
Complete all test chambers in the Team Building co-op course
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Wake Up Call Wake Up Call
Survive the manual override
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 01: The Courtesy Call.
5 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement You Monster You Monster
Reunite with GLaDOS
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 01: The Courtesy Call.
5 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Undiscouraged Undiscouraged
Complete the first Thermal Discouragement Beam test
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 02: The Cold Boot.
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Drop Box Drop Box
Place a cube on a button without touching the cube
Instructions: In Test Chamber 6, Chell must place one portal above the target Super Button and one on the first slanted surface used to get to the box-releasing button. After pressing the button, the box will land itself on the Super Button. This achievement works in other chambers, too (e.g. chapter 3 Chamber 13).
Location: Chapter 02: The Cold Boot.
20 Ps 2 silver
Achievement Preservation of Mass Preservation of Mass
Break the rules in Test Chamber 07
Instructions: At the end of Test Chamber 07, GLaDOS points out that the Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grill across the exit is non-functional, instructing Chell not to take anything from the test chamber. Removing the Companion Cube from the room by using portals unlocks the achievement. It will be destroyed upon reaching the elevator.
Location: Chapter 02: The Cold Boot.
20 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Final Transmission Final Transmission
Find the hidden signal in one of the Rat Man's dens
Instructions: This achievement can be done concurrently with the "Drop Box" achievement. In Test Chamber 6, the trash released on the first button press contains a working radio. The same arrangement of portals used to send the box to the button will also save the radio. The Ratmann's hidden den is above the slanted panels, on the side nearest the door. Going inside with the radio will trigger the transmission and unlock the achievement/trophy.
Location: Chapter 02: The Cold Boot.
20 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Bridge Over Troubling Water Bridge Over Troubling Water
Complete the first Hard Light Bridge test
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 03: The Return.
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Overclocker Overclocker
Complete Test Chamber 10 in 70 seconds
Instructions: This achievement is easier in challenge mode, where the player can see the stopwatch in the bottom right corner. Test Chamber 10 is called "Ricochet" in challenge mode's map selecting menu.
Location: Chapter 03: The Return.
30 Ps 2 silver
Achievement SaBOTour SaBOTour
Make a break for it
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 04: The Surprise.
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Good Listener Good Listener
Take GLaDOS' escape advice
Instructions: During the escape sequence with Wheatley, GLaDOS will open a small room, claiming it is the final chamber. Entering it and dying will unlock the achievement.
Location: Chapter 04: The Surprise.
5 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Stalemate Associate Stalemate Associate
Press the button!
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 05: The Escape.
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Scanned Alone Scanned Alone
Stand in a defective turret detector
Instructions: After removing the "template" turret from the scanner in Chapter 5, the player must stand in its place to get the achievement.
Location: Chapter 05: The Escape.
5 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement No Hard Feelings No Hard Feelings
Save a turret from redemption
Instructions: In order to get this achievement, the player must remove the Oracle Turret from the Turret Redemption Line.
Location: Chapter 05: The Escape.
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Tater Tote Tater Tote
Carry science forward
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 06: The Fall.
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Vertically Unchallenged Vertically Unchallenged
Master the Repulsion Gel
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 06: The Fall.
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Schrodinger's Catch Schrödinger's Catch
Catch a blue-painted box before it touches the ground
Instructions: Self-explanatory. As the box's path is random and can cause a significantly decreased frame rate as it bounces wildly inside its cage, this may take multiple attempts.
Location: Chapter 06: The Fall.
20 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Ship Overboard Ship Overboard
Discover the missing experiment
Instructions: Near the area where GLaDOS is found, a door hidden behind some objects leads to the docking area of the Borealis. The achievement triggers automatically by walking up to the life preserver near the gate.
Location: Chapter 06: The Fall.
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Door Prize Door Prize
Examine all the vitrified test chamber doors
Instructions: There are several steel doors with "Vitrified" painted on them. Examining the intercoms next to them counts toward the achievement. Most are along the primary path to complete the chapter. The final three are in the same area as the Borealis dock mentioned above.
Location: Chapter 06: The Fall.
20 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Stranger Than Friction Stranger Than Friction
Master the Propulsion Gel
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 07: The Reunion.
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement White Out White Out
Complete the first Conversion Gel test
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 07: The Reunion.
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Portrait of a Lady Portrait of a Lady
Find a hidden portrait
Instructions: After the first Propulsion Gel test, there is a room blocked by a locked gate in the small area between the last chamber and the next. Portals can be used to access it. Examining the portrait of Cave Johnson and Caroline within causes GLaDOS to comment on her familiarity with them, unlocking the achievement.
Location: Chapter 07: The Reunion.
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Tunnel of Funnel Tunnel of Funnel
Master the Excursion Funnel
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 08: The Itch.
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Dual Pit Experiment Dual Pit Experiment
Do the same test twice
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 08: The Itch.
15 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement You Made Your Point You Made Your Point
Refuse to solve the first test in Chapter 8
Instructions: The player simply needs to stand around instead of solving Wheatley's first test. After a set amount of time (around 30 seconds), the achievement will unlock.
Location: Chapter 08: The Itch.
10 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Smash TV Smash TV
Break 11 test chamber monitors
Instructions: To gain this achievement, the player must break eleven different monitors using collisions (with a Frankenturret or Chell herself) or turrets. There are twelve breakable monitors in total, but only eleven are in the test chambers. The player does not need to break all of them in the same save file.
Location: Chapter 08: The Itch.
75 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement The Part Where He Kills You The Part Where He Kills You
This is that part
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 09: The Part Where He Kills You.
20 Ps 3 bronze
Achievement Lunacy Lunacy
That just happened
Instructions: Story-related.
Location: Chapter 09: The Part Where He Kills You.
20 Ps 1 gold
Achievement Pit Boss Pit Boss
Show that pit who's boss
Instructions: This achievement is unlocked by willingly jumping into the pit where Wheatley attempted to kill Chell and GLaDOS after escaping the initial death trap.
Location: Chapter 09: The Part Where He Kills You.
30 Ps 3 bronze

Trivia[]

  • The Sixense Motion Pack DLC prevents the Talent Show achievement from triggering for the player, even though it works for their partner (assuming they aren't also using the DLC). This can be corrected by disabling the DLC using the command "-nosixense" in the launch options.

References[]

  1. Portal 2 at XboxAchievements.com
  2. Portal 2 at PlayStationTrophies.org

External links[]

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