Atomic Heart

61 Achievements

1,150

32-39h

Explorer

Find all the testing grounds

2.16%

How to unlock the Explorer achievement in Atomic Heart - Definitive Guide

Lordacris

TrueAchievements

21 Feb 2023 11:05

Save Scum Method has now been patched (26/02/23). I'll leave the video below for anyone who might be curious what that was.

Although this achievement states "A Testing Ground" you do actually have to discover/enter all 8 of them for the achievement to pop.

Theres a total of 8 Testing Grounds to be found throughout Atomic Heart. All 8 will be marked on your map, once you've completed the main story questline "Morning Express" - travelling to the next open world area by train.

A Testing Ground consists of 2-3 large puzzle rooms, which get progressively harder as you go through them. Upon completing each room you'll be rewarded with a Bronze, Silver and Gold chest (Lootyagin). In some of the Testing Grounds you may encounter a "Combat" room where you need to kill all enemies before moving on.

See my full walkthrough guide below for all 8 Testing Ground locations, entry, puzzles and Lootyagin chests:

Old Method:

21 Feb 2023 11:05

24 Comments

Broken achievement

By master9067 on 22 Feb 2023 08:53

So the wording in the achievement is slightly misleading. I just found and completed the first testing ground, I got 12% added to the tracker. It appears as though you have to find all the testing grounds to pop this, not just “a” testing ground.

By ManicMetalhead on 22 Feb 2023 19:57

This is bugged. I’ve found and finished all and it shows only 50%

By L0NGH0RNS77 on 22 Feb 2023 21:56

Have you done them all in one run? Restarting your game with reset the progress.

By Lordacris on 22 Feb 2023 22:00

Definitely bugged, I’ve completed 4 of 8 and progress is only showing 37%

By Lord Eis on 23 Feb 2023 02:54

You can find one testing ground then reload save and find the same one again and it will give you progress on the tracker, rinse and repeat 8 times without closing the game

By Mince lfc on 23 Feb 2023 16:25

@Mince LFC literally doing that right this minute :D

By Lordacris on 23 Feb 2023 16:32

Updated with a video guide you can save scum all three achievements.

By Lordacris on 23 Feb 2023 19:50

The fact this guide has three downvotes is unfortunate. Big thumbs up from me! Made all three Testing Site achievements much easier and quicker.

Edit: As I was typing this it became four downvotes.. wow!

By xxxSlayerxxxxx on 24 Feb 2023 05:50

Not sure people realise how many hours people put into these guides. Ah well!

By Lordacris on 24 Feb 2023 10:04

Upvote from me, the save scum is a lifesaver

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The Testing Grounds have been fun to do so far so I'll do all the others, but it's nice to not have to worry about doing them all in one session.

By ManicMetalhead on 24 Feb 2023 12:05

25 Feb 2023
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This still worked as of the above date. Unlocked at 0.03% rarity.
Thanks.
Thumbs up #8.

Now to do the same with the "Clean-Up" achievement.

By E vee dub on 25 Feb 2023 11:59

Since a new update was released today this method will not work anymore.

By Mingus on 26 Feb 2023 16:34

No longer works ………..

By HaloMarine18 on 26 Feb 2023 19:34

No longer works. :(

By Rexxarius on 26 Feb 2023 20:01

Instead of fixing actual problems like not being able to turn on V-sync, this is the shit they patch

By BaBoom Show on 27 Feb 2023 01:59

EXCELLENT guide. You cannot help with patches being implemented, and you actually showed all of the testing grounds even for if it was patched. SOLID work dude, much appreciated.

By JaekwonTacos on 27 Feb 2023 04:44

No longer works.

By MR06ASM on 01 Mar 2023 13:08

Found every testing ground, but tracker stopped at 87%.

By Buachaill Dona on 01 Mar 2023 13:21

Mine unlocked last night after I found the last training ground

By Alias DJA on 06 Mar 2023 14:17

I can confirm This works perfectly on xbox1x currently. My console shutdown numerous times and it still counted. There was a delay so it unlocked after finishing last testing ground but it popped after completing #12 yesterday.

By SoloSamuraiZ on 10 Apr 2023 20:14

This didn't unlock for me until I entered the final training ground

By slewis on 24 Apr 2023 11:44

are the testing grounds missable?

By MannyOmega on 01 May 2023 02:25

So yeah its bugged, however, I only had done 1 Testing Ground before closing the game. When I went back on today I did a second and third but only got progress for 1.

BUT I decided to go back to the first, quickly run through it since it was already completed, and now my progress is at 37%, hopefully meaning 3 completed. So try going back and running through them and let's see if it works.

Only downside is, it seems this is the only achievement that the tracking updated on, the other 2 are still stuck at 1 completed.

By SiirAsh on 23 Feb 2023 13:41

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Javany

stratege.ru

26 Feb 2023 13:54

This guide was translated automatically.

You need to find all 8 polygons, on PS5 even the counter is displayed

26 Feb 2023 13:54

9 Comments

Polygon 12 doesn’t seem to be working with the latest update, you run into an invisible wall in front of the cave entrance and it’s impossible to get through, such pies

By BlackVan on 18 Feb 2024 20:14

In general, in order for the buggy elevator to “pick you up” with it, after pressing the button, immediately sit down on the courts under the phone, the phone will pick you up)

By Kir300 on 25 Feb 2024 13:41

On PS 4 the trophy is a bit glitchy. I went through all the training grounds, but the trophy did not drop. I did the following: I left the vicinity of the training ground, found a save machine along the road, closed the game, and then loaded the save by the road. All trophies related to training grounds dropped out at once.

By RedAutumn on 03 Mar 2023 23:40

Dropped when entering the last training ground

By SxTy969 on 18 Mar 2023 16:48

Polygon 12 will be accessible after the bridge opens (shortly after passing the Swallow Theater)

By nsu1995 on 30 Oct 2023 09:03

When entering the elevator at polygon 1 and pressing the button, it leaves without the player, and the player falls into the textures

By Kir300 on 22 Feb 2024 21:41

The elevator at Polygon 2 also leaves without the player, although everything was okay with the first one

By Holyvitya on 24 Feb 2024 12:37

Before going to the training ground, make a save. At training grounds where the elevator fails, and you are left without a floor and fall into the textures...
My method, fall into the textures and land with a jerk on the roof of the elevator, where the doors open, there is a ledge, fall with a jerk, you can just stand on the ledge, wait until the elevator reaches the beginning of the polygon map. The doors will open and you can continue successfully.

By VERTIGODMX on 24 Feb 2024 12:40

We managed to leave on the elevators. In the first one, I looked down and at the moment the doors closed, after pressing the button, I began to jump chaotically and the elevator picked me up and took me to training ground 2. In training ground 1, it happened too, but not with a jump, but with a chaotic push. But there is still a problem with polygon 12. I can't get through the transparent wall.

By Grayd22 on 24 Feb 2024 19:37

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