Death's Door
24 Achievements
15-20h
GOG
Academy of Umbrellas
Beat the game only ever using an umbrella as your melee weapon
1.8%
How to unlock the Academy of Umbrellas achievement in Death's Door - Definitive Guide
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At the very beginning of the game, after you talk to the crows and are given your first assignment, head left from the main area. Instead of going through the door that has spawned, keep heading left and up some more flights of stairs. The umbrella will be at the top of the stairs leaning against a lamppost, near a bench.
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Just switch your weapon to the umbrella from the menu, and make sure not to use any other melee weapons for the rest of the game. Just picking up the weapons won't nullify the achievements, nor will using or upgrading magic abilities - so you can 100% the game on the same save file as the umbrella run.
Make sure not to swing your sword at the start of the game! Swinging your sword, even in the starting area before you meet any enemies, may prevent the achievement from unlocking. The achievement should pop at the credits after the last boss fight.
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Just switch your weapon to the umbrella from the menu, and make sure not to use any other melee weapons for the rest of the game. Just picking up the weapons won't nullify the achievements, nor will using or upgrading magic abilities - so you can 100% the game on the same save file as the umbrella run.
Make sure not to swing your sword at the start of the game! Swinging your sword, even in the starting area before you meet any enemies, may prevent the achievement from unlocking. The achievement should pop at the credits after the last boss fight.
Lavish, Greed
Missable
As soon as you get off the bus refrain from pressing
and swinging your sword, as there are some who say doing so even here will negate this achievement. Before you do anything else head through the metal-detector, up the stairs through the first cutscene, then take the west stairs up three times to find the umbrella lying against a lightpost. Equip this immediately by pausing, tabbing over to your weapon menu and selecting the umbrella instead of the reaper's sword. Reference the image below for it's location, or use the video. For the rest of your run you'll be staying dry with this weapon that has the same stats as the sword execept for half the damage, so good luck!
As soon as you get off the bus refrain from pressing
and swinging your sword, as there are some who say doing so even here will negate this achievement. Before you do anything else head through the metal-detector, up the stairs through the first cutscene, then take the west stairs up three times to find the umbrella lying against a lightpost. Equip this immediately by pausing, tabbing over to your weapon menu and selecting the umbrella instead of the reaper's sword. Reference the image below for it's location, or use the video. For the rest of your run you'll be staying dry with this weapon that has the same stats as the sword execept for half the damage, so good luck!