Defense Grid 2

just got this with about 52 medals, playing through the game on easy and open

great guide ive been getting them after every level

No problem. Glad it's working

Nice tip. Sadly, after doing 40 Elite difficulty missions (and getting an augment every time) this damn game still won't give me a Temporal augment.

After 50 Golds I have still no upgrade for either concussion or meteor towers. I do have up to three for other towers. Annoying.

The randomness of this achievement is so annoying.
Like many i can't get an upgrade on the tesla, while i already have completed all others achievement, get 6 upgrades for one tower ( 25 + upgrades overall ) ...
Also after playing 12 levels in elite / open / practice, i only got 2 upgrades so far..

So yeah i guess there is no way aroung beside get lucky.

Just got the upgrade after complaining, classic.

Glad you got it mate

was really struggling with this achievement; played dozens of levels and no more augmentations were unlocking.
Tried this solution and got it almost straight away - cheers

Just noticed that the drops are NOT random! It gives you an augmentation for the "most used" tower! I'm still not sure about what the exact logic is (it can be number of towers, number of kills or total damage, or probably even something else), but it definitely is NOT random. I did 30x elite missions and got items for all the towers, but not a single inferno, then i loaded practice mission 2 on elite, built a lot of Inferno towers and a few cannons, and it's the third time in a row i'm getting an Inferno augmentation!

ive got tower upgrades for everything bar temporal towers :( done bout 70 gold medals now its taking the piss!

Yeah it's really annoying. Keep going and you will get it. I was on about 75 - 80 golds before I got it

got every other achievement and still no temporal upgrade

It's frustrating. I have played over 100 missions and still waiting for a temporal augmentation. Tried IzAvols strategy and build tons of temporals on some levels and got another tower augmentation, but no temporal.

Just one thing to add, from what I can tell, you continue to get the upgrades on missions you have gold on if you repeat them. So it may be easier if you just repeat the second mission over and over again.

Also it doesn't appear to matter which tower you use during the game in terms of the reward, appears to be completely random.

I have been using only or mostly just lasers in elite practice levels, which is the only tower i need an upgrade for and i keep getting augmentations for cannons and missile and meteor, over and over. Think it is still random since i never actually used missiles or meteors throughout the entire game.

Has to be random. I've played 3 times using ONLY the Tesla and Meteor (the two I need) and have won the maps with medals and I've unlocked augments for OTHER towers I didn't even use.

The entire map was filled with only Tesla and Meteor, but nope.

Missing an upgrade for meteor still with 120+ gold medals lol...

Of course after bitching about this on here, I finally got it. I guess the 28th time was the charm. Kept doing Threshold Elite practice until I got it.

I don't know if it can help but i got a temporal upgrade on Mission 4/Elite/Fully Charged Mode and only use gun towers and temporal towers !

I have every at least 1 for every tower, there is 9 towers altogether wtf

I have seen several people say they got it after complaining so I am here to try the same:
I simply cannot find one for the concussion tower. I finally got one for my temporal yesterday after my 90 somethingth gold medal. Please RNGesus, I need you

I've just been repeating mission 1 over and over on practice/elite. Filling up the map with like 6 red cannons is enough to keep it idle to the end, then pressing X to replay the mission.
Still need 1 more though :(

Over a year later and I still don't have it 😡😡😡

Keep going guys. You will get it. According to the walkthrough, it really it is random. So no matter what towers you use, the game will give you whatever it gives you, if anything. This is just a guide that boosts your chances of unlocking an augmentation.

I've logged 54 hrs 34 mins so far, spent about 2 hours playing the practise mode on elite difficulty method last night and still no temporal upgrade

I've gotten maybe thirty golds on elite missions and I'm getting repeat augmentations. Half the time I finish a level, I'm just given an augmentation I already have. I'm thinking it just makes the prexisting augmentation stronger, but that doesn't help if I have no inferno augmentations.

Worked perfectly. I got my missing inferno tower augmentation after the third mission.

There are 10 different tower types in the game. By playing missions you randomly unlock upgrades for a random tower. Every tower has I think 5 different upgrades. You keep all upgrades you unlocked forever and you can select one of the upgrades for each mission. Each upgrade can be leveled up (getting the same upgrade again levels it up). This achievement requires you to have at least one upgrade unlocked for every tower type. The problem is, that a lot of people keep unlocking further upgrades for towers they already have upgrades on but seem to never unlock upgrades for certain towers with Concussion or Meteror seeming to be the ones most people are missing an upgrade for.

Thanks. Finally received Inferno!!!

You know you can just keep repeating Threshold. That's what I did and final got my last one (in about 10 tries)

Yeah you can repeat any mission over and over using the settings I've said. I just thought people might want a bit of variety given the grind it can be.

Congratulations on earning your achievement

A basic question, but how do you know you got an aumentation after a level? Is it when AI's are talking at the end of a level?

I had gotten 100 golds and had gotten a number of augmentations for everything except temporal. I played Practice on Threshold on Elite and finally got one after the third time. I would definitely suggest repeating that mission, as others have said in the comments, until getting what you need as I got an augmentation after each time I beat the mission. On easy I would only get an augmentation ever 4-5 missions or so.

Over 100 medals. I keep "unlocking" the same augments that I ALREADY have!! I don't understand. I played every level on practice elite and have unlocked 26 augmentations, but none for concussion!! I have 6 for cannons alone. I really don't understand this one.

I just can't seem to get this achievement. I keep unlocking augmentations that I already have.

I am rinsing Threshold on Elite Open, I need one Temporal augmentation that just wont come.

I guess its the waiting game on this one.

After complaining I have received the final one! For some weird reason I can't get the achievement to pop. I have made sure all towers have an augmentation attached and I complete a level, nothing. Not sure why this game hates me. Its my last one for 1000G!!

OKAY!!! The pattern is obvious. I have everything except concussion. My Infernos do 125% bonus damage and my guns have five different boosts.

Now that I've complained/bitched/grumbled/whined about it... it should unlock.🙂

I have an upgrade for every tower, but the achievement is not unlocking. I tried restarting the game a few times and playing more missions to try to force it to unlock, but still no joy. Anyone else have this happen? Is the unlock delayed?

Still need Inferno augmentation.

I have 8 augmentations.... the achievement says 10 but there's only 9 tower types. Does it mean just to use 10 separate augments in successful missions?

So one round I use chem cannons, next round shield breaks and that counts as 2?

Let’s try this complaining trick. I’ve got 113 Gold and don’t have a single Inferno OR Concussion augment. What kind of garbage is that!!

troyoy said: Fanta Morgana said:There are 9 tower types with Augmentation Items. You need to build all 9 to get this achievement.

Fanta Morgana said:Some only have 3 while others have as many as 7.

Got this one playing in multiplayer with a gaming partner who already had the achievement. One match was all it took. I idled while he played, upgrading towers and all that. This may or may not suggest that playing with someone who 1) knows what he's doing and 2) has the ach already, may unlock it. It took one match only. Could be your worth your while to attempt.

Thumbs up from me. Solution worked like charm. Played around 20 games and received my last 4 missing augementation.

Once I had the augmentations I struggled to get the achievement to pop. When it finally did I did the following on Mission 12 which has lots of resources and easy choke points:

Built every tower on a boost platform and upgraded those towers to level 3
Built every tower at level 1 not on a boost platform
Made sure to use my commander ability (the resource giving one) as much as possible.

What of that is required who knows, but if yours doesn't unlock easily you can try these things.

Enable a Tower Augmentation Item on 10 Towers ? So I am not quite getting what they mean. Isnt there only 7 or 8 different tower types? But it sounds like you need a augmentation for every tower. Someone please explain this to me. 10 diff but at least one for each tower. Do you keep them forever or lose them after using them? Thankyou.

Yeah the randomness is the crap part about it. Pretty sure if you replay an Elite mission it will give you something. Keep going buddy it will unlock eventually

I've played almost entirely on Easy so far. Having unlocked about 45 gold medals I have an augmentation for every tower except the laser. Not complaining, just sharing my progress in case it's of interest. Just about to try "Practice" as you suggest. So far I've done standard campaign, "Limited Resources" and I was working through "No Red Towers".

All I need is the temporal and I've done everything suggested in these comments and nothing has worked. I better get it before 100 gold medals.

I hate this achievement, having got it on PC and now working on the XB1 version, I can say with confidence the following:

- It is completely random
- Temporal and Concussion are the least common due to them having less upgrade options
- Difficulty and medal received increases the chance of an upgrade appearing (Gold Elite being most common), but is still possible to receive an upgrade on Easy with no medal.
- Building multiples of the tower you want the upgrade for makes no difference, I received upgrades for towers that couldn't even be built on the mission.

My final upgrade came fairly quickly on PC, but on XB1 I was really suffering, having got 100 medals on Easy, and beaten ALL stages on Elite Practice and Fixed Resources, I've refined my strategy for the fastest and easiest win, which took around 50 times before getting the Temporal upgrade. I have level 5 (max) in almost every other upgrade before Temporal appeared, so don't give up. My tactic was simple:

02 Supply and Demand / Fixed Resources
Set 3x Speed
Build 2x Laser, 1x Cannon on the first quad
Build 2x Boost, 1x Cannon, 2x Laser on the second quad
Upgrade all bar one Laser to Lev3
Build 1x Boost, 1x Cannon once the third quad has raised, extending the path

This stage is over in 6 minutes and with Fixed Resources it takes around 30 seconds to set up the stage. I'd just hit X to retry the mission, just every 5 or so attempts quit to the menu and restart as often I would get upgrades that wouldn't show on the mission summary screen. Its entirely possible I unlocked more than one on a single mission.

Setup screenie:
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/MushaConvoy/screenshot/5964783

Hopefully that helps others too. No need to keep doing Practice on the longer missions, Fixed Resources means you can place everything early on then idle for the win.

It took me 127 gold medals :'(

Got an upgrade for all 9 towers and with a general active, no achievement after the mission, does it unlock using practice as well?

Update: 7 Feb 2023
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Just confirm after you get at least one item for each tower, need to start a level while you can build all 9 tower with one general enabled. Build each tower through the level, i also use the general ability once. The achievement unlocked.

Previous comment state you don't need to build all 9 towers not worked for me (i tried level 1 with only 3 towers available.)

It looks like you don't even have to build and use them. I just got an augmentation for my last tower type, and at the start of a Power Outage game type, I had an augmentation selected for all tower types and orbital laser. That game, I built a missile, a gun, a laser, a temporal, and an inferno, and never fired the orbital laser, and the achievement unlocked at the game's end.

Also, I didn't get an augmentation for the missile tower after playing what felt like forever, but then I realized that I didn't use the missile tower much. I started making missile towers my most-used on the map, and I got an augmentation for it in three games. So that may help if you're missing an augmentation for a tower type.

Awesome, i think the laser which i do use quite a bit is only one i dont have one unlocked for. Thanks for the guide and tips in these comments too.

Confirming Cyberknight's comment. I did "Out of Bullets" on mission 3 and unlocked it without building all towers or firing the laser. Seems the only condition necessary is that you have an augmentation selected for all towers when entering a mission.

i also got the achievement with out building all the towers

I got them all and it didn't unlock