Descenders

Are you insane?:
You've no doubt completed the Peaks boss jump plenty of times by now, but... have you ever tried jumping *over* the helicopter? -- Not retroactive

This challenge requires you to complete the Peaks boss jump by jumping entirely over the helicopter and landing on the usual end ramp after. This sounds hard at first but is actually extremely easy through the use of a seed in "Freeride" mode.

Go to the start menu > Ride > Freeride > Build track from seed. Keep your health at infinite and give yourself every single crew member you can (bunny hop, speed wobbles, etc). Then, press "enter seed and ride" and input the following seed: 41054422451 (taken from this awesome list)

This seed features an extremely long, steep, and completely straight ramp that allows you to get up to around 100km/h. Start exactly at the final checkpoint (at the start of the ramp) and hold the acceleration along with pulling downwards (this is called "attack mode" and allows you to be more stable with fewer speed wobbles). You should be able to reach 100+ km/h and do not bunny hop! Just ride the ramp up and try to land safely on the other side. This took me like 10 tries so just be patient!

Note after further testing: The challenge will actually unlock even if you crash hard onto the end ramp and die (after the heli). So, you can bunny hop to get as much distance as you can and when you crash on the end ramp, you'll get the challenge.

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Henk Of A Good Time
Explore the Volcano thoroughly, and you may just find a secret bonus node... But can you collect all the toys? -- Not retroactive (kind of)

First, if you have already completed Volcano's boss jump successfully then you can access Volcano's bonus world "Kids Room" by navigating to Start Menu - Ride - Freeride - Bonus Track and complete this challenge there without issue. Give yourself infinite lives and every crew member possible (especially bunny hop).

If not, then this requires you to get to the secret Career level named "Volcano". To get here, you need to activate every fire node in Highlands to Peaks AND jump through the fire rings on their respective boss jumps in a single run. After finishing the Peaks fire boss jump and crossing the finish line, you'll be transported to Volcano. Note that the final stretch after finishing the Peaks boss jump should shoot fire on you as you ride if you did it correctly. It is imperative that you actually go through the fire ring for it to work. You should receive the trick name in the bottom left of your screen named "Fireball". Once you get to Volcano, search for the "Kids Room" bonus track node (indicated by a 5 pointed star). It will usually be on the opposite side of the boss node. Once you get there, use the second guide on the following achievement page that shows you how to easily complete every bonus world, including Kids Room by VexuL:

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Ridge Over Troubled Water
Start a Career+ session from Desert, and jump through all four fire rings and fire boss jumps without losing all your lives. Ridges awaits you at the end. -- Not retroactive

Reading the description, this challenge is self-explanatory. "Ridges" is essentially Career+'s version of "Volcano" from Career. Activate each fire node in every Career+ map and jump through their respective boss jump rings.

Important note: This challenge will not unlock by simply arriving at "Ridges". You need to finish the map first. However, you do NOT need to do the fire node in Ridges, nor do you need to complete the boss jump. You just simply navigate to the boss node in the shortest route possible and ride to the finish line. Drive around the boss jump! Unless you have plenty of lives and want to try. Do not try to do any bonus objectives if you are worried about losing lives either. If you die here, you'll have to start your Career+ session all over again which takes around 40-50 minutes to get to Ridge.

For further tips and tricks on how to smoothly complete this challenge, scroll a bit further down to the section on the challenge "What a Legend", where I include some material on how to effectively complete a full Career+ run including a video on how to complete each boss jump. Remember though, you cannot navigate around the boss jumps for this challenge, you need to complete every fire ring boss jump. The video in that section below will cover the exact speeds you need to hit to safely jump through the ring and land on the other side.

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Get 1,000,000 Rep
The Millionaire's Club! Earn REP by playing through Career Mode by yourself or with friends -- Retroactive

As the description states, you simply need to earn 1,000,000 total rep (the number at the bottom of your screen when in the main hub area). This is retroactive! This unlocked naturally for me over the course of earning the other achievements in this game. If you want to get it very fast, I would suggest a strategy known as "Desert Farming" as seen below. Note: being in "Last Stand" gives you more rep.

Desert Farming video

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The Golden Run
Only the best can complete a Golden Run. Finish a full Career session, start to finish, on a single life without bailing -- Retroactive!

Thankfully, this challenge is retroactive for anyone who has earned the achievement by the same name as seen below.

To those who have not earned this achievement yet, visit the link above for the wonderful guide by, yet again, VexuL (thank you). Essentially, you need to complete a full Career run in one sitting without EVER bailing. For more in-depth detail, I will defer you to VexuL.

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Become A Descender
Be the best in world. Complete enough daily team objectives to be upgraded from Master to Descender -- Retroactive

This challenge is tied to your sponsorship. Along with this, it is the same as the following achievement:

So, if you already have the achievement, this challenge will unlock retroactively. It requires you to complete 48 "daily objectives" which will take at least 16 days since you are allowed to complete only 3 per day. For more detail, refer to the guide above by Spakon. To see these challenges, go to the start menu then "Ride" and you should see the three daily objectives on the right. To view your progress, go to the start menu then "Sponsor name Office". For example, I am sponsored by "Kinetic" so I check my progress at the "Kinetic Office".

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What A Legend
The ultimate Career+ challenge. Complete a full Career+ run from Desert to Glaciers, finishing the game without losing all of your lives -- Not Retroactive

Just as it says, you need to complete the entirety of Career+ in one run. This does not include Ridges. In order to do this, take your preferred route to each boss node by choosing the easiest node each time. This will be one with the lowest stats in steepness, curves, and tricks. Just as in your golden run, be very careful and try not to lose too many lives. Do not do a bonus objective that seems dangerous for the track you're on. However, try complete as many safe bonus objectives that you can. This will be bonus objectives like: "Do a backflip 2 times", or "Do a 360 2 times", or "Get 4 seconds of airtime". Stack up as many lives as you can! Also, always complete a "Medic" node if it is convenient, since you get a life just for completing it.

Just as in Career, you can skip both the Desert boss jump (although it's not that dangerous) and the Favela boss jump. For Desert, just simply ride around the pyramid to the finish line. For Favela CAREFULLY ride around the statue and end ramp. There are usually very tight spaces around the Favela statue and end ramp to navigate, so be careful. Along with this, sometimes you will get unlucky with your Favela boss seed where you are unable to navigate around the statue. If this is the case, just give it your best shot. Remember, you can bail as much as you want, you just cannot lose all your lives.

If you want to practice the boss jumps ahead of time, here are some boss node seeds to use in "Freeride":

Career+ Boss Jumps:
- Desert: 61078843216
- Jungle: 71078843216
- Favela: 81078843216
- Glacier: 91078843216

To create your own seeds, use this site.

For your reference, here is a great video by the Descenders dev team YouTube channel on how to successfully complete the Career+ boss jumps.

Career+ boss jumps video

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True Descenders
The ultimate friendship test. Make a Career lobby with a friend, then complete a full run from Highlands to Peaks, finishing the game without losing all of your collective lives -- Not Retroactive

You do not need a second player! Although the description states that you need a "friend", you can actually do it solo in a user created multiplayer lobby. Of course, if you would like to do it with a friend, then go ahead!

To do this solo follow these steps. Go to the start menu - Ride - Multiplayer lobby - Create new game (should already be highlighted up top) - 4 player - Ride.

Now, simply finish a whole run from Highlands to Peaks using the skills and tips that you have no doubt used up oto now. Again, there are no special requirements here, so skip the Highlands and Forest boss jumps for ease, then complete the Canyon and Peaks boss jumps to get the final challenge. Like before, rack up as many lives as you can by completing bonus objectives (especially in highlands). Try to leave highlands with 9+ lives. Along with this, I personally find that activating the fire node in Peaks actually leads to an easier Peaks boss jump. The ring of fire version gets rid of that floating ramp and allows you to jump straight to the end which, in my experience, I can land more consistently. If you would like to practice the boss jumps ahead of time, here are some seeds to use in Freeride.

Career Boss Nodes
- Highlands: 11078843216
- Forest: 21078843216
- Canyon: 31078843216
- Peaks: 41078843216
- Peaks (ring of fire): 43054471741

To create your own seeds, use this site

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If you followed this all the way through, I hope you finished all the challenges! Congratulations and I hope this guide helped! Please leave a comment if you have any questions. Good luck!