Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

There are nine total Hamlets to free for this achievement. A few are story related and can not be missed, while the rest are optional. However, you'll need to free all of them to find collectibles and complete side-quests, so this will come naturally as you work on the rest of the achievements. To free a Hamlet, you must find and defeat the leader inside it, which is the only enemy in the area that will have a special name and full boss health bar across the bottom of the screen. Once you defeat the leader, the Hamlet is freed and becomes peaceful, with all remaining enemies disappearing. The names of each Hamlet are on the map, so there's not much need to elaborate on their locations, but here is the full list: