Styx: Master of Shadows

Styx: Master of Shadows

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Unseen, unknown

Unseen, unknown

Unlock the Insignia of the Shadow for each mission

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How to unlock the Unseen, unknown achievement in Styx: Master of Shadows - Definitive Guide

This achievement essentially requires you to complete the entire game without alerting any enemies (this does not have to be done in one playthrough and levels may be re-done in any order).

I'll define 'alert' as best I can - The bar above an enemies head represents their alert-status. This bar is allowed to turn FULLY YELLOW (Suspicious) and FULLY ORANGE (where they begin a search) without voiding the Shadow insignia. If this turns FULLY RED then they are 100% ALERT - if that happens, you will need to reload a save/autosave and continue on from there.

Tips:
cn_start I would recommend you try for this achievement on your second playthrough as you will most likely have the majority of upgrades and also know where to go and what enemies are where, but that is entirely up to you.

cn_start Upgrade Styx's Stealth all the way FIRST, then do whichever upgrades you prefer afterwards. Personally I think upgrading equipment/cloning next would be the most useful.

cn_start SECOND PLAYTHROUGH: When you pause the game, the insignia's are displayed at the bottom right hand side of the screen! If you think you've alerted someone, check to see if it's still on ZERO!

cn_start Try to keep your amber up at max (or close to it) as far as possible through missions so you can use it when the going gets tough!

cn_start SAVE OFTEN!! Can't stress that enough, you are likely to fail sneaking past enemies multiple times, be sure to save your game after every section so you don't end up losing 10+ minutes of progress! (Guilty of this redface)

cn_start In a tough spot? Use a CLONE to distract your enemies! Lead them away from areas so you can sneak past! Any alerts created by a clone WILL NOT count towards the insignia!

cn_start Not going for the mercy insignia? Dispatch of any enemies in your way! Just make sure their bodies aren't found!

cn_start This can be achieved on any difficulty! Do it on easy if you wish!
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24 Feb 2015 05:13

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I have done some testing and want to add that Humans, elves AND goblins
count if they spot you. You can kill goblins though without losing Mercy. Roabies can see you and you can kill them without fear of losing any progress.

Also, in the first mission when you learn to kill, hide bodies and fight with someone, the two people there (guy by table and the one who comes in to fight with you after opening the gate) can spot you and you can kill them if you want to. They don't count either.
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By HavfruenArild on 27 Mar 2016 12:56
Is there an achievement tied to getting thorugh the game w mercy? Im not seeing anything

Ill go ahead and answer my own question after learning all insignias and side missiona are supposedly needed in order to learn al the skills
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By NINja277 on 29 May 2016 02:31
I dont see the insignias in the pause menu...
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By II JumPeR I on 13 Aug 2017 12:04
The insignias only appear in the pause menu once you have beaten the game.
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By Legohead 1977 on 23 Sep 2021 14:26
It’s worth noting that on Renaissance 2/4, if you released the amber steam on your way to save the elves, you’ll automatically get one alert when heading back, even if you don’t see any red marker.

If you’re going for the Insignia of Shadow on your 1st playthrough, you won’t even know that you received an alert, since you can’t track it on pause menu.

That’s it: don’t release amber steam when going after the Insignia of Shadow.
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By ViniBT on 30 Jan 2022 18:53
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Found a Playlist for the Swiftness Insignia from a russian Guy. But in this Speedruns he also made no kills and no alerts!
The ways realy cool and easy, but save often, the timings very important.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl6FwuqhvIx3fiPDknfcP...

Maybe Profile removed from Youtube so i search a other one.
This Dude is also very good and made all Insignias in one Run.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDUvzwFrvFW0zMJs6Ftxh...

Excuse my bad English, i'm from Austria.
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19 Feb 2016 22:06

To unlock this insignia you must complete every zone in each mission without raising any alerts. An alert is whenever any enemy has a red detection meter above their head. The single exception is the "tutorial" battle of your first duel (it's unavoidable) in Reminiscences. For reference, here are the detection levels:

  • Yellow - The enemy is suspicious and will look around (but not deviate from their path).
  • Orange - The enemy is very suspicious and will investigate (walk to) whatever alerted them.
  • Red - You're busted.

You should not go for the Thief insignia in the same run as the Shadow insignia, unless of course you simply want more of challenge.

Make liberal use of your ability to save whenever you wish so that you can reload if you do happen to alert an enemy. If your clone is detected that does not count against you. Do not forget that you have invisibility for the tough spots!

After you have successfully completed a mission for the first time, during replay of that mission the status of all four insignias will appear in the Pause menu. This is extremely helpful when going for this specific insignia as you can know for sure that no alerts have been raised. For this reason it might be good to go for the Thief insignia on your first play-through, and then the other three insignias on your second play-through.

Video credits to Rangris for the first two videos and rus199410 for missions 2-7:

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In the process of working on Great power... you will receive all the tags.

Video guide on how to get all Shadow, Mercy, Swiftness marks for 1 level completion or game guide .
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30 Mar 2015 21:33

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You need to complete all levels without being noticed.

When you play as a clone, if detected, the alarm does not count.
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By Keeper on 14 Jan 2023 14:13