Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

80 Achievements

60-80h

GOG
Log in or Register to track Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus achievements progress.
Starting a Collection

Starting a Collection

Find at least one of each collectible item

19.2%

How to unlock the Starting a Collection achievement in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - Definitive Guide

Updated version 22 march 18: did a bit more research for this guide and updated it accordingly

Pretty straight forward achievement but sadly it can be very buggy.
Just collect one gold, starcard, concept art, record, maxs toy and an überkommando deathcard. You will find one or two of each when playing the game normally.
The toys and the Deathcards can only be obtained when you visit a district, which are unlocked half-way through the game with the enigma machine.

Sound easy enough right? But of course this achievement is bugged.
When you first visit a district and have collected your first deathcard, you will get to choose to stay in the district to further hunt for collectibles or return back to Eva's Hammer. Choose to return Eva's Hammer! Staying in the area may void the achievement for collecting each collectible!

So if you are one of the unlucky sods (like me) who got their achievements glitched, there appears to be three options you can do.
Note: You can re-collect everything when you start a new game on a new progression slot, this will not fix the achievement however!

-Start a new game and collect the remaining missing collectibles on that new save and it should unlock. (credits to GREGO McGEE for discovering this.) Do not continue searching for more collectibles on your first save file or you only have option 2 and 3 left.
Remark: I am still sceptical about this option: see previous note

-Wipe your entire save file. Unlocked collectibles are bound to your account so if you collected them all (like me) the only options that remains is to delete your Wolfenstein save files from your xbox and start all over.
This method was already confirmed by REPOMAN NL but now I was able to unlock it through this method!
So just delete your file from your XBOX and when you start up the game STOP the synchronising of the data! Start a new game on the easiest difficulty and you can just rush through the game until you reach the point where you can unlock the enigma machine. It takes a very short while to get to this point, only 1,5-2 hours max! Make sure you collected at least one of every collectible before leaving the district via the death card. So this achievement fixing it is quite easy and fast!
Than you can restart the game and retrieve your old game-files from the cloud!


-Third option is to wait and pray to your god (or machine games) for it to be patched.

Small note; the achievements like collect all the XXXX are not voided by this bug.
25
3

12 Nov 2017 09:55

22 Comments
Unfortunately, Grego McGee's plan didn't work out for me :/ I played the story until the point where you can use the enigma machine and went to the manhattan underground to find one of max' toys and the deathcard. Unfortunately, after finding the toy and killing the commander and selecting to return to the base, it didn't pop. I played on Bring em on difficulty and cannot confirm this solution ... :(
0
0
By Cr4zyFr0ggg on 13 Nov 2017 12:45
Well that sucks, did you (re) collected one of each collectibles or only the toy and deathcard?

Sadly I have already collected all the collectibles so I cant verify this technique myself
0
0
By BLOOD BERSEKER on 13 Nov 2017 14:00
Same here,i will try to conform your theory about picking the last collectible up in a new playthrough so i will come back to that!
or otherwise ihope they fix this ASAP!
0
0
By REPOMAN NL on 29 Nov 2017 02:23
no chevo....
0
0
By Seby88 on 30 Nov 2017 15:57
I went to Mesquite for my first district, found the toy right away and after killing the commander, selected to return to the boat and it didn't pop for me either.
0
0
By SockGORE828 on 30 Nov 2017 23:43
FYI, having already collected one of each colectible other than toys and deathcards, I went to the default unlocked area (nuclear bunker), collected the toy first, then the deathcard. I opted to stay in the district, and the achievement unlocked.
0
0
By Chameleon1977 on 12 Dec 2017 07:51
I can conform that deleten your current savegames and start a fresh campaign will unlock you the achievement! and once you have the achievement back out of the game and delete your ''new'' save game and start the game back up again to let in sync your cloud for your old save in case you want to go for Mein Leben.
0
0
By REPOMAN NL on 14 Dec 2017 20:05
sooo glitchy. no achievement for me. are readables required for this?
0
0
By TheAnonymity on 16 Dec 2017 05:42
Nope readables are not required.
Thanks for confirming this, REPOMAN! This achievement is even more glitchy than I thought.
0
0
By BLOOD BERSEKER on 16 Dec 2017 18:58
tried everythink, didnt work ... have all collectibles but & the achievements of them but not this one :( shit happens
0
0
By DarksFever on 15 Feb 2018 09:32
Has anyone contacted the dev to enquire about possible fixes?
0
0
By Lavindathar on 25 Mar 2018 22:09
Also, we are sayin I can’t press new game from my menu? I have to delete my save completely and replay it until the first district?
0
0
By Lavindathar on 25 Mar 2018 22:48
Yes, that is correct.

Don't know if anyone has contacted the dev but the bug is also present in pc and ps4 versions.
0
0
By BLOOD BERSEKER on 26 Mar 2018 04:46
so for option 3 --- how about deleting save file from console only and then going offline. will this work as well?
0
0
By TheAnonymity on 26 Mar 2018 06:27
I would suspect that it should be sufficient but I can't confirm it for sure
0
0
By BLOOD BERSEKER on 26 Mar 2018 08:53
Mine randomly popped tonight despite not being on the game for a few days. Really strange. Earnt it over a week ago
0
0
By Lavindathar on 04 Apr 2018 02:09
Mine didn’t unlock when it should of aswell. Thought they would have fixed it by now!
0
0
By ScoringASH on 30 May 2018 00:29
Still not patched.
0
0
By Doktor Zeit on 08 May 2019 08:50
Still not patched.
0
0
By Laralas on 02 Apr 2021 14:02
Still not patched. 22 Apr 21
0
0
By Amortis on 22 Apr 2021 08:07
Achievement wasn't glitched for me although I did chose to stay in the district after collecting the death card. Don't know if fixed or I was just lucky :)
0
0
By Pyrio on 19 Sep 2021 14:40
Of course it's still glitched. However I unlocked the achievement by starting a new game on a new save file without deleting my entire save file. I completed the entire campaign again(for the higher difficulty achievements) and I didn't collect anything in this playthrough. After the credits I switched to the lowest difficulty and played Manhattan Penthouse which is I think the quickest level and collected one of each item. The Deathcard was the last item I collected and after I returned to Eva's Hammer the achievement unlocked.

One note, make sure you don't die because I died on my first playthrough while going for this achievement and I think this glitched the achivement for me.
0
0
By FeelThePain95 on 28 Mar 2024 13:58
View all 22 comments Show less comments
BLOOD BERSEKER had a very good solution on how to get this achievement. This solution is meant for people like me who want to know the earliest possible point of the game when it is available. Also to explain where the toy is because it will be one of the last two collectables you need for this achievement. Its because you CAN NOT get toys in the regular missions!!

You have to at least finish Manhattan Bunker, when you get back, you will hear people talking about the enigma machine. DO NOT hand Grace the dossier yet!!! Go to the helm and use the Enigma Machine.

Manhattan, Bunker is free to use, so press cn_B to exit out and you can now use the War Map. select New York on the right side, then select the "man symbol", and 'yes" to go back to the Bunker. You will notice immediately that the map is now "backwards". The exit is now the starting point. You are going to need the Constrictor Harness, unless you selected it first. Continue till you reach a room with "13" painted on different walls. If you didn't get the Constrictor Harness as your first choice, it will make explaining where the TOY is SO much simpler!! If you don't have the Constrictor Harness yet, there will be 3 white waypoints on your map. The top one has the Constrictor Harness, and behind that on the back of the "cart" is the TOY!!!

After you grab the Constrictor Harness and the TOY, turn around and drop off the brown walkway, walk forward a little till you see a vent in a red lit area on your right. Crawl though and look to your left for a weapon upgrade kit!

If you did choose the Constrictor Harness, you will have only 2 waypoints. The TOY is DIRECTLY north of the left waypoint at the top of the map.

Go to the left waypoint, stop, and make a save. We are going to use this save to grind for the perk "Constrictor Kills". Get into the hole and proceed to the second hole on the left. Get out and shoot the ground with the rifle to lure one or both of them to the hole. Hurry back into the hole and wait for the cn_RS to pop up for the takedown. DO NOT PICK UP THE DEATHCARD YET!!! If you did, no big deal, we made a save for a reason. Reload save till the perk is maxed, I believe you only need 5 kills total.
7
3

13 Sep 2018 17:13

In Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, there are several sets of collectibles scattered around every mission of the game for a grand total of 216 collectibles.

The breakdown is as follows:

  • 50 Concept Art
  • 50 Gold
  • 15 Max’s Toys
  • 10 Records
  • 75 Starcards
  • 16 Übercommander Death Cards

For the purposes of this achievement, you must find and collect at least one item from each set. For more information regarding a specific collectible set, please refer below to "Art Aficionado," which contains video guide playlists.

0
0
The trophy is GLITCHED, be warned! Collected more than one item of each type, but the trophy never dropped. In-game saves will not help, because... Having taken any collectible item once, it will always be marked in the game as picked up and, when loading an earlier save, it will no longer be in place. Therefore, make backups of your saves to a flash drive (preferably before each item), otherwise you will have to arrange a repeat race later.
PS: I recommend adding it to the summary of platinum in "Glitch Trophies".
9
0

10 May 2018 19:57

2 Comments
The trophy is still glitchy, BUT there is a way to avoid this. All collectibles can be collected calmly. As soon as you have the opportunity to hunt Oberkommando, after picking up his death card, DO NOT CLICK on “Stay in the area”, but immediately move to the base. When replaying the game, this method helped.
1
0
By ASAvonin on 15 Nov 2023 13:29
one collectible of each type.
For this achievement, you need to find at least one of each type of collectible:

Max's toys
Posts
Gold
Posthumous cards of chief commandants
Star cards
Sketches
Readable
Collectibles are marked on the map with yellow icons after killing the Location Commander. Death cards of Chief Commandants can be found by using the Enigma machine and hunting Chief Commandants. Each chief commandant drops a card. Best obtained after completing the story. The Enigma machine can be found in the "Eve's Hammer" location (the hub location where you return between missions and after the story). This is the chair next to the level select console that you can sit in and is needed to decipher the Enigma codes.
2
0
By vealj on 05 Nov 2017 01:50