StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is an expansion pack for 2012’s StarCraft 2 and contains new units and features.
It features the Zerg Campaign and new multiplayer units for each race. Our review of the game praised it a lot and gave it a glowing 10/10 score.
You can read it here. It’s an RTS game which requires a lot of skills and getting these achievements won’t be an easy feat. There are tons of achievements in the game and most of them are time consuming however we have a guide for most of them below.
The expansion pack was commercially successful as well with over 2 million copies sold in a week.
Let’s start with the campaign achievements of the game. We have the complete list as well as videos on how to get them.
Achievements Guide
Achievements list and guide courtesy of SOEgame and Videogamesblogger.
Umoja Missions Achievements:
1. Lab Rat (10 points) — Complete the “Lab Rat” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
2. Mighty Mouse (10 points) — Destroy 35 Sentry Bots in the “Lab Rat” mission.
3. Rat Race (10 points) — Complete the “Lab Rat” mission in less than 10 minutes on Normal difficulty.
4. Back In The Saddle (10 points) — Complete the “Back In The Saddle” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
5. Full Throttle (10 points) — Complete the “Prevent the Dominion from destroying a tram engine during the tram ride in the “Back In The Saddle” mission.
6. Brutal Legend (10 points) — Don’t take any damage from the Archangel in the “Back In The Saddle” mission on normal difficulty.
7. Rendezous (10 points) — Complete the “Rendezvous” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
8. First Strike (10 points) — Destroy 15 enemy structures before Naktul’s forces arrive in the “Rendezvous” mission.
9. Zerg Saves The Queen (10 points) — Rescue all trapped Swarm Queens before Naktul’s forces arrive in the “Rendezvous” mission on Normal difficulty.
10. Bonus Objectives: Umoja (10 points) — Complete all Bonus Objectives in each of the Umoja Missions.
11. Umoja Missions (20 points) — Complete all the Umoja Mission achievements.
Char Missions Achievements:
12. Domination (10 points) — Complete the “Domination” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
13. Poached Eggs (10 points) — Hatch all 6 Baneling Nests in the “Domination” mission before collecting 100 eggs.
14. No Egg For You (10 points) — Don’t let Zagara collect an Egg in the “Domination” mission on Normal difficulty.
15. Fire In The Sky (10 points) — Complete the “Fire in the Sky” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
16. Red Alert (10 points) — Don’t let 5 units die to the Gorgon Battlecruiser in the “Fire in the Sky” mission.
17. Conquer & Command (10 points) — Destroy 3 Orbital Command structures in the “Fire in the Sky” mission on Normal difficulty.
18. Old Soldiers (10 points) — Complete the “Old Soldiers” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
19. Nuclear Launch Rejected (10 points) — Destroy 20 enemy structures before the 1st Nuclear Strike in the “Old Soldiers” mission.
20. Recalled Down the Thunder (10 points) — Complete the “Old Soldiers” mission in less than 20 minutes on Normal difficulty.
21. Bonus Objectives: Char (10 points) — Complete all Bonus Objectives in each of the Char Missions.
22. Char Missions (20 points) — Complete all the Char Mission achievements.
Kaldir Missions Achievements:
23. Harvest of Screams (10 points) — Complete the “Harvest of Screams” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
24. Ice Breaker (10 points) — Destroy 20 unfrozen enemy structures in the “Harvest of Screams” mission.
25. Storm Chaser (10 points) — Complete the “Harvest of Screams” mission in less than 15 minutes on Normal difficulty.
26. Shoot the Messenger (10 points) — Complete the “Shoot the Messenger” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
27. Warp in Peace (10 points) — Don’t let a Protoss Shuttle begin Warping Out in the “Shoot the Messenger” mission.
28. Extreme Nexism (10 points) — Destroy 2 Protoss Nexuses in the “Shoot the Messenger” mission on Normal difficulty.
29. Enemy Within (10 points) — Complete the “Enemy Within” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
30. Biomass Effect (10 points) — Collect 450 biomass in the “Enemy Within” mission.
31. Failure to Launch (10 points) — Don’t let an Escape Pod reach less than 20 seconds in the “Enemy Within” mission on Normal difficulty.
32. Bonus Objectives: Kaldir (10 points) — Complete all Bonus Objectives in each of the Kaldir Missions.
33. Kaldir Missions (20 points) — Complete all the Kaldir Mission achievements.
Zerus Missions Achievements:
34. Waking the Ancient (10 points) — Complete the “Waking the Ancient” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
35. A Game of Drones (10 points) — Don’t lose more than 3 Drones in the “Waking the Ancient” mission.
36. Rude Awakening (10 points) — Kill 4 Primal Hives in the “Waking the Ancient” mission on Normal difficulty.
37. The Crucible (10 points) — Complete “The Crucible” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
38. Epic Meal Time (10 points) — Kill 75 enemy units with Primal Spawn Locusts in “The Crucible” mission.
39. Can’t Touch This Chrysalis (10 points) — Complete “The Crucible” mission without Kerrigan’s Chrysalis taking damage on Normal difficulty.
40. Supreme (10 points) — Complete the “Supreme” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
41. Endangered Species (10 points) — Kill 500 enemy units with Kerrigan in the “Supreme” mission.
42. Queen of the Jungle (10 points) — Complete the “Supreme” mission without letting Kerrigan drop below 100 life on Normal difficulty.
43. Bonus Objectives: Zerus (10 points) — Complete all Bonus Objectives in each of the Zerus Missions.
44. Zerus Missions (20 points) — Complete all the Zerus Mission achievements.
Skygeirr Missions Achievements:
45. Just Getting Inside (10 points) — Complete the “Infested” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
46. Master of Puppets (10 points) — Kill 60 enemy units with Parasitic Dominated terran units in the “Infested” mission.
47. Spreading the Disease (10 points) — Infest all Garrisons without losing a Virophage in the “Infested” mission on Normal difficulty.
48. Hand of Darkness (10 points) — Complete the “Hand of Darkness” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
49. Shattered Command (10 points) — Destroy 2 Command Centers in the “Hand of Darkness” mission.
50. Power Underwhelming (10 points) — Destroy 3 Hybrid Holding Cells before the Hybrid are released in “Hand of Darkness” on Normal difficulty.
51. Phantoms of the Void (10 points) — Complete the “Phantoms of the Void” mission in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.
52. The Phantoms Menaced (10 points) — Kill 2 Hybrid within 20 seconds of each other in the “Phantoms of the Void” mission on Normal difficulty.
53. Stukov Strikes Back (10 points) — Don’t let Stukov die in the “Phantoms of the Void” mission.
54. Bonus Objectives: Skygeirr (10 points) — Complete all Bonus Objectives in each of the Skygeirr Missions.
55. Skygeirr Missions (20 points) — Complete all the Skygeirr Mission achievements.
Mastery Achievements:
113. Mad Dash (10 points) — Destroy 3 Factories in the “Lab Rat” mission in less than 10 minutes on Hard difficulty.
114. Nick of Time (10 points) — Complete “Back in the Saddle” with more than 40 seconds on each lockdown on Hard difficulty.
115. Premature Evacuation (10 points) — Destroy all Dominion Structures in the “Rendezvous” mission before Naktul’s brood arrives on Hard difficulty.
116. Shutout (10 points) — Destroy Zagara’s base in the “Domination” mission in less than 14 minutes on Hard difficulty before collecting 100 eggs.
117. Going, Going, Gorgon! (10 points) — Destroy 4 Gorgon Battlecruisers within 120 seconds in the “Fire in the Sky” mission on Hard difficulty.
118. Home Wrecker (10 points) — Destroy the Planetary Fortress in the “Old Soldiers” mission before the nuclear strike on Hard difficulty.
119. Psi-lence is Golden (10 points) — Complete all objectives in less than 12 minutes in the “Harvest of Screams” mission on Hard difficulty.
120. My Cool Bay Explosions (10 points) — Destroy all 3 Protoss Docking Bays in the “Shoot the Messenger” mission on Hard difficulty.
121. Monster Smash (10 points) — Kill 15 units with the Giant Ursadon in the “Enemy Within” mission on Hard difficulty.
122. Whack-A-Brakk (10 points) — Kill 15 units with the Giant Ursadon in the “Don’t let Brakk destroy any Biomass in the “Waking the Ancient” mission on Hard difficulty.
123. Short Life Expectancy (10 points) — Kill the Tyrannozor in under 1 minute after it appears in “The Crucible” mission on Hard difficulty.
124. Whose Queen Reigns Supreme? (10 points) — Complete the “Supreme” mission in less than 12 minutes on Hard difficulty.
125. Once, Twice, Three Times Malady (10 points) — Complete the “Infested” mission before the Dominion Gas the Platform a 3rd time on Hard difficulty.
126. Dominion Domination (10 points) — Kill 3 Hybrid Dominators with Terran units in the “Hand of Darkness” mission on Hard difficulty.
127. No-toss (10 points) — Destroy all Protoss structures in the “Phantoms of the Void” mission on Hard difficulty.
128. Ludicrous Speed! (10 points) — Complete the “With Friends Like These…” mission in less than 11 minutes on Hard difficulty.
129. Fast Break (10 points) — Complete the “Conviction” mission in less than 10 minutes on Hard difficulty.
130. Crash The Party (10 points) — Destroy all Dominion structures in the “Planetfall” mission before the 5th Bile Launcher lands on Hard difficulty.
131. Speed Bump (10 points) — Destroy the Odin in “The Reckoning” mission before Mengsk sends it at Raynor on Hard difficulty.
Unit Guide
Check out our unit guide videos. They are from YouTube user ShokzSC.
Heart of the Swarm Terran Reaper Guide
Heart of the Swarm: Protoss Oracle Guide
Heart of the Swarm Hellbat Guide
Heart of the Swarm Viper Guide:
Note: This guide will be updated once we have more information on the game.
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