Since there is no complete guide to battlegrounds achievements I made this one.
This post will be selected to 5 sections, divided by difficulty of battleground achievements: easy, medium, hard, extremely hard and hall of fame (currently not obtainable).
As my pal Rexxar says: "let the (achievement) hunt begin"
Easy
Big Spender - be the first player in your game to reach Tavern Tier 6. Just upgrade Tavern Tier every possible turn. Best hero to pick is Forest Warden Omu, Chenvaala can also be great.
A Very Special Guest - play a Tier 6 minion while you have 8 or less gold. This was very easy to do with Galakrond or lucky Shifter Zerus. After their removal the easiest way to do it is by picking a power leveling hero like Forest Warden Omu and hitting a triple in the turn you upgraded to tier 5.
Bob´s Favourite Customer - end your turn with a minion with more than 100/125/150/175/200 total Attack plus Health. Lieutenant Garr is your best buddy, also easily doable with APM Pirate or Big Demon composition.
My Shiny Fangs and Me - end 7 consecutive turns with a Lightfang Enforcer in a play. Just play your Lightfang Enforcer and survive long enough to complete criteria of the achievement.
Versatile Battlemaster - finish in top 4 with 3/10/20/30/35/40/45/50 different champions. You can finish in top 4 with any hero, even the weakest ones.
Rainy Day Fund - upgrade your tavern tier twice in one turn as Skycap'n Kragg. Just wait until you have 10 gold while sitting on low tier. Upgrade low tier, hero power, upgrade another tier.
And You get Prize Cards - play 16 different darkmoon prizes (even the shity ones like Big Banana or The Good Stuff.
Medium
Hats on Hats on Hats - place 30 hats on one minion as Dancin' Deryl. It is good to have some coins from Warden of Old to be able to buy out the lobby and keep just one minion in. Tokens are your best friends, since they drop 4 hats on the minion you need. Totally you need to sell 15 minions while there is only one minion in the lobby so every hat hits this minion. Doable through more turns, just expand your hand and then unleash it on one minion.
Salty Bets - guess the correct outcome of the friendly wagers 3 times in a row. Pick Lord Barov, don´t rush with guessing, wait until you see if one of the opponents upgraded, look at their fighting history. Sometimes you need a bit of luck, since a draw will reset the counting towards this achievement.
Hard
Ruler of thirds - get 1/2/4/6/8/10 triples in one game - easiest way to do this is by Brann Bronzebeard/Khadgar combo if tokens (beast and murloc) are in lobby. You should prefer heroes like Reno Jackson, Jandice Barov or Zephrys, the Great. Nowadays you don´t even need to have brann, because you can discover Big Brann Play. Just play safe, obtain your combo pieces and unleash them on one turn. You will also probably need to use firewall exploit to get more time.
Lord of the Battlegrounds - finish 1/5/10/25/75/250 times in 1st place - no general advice, just play a lot and be a good player. This achievement is in the hard section because of the amount of time investment.
Mug Half Full - finish in top 4 1/10/30/100/300/1000 times - same as Lords of the Battlegrounds
They Grow Up So Fast - end your turn with 60/60 or larger Tabbycat. To gain this achievement you need to have on board one golden Mama Bear, one regular Mama Bear and Khadgar. Then play two Alleycat (or one with Big Brann Play) . Best hero for this achievement is Reno Jackson.
Terrible Terrible Damage - deal 15/20/25/30/35/40 damage to an enemy hero in one hit. Best way to do it is by combating a ghost while having an insane board. Go for dragon or elemental composition. Also doable with lucky Sneed's Old Shredder deathrattle composition.
Talk of the Tavern - finish in 1st place with 3/10/20/30/35/40/45/50 different champions. In the hard section because currently there are 52 heroes, some of them are very very weak.
Extremely hard
Pretzel Mustard - finish in 1st place without losing a round. See Spicy Pretzel Mustard for more.
Spicy Pretzel Mustard - finish in 1st place while winning every round. My advice is to pick a tempo hero like Al'Akir, Millhouse Manastorm, The Curator, The Lich King or The Rat King and be extremely lucky. I personally made it with The Rat King. You will have to play super safe and be lucky with triples at the same time, while discovering the best pieces out of it.
brb - Finish in 1st place after AFKing your third turn as A. F. Kay. A. F. Kay is an extremely weak hero and you have to completely pass your third turn, you can´t even freeze the lobby and Shifter Zerus is out of the game. I did it by discovering Salty Looter, finding Cap'n Hoggarr later on and finishing the game with APM Pirate composition. Maybe also doable with double Iron Sensei or double Khadgar with beast and murloc in the lobby.
Comeback King - finish in 1st place after having your Ice Block triggered as The Great Akazamzarak. The Great Akazamzarak is also one of the weaker heroes. After many tries to get it from fair games I found a youtube video "wait for your opponent to concede infinite iceblock tactic". I tried this tactic and the last achievement was finally mine.
Long Term Investment - upgrade Tier 1 minion to a Tier 6 minion as Galakrond. Just freeze your upgraded minion every turn until you hit that juicy 6 drop.
I will list hero achievements (play a game/finish in top 4/finish in 1st place) later on, since there is much about them anyway. Now just my quick Tier list (a bit different as on hsreplay).
how to make it easier to get those achievements - play on lower MMR. I was hunting for achievements around 5k MMR, winning most of the games I played and instant conceding games, where I could not obtain any achievement. This way your MMR stays around the same spot
how to make your game better and complete more achievements - for every hour you play battlegrounds spend one hour learning from other players. I personally recommend Dog - he is probably the best battleground player in the world and he is explaining what is he doing along the way. Don´t just watch dog´s youtube videos, learn his basic game, his game plan, his mistakes. P.S. For girls I recommend Dog´s shirtless streams. Another great streamer I learned from is WobbleWeezy. For beginners I recommend educational videos from ItsBen321 and many others.
Nice guide, nice effort! I only need a few right now. The heroes that i'm missing currently are: Edwin, Deathwing, Lich King (for some reason) and Darryl.
The other 3 quests i'm missing are: 60/60 Tabbycat, Spicy pretzel and afking 3rd turn.
Spicy just seems rather ridiculous, tbh. Had a pretzel mustard, but neednig those early wins as oppsoed to ties is just a big pain. Akaza-whatsit ain't that bad; certainly better than a lot of heroes. But then I usually aim for top three to get some kind of positive rating, as opposed to first, and without the BG pass I can get shafted on heroes a lot. Not a huge fan of rag, honestly - half the time you're dead by the time your HP comes online on T8ish, most of the rest of the time you get 1-2 uses of it. Feels like overkill on an already good comp, but doesn't really help when you aren't offered that comp/get smacked around by multiple TT6s on T8 or heavy synergy T4.
BRB can just bugger off. No real intention of aiming for that one, myself. Feels a bit stupid. I'm close on the final damage and ruler of thirds, those will probably just come along eventually naturally, same as spicy. Lost dog feels ridiculously hard because I rarely see Curator, but it'll drop in eventally. I've had a golden Amalgam before :P Very special guest possibly should be upped without Galakrond, that made it an easy one. Now I'd say it's harder than hats on hats, which is pretty easy.
if blizz readded the rating floors it'd be useful for this, as well as runs of bad luck/changing metas. I don't really feel enthused playing when I've haemorrhaged practically a full thousand rating since the new year. And no, watching streamers is not an option, as I'm still relatively limited in time, along with being very limited in alone time.
Greetings to all my fellow achievement hunters
Since there is no complete guide to battlegrounds achievements I made this one.
This post will be selected to 5 sections, divided by difficulty of battleground achievements: easy, medium, hard, extremely hard and hall of fame (currently not obtainable).
As my pal Rexxar says: "let the (achievement) hunt begin"
Easy
Big Spender - be the first player in your game to reach Tavern Tier 6. Just upgrade Tavern Tier every possible turn. Best hero to pick is Forest Warden Omu, Chenvaala can also be great.
A Very Special Guest - play a Tier 6 minion while you have 8 or less gold. This was very easy to do with Galakrond or lucky Shifter Zerus. After their removal the easiest way to do it is by picking a power leveling hero like Forest Warden Omu and hitting a triple in the turn you upgraded to tier 5.
Bob´s Favourite Customer - end your turn with a minion with more than 100/125/150/175/200 total Attack plus Health. Lieutenant Garr is your best buddy, also easily doable with APM Pirate or Big Demon composition.
My Shiny Fangs and Me - end 7 consecutive turns with a Lightfang Enforcer in a play. Just play your Lightfang Enforcer and survive long enough to complete criteria of the achievement.
Versatile Battlemaster - finish in top 4 with 3/10/20/30/35/40/45/50 different champions. You can finish in top 4 with any hero, even the weakest ones.
Rainy Day Fund - upgrade your tavern tier twice in one turn as Skycap'n Kragg. Just wait until you have 10 gold while sitting on low tier. Upgrade low tier, hero power, upgrade another tier.
And You get Prize Cards - play 16 different darkmoon prizes (even the shity ones like Big Banana or The Good Stuff.
Medium
Hats on Hats on Hats - place 30 hats on one minion as Dancin' Deryl. It is good to have some coins from Warden of Old to be able to buy out the lobby and keep just one minion in. Tokens are your best friends, since they drop 4 hats on the minion you need. Totally you need to sell 15 minions while there is only one minion in the lobby so every hat hits this minion. Doable through more turns, just expand your hand and then unleash it on one minion.
Lost "Dog". Call Curator - end your turn with Amalgam in play while not playing as The Curator. First of all you need to have The Curator as your opponent and you need to be playing Tess Greymane or be very lucky with Arch-Villain Rafaam. Also doable with lucky Murozond.
Salty Bets - guess the correct outcome of the friendly wagers 3 times in a row. Pick Lord Barov, don´t rush with guessing, wait until you see if one of the opponents upgraded, look at their fighting history. Sometimes you need a bit of luck, since a draw will reset the counting towards this achievement.
Hard
Ruler of thirds - get 1/2/4/6/8/10 triples in one game - easiest way to do this is by Brann Bronzebeard/Khadgar combo if tokens (beast and murloc) are in lobby. You should prefer heroes like Reno Jackson, Jandice Barov or Zephrys, the Great. Nowadays you don´t even need to have brann, because you can discover Big Brann Play. Just play safe, obtain your combo pieces and unleash them on one turn. You will also probably need to use firewall exploit to get more time.
How to do it in practice
Lord of the Battlegrounds - finish 1/5/10/25/75/250 times in 1st place - no general advice, just play a lot and be a good player. This achievement is in the hard section because of the amount of time investment.
Mug Half Full - finish in top 4 1/10/30/100/300/1000 times - same as Lords of the Battlegrounds
They Grow Up So Fast - end your turn with 60/60 or larger Tabbycat. To gain this achievement you need to have on board one golden Mama Bear, one regular Mama Bear and Khadgar. Then play two Alleycat (or one with Big Brann Play) . Best hero for this achievement is Reno Jackson.
Little Fish in a Big Tavern - finish on 1st place while on Taver Tier 4 or below. I made it with Fungalmancer Flurgl, a simple murloc game with brann discovered from a triple. It´s also possible to do it with Reno Jackson - discover a key 5 drop like Nomi, Kitchen Nightmare, Cap'n Hoggarr, Lightfang Enforcer or Brann Bronzebeard and roll over your opponents.
Terrible Terrible Damage - deal 15/20/25/30/35/40 damage to an enemy hero in one hit. Best way to do it is by combating a ghost while having an insane board. Go for dragon or elemental composition. Also doable with lucky Sneed's Old Shredder deathrattle composition.
Talk of the Tavern - finish in 1st place with 3/10/20/30/35/40/45/50 different champions. In the hard section because currently there are 52 heroes, some of them are very very weak.
Extremely hard
Pretzel Mustard - finish in 1st place without losing a round. See Spicy Pretzel Mustard for more.
Spicy Pretzel Mustard - finish in 1st place while winning every round. My advice is to pick a tempo hero like Al'Akir, Millhouse Manastorm, The Curator, The Lich King or The Rat King and be extremely lucky. I personally made it with The Rat King. You will have to play super safe and be lucky with triples at the same time, while discovering the best pieces out of it.
brb - Finish in 1st place after AFKing your third turn as A. F. Kay. A. F. Kay is an extremely weak hero and you have to completely pass your third turn, you can´t even freeze the lobby and Shifter Zerus is out of the game. I did it by discovering Salty Looter, finding Cap'n Hoggarr later on and finishing the game with APM Pirate composition. Maybe also doable with double Iron Sensei or double Khadgar with beast and murloc in the lobby.
Comeback King - finish in 1st place after having your Ice Block triggered as The Great Akazamzarak. The Great Akazamzarak is also one of the weaker heroes. After many tries to get it from fair games I found a youtube video "wait for your opponent to concede infinite iceblock tactic". I tried this tactic and the last achievement was finally mine.
How to Infinite ice block
Hall of fame
Long Term Investment - upgrade Tier 1 minion to a Tier 6 minion as Galakrond. Just freeze your upgraded minion every turn until you hit that juicy 6 drop.
I will list hero achievements (play a game/finish in top 4/finish in 1st place) later on, since there is much about them anyway. Now just my quick Tier list (a bit different as on hsreplay).
Easy: Al'Akir, Elise Starseeker, Forest Warden Omu, George the Fallen, Jandice Barov, Maiev Shadowsong, Millhouse Manastorm, Nozdormu, Patches the Pirate, Ragnaros the Firelord, Reno Jackson, Sir Finley Mrrgglton, The Lich King, The Rat King, Yogg-Saron, Hope's End, Ysera, Zephrys, the Great
Medium: Alexstrasza, Aranna Starseeker, Chenvaala, C'Thun, Fungalmancer Flurgl, Infinite Toki, Malygos, Mr. Bigglesworth, Patchwerk, Rakanishu, Silas Darkmoon, Skycap'n Kragg, Tess Greymane, The Curator
Hard: A. F. Kay, Captain Eudora, Captain Hooktusk, Dancin' Deryl, Deathwing, Dinotamer Brann, Edwin VanCleef, Illidan Stormrage, Kael'thas Sunstrider, King Mukla, Lich Baz'hial, Lord Barov, Lord Jaraxxus, Millificent Manastorm, Pyramad, Shudderwock, Sindragosa, The Great Akazamzarak, Y'Shaarj
Final general advice
how to make it easier to get those achievements - play on lower MMR. I was hunting for achievements around 5k MMR, winning most of the games I played and instant conceding games, where I could not obtain any achievement. This way your MMR stays around the same spot
how to make your game better and complete more achievements - for every hour you play battlegrounds spend one hour learning from other players. I personally recommend Dog - he is probably the best battleground player in the world and he is explaining what is he doing along the way. Don´t just watch dog´s youtube videos, learn his basic game, his game plan, his mistakes. P.S. For girls I recommend Dog´s shirtless streams. Another great streamer I learned from is WobbleWeezy. For beginners I recommend educational videos from ItsBen321 and many others.
Wish you best luck
Wratful Gladiator Generál
Grand Marshal of the Alliance
I did so many BG achievements by AFKing with only 1 minion... Even both Pretzel Mustards.
Nice guide, nice effort! I only need a few right now. The heroes that i'm missing currently are: Edwin, Deathwing, Lich King (for some reason) and Darryl.
The other 3 quests i'm missing are: 60/60 Tabbycat, Spicy pretzel and afking 3rd turn.
Rank is 7500ish
Spicy just seems rather ridiculous, tbh. Had a pretzel mustard, but neednig those early wins as oppsoed to ties is just a big pain. Akaza-whatsit ain't that bad; certainly better than a lot of heroes. But then I usually aim for top three to get some kind of positive rating, as opposed to first, and without the BG pass I can get shafted on heroes a lot. Not a huge fan of rag, honestly - half the time you're dead by the time your HP comes online on T8ish, most of the rest of the time you get 1-2 uses of it. Feels like overkill on an already good comp, but doesn't really help when you aren't offered that comp/get smacked around by multiple TT6s on T8 or heavy synergy T4.
BRB can just bugger off. No real intention of aiming for that one, myself. Feels a bit stupid. I'm close on the final damage and ruler of thirds, those will probably just come along eventually naturally, same as spicy. Lost dog feels ridiculously hard because I rarely see Curator, but it'll drop in eventally. I've had a golden Amalgam before :P Very special guest possibly should be upped without Galakrond, that made it an easy one. Now I'd say it's harder than hats on hats, which is pretty easy.
if blizz readded the rating floors it'd be useful for this, as well as runs of bad luck/changing metas. I don't really feel enthused playing when I've haemorrhaged practically a full thousand rating since the new year. And no, watching streamers is not an option, as I'm still relatively limited in time, along with being very limited in alone time.
I only have one achievement left, the queen until they put her on, I can't do it its not hard to complete all
Another easy method for Amalgum achievement. Try Sirfinley and be lucky to get Amalgum. 😅 I got it by this method.
Good luck.
Hey General, logged in to thank you. The guide was helpful for getting some of the trickier achievements