The Thing: Remastered - Achievement Guide / Overview

A guide to the few missable achievements in The Thing Remastered including a short overview of each level.

Unmissable Achievements

All of the following achievements are part of the story and can't be missed:

Out of This World

Find the UFO (Level 1).

Let There Be Light

Restore power at Norwegian camp (Level 2a).

Bad Blood

Administer a Thing test (Level 2b).

A Pale Imitation

Defeat the Rupture Boss (Level 4b).

A Thing of the Past

Kill the final boss (Level 10).

Missable Achievements

Ghost From the Past

Play the Tape (Level 1).

During the very first level, descend into a snow pit filled with rubble. The audio recorder is hidden in the remains of a collapsed hut to the right.

Perfect Trust

Achieve 100% trust with all team members in a single level (any level).

To gain trust, kill Things in view of squad members, heal them, self-administer blood tests, and hand out weapons and ammo.

Easiest to achieve in Level 1. Start with a full squad, and distribute weapons and ammo until each member has 100% trust in you. For example, give Weldon (the unarmed squad member) a pistol you find in the level, and distribute ammo boxes for pistols and SMGs.

Colin's Fate

Find the dead Norwegian (Level 2a).

This occurs in the same room where you encounter your squad engineer Carter. A frozen corpse is sitting on a chair in the middle of the room. Approach closely to trigger a cutscene and unlock the achievement.

Audiophile

Find all tape recording save points.

There are 25 save points in the game. You must locate and use all of them to earn this achievement (refer to level guides for specific locations).

Conspiracy Theorist

Find all hidden Gen-Inc. documents.

This achievement appears to be bugged, making it impossible to unlock currently. Eight documents and 24 terminals are known to exist in the game. If you've unlocked this achievement or found additional documents, please share the details.

Remain Calm

Prevent any NPC from reaching maximum fear level in a playthrough.

The fear system is inconsistent, but keeping NPC courage levels high is relatively easy. Fear rises in horrifying environments (e.g., rooms with corpses) but decreases when squad members leave the area. Encounters with larger Things or bosses also increase fear.

Tips to manage fear:

Use adrenaline syringes for temporary courage boosts.
Arm squad members with weapons. More potent weapons increase resilience to fear:

Sniper Rifle > Shotgun > SMG > Pistol

Fear levels are indicated by verbal shouts, facial expressions, and panic alerts over squadmates' heads:

Important:

Yellow and orange alerts don't void the achievement.
Red alerts indicate maximum fear and will prevent you from unlocking the achievement.

Level 1 - US Base

Achievement: Ghost from the Past - play McReady's Tape in the collapsed hut in the snow pit.
Achievement: Out of This World - find the UFO (unmissable).
Terminal 1: "I have compiled a 5-page report..." - Infirmary.
Document 1: Autopsy 1 - Infirmary.
Document 2: Autopsy 2 - Infirmary.
Document 3: Autopsy 3 - Infirmary.
Document 4: Autopsy 4 - Infirmary.
Document 5: Autopsy 5 - Infirmary.
Save Station 1: Infirmary Storeroom.
Achievement: Perfect Trust - max out squad trust by giving weapons and ammo before finishing the mission.

Level 2a - Norwegian Outpost North

Achievement: Let There Be Light - Restore power at Norwegian camp (unmissable).
Achievement: Colin's Fate - Take a close look at the corpse on a chair in the lab room.
Savestation 2: Lab Room.
Terminal 2: "We're all going crazy...".

Level 2b - Norwegian Outpost South

Savestation 3: Shelter.
Savestation 4: Supply Hut.
Achievement: Bad Blood - Administer a Thing test (unmissable).

Level 3a - Norwegian Research Center

Terminal 3: "Lost contact with the medi-center...".
Savestation 5: Canteen.
Savestation 6: Comms Room.

Level 3b - Norwegian Medical Center

Savestation 7: Sleeping Quarters.

Level 4a - Weather Station

Savestation 8: Ground Floor.
Terminal 4: "Gen-Inc personnel were here again...".
Terminal 5: "I've positioned the telescope...".

Level 4b - Pyron Hangar

Terminal 6: "Controls for operating the crane...".
Terminal 7: "Construction of the test chambers...".
Document 6: Reminder.
Savestation 9: Tool Room.
Achievement: A Pale Imitation - Defeat the Rupture Boss (unmissable).

Level 5a - Pyron Sub Alpha

Savestation 10: Operations Room.
Terminal 8: "We have taken a number...".

Level 5b - Pyron Sub Beta

Savestation 11: Observation Area.
Terminal 9: "Test subject B4...".

Level 6 - Strata Medi-Lab

Terminal 10: "Initial bio profile...".
Document 7: Dr. M. Rodriguez's Note.
Document 8: Page from Hanson's diary.
Terminal 11: "All security gates are set...".
Savestation 12: Living Quarters.
Terminal 12: "I am getting increasingly worried...".
Terminal 13: "Cell 1 - 829 Stenberg...".
Terminal 14: "Terminal 747: Request access code for elevator...".

Level 7a - Strata Maintenance

Savestation 13: Furnace Room.

Level 7b - Strata Furnace

Terminal 15: "Please can you check...".
Savestation 14: Study.
Savestation 15: Control Room.

Level 8a - Transit Hangar 1

Terminal 16: "Demolition Staff Announcement...".
Savestation 16: Laboratory.
Terminal 17: "I've locked the grenade launcher...".
Savestation 17: Store Room.
Savestation 18: Armory.

Level 8b - Flight Control

Savestation 19: Staff Room.
Terminal 18: "When the troops arrived...".
Savestation 20: Generator Room.
Savestation 21: Control Tower.

Level 9a - Weapons Security

Savestation 22: Guard Room.

Level 9b - Weapons Lab

Terminal 19: "Current tests on...".
Savestation 23: Storage Room.
Terminal 20: "The anti-Thing virus...".
Terminal 21: "Testing is going well...".
Terminal 22: "Stolls was up all night...".
Terminal 23: "We had what you might call...".
Terminal 24: "Everyone was late...".
Terminal 25: "I found a large hole...".
Terminal 26: "The beast has friends...".
Terminal 27: "Breathe deep, Blake.".
Savestation 24: Robotics Lab.
Savestation 25: Weapons Locker.

Level 10 - Field Testing

Savestation 26: The Dome.
Achievement: Audiophile - Unlocks after interacting with Savepoint 26.
Achievement: A Thing of the Past - Kill the final boss (unmissable).
Achievement: Remain Calm - Prevent any NPC from reaching maximum fear level in a playthrough (unlocks after finishing the game).