TBH: Task Bar Hero Achievements Guide: All 56 Unlocked

TBH: Task Bar Hero packs 56 Steam achievements that track nearly every system in the game, from your first cleared stage to soloing Hell mode and maxing out Cube level 50. Most players will naturally tick off the early ones without thinking, but the back half of the list demands deliberate grinding, smart gear crafting, and a serious time investment. This guide breaks down every achievement by category so you always know what to chase next.

How are the achievements structured?

The achievement list runs from near-universal milestones to feats only a fraction of the playerbase ever completes. The most common achievement, Hero Out of the Taskbar (clearing stage 1-1), sits at 96.9% completion. The rarest, The Perfectionist (completing all decoration, engraving, and inscription slots on every equipped gear piece), sits at just 0.2%. That spread tells you exactly what kind of game this is: easy to start, brutal to finish.

Breaking the list into categories makes it far less overwhelming. If you're just getting started, the TBH: Task Bar Hero beginner's guide covers the fundamentals you'll need before tackling mid-game and late-game achievements.

All 56 achievements listed

Early-game achievements (the easy wins)

These unlock naturally as you play through the first act. Don't stress about them; just focus on progressing.

Hero's First Awakening and The Sacred Calling are worth pairing together early. Unlocking the Priest and getting your main hero to level 10 happen around the same progression window, and the Priest is one of the better support options for pushing into act two.

Mid-game achievements: gear, gold, and synthesis

Once you're past stage 1-10, the achievement list shifts toward crafting systems and gold accumulation.

Synthesis milestones

• Tasted the Power of Synthesis (75.9%): Synthesize an Uncommon grade item. This happens naturally once you have enough duplicate drops.
• Hey, Not Bad! (67.6%): Synthesize a Rare grade item. Requires more materials but still achievable in act one.
• Legends Are Made, Not Born (44.9%): Synthesize a Legendary grade item. This is where synthesis starts costing real resources.
• Recipe for Immortality (21.9%): Synthesize an Immortal grade item. A significant step up in material requirements.

Gold and alchemy

• Millionaire Dreams (48.4%): Earn 1,000,000 gold. Passive income from idle runs gets you here eventually.
• Alchemy 101 (48.3%): Earn 1,000 gold through alchemy specifically.
• The Philosopher's Stone (10.8%): Earn 1,000,000 gold through alchemy. This one takes dedicated alchemy focus over many sessions.
• Overflowing Vault (6.9%): Earn 100,000,000 gold total. Late-game grind territory.

Legendary synthesis in progress

Monster kill milestones

These scale across the whole game and require no special strategy, just time.

• I Was Just Idling... (76.0%): Defeat 10,000 monsters.
• Monsters? What Monsters? (37.0%): Defeat 100,000 monsters. Idle sessions overnight accelerate this significantly.

Cube and hero leveling

• Horroric Cube (53.2%): Reach Cube level 10.
• Still Warming Up (53.7%): Reach Hero level 20.
• Getting the Hang of It (27.5%): Reach Hero level 30.
• Half-Legend (17.9%): Reach Hero level 50.
• Unleashed Potential (8.3%): Reach Hero level 60.
• Almost There (5.3%): Reach Hero level 70.
• Legend of the Taskbar (1.9%): Reach Hero level 80.

The Cube level track is separate from hero leveling. Decubed Cain (Cube level 50, 2.0%) is one of the rarest achievements in the game and requires long-term investment in the Cube system specifically.

Difficulty mode achievements: what order should you clear them?

The game has four difficulty modes beyond the base stages: Normal, Nightmare, Hell, and Torment. Each has its own completion achievement, and they gate progressively.

Clearing Still Not Off the Clock (stage 2-10, 43.0%) is a prerequisite before the harder modes become accessible. The act boss box achievements also chain here: The Big Boss's Treasure (open 10 act boss boxes, 30.5%) unlocks naturally as you farm act bosses for gear.

Gear grade achievements: the long climb

Gear grades in TBH follow an ascending rarity ladder. Each grade above Legendary has its own achievement, and these are the milestones that separate mid-game players from late-game ones.

• Starlit Gear (18.8%): Obtain Arcana grade gear.
• Chosen by the Cosmos (12.5%): Obtain Cosmic grade gear.
• Gear Beyond Limits (12.2%): Obtain Beyond grade gear.
• Heaven-Sent Gear (12.2%): Obtain Celestial grade gear.
• Blessed by the Divine (11.9%): Obtain Divine grade gear.

These drop rates are clearly tight given the completion percentages. Farming act bosses on higher difficulties is the fastest path to pulling these grades.

Arcana grade gear first drop

Crafting system achievements: accessories, engraving, and inscription

Several achievements target specific crafting subsystems that players often ignore until mid-game.

Accessory crafting

• Accessory Workshop: OPEN! (47.9%): Craft a Common grade or higher accessory.
• The Immortal Artisan (22.0%): Craft an Immortal grade or higher accessory.

Decoration and engraving

• A Decorative Awakening (46.8%): Apply a Tier 1+ decoration option.
• Decoration is an Art (7.1%): Apply a Tier 5+ decoration option.
• Baby Steps in Engraving (19.6%): Apply a Tier 1+ engraving option.
• Outshining Jewels (3.5%): Apply a Tier 5+ engraving option.

Inscription

• Let's Try Inscribing (1.9%): Apply a Tier 1+ inscription option.
• Etched into the Soul (0.4%): Apply a Tier 5+ inscription option.
• Obsession? No, Dedication. (0.2%): Attempt inscription 100 times on the same item.

Inscription tier upgrade screen

Miscellaneous and challenge achievements

These don't fit neatly into progression categories but are worth knowing about.

• Friend of the Night (53.7%): Unlock the Bat pet.
• Essence Extracted (24.4%): Successfully extract for the first time.
• First Wish (7.2%): Successfully make an offering for the first time.
• In the Blink of an Eye (20.9%): Clear any stage within 10 seconds. This becomes trivial once your damage output is high enough on early stages.
• Like a Ghost (1.8%): Clear the Nightmare 3-10 act boss without getting hit. Requires precise play and a strong enough build to burn the boss down quickly.
• ...Wait, I'm the Only One Left? (1.7%): Clear the Normal 3-10 act boss with 2 party members dead in a 3-player party. Deliberately losing two teammates and still winning is harder to set up than it sounds.
• Heroes Never Walk Alone (1.4%): Raise 4 heroes to level 50 or above. This demands serious investment across multiple characters. See the hero slots guide for how to expand your party before attempting this.
• Solo Shift in Hell (0.3%): Clear Hell 3-10 solo. Only 0.3% of players have done this.
• The Perfectionist (0.2%): Complete all decoration, engraving, and inscription slots on all equipped gear (items with 2/2/2 slots). The rarest achievement in the game by completion rate.

What's the fastest path to 100%?

Honestly, you won't hit 100% on a casual playthrough. The inscription and Tier 5 crafting achievements alone require heavy late-game farming, and The Perfectionist is a genuine long-term project. Here's a priority order that makes the grind feel manageable:

1. Push stage progression naturally through acts 1 and 2 to unlock Normal and Nightmare modes.
2. Farm gold and monsters passively during idle sessions to tick off the kill and gold milestones.
3. Invest in synthesis early, prioritizing Uncommon through Legendary before attempting Immortal.
4. Open the Trading Ship and list at least one item to grab Rookie Merchant without any extra effort.
5. Start Cube leveling in parallel with hero leveling since both tracks take time.
6. Unlock inscription as soon as it becomes available and start stockpiling attempts on a single item.
7. Save the challenge achievements (Like a Ghost, Solo Shift in Hell, The Perfectionist) for when your build is fully developed.

For everything from party composition to class selection, the full TBH: Task Bar Hero strategy guides collection has dedicated breakdowns for each system you'll need to master on the road to completion.