Road to Empress 2 delivers its palace intrigue through filmed scenes, quick-time events, and constant decision points. Every one of these feeds directly into the game’s endings and achievements. So if you want to reach 100%, you’re signing up for a full palace-drama binge.
With dozens of endings, countless branching choices, and a total of 57 achievements, the game encourages you to explore every menu, system, and side feature hidden within its live-action story.
That said, there’s no need to feel overwhelmed. In this guide, we’ll break down all the achievements, explain how to unlock them, and estimate how long it takes to fully complete the game.
All Achievements in Road to Empress 2 & How to Unlock Them
-
Credit: New One Studio
-
Credit: New One Studio
-
Credit: New One Studio
Keep in mind that Road to Empress 2 includes 57 achievements. These are tied to story completion, menu interactions, collectibles, and some very specific in-game actions.
Many of them also feel like spiritual successors to achievements from the first game. So if you played Road to Empress 1, some of the names and requirements may sound familiar.
| Nimble Moves | Complete a quick-time event for the first time. |
| All Part of the Experience | Trigger a bad ending for the first time. |
| Distant Echoes | Listen to a voice message for the first time. |
| Curious Cat | View a hidden video on the outcome page for the first time. |
| Prerequisite Clue | Trigger a delayed bad ending for the first time. |
| History Buff | Enter the chapter list for the first time. |
| The Unfathomable Rear Palace 2.0 | Clear Chapter: The Unfathomable Rear Palace 2.0. |
| Perfect for the Lazy | Use “Claim All” for the first time. |
| First Among the Nine Consorts | Clear Chapter: First Among the Nine Consorts. |
| Always Right | Complete the personality prediction test. |
| Time to Step In | Free the girls sold to Mirage Pavilion. |
| Whispers Behind Your Back | View “How Others See You” 5 times in The Destiny chapter summary. |
| Claiming the Empress’s Throne | Clear Chapter: Claiming the Empress’s Throne. |
| Ganye Temple, No Escape | Clear Chapter: Ganye Temple, No Escape. |
| Flow of the Past | Open the Cleared Chapters Summary. |
| Golden Butterfly Chase | Use the “current” button for the first time. |
| The Feast of Power | Clear Chapter: The Feast of Power. |
| Dragon Tamer | Choose the dialogue option “Flirt, then walk away.” |
| Beyond the Chains | Clear Chapter: Beyond the Chains. |
| Cold to the Core | Choose the dialogue option “My heart is cold, so my hands are cold too.” |
| Time Rewind | Use the backtrack feature for the first time. |
| The Emperor and the Empress | Clear Chapter: The Emperor and the Empress. |
| Another Life | Clear Chapter: Another Life. |
| Master Detective | Activate Hint Mode for the first time on a storyline. |
| Lingering Echoes | Listen to more than 30 voice messages in total. |
| Exactly My Type | Choose the dialogue option “Aunt, don’t speak of Her Majesty that way.” |
| Sun and Moon in Harmony | Clear Chapter: Sun and Moon in Harmony. |
| That Sounds Familiar | Choose the dialogue option “I’m carrying Li Tai’s baby!” |
| The Throne Has Spoken | Decide someone’s fate in Court mode for the first time. |
| Ready to Rule | Review a memorial in Court for the first time. |
| A Golden Age | Complete the storyline/ending titled “A Golden Age.” |
| Not A Good Match | Choose the dialogue option “I have a round face.” |
| Getting the Hang of It | Reach 50% overall exploration. |
| Hard Worker | Choose the dialogue option “I enjoy doing chores.” |
| Raise Your Standards | Doubt Xu Minhui’s taste in people in the relevant dialogue choice. |
| Spread the Word | Use the share function for the first time. |
| Archivist Extraordinaire | Unlock all videos in the character profiles. |
| A Long Road Ahead | Unlock over 50 endings in total. |
| Personalized Touch | View your Trait Sketch. |
| Seen It All | Reach every type of branch ending (all 5 ending types). |
| Tranquil Soul | Achieve 25 or more non-bad endings. |
| Screenshot Addict | Take more than 10 screenshots using the in-game screenshot function. |
| Sleep Can Wait | Finish every conversation topic with your sister. |
| Lingering Voices | Listen to more than 100 voice messages in total. |
| Knockout Artist | Knock out 5 people in total across your playthroughs. |
| Scholar Supreme | Unlock all content in Collectibles. |
| Slap Specialist | Slap Liu Xi 15 times across any runs. |
| Hard-won Fight | Unlock over 100 endings in total. |
| Imperial Grace | Promote over 9 people in a single or multiple edict sessions. |
| Fragrance Lingers | Spend a total of 999 Flowers. |
| Martial Arts Master | Complete all quick time events in the game. |
| Master of All | Reach 100% overall exploration. |
| Flowing Vitality | Spend a total of 999 Eggs. |
| The Perfect Monarch | Max out all five attributes. |
| Imperial Fury | Demote over 9 people in a single or multiple edict sessions. |
| Networking Pro | Unlock all content in the Characters section. |
| Diligent Sovereign | Review more than 25 memorials in Court mode. |
As you can see, many of the achievements will unlock naturally as you explore endings and menus. However, the rarest ones, like Hard-won Fight, Master of All, and The Perfect Monarch, require a completionist approach.
How Long Does It Take to Beat Road to Empress 2?
Will you chase all the endings or be satisfied with what you get in Road to Empress 2? | Credit: New One StudioRoad to Empress 2 is a branch-heavy, live-action interactive drama, so keep in mind that it’s not a short visual novel you can finish in one sitting. How much time you’ll spend with it depends on whether you want one satisfying story run or plan to chase every ending and achievement.
Story-first players who want to complete one main route and explore a few branches should expect to finish Road to Empress 2 in 8–12 hours. With this playstyle, you’ll mostly follow your instincts, accept a few bad endings, and reload when things go sideways.
Completion-curious players who want to see multiple endings without aiming for 100% will likely spend 20–30 hours. This approach lets you sample different romances and alliances, test major choices, and earn some of the more interesting achievements.
100% achievement hunters, however, should expect a much deeper time investment. Fully exploring Road to Empress 2 will likely take 45–55+ hours. The exact time will depend on how closely you follow guides and how often you replay scenes to experiment.
A single playthrough of Road to Empress 2 gives you one dramatic story, but going for 100% lets you experience the full imperial multiverse. Every “what if” becomes its own little story.
Will you be going for all the achievements in Road to Empress 2? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
.png)
1 week ago
22

















Bengali (BD) ·
English (US) ·