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Achievements and Conquests Clarified

Tyvalir posted a few clarifications on Seasonal Achievements and Conquests. See the details below!

Originally Posted by Blizzard

I saw there is two new stuff in seasons for achievements, the ''seasonal only'' achievements and the ''conquests''. Will these two ''new tabs'' roll over to my non-season achievements after? Will they be transfered to feat of strenght? What's gonna happen with these?

Great question. Conquests and Seasonal achievements are handled differently:

• When a Seasonal character earns an achievement that you haven't already earned on your non-Seasonal characters, it will immediately register for both your Seasonal and non-Seasonal characters.
• When a Season ends, any Conquests you earned won't appear in your list of non-Seasonal achievements or add to your non-Seasonal achievement points. Instead of the two tabs you mentioned "rolling over" into your non-Seasonal profile (since they don't exist outside of Seasons), your Conquests and total Seasonal achievement points are snapshotted to a separate record in your profile (so people can see what you achieved each Season).

One last thing, what happens to the achivements like ''complete 10,000 bounties''. If I complete a bounty in season, does it count towards my non-season achievement? If it doesn't, here is my question, will the number of bounties I complete be transfered to my non-season number after season? Let's say I have 4,000 in non-season and I do 2,000 in season.. at the end of the season is my number of bounties done gonna be 6,000?

Yup! All progress you earn toward an achievement during Seasons should count toward your non-Seasonal achievements as well. (In the example you gave, you should have 6,000 bounties after your Seasonal progress carries over.) (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
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What about the ''seasonal only'' achievement tab though (for example kill 1,000 skeletons in act 1 or kill king leoric 100 times)? They will just add points to your seasonal achievement total?

Correct. You won't be able to see the individual Season Only achievements you completed once the Season is over. However, these achievements contribute to your Seasonal point total (which is snapshotted along with the Conquests you completed).

There is not a separate achievement for non-season and season after the season ends, but if an unearned achievement in non-season is completed during the season OR the non-season and season achievement combined totals the required amount to earn the achievement, then it is awarded when the season counters are rolled into the non-season counters.

Almost! In this case, the achievement should be recognized in both your Season and non-Season profile as soon as you complete it in game. You don't have to wait for the end of the Season for the achievement to become active in your non-Season profile. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

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