Xbox is beginning to roll out its previously teased new category of achievements that can only be unlocked by first unlocking all the other achievements in a game. This is basically the company’s version of Sony’s PlayStation Platinum trophies, but for some reason, someone at Xbox decided that these new “Mythic” achievements needed a really long unlock noise.
As reported by The Verge, it seems Xbox has started the process of rolling out Mythic achievements after they appeared in the Xbox app on PC following a recent update. Mythic achievements will be tracked separately from standard achievements, will not be affected by DLC achievements, and will be worth 0 Gamerscore, according to a report from TrueAchievements. To unlock these new achievements, players will have to first earn all of the base achievements in a game. Once you’ve done that, you’ll trigger a new on-screen animation and sound effect, as shared by Xbox content creator Klobrille on Twitter.
And, uh, for some reason, this new sound is nearly 15 seconds long. Take a listen:
A new update for the Xbox PC App reveals: Xbox Mythic Achievement; plus symbol and unlock sound.
The Xbox Mythic Achievement is expected to be a 100% Gamerscore game completion reward. pic.twitter.com/STLisa4ubz
— Klobrille (@klobrille) September 22, 2026
Bleh, I don’t like that at all. It’s way too much. Thankfully, most players will rarely have to hear this unlock noise, but it still seems like too much fanfare to my ears.
These Mythic achievements are the same ones that Xbox boss Asha Sharma teased back in August, and Xbox insiders have reported seeing references to them for a few weeks now. I do find it interesting that these previously teased achievements are seemingly being rolled out by Xbox the very same week that it laid off even more staff across its studios as part of a larger “reset” that started in July with, you guessed it, a ton of layoffs. It’s hard to shake the feeling that Xbox is trying to shake some shiny keys in front of people to make them look at this as Sharma and other Xbox leaders continue to cut and burn what remains of Xbox Game Studios.
