Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity - Original Sin - Enhanced Edition Only the host is getting the achievements (Xbox)

Is that a common problem? I just finished in coop the headless Nick quest, but only the host got the achievement =/

We were playing local co-op!

Only player 1 in local co-op and the host with online co-op can get achievements.
Microsoft and Sony both have requirements about tracking if players are present when game events are initiated, to prevent achievement 'abuse' (ie dropping into a game just before the end fight and letting someone else kill the boss to get the final achievement). However, D:OS wasn't designed to keep track of which player started events (or which character, for the most part), and it wasn't feasible to add that for the Enhanced Edition, so it can not unlock achievements for the second player.
The PC version works the same way, at least for local co-op (don't recall for online).

Actually, during my co-op playthroughs, both players unlocked achievements. This was true for action-specific achievements like killing bosses and completing quests, as well as the general difficulty completion achievements.

I had heard previously that only the host unlocked achievements, but I thought that was bogus since both of us had been getting them... I guess I was the exception?

We both got all achievements while playing ONLINE coop. But when we tried local co-op, only the host got them. Its weird cause all players must sign in with their own gamertags to play local, so its not like player two is just a guest.