Achievements

Achievements are given to the player when certain events happen or criteria is fulfilled.

List of achievements

ID	Achievement	Notes	Trivia
1	Know any campfire songs? Know any campfire songs? Consume at least 40 wood by burning it.
2	Don't underestimate Plant Fuel Don't underestimate Plant Fuel Consume at least 100 Plant Fuel by burning it.
3	Nice Surprise 1 Nice Surprise 1 Obtain at least 100 Titanium Ore by collecting Stone.
4	Nice Surprise 2 Nice Surprise 2 Obtain at least 100 Silicon Ore by collecting Stone.
5	Nice Surprise 3 Nice Surprise 3 Obtain at least 100 Organic Crystals by collecting plants.	There are dedicated Organic Crystal plants on Red Stone planets.
6	Nice Surprise 4 Nice Surprise 4 Obtain at least 100 Sulfuric Acid by collecting plants.	Found fairly abundantly on Sakura Ocean planets.
7	Nice Surprise 5 Nice Surprise 5 Obtain at least 10 Carbon Nanotubes by collecting plants.	Rarely harvested from the larger trees on Mediterranean, Oceanic Jungle, and Prairie planets.
8	Chemist Chemist Make 20 Organic Crystals by hand using the original formula.	The Original Formula is the recipe that requires Wood, Plants and Water.
9	Blackbox designer Blackbox designer Copy and save a Blueprint.	Pressing Ctrl + C, then selecting some buildings and saving it will get you this achievement.
10	I'm gonna need more drones! I'm gonna need more drones! Control 10 or more Construction Drones.	Requires Communication Control to be researched up to level 5.
11	Sail away with me Sail away with me Unlock upgrade to make the Solar Sail last 2 hours.	Requires Solar Sail Life to be researched up to level 4.
12	Who approved this? Who approved this? Unlock technology to make the construction latitude of the Dyson Sphere node reach 45 degrees.	Requires Dyson Sphere Stress System to be researched up to level 3
13	Light-footed Light-footed Unlock upgrade to make mecha reach 12m/s movement speed.	Requires Mechanical Frame to be researched up to level 6.
14	Employee of the month Employee of the month Unlock upgrade allowing Sorters to carry 6 cargo at a time.	Requires Sorter Cargo Stacking to be maxed out at level 5.
15	Magpie Magpie Discover 7 kinds of rare minerals, and collect at least 10 by hand.	Attempting this Achievement will void the Alien Mineral Protection Act achievement. You can still complete both in a single game by researching Mission Completed! to get the other achievement, and then progress on this.
16	Space invaders Space invaders Use the mineral burial function to bury at least 20 Veins.	On the Foundation building screen, clicking on the Blue Icon will change it to an Orange Icon. After that. paving over any Ore Veins will bury them.
17	Mineral field depleted Mineral field depleted Deplete 1 Vein.	A Single Ore Vein must be depleted, not the whole cluster. The mining machine with the Ore Depleting icon doesn't count.	This is a reference to the RTS game StarCraft, which has this alert message for the corresponding event.
18	Minerals by the dozen Minerals by the dozen Cover at least 12 Veins with one Mining machine.	Usually requires finding a >20 resource field, rotating the building with Shift-left/right arrows to match as many as possible of them perfectly, and sometimes hiding some offending vein. Cannot be achieved with the Advanced Mining Machine.
19	Slip 'n' slide Slip 'n' slide Fill 10 tanks of fluid in a game.
20	Now Boarding Now Boarding Have at least 100 Logistics Drones for a planet in transit.
21	Interstellar convoy Interstellar convoy Have at least 50 Interstellar Logistics Vessels in space.
22	Forgot about that Forgot about that Build Wind Turbines on a planet with no atmosphere.	Planets with no atmosphere have a Wind Power rating of 0%. The only kind of planet with 0% Wind Power is Barren Desert.
23	High-rise High-rise Build a building at least 7 stories tall.	Requires Vertical Construction to be researched up to level 2 (labs stack to 3+2*VC levels).
24	Determination Determination Use more than 80K foundations on a Waterworld planet.
25	Don't sand so close to me Don't sand so close to me Collect at least 4M units of sand in a game.	Sand is referring to the soil required to build Foundations to flatten land.
26	I saw this in a movie once I saw this in a movie once Cover a planet with a Foundation.	This means every Tile must be covered in foundation, the foundation doesn't have to be visible. If you didn't get the Achievement, Then some tiles are missing Foundation.	This is possibly a reference to the Death Star from the Star Wars movie series.
27	Tickets please! Tickets please! Establish an Interstellar Logistics Transportation line.
28	Intergalactic logistics Intergalactic logistics Establish 5 Interstellar Logistics Transportation lines between different planetary systems.
29	Low battery Low battery Have Icarus’ energy below 5% for more than 3 minutes when on the ground.	Cumulative, Icarus doesn't have to be low on battery for 5 minutes in a row.
30	Space junk Space junk Exhaust both fuel and energy while flying in space.	Requires Icarus to be carrying no spare fuel in inventory. You can complete this achievement by meeting its requirements while carrying fuel in your hand.
31	Running on fumes Running on fumes Manually collect 20 Hydrogen with Icarus on a Gas Giant while energy is at 5% or less.
32	No diving! No diving! Have a mecha run out of energy and fall into water.	The Water needs to be relatively deep, around shoulder height.
33	Power surge Power surge Use 12 Wireless Power Towers to charge a mecha at the same time.	Credit u/Dohman09
34	Burn baby burn Burn baby burn Have Icarus burn at least 16 different fuels in a game.	There are 17 different Fuel items that can be burned by Icarus. Since accumulators are destroyed in the process they are a good choice to skip if you don't mind waiting for antimatter to be available.
35	I can see my house from here! I can see my house from here! Get Icarus 40m above sea level without entering flight mode.	Stair-step to the top of a stack of Matrix Labs at least 13 units tall.
36	Sonic boom! Sonic boom! Exceed a sailing speed of 340m/s in the atmosphere.	Attainable once Mecha Sail is unlocked. Fly high enough to start orbiting a planet, accelerate and steer along the planet's curvature until you reach the required speed.
37	Faster than light Faster than light Reach a sailing speed of 3000m/s in non-warp transportation.	Repeatedly slingshot around a stellar object by gaining speed as you approach, then warping away and turning around. Build up speed until you reach 3000 m/s. Requires several Space Warpers and plenty of fuel. Black holes and neutron stars are obvious candidates for this achievement, but any stellar object works.
38	My planet, my rules! My planet, my rules! Name a planet.	Clicking on the planets name on the Starmap allows you to name it.
39	One giant leap for mankind! One giant leap for mankind! Leave the original planet and land on another within an hour.
40	Where no coal has gone before Where no coal has gone before Use coal as the only fuel to move from one planet to another.	This can be done even in the late game, after you used other fuels already. Just empty your fuel storage, burn whatever leftovers you have in it, add some coal and then simply go from one planet to another.
41	Only impossible until it's not Only impossible until it's not Start warp engine.
42	Before our time Before our time Land on another planet outside the initial planetary system before unlocking Warp drive.	Should take approximately 45 minutes to get to the location when traveling to the closest star. Do Not research Drive Engine 4 or this achievement is voided. Carry Warpers in your inventory, once you get to the location and get the achievement, research Drive Engine 4 to make the return trip fast.
43	Planet Explorer I Planet Explorer I Land on 5 different planets!	Starting planet and Gas Giants are included. Stars are not.
44	Planet Explorer II Planet Explorer II Land on 15 different planets!	Starting planet and Gas Giants are included. Stars are not.
45	What time is it? What time is it? Find and land on a planet with day and night tidal locking.
46	I'm not tilted I'm not tilted Find and land on a planet rotating on a horizontal axis.
47	The sun rises in the...West? The sun rises in the...West? Find and land on a planet rotating on a reverse axis.
48	Are you proud of me, Stephen? Are you proud of me, Stephen? Find and orbit a Black Hole.		This is a reference to Stephen Hawking, the physicist who specialized in black holes.
49	Boy genius Boy genius Find and orbit a Neutron Star.		This is a reference to the animated TV series Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
50	Bon voyage! Bon voyage! Travel to the planetary system farthest from your original system.
51	Well traveled Well traveled Travel to at least 32 planetary systems in a game.
52	Let there be light! Let there be light! Light an Artificial Star on the North and South Pole of the original planet, an Ice Field Gelisol Planet, and the eternal night side of a tide-locked planet.
53	Lean mean cleaning machine Lean mean cleaning machine Use Icarus' garbage clearing function to absorb 50,000 units of Iron Ingot at the same time.	Requires all 50,000 ingots to be confined within the reticle, without going into your inventory. Pad your inventory space and zoom out to maximum.
54	Environmental nightmare Environmental nightmare Drop 3000 units of Titanium Ingot at once while flying through space.	You don't have to be moving, just out of a planet's gravity well. Drop the ingots and pick them right back up again.
55	Build it and they will come Build it and they will come Build 10 Orbital Collectors.
56	Maximum efficiency Maximum efficiency Build and maintain 100 Ray Receivers with a receiving efficiency of over 85%.	Requires Ray Transmission Efficiency researched up to level 11.
57	Data rules everything around me Data rules everything around me Achieve a Matrix Lab upload rate of 1M hash/s.	For a duration of 1 minute. The Researches "Energy Core" and "Research Speed" have lowest cost because they have the most Hashes (1800) per Spamming Matrix Labs full of Universe Matrices with help.
58	Firing on all cylinders Firing on all cylinders Unlock upgrade to decrease the mineral mining consumption rate to less than 15%.	Requires Veins Utilization researched up to level 31.
59	Memento! Memento! Don't dismantle the landing capsule before completing the game.	Research Mission Completed! without dismantling the starter capsule.
60	Icarus, PhD Icarus, PhD Unlock all technologies (upgrade Unlimited Technology at least once).
61	Mission accomplished Mission accomplished Complete the game.	Research Mission Completed!
62	x0.5 Resource completion x0.5 Resource completion Complete the game on x0.5 resource difficulty.	The Slider BEFORE creating the star cluster can be set below 1x. Research Mission Completed! with this modifier to get this achievement.
63	Didn't break a sweat! Didn't break a sweat! Complete the game within 25 hours on x1 (or less) resource difficulty.	Research Mission Completed! in less than 25 hours. pre-made Blueprints can help to quickly rush through the science without needing to design factories.
64	Mission impossible! Mission impossible! Complete the game within 10 hours on x1 (or less) resource difficulty.	Research Mission Completed! in less than 10 hours. pre-made Blueprints can help to quickly rush through the science without needing to design factories.
65	Solar Sail? No thank you! Solar Sail? No thank you! Complete the game without launching a Solar Sail.	Dyson Sphere Frames still give energy, so getting Critical Photons are still possible. Research Mission Completed! to get this achievement.
66	Environmentalist Environmentalist Complete the game without using Foundations.	Can be tedious to set up a factory on the starter planet, but quickly transitioning your main factory to a planet with high Construction Area (usually the furthest planet in starter system) will help a lot. Research Mission Completed! to get this achievement.
67	Alien Mineral Protection Act Alien Mineral Protection Act Complete the game without gathering rare veins to obtain rare ores.	Note that you still may use Crude Oil; Fire Ice from Gas Giants anywhere; Sulfuric Acid from oceans; Organic Crystals, Kimberlite Ore dropped from trees or rocks.
68	Bullseye Bullseye Launch a total of 100K Solar Sails.
69	We have lift-off We have lift-off Launch a total of 30,000 Small Carrier Rockets.
70	Critical thinker Critical thinker Produce a total of 60,000 Critical Photons.
71	Secrets of the universe I Secrets of the universe I Upload a total of 1M Universe matrices.
72	Secrets of the universe II Secrets of the universe II Upload a total of 10M Universe matrices.
73	Got Deuterium? Got Deuterium? Use Fractionators to produce at least 100K Deuterium per hour on a single planet.	~28 per Second.
74	Green power Green power Produce at least 43,200 Electromagnetic turbines per hour.	12 per Second.
75	Electromagnetic matrix Electromagnetic matrix Produce at least 43,200 Electromagnetic matrices per hour.	12 per Second.
76	Energy matrix Energy matrix Produce at least 43,200 Energy matrices per hour.	12 per Second.
77	Structure matrix Structure matrix Produce at least 43,200 Structure matrices per hour.	12 per Second.
78	Information matrix Information matrix Produce at least 43,200 Information matrices per hour.	12 per Second.
79	Gravity matrix Gravity matrix Produce at least 43,200 Gravity matrices per hour.	12 per Second.
80	Universe matrix, Yellow Belt Universe matrix, Yellow Belt Produce at least 21,600 Universe matrices per hour.	6 per Second.
81	Universe matrix, Green Belt Universe matrix, Green Belt Produce at least 43,200 Universe matrices per hour.	12 per Second.
82	Universe matrix, Blue Belt Universe matrix, Blue Belt Produce at least 108,000 Universe matrices per hour.	30 per Second.
83	No coal? No problem! No coal? No problem! Generate more than 60MW of electricity on a planet using Wind Turbines.
84	Sunbather Sunbather Generate more than 180MW of electricity on a planet using Solar Panels.
85	All systems are go! All systems are go! Achieve discharge power of more than 300MW on a planet using Energy Hubs.
86	Going nuclear Going nuclear Generate more than 600MW of power on a planet using Mini Fusion Power Plants.
87	Like a diamond in the sky Like a diamond in the sky Light a star that belongs to you in the Milky Way View.
88	CentreBrain needs more energy I CentreBrain needs more energy I Total power generation of the Dyson Sphere reaches 200MW.
89	CentreBrain needs more energy II CentreBrain needs more energy II Total power generation of the Dyson Sphere reaches 1GW.
90	CentreBrain needs more energy III CentreBrain needs more energy III Total power generation of the Dyson Sphere reaches 1TW.	Difficult Achievement. Building a Massive Dyson Sphere on an O-type Star will Help
91	We can make it if we try We can make it if we try Build a Dyson Sphere around a Red Giant star with a power generation performance of more than 10GW.
92	Backup plan Backup plan Build a Star Cluster with an energy storage capacity of 27GJ or more.	Accumulators store Energy.
93	Small factory Small factory Reach a total power generation of 20MW.
94	Medium factory Medium factory Reach a total power generation of 100MW.
95	Large factory Large factory Reach a total power generation of 1GW.
96	Giant factory Giant factory Reach a total power generation of 5GW.
97	Universe factory Universe factory Reach a total power generation of 50GW.
98	Infinite Factory I Infinite Factory I Exceed a total energy consumption of 1GJ.
99	Infinite Factory II Infinite Factory II Exceed a total energy consumption of 1TJ.
100	Infinite Factory III Infinite Factory III Exceed a total energy consumption of 1PJ.