Console:Achievements

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This article is for the console version of Stellaris only.

Stellaris has 99 different achievements on Xbox, 100 different trophies on PlayStation and 135 Xbox achievements on the Windows version of Stellaris (separate from Steam achievements). Achievements have no in-game effects, the achievement just pops up in-game and is then added to the player's profile.

The difficulty of each achievement varies; some achievements are very easy (e.g. colonizing a planet), while some are extremely difficult (e.g. end-game crisis achievements). The below list groups the various achievements by a difficulty level as assessed by the wiki editors (uncategorized - UC - achievements haven't been assessed yet).

Achievements can only be gained in Ironman games. They can be earned while playing older versions of the game as long as said achievements were present in that version, as well as after any empire has attained victory.

General tips

• Using Settings can make several achievements easier. In particular, setting the galaxy to have no other AI empires (besides Primitive Civilizations) prevents spaceborne aliens from being killed by AI empires; this is useful for getting the "Warrior of Light" achievement as wraiths tend to wander the galaxy.

List of achievements

The "Ver" column indicates in which version a certain achievement was added. Achievements cannot be earned prior to the version they were added in.

The "DI" column is for difficulty as assessed by wiki editors. VE = Very Easy, E = Easy, M = Medium, H = Hard, VH = Very Hard, I = Insane, UC = Uncategorized.

Base game

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
Archaeologist Successfully investigate an archaeological site	Complete all levels of an archaeological site (without failing)	The  Galactic Doorstep origin creates an archaeological site within the first years of the game	2.3	VE
Brave New World Colonize a planet.	Number of owned planets > 1	Starting the game with the Guaranteed Habitable Worlds setting to 1 or 2 creates very suitable planets nearby	1.0	VE
Break On Through... Research a Rare technology.	Number of acquired rare techs > 0	Start the game with traits, ethics and civics that increase research speed or alternatives	1.0	VE
Domo Arigato Build a Robot Pop.	Has built a robot pop	The  Mechanist origin starts with the technology to build robots	1.0	VE
Emissary Explore a Natural Wormhole.	Requires Wormhole Stabilization and traveling through any wormhole.	Start the game with the Wormhole Pairs setting to X5	2.0	VE
Energetic Store/have 1000 EC.	Has accumulated energy credits > 999		1.0	VE
Explorer Survey one of each basic planet-class.	Has surveyed all 16 celestial body types		1.0	VE
Mutual Understanding Successfully negotiate a trade deal.	Has traded with another empire	If no empire wants to trade gifts count too	1.0	VE
Resourceful Have access to ten different strategic resources.	income >= 1.	Need to have >=1 income for all 11 tradable resources. Achievement tooltip is out of date.	1.4	VE
Suffer not the Alien As a xenophobic empire, purge all other sentient species in the galaxy.	Has, as a  xenophobe empire, destroyed and purged the sapient inhabitants of all other empires	The  Fanatic Purifiers civic is perfect for the achievement You will automatically obtain the achievement if you start a game with no other empires (set number of AI empires, fallen empires, primitive, and marauders to 0).	1.4	VE
They Come In Pieces Vivisect an alien	Vivisect an alien in the first contact menu Requires Aggressive First Contact policy	The option is not available to all ethics. You are not guaranteed to catch the alien ships, so this may require multiple attempts.	3.0	VE
We Come In Peace Complete a mutually friendly First Contact with an empire with no negative incidents	Have no negative events happen to you or another empire during First Contact.	The player has to have the Proactive First Contact Protocol policy to get the achievement.	3.0	VE
A Home Away From Home Conquer another species homeworld	Has conquered another species' homeworld	Custom empires with nothing but bad traits can be created.	1.0	E
Building Better Worlds Terraform a planet.	Has terraformed a planet		1.0	E
Clever Girl Uplift a species.	Has uplifted a species		1.0	E
Digging Deep Earn a total Mineral income each month above 250.	Monthly income of minerals > 249		1.0	E
League of Nations Be a founding member of the Galactic Community	Choose to support the Galactic Community when it is first proposed	The Common Ground and Hegemon Origins guarantee this achievement unless another empire has the same origins	2.6	E
Megapolis Have a planet with at least 100 Pops	Has a planet with > 99 Pops.		2.2	E
New Shining Star Upgrade your capital to an Imperial Complex.	Have an System-Capital Complex on your capital		1.0	E
Old Friends Receive a gift from a Fallen Empire.	Has accepted a gift from a patronising Enigmatic Observer or Keepers of Knowledge fallen empire	Accepting a request or completing a task will eventually lead to a gift being bestowed	1.4	E
Omnicultural Have your ruler be of a different species class than your founding species.	The ruler of your empire is different from your founding species	Oligarchic and  Corporate authority changes rulers often and allows the manual selection of a ruler for 200  Influence	1.4	E
Payback As a humanoid species, infiltrate the homeworld of pre-FTL reptilians.	As a humanoid species, has completed Covert Infiltration of a primitive reptilian species and incorporated them into the empire	Setting Habitable Worlds to 0.25X and Primitive Civilizations to 5X ensures a reptilian civilization is found more easily.	1.4	E
Peacekeeper As a pacifistic empire, be at peace for 200 consecutive years (crises do not count as wars.)	Don't go to war for 200 consecutive years as a Pacifist or Fanatic Pacifist empire	Starting the game with no AI empires makes getting this achievement a matter of time	1.4	E
Power Overwhelming Store/have 5000 EC.	Has accumulated energy credits >4999		1.0	E
Supremacy Win a War against another Empire.	Has won a war	Must be the empire that declared war or was declared war against; being brought into a war via Defensive Pact, Independence Guarantee or Federation doesn't count	1.0	E
The Grand Fleet Build a fleet with a total fleet-size above 120.	Has a fleet with size >119	See Ship#Command_Limit for how to increase Command Limit	1.0	E
... To The Other Side Research 15 Rare technologies in a single game.	Number of acquired rare techs >14		1.0	M
Battle Thralls Have 3 other Empires as vassals.	Number of vassals >2		1.0	M
Birth of a Federation Establish a Federation.	Is federation leader	Empires with the Fanatical Befrienders personality offer the highest acceptance rate You can also create a custom empire with the Common Ground or Hegemon Origin	1.0	M
Center of Trade Earn at least 1000 Energy Credits per month from trade	Gets > 999 energy credits from trade routes.	Wealth Creation trade policy needs 1000  Trade Value, all others require 2000	2.2	M
Citadel of Death Own a Citadel with 40k fleet power.	Have a Citadel with > 40000 fleet power		2.0	M
Enlightened Times Enlighten a Bronze or Stone age civilization.	Has enlightened a primitive civilization from the Bronze or Stone Age	Setting Habitable Worlds to 0.25X and Primitive Civilizations to 5X ensures a civilization with the correct era is found more easily.	1.4	M
Faster, Stronger, Better Genetically alter a species (not uplift).	Has genetically modified a species		1.0	M
Grand Admiral Empire total fleet military power equals 100000.	have fleet power > 99999		1.0	M
Imperial Highway Own 4 active Gateways.	Own 4 Gateways which have been activated	Setting the Abandoned Gateways setting to 5X increase the number of abandoned Gateways and thus the chance to research the technology to build Gateways.	2.0	M
It belongs in a museum! Find a Relic	Own at least 1 relics	DLCs make this achievement easier	2.3	M
Opposites Attract Have all eight ethics represented within your Federation	Have empires representing every ethic (it can be fanatic or normal) in your Federation	It is easier for the player's empire to change their own ethics when already in a federation with five unique ethics from other empires. The  Federations DLC allows overcoming the federational invitation process by vasalizing empires with the subject joining law on yes.	2.6	M
Paradise Found Terraform a planet into a Gaia world.	Has terraformed a planet into a Gaia world	Gaia Worlds created by events also count	1.4	M
Slave to the Systems As an authoritarian Empire with at least 500 Pops, have at least 200 enslaved Pops	Have total Pops > 500 and Enslaved Pops > 200	The  Slaver Guilds civic ensures the correct ratio if you have 500 Pops	1.4	M
Star Struck Own 200 Starbases (Outposts are counted).	Have 200 Starbases including Outposts		2.0	M
The Industrial Re-Revolution Earn a total Mineral income each month above 1000.	Monthly income of minerals > 999		1.0	M
Tradition is Everything Unlock all 42 Traditions.	Unlock all 42 Traditions		2.0	M
Unlimited Power! Use the active effect of a Relic	Use the active effect of a Relic by spending Influence or other resources		2.3	M
Victorious Win the game through any victory condition.	Finished the game via one of the victory conditions	Setting the End-Game Year and the Victory Year as early as possible and playing on low difficulties make this achievement easier to get	1.4	M
What Came Before Find the home system of a precursor empire.	Has completed a precursor event chain and travelled to the subsequently revealed system	Starting the game with no AI empires makes getting this achievement a matter of time	1.4	M
All-Seeing Eye Have an Intel Level of 100 on five different empires simultaneously	Have 100 Intel on five different empires at the same time.	The Sentry Array (Megastructure) elevates your passive Intel level by 40. It is easiest performed by building the Megastructure and then releasing 5 vassals.	3.0	H
Outside Context Invade pre-FTL Earth while it is in the midst of a world war.	Has invaded Earth, found in the Sol system, while it is in the machine age. Earth must spawn already in the Machine Age, not reach it via event or progress over time.	Sol has a 50% chance to spawn regardless of galaxy size if no empires have it as its starting system, therefore it is recommended that a tiny galaxy be used to make it easier to find and claim the Sol system. If it spawns, it has a 25% chance of being at the correct era for this achievement, for a total chance of 12.5%.	1.4	H
Planned Obsolescence As a materialist empire, have at least 75% of the pops in your empire be robotic in an empire with at least 200 pops.	Have total Pops > 200 and 75% of them as robots	Best done by going for Synthetic Evolution Ascension Perk	1.4	H
Put a Ring On It Have a ring world section as your capital.	Either go the route of building one, repairing one or capturing one from a Fallen Empire.	This achievement is disabled by the  Shattered Ring origin.	1.4	H
Then Virgil, Now Beatrice Return a long-dead species to life.	Has completed the In Limbo anomaly either after having researched synths, or prior to accepting an enigmatic observer fallen empire's relevant request following.	See Limbo for event chain details	1.4	H
Tourist Trap Own a planet with at least 10 different species on it	Number of different species on a planet > 10	Best done by resettling Pops obtained from Migration Treaties or conquests or by conquering The Preserve from an Enigmatic Observers Fallen Empire. Curiously, as  Driven Assimilator you can conquer a planet with at least five species because organics and cybernetics are counted as separate species.	1.4	H
Unboxing Open up a shielded world.	Has chosen and completed the project to lower the barrier on a shielded world	Shielded worlds appear inside the borders of the Militant Isolationists	1.4	H
Very Open Borders As a xenophilic empire, have migration treaties with at least 10 other empires.	Be a Xenophile or Fanatic Xenophile empire and have migration treaties > 10	Easiest done by releasing as many 1-planet vassals as needed towards the end of the game	1.4	H
Deus Vult As a spiritualistic empire, own 4 holy worlds.	Colonize 4 worlds with the Holy World modifier	Best strategy is to have the Scion Origin story and be a fanatic spiritualist empire. You will start with a spiritualist Fallen Empire as overlord, with the required Holy Worlds within 10-20 jump of them. Since you are their vassal they will allow you and only you to colonize them. Turning off AI empires helps speed this up. This same effect can be achieved if the Head of Zarqlan Relic is obtained. Alternatively, you can get the achievement as long as there is a Holy Guardians Fallen Empire and you take over and start to colonize the nearby Holy Worlds.	1.4	VH
Does Not Compute Shut down the Contingency plan.	Destroy the Contingency Secret Lair	Like all crises lowering setting the Crisis Strength setting to 0.25x makes this a lot easier to achieve.	1.8	VH
Queening Successfully capture an extragalactic matriarch.	Has captured the Prethoryn queen	Like all crises lowering setting the Crisis Strength setting to 0.25x makes this a lot easier to achieve.	1.0	VH
Rift Sealed Destroy the portals employed by the invaders from another time and space.	Destroy the last Extradimensional Invader portal	Like all crises lowering setting the Crisis Strength setting to 0.25x makes this a lot easier to achieve.	1.0	VH
Voight-Kampff Develop the means to prevent nefarious infiltration.	Has found a way to stop the synthetic infiltration	Complete the event chain to detect synthetic infiltrators during the Contingency crises.	1.0	VH
What Was Will Be Close the loop, or don't.	Has completed the Horizon Signal event chain and either outcome	Accepting the Worm's offer is the easier choice	1.4	VH

Leviathans

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
Mad Genius Recruit a scientist from the Curators.	Has purchased a scientist from a curator enclave after having developed sufficient opinion with them to do so	Even though the Curator Enclave appears with Distant Stars as well, this achievement requires the player to have Leviathans	1.4	E
Patron Support the Artisan Troupe for 10 years.	Has chosen to become a patron of an artisan troup enclave and waited 10 years for the initial  energy credits payment to expire	This achievement appears to be bugged and will not always unlock properly.	1.4	E
The Good Stuff Purchase a rare resource from the Traders.	Has purchased a strategic resource from a trader enclave		1.4	E
Return to Dust Destroy an enclave.	Has destroyed an enclave station	It is recommended to destroy an artisan enclave if going for this achievement, as it will not incur a negative opinion penalty with other empires, unlike the other types of enclave, and to also keep in mind that such stations generally possess ~8k fleet power.	1.4	M
Dreadnought Restore an ancient warship.	Has defeated the Automated Dreadnought and chosen to repair it	See the Dreadnought main article for information in how to defeat it.	1.4	H
Hear me Roar Hatch the egg.	Has defeated the Ether Drake, placed a mining station on Dragon Hoard and chosen to incubate the dragon egg once the event fires	The MTTH for this event is 600 months after the mining station is placed. See the Ether Drake main article for information in how to defeat it.	1.4	H
Infinite Creation Birth a new universe.	Has peacefully completed the Infinity Machine event and, by luck, resulted in the black hole gaining The Mirror Of Knowledge modifier, among other things	Agree to assist the Infinity Machine (must not be  Gestalt Consciousness) and complete the 1800 day special project "Understanding Infinity". When the project completes the game randomly selects the outcome and the desired outcome of success with the modifier required for the achievement has a 25% chance of occurring. The other results are a 50% chance of failure and a 25% chance of success with no modifier (i.e. a 75% chance of an outcome that does not obtain the achievement). If a successful result is obtained the specific type of success is still hidden from the player and not revealed until the Infinity Machine enters the black hole and the screen showing the rewards appears.	1.4	H
Stellar Performance Take a trophy from a stellar being.	Has defeated the Stellarite devourer and chosen to make it a trophy (requires xenophobe or militarist ethics)	See the Stellarite Devourer main article for information in how to defeat it.	1.4	H
Unravelling Enigma Uncover the secrets of an ancient fortress.	Has successfully defeated and completed the event chain of the Enigmatic Fortress	The Enigmatic Fortress article contains a guide to complete the event chain	1.4	H
Warrior of Light Destroy a wraith.	Has defeated the Spectral Wraith	See the Spectral Wraith main article for information in how to defeat it.	1.4	H
Last, Best Hope Lead the non-aligned powers to victory against an awakened empire.	Has taken up the position of the Leader of the League of Non-Aligned Empires during a War in Heaven which has then defeated both awakened empires.	Best time to go for this is when a crisis is happening at the same time near an awakened Fallen Empires. Requires you to be the leader when the war is over, and since the League starts with rotation, you may need to wait to finish the war or change the League's laws.	1.4	VH
Whence It Came Defeat a horrifying invader.	Has defeated the Dimensional Horror	See the Dimensional Horror main article for information in how to defeat it.	1.4	VH

Utopia

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
Towards Utopia As an Egalitarian empire, have at least 500 pops living under Utopian living conditions in your empire	Has >499 pops under Utopian living standards	Even though Utopian Living Standards are available in the game without the Utopia dlc, this achievement requires the player to have it	1.5	M
View from the End of the World Build a Habitat station in a Black Hole system	Any owned Habitat in a system with a Black Hole	Achievement does not trigger on stars that were turned into black holes by events	1.5	M
We Are Legion Be a biological Hive Mind with at least 1000 drone Pops.	Is a  hive mind and has >999 Pops.	Only the overall amount of pops in the empire is checked for this achievement, so conquering pops of any species with or without the hive mind trait, will help in getting this faster	2.2	M
Xenophage Keep at least 5 different species as livestock in your Empire	Has > 4 species enslaved as Livestock.	The  Syncretic Evolution provides one species	1.5	M
Beyond the Veil Breach the Shroud	Has unlocked the Transcendence Ascension Perk and entered the shroud		1.5	H
Captive Star Construct a complete Dyson Sphere	Has constructed a complete Dyson sphere	A repaired destroyed Dyson Sphere does not count	1.5	H
Controlled Evolution Genetically modify a species to possess traits worth 7 points	A species has > 7 trait points	Requires the Evolutionary Mastery Ascension Perk	1.5	H
Giga-Engineering Have at least 4 fully operational Megastructures within your borders(Habitats, Ring Worlds and Gateways do not count)	Has 4 completed Megastructures.	Repaired destroyed Megastructures also count, which can be useful if you lack enough DLC to get 4 normally.	2.2	H
I Can See Forever Construct a complete Sentry Array	Has constructed a complete Sentry array	A repaired destroyed Sentry Array does not count	1.5	H
Like Tears in Rain Evolve into perfect, immortal machines	Has unlocked the Synthetic Evolution Ascension Perk, completed the project, and converted all eligible empire citizens to synths		1.5	H
Ringworld Engineers Construct a complete Ring World	Has constructed a complete Ring World	A repaired destroyed Ringworld does not count	1.5	H
Think Tank Construct a complete Science Nexus	Has constructed a complete Science nexus	A repaired destroyed Science Nexus does not count	1.5	H

Synthetic Dawn

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
Rise of the Machines As a Determined Exterminator, conquer or eliminate all biological Empires in the galaxy.	As a Determined Exterminator, have the number of organic empires be < 1	Curiously, the  Determined Exterminator civic is not required to complete this achievement. You will automatically obtain the achievement if you start a game with no organic empires (set number of AI empires, fallen empires, and marauders to 0). One can also get this achievement after getting the "suffer not the aliens" achievement by switching to a synthetic species through the synthetic ascension path.	1.8	VE
Distinctiveness Added As a Driven Assimilator, own cyborg Pops of at least 5 different species.	As a Driven Assimilator, have 5 different cyborg species	Easily accomplished by conquering primitives. Setting Habitable Worlds to 0.25X and Primitive Civilizations to 5X ensures many systems will have primitive civilizations.	1.8	M
Planet of the Mechs Terraform a planet into a Machine World.	Has terraformed a planet into a Machine World	Two ascension perks are required to be chosen before the option to unlock machine worlds is made available.	1.8	M
Retirement Home As a Rogue Servitor, own at least 10 Pops from Fallen Empires.	Have the  Rogue Servitor civic and >9 pops which started the game in a Fallen Empire	Refugee pops do not count	1.8	VH

Apocalypse

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
Exterminatus Use a World Cracker to destroy another Empire's capital planet.	Has destroyed another Empire's capital planet with a World Cracker Colossus	Custom empires with nothing but bad traits can be created. Can be achieved by destroying a Contingency planet. Using one on a Fallen/Awakened Empire planet will also not give the usual diplomatic penalties with other empires.	2.0	M
No Khan Do Kill the Great Khan in battle.	Destroy the Great Khan and his/her fleet in battle	The Great Khan is killed in battle when his fleet is destroyed or defeated in a battle twice.	2.0	H
Pandora's World Use a Global Pacifier to shield a planet belonging to Fanatic Purifiers, Ravenous Swarms, or Determined Exterminators.	Use a Global Pacifier Colossus to shield a planet belonging to a Fanatic Purifiers, Devouring Swarm, Determined Exterminator		2.0	H
Stay on Target Destroy another Empire's Colossus while it is in the process of firing on a planet.	Destroy an enemy Colossus while it is firing on a planet	The process of "firing on a planet" includes both the preliminary three-month "charging" phase as well as the one-month "firing" phase. Fallen Empires can spawn with one Colossus, and may build one after awakening (the Spiritualist FE will immediately awaken if you crack a holy world). The AI will have its Colossus try to run away when you enter the system with your fleet(s). It is therefore advisable that you extend your weapons range as much as possible, and/or enter as close as possible to the Colossus so that you may engage it before it leaves orbit (as you will not get the achievement if the firing process is interrupted by leaving orbit before your attack).	2.0	H
Clash of the Titans Defeat a Fallen Empire's Titan fleet with a Titan of your own.	Defeat a Fallen Empire Titan fleet with your own Titan.	Not all FE spawn with a Titan. It is recommended to increase number of FE in the galaxy to increase the chance of one of them posessing a Titan. A lone Titan won't move to systems where there are superior enemy fleets.	2.0	VH

Distant Stars

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
...and Hope? Unseal the path to the L-Cluster.	Has been the first to open a L-Gate	Starting a game with no AI empires make getting this achievement a matter of time	2.1	M
It Followed Me Home Befriend a Space Amoeba.	Make friends with a Space Amoeba	See Lost Amoeba for event chain details	2.1	M
1999 A.D. Slaughter the Voidspawn.	Has defeated the Voidspawn	See the Voidspawn main article for information in how to defeat it.	2.1	H
A Hump Like a Snow-Hill Hunt the Tiyanki Matriarch.	Has defeated the Tiyanki Matriarch	See the Tiyanki Matriarch main article for information in how to defeat it.	2.1	H
Who Scraps the Scrapper Destroy the Scrapper Bot.	Has defeated the Scavenger Bot	See the Scavenger Bot main article for information in how to defeat it.	2.1	H

MegaCorp

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
Franchising As a Corporate empire, have a branch office on 5 different empires' capitals.	Have the Corporate government type and have branch offices on other empires' capitals > 5	The capital of a subject empire counts for this achievement, this could help in case the galaxy is full of unfriendly empires that won't accept a commercial pact by making them your subsidiaries. Note that opening branch offices as Criminal Syndicate does not award this achievement.	2.2	M
Black Hole Mining Build a Matter Decompressor	Has constructed a complete Matter Decompressor	A repaired destroyed Matter Decompressor does not count	2.2	H
Giga-Engineering Have at least 4 fully operational Megastructures within your borders(Habitats, Ring Worlds and Gateways do not count)	Has 4 completed Megastructures.	Repaired destroyed Megastructures also count, which can be useful if you lack enough DLC to get 4 normally.	2.2	H
Obscure Tastes Build a Mega-Art Installation in a nebula system	Has constructed a complete Mega-Art Installation (including the Perfection stage) in a system within a nebula	A repaired destroyed Mega-Art Installation does not count	2.2	H
Strategic Initiative Build a Strategic Coordination Center	Has constructed a complete Strategic Coordination Center	A repaired destroyed Strategic Coordination Center does not count	2.2	H
United Space Build an Interstellar Assembly	Has constructed a complete Interstellar Assembly	A repaired destroyed Interstellar Assembly does not count	2.2	H
Inscrutable Power I won the Galatron and all I got was this lousy achievement.	Win the Galatron in the Reliquary or take it from another empire	The Galatron is a very rare reward from the Caravaneers reliquaries. Each reliquary has a 0.5% chance of containing the Galatron, and only 6 reliquaries can be bought during a game, requiring an average of 34 games to obtain it. This may also be obtained along with "Raiders of the Lost Galatron" by taking the Galatron from an AI empire that has it.	2.2	VH
Raiders of the Lost Galatron Capture the Galatron from another empire	Capture the Galatron from an empire with it in war	Getting the Galatron gives all empires a CB for taking it from its current owner, because of that there are two ways of going about with this. Either wait and hope an empire gets it from the reliquaries and then declare war on them, or get the Galatron yourself, lose it in a war and reconquer it after the truce.	2.3	I

Ancient Relics

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
Arcana Study Minor Artifacts and discover a random technology	Use the Reverse-Engineer Arcane Technology relic option	Requires the Arcane Deciphering technology which unlocks Reverse-Engineer Arcane Technology option, which for 5  Minor Artifacts can be activated and will give 1 of 4 possible outcomes at random, getting either a random technology or a bonus to tech speed will give the achievement.	2.3	E
Artificer Have 100 Minor Artifacts	Has >99 Minor Artifacts	Getting the Rubricator relic may help in cases where no other way to obtain minor artifacts is available.	2.3	E
Dust Off Complete the Zroni Precursor chain	Finish the Zroni Precursor chain	As the archaeological site to start the Zroni chain is only found on habitable planets it may help to only survey those to prevent another precursor chain from being triggered.	2.3	M
Green Thumb Complete the Baol Precursor chain	Finish the Baol Precursor chain		2.3	M
Relic Hunter In one game, find 5 Relics from Ancient Relics Story Pack	Own at least 5 relics	Starting a game with no AI empires and on a Huge galaxy makes getting this achievement a matter of time.	2.3	M

Federations

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
Let Us Go Forward Together Level up your Federation	Level up a Federation you are in	The Common Ground and Hegemon Origins make this achievement much easier	2.6	VE
Throw Your Weight Around Have a Diplomatic Weight of over 9000	Have your Diplomatic Weight > 9000	Achievement is easily achieved by the endgame of a typical playthrough.	2.6	E
We're Number One Be the leader of a max level Federation	Be the leader of a Level 5 Federation	The Common Ground and Hegemon Origins make this achievement faster to get	2.6	E
Whatever it is, I'm against it Refuse to belong to any club that would have you as a member	Reject the creation of the galactic community and have at least once left a Federation	Achievement will only be awarded after the galactic community is created, not when you refuse to join.	2.6	E
Humble Pie Humiliate an Empire that is in the Supremacy Diplomatic Stance, forcing them out of it	Defeat an empire that uses the  Supremacist Diplomatic Stance with the Humiliate Wargoal	Create a new custom empire that is  Fanatic Militarist and  Authoritarian, has the  Nationalistic Zeal and  Warrior Culture civics, and which has a founder species with the  Conformists,  Fleeting, and  Traditional traits. Save this empire then go back to the empire selection screen and change its spawning mode to Forced. Make sure no other empires are set to the forced spawning mode and then start a new game using an empire of your choice on a small galaxy with: 1 AI Empire. No Fallen Empires and Marauder Empires. Tech/Tradition cost set to 0.25x. Ironman Mode on. This sets up a game with you vs. the AI empire defined earlier. When the AI completes the Supremacy tradition tree it should immediately switch to the  Supremacist Diplomatic Stance. The AI can complete the Supremacy tradition tree early, a mere 7 years in to the game, or it may complete it later such as around 40-50 years in. When the AI finishes the Supremacy tradition tree it will prefer to switch to or stay in the Supremacist Diplomatic Stance if: Another regular empire is not in the Supremacist Diplomatic Stance or, if they are, the other empires fleet power is not overwhelming. All neighbouring empires have equivalent or weaker fleet power. The AI is still planning to expand (when it starts to run out of room it seems to prefer the Belligerent diplomatic stance). The AI is not  Pacifist - if the AI shifts ethics to pacifist at any time then restart. Play normally, find the AI, send envoys to improve relations (to discourage it from declaring war on you) and monitor the AI's diplomatic stance. When it changes to Supremacy build up your fleet to equivalent power and when ready, verify that the AI's diplomatic stance still shows Supremacy and then send envoys to harm relations, rival the AI, and declare a humiliation war. When you win the AI is forced out of the Supremacist Diplomatic Stance and the achievement is obtained.	2.6	H
Our Fleets will Blot Out the Stars Construct a complete Mega-Shipyard	Has constructed a complete Mega-Shipyard	A repaired destroyed Mega-Shipyard does not count. Can be gotten without the DLC if a completed Mega-Shipyard is acquired from an Awakened Empire.	2.6	H
Unstoppable Force Build a Juggernaut	Build a Juggernaut ship type		2.6	H
You've Been Served Denounce an Empire that is not actually in breach of galactic law while all major sanctions have been passed	Pass any Denounce resolution on an Empire that isn't in breach of Galactic Law	Curiously, you don't have to be the denouncer or even part of the Galactic Community.	2.6	H

Nemesis

Achievement	Requirements	Hints	Ver	DI
Burn Notice Disavow all knowledge of an Asset during an Operation	When an operation fails, disavow an Asset instead of trying to re-establish contact.		3.0	VE
Shoot To Kill Start a full-fledged first contact war before communications have been fully established	Destroy 10 ships or conquer a planet of an empire you have not established contact with.	Kill all in the system and conclude the first contact.	3.0	VE
Modern Cincinnatus As Galactic Custodian, defeat the end-game Crisis and then end the title rather than finishing your term	Become Galactic Custodian, defeat the end-game Crisis, and then end the Custodianship before finishing your term.	This can be done more easily using a mid-game Crisis to become the Custodian. Then approve the Galaxy Defense Force and built an army to be prepared for the end-game Crisis. The term limit is 30 years, but you can increase it with the resolution: Extend Custodianship. After defeating the Crisis, approve the resolution: End Custodianship.	3.0	H
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Blorg Complete at least ten distinct operations during a game	Complete 10 different operations (none of the same) during one game	There are only 9 distinct operations by default. More are unlocked by having the End Game Crisis Active (easier) or by using a spy network against the Galactic Emperor (harder). The "Target Seditionists" operation does not count towards this achievement.	3.0	H
With Thunderous Applause Become the Galactic Emperor	Pass the Proclaim Galactic imperium resolution with you as Galatic Custodian	To do this, first you must get on the galactic council, then become the custodian, then remove your term limit. Finally, declare the Galactic Imperium. Keep in mind that the AI will be more inclined to grant you greater powers if there is a crisis. (Great Khan and Grey Tempest also have the same effect)	3.0	H
Big Red Button Destroy the Galaxy	Become the Crisis and destroy the Galaxy	You must become the crisis using the ascension perk. You must reach the Existential Threat crisis level by getting 10000  menace. Upon getting this level you start upgrading your Aetherophasic Engine Frame. This costs Dark Matter which you can obtain using your Star-Eaters. You can destroy your own stars. Once upgrading your Aetherophasic Engine to the last stage you activate your engine, destroying the galaxy and giving you the achievement.	3.0	VH
Sic Semper Tyrannis Lead a rebellion that successfully deposes the Galactic Emperor	With the Galactic Imperium proclaimed, be the instigator of a successful rebellion. You will need to Enforce Demands, not Status Quo, to unlock this achievement.	The hardest part is getting an AI empire to nominate itself the Galactic Custodian, but you can speed up the process with some multiplayer trickery (due to two fun facts: 1. players can choose to control ANY empire in multiplayer, and 2. single/multiplayer save files are transferable). When you host/join a multiplayer game, you are given a full list of empires to control. Choose any other empire, put forward the necessary resolutions and return to the main menu with a new save as the AI empire. Switch back to your original empire in the same way and immediately fast track the resolution before unpausing. Your immense diplomatic weight will do the rest. You will need to do this twice, first to get an AI nominated as the Galactic Custodian, and second to get them to proclaim the Galactic Imperium. But if you're above such tactics, you can always play the waiting game. Increase the council size to 5 (the maximum) and enable veto power. Wait for a crisis to trigger and contain it but don't let it be destroyed. Either veto or quickly pass any resolutions by other council members to free their proposal slots. Ideally, an authoritarian empire nominates itself, as they are more likely to proclaim the Galactic Imperium later. Once a suitable AI empire nominates itself, start building a spy network on them. Support their nomination and any term extensions, but veto the creation of the GDF. Once the Imperium has been proclaimed, assign envoys to undermine imperial influence. When it is low enough, use your spy to start the rebellion. You can also use an operation to lower imperial authority if envoys are not enough. Be ready to fight the Emperor and any loyalists (which can be everyone except you and your vassals). Avoid making claims if possible, as the "demanding unoccupied system/planet" surrender acceptance malus applies, despite the fact that you cannot conquer systems with this war goal and casus belli. This can also be done by triggering a machine uprising in your own empire. First nominate yourself as Emperor, then trigger a machine uprising, play as the Machine Uprising and white-peace the civil war. You now have an AI nation that is playing as the Galactic Imperium. Build up your forces and join the Galactic Imperium, which can be done by an event. Make sure you don't outlaw AI rights or Machines themselves, as it will make your AI Empire Determined Exterminator, and you will not be able to join the Galactic Imperium. Undermine Imperial Authority via the Espionage System, and once your intel is high enough ignite the rebellion with your spies. After that, the only thing left is to defeat the Imperium.	3.0	VH