Console:Achievements

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This article is for the console version of Stellaris only.

Stellaris has 70 different achievements, all using the Steam achievements mechanics. Achievements have no in-game effects, the achievement just pops up in-game and then added to the player's Steam profile. It is possible to see the achievements sorted by the percentage of users that managed to complete each achievement by going to the game's global stats at Steam.

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 a victory.

List of achievements

The "Notes" column lists helpful short tips/strategies.

The column denotes achievements which can't be completed without the use of DLC mechanics (currently 25 out of 70). Multiple expansion icons mean either can be used.

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.

Achievement	Requirements	Notes		Ver	DI
Brave New World Colonize a planet.	Number of owned planets >1			1.0	VE
Break On Through... Research a Rare technology.	Number of acquired rare techs >0			1.0	VE
Domo Arigato Build a Robot Pop.	Has built a robot pop	More advanced robotic workers (droids and synthetics) do not count, and once they become available basic robots cannot be built. The Mechanist civic may aid in attaining this achievement.		1.0	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			1.0	VE
A Home Away From Home Conquer another species homeworld	Has conquered another species' homeworld			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	Uplifting requires the Epigenetic Triggers technology.		1.0	E
Digging Deep Earn a total Mineral income each month above 250.	Monthly income of minerals >249			1.0	E
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			1.4	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	As long as their demands are being met, gifts are occasionally bestowed.		1.4	E
Omnicultural Have your ruler be of a different species class than your founding species.				1.4	E
New Shining Star Upgrade your capital to an Imperial Complex.	Have an Empire-Capital Complex	Requires the Galactic Administration technology and 15 pops on your capital world.		1.0	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 1000 energy credits payment to expire	This achievement appears to be bugged and will not always unlock properly.		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	Depends on galaxy generation but otherwise nothing really complicated.		1.4	E
Power Overwhelming Store/have 5000 EC.	Has accumulated energy credits >4999	Requires increasing the energy storage cap by researching reactor upgrade technologies.		1.0	E
Supremacy Win a War against another Empire.	Has won a war	Must be a war leader: the empire that originally declared war, or was declared war against, as opposed to being brought into the war via defensive pact, independence guarantee, or federation.		1.0	E
The Good Stuff Purchase a rare resource from the Traders.	Has purchased a strategic resource from a trader enclave			1.4	E
The Grand Fleet Build a fleet with a total fleet-size above 120.	Has a fleet with size >119			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	This can be accomplished by offering to another empire once the The Federation tradition has been chosen.		1.0	M
Enlightened Times Enlighten a bronze age civilization.	Has enlightened a primitive civilization from the Bronze Age			1.4	M
Faster, Stronger, Better Genetically alter a species (not uplift).	Has genetically modified a species	Requires the Gene Tailoring technology. Any species in a planet you own can be modified.		1.0	M
Grand Admiral Empire total fleet military power equals 100000.	have fleet power >99999			1.0	M
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.			1.4	M
Resourceful Have access to ten different strategic resources.	Number of strategic resources >9			1.4	M
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 ~10k fleet power.		1.4	M
Slave to the Systems As an authoritarian Empire with at least 500 Pops, have at least 200 enslaved Pops				1.4	M
The Industrial Re-Revolution Earn a total Mineral income each month above 1000.	Monthly income of minerals >999			1.0	M
Towards Utopia Have at least 10 different species living under Utopian living conditions in your Empire	Has >9 citizen species with Utopian living standards	Utopian Living Standards require some degree of the egalitarian governmental ethic.		1.5	M
View from the End of the World Build a Habitat station in a Black Hole system	Any owned planet is a Habitat in a system with a Black Hole	As habitats cannot be built around black holes or stars, for this achievement the habitat must be built around a planet orbiting a black hole. Achievement does not trigger on stars that were turned into black holes by events.		1.5	M
What Came Before Find the home system of a precursor empire.	Has completed a precursor event chain and traveled to the subsequently revealed system	Best done early before empires fill up the galaxy by employing a lot of science ships with talented and quick learner traits.		1.4	M
Xenophage Keep at least 5 different species as livestock in your Empire	Has >4 species enslaved as Livestock.	Enslaving an entire species as livestock requires some degree of the xenophobe governmental ethic.		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 (this does not include restoring destroyed Dyson Spheres)			1.5	H
Controlled Evolution Genetically modify a species to possess traits worth 7 points	Has unlocked the Evolutionary Mastery Ascension Perk and modified a species with >6 trait points			1.5	H
Distinctiveness Added As a Driven Assimilator, own cyborg Pops of at least 5 different species.		Easily accomplished by lowering the number of starting empires while turning up the Pre-FTL civilizations to 5x, and then simply explore and invade 4 Pre-FTL civs.		1.8	H
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 2400 months after the mining station is placed. See the Ether Drake main article for information in how to defeat it.		1.4	H
I Can See Forever Construct a complete Sentry Array	Has constructed a complete Sentry array (this does not include restoring destroyed Sentry arrays)			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
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	Sol is almost always located on the outer rim of a galaxy, with one hyperlane leading to it. Easy to find if one repeatedly spawns a ring galaxy with a size of 200.		1.4	H
Paradise Found Terraform a planet into a gaia world.	Has terraformed a planet into a gaia world			1.4	H
Peacekeeper As a pacifistic empire, have all other independent empires be pacifistic as well.	Have all non-subject empires follow a form of the pacifist government ethic	This is generally accomplished by either subordinating or liberating all other empires, resulting in all independent empires sharing your ethics.		1.4	H
Planet of the Mechs Terraform 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	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.		Best done by going for Synthetic Evolution Ascension Perk and converting your entire empire to synths. Curiously, in v1.8 the Materialism ethic is not required for this achievement, making it feasible to unlock this as a Machine Intelligence empire of at least 200 pops.		1.4	H
Ringworld Engineers Construct a complete Ring World	Has constructed a complete Ring World (this does not include restoring destroyed Ringworlds)			1.5	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
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.	This is an anomaly that rarely appears.		1.4	H
Think Tank Construct a complete Science Nexus	Has constructed a complete Science nexus (this does not include restoring destroyed Science nexi)			1.5	H
Tourist Trap As an egalitarian Empire, own a planet with at least 10 different species on it		Best done by having a lot of vassals or being a migrant friendly empire. An alternative path is to conquer the planet "The Preserve" from an Enigmatic Observers Fallen Empire.		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 near or inside xenophobic Fallen Empires.		1.4	H
Unravelling Enigma Uncover the secrets of an ancient fortress.	Has successfully defeated and completed the event chain of the Enigmatic Fortress	See the Enigmatic Fortress main article for information in how to defeat it. After defeating it is trivial to successfully complete this event chain by following a guide.		1.4	H
Very Open Borders As a xenophilic empire, have migration treaties with at least 10 other empires.		Easiest to get during a crisis (so other empires like you more due to the Mutual Threat modifier), on a huge galaxy with max empires (so the pool of potential migrants is larger), owning a Gaia world (so you fulfil the habitability requirements), and avoiding expansionist conquest (so you do not generate Threat yourself). Even easier if you release as many 1-planet vassals as needed towards the end of the game.		1.4	H
Victorious Win the game through any victory condition.	Finished the game via one of the victory conditions			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
Deus Vult As a spiritualistic empire, own 4 holy worlds.				1.4	VH
Does Not Compute Shut down the Contingency plan.		See The Contingency main article for information in how to defeat it. Like all crisis lowering the crisis power down to 0.5x will make this a lot easier to achieve. The player must be the one to take down the last machine world for the achievement to be acknowledged.		1.8	VH
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	Requires the hidden technosphere_secrets country flag to be present which happens in 30% of the cases when a player chooses to help the Infinity Machine. Even with said flag there is only a probability of 33% to get the best possible outcome and with it this achievement.		1.4	VH
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.		1.4	VH
Queening Successfully capture an extragalactic matriarch.	Has captured the Prethoryn queen			1.0	VH
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	Not every pop of a Fallen Empire species counts for this achievement (e.g. it doesn't trigger from refugee pops who then multiply). The surest way to accomplish it is simply to attack a Fallen Empire and have them cede a world of 10 or more pops.		1.8	VH
Rift Sealed Destroy the portals employed by the invaders from another time and space.	Has defeated the extradimensional Unbidden	Similar to the Contingency, the player must be the one to deliver the final blow to the portal.		1.0	VH
Rise of the Machines As a Determined Exterminator, conquer or eliminate all biological Empires in the galaxy.		Curiously, the Determined Exterminator civic is not required to complete this achievement.		1.8	VH
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	More-experienced players may find this achievement easier to attain as Fanatic Purifiers due to the relevant bonuses.		1.4	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 accepted or rejected the Worm's request	See the Horizon Signal events article for more information.		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