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X4: Foundations

Achievement guide · roadmap · tracker

172 achievements Guide 7% Singleplayer


Complete all the tutorials for Crash CourseCrash Course, Higher EducationHigher Education and Scholar of X StudiesScholar of X Studies - which is well worth doing anyway to help get to grips with some of the game's mechanics.

Note two achievements are unobtainable due to requiring online features that have been removed, with no known information about if or when they will return; this is In a Galaxy Far, Far AwayIn a Galaxy Far, Far Away and Back HomeBack Home

172 achievements
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Cradle of Humanity

Contemplate life, the universe and everything (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

A Blast from the Past

A Blast from the Past

Visit the Wreck point of interest in Moo-Kye's Revenge.

Access Denied

Access Denied

Cradle of Humanity

Enter the Earth sector without permission (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Access Granted

Access Granted

Cradle of Humanity

Get permission to enter the Sol Inner Core (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Adblock

Adblock

Destroy 20 Ad Signs.

A Different Way of Doing Things

A Different Way of Doing Things

Timelines

Complete a barter mission (requires the Timelines expansion).

Advanced Terraforming

Advanced Terraforming

Cradle of Humanity

Unlock advanced Terraforming Projects developed from Segarian research and data from Terran archives (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

After the Cataclysm

After the Cataclysm

Survive your first Crisis event.

A Glimpse of Home

A Glimpse of Home

Cradle of Humanity

Help Boso observe the Great Reef Nebula (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

A Good Investment

A Good Investment

ObjectiveOptional

Join a trade guild.

A Heart for Pirates

A Heart for Pirates

Cradle of Humanity

Save the Yaki against their will (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

A Herald's Duty

A Herald's Duty

Kingdom End

Complete a royal errand (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

A Matter of the Utmost Gravity

A Matter of the Utmost Gravity

Learn about the Paranid Civil War and pave the path for change.

Amplified Destruction

Amplified Destruction

Cradle of Humanity

Rid the Yaki of their greatest asset (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Answer the Call

Answer the Call

Sign up for a war subscription.

A Pirate's Life for Me

A Pirate's Life for Me

Intimidate a pilot into dropping some of their cargo.

A Queendom Returned

A Queendom Returned

Kingdom End

Complete all royal errands (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

A Significant Bit

A Significant Bit

GrindOptional

Destroy 128 Xenon ships.

A Taste of Things To Come

A Taste of Things To Come

Kingdom End

Complete a very special delivery (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

A Trillion Drops in the Ocean

A Trillion Drops in the Ocean

Kingdom End

Complete the Ocean of Fantasy terraforming project (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

Attack On Antigone

Attack On Antigone

Back Home

Back Home

ObjectiveUnobtainable

Have a ship successfully return from a venture.

Ventures (an online feature) have been removed from the game, with no known ETA as to when they might return.

Balance and Buccaneers

Balance and Buccaneers

Complete the Duke's Buccaneers' storyline.

Battle of Omicron Lyrae

Battle of Omicron Lyrae

Because I Can

Because I Can

GrindOptional

Complete 7 terraforming missions.

Bestowed in Perpetuity

Bestowed in Perpetuity

Tides of Avarice

Make a friend before the Tide comes in (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Bling Bling

Bling Bling

ObjectiveOptional

Apply a paint modification to your ship.

Bob the Builder

Bob the Builder

All-the-thingsOptional

Build a module of each type on one station.

Breaking up the Band

Breaking up the Band

Tides of Avarice

Aid the authorities' efforts to apprehend dangerous criminals (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Brennan's Trial

Brennan's Trial

Bug Fixed

Bug Fixed

Objective

Destroy a Kha'ak ship.

Can't Shoot This

Can't Shoot This

GrindOptional

Destroy 100 turrets.

Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment

ObjectiveOptional

Destroy a Xenon capital ship.

Captain of Industry

Captain of Industry

ObjectiveOptional

Achieve trade rank Entrepreneur.

Case Closed

Case Closed

Cradle of Humanity

Conclude your investigation and uncover a threat to humanity (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Circular Economy

Circular Economy

GrindOptional

Recycle 100 objects.

Climbing the Corporate Ladder

Climbing the Corporate Ladder

Tides of Avarice

Fall in line with the Northriver Company (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Cold Feet

Cold Feet

Cradle of Humanity

Decide that the Status Quo reigns supreme (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Combat Pro

Combat Pro

GrindOptional

Achieve fight rank Colonel.

Command and Control

Command and Control

ObjectiveOptional

Give the "Start Position Defence" order to a carrier.

Crash Course

Crash Course

ObjectiveOptional

Pass the Flight School.

For this, complete just the first section of tutorial missions. They're all pretty short so this won't take long - and if you're new to the X franchise they are well worth doing (essential, even) anyway.

After this, do the rest of the tutorials for Higher EducationHigher Education and Scholar of X StudiesScholar of X Studies

Crisis Averted

Crisis Averted

ObjectiveOptional

Resolve the Xenon Crisis.

Curbed Ambitions

Curbed Ambitions

Story
Split Vendetta

Complete the Split storyline and side against the Patriarchy (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).

Darkness Lifted

Darkness Lifted

All-the-thingsOptional
Kingdom End

Discover all points of interest in Sanctuary of Darkness (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

Data Mining

Data Mining

ObjectiveOptional

Acquire a module blueprint through hacking.

Destination Unknown

Destination Unknown

Tides of Avarice

Leave the Jump Gate network (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Deus in Machina

Deus in Machina

ObjectiveOptional

Personally take control of a Xenon ship.

Did I forget to lock the door?

Did I forget to lock the door?

Objective

Receive an uninvited guest at one of your stations.

Diplomatic Connections

Diplomatic Connections

Invite a faction diplomat to your embassy.

Double Agent

Double Agent

ObjectiveOptional

Sign up for a war on opposing sides.

Early Retirement

Early Retirement

Objective
Tides of Avarice

Acquire a uniquely luxurious yacht (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Environmentally Aware

Environmentally Aware

ObjectiveOptional

Tow a recyclable object to a processing module.

Envoy

Envoy

Help the Envoy deliver dangerous cargo (requires the Envoy Pack expansion).

Erfmancklest SMASH

Erfmancklest SMASH

Timelines

In 17th Getsu Fune Asteroid Smasher Showdown, deplete an asteroid by mining all of its nodes, then destroy it (requires the Timelines expansion).

Exanaut

Exanaut

GrindOptional
Timelines

Earn a 3 star rating in every Nodus (requires the Timelines expansion).

Explorer

Explorer

All-the-thingsOptional

Discover all sectors.

Finders, Keepers

Finders, Keepers

GrindOptional

Force 50 pilots to abandon their ships.

Fine, I'll Do It Myself

Fine, I'll Do It Myself

Timelines

In Mine Your Own Business, personally take control of a mining ship (requires the Timelines expansion).

Fires of Fate

Fires of Fate

Split Vendetta

Learn about the Split and pave the path for change (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).

Fists of the Empire

Fists of the Empire

Split Vendetta

Complete the Split storyline and side with the Patriarchy (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).

Flight of the Dragonfyre

Flight of the Dragonfyre

Found in the Light

Found in the Light

Timelines

Find the answers you were looking for (requires the Timelines expansion).

Friends in High Places

Friends in High Places

ObjectiveOptional

Reach highest reputation with any faction.

Friends in Low Places

Friends in Low Places

ObjectiveOptional

Gain access to the black market.

From the Shadows

From the Shadows

Cradle of Humanity

Sow discord between two allied Factions without them realizing (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Gather Essential Data

Gather Essential Data

Cradle of Humanity

Gather data inside the Torus wreckage with help of a friend (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Grandmother

Grandmother

StoryOptional
Timelines

Complete the Timelines Epilogue (requires the Timelines expansion).

Have to Start Somewhere

Have to Start Somewhere

ObjectiveOptional

Build the first module of a station.

Hazard Pay

Hazard Pay

Timelines

In Repair Duty, survive a shift in which you take damage from fire, electricity and radiation (requires the Timelines expansion).

Higher Education

Higher Education

ObjectiveOptional

Complete all intermediate tutorials.

Historian

Historian

Find all timeline entries by accessing data vaults.

Hold up a minute!

Hold up a minute!

Cradle of Humanity

Almost give the game away (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Holy Three-Dimensionality

Holy Three-Dimensionality

Complete the Paranid Unification storyline.

In a Galaxy Far, Far Away

In a Galaxy Far, Far Away

ObjectiveOptionalUnobtainable

Send a ship on a venture.

Ventures (an online feature) have been removed from the game, with no known ETA as to when they might return.

In Authority We Trust

In Authority We Trust

Split Vendetta

Work with the Patriarchy Police during the Split storyline (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).

It fell out of a ship.

It fell out of a ship.

GrindOptional

Pick up 99 containers in space.

It's All Connected

It's All Connected

Timelines

Figure out how to make things easier for Escape From Faulty Logic: The Ferryman (requires the Timelines expansion).

It's a Spy!

It's a Spy!

Timelines

In Impeded Extraction, find and destroy the spying scout ship (requires the Timelines expansion).

It's Just Business

It's Just Business

Join the Scale Plate Pact.

Keep Floating And Nobody Explodes

Keep Floating And Nobody Explodes

Timelines

In Bomb Disposal Amateur, neutralise all bombs without raising suspicion (requires the Timelines expansion).

Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come

Kingdom End

Make your way to Kingdom End (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

King of the Scrap Heap

King of the Scrap Heap

Tides of Avarice

Locate the Erlking and gain possession of it (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Laser-Focus

Laser-Focus

Timelines

In Pre-Battle Skirmish, don't destroy anything that's not a mission target (requires the Timelines expansion).

Let's Build

Let's Build

GrindOptional

Construct 10 stations.

Liberator

Liberator

GrindOptional

Claim ten ships.

Logistical Efficiency

Logistical Efficiency

Timelines

In A Merchant Mind, Teladi Trading Try-Outs or Frontline Dealings, buy products at every station before undocking (requires the Timelines expansion).

Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf

Tides of Avarice

Escape from prison without help (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Look on My Works

Look on My Works

ObjectiveOptional

Survey your station from your own Observation Deck.

Lost in the Dark

Lost in the Dark

Market Regulation

Market Regulation

Tides of Avarice

Help the Riptide Rakers out of a tough spot (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

MD's Pride and Joy

MD's Pride and Joy

ObjectiveOptional
Timelines

Earn a 5 star rating in a Nodus (requires the Timelines expansion).

Meet Your Mentor

Meet Your Mentor

Come face to face with your head of research.

Miner's Luck

Miner's Luck

Mine the most valuable crystal node.

Missing in Action

Missing in Action

Cradle of Humanity

Risk your life in the defence of Sol (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Mission Accomplished

Mission Accomplished

Cradle of Humanity

After informing the Terran fleet, see a potential threat to Sol annihilated (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Move like a Spacefly

Move like a Spacefly

Timelines

Complete Hazing the Newbie or Space Suit Biathlon without colliding (requires the Timelines expansion).

Nailed Down

Nailed Down

ObjectiveOptional

Destroy the engines of a capital ship.

Negotiation Guide

Negotiation Guide

Tides of Avarice

Guide your partner successfully through trading negotiations (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Negotiations and Espionage

Negotiations and Espionage

Successfully complete an Agent Action.

Never Heard of Him

Never Heard of Him

Cradle of Humanity

Conclude your investigation and find nothing out of the ordinary (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Nice Pile

Nice Pile

GrindOptional

Get one billion Credits in your account.

No Coup for You

No Coup for You

Destroy a storage module of a Duke's Lost Property Office station.

Not a Scratch

Not a Scratch

Timelines

Complete Defanging the Defence or Capital Ship Engagement without taking any hull damage (requires the Timelines expansion).

One Busy Chipmunk

One Busy Chipmunk

Tides of Avarice

Store illicit goods in your cheek pouch (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

On Raven Wings

On Raven Wings

Tides of Avarice

Leave the Ministry Science Division Hangar with newly acquired technology (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Overkill

Overkill

ObjectiveOptional

Destroy a ship with a single shot (excluding mass traffic).

Perfectly Planned

Perfectly Planned

Timelines

In The Admonisher, eliminate your target using mines (requires the Timelines expansion).

Piggyback

Piggyback

ObjectiveOptional

Dock at a ship that is docked at a capital ship.

Plasma Cannons to Ploughshares

Plasma Cannons to Ploughshares

ObjectiveOptional

Complete a terraforming mission.

Prepare a Disco

Prepare a Disco

ObjectiveOptional

Activate all ship modes in quick succession.

President's End

President's End

Provinces Adrift

Provinces Adrift

Kingdom End

Find the Boron (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

Push the Button

Push the Button

Cradle of Humanity

Go along with Orcanic's plan and guide the Xenon to greener pastures (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Queen's Herald

Queen's Herald

Kingdom End

Obtain a royal mandate from the Queen (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

Quettanaut

Quettanaut

All-the-thingsOptional
Timelines

Earn a 5 star rating in every Nodus (requires the Timelines expansion).

Respect and Understanding

Respect and Understanding

Kingdom End

Negotiate an entirely satisfactory outcome (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

Ride the Tide

Ride the Tide

Tides of Avarice

Be safely docked at a station when the wave hits (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Riding Late Through Night And Wind

Riding Late Through Night And Wind

Tides of Avarice

Fully upgrade the Erlking (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Righteous Fury

Righteous Fury

Split Vendetta

Enact revenge and restore your honour in the gamestart "Fires of Defeat" (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).

Rising Property Values

Rising Property Values

ObjectiveOptional

Licence the biggest available plot for your station.

Risky Research

Risky Research

Consider researching the Fleet-Wide Sensor Analytics.

Rubbing is Racing

Rubbing is Racing

Timelines

Ram a competitor in Asteroid Dash, Spaceport Stride or Station Circuit (requires the Timelines expansion).

Running Hot

Running Hot

Tides of Avarice

Escape the Syndicate Enforcers (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Scholar of X Studies

Scholar of X Studies

ObjectiveOptional

Complete all advanced tutorials.

Science!

Science!

ObjectiveOptional

Finish a research item.

Ship Breaker

Ship Breaker

ObjectiveOptional

Destroy all the surface elements on a capital ship.

Ship Collection

Ship Collection

GrindOptional

Own at least 20 ships.

Something of a Predicament

Something of a Predicament

Tides of Avarice

Escape from prison (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Something Strange in our Neighbourhood

Something Strange in our Neighbourhood

Help investigate the strange readings.

Space Odyssey

Space Odyssey

ObjectiveOptional

Travel through a superhighway in your space suit.

Space Taxi

Space Taxi

GrindOptional

Finish 20 passenger transport missions.

Spymaster

Spymaster

Have one of your agents reach the Spymaster rank.

Standing Firm

Standing Firm

Tides of Avarice

Resist the Northriver Company's overtures (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Strong Signal

Strong Signal

ObjectiveSoft-missable
Timelines

Complete the transmission in Signal Strength with at least 3 satellites intact (requires the Timelines expansion).

Superior Manoeuvres

Superior Manoeuvres

StoryOptional
Cradle of Humanity

Complete the Terran Cadet gamestart mission (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

That Could Have Gone Better

That Could Have Gone Better

Do all you can to help Hatikvah's aspirations.

That's Mine Now

That's Mine Now

ObjectiveOptional

Claim any sector.

That's No Moon!

That's No Moon!

Discover the mysterious installation.

The Cipher

The Cipher

Kingdom End

Help Boso make a stellar discovery (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

The Core of Soft Power

The Core of Soft Power

Change relations between two factions from Enemies to Allies, or vice versa.

The Empyrean Curs

The Empyrean Curs

Tides of Avarice

Successfully complete the heist and get everyone out alive (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

The Fade

The Fade

The First of Many

The First of Many

ObjectiveOptional

Complete a terraforming project.

The Freest of Markets

The Freest of Markets

Tides of Avarice

Give the people what they need, but at a price (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

The Mighty Galleon

The Mighty Galleon

Hyperion Pack

Locate the famous Hyperion and receive it as a reward

The Wildcard

The Wildcard

Tides of Avarice

Earn your place within the Curs (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

They Are Gone

They Are Gone

Split Vendetta

Fulfil the Patriarch's orders in the gamestart "Spear of the Patriarch" (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).

Third Person Shooter

Third Person Shooter

GrindOptional

Destroy 10 ships while in external view (excluding mass traffic).

This Ship has Sprung a Leak

This Ship has Sprung a Leak

Cradle of Humanity

Blow the whistle on the whole operation (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).

Through the Hornets' Nest

Through the Hornets' Nest

Kingdom End

Complete The High Road mission (requires the Kingdom End expansion).

Tinkerer

Tinkerer

ObjectiveOptional

Apply a modification to your ship at a workbench.

Tipping the Scales

Tipping the Scales

Exert your influence on a Diplomatic Event to affect change in the universe.

Treasure Hunter

Treasure Hunter

GrindOptional

Find and open 33 lock-boxes.

Turning the Tide

Turning the Tide

GrindOptional

Complete 20 war missions for a faction.

Unleashed Market

Unleashed Market

Tides of Avarice

Witness a monopoly at play (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

We Have Lift-Off

We Have Lift-Off

Successfully start the game.

What is Best in Life

What is Best in Life

Cut the Paranid peace celebrations short.

What Just Happened?

What Just Happened?

GrindOptional

Travel through an anomaly.

What's the worst that could happen?

What's the worst that could happen?

ObjectiveOptional

Research the Fleet-Wide Sensor Analytics.

Where am I?

Where am I?

ObjectiveOptional

Teleport to a different location.

Whoops, Wrong Mission

Whoops, Wrong Mission

Timelines

In 17th Getsu Fune Asteroid Smasher Showdown, deliver a shipment of minerals (requires the Timelines expansion).

Who Ravages the Ravagers?

Who Ravages the Ravagers?

ObjectiveOptional

Destroy a Kha'ak Ravager.

Window of Opportunity

Window of Opportunity

Timelines

In Rise Against the Machines, destroy a capital ship while it is disabled (requires the Timelines expansion).

With Due Diligence

With Due Diligence

Tides of Avarice

Complete your delivery to Aurora station (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).

Xenon Got Nothing on Me

Xenon Got Nothing on Me

ObjectiveOptional

Complete a terraforming mission with an "impossible" difficulty.

Xenon Slayer

Xenon Slayer

ObjectiveOptional
Timelines

Destroy a Xenon ship in an Open Universe game with your Xperimental Shuttle (requires the Timelines expansion).

X-Treme Fighter

X-Treme Fighter

GrindOptional

Achieve fight rank X-TREME.

X-Treme Trader

X-Treme Trader

GrindOptional

Achieve trade rank X-TREME.

Yes, Yes, Very Interesting

Yes, Yes, Very Interesting

Split Vendetta

Learn all you can about slavery (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).

Yottanaut

Yottanaut

Timelines

Earn a 4 star rating in every Nodus (requires the Timelines expansion).

Your New Digs

Your New Digs

Timelines

Complete the induction into the Facility (requires the Timelines expansion).

Zoooom

Zoooom

ObjectiveOptional

Shoot down a ship while zoomed in with your VE Goggles.

Breakdown

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3 Story 19 Grind 42 Objective 4 All-the-things
Missables
62 Optional 1 Soft-missable
Multiplayer
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Glitches
163 Not glitched 2 Unobtainable
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