Sandustry Achievements: 16 Steam Goals and Unlock Checks

Published achievement checklist

Use the achievement name to match the entry in your Steam client. Each item gives the published condition in plain language, followed by a practical distinction to check.

• Promotion Protocol — Receive the first factory promotion. Follow the current objective panel; this checks progression, not how large the factory looks.
• Flux It Up — Obtain Fluxite by mining it. Track mining separately from spending Fluxite on an upgrade.
• Gold in the Bin — Reach a simultaneous Collector balance of 1,000 Gold. Wait before spending on research; lifetime production is a different measurement.
• Ancient Technology — Retrieve the alien artifact in the dunes. Record the location and return route before altering the surrounding terrain.
• First Bloom — Produce a first flower using a Planter Box. Check the plant input and growth result, rather than only placing the building.
• Void Touched — Investigate the anomaly. This is the public description; no invented hidden trigger is added here.
• Critter Catcher — Make a first capture using the Corraller. Finding a creature and capturing it are different actions.
• First Spark — Charge an initial unit of Energy. Building an energy device is not the same as obtaining a charged unit.
• Quartermaster — Reach 10,000 Gold held in Collectors at the same time. Pause discretionary research spending while building the reserve.
• Stratacore Secured — Resolve a first Strataform event. Use the event state as evidence; defeating an unrelated hazard is not the stated condition.
• Conservatory Curator — Capture every distinct creature type. Keep a species checklist so repeat captures do not conceal a missing type.
• Aura Extractor — Enable Aura Extraction at the Swarm Console. Check the console unlock, not merely the presence of an Aura-related structure.
• Full Circle — Complete the Aura ring to make the next factory tier available. Read the ring and tier state together before treating a partial fill as completion.
• Final Schematic — Complete all research nodes. Check remaining nodes in the current build, since the tree can change during Early Access.
• Vaultkeeper — Accumulate 100,000 Gold simultaneously in Collectors. Track current stored Gold rather than cumulative output.
• Heliodyne Tycoon — Accumulate 1,000,000 Gold simultaneously in Collectors. Use the same stored-balance distinction as the earlier Gold milestones.

Stored Gold is different from lifetime production

The Collector milestones check simultaneous balances of 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 and 1,000,000 Gold. Research spending can reduce the balance before it reaches the next target. Gold lying outside the collection system should not be counted as an available reserve.

A simple planning worksheet has three entries: current Collector balance, the next milestone, and planned research spending before reaching it. Subtract the current balance from the milestone to find the remaining reserve. This arithmetic is a planning aid, not an estimate of production speed.

When the condition appears complete but no unlock appears

Compare the exact verb in the list with the observed action: capture, charge, unlock and hold are different checks. Open Steam achievements for the correct account, verify the connection, and retain the current game version and mod list. Recheck the live condition before repeating an expensive action.

For a reproducible issue, record the achievement name, expected condition, actual state and the smallest final action. Preserve a recoverable save before troubleshooting. This guide does not assert that all mods disable achievements or that every unlock needs a restart; report only the behavior you can reproduce.