Welcome to the Starcom: Unknown Space Achievement Guide! If you want to complete all the achievements in this game, this guide is for you. But be warned, there will be spoilers ahead! Most of the achievements are easy to get, but there are a few that require some extra steps. For example, for the Unfinished Business achievement, make sure you don’t destroy all the cargo at the beginning of the game. And for the Pale Blue Dot and Secret Ending achievements, you’ll need to get two different endings by reloading an earlier save. It’s also important to complete all other achievements before entering the final wormhole during the “Home Again” mission because you won’t be able to go back (unless you reload an earlier save). Throughout this guide, I’ll be using coordinates to help you find different anomalies and events, but keep in mind that some of these coordinates may be different in your game. Get ready to unlock all the achievements in Starcom: Unknown Space!
Story Achievements
Enter the Wormhole.
Evacuate the Outpost.
Shutdown the Raider Factory.
Activate the Polyhedral Artifact
This is definitely no place like home.
Enter the unstable universe.
Finish the game.
Start of the Game Achievements
Get killed by the cargo spill.
Your first mission in the game is to clear a cargo spill (at -16,58 X -7,67). Some of it is explosive – just let yourself be destroyed by it.
Meet with the Byzantium.
At the start of the game, fly from the cargo spill directly to south-west, towards the Alcyone system (-17,4 X -8,4). Fly around that system until you meet a familiar face (Byzantium is a ship from the first game).
Destroy the cargo debris after returning to Starcom space.
You won’t get this achievement at the start of the game, but it’s important that you don’t destroy all the spilled cargo at the start (which contrasts the achievement from the first game, where you had to destroy all the asteroids). For as long as there is some cargo remaining, you will be able to get this achievement later, when you return to this universe – just destroy everything when you get back.
If you are reading this after you have already destroyed all the cargo and don’t want to replay the whole game, you can fix this by editing your save file – find the persistent object “ALPHA.DEBRIS_FIELD” and change its “currentObstacles” to something greater than zero (source).
Exploration Achievements
Complete 10 planet anomaly surveys.
Complete 50 planet anomaly surveys.
Complete 100 planet anomaly surveys.
Other Achievements
Bribe the Ermyr.
You will find Ermyr in one of the first systems after you enter the wormhole (I found them at 14,4 X 10,3), and you’ll soon discover that they are mercenaries that will do anything for copper. But, in order to discover that, you will first need to survey a “Starliner Wreck” anomaly (found mine at 14,60 X 10,32). After surveying that anomaly, talk to the nearest Ermyr and pay them 10 Copper deal with Red Raiders in order to get this achievement.
Open the shield station another way.
You will discover a space station that is protected by a shield (3,7 X 13,6) and can’t be explored until you disable that shield. The main way to disable it is to land on the nearby planet that’s generating the shield. But, in order to get this achievement, you need to use another way – just push the station far enough from the planet with your ship (ram it).
Follow the Emissary.
You will eventually discover a blue probe that’s flying around different star systems (I found my first one after “The Emissary” anomaly at 10,84 X 8,64). Follow it, and you’ll discover that it will soon enter a small wormhole. Fly into that wormhole to get the achievement.
Find the Missing Diplomat.
You will get it during a mission “The Missing Diplomat” from the Nimion race (which is located in star systems to the west, e.g. 46,5 X 22,5). The diplomat can be found at “The Escape Pod” anomaly (44,63 X 16,45).
Solve the mystery of Ock Juk’s tomb.
It’s an anomaly called “Colossal Caves” on one of the planets (19,51 X -2,60). There, you will need to complete a small labyrinth and obtain Ornate Scepter. After that, talk to one of the Legion Ermyr ships (they can be found at 31,2 X 10,3) and agree to sell it for 200 copper.
Find the Bones of the Dead God.
They can be found during the anomaly “Bone Pyramid” on one of the planets (12,32 X 2,69). Before that, the anomaly “Sandstorm” (10,43 X -6,39) will give you an altar which, 10 days after you pick it up, will give you a hint to the bones’ location (if you can’t find it at my coordinates).
Find a Freighter off the beaten path.
It’s an anomaly called “Lost Freighter” on one of the planets (mine was at -25,47 X 19,50).
Kill the Void Reaper ship.
Void Reapers are pirate ships that travel in the deep void, far away from any star systems, and ambush unsuspecting prey. They place Void Disruptor traps that significantly slow you down, so, if you manage to find such a trap, a Void Reaper ship is likely nearby. Don’t destroy the trap before you destroy the Reaper, otherwise it may run away. Also I would recommend doing this achievement late in the game with an upgraded ship, because Void Reapers are somewhat strong.
I have managed to find a Void Reaper and its trap at around 14,6 X 45,3, but there are likely more locations deep in the void where they can be found.
End of the Game Achievements
Visit Earth.
After you return to your home universe as a part of the mission “Home Again”, and use a long flinger to fly towards the Research Lab, you need to backtrack a little to one of the star systems you flew by. The system in question is Sol, and it’s the nearest system to the southwest from the Research Lab (0,4 X 0,5). Once in Sol, just find and scan Earth.
Follow the Generation Ark into the unknown.
In order to get this achievement, you will first need to complete “The Talonian’s Task” mission. After it’s complete, talk to your commander as a part of “Home Again” and tell him you’re ready to head home. But, instead of flying through the wormhole to your universe, fly into the “immodest singularity” (-37,2 X -28,2, or find “singularity” in your logs). Once inside, approach the “white hole” and hang around it for a few seconds, until you get a message ending with “I guess we’re not going home?”. Then fly into the white hole to unlock this achievement and get a unique ending sequence.
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