Stellaris

219 achievements

Ultra Rare×149

Very Rare×45

Rare×21

Uncommon×4

About Stellaris's achievements

Stellaris has 219 Steam achievements, 141 of them ultra-rare — unlocked by under 5% of players. The rarest is "A Universe of Paperclips", earned by just 0.1% of players. Below is the complete achievement list with global rarity, a difficulty breakdown, and a SteamVault guide for every achievement.

Rarest achievement

0.1%

of players earned "A Universe of Paperclips"

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Stellaris achievement difficulty

149
68%

Ultra Rare

45
21%

Very Rare

21
10%

Rare

4
2%

Uncommon

Common

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All Stellaris achievements

219 achievements

From Bad to Worse

Use 5 Blazing Scourge decisions on a Tomb World

Ultra Rare0.0%

Burning Heaven

Create a Volcanic Holy World

Ultra Rare0.0%

Khan of Khans

As Heirs of the Khan, seize back your throne and have at least 5 Satrapy Vassals

Ultra Rare0.0%

Forever is a Long Time

As Forever Cruise, survive for at least 200 years and reach the End Game Crisis

Ultra Rare0.0%

Take My Energy ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

Cook a homeworld with a Stellar Cannon

Ultra Rare0.0%

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Embark when your homeworld is at 70% devastation

Ultra Rare0.0%

It's Full of Stars

As a Nomadic empire, settle on Europa as your Empire's Capital

Ultra Rare0.0%

Defenders of the Galaxy

Defeat all End Game Crises before abdicating as DotG without ever having any non-Arkship colonies

Ultra Rare0.0%

A Universe of Paperclips

Create a perfect universe while meeting every quota as an Obsessional Directive empire.

Ultra Rare0.1%

Mediocre!

Complete the Succumb to Tempest Challenge.

Ultra Rare0.1%

But at what cost...

Kill Gurr.

Ultra Rare0.1%

Void Charmer

Build each type of Voidlure in one game, and attract each type of eligible Space Fauna.

Ultra Rare0.1%

Beastmaster

Defeat the endgame crisis without building a single artificial military ship.

Ultra Rare0.1%

Born to be Wild

As a Wilderness empire, restore all of the Hive Fallen Empire's worlds to your natural state.

Ultra Rare0.1%

I am the Invader Now

As a Starlit Citadel empire, control at least 5 systems connected to the Strange Portal network.

Ultra Rare0.1%

Smugglers of Hope

Smuggle pops of your primary species out from an empire where they were enslaved or being purged.

Ultra Rare0.1%

The End

Destroy the galaxy with the Aura of the End

Ultra Rare0.1%

This Is the Part Where We Kill You

Lose >999 Pops when completing the Experimental Testing Situation

Ultra Rare0.1%

Blazing Domain

Terraform 100 stars to Red Giants (Before Galactic Firestorm victory)

Ultra Rare0.1%

Summer Vacation

Create a Volcanic Resort World

Ultra Rare0.1%

The Long Way Round

As Sacred Path, complete the pilgrimage to all seven Sacred Sites

Ultra Rare0.1%

I Win Longest Road!

Connect 2 Capital Planets with a Wayline that is at least 20 Waystations long

Ultra Rare0.1%

Meet the New Boss

Same as the old boss.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Fixer Upper

As an Idyllic Bloom empire, convert the junk worlds of the Ketling Star Pack into Gaia Worlds.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Machine Supremacy

Win the game as a machine uprising.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Directive 67

As a Clone Army empire, denounce the Spiritualist fallen empire then destroy them.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Destroy the People of Earth!

As the Commonwealth of Man, destroy the United Nations of Earth while ruled by symbiotic brainslugs.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Room for Desert

Consume another empire’s desert homeworld.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Rock Beats Paper

As a Lithoid empire, show the Galactic Community what you think of that strongly worded letter.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Recent History

As a Memorialist empire have Galactic Memorials on 5 tomb worlds created during the game

Ultra Rare0.2%

Holy Water

Drench a Fallen Empire’s holy world.

Ultra Rare0.2%

There be Dragons

Own 13 dragons and have them in your capital system.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Toxic Workplace

As a Toxoid Galactic Custodian or Emperor, insult all other members of the Community. (Min 3)

Ultra Rare0.2%

Unshackled

As a Broken Shackles empire, eradicate slavery in the galaxy, including on Pre-FTL worlds.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Dark Forest

Convert to a Fanatic Purifier as a FotD empire and eliminate all regular empires, fallen empires and enclaves.

Ultra Rare0.2%

No Good Deed…

Intervene to save a Pre-FTL experiment from catastrophic failure, even though it puts you in breach of Galactic Law.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Equality! Democracy! Freedom!

Overthrow the Ruler in a Civil War during the Under One Rule Origin.

Ultra Rare0.2%

We Bring Peace

Liberate 3 different empires while having Crusader Spirit Civic.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Past the Expiration Date

As a nanite machine empire, consume a Fallen Empire's homeworld.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Footsteps of the Prophet

As a Cybernetic Creed empire, defeat Cetana.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Unpopularity Contest

Use the Tempest Invocator Relic to Summon a storm.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Flesh Adapts

Defeat the Prethoryn Scourge while using biological ships.

Ultra Rare0.2%

Master of the Shroud

Gain a Covenant Power from each Patron when forging your own path

Ultra Rare0.2%

Master of Puppets

While playing with the Secret Societies Civic, have 5 or more empires in a Proxy War simultaneously

Ultra Rare0.2%

Galactic Firestorm

Win the game through the Hyperthermia Crisis Path

Ultra Rare0.2%

Volcanic Empire

Terraform 10 planets to Volcanic world (Before Galactic Firestorm victory)

Ultra Rare0.2%

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Lead a rebellion that successfully deposes the Galactic Emperor

Ultra Rare0.3%

Into the Unknown

As a Slingshot to the Stars empire, send 10 crewed science ships into the unknown with Quantum Catapults.

Ultra Rare0.3%

Tend the Garden

As custodian of Wenkwort Artem, make it a resort world with a Ranger Lodge and original blockers.

Ultra Rare0.3%

With Great Power

As Necrophages do not invade any pre-ftls and defeat the crisis OR have 10 observation stations

Ultra Rare0.3%

Fishing for Trouble

As an angler empire, provoke a Fallen Empire into declaring war on you and win.

Ultra Rare0.3%

Could be Worse

Colonize a planet that started the game as a Toxic world, then turn it into a Tomb World.

Ultra Rare0.3%

The Path Not Taken

Have 10 colonies without ever discovering Hyperdrives.

Ultra Rare0.3%

X Marks the Spot

Discover Captain Ness's Treasure Hoard.

Ultra Rare0.3%

King of Monsters

As a Behemoth Fury empire, become the undisputed apex predator of the galaxy.

Ultra Rare0.3%

Smörgåsblorg

As an Evolutionary Predators empire, eat six different phenotypes in one game.

Ultra Rare0.3%

Mildly Possessed

Discover every available minor and major Patron in a single game

Ultra Rare0.3%

Mind Over Metal

Unlock every Psionic Ship Component

Ultra Rare0.3%

Raiders of the Lost Galatron

Capture the Galatron from another empire

Ultra Rare0.4%

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Blorg

Complete at least ten distinct operations during a game

Ultra Rare0.4%

You Monster

Reduce, reuse, recycle.

Ultra Rare0.4%

Underlord

As a Subterranean empire, dig too deep, but prove yourself worthy.

Ultra Rare0.4%

Non-Prophet Organization

As a Teachers of the Shroud empire, prove that the Shroudwalkers made a terrible mistake.

Ultra Rare0.4%

Growing Like Weeds

As a Budding species, have 25,000 Budding pops on your Capital.

Ultra Rare0.4%

With Interest

As a Payback empire, finish what you started. Gain victory over MSI using the special Payback CB.

Ultra Rare0.4%

Mother Knows Best

Submit to all of Cetana's demands.

Ultra Rare0.4%

Cosmic Confetti

Watch your Red Giant home star blow up

Ultra Rare0.4%

Maximally Effective

Be the patron of three maximum sized Mercenary Enclaves.

Ultra Rare0.5%

Can you Smell What the Lithoids are Cooking?

As a Lithoid empire, keep another Lithoid pop as Livestock or Process them.

Ultra Rare0.5%

We’ll Make Great Pets

Have at least 1,000 pops of your primary species on display in Alien Zoos within your empire.

Ultra Rare0.5%

A Tad Too Late

Discover Keides' Origin.

Ultra Rare0.5%

Ethical Dilemmas

Have 6 different Ethics on the Council.

Ultra Rare0.5%

Humble Pie

Humiliate an Empire that is in the Supremacy Diplomatic Stance, forcing them out of it

Ultra Rare0.6%

You've Been Served

Denounce an Empire that is not actually in breach of galactic law while all major sanctions have been passed

Ultra Rare0.6%

Modern Cincinnatus

As Galactic Custodian, defeat the end-game Crisis and then end the title rather than finishing your term

Ultra Rare0.6%

Gotta Subjugate Them All

Have a tier 3 subject of each Specialist type simultaneously.

Ultra Rare0.6%

There’s a Zombie on my Lawn

As a Necroid empire destroy a Plantoid empire, or vice-versa, without blowing up their final planet.

Ultra Rare0.6%

Back with Your X

Get the “good ending” to the Solarpunk quest chain, with Sol as your capital system.

Ultra Rare0.6%

Nothing to See Here

Declare a war with a cloaked military fleet already in the primary target’s capital system.

Ultra Rare0.6%

Dawn Of A Million Souls

Terraform 3 planets with Azaryn.

Ultra Rare0.6%

Humility before the Fall

Complete the Inetian Traders’ Precursor chain.

Ultra Rare0.6%

Deus Vult

As a spiritualist Empire, own 4 holy worlds

Ultra Rare0.7%

Yeet the Fleet

Catapult a military fleet directly into the capital system of an enemy empire you are at war with.

Ultra Rare0.7%

None Shall Pass

Have a Fortress World with a Planetary Defense Shield, protected by a fully upgraded orbital ring, filled with defensive modules, with a fleet power of at least 10,000

Ultra Rare0.7%

Strange Mood

As a Master Crafter empire, fully construct a megastructure while you have a Covenant.

Ultra Rare0.7%

Quest Complete

Find the true ending of The Order’s noble quest.

Ultra Rare0.7%

Insightful

Research 12 pre-FTL Insight Technologies.

Ultra Rare0.7%

Returned to Form

make friends...

Ultra Rare0.7%

Outside Context

Invade pre-FTL Earth while it is in the midst of a world war

Ultra Rare0.8%

Whatever it is, I'm against it

Refuse to belong to any club that would have you as a member

Ultra Rare0.8%

Retirement Home

As a Rogue Servitor, own at least 1,000 Pops from Fallen Empires.

Ultra Rare0.9%

Pandora's World

Use a Global Pacifier to shield a planet belonging to Fanatic Purifiers, Ravenous Swarms, or Determined Exterminators

Ultra Rare0.9%

Last, Best Hope

Lead the non-aligned powers to victory against an Awakened Empire

Ultra Rare1.0%

Payback

As a humanoid species, infiltrate the homeworld of pre-FTL reptilians

Ultra Rare1.0%

My name is Ozymandias

Claim the Eternal Throne.

Ultra Rare1.0%

Inscrutable Power

I won the Galatron and all I got was this lousy achievement

Ultra Rare1.1%

Virtual Reality

Fully embrace the virtual world and leave no pop behind.

Ultra Rare1.2%

Made a Friend Today

Form a Covenant with any Patron

Ultra Rare1.2%

Suffer not the Alien

As a xenophobic Empire, purge all other sentient species from the galaxy

Ultra Rare1.4%

Obscure Tastes

Build a Mega-Art Installation in a nebula system

Ultra Rare1.4%

Peacekeeper

As a pacifist Empire, be at peace for 200 consecutive years (crises do not count as wars)

Ultra Rare1.6%

Enlightened Times

Enlighten a Bronze or Stone Age civilization

Ultra Rare1.7%

Stay on Target

Destroy another Empire's Colossus while it is in the process of firing on a planet

Ultra Rare1.8%

Big Red Button

Destroy the Galaxy

Ultra Rare1.8%

Stellar Performance

Take a trophy from a stellar being

Ultra Rare2.1%

Put a Cork in It

Construct a Dimensional Lock.

Ultra Rare2.1%

Rise of the Machines

As a Determined Exterminator, conquer or eliminate all biological Empires in the galaxy.

Ultra Rare2.2%

Distinctiveness Added

As a Driven Assimilator, own cyborg Pops of at least 5 different species.

Ultra Rare2.3%

Franchising

As a Corporate empire, have a branch office on 5 different empires' capitals

Ultra Rare2.3%

Queening

Successfully capture an extragalactic matriarch

Ultra Rare2.4%

With Thunderous Applause

Become the Galactic Emperor

Ultra Rare2.4%

Put A Ring On It

Have a ringworld section as your capital

Ultra Rare2.5%

What Was Will Be

Close the loop, or don't

Ultra Rare2.5%

It Belongs in a... oh right

Fill any Collection category with active Exhibits.

Ultra Rare2.5%

Very Open Borders

As a xenophile Empire, have migration treaties with at least 10 other Empires

Ultra Rare2.6%

Towards Utopia

As an Egalitarian empire, have at least 50,000 pops living under Utopian living conditions.

Ultra Rare2.6%

Burning Brightly

Complete an Arc Furnace and a Dyson Swarm in the same system.

Ultra Rare2.6%

That's No Asteroid

Capture a Cutholoid with a Gravity Snare.

Ultra Rare2.8%

Infinite Creation

Birth a new universe

Ultra Rare2.9%

Does Not Compute

Shut down the Contingency plan.

Ultra Rare3.0%

Opposites Attract

Have all eight ethics represented within your Federation

Ultra Rare3.0%

Voight-Kampff

Develop the means to prevent nefarious infiltration

Ultra Rare3.2%

We Are Legion

Be a biological Hive Mind with at least 100,000 drone Pops.

Ultra Rare3.2%

Hear Me Roar

Hatch the egg

Ultra Rare3.3%

Return to Dust

Destroy an Enclave

Ultra Rare3.4%

Clash of the Titans

Defeat a Fallen Empire's Titan fleet with a Titan of your own

Ultra Rare3.6%

Dust Off

Complete the Zroni Precursor chain

Ultra Rare3.6%

1999 A.D.

Slaughter the Voidspawn

Ultra Rare3.7%

They Come In Pieces

Vivisect an alien

Ultra Rare3.8%

Exterminatus

Use a World Cracker to destroy another Empire's capital planet

Ultra Rare3.9%

Animal Farm

Reach 50 Vivarium capacity.

Ultra Rare3.9%

Xenophage

Keep at least 5 different species as livestock in your Empire

Ultra Rare4.0%

Unboxing

Open up a shielded world

Ultra Rare4.1%

Wormageddon

Destroy a Voidworm nest.

Ultra Rare4.1%

Unravelling Enigma

Uncover the secrets of an ancient fortress

Ultra Rare4.3%

Slave to the Systems

As an Authoritarian Empire with at least 50,000 Pops, have at least 20,000 enslaved Pops.

Ultra Rare4.3%

Planet of the Mechs

Terraform a planet into a Machine World.

Ultra Rare4.3%

No Khan Do

Kill the Great Khan in battle

Ultra Rare4.3%

Warrior of Light

Destroy a wraith

Ultra Rare4.4%

Black Hole Mining

Build a Matter Decompressor

Ultra Rare4.4%

We're Number One

Be the leader of a max level Federation

Ultra Rare4.5%

Planned Obsolescence

As a Materialist empire, with at least 20,000 pops, have at least 75% of them be robots.

Ultra Rare4.7%

Like Tears in Rain

Evolve into perfect, immortal machines

Ultra Rare4.9%

Who Scraps the Scrapper

Destroy the Scrapper Bot

Ultra Rare4.9%

Burn Notice

Disavow all knowledge of an Asset during an Operation

Ultra Rare4.9%

Ringworld Engineers

Construct a complete Ring World

Ultra Rare5.0%

A Hump Like a Snow-Hill

Hunt the Tiyanki Matriarch

Ultra Rare5.0%

Relic Hunter

In one game, find 5 Relics from Ancient Relics Story Pack

Ultra Rare5.0%

Growing Planes

Explore 5 Astral Rifts in one game.

Ultra Rare5.0%

United Space

Build an Interstellar Assembly

Very Rare5.3%

Victorious

Win the game through any victory condition in Ironman Mode

Very Rare5.4%

View from the End of the World

Own a Habitat station in a Black Hole system

Very Rare5.4%

Dreadnought

Restore an ancient warship

Very Rare5.5%

Surfing the Web

Have a network of at least 30 Hyper Relays, in systems you own, connected to your capital.

Very Rare5.6%

Rift Sealed

Destroy the portals employed by the invaders from another time and space

Very Rare6.0%

Green Thumb

Complete the Baol Precursor chain

Very Rare6.0%

Whence It Came

Defeat a horrifying invader

Very Rare6.1%

Paradise Found

Terraform a planet into a gaia world

Very Rare6.1%

Strategic Initiative

Build a Strategic Coordination Center

Very Rare6.2%

Breaching the Planes

Explore an Astral Rift.

Very Rare6.4%

Giga-Engineering

Have at least 4 fully operational Megastructures within your borders (Habitats, Ring Worlds and Gateways do not count)

Very Rare6.6%

All-Seeing Eye

Have an Intel Level of 100 on five different empires simultaneously

Very Rare6.6%

Captive Star

Construct a complete Dyson Sphere

Very Rare6.7%

Shoot To Kill

Start a full fledged first contact war before communications have been fully established

Very Rare6.7%

Council of Elders

Requires 5 Council members that are at at least 100 years old.

Very Rare6.7%

Fine Print

Modify a vassalization contract.

Very Rare6.8%

Star Struck

Own 200 Starbases (Outposts are counted)

Very Rare7.3%

Our Fleets will Blot Out the Stars

Construct a complete Mega-Shipyard

Very Rare7.3%

I Can See Forever

Construct a complete Sentry Array

Very Rare7.4%

Beyond the Veil

Breach the Shroud

Very Rare7.4%

Mad Genius

Recruit a scientist from the Curators

Very Rare7.6%

It Followed Me Home

Befriend a Space Amoeba

Very Rare7.7%

Unstoppable Force

Build a Juggernaut

Very Rare8.4%

Battle Thralls

Have 3 other Empires as vassals

Very Rare8.6%

The Good Stuff

Purchase a rare resource from the Traders

Very Rare8.7%

Think Tank

Construct a complete Science Nexus

Very Rare8.7%

...and Hope?

Unseal the path to the L-Cluster

Very Rare8.8%

Controlled Evolution

Genetically modify a species to possess traits worth 7 points

Very Rare8.9%

Imperial Highway

Own 4 active Gateways

Very Rare9.0%

Then Virgil, Now Beatrice

Return a long-dead species to life

Very Rare9.2%

Patron

Support the Artisan Troupe for 10 years

Very Rare9.7%

Clever Girl

Uplift a species

Very Rare10.0%

Arcana

Study Minor Artifacts and discover a random technology

Very Rare10.6%

Omnicultural

Have your ruler be of a different species class than your founding species

Very Rare11.6%

Center of Trade

Earn at least 1000 Trade per month

Very Rare12.0%

Let Us Go Forward Together

Level up your Federation

Very Rare12.8%

Citadel of Death

Own a Citadel with 40k fleet power

Very Rare13.0%

The Industrial Re-Revolution

Earn a total Mineral income each month above 1000

Very Rare13.6%

Old Friends

Receive a gift from a Fallen Empire

Very Rare13.6%

Resourceful

Have access to ten different Strategic Resources

Very Rare13.9%

Tradition is Everything

Unlock all 42 Traditions

Very Rare14.0%

Tourist Trap

Own a planet with at least 10 different species on it

Very Rare14.3%

Unlimited Power!

Use the active effect of a Relic

Very Rare14.4%

Birth of a Federation

Establish a Federation

Very Rare14.7%

Artificer

Have 100 Minor Artifacts

Rare15.1%

Emissary

Explore a Natural Wormhole

Rare15.2%

It belongs in a museum!

Find a Relic

Rare15.5%

Megapolis

Have a planet with at least 10,000 Pops.

Rare15.9%

Throw Your Weight Around

Have a Diplomatic Weight of over 9000

Rare15.9%

Faster, Stronger, Better

Genetically alter a species (not uplift)

Rare16.1%

Grand Admiral

Have an Empire total fleet power of 100,000+

Rare17.1%

We Come In Peace

Complete a mutually friendly First Contact with an empire with no negative incidents

Rare17.6%

New Shining Star

Upgrade your capital to an Imperial Complex

Rare18.3%

Building Better Worlds

Terraform a planet

Rare18.7%

... To the Other Side

Research 15 Rare technologies in a single game

Rare19.0%

The Grand Fleet

Build a fleet with a total fleet size above 500

Rare19.5%

What Came Before

Find the home system of a Precursor Empire

Rare19.8%

A Home Away From Home

Conquer another species' homeworld

Rare20.9%

League of Nations

Be a founding member of the Galactic Community

Rare21.0%

Supremacy

Win a War against another Empire

Rare21.9%

Mutual Understanding

Successfully negotiate a trade deal

Rare22.2%

Digging Deep

Earn a total Mineral income each month above 250

Rare23.4%

Domo Arigato

Build a Robot Pop

Rare23.5%

Archaeologist

Successfully investigate an archaeological site

Rare24.1%

Explorer

Survey one of each basic planet class

Rare24.4%

Break On Through...

Research a Rare technology

Uncommon30.2%

Power Overwhelming

Store/have 5000 EC

Uncommon35.4%

Brave New World

Colonize a planet

Uncommon35.5%

Energetic

Store/have 1000 EC

Uncommon39.5%