Project AETHER: First Contact

40 achievements

Ultra Rare×12

Very Rare×14

Rare×5

Uncommon×5

Common×4

About Project AETHER: First Contact's achievements

Project AETHER: First Contact has 40 Steam achievements, 12 of them ultra-rare — unlocked by under 5% of players. The rarest is "Unrivalled Skill", earned by just 2.1% of players. Below is the complete achievement list with global rarity and a full achievement difficulty breakdown.

Rarest achievement

2.1%

of players earned "Unrivalled Skill"

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All Project AETHER: First Contact achievements

40 achievements

Unrivalled Skill

Clear all missions on Intense

Ultra Rare2.1%

Trial Champion

Complete all Trials

Ultra Rare2.1%

S Rank Hero

Get an S Rank on every Mission

Ultra Rare2.1%

Project AETHER Perfection

Complete all other achievements

Ultra Rare2.1%

Ace Pilot

Clear all missions on Hard

Ultra Rare3.1%

Survivalist

Clear 20 waves in any Survival mode

Ultra Rare3.5%

Untouchable

Clear any Mission (except Mission 1) on Normal or higher without healing or using a continue

Ultra Rare3.5%

Trial Adversary

Complete 10 Trials

Ultra Rare3.8%

Particle Beam Expert

Get 100 kills with the Particle Beam

Ultra Rare3.8%

Boss Mastery

Clear Boss Rush on any difficulty

Ultra Rare4.2%

Scatter Rocket Expert

Get 100 kills with the Scatter Rockets

Ultra Rare4.5%

Concussive Shot Expert

Get 100 kills with the Concussive Shot

Ultra Rare4.9%

Fireworks Shot

Kill 3 enemies with a single Scatter Rocket salvo

Very Rare5.6%

Dash Denied

Using the Concussive Shot, hit a Ninja during its dash

Very Rare7.4%

Weapon Pioneer

Get a kill with 8 different weapons

Very Rare8.8%

Charging Bull

Using the Ram Dash, hit an enemy after charging through 8 bullets

Very Rare8.8%

Missile Cutter

Destroy 6 missiles or bombs using one continuous shot of the Particle Beam

Very Rare10.2%

Powered Up

While powered up, kill 4 enemies before returning to normal

Very Rare10.9%

Shotgun Expert

Get 100 kills with the Shotgun

Very Rare11.6%

Complete Victory

Finish the campaign

Very Rare12.0%

Fleet Destroyed

Clear Mission 7

Very Rare12.3%

Factory Shut Down

Clear Mission 8

Very Rare13.0%

Energy Blade Expert

Get 100 kills with the Energy Blade

Very Rare13.0%

Trial Newcomer

Complete a Trial

Very Rare13.4%

Scanner Online

Clear Mission 6

Very Rare13.7%

Source Discovered

Clear Mission 5

Very Rare14.8%

Railgun Expert

Get 100 kills with the Railgun

Rare16.6%

Crises Averted

Clear Mission 4

Rare17.6%

Precision Shot

Hit 4 enemies with a single Railgun shot

Rare21.5%

Caenes Liberation

Clear Mission 3

Rare21.9%

EMP Expert

Get 200 kills with any EMP

Rare24.3%

Tandar Investigation

Clear Mission 2

Uncommon36.0%

Dash Dash Revolution

Evade 100 enemy shots by using the dash or Phase EMP

Uncommon37.4%

Assault Rifle Expert

Get 100 kills with the Assault Rifle

Uncommon42.4%

Quick Draw

Kill a Piercer with the Energy Blade while it is dashing

Uncommon45.2%

Max Combo

Achieve a 3.0x combo

Uncommon45.9%

Stripped for Parts

Defeat any boss after destroying all of its components

Common54.0%

Defence of Retria

Clear Mission 1

Common66.4%

EMP Novice

Get 10 kills with any EMP

Common72.4%

Massive Detonation

Hit 5 enemies or missiles with a single EMP detonation

Common78.0%