Dyson Sphere Program — Achievement Walkthrough

Burn 40 wood total in a Thermal Power Station (or the fuel chamber). Wood is one of Icarus' starting fuels; feed some into a burner early and this ticks over on its own.

Plant Fuel is made from wood/plants and burns hotter than raw wood. Craft some and use it as burner fuel; consuming 100 total unlocks this naturally in the opening hours.

A cumulative total-energy-consumed counter. 1 GJ is a tiny amount — you'll pass it within your first power grid. Just keep your factory running.

Reach 20 MW total power generation. A handful of Thermal Power Stations on coal, or early wind/solar, gets you here quickly.

1 TJ of cumulative energy consumed — roughly a mid-game milestone once you have several power plants feeding a growing factory. Comes with normal progression.

Fully mine out a single ore vein until it's exhausted. Park a Mining Machine on a small vein and let it run, or mine one out by hand.

Reach 100 MW total generation. Expand your thermal/solar/wind grid; by the time you're researching the first matrices you'll be near this.

Let Icarus' energy drop below 5% and stay there for 3 minutes while on the ground. Simply run your fuel dry (or don't refuel) and wait it out.

Open the Blueprint tool, select some buildings, then copy and save the selection as a blueprint. Any small layout works.

Stack a building to at least 7 storeys. Storage tanks, or vertically-stacked buildings that support it, will do — build upward on the same tile.

Set up an Interstellar Logistics line: build an Interstellar Logistics Station, assign an item, and enable interstellar transport so vessels ferry cargo between planets.

Collect stone by hand-mining rock; you'll occasionally get Titanium Ore mixed in. Accumulate 100 Titanium Ore this way (mostly a by-product of early hand mining).

Once your Dyson Sphere/Swarm generates power, the star lights up in the Milky Way galaxy map as 'yours'. Requires a functioning Dyson structure around your star.

Find and land on a planet that spins on a reversed axis. Check planet details in the star-system view for rotation direction before warping out to explore.

Research and buy the mecha movement-speed upgrade until Icarus reaches 12 m/s. A cheap early tech in the upgrade tree.

Fill 10 fluid storage tanks in a single save. Pump water/oil/refined fluids into tanks — a natural result of an oil-refining setup.

Have 10+ Construction Drones active at once. Research the drone-count upgrades for the mecha, then start a big build so they all deploy.

Land on a planet whose axis is horizontal (lying on its side). Inspect planets' rotation in the system view to find one before travelling.

Have 100+ Logistics Drones in transit for a single planet. Build many Planetary Logistics Stations and stock them with drones so a large fleet is flying at once.

Start the warp engine. Research Space Warp, equip warpers, then engage warp travel between systems.

Buy the Solar Sail lifespan upgrade until sails last 2 hours. A research-tree upgrade unlocked alongside your Dyson Swarm work.

Land on 5 different planets. Explore your home system's other worlds and moons, then a neighbouring system.

Get your Dyson Sphere's own power generation to 200 MW. Launch enough Solar Sails / build Dyson nodes and shells to produce this.

Use the mineral-burial function to bury at least 20 veins. In the mining/terrain tools, bury depleted or unwanted veins 20 times.

Reach 1 GW total generation. This usually means moving to Thermal on refined fuels plus large solar farms, or your first fusion setups.

Research the upgrade that lets Pile Sorters (the mk.III sorters) load and unload cargo simultaneously — a quality-of-life tech in the tree.

Build 10 Orbital Collectors on a gas giant to harvest hydrogen/deuterium/fire ice from its atmosphere.

Run 5 interstellar logistics lines connecting different planetary systems (not just planets in one system). Requires warp-capable vessels and stations in several stars.

Dyson Sphere power generation of 1 GW. Keep expanding sails, nodes and shells around your star.

Launch 100,000 Solar Sails total via EM Rail Ejectors. Set up sail production and eject continuously toward your Dyson Swarm.

Research the tech that raises Dyson node construction latitude to 45 degrees, letting you build shell segments further from the equator.

Activate the Supernova function — a late-game Dyson Sphere action available once the relevant structure/tech is in place.

Have 50+ Interstellar Logistics Vessels in space at once. Build many interstellar stations across systems and stock them heavily with vessels.

Travel between two planets using only coal as Icarus' fuel. Fill your fuel slots with coal and make the trip without other fuels.

Generate 60+ MW from Wind Turbines on one planet. Blanket a windy planet in turbines.

Find and land on a tidally-locked planet (permanent day on one side, night on the other). Check system data for tidal locking.

Generate 180+ MW from Solar Panels on a single planet. Build a large solar farm on a planet close to its star for strong output.

Build a star-cluster energy storage capacity of 27 GJ or more using Accumulators (Energy Exchangers) charged across your network.

Hand-collect plants to occasionally get Organic Crystals; accumulate 100 this way. It's a slow by-product of gathering foliage.

Open a planet's info panel and rename it. Purely cosmetic — one click.

Produce 60,000 Critical Photons total. These come from Ray Receivers set to photon mode under a Dyson Sphere/Swarm — needed for antimatter and green matrices.

Land on a planet within 8,000 m of a Dark Fog Hive. Approach a hive-occupied world (bring defences).

Complete the game by finishing the final tech/mission objective (the Universe Matrix / end goal). The main win condition.

Collect 1M soil piles from destroyed Dark Fog units/bases. Fighting the Dark Fog drops soil that this counts.

5 GW total generation. Fusion plants and Ray Receivers drawing from your Dyson infrastructure make this comfortable.

Produce 43,200 Electromagnetic Turbines per hour on your network (that's a full production rate). Scale up the relevant assembler lines.

Land on 15 different planets. Requires travelling beyond your home system — a natural milestone as you scout for resources.

Launch 30,000 Small Carrier Rockets total. These build Dyson Sphere shell components — a late-game total from continuous rocket launching.

Generate 600+ MW from Mini Fusion Power Plants on one planet. Requires Deuterium fuel rods and a large fusion array.

Collect 4M units of sand in a single save. Sand comes from laying Foundations and terrain edits — heavy terraforming racks it up.

Neutralise 100 Dark Fog space units. Build space defences or engage hives to rack up kills.

Produce 100,000 Deuterium per hour on one planet using Fractionators (which skim deuterium from hydrogen flow). Needs a long looped hydrogen line.

Hand-mine stone to occasionally get Silicon Ore; collect 100 this way as an early by-product.

Run out of energy while flying over water so Icarus falls into the sea. Fly out over an ocean on empty fuel.

Build 100 Ray Receivers running at 85%+ efficiency. Place them under a strong Dyson Sphere/Swarm and use Graviton Lenses to boost receiving efficiency.

Produce 21,600 Universe Matrices per hour. This is the top-tier research item — needs a full antimatter/critical-photon supply chain.

1 PJ of cumulative energy consumed. This is a long-haul total that lands well into the late game as your Dyson Sphere and mega-factories draw enormous power over many hours.

Find a Dark Fog Communicator — a special drop/structure from the Dark Fog. Fight Dark Fog bases and look for the Communicator among the loot.

Find and orbit a Black Hole. Locate it on the galaxy map (a distinct star type) and warp to it.

Reach 300+ MW discharge power on one planet using Energy Exchangers/Energy Hubs — many charged accumulators discharging at once.

Build Wind Turbines on an airless planet (they generate nothing there). A quirky one — just place a turbine on a no-atmosphere world.

Run out of both fuel and mecha energy while flying in space so you drift helplessly. Just deplete everything in orbit.

Produce 43,200 Electromagnetic Matrices (the first, blue research cube) per hour. Scale a Matrix Lab feed of magnetic coils and circuit boards.

Collect 10M soil piles from Dark Fog — a large cumulative combat total from sustained fighting.

Exceed 340 m/s flight speed in a planet's atmosphere. Research mecha flight-speed upgrades and dive/boost to break the barrier.

Produce 43,200 Energy Matrices (red cube) per hour. Requires graphene/hydrogen-fed energy matrix assemblers at scale.

Produce 43,200 Structure Matrices (yellow cube) per hour. Needs a large diamond/titanium-crystal supply chain.

Neutralise 1,000 Dark Fog space units — sustained space combat against Dark Fog fleets.

Charge Icarus from 12 Wireless Power Towers at the same time — stand within range of a dozen towers at once.

Upload 1M Universe Matrices total to research. A cumulative end-game research total.

Produce 43,200 Gravity Matrices (green cube) per hour. Requires graviton lenses and quantum chips — one of the hardest matrices to scale.

Produce 43,200 Universe Matrices per hour — double the Yellow Belt rate, requiring a large end-game matrix line.

Produce 43,200 Information Matrices (purple cube) per hour. Built from processors and particle broadband — a heavy late-game line.

Find and orbit a Neutron Star. Look for it on the galaxy map (special star type) and warp there.

Have Icarus burn 16 different fuel types in one save — cycle through wood, plant fuel, coal, refined fuels, hydrogen, deuterium fuel rods, antimatter rods, etc.

Destroy a Dark Fog Relay Station in space before it lands on a planet. Keep space defences ready to intercept incoming relays.

Hand-craft 20 Organic Crystals using the original (non-advanced) formula in Icarus' replicator, before you automate them.

Travel to the planetary system farthest from your starting system on the galaxy map. Warp out to the most distant star.

Hand-collect plants to occasionally get Carbon Nanotubes; gather at least 10 this way (a rarer plant by-product).

On a gas giant, manually collect 20 Hydrogen with Icarus while your energy is at 5% or below. Skim the atmosphere on near-empty fuel.

50 GW total generation — a late-game number reached once Ray Receivers are pulling serious power from a working Dyson Sphere/Swarm.

Produce 108,000 Universe Matrices per hour — a massive end-game production feat on the fastest belts.

Upgrade Icarus' Replicator (hand-craft) speed to 400% via the tech tree.

Reach 3,000 m/s in normal (non-warp) space flight. Research sail/flight speed upgrades and accelerate in open space.

Unlock every technology, upgrading an Unlimited Technology (the endlessly-repeatable upgrades) at least once — effectively completing the whole tree.

Unlock all secret technologies (the hidden techs beyond the standard tree, including combat/Dark Fog research).

Finish the game without ever dismantling your starting landing capsule. Just leave it standing until you win.

Research the Veins Utilization upgrades until mineral mining consumption drops below 15% (ore lasts much longer). A repeatable late tech.

Get a Planetary Shield to 100% coverage over a planet — build enough Planetary Shield generators/energy to blanket the whole world (a Dark Fog defence).

Win the game without ever launching a Solar Sail — build your Dyson Sphere purely from rocket-launched shell nodes instead. A challenge run.

Land on a planet outside your starting system before researching Warp drive — meaning you fly there sub-warp, which takes a very long real trip. A challenge feat.

Upload 10M Universe Matrices total — a huge cumulative end-game research grind.

Leave your home planet and land on another world within one hour of starting a new game. A speed challenge needing an efficient rush to space.

Complete the game without ever harvesting rare veins (Kimberlite, Fractal Silicon, Organic Crystal veins, Optical Grating, Spiniform, Unipolar Magnets) to obtain rare ores. A restriction run.

Have Icarus destroyed by the Dark Fog while their aggressiveness is set to Passive — you have to provoke them since passive Fog won't attack unprovoked.

Drop 3,000 Titanium Ingots at once while flying in space (release a huge stack from your inventory in orbit).

Collect 100M soil piles from Dark Fog. An enormous long-term combat grind.

Land on a planet occupied by 20+ Dark Fog Planetary Bases — let the Fog spread heavily on a world, then set down (bring defences).

Cover an entire planet's surface with Foundation (fully terraform/pave one world). Time-consuming but simple with mass Foundation.

Get Icarus 40 m above sea level without entering flight mode — climb a tall building or terrain edit a high point and stand on it.

Be attacked by 12 Planetary Bases at once on one planet — let the Dark Fog ground presence grow large, then draw a mass assault.

Complete the game without ever placing a single Foundation. A no-terraforming challenge run.

Neutralise 10,000 Dark Fog space units. A large cumulative combat total.

Hand-collect plants to occasionally get Sulfuric Acid; gather 100 this way (a plant by-product before you refine acid).

Position one Mining Machine so it covers 12+ veins at once — place it on a dense cluster of ore nodes.

Dyson Sphere power generation of 1 TW — a serious end-game structure requiring a large, dense shell and heavy sail launching.

Discover 7 kinds of rare minerals and hand-collect at least 10 of each. Explore many planets to find all the rare vein types.

Reach 360 bullets/min consumption on a planet — run many gauss/turret defences firing continuously against Dark Fog.

Use 80,000+ Foundations on a water (ocean) planet — essentially paving over the sea. A big terraforming feat.

Travel to at least 32 different planetary systems in a single game — extensive galaxy-wide warp exploration.

Reach a Matrix Lab upload rate of 1M hash/s — an enormous research throughput needing many research labs stacked and fully fed.

Light an Artificial Star (fusion) on the north pole, south pole, an ice-field gelisol planet, and the eternal-night side of a tidally-locked planet. Requires visiting those planet types.

Complete the game on x0.5 resource difficulty — fewer/leaner ores, so efficiency and expansion matter more. A challenge setting chosen at world creation.

Complete the game within 25 hours on x1 (or lower) resource difficulty — a fairly brisk full run.

Upgrade Icarus' Energy Shield base radius to 25 m via the tech tree (a combat/defence upgrade).

Complete the game within 10 hours on x1 (or lower) resources — a serious speedrun requiring a highly optimised build order.

Build a Dyson Sphere around a Red Giant that generates 10+ GW. Red giants are huge, so a big shell here produces enormous power.

Complete a run at Difficulty 1.0+ without losing any buildings to the Dark Fog — strong, proactive defence throughout.

Use Icarus' garbage-clearing (absorb) function to pull in 50,000 Iron Ingots at once from a dropped pile.

Neutralise 1,000+ Dark Fog units within one minute — needs a huge concentration of firepower against a dense enemy wave.

Neutralise 40+ enemies with a single Implosion Cannon shot — hit a tightly-packed cluster of Dark Fog with the area weapon.

Complete a Difficulty 1.0+ run without neutralising a single Dark Fog building — win purely defensively/peacefully. A pacifist-style challenge.

Have 40 Laser Towers all fire at the same target at Difficulty 1.0+ — cluster many laser turrets and let a single enemy walk into range.

Complete a Difficulty 1.0+ run without building any Turrets — rely on other defences (shields, Icarus, laser/plasma alternatives). A restriction run.

Wipe out a Dark Fog Planetary Base within one hour at Difficulty 1.0+ — a fast, aggressive early strike on a ground base.

Attract an attack from a Dark Fog space unit within one hour at Difficulty 1.0+ — provoke the space Fog early.

Keep Icarus' Energy Shield drawing 1 GW while absorbing damage for over a minute straight — tank a sustained heavy assault.

Lure Dark Fog Lancers into destroying one of their own Planetary Bases — position yourself so their attacks hit their base.