Welcome to the Satisfactory achievements guide. This guide covers all 44 achievements available in the base game at launch (1.0 release on PC).
Satisfactory is a fantastic game. It’s a combination of an open world survival game and a factory/logistics simulator. If you have a thing for getting numbers just right or like to make what you do efficient, this is the game for you. For me, it scratched an itch I didn’t know I had.
I spent over 350 hours while the game was in early access on Steam and completed the final shipment at the time. The final version of Satisfactory comes with many welcome quality of life fixes and improvements to the game. As you play it, you can tell the developers listened closely to the feedback of the player base. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, having clocked in 500 hours at the time this guide was completed.
Game Stats
- Difficulty: 2/10
- Time to Completion: 120+ hours
- Does Difficulty Affect Achievements/Trophies?: No. You can make the creatures passive and still earn all achievements.
- Missable Achievements/Trophies: No.
- Bugged Achievements/Trophies: None reported.
Early-Game Tips
- Hold R when placing a foundation and choose Zoop to place 10 at a time.
- Holding Ctrl while placing a foundation to align it with the world grid.
- Use power shards to boost power plants and the resources feeding into them.
- Place Somersloops in production machines building the final parts for the space elevator.
- While exploring, continually search for Hard Drives, Somersloops, and Mercer Spheres on your scanner.
- Collectibles are often hidden in caves, high locations, under rocks (bring explosives), and behind minable nodes.
- Save any creature remains you find. Once you can use Somersloops to boost output, convert them to protein and then into DNA with the sloops and send the DNA to the Awesome Sink for coupons.
- Place Radar Towers to reveal resource nodes and show how many collectibles remain in an area.
- Automate each new part as you unlock them. They progressively unlock pieces needed for deliveries.
- Use map markers to mark the locations of collectibles you can’t reach or unlock yet.
Mid-Game Tips
- Use Smart Splitters and the Awesome Sink to take care of overflow. You will need 1000 coupons for the final achievement.
- Setup Fuel-Powered Generators near your oil facility to absorb the byproducts of plastic and rubber. Upgrade the fuel type from Fuel to Turbofuel, Rocket Fuel, and Ionized Fuel. These are significantly easier to build and maintain then nuclear power.
- Build power shards in a constructor with a Somersloop to double the output.
- Place an Industrial Storage Container with a Dimensional Depot (hooked up above it) at the output of each part. This will give you access to that part anywhere in the world. Start with concrete and use only concrete foundations and walls when building.
- Create blueprints to speed up initial factory designs with groups of smelters, constructors, and assemblers.
Key MAM Unlocks
- Alien Technology – Dimensional Depot, Alien Power Augmenter, and Production Amplifier.
- Caterium – AI Limiter, High-Speed Connector, Smart Splitter, and Geothermal Generator.
- Mycelia – Gas Mask
- Power Slugs – Overclocking
- Quartz – Quartz Crystal, Silica, Blade Runners, Crystal Oscillator, Scannable Object: Hard Drive, and Radar Tower.
- Sulfur – Black Powder, Nobelisk, Compacted Coal, Turbofuel, Rocket Fuel, and Ionized Fuel.
Recommended Alternate Recipes
There are enough hard drives in Satisfactory to unlock all alternate recipes. However, some are more resource-friendly than others and help in building a streamlined factory. When you see one of the recipes listed below, choose it right away.
If you have an unlock available with 2 recipe choices, they will not show up in other recipes. So, you can stockpile unlocked choices and wait until you have everything available before making decisions to avoid bad recipes from popping up multiple times. The UI is doesn’t work well with scrolling a long list, but the search feature will bring up the recipe if you look for these listed below.
- Aluminum Beam
- Aluminum Rod
- Automated Speed Wiring
- Caterium Circuit Board
- Caterium Computer
- Copper Alloy Ingot
- Crystal Computer
- Dark Matter Trap
- Diluted Fuel
- Electrode Aluminum Scrap
- Fine Concrete
- Flexible Framework
- Heat-Fused Frame
- Heavy Encased Frame
- Heavy Flexible Frame
- Insulated Crystal Oscillator
- Insulated Uranium Cell
- OC Supercomputer
- Oil-Based Diamonds
- Plastic AI Limiter
- Pure Aluminum Ingot
- Rigor Motor
- Rubber Concrete
- Silicon Circuit Board
- Sloppy Alumina
- Steamed Copper Sheet
- Steel Rod
- Steel Screw
- Steeled Frame
- Super-State Computer
- Turbo Diamonds
- Turbo Electric Motor
- Turbo Pressure Motor
- Uranium Fuel Unit
- Wet Concrete
Links
- Progression Achievements
- Building Achievements
- Collectible Achievements
- Creature Achievements
- Conditional Achievements
Progression Achievements
Do you want a medal?
Complete the Onboarding process.
Automatic story achievement. This will unlock after completing Hub Upgrade 6 at the end of the tutorial.
Commencing Project Assembly
Build the Space Elevator.
Automatic story achievement. This will unlock after building the Space Elevator after the tutorial.
Mediocre pioneering
Complete Phase 1 of the Space Elevator.
Automatic story achievement. This will unlock after sending the first shipment up the Space Elevator. Setup an assembly line to produce 50 Smart Plating. Load it into the Space Elevator, then seal and send it. This may also be done by hand at a crafting station, but it will need to be automated for more complex parts.
Adequate pioneering
Complete Phase 2 of the Space Elevator.
Automatic story achievement. This will unlock after sending the second shipment up the Space Elevator. Setup an assembly line to produce 1000 Smart Plating, 1000 Versatile Framework, and 100 Automated Wiring.
Pretty good pioneering
Complete Phase 3 of the Space Elevator.
Automatic story achievement. This will unlock after sending the third shipment up the Space Elevator. Setup an assembly line to produce 2500 Versatile Framework, 500 Modular Engines, and 100 Adaptive Control Units.
Efficient pioneering
Complete Phase 4 of the Space Elevator.
Automatic story achievement. This will unlock after sending the fourth shipment up the Space Elevator. Setup an assembly line to produce 500 Assembly Director Systems, 500 Magnetic Field Generators, 250 Thermal Propulsion Rockets, and 100 Nuclear Pastas.
Saved the Day, probably
Complete Phase 5 of the Space Elevator and finish the game.
Automatic story achievement. This will unlock after sending the final shipment up the Space Elevator. Setup an assembly line to produce 1000 Nuclear Pastas, 1000 Biochemical Sculptors, 256 AI Expansion Servers, and 200 Ballistic Warp Drives.
Milestones
Efficiency first
Unlock all Milestones.
Complete all 9 tiers of milestones at the Hub by gathering resources and sending them out. Doing so will gradually unlock new buildings and parts. New tiers are locked until you complete the next Space Elevator shipment.
MAM
Curiosity killed the cat…
Complete a MAM research tree.
This will unlock after finishing any of the research trees in the MAM.
…Satisfactory brought it back
Complete all MAM research trees.
Fully research all trees in the MAM. Make sure you save a few hard drives for the nodes that require them in the Sulfur tree.
Building Achievements
Rock and stone!
Place down a Portable Miner.
Automatic story achievement. Construct and place your first Portable Miner on a resource node during the tutorial.
Bigger. Better. FICSIT.
Build your first Manufacturer.
Build your first large-scale manufacturer. Doing so will unlock recipes that require 3-4 parts each.
Spaghetti master
Build 5 km of Conveyor Belts.
Build a total of 5km of conveyor belts throughout your factories. This will unlock naturally as you progress through the game.
A Concrete Example
Build 5000 Foundations.
Lay a total of 5000 foundations throughout your factories. This will unlock naturally as you progress through the game.
Pipe dream
Build 5 km of Pipelines.
Build a total of 5km of pipelines throughout your factories. This will unlock naturally as you progress through the game and will likely pop during the mid to late game.
Trains
All aboard!
Set up a train schedule.
Build 2 train stations with track connecting them. Place a train on the track and interact with the train station to set a schedule for the train between the 2 stations.
Railroad tycoon
Build 5 km of Railway.
Build a total of 5km of railway connecting your factories. This will unlock naturally as you progress through the game and ship parts between factories with trains.
Collectible Achievements
Varied diet
Gather all three types of edible flora.
Collect all 3 types of food sources in Satisfactory: Paleberries, Beryl Nuts, and Bacon Agaric.
Power Slugs
Yoink!
Gather a Power Slug.
Gather your first Power Slug while exploring in Satisfactory.
Caught them all
Gather all three Power Slug types.
Collect a blue, yellow, and purple Power Slug. These are abundantly spread throughout the map with the blue being the most common and purple being harder to locate.
Mercer Spheres
I’m sure these play a Critical Role
Gather a Mercer Sphere.
Gather your first Mercer Sphere while exploring in Satisfactory. Refer to Consume for additional details.
Consume
Gather 150 Mercer Spheres.
Collect 150 Mercer Spheres hidden around the map. Use the scanner to help find more Mercer Spheres after gathering your first and unlocking the option in the MAM. Collectibles are usually hidden in caves, high elevations, blocked by destructible rocks, under resources, and are surrounded by hazards. Listen for the sound they emit as you approach.
Check out the Satisfactory Calculator site for the best interactive map for tracking down collectibles in Satisfactory.
Somersloops
Oddly familiar
Gather a Somersloop.
Gather your first Somersloop (glowing pink S) while exploring in Satisfactory. Refer to My skin feels itchy all of a sudden… for additional details.
My skin feels itchy all of a sudden…
Gather 50 Somersloops.
Collect 50 Somersloops hidden around the map. Use the scanner to help find more Somersloops after gathering your first and unlocking the option in the MAM. Collectibles are usually hidden in caves, high elevations, blocked by destructible rocks, under resources, and are surrounded by hazards. Listen for the sound they emit as you approach.
Check out the Satisfactory Calculator site for the best interactive map for tracking down collectibles in Satisfactory.
Tapes
Thank you for the music
Find and gather a Boombox tape in the world.
Collect at least 1 Boombox tape while exploring in Satisfactory. Below is the location of one of the tapes.
Hard Drives
Master Chef
Unlock your first alternate recipe.
Locate your first wreckage and collect the hard drive inside. Refer to Data driven for additional details.
Data driven
Gather 100 Hard Drives from Crash Sites.
Collect 100 hard drives hidden around the map. Hard drives are locked inside wreckage and may require specific parts or power. Gather any extra parts around the area. Sometimes you can get lucky and find the part you need.
Use the scanner to help find more Hard Drives after unlocking the option in the MAM. Collectibles are usually hidden in caves, high elevations, blocked by destructible rocks, under resources, and are surrounded by hazards. Listen for the sound they emit as you approach.
Check out the Satisfactory Calculator site for the best interactive map for tracking down collectibles in Satisfactory.
Note: At launch there was a bug scanning for hard drives. It was fixed in patch 1.0.0.3.
Creature Achievements
Wheeeee!
Bounce on a Space Giraffe Tick Penguin Thing.
Bounce on top of one of the tall Space Giraffe Tick creatures. This can easily be done early in the game by building a large floor high up in an area where one will wander. When it does, jump on its back and the achievement will unlock.
Establish dominance
Hit a creature with a vehicle.
After unlocking vehicles build one and run into any creature in the world to unlock the achievement.
Pioneer’s best friend
Tame a Lizard Doggo.
Approach a Lizard Doggo with a Paleberry in your hand and place it on the ground. The creature will eat the berries and become a pet. This should be done near one of your factories since it will not wander far from its starting location.
Wait, you can pet it?
Pet the flying Manta.
Pet the flying Manta as in makes its way around the world of Satisfactory. Build a ramp or use the jet pack or hover pack to reach its height. Then, press E to pet it before it moves on. There are some locations near the middle of the map that are higher in elevation and it is much easier to reach the Manta.
Conditional Achievements
Exploration
Too fast, Too factory
Move faster than 140 km/h.
Travel faster than 140 km/h. This can quickly unlock by setting up a hyper tube near the side of a steep cliff. Enter the hyper tube at the top of the cliff and rapidly accelerate on your way down.
That was a close one
Survive a fall on 1 health point.
Fall from a high point either intentionally or by building a tall ramp. If your final health is less than one square, the achievement will pop.
The floor is lava
Avoid touching the ground for 30 minutes.
Spend a total of 30 minutes in the air without touching the ground. This will unlock naturally as you use the jet pack, hover pack, and hyper tubes.
Let’s see what’s out there
Visit each starting area biome once.
Enter each of the 4 starting biomes while exploring the world in satisfactory. This will unlock naturally while searching for the collectibles.
Peak gameplay
Reach the highest cliff in the world.
Climb to the top of the highest cliff in Satisfactory at the location shown on the map (-1327, -1844). Use foundations, the jet pack, or the hover pack to reach the top.
What a thrill
Reach the maximum world height.
Reach the maximum world height. Make sure you have foundations set to concrete and concrete is feeding into the dimensional depot. Enable sloop (hold R while placing foundations) and build a 4m tall sloped foundation as far as you can take it. You will travel more than half way across the map. Once you run out of oxygen, the achievement will unlock.
Awesome Shop
Now where to spend it…
Print out your first Coupon.
After unlocking the Awesome Sink, build the it and send excess parts into it. Once the sink accumulates enough points, print the coupon to pop the achievement.
Are you sure that’s coffee?
Drink Coffee.
Purchase the FICSIT Coffee Cup from the Awesome Shop for 1 coupon. Then, equip and use it to unlock the achievement.
No refunds
Drive the Cyber Wagon.
Place a single coupon in a storage container connected to an Awesome Sink to unlock the Cyber Wagon in the Awesome Shop. Purchase the design for 20 more coupons. Build the Cyber Wagon and get inside to pop the achievement.
Do you need that?
Buy the Golden Nut Statue from the AWESOME Shop.
Note: This is the longest achievement to earn in Satisfactory. Start sinking overflow parts early. Don’t keep coupons in your inventory. Store them in a locker or in the dimensional depot.
Purchase the Golden Nut Statue from the Awesome Shop for 1000 coupons. After sending the final shipment on the space elevator, move all final stage parts to flow directly into the Awesome Sink. Increase production across the board and start processing all creature remains into protein, and then into DNA. Sink all DNA for another boost to coupons. Once you have everything setup, start exploring for any final hard drives or other collectibles in the world while your factories do their work.
Misc.
New fear unlocked
Fix blown fuse.
Fix a blown fuse after a power outage. This will unlock naturally near the start of the game when your generator initially runs out of fuel. Interact with the generator, add more fuel, and flip the switch on the left.
Heal this, nature!
Destroy 1000 foliage.
Destroy 1000 plants and trees. This should unlock naturally as you gather resources early in the game for bio generators and clear space for factories.
Look both ways next time
Get knocked over by a vehicle.
Get knocked over by a moving vehicle (trains don’t appear to work). After unlocking vehicles setup 2 Truck Stations, build a truck, and record the route. Set the truck to auto pilot, stand in the path, and wait to get hit.
That’s it for the Satisfactory achievements guide. Please post any questions or comments below. Thanks.