IXION – Chapter-Sensitive Hidden Achievements

Proloog

– Fail to make it past the prologue

Beschrijving:

Uitzetten (or do not build) your Mess Hall, set the game to maximum speed and wait till you fail.

– Discover Outer Hope during the prologue

Beschrijving:

Send a probe to almost directly East (very slightly South) of Moon to discover Unauthorized Access location and complete the events. (Just visiting might be enough, but the rewards are quite worth 30 Alloy during early game anyway.)

– Implement the Naomi protocol 3 keer

Beschrijving:

While you are at the achievement above, choose the Naomi option to make it count towards the achievement. (“Naomi Protocol: Create a temporary easement”)

Hoofdstuk 1

– Use the body of Oulixes to access the Thianki

Beschrijving:

– Do not start the Neptune event before you find and complete the Saturn event.

– Saturn choice: Make contact > Break through the ice.

– Neptune choice: Use Oulixes’ biometric data to open the sealed room

– Implement the Naomi protocol 3 keer

Beschrijving:

– Discover Uranus with a probe.

– Start the science event.

– Choose the Naomi option. (“Naomi Protocol: Cut down the tree”)

Hoofdstuk 2

– Replace Edden with the P.A. of the Protagoras

Beschrijving:

– At the end of the Chapter 2 – Protagoras main quest event, kiezen “Naomi protocol: Save a copy of the Protagoras’ P.A.” option to be able to achieve this later.

– Implement the Naomi protocol 3 keer

Beschrijving:

– While you are at the achievement above, choose the Naomi option to make it count towards the achievement. (“Naomi Protocol: Save a copy of the Protagoras’ P.A.”)

– During the main quest event Man is the Measure of all Things, choose the Naomi option.

— Op dit punt, jouw 3 times should be done, but some redundancies nevertheless:

— Science Event Mack R: (“Thaw the Ice” -> “Naomi Protocol: Send a team”)

— Science Event Tatra v8: (“Naomi Protocol: Interrogate the P.A”)

– Use exoskeletons to ensure no crew members die on Fargo 39

Beschrijving:

– Before starting the Fargo 39 science event, make sure you researched Exoskeletons upgrade in the Tech Lab under Science Ship.

– Choose the corresponding option during the event. (“Deploy the entire crew in reinforced exoskeletons.”)

– Entertain your crew members

Beschrijving:

This is not actually Chapter 2 specific, but probably the best time to do it here.

– Set up an Alternative Life Center as soon as you can and this one will pop up by itself eventually.

Hoofdstuk 3

– Adopt the borzoi

Beschrijving:

Visit Collapsed Food District and complete the events with these choices: Investigate the Animal Pens > Naomi Protocol.

– The borzoi survives the journey

Beschrijving:

– Shortly after you adopted the Dog, the P.A. will ask you whether to exterminate it for health purposes or keep it.

– Simply keep it and you will get the achievement when you finish the game.

– Implement the Naomi protocol 3 keer

Beschrijving:

While you are at the achievement above, choose the Naomi option to make it count towards the achievement. (“Naomi Protocol: Create a temporary easement”)

– Op dit punt, jouw 3 times should be done, but another redundancy nevertheless:

– Science Event Collapsed Food District: (“Investigate the animal pens > Naomi Protocol”)

– Free ZY6073

Beschrijving:

– Discover Medical District Wreckage with a probe.

– Make a manual save, because your entire crew will be killed and you will retrieve only ZY6073 and your science ship.

– Start the science event.

– Choose Investigate the Research Facility -> Retrieve ZY6073.

– Get the achievement and load your save, then choose a safer option or leave.

Hoofdstuk 4

– Have a member of Tiqqun compose a rap song about the Administrator

Beschrijving:

This is not actually Chapter 4 specific, but probably the best time to do it in is early/mid Chapter 4.

– In one of your sectors with Waste policy on, let two small stockpiles fill up with Waste and wait for the protest event to pop.

– Destroy the Piranesi before it destroys a planet

Beschrijving:

This is a Chapter 5 prestatie, but you should actually start paying attention about being well-prepared after halfway into Chapter 4.

– You will be in a constant rush after late Chapter 4 and probably will not be able to re-establish vast supply lines and get this achievement at the same time.

– Install one or two more EVA Airlocks for repairs.

– Stock up on at least about 1200 Alloy.

– You will need about 600 Colonists ready to depart or about 500 Polymer stocked depending on the ending.

Hoofdstuk 5

There are two different endings and a difficult, rushy achievement here, so make a manual save right at the beginning.

– Destroy the Piranesi before it destroys a planet

Beschrijving:

– Whichever ending (Remus or Romulus) you choose, you need to complete the game before our old friend Piranesi reaches Remus and destroys it.

– For both endings, je moet hebben 1000 tiles of Tiqqun covered with (any size of) batteries.

— Tip: You can dismantle these back once Main Quest advances if you’re low, but you need to have 1000 cells at one point.

– For Remus ending, you will need a new building and a 10-cycle process.

– For Remulus ending, you will need about 600 colonists ready to depart.

– Finish the game by following the path of Genetic Conatus

Beschrijving:

– Visit Remus.

– Meet the Ashtangites.

– Research and build their new building.

– Ignore the comms about Romulus planet and Edden being a liar.

– Adapt your whole crew (10 cycles) and finish the game.

– Finish the game by emancipating yourself from DOLOS

Beschrijving:

– Do not start the Remus event. Just go park at it and collect the science.

– Send a probe West of the star, discover Remulus and send a Science Ship.

– The P.A. will tell you that the crew is having hallucinations and that Remulus does not exist.

– Na een tijdje, you will get two different communications as events in the Tiqqun.

– Volg deze gebeurtenissen, you will eventually disable your P.A. Edden and be able to interact with Remulus.

– Follow the Remulus line to complete the game and you will get this achievement.

– Replace Edden with the P.A. of the Protagoras

Beschrijving:

– Remember that we copied the Protagoras’ P.A. in hoofdstuk 2?

– At the very end, when you are asked to fly Tiqqun into the Piranesi, kies de “Replace Edden with Protagoras’ AI” optie.

Summary

– Uitzetten (or do not build) your Mess Hall, set the game to maximum speed and wait till you fail, opnieuw opstarten.

– Send a probe to almost directly East (very slightly South) of Moon to discover Unauthorized Access location and complete the events. (Just visiting might be enough, but the rewards are quite worth 30 Alloy during early game anyway.)

– Science Event Unauthorized Access: “Naomi Protocol: Create a temporary easement”

– Do not start the Neptune event before you find and complete the Saturn event.

– Saturn choice: Make contact > Break through the ice.

– Neptune choice: Use Oulixes’ biometric data to open the sealed room

– Science Event Uranus: “Naomi Protocol: Cut down the tree”

– Set up an Alternative Life Center as soon as you can.

– Science Event Mack R: “Thaw the Ice” -> “Naomi protocol : Send a team”

– Science Event Tatra v8: “Naomi Protocol: Interrogate the P.A”

– Before starting the Fargo 39 science event, make sure you researched Exoskeletons upgrade in the Tech Lab under Science Ship.

– Science Event Fargo 39: “Deploy the entire crew in reinforced exoskeletons”

– Protagoras main quest event: “Naomi protocol: Save a copy of the Protagoras’ P.A.”

– Man is the Measure of all Things main quest event: “Naomi protocol: Meet the Elders”

– Science Event Collapsed Food District: “Investigate the Animal Pens > Naomi Protocol”

– Shortly after you adopted the Dog, the P.A. will ask you whether to exterminate it for health purposes or keep it. Keep it and finish the game.

– Science Event Medical District Wreckage: “Choose Investigate the Research Facility -> Retrieve ZY6073” (All crew killed.)

– In one of your sectors with Waste policy on, let two small stockpiles fill up with Waste and keep it that way.

– Install one or two more EVA Airlocks for repairs. (Hoofdstuk 5 Voorbereiding)

– Stock up on at least about 1200 Alloy and 500 Polymer. (Hoofdstuk 5 Voorbereiding)

– Hebben 600 colonists ready to depart. (Hoofdstuk 5 Voorbereiding)

– Hebben 1000 tiles of Tiqqun covered with any size of batteries. (Hoofdstuk 5 Voorbereiding)

– Visit Remus.

– Meet the Ashtangites.

– Research and build their new building.

– Ignore the comms about Romulus planet and Edden being a liar.

– Adapt your whole crew (10 cycles) and finish the game.

– Do not start the Remus event. Just go park at it and collect the science.

– Send a probe West of the star, discover Remulus and send a Science Ship.

– The P.A. will tell you that the crew is traumatic and having hallucinations and that Remulus does not exist.

– Na een tijdje, you will get two different communications as events in the Tiqqun.

– Volg deze gebeurtenissen, you will eventually disable your P.A. Edden and be able to interact with Remulus.

– Follow the Remulus line to finish the game.

– At the very end, when you are asked to fly Tiqqun into the Piranesi, kies de “Replace Edden with Protagoras’ AI” optie.

Work in Progress

These remaining 3 van de 17 hidden achievements are those I’ve neither figured out, nor could find any info about. They may be a) Vegen, B) well hidden, C) deeply connected to eachother somehow or d) bugged for the time being, I just don’t know.

According to SteamDB records, these have absolutely 0.0% percent completion rate throughout the community as well. I will update accordingly as they are solved in time. Please drop a comment if you happen to know.

What They Hide From Us

– Discover the ruins of the genetic facility

– Hoofdstuk: Onbekend

I’ve tried scouting the locations instead of doing “the obvious objective” (avoiding too much spoilers) in hoofdstuk 5, but no luck. (Verrassing: Those choices all destroy the ship and kill all the crew!)

Delivery!

– Research every single upgrade for the Drone Bay

– Hoofdstuk: 4+

I’ve completed every upgrade for the Drone Bay, but it did not unlock. Might be just bugged, or we might need to have found a Science Ship choice type of hidden upgrade for this earlier, which so far no one did apparently.

Beyond Time and Space

– Finish the chain of events concerning the strange spheres

– Hoofdstuk: Onbekend, most likely 2+

Opnieuw, no further info or achievers yet. It is believed to start with Rockatansky D79 sphere, which needs Science Ship – Deep Dive Apparatus upgrade to fully complete, but I don’t have positive confirmation.