Retro Machina Achievements Guide

This guide will show you the steps on how to get 100% achievements in Retro Machine. Voordat we beginnen, please note that this guide may contain Retro Machine spoilers. You have been warned!

Storyline Achievements

Nucleonics
Defeat Nucleonics Fusitron.

Defeat the boss at the end of the opening area, Nucleonics. Though it can’t really be considered a boss, as it reappears as a regular enemy in future areas.

Atomic City
Defeat Atomic City boss.

Defeat the boss at the end of the first area, Atomic City. Simply dodge its attacks and attack the core on its chest in between attacks.

Marine Nation
Defeat Marine Nation boss.

Defeat the boss at the end of the second area, Marine Nation. In the first phase, dodge his attacks and whack him when you can. In the second phase, take control of one of the Throwbots on the side and toss bombs at it while dodging his volleys.

Serendipity Mountain
Defeat Serendipity Mountain boss.

Defeat the boss at the end of the third area, Serendipity Mountain. This boss is just a sequence of battles against regular enemies and puzzles to access its cores. Destroy all six cores to finish the battle.

Serendipity Mountain Achievements

This section is specifically for the three achievements related to the boss in Serendipity Mountain. Refer to this section when you reach the boss.

Surrender
Surrender to N.E.O.N.

Before the start of the battle, you are given a choice. Select ‘Obey’ to unlock the achievement and a cutscene. You’ll be able to restart the last checkpoint afterward to choose the other option and proceed with the battle.

Robot Dreams
Enter the replication chamber.

After the battle and ending cutscene, you are given a choice. Select ‘Access the Replication Chamber’ to unlock this achievement and the final cutscene. Resume your save afterward from the main menu, beat the boss again, and choose the other option for the other achievement.

Voyager
Enter the rocket.

After the battle and ending cutscene, you are given a choice. Select ‘Access the Launch Area’ to unlock this achievement and the final cutscene. Resume your save afterward from the main menu, beat the boss again, and choose the other option for the other achievement.

Mastermind Achievement

Mastermind
Control all enemies.

A major feature of the game is hacking and gaining control of other machines. Hacking a machine for the first time also adds an entry to the Machines section of the Database, so this achievement is basically filling out that section. In the second half of the game, there will be more powerful versions of most enemies. These don’t count as separate entries.

I have marked this achievement as missable because I’m unsure if all enemy types permanently respawn.

Machine	Verschijning	Beschrijving
Bugtron	0, 1, 2, 3	Small spiderbot. Very common.
Fusitron	0, 1, 3	The four-tentacle miniboss fought in the opening area. It cannot be hacked, but this entry is unmissable.
Gumtron	0, 1, 2, 3	Bugtrons dispenser. Required for some puzzles. Niet te missen.
Lasertron	0, 1, 2	Stationary machines that spin while shooting a straight laser. Easy to forget.
Pogotron	0, 1, 2, 3	Annoying machine that charges at you with it’s sawblades. Very common.
Turretron	0, 1, 2, 3	Stationary turrets. Fairly common
Punchertron	1, 2, 3	Large punching robot.
Juke-bot	1, 2, 3	Large sawblade shooting robot.
Saucertron	1, 2, 3	Plasma shooting machines that shoot in single or triple shots. Very common.
Cargotron	1, 2, 3	These machines are required to transport energy cubes. Niet te missen.
Surveiltron	3	Large robot that shoots a laser from its eye.
Securitytron	2, 3	Large axe-wielding robot.
Bombtron	1, 2, 3	Exploding spiders with one eye. Be quick and hack these before they explode.
Electrocube	3	Used to temporarily charge energy cube slots. Most likely unmissable.
Escalatron	3	Robot used to lift you to otherwise out of reach platforms. Niet te missen.
Slashermatic	1, 2, 3	Large samurai-type robots.
Frogbot	2, 3	Frog robots that swim and are required to move floating platforms. Niet te missen.
Fixtron	1, 2, 3	Robot that heals the enemy and yourself when hacked. Erg handig.
Throwbot	2, 3	Bomb tossing robot. Required for a certain boss fight. Niet te missen.

Collectible Achievements

Zoals eerder vermeld, the best and easiest way to find all the collectibles is to followDwaggienite’s collectible videos while playing. Following these videos closely guarantees you’ll unlock every achievement in this section.

Pathfinder
Find a hidden place.

Some collectibles are hidden behind paths obstructed by the environment. Find any such area for the achievement. Following the videos, you’ll unlock this achievement in the area under Elevator 1 in Atomic City.

Curiosity
Open all color cartridge doors.

Each of the three main areas has four doors which require a specific coloured cartridge to unlock. Open all twelve doors for this achievement. Catridge loctions are mentioned in the video (though not shown) and all doors contain required items or collectibles.

Anthropologist
Find all files.

Verzamelaar
Find all images.

Files and images are two types of collectibles in the Database. Er zijn 37 files and 24 beelden.

The Power Robot
Find all power upgrade cores.

Power Cores are used to buy upgrades that increase your attack damage. Er zijn 10 Power Cores in total.

The Healthy Robot
Find all health upgrade cores.

Repair Cores are used to buy upgrades that either increase your maximum health or the amount of Repair Kits you can hold. Er zijn 20 Repair Cores in total.

The Controller Robot
Find all control upgrade cores.

Radio Frequency Cores are used to buy upgrades that either increase the damage output or decrease the damage taken of hacked machines. Er zijn 14 Radio Frequency Cores in total.

The Special Robot
Find all special upgrade cores.

Upgrade Cores are used to buy upgrades that increase your total energy capacity or upgrade your three skills. Er zijn 40 Upgrade Cores in total.

Robot 2.0
Unlock all upgrades.

Buy every upgrade in the Craftonic Machine. You’ll need every core and a large amount of scrap (not so much that you need to farm) to buy everything. There are three levels of upgrades for everything except Health, which has five.