List of Achievements

Achievements are rewards for completing game objectives or performing pre-determined actions in the game that can be unlocked on the Steam version of Galactic Civilizations III.

Base game

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
New Recruit	Play for 5 hours across all games.
Space Emperor	Play for 100 hours across all games.
Honorary Stardockian	Play for 1000 Hours across all games.
For Arcea	Start the campaign “The Return”.
There is a crusade coming	Win the campaign “The Return”.
Enlightenment Attained	Win a game playing as the Altarian Resistance.
Market Leader	Win a game playing as the Iridium Corporation.
Drengin Supremacy	Win a game playing as the Drengin Empire.
From the Shadows	Win a game playing as the Iconian Refuge.
There Is Only The Way	Win a game playing as the Krynn Syndicate.
From Earth to Distant Stars	Win a game playing as the Terran Alliance.
Another Dimension Ruled	Win a game playing as the Thalan Contingency.
World Without Flesh	Win a game playing as the Yor Singularity.
Conquerer	Win a game by Conquest Victory.
They Want To Be Us	Win a game by Influence Victory.
A Universe Without Enemies	Win a game by Diplomacy Victory.
Beyond This Universe	Win a game by Ascension victory.
No More Secrets	Win a game by Technology Victory.
Crusher of Souls	Win a Multiplayer game.
Trying to Prove Something	Win a game on an Ludicrous sized map.
Built From Nothing	Win a game playing as a Custom Faction.
Under Pressure	Win a game in under 200 turns.
Our New Home	Colonize your first planet.
Flying in Style	Create your first ship design.
Aliens?!?!	Meet your first major civilization in Galactic Civilizations III.
Friends, for now...	Make an alliance with another major civilization.
Worlds to Rule	Own 30 colonies.
Revenge	Recapture your homeworld.
We Care For The Least of Us	Unlock all the Benevolent ideology traits.
Results Outweigh Ideals	Unlock all the Pragmatic ideology traits.
Means To An End	Unlock all the Malevolent ideology traits.
Boldly Go	Survey a Wormhole anomaly.
Danger Zone	Survey an anomaly located in a dust cloud or nebula.
Merchant Empire	Have 12 or more Trade Routes at the same time.
Greedy	Survey 15 anomalies in a game.
Precursor Legacy	Control all the Relics on the map.
All Your Base	Destroy an Enemy Faction.
Exterminate	Playing as the Yor Singularity destroy the Iconian Refuge.
Vengence	As the Iconian Refuge, take back Iconia (Yor's starting homeworld) from the Yor Singularity.
I Assume You Were Talking Back	Declare war before you have obtained Universal Translator.
Eco-Unfriendly	Use the Core Detonation invasion 10 times in one game.
Troublemaker	Be at war with 5 different factions at the same time.
Warrior	Win a ship battle.
Ships to Scrap	Destroy more than 15 enemy ships in a single battle.
Pirate Scum!	Destroy more than 7 Pirate bases.

Mercenaries expansion

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
Vigilant Victory	Win a game playing as the Arcean Empire.
Out of the Deep and to the Stars	Win a game playing as the Torian Regime.
A Little Help From My Frenemies	Complete the Mercenaries campaign.

Revenge of the Snathi DLC

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
Revenge is Ours	Win a game playing as the Snathi Revenge.
The Return of the True Face of Fear	Complete the Snathi Campaign.

Rise of the Terrans DLC

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
Whatever happened to those Xendar?	Complete the Rise of the Terrans campaign.

Altarian Prophecy DLC

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
Fulfilling the Prophecy	Complete the Altarian Prophecy Campaign.

Crusade expansion

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
Join the Resistance	Win a game playing as the Terran Resistance.
Rock Eater	Win a game playing as the Onyx Hive.
Gloriously Gelatinous	Win a game playing as the Slyne.
Backup Plan	Complete the Crusade Tutorial.
Recruiter	Train your first Citizen.
Human Resources	Promote your first Specialist.
Spy Master	Place a spy on a foreign colony.
Crush the Resistance	Conquer a planet defended by enemy Legions.
King Maker	Create a custom civilization using the Civilization Builder.

Intrigue expansion

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
They Grow Up So Fast	Create a commonwealth.
Together We Stand	Form a government.
Regime Change	Change your government type.
Micro-Manager	Change your tax slider for one turn.
Trickle-Down Economics	Lower your taxes to 0% for one turn.
Tax the wealthy (and everyone else)	Raise your taxes to 100% for one turn.
Two-Bit Buyer	Buy at least one resource on the marketplace.
Small-Time Seller	Sell at least one resource on the marketplace.
Planetary Patron	Buy at least 10 resources at once.
Stellar Seller	Sell at least 10 resources at once.
Master Merchant	Buy at least 30 resources at once.
Astral Agent	Sell at least 30 resources at once.
Trial by Fire	Successfully complete a Crisis.
Cool Head(s)	Assign a Crisis manager.
They Really Love You	Win an Election.
They Really REALLY Love You	Win an Election with a landslide majority.
Crisis: Apophis	Complete "Apophis" Crisis
Crisis: Rogue General	Complete "Rogue General" Crisis
Crisis: Secession	Complete "Secession" Crisis
Crisis: Space Monster	Complete "Space Monster" Crisis
Crisis: The Revolution	Complete "The Revolution" Crisis
Crisis: The Simulation	Complete "The Simulation" Crisis
Crisis: Brain Parasites	Complete "Brain Parasites" Crisis
Crisis: Brain Trust	Complete "Brain Trust" Crisis

Heroes of Star Control: Origins DLC

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
Squik!	Win a game playing as the Mu'Kay.
Thanks be to Jeff	Win a game playing as the Mowlings.
Overminds meet your Overlords	Win a game playing as the Free Trandals.
So Sweaty to Beat You	Win a game playing as the Tywom.

Retribution expansion

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
Feeling Powerful, eh?	Use an Artifact Power
Power Hungry	Use 20 Artifact Powers in a single game
Hyper Hyper Hyper	Build a hypergate
Hyperdiculous Speed	Build a hyperlane
No Limits	Build 20 hyperlanes in a single game
You're a Bad Person	Use the spore weapon
Space Dragons!	Win a game playing as the Drath Legion.
Shadow Masters	Win a game playing as the Korath Clan.
Sticks and Stones	Win the Retribution campaign

Villains of Star Control: Origins DLC

Name	Unlock condition	Icon
One more dimension conquered...	Win a game playing as the Xraki.
Glorious Paperwork	Win a game playing as the Measured.
Imperial March	Win a game playing as the Scryve.
Served for dinner	Win a game playing as the Phamysht.