X4: Foundations All Achievements

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Below is a complete list of achievements for X4: Foundations. Each achievement represents a unique challenge or milestone within the game, ranging from simple tasks to more advanced objectives.

Some achievements may be hidden or tied to specific story events, so pay close attention to in-game hints and explore the game thoroughly. Unlocking achievements adds an extra layer of fun and gives a sense of accomplishment.

Whether you're aiming to complete them all or just curious about the goals you can achieve, this list will guide you through every achievement X4: Foundations has to offer.

Total achievements in X4: Foundations: 172

Crash Course
Crash Course
Complete all basic tutorials.
Friends in High Places
Friends in High Places
Reach highest reputation with any faction.
Nice Pile
Nice Pile
Get one billion Credits in your account.
A Significant Bit
A Significant Bit
Destroy 128 Xenon ships.
Let's Build
Let's Build
Construct 10 stations.
Space Taxi
Space Taxi
Finish 20 passenger transport missions.
Adblock
Adblock
Destroy 20 Ad Signs.
Finders, Keepers
Finders, Keepers
Force 50 pilots to abandon their ships.
Nailed Down
Nailed Down
Destroy the engines of a capital ship.
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment
Destroy a Xenon capital ship.
Ship Breaker
Ship Breaker
Destroy all the surface elements on a capital ship.
Bug Fixed
Bug Fixed
Destroy a Kha'ak ship.
Liberator
Liberator
Claim ten ships.
Ship Collection
Ship Collection
Own at least 20 ships.
Explorer
Explorer
Discover all sectors.
Tinkerer
Tinkerer
Apply a modification to your ship at a workbench.
Bling Bling
Bling Bling
Apply a paint modification to your ship.
Miner's Luck
Miner's Luck
Mine the most valuable crystal node.
Captain of Industry
Captain of Industry
Achieve trade rank Entrepreneur.
X-Treme Trader
X-Treme Trader
Achieve trade rank X-TREME.
Combat Pro
Combat Pro
Achieve fight rank Colonel.
X-Treme Fighter
X-Treme Fighter
Achieve fight rank X-TREME.
Rising Property Values
Rising Property Values
Licence the biggest available plot for your station.
Have to Start Somewhere
Have to Start Somewhere
Build the first module of a station.
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Send a ship on a venture.
Back Home
Back Home
Have a ship successfully return from a venture.
What Just Happened?
What Just Happened?
Travel through an anomaly.
Where am I?
Where am I?
Teleport to a different location.
Space Odyssey
Space Odyssey
Travel through a superhighway in your space suit.
Piggyback
Piggyback
Dock at a ship that is docked at a capital ship.
Something Strange in our Neighbourhood
Something Strange in our Neighbourhood
Help investigate the strange readings.
That's No Moon!
That's No Moon!
Discover the mysterious installation.
Meet Your Mentor
Meet Your Mentor
Come face to face with your head of research.
Answer the Call
Answer the Call
Sign up for a war subscription.
Double Agent
Double Agent
Sign up for a war on opposing sides.
A Good Investment
A Good Investment
Join a trade guild.
It's Just Business
It's Just Business
Join the Scale Plate Pact.
Turning the Tide
Turning the Tide
Complete 20 war missions for a faction.
It fell out of a ship.
It fell out of a ship.
Pick up 99 containers in space.
Treasure Hunter
Treasure Hunter
Find and open 33 lock-boxes.
Can't Shoot This
Can't Shoot This
Destroy 100 turrets.
Historian
Historian
Find all timeline entries by accessing data vaults.
Data Mining
Data Mining
Acquire a module blueprint through hacking.
Science!
Science!
Finish a research item.
A Matter of the Utmost Gravity
A Matter of the Utmost Gravity
Learn about the Paranid Civil War and pave the path for change.
Holy Three-Dimensionality
Holy Three-Dimensionality
Complete the Paranid Unification storyline.
Balance and Buccaneers
Balance and Buccaneers
Complete the Duke's Buccaneers' storyline.
That Could Have Gone Better
That Could Have Gone Better
Do all you can to help Hatikvah's aspirations.
Did I forget to lock the door?
Did I forget to lock the door?
Receive an uninvited guest at one of your stations.
Righteous Fury
Righteous Fury
Enact revenge and restore your honour in the gamestart "Fires of Defeat" (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).
They Are Gone
They Are Gone
Fulfil the Patriarch's orders in the gamestart "Spear of the Patriarch" (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).
Fires of Fate
Fires of Fate
Learn about the Split and pave the path for change (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).
Curbed Ambitions
Curbed Ambitions
Complete the Split storyline and side against the Patriarchy (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).
Fists of the Empire
Fists of the Empire
Complete the Split storyline and side with the Patriarchy (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).
Yes, Yes, Very Interesting
Yes, Yes, Very Interesting
Learn all you can about slavery (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).
In Authority We Trust
In Authority We Trust
Work with the Patriarchy Police during the Split storyline (requires the Split Vendetta expansion).
What is Best in Life
What is Best in Life
Cut the Paranid peace celebrations short.
42
42
Contemplate life, the universe and everything (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Superior Manoeuvres
Superior Manoeuvres
Complete the Terran Cadet gamestart mission (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Access Granted
Access Granted
Get permission to enter the Sol Inner Core (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Access Denied
Access Denied
Enter the Earth sector without permission (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Missing in Action
Missing in Action
Risk your life in the defence of Sol (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Gather Essential Data
Gather Essential Data
Gather data inside the Torus wreckage with help of a friend (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
A Glimpse of Home
A Glimpse of Home
Help Boso observe the Great Reef Nebula (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Advanced Terraforming
Advanced Terraforming
Unlock advanced Terraforming Projects developed from Segarian research and data from Terran archives (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Hold up a minute!
Hold up a minute!
Almost give the game away (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
From the Shadows
From the Shadows
Sow discord between two allied Factions without them realizing (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
This Ship has Sprung a Leak
This Ship has Sprung a Leak
Blow the whistle on the whole operation (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Cold Feet
Cold Feet
Decide that the Status Quo reigns supreme (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Case Closed
Case Closed
Conclude your investigation and uncover a threat to humanity (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Never Heard of Him
Never Heard of Him
Conclude your investigation and find nothing out of the ordinary (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Amplified Destruction
Amplified Destruction
Rid the Yaki of their greatest asset (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Mission Accomplished
Mission Accomplished
After informing the Terran fleet, see a potential threat to Sol annihilated (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
Push the Button
Push the Button
Go along with Orcanic's plan and guide the Xenon to greener pastures (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
A Heart for Pirates
A Heart for Pirates
Save the Yaki against their will (requires the Cradle of Humanity expansion).
The First of Many
The First of Many
Complete a terraforming project.
Plasma Cannons to Ploughshares
Plasma Cannons to Ploughshares
Complete a terraforming mission.
Xenon Got Nothing on Me
Xenon Got Nothing on Me
Complete a terraforming mission with an "impossible" difficulty.
Because I Can
Because I Can
Complete 7 terraforming missions.
Bestowed in Perpetuity
Bestowed in Perpetuity
Make a friend before the Tide comes in (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Negotiation Guide
Negotiation Guide
Guide your partner successfully through trading negotiations (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Unleashed Market
Unleashed Market
Witness a monopoly at play (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Standing Firm
Standing Firm
Resist the Northriver Company's overtures (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Climbing the Corporate Ladder
Climbing the Corporate Ladder
Fall in line with the Northriver Company (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
The Freest of Markets
The Freest of Markets
Give the people what they need, but at a price (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Market Regulation
Market Regulation
Help the Riptide Rakers out of a tough spot (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
One Busy Chipmunk
One Busy Chipmunk
Store illicit goods in your cheek pouch (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
The Wildcard
The Wildcard
Earn your place within the Curs (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
On Raven Wings
On Raven Wings
Leave the Ministry Science Division Hangar with newly acquired technology (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
The Empyrean Curs
The Empyrean Curs
Successfully complete the heist and get everyone out alive (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Breaking up the Band
Breaking up the Band
Aid the authorities' efforts to apprehend dangerous criminals (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Something of a Predicament
Something of a Predicament
Escape from prison (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf
Escape from prison without help (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
With Due Diligence
With Due Diligence
Complete your delivery to Aurora station (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Running Hot
Running Hot
Escape the Syndicate Enforcers (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Ride the Tide
Ride the Tide
Be safely docked at a station when the wave hits (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
King of the Scrap Heap
King of the Scrap Heap
Locate the Erlking and gain possession of it (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Riding Late Through Night And Wind
Riding Late Through Night And Wind
Fully upgrade the Erlking (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Early Retirement
Early Retirement
Acquire a uniquely luxurious yacht (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Destination Unknown
Destination Unknown
Leave the Jump Gate network (requires the Tides of Avarice expansion).
Prepare a Disco
Prepare a Disco
Activate all ship modes in quick succession.
No Coup for You
No Coup for You
Destroy a storage module of a Duke's Lost Property Office station.
A Pirate's Life for Me
A Pirate's Life for Me
Intimidate a pilot into dropping some of their cargo.
Environmentally Aware
Environmentally Aware
Tow a recyclable object to a processing module.
Circular Economy
Circular Economy
Recycle 100 objects.
Provinces Adrift
Provinces Adrift
Find the Boron (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
Respect and Understanding
Respect and Understanding
Negotiate an entirely satisfactory outcome (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
Darkness Lifted
Darkness Lifted
Discover all points of interest in Sanctuary of Darkness (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
The Cipher
The Cipher
Help Boso make a stellar discovery (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come
Make your way to Kingdom End (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
Queen's Herald
Queen's Herald
Obtain a royal mandate from the Queen (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
Through the Hornets' Nest
Through the Hornets' Nest
Complete The High Road mission (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
A Taste of Things To Come
A Taste of Things To Come
Complete a very special delivery (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
A Herald's Duty
A Herald's Duty
Complete a royal errand (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
A Queendom Returned
A Queendom Returned
Complete all royal errands (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
A Trillion Drops in the Ocean
A Trillion Drops in the Ocean
Complete the Ocean of Fantasy terraforming project (requires the Kingdom End expansion).
Command and Control
Command and Control
Give the "Start Position Defence" order to a carrier.
Bob the Builder
Bob the Builder
Build a module of each type on one station.
Overkill
Overkill
Destroy a ship with a single shot (excluding mass traffic).
That's Mine Now
That's Mine Now
Claim any sector.
Friends in Low Places
Friends in Low Places
Gain access to the black market.
Higher Education
Higher Education
Complete all intermediate tutorials.
Scholar of X Studies
Scholar of X Studies
Complete all advanced tutorials.
Deus in Machina
Deus in Machina
Personally take control of a Xenon ship.
After the Cataclysm
After the Cataclysm
Survive your first Crisis event.
Crisis Averted
Crisis Averted
Resolve the Xenon Crisis.
Who Ravages the Ravagers?
Who Ravages the Ravagers?
Destroy a Kha'ak Ravager.
Zoooom
Zoooom
Shoot down a ship while zoomed in with your VE Goggles.
Third Person Shooter
Third Person Shooter
Destroy 10 ships while in external view (excluding mass traffic).
Look on My Works
Look on My Works
Survey your station from your own Observation Deck.
A Blast from the Past
A Blast from the Past
Visit the Wreck point of interest in Moo-Kye's Revenge.
Attack On Antigone
Attack On Antigone
This achievement is hidden and may be related to the game's story, so its description is not provided.
Battle of Omicron Lyrae
Battle of Omicron Lyrae
This achievement is hidden and may be related to the game's story, so its description is not provided.
Brennan's Trial
Brennan's Trial
This achievement is hidden and may be related to the game's story, so its description is not provided.
President's End
President's End
This achievement is hidden and may be related to the game's story, so its description is not provided.
The Fade
The Fade
This achievement is hidden and may be related to the game's story, so its description is not provided.
Flight of the Dragonfyre
Flight of the Dragonfyre
This achievement is hidden and may be related to the game's story, so its description is not provided.
MD's Pride and Joy
MD's Pride and Joy
Earn a 5 star rating in a Nodus (requires the Timelines expansion).
Exanaut
Exanaut
Earn a 3 star rating in every Nodus (requires the Timelines expansion).
Yottanaut
Yottanaut
Earn a 4 star rating in every Nodus (requires the Timelines expansion).
Quettanaut
Quettanaut
Earn a 5 star rating in every Nodus (requires the Timelines expansion).
Lost in the Dark
Lost in the Dark
This achievement is hidden and may be related to the game's story, so its description is not provided.
A Different Way of Doing Things
A Different Way of Doing Things
Complete a barter mission (requires the Timelines expansion).
Xenon Slayer
Xenon Slayer
Destroy a Xenon ship in an Open Universe game with your Xperimental Shuttle (requires the Timelines expansion).
Your New Digs
Your New Digs
Complete the induction into the Facility (requires the Timelines expansion).
Found in the Light
Found in the Light
Find the answers you were looking for (requires the Timelines expansion).
Grandmother
Grandmother
Complete the Timelines Epilogue (requires the Timelines expansion).
Window of Opportunity
Window of Opportunity
In Rise Against the Machines, destroy a capital ship while it is disabled (requires the Timelines expansion).
Keep Floating And Nobody Explodes
Keep Floating And Nobody Explodes
In Bomb Disposal Amateur, neutralise all bombs without raising suspicion (requires the Timelines expansion).
Hazard Pay
Hazard Pay
This achievement is hidden and may be related to the game's story, so its description is not provided.
Not a Scratch
Not a Scratch
Complete Defanging the Defence or Capital Ship Engagement without taking any hull damage (requires the Timelines expansion).
Laser-Focus
Laser-Focus
In Pre-Battle Skirmish, don't destroy anything that's not a mission target (requires the Timelines expansion).
Whoops, Wrong Mission
Whoops, Wrong Mission
In 17th Getsu Fune Asteroid Smasher Showdown, deliver a shipment of minerals (requires the Timelines expansion).
Logistical Efficiency
Logistical Efficiency
In A Merchant Mind, Teladi Trading Try-Outs or Frontline Dealings, buy products at every station before undocking (requires the Timelines expansion).
Perfectly Planned
Perfectly Planned
In The Admonisher, eliminate your target using mines (requires the Timelines expansion).
Move like a Spacefly
Move like a Spacefly
Complete Hazing the Newbie or Space Suit Biathlon without colliding (requires the Timelines expansion).
Strong Signal
Strong Signal
Complete the transmission in Signal Strength with at least 3 satellites intact (requires the Timelines expansion).
Rubbing is Racing
Rubbing is Racing
Ram a competitor in Asteroid Dash, Spaceport Stride or Station Circuit (requires the Timelines expansion).
It's a Spy!
It's a Spy!
In Impeded Extraction, find and destroy the spying scout ship (requires the Timelines expansion).
Erfmancklest SMASH
Erfmancklest SMASH
In 17th Getsu Fune Asteroid Smasher Showdown, deplete an asteroid by mining all of its nodes, then destroy it (requires the Timelines expansion).
It's All Connected
It's All Connected
Figure out how to make things easier for Escape From Faulty Logic: The Ferryman (requires the Timelines expansion).
Fine, I'll Do It Myself
Fine, I'll Do It Myself
In Mine Your Own Business, personally take control of a mining ship (requires the Timelines expansion).
Risky Research
Risky Research
Consider researching the Fleet-Wide Sensor Analytics.
What's the worst that could happen?
What's the worst that could happen?
Research the Fleet-Wide Sensor Analytics.
The Mighty Galleon
The Mighty Galleon
Locate the famous Hyperion and receive it as a reward (requires the Hyperion Pack expansion).
We Have Lift-Off
We Have Lift-Off
Successfully start the game.
Diplomatic Connections
Diplomatic Connections
Invite a faction diplomat to your embassy.
Negotiations and Espionage
Negotiations and Espionage
Successfully complete an Agent Action.
Tipping the Scales
Tipping the Scales
Exert your influence on a Diplomatic Event to affect change in the universe.
Spymaster
Spymaster
Have one of your agents reach the Spymaster rank.
The Core of Soft Power
The Core of Soft Power
Change relations between two factions from Enemies to Allies, or vice versa.
Envoy
Envoy
Help the Envoy deliver dangerous cargo (requires the Envoy Pack expansion).
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How do I unlock achievements in X4: Foundations?

Achievements are unlocked by completing specific objectives in the game. Each achievement has a description, so follow the hints and in-game actions carefully to unlock them.

Are there hidden achievements in X4: Foundations?

Yes, some achievements are hidden. Their descriptions are not provided because they might be tied to the story or special secret actions. Hidden achievements add an extra layer of challenge for dedicated players.

Do achievements affect gameplay or rewards?

Achievements do not change gameplay or in-game rewards. They are designed to challenge players and track progress, giving a sense of accomplishment for completing various tasks.

Is it difficult to get all achievements?

The difficulty varies between achievements. Some are simple and intuitive, while others require more effort, exploration, or mastering specific game mechanics. Patience and persistence are key.

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