The Crust: All 28 Achievements 100% Guide

Sourcing note: All 28 achievements, official descriptions, and percentage completion figures are retrieved directly from the Steam Community Global Statistics API on 2026-09-11.

Completing 100% of achievements in The Crust is a badge of supreme logistical mastery. Steam records 28 official trophies spanning initial tutorial steps, subsurface civil engineering, and multi-billion-dollar interplanetary corporate capitalization.

Complete 28 Achievement Master Table

Sorted in descending order from the most common early milestones to ultra-rare 0.1% end-game accomplishments:

Achievement Name	Official Unlock Requirement	Global Rate	Difficulty Tier
Now the Fun Begins	Complete the tutorial scenario	74.7%	Common
A Single Spark	Build a single regolith refinery	70.4%	Common
One Year of Solitude	Survive the First Year	58.2%	Common
Diggy Diggy Hole	Excavate 10,000 subterranean cells	51.3%	Common
Ore In My Veins	Deplete 1 resource vein completely	36.2%	Intermediate
Lost and Found	Locate the lost convoy anomaly	35.4%	Intermediate
Charlie on our six	Discover the Charlie base on lunar map	32.2%	Intermediate
American Dream	Accumulate 1 million credits on balance	32.0%	Intermediate
Smart Moves, Concrete Gains	Construct 3 Pressing Modules	29.4%	Intermediate
Mad Miner	Surpass advanced mining throughput quota	21.3%	Intermediate
Stable Basis	Establish continuous baseline power grid	15.2%	Advanced
Lunar Truck Simulator	Own and operate at least 10 vehicles	13.0%	Advanced
Plugged In	Connect subterranean power relays	11.8%	Advanced
I need a Private Jet	Accumulate 10 million credits on balance	10.1%	Advanced
Heroes Never Die	Rescue all 12 survivors of Hope-2	7.5%	Advanced
Lock and Loaded	Equip defensive security perimeter	5.4%	Advanced
Hydrogen tycoon	Construct 10 hydrogen fuel generators	5.1%	Advanced
Ice Breaker	Deplete 1 deep subterranean ice vein	4.4%	Elite
One shot - One asteroid!	Intercept asteroid with laser cannon	4.1%	Elite
Villy Gates	Reach $100 million corporate market capitalization	3.2%	Elite
Houston, YOU have a problem	Trigger and survive major orbital event	2.9%	Elite
Signal in a Bottle	Discover a deep magnetic anomaly	2.8%	Elite
Silent Assassin	Eliminate subterranean structural hazard	1.8%	Elite
Jeff Bazzos	Reach $500 million corporate market capitalization	1.2%	Elite
Ilon Maks	Reach $1 billion corporate market capitalization	0.5%	Ultra Rare
Average Crust Enjoyer	Survive 50 years in the game	0.3%	Ultra Rare
The Crust	Scan entire lunar surface for resource deposits	0.1%	Legendary
My mom’s friend’s son	Train a colonist to the maximum profession level	0.1%	Legendary

Strategies for Ultra-Rare Trophies

1. Reaching $1 Billion Market Cap (Ilon Maks - 0.5%)

To scale your corporate valuation from initial millions up to the staggering $1 billion milestone (Ilon Maks), you cannot rely solely on raw mineral exports.

• Contract Fulfillment: Prioritize multi-year contracts with Earth aerospace agencies requiring complex manufactured goods like high-purity microprocessors and cryogenic Helium-3 canisters.
• Automated Spaceports: Maintain 4 or more launch pads running parallel orbital freight shuttles. Synchronize factory production so export holds are never idling empty.
• Milestone Stepping Stones: Progress logically through American Dream (1 million credits), I need a Private Jet (10 million credits), Villy Gates ($100 million market cap), Jeff Bazzos ($500 million market cap), and finally Ilon Maks.

2. The 50-Year Endurance (Average Crust Enjoyer - 0.3%)

Reaching 50 continuous in-game years requires near-complete automation resilience:

• Redundant Baseload Power: Transition completely away from chemical batteries to deep-core nuclear RTGs and hydrogen fuel generators.
• Automated Laser Perimeter: Ensure ample Energy Cells are stockpiled so Anti-Meteorite Laser Cannons intercept falling orbital rocks indefinitely without manual command input.
• Self-Regulating Life Support: Automate water extraction from ice veins and hydroponic greenhouse cycles to sustain living domes without Earth resupply runs.