AETHUS includes a large set of achievements tied to story progress, exploration, crafting, mining, cooking, and collectibles. Most will unlock naturally while progressing through the caverns, but several require long term grinding or hidden discoveries.

AETHUS has 40 achievements total, covering story milestones, resource gathering, crafting totals, cooking totals, exploration secrets, and collectible challenges.

Complete AETHUS Achievement List

Good Intentions | Complete the Prologue.

Strike the Earth | Enter the Outer Caverns for the first time.

Groundbreaking | Build your first Habitat structure.

Explosive Entrance | Clear the Rockfall blocking progress in the Outer Caverns.

Rookie Miner | Destroy 50 Mining Nodes.

Gift From Above | Progress the story until the mysterious object from above arrives.

Hobby Chef | Cook 50 food items at cooking stations.

Shortcuts | Unlock the shortcut travel routes through the caverns.

Crafty | Craft 50 items at any crafting station.

They’ll Be OK, Right? | Deliver the mysterious eggs to the ARC menagerie.

Remote Override | Activate the remote override during the related objective.

Fairytale | Complete the hidden story event tied to the Fairytale objective.

Fledgling Miner | Destroy 200 Mining Nodes.

Always Something Behind the Waterfall | Discover the hidden area located behind a waterfall.

Going Down | Reach deeper layers of the underground caverns.

Engineer | Craft 200 total items.

Artificial Unintelligence | Complete the related robotic or AI storyline objective.

Keen Cook | Cook 200 food items.

Master Extractor | Reach level V in the Resource Acquisition Partnership Program.

Hero of the Spooky Underground Jungle | Complete the objective tied to the Spooky Underground Jungle region.

Mu-ving On Up | Progress the story tied to the MU systems.

Burgeoning Miner | Destroy 500 Mining Nodes.

Body Engineer | Unlock the body engineering upgrade system.

The Kappa Module | Acquire the Kappa Module upgrade.

Successfully Returned | Complete the mission involving a successful return event.

Best Robo Friend | Progress the companion robot storyline.

Getting Warmer | Discover deeper geothermal sections of the caverns.

Mass Production | Craft 500 items.

Echoes of the Past | Discover a hidden lore location underground.

It’s covert, honest! | Complete the covert themed objective.

Theme Collector | Collect all five megacorp Outpost themes.

Buried Secrets | Discover a hidden underground secret area.

CRYSTAL CRYSTAL CRYSTAL | Collect a large number of crystal resources.

Resistance is Futile | Complete the resistance storyline objective.

Professional Miner | Destroy 1000 Mining Nodes.

Chef de Cuisine | Cook 500 food items.

Alpha to Omega | Complete the full story campaign.

Time is a Flat Circle | Trigger the special time related event.

They're Limited Edition! | Collect all eight variants of the Jenkins collectible plush toy.

Vegetarian | Finish the game without consuming any food made from meat or fish.

Final Blurb

Most AETHUS achievements come naturally from exploring the caverns, crafting equipment, and progressing through the story. The longest ones involve large totals like mining nodes, crafting items, or cooking food. Players who explore thoroughly and gather resources regularly will unlock most of them during normal gameplay, with only a few collectibles and challenge runs requiring extra planning.