As a rogue android lost in the outer systems, on the run and in failing condition,Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vectoris a surprisingly chill game. Well, it’s somewhere between chill and stressful, but it’s certainly one of the best sci-fi RPGs of 2024.
It’s the type of game where you want to see how things would have turned out if you managed to salvage the data core in time, or if Laine turned up in the Hexport before you could escape. Not to mention the achievements you unlock for finishing missions a certain way, or for choosing different options.
How To Unlock All Achievements
There are 30 achievements for a total of 1000 Xbox gamerscore. Most achievements can be unlocked in a single run, but a couple make you choose — like the choice between Femi and Nia, which will earn a different achievement for each (and there’s no save-scumming to choose again either).
THE FREELANCER
Recruit Yu-Jin to your crew.
Drink Wracksat the Far Spindle bar until Yu-Jin asks to join your crew.
THE SIGNALCHASER
Recruit Luis to your crew.
Choose not to follow Yu-Jinduring his contract on The Hollow, opting for Luis instead.
THE SPINDLEJACK
Recruit Kadet to your crew.
After befriending her at Far Spindle, visit the Scatteryards, andyou’ll have the chance to recruit her. (To get a haznav, you’ll need to visit Wellspring first).
THE BIG BROTHER
Recruit Femi to your crew.
Meet Femi again on Flotsam station andcomplete the ‘Cutter’s End’ contractfor him, thenchoose Femi over Niafor your crew.
THE LITTLE SISTER
Recruit Nia to your crew.
As above, complete the ‘Cutter’s End’ contract butchoose Nia over Femi.
THE FUGITIVE
Recruit Flint to your crew.
Complete Flint’s Huntercontract on Olivera and welcome them aboard when it’s time to leave Olivera. This is almost unavoidable.
PAY YOUR WAY
Buy the feed lines from Karsten in Hexport.
Pay the 400 cryoto Karsten at Hexport. To do this,focus on making cryo on Hexport. Ignore the signal contract, which takes too much time for the pay.
THE BETTER CREW
Beat Vesna to the hidden wreck.
Find the wreck during Yu-Jin’s ‘Hidden Wreck’contract at Far Spindle before the timer runs out.Ignore the objective to search on the planet, insteadfocus on the floating debrisandempty ship objectivesuntil you access the hidden wreck.
MEANS OF PRODUCTION
Inspire a peaceful mutiny on the Headstream.
Instead of taking Serafin’s side on Wellspring,find his sisterandfollow her plotline through.
STRANGER DANGER
Refuse to hand over the drive from Hexport.
During ‘Hexport Remains’, a stranger will offer cryo for the conway data drive.Choose not to hand overtheHexport drive.
FRIEND OF A FRIEND
Refuse to leave Marko on Darkside.
During ‘Darkside Recon’, your crew will go into hiding and Marko will be captured, complete the objective tofree him before stealing supplies to unlock this.
WHATEVER HAPPENS HAPPENS
Get a positive outcome with a glitched dice.
Win the 20% roll of a positive outcomeusing a glitched dice.
COLD NEVER BOTHERED ME
Extract the ice core without spoiling the haul.
Finish the ‘Ice Rich Asteroid’ contractbefore the ice stress level hits max. Take your time with this andfocus on high dice rolls.
MUSHROOM SAMBA
Decide not to clear the Cargo Bay out.
While ferrying spores to Greenbelt for Nemba, you’ll find an infestation in your bay. Choose tokeep the spores, andyou’ll beable to farm them for supplies.
DUSTHOUSE BLUES
Retrieve all three stepsilk husks from the wreck.
Successfullycollect all three husksfor Aki without the objectives’ stress levels hitting max. So long as you have enough supplies, this is easy if you only use high dice rolls to collect them.
INTERSPECIES SOLIDARITY
Make a home for a stowaway.
During the main story, a side story with a “supply thief” will occur. Tame or starve it out to catch it. You’ll be promptedto use supplies as baitor towait a handful of cyclesuntil it shows itself, both methods work.
PILGRIM BLOOM
Discover the origin of Olivera.
Revisit Olivera after the first contract on Darkside.Karman will invite you back to Olivera.
THE GOOD THE BAD AND YU-JIN
Find the fraction drive without losing Yu-Jin.
Side with Yu-Jinuntil the end of his side story. You’ll have the choice for thisduring his contract at the hollowwhen you’ve located the drive.
HEXPORT EXPORT
Escape Hexport before Laine finds you.
Obtain the feed tubesbefore Laine’s timer runs out on Hexport. The easiest way to do this is todo the contract for Karsten immediately,andthen deny Juni the data core.That said, this locks you out of Juni as a crew mate, so it’s better to help Juni, then let Juni help you steal the feedlines (which only takes a few cycles longer).
CORE CONSERVATOR
Extract the core from the Solheim Derelict cleanly.
Extract the Solheim Derelict corewithout alerting the Warden. There are no time constraints, so just focus on using high dice rolls to avoid warden stress.
CITY OF DARKNESS
Make it through Darkside Recon without getting caught.
Avoid raising the detectionstress level to max during ‘Darkside Recon’. This is difficult, as you’re meant to get caught, but one tip is to ignore the crisis node and complete the objectives with only high dice rolls. It’s better tolet the node run up a detection stress point each cyclethan to fail and gain two stress per roll.
MEMORIES OF MAYWICK
Set a three-stage trap for the Hunter.
Complete all three trap objectivesbefore theHunter arrives during Flint’s side storyon Olivera. Intuit and Endure are the main skills, and Nia & Juni’s high skills are extra useful due to the time constraints.
A SYSTEM IN CRISIS
Complete the game on DANGEROUS difficulty.
Complete Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector on the highest difficulty. In this game mode, dice are far harder to repair, and somanaging stress is much more important.
A useful tip for this is to spend your low dice rolls resting in your ship bay at the end of each day.
