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Easy "Alien Archaeologist" Achievement

In order to "restore" a fossil you need to put it in and all other pieces of that same fossil (if it is a medium or large size fossil) in a display case, which will then make it so that display case permanently has that fossil inside of it and can no longer have any pieces taken out even if you break the case.

Easy "Bug Free" Achievement

There is a bug with the bug free achievement. Double check the collection screen to make sure you've collected all 42 bugs. If you've got the full collection drop the bugs and pick them all back up. This should fix the problem.

Upgrade Modules

When upgrading your ship, you should bring the needed variety of Upgrade Modules to Penguin Pete at the Outpost's Shipyard. When the player has enough Upgrade Modules in their stock, the (?) pursuit marker will show over Penguin Pete's head. Tossing the Upgrade Modules out of the player's stock will not get rid of the (?) mission marker. Merely drop the Upgrade Modules from your stock at a safe range, and after that talk with Penguin Pete to upgrade your ship. You can then gather your dropped Upgrade Modules and repeat the procedure for all subsequent ship upgrades. (version 1.0.5)

Upgrade ship without consuming Upgrade Modules (works in 1.0.5)

When upgrading your ship, you must bring the necessary number of Upgrade Modules to Penguin Pete at the Outpost's Shipyard. When the player has enough Upgrade Modules in their inventory, the (?) quest marker will display over Penguin Pete's head. However, throwing the Upgrade Modules out of the player's inventory will not remove the (?) quest marker. Simply drop the Upgrade Modules out of your inventory at a safe distance, and then talk to Penguin Pete to upgrade your ship. You can then collect your dropped Upgrade Modules and repeat the process for all subsequent ship upgrades.

Various Steam Achievements

Complete the indicated task to unlock the achievement.

Achievement	How to unlock
A Cheeky Chore	Complete 25 quests for your colonists. These guys sure do ask a lot of you don't they...
A Helping Hand	Complete 10 quests for your colonists. Feel like an asset to the community!
A Motley Crew	Recruit one crew member from every race. It's like a teeny tiny protectorate.
A Tireless Task	Complete 50 quests for your colonists. When did this become your full time job?
Adventurer Eventuality	Complete a quest! Joke's on you, there isn't any XP in this game.
Alien Archaeologist	Restore a complete fossil. Make wild assumptions about what it used to be.
All Walks of Life	Attract 10 unique tenants. Marvel at their collective peculiarity.
Amateur Bard	Collect your first musical instrument! Keep playing, even when everyone begs you to stop.
Armour Aficionado	Collect 210 unique pieces of armour. See how many you can wear at the same time. (Spoiler, it's 3).
Augmented Reality	Augment your EPP. Now it's an AEPP.
Book Club	Find a Codex. On Earth it's rude to read other people's diaries.
Bug Free	Catch 42 unique bugs. Give them all funny names.
Bug Tracker	Capture your first bug with a bug net. Esther would be proud.
Captain of the Year	Recruit at least 12 crew members. Consider starting a pension plan.
Congratulations on Your Graduation!	Survive the Protectorate. It could have been worse.
Cosmic Curator	Complete the Cosmic Museum's cosmic collection.
Cramped Colony	Build 5 homes in a very small space. This isn't a healthy way for anyone to live.
Culinary Century	Prepare at least 100 unique dishes. Bonus points if they're edible.
Destroyer of Worlds	Move a planet's worth of blocks. If you weren't using a Matter Manipulator you'd be ripped.
Ending Prohibition	Defeat the dastardly Dreadwing. Bring joy to penguins everywhere.
Feathered Friend	Recruit a penguin mercenary from the Beakeasy.
First Mate	Recruit your first crew member. Captain!
From the Ashes	Build a large colony. Well done Protector!
Home Sweet Home	Attract your first colonist. Make sure you treat them right.
Just like mum used to make!	Practice your chef skills. Try not to harm anyone.
King Barbarian	Become champion of the arena. Crush your foes like an orange sorbet.
Mint Condition	Collect at least 50 unique action figures. Insist to your friends they're actually called statuettes.
Monster Whisperer	Capture a monster. How does it fit in that tiny ball?
Not a Llama	Obtain a complete alpaca costume. Use it only for good!
Not in Front of the Children!	Defeat Mother Poptop. Every Poptop you meet from here on out is a lonely orphan.
Nox's Apprentice	Kill another player. Unity is overrated anyway.
Perfectly Generic Achievement	Obtain the mythical perfectly generic item.
Protected Protector	Obtain an entire set of armour. Now use dye to make your armour fabulous.
Shock and Awe	Defeat the Shockhopper MK I. Notice it rarely hops.
Starbound Valley	Harvest 30 unique crops. Start thinking about who you'd like to romance and that barn extension.
Sweet Revenge	Kill 100 small flying monsters. They had it coming.
The Brave	Return Nuru to the outpost.
The Devout	Return Tonauac to the outpost.
The Hopeful	Fix your ship.
The Loyal	Return the Baron to the outpost.
The Protector	Defeat the Ruin.
The Resilient	Return Lana Blake to the outpost.
The Simple Life	Harvest a crop. See what happens when you eat it.
The Wanderer	Meet Esther.
The Wise	Return Koichi to the outpost.
Them Bones	Unearth 55 unique fossils. Try not to pay attention to the ones that are alarmingly humanoid.
Too Heavy to Kick	Destroy a robot chicken. Don't try to eat it.
Traveling in Style	Obtain a cool vehicle. Pop some sweet wheelies.
Villain	Incapacitate an innocent bystander. You monster.
Well Read	Find 100 unique codex items. Study them all, prepare for a pop quiz.
You're aMAZEing!	Complete Mazebound. You only need to beat it 300,000 times to win a slide whistle.

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Easy "Alien Archaeologist" Achievement

Easy "Bug Free" Achievement

Upgrade Modules

Upgrade ship without consuming Upgrade Modules (works in 1.0.5)

Various Steam Achievements

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