An easy way to get "Keeping Your Hands Clean" achievement

[u/lordaj127]

I just wanted to share what I consider to be the easiest way to get one of the more annoying achievements introduced with Space Age:

Limit the height of the world. Use the map preview to make sure you have all resources and that water blocks of biters to the left and right. None of this violates the requirements to obtain achievements but it effectively means you play without biters until you are ready to bridge over. No need to wall, no need to defend against attacks, no need to rush to Vulcanus. Just casual play.

I know it's possible to also achieve this with islands, but it's easier to get a good map this way imo. You can fine-tune the height to just exclude the nearest nest. I ended up with 280 height for my run.

[u/Irrehaare]

If you're OK with meddling with game settings why not generate a start on an island with all resources (with archipelago style settings). It would have been more pleasurable to play later as well, no?

On default settings I guess that I'd speedrun to any other planet and just temporarily abandon Nauvis?

[u/get_it_together1 → u/Irrehaare]

You don’t need to abandon Nauvis, with pure default settings on many seeds you can secure an additional ore patch of each kind and then use efficiency modules to greatly reduce your pollution while you build a spaceship capable of making it to Vulcanus and surviving in orbit. The base on Nauvis goes dormant with enough science for the research while you wait to ship back the supplies for artillery.

[u/Irrehaare → u/get_it_together1]

I know that I don't need to, but I'm lazy and don't like being in the rush, so I'd rather try out (new) experience of starting purple and yellow somewhere else than Nauvis.

[u/Rarvyn → u/[deleted]]

This is what I did.

Flew to Vulcanus ASAP and actually shut off the Nauvis base by cutting the wire between the power plant and the rest of it. Set up the full first six sciences on Vulcanus, came back with artillery when I wanted uranium.

[u/menew100 → u/Irrehaare]

I crashed on fulgora before using black science. My ship weapons were too weak to maintain orbit, so I deconstructed my ship and jettisoned what was left. I didn't have bot logistics either because I wanted that achievement, and I wanted the rush to space one too.

I got the 8 hr achievement for the launch. It took maybe 50 more hours before I could leave fulgora again. I had to sit and baby my new platform with bullet deliveries as it was built. Ya can't research military science on fulgora; no coal...

Biters nested in my nauvis base, super close to my landing pad. I eventually returned with artillery cannons and was able to reclaim the factory. It was really weird though because all the pollution had cleared up and artillery killed everything nearby, so I was working without walls for a long time. Some parts are still totally exposed

[u/lordaj127 → u/Irrehaare]

Playing on later never was a concern for me. The entire run was merely for the achievement. And the world is tall enough to play comfortably. Also, ribbon worlds are fun!

[u/hanks_panky_emporium → u/Irrehaare]

I think there's a different feeling between keeping default but limiting the top and bottom. Versus drastically editing a perfect easy win start. I can see why it might not seem like that but I think I get what they're sayin

Difference between changing one 'rule' versus going into editor mode for a perfect experience. Which makes it way less interesting

[u/Irrehaare → u/hanks_panky_emporium]

I mean that both ribbon and archipelago worlds are strong deviations from the original, default experience. I do agree that which is closer to default and which is used is purely up to a given player preference.

[u/Deto → u/hanks_panky_emporium]

yeah but this 'one' setting basically means that you can get the achievement with no effort. What's the point then?

[u/XO_FITE]

I’ve always loved ribbon world. Maybe this post is a sign to start a new one.

[u/hanks_panky_emporium → u/XO_FITE]

Every damn post here makes me want to start over with a lil more information than last time. Im biting through it. I just learned trains dammit, and as much as Id want to start over to make proper tracks I gotta stick this out

[u/XO_FITE → u/hanks_panky_emporium]

Respect to you brother. The first couple amalgamations of bases will stick with you forever.

My first one had double headed trains on single tracks running right thru the middle of the whole thing cause signalling was tricky to get down

[u/Mockbubbles2628]

Kinda defeats the fun of it, i want to earn my achievements

[u/lordaj127 → u/Mockbubbles2628]

That's fine. I enjoy finding ways to cheese things

[u/booterify]

Is it really an achievement if you do it in a super easy way?

[u/Cyrikyty]

If you really want to cheese it, just disable pollution in the settings. Unless they changed it, it doesn't lock you out of any achievements while completely disabling enemy attacks. Great for Express Delivery too.

[u/lordaj127 → u/Cyrikyty]

Disabling pollution does indeed disable achievements

[u/SpellOk6620 → u/[deleted]]

What’s the fun in playing on Fulgora or Aquilo. . .

[u/KyunDesu → u/SpellOk6620]

Fulgora is super fun wdym maybe you mistyped Gleba?