Achievements — All 26
Wanderburg’s 26 achievements are almost entirely lifetime counters — they tick in every run, Overtime included. Here’s the full list with live unlock rates, and the routes that fill several counters at once.
Key Takeaways
- Five grind families: distance, vehicles destroyed, units consumed, bosses, progression.
- You get most of the list accidentally — Overtime farming also fills distance, vehicles, and consuming.
- Progression achievements are the fast ones: two biome unlocks + Spiderburg sit around 56–69%.
- The true endgame grinds: 1,000 km (0.2%) and 10,000 vehicles (0.1%).
- Players report the Desert biome achievement sticking — known bug thread on Steam.
Full list (sorted by unlock rate)
| Achievement | Requirement | Family | Unlocked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.000 meters travelled | Travel 10 km overall | Distance | 91.1% |
| 100 Vehicles destroyed | Destroy 100 vehicles overall | Vehicles | 87.8% |
| You won! | Finish a land | Progression | 79.4% |
| 1000 units consumed | Consume 1,000 units overall | Consuming | 76.4% |
| Welcome to the Desert! | Unlock the Desert Biome | Progression | 68.5% |
| 500 Vehicles destroyed | Destroy 500 vehicles overall | Vehicles | 61.5% |
| Welcome to the Dark Forest! | Unlock the Dark Forest Biome | Progression | 55.8% |
| Spiderburg unlocked | “Time to grow some legs!” | Progression | 55.8% |
| 10 Bosses destroyed | Destroy 10 bosses overall | Bosses | 50.8% |
| 100.000 meters travelled | Travel 100 km overall | Distance | 47.7% |
| 1000 Vehicles destroyed | Destroy 1,000 vehicles overall | Vehicles | 40.3% |
| 5000 units consumed | Consume 5,000 units overall | Consuming | 30.8% |
| Tankenburg unlocked | “Bulldoze everything!” | Progression | 25.0% |
| 25 Bosses destroyed | Destroy 25 bosses overall | Bosses | 18.9% |
| 7.500 units consumed | Consume 7,500 units overall | Consuming | 16.7% |
| 250.000 meters travelled | Travel 250 km overall | Distance | 15.7% |
| 10.000 units consumed | Consume 10,000 units overall | Consuming | 9.4% |
| 50 Bosses destroyed | Destroy 50 bosses overall | Bosses | 3.7% |
| 500.000 meters travelled | Travel 500 km overall | Distance | 3.3% |
| 5000 Vehicles destroyed | Destroy 5,000 vehicles overall | Vehicles | 2.2% |
| 75 Bosses destroyed | Destroy 75 bosses overall | Bosses | 0.8% |
| 25.000 units consumed | Consume 25,000 units overall | Consuming | 0.5% |
| All Lands won! | Win in all Lands | Progression | 0.3% |
| 100 Bosses destroyed | Destroy 100 bosses overall | Bosses | 0.2% |
| 1.000.000 meters travelled | Travel 1,000 km overall | Distance | 0.2% |
| 10.000 Vehicles destroyed | Destroy 10,000 vehicles overall | Vehicles | 0.1% |
The five grind families, explained
- Distance (5 tiers, 10 km → 1,000 km). Pure driving. Overtime kite sessions are long drives — silver farming fills these for free.
- Vehicles destroyed (5 tiers, 100 → 10,000). The rarest family at the top — 10,000 vehicles is 0.1%. Cannon and ram builds feed this hardest.
- Units consumed (5 tiers, 1,000 → 25,000). Eating villages and flocks — which you already do for in-run gold and the consuming quests (Unlock conditions).
- Bosses destroyed (5 tiers, 10 → 100). Four per land, every run. Land-cycling beats single-land grinding here.
- Progression (6). The quick ones: finish a land (79.4%), unlock the two named biomes, Spiderburg (Golden Dunes’ four bosses — Bosses), Tankenburg, and the rare crown:All Lands won! at 0.3%.
Fastest routes — one run, many counters
Answer: Don’t farm achievements directly — farm Overtime after a clean four-boss clear, and every counter moves at once:
- Overtime kite → distance tiers + silver + vehicle kills while enemies swarm.
- Route pastures between fights → units-consumed tiers and the 1,000-sheep quest lump (2,500 silver).
- Land-cycle instead of re-running one land → bosses tier + biome progression together.
- Cannon or ram family → vehicles tiers move fastest; mines while kiting add passive kills.
- Ignore Demo-8 farm tricks — EA counters are what they are; no known exploit worth printing.
Known achievement bugs
Answer: One confirmed-by-players issue so far: the Desert biome achievement(“Welcome to the Desert!”) has a Steam discussion thread reporting it not popping after unlocking the biome. If it sticks for you, it’s not your save — check the thread before reinstalling anything.
FAQ
How many achievements does Wanderburg have?
Answer: 26 on Steam at EA launch. The official store page lists Steam Achievements among the features; the in-game list matches 26.
What’s the rarest Wanderburg achievement?
Answer: “10.000 Vehicles destroyed” at 0.1%, with “1.000.000 meters travelled” and “100 Bosses destroyed” right behind at 0.2%. All three are pure time-in-game — Overtime farming is the honest path.
Do Overtime kills and distance count toward achievements?
Answer: The counters are lifetime “overall” counters — Overtime is part of your run and its kills/distance/consumption tick the same counters. That’s what makes the grind tiers realistic.
Still checking
- Whether the Desert biome achievement bug is patched — watching the Steam thread.
- In-game achievement list vs Steam (hidden achievements, if any).
- Dark Forest ↔ Dusky Pines / Wasteland name mapping.