The Alters Trophy & Achievement Guide

The unique survival game The Alters is a fairly lengthy game to complete. Your first playthrough of this title will most likely take you about 20 hours, and then you will need to play it again at least once if you want to complete all the achievements.

In order to 100% this survival game that lets you shape the world, you will need to get all fifty-six achievements or trophies. Some of these will be based around completing aspects of the story, while others will require you to go out of your way to unlock them.

How to Increase Qubit Level in The Alters

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How to Unlock All Achievements or Trophies in The Alters

There are several different types of achievements that you can pick up in The Alters, including interacting with some of the characters and completing their storylines, doing story quests, and building your base. Below, all the trophies have been sorted by category to help you work through them all.

Learning Lessons About Different Characters Trophies & Achievements in The Alters

In order to complete these quests in this Day 1 Game Pass release, you will simply need to do any quests given to you by any of your alters while keeping them happy with you. Since you can’t unlock all the different alters in one playthrough, you will need to play at least twice to meet all the different Jans and complete their stories.

Achievement Name	Requirements
Assertiveness	Learn the Technician’s lesson.
Charisma	Learn the Worker’s lesson.
Chill	Learn the Shrink’s lesson.
Integrity	Learn the Doctor’s lesson.
Jan Complete	Learn all the lessons from your Alters.
Joy of Life	Learn the Tabula Rasa’s lesson.
Optimism	Learn the Refiner’s lesson.
Pragmatism	Learn the Scientist’s lesson.
Reliance	Learn the Botanist’s lesson.
Shrewdness	Learn the Guard’s lesson.
Vulnerability	Learn the Miner’s lesson.
A Place in People’s Hearts	Complete the Worker’s storyline.
Happy Sisyphus	Complete the Doctor’s storyline.
Her Last Wish	Complete the Technician’s storyline.
Hidden Truth	Complete the Scientist’s storyline.
Keeping Him Safe	Complete the Refiner’s storyline.
Remaking Himself	Complete the Miner’s storyline.
Take It Easy, Dude	Complete the Shrink’s storyline.
The Other Man	Complete the Botanist’s storyline.
You Gotta Be Smart	Complete the Guard’s storyline.

Building Rapidium Arks Trophies & Achievements in The Alters

All the Rapidum Arks you build after the first will give you an achievement. You will need to build one base expansion in The Alters for every one of the four additional Arks.

Achievement Name	Requirements
Exceed All Expectations	Build the fifth Rapidium Ark.
Provide More	Build the second Rapidium Ark.
The Mission Comes First	Build the fourth Rapidium Ark.
We Needed That	Build the third Rapidium Ark.

Story Quest Trophies & Achievements in The Alters

The list below contains all the game’s story quest achievements, which are trophies you will get automatically as you complete the story. As long as you finish the entirety of The Alters’ story, you will earn each of these.

Achievement Name	Requirements
A Quantum Singularity	Earn all trophies in The Alters.
Dig Deeper	Set up the first outpost.
Into The Storm	Finish Act 2.
Let’s Roll	Finish the prologue.
Look At All This New Space!	Expand the base for the first time.
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us	Finish Act 1.
The Bridge	Build the bridge over the lava river.
The Survivor	Reach the base.
Time To Go Home	Finish Act 3.
Two Of Us	Create the first Alter.
We Made It Together	Survive the magnetic storm.
Who Else Is There?	Upgrade the Quantum Computer.

There is a choice you can make during play that will change which one of these trophies/achievements you get in this replayable open-world game. These are both story quests, but they are mutually exclusive, so you will need to play the game twice to get both.

Achievement Name	Requirements
Bold Science	Start treating the brain mutation using experimental therapy.
Corporate Plug	Start treating the brain mutation using implants.

All Missable Trophies & Achievements in The Alters

There are a handful of trophies that you could miss in this beautiful survival game. Here is a list of all of them, and some hints to help you get them finished on your first or second playthrough.

Achievement Name	Requirements	Hints
Advanced Industry	Create the first portion of resources using the Refinery.	Create some Enriched Metals or ALX in the Refinery.
All By Myself	Leave your Alters to the mercy of others.	Do nothing when the soldiers come.
All My Selves	Create all possible Alters.	This will take at least two playthroughs.
Awareness	Unexpected member stays with the crew.	This involves getting the Tablua Rasa on your crew. It has been confirmed that you need to select the Implants cure option listed above (you may need to set up both cure options and then choose the Implants); however, the exact method is currently unknown beyond that.
Baaa!	Pet the sheep.	You can pet Molly, so make sure to give her a good pat.
I Deserved This More	Come back to Earth as the Botanist.	First, you need to complete the Botanist’s storyline, select the Implants cure, and then agree to switch with him on extraction day.
I Found You	Find the rebel base.	You can find it in the southwestern-most corner of the map.
In Shield I Trust	Walk into an anomaly 20 times.	Take damage from anomalies by walking into them over and over.
It Ends In Flames	Blow up the base.	When the soldiers invade the base, blow them up with explosive charges.
Jan’s Moving Village	Expand the base to maximum capacity.	Get all the expansions for the base.
Maxwell’s Path	Finish the game with Maxwell’s help.	Ask for Maxwell’s help to finish the game.
New Perspective	Get an alternative tattoo with Naranath Bhranthan.	When getting a tattoo, use the Shrink’s design.
Not Just An Object	Give every Alter at least one personal item.	Like some dating games, there are items that each Alter would like as a gift; give all the different Alters one gift that’s one of their favorites.
Reunited	Convince the rebels to come back.	You need to have used the Implants cure. Give Lena the first supply packages in exchange for shutting down the tracking devices.
Smart Management	Start a production uphold.	Uphold productions in The Alters are used to fill stock needs, like food or repair kits.
The Corporate Way	Finish the game with the help of the corporation.	Ask the corporation for help to finish the game.
The Things We Do For Love	Betray everyone as the Botanist.	Switch places with the Botanist to leave, then do nothing when the soldiers invade.
The Ultimate Builder	Build all possible modules.	Collect all the room mods and build every one of them at least once.