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[WIP] Aground 100% Achievement & Walkthrough

By IceSk8

How to finish the game and get ALL 90 achievements at the same time! WOW OPTIMISATION
Arranged in order of difficulty and/or access.
Note: each island has content that isn't always immediately accessible and thus will be returned to in a later section of the guide.

CREDIT: Information is basically compiled from the Aground wiki [aground.fandom.com]

CURRENT WIP: Unoiks 428c content
Achievements included: 41/90
Yet to begin work on: everything else

Award

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Category: Achievements, Gameplay Basics, Maps or Levels, Walkthroughs, Weapons

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

Foreword

1. Starting Island

1. Starting Island (cont'd)

2. Sunset Haven

3. Eastern Island

1-2-3. Revisited

4. The Heights

5. Cultivator Island

5. Divider Island

6. Ice Island

7. Minotaur Island

8. Undeveloped Island

Comments

Foreword

Here are some pages I found that might be useful.

Tips and Tricks[aground.fandom.com]

Left click on a quest to have a compass to track the NPC location at the top-right of the screen

The entire story[aground.fandom.com] of Aground
The fate of some NPCs[aground.fandom.com] depends on the choices you make.

Useful Tables

Spirit Gems are used to capture elemental Spirits[aground.fandom.com] and thus obtain elemental gems.

Type/Element

Location(s)

Spirit Gem

Eastern Island

Mining (depth 85-181)
Wyrm Hive: chests and Wyrm Queen

Amethyst Golems (rare drop) at

Eastern Island, in stone
Cultivator Island
West Divider Island
Wyrm Tunnel's Magic Ore Cave

Shops: Fish Merchant in Cultivator Island, Beastmaster in Eastern Island's Colosseum

Evo Spirit Gem

Bought from the Spirit
Made in the Forge

Fire Spirit

Starting Island, Fire Cave (depth 92)
Eastern Island, underground

Water Spirit

Eastern Island, daytime
Fish Village

Earth Spirit

Starting Island
Undeveloped Island

Ice Spirit

Eastern Island, floating island
Ice Island

Plant Spirit

Eastern Island, nighttime
Cultivator Island

1. Starting Island

Section Recommendations

Instead of drawing up a whole list of pros and cons for optimising gameplay, here's my recommended setup with things that become available at this section of gameplay:

(Melee) Weapon[aground.fandom.com] upgrades in order of availability: stone axe → rusty axe → iron sword/steel axe → steel sword → ancient axe
To mine[aground.fandom.com] through stone, upgrade to a metal pick (iron/steel). Sand cannot be broken through (yet). Blackstone can never be mined out.
A number of entities can be captured and equipped, thus providing benefits to the player. Here are some especially helpful ones that become available at this stage of gameplay.

Familiar[aground.fandom.com]

Effect/Notes

Wyrm

Mining speed +1

Tame Wolf, Spider, any Dragon

Fighting companion

Cat

Fighting companion, lights surroundings, increases line of sight by 2
Consumables to keep on hand for stamina and health respectively, again ordered according to availability: berries + meat → apples/pumpkin + steak → pie + hamburger/omelette → pizza/cheeseburger or dragonblood
Cows produce more of the same resources that pigs give (meat, milk and fertilizer).
Expand farm as soon as possible by building something(a field specifically?) next to the mountain. Hold shift while moving to place more precisely. The farmer will then give you some sugar seeds, which will be useful for making candy apples/cakes for +++ stamina.
Wood is a renewable resource. Use it instead of coal for fueling things. Save coal for making steel.

Storyline Achivements

Following through the tutorial/NPC quests will grant the following achievements:

Self
- Repair Hut - Shelter
- Build Dock - Distant Shores
Builder[aground.fandom.com]
- Build Storehouse - Infinite Space
- Build Kitchen - Bon Appetit
- Upgrade Kitchen - Cook a pizza to get Mmm, Cheese
Miner[aground.fandom.com]
- Craft Smelter - Metallurgy
- Craft Workshop - Crafting Time
- Laying Rails
Farmer[aground.fandom.com]
- Build Farm - Sharecropping
- Apple Seeds - Apples
- Build Pig Pen - Milking Pigs
  Building My Way is a hidden achievement gained by using a blueprint, accessed by scrolling to the bottom of the player's inventory.
  Tip: catch rate depends on health of enemy, so damage wyrms prior to placing nets to trap them
Hunter[aground.fandom.com]
- Hunting Boars - Instant Meat
  Completing this quest awards the player with a backpack[aground.fandom.com] that grants the Heavy Lifter achievement.
- Perimeter
- Wolf Pup
Alchemist[aground.fandom.com]
- Magic Materials - Wyrmslayer, Experiments
- Wyrm Pen
  Achievements: Get Wyrm, Infinite Blood
- Hatch Dragons - only given if the dragon in Dragon Lair has not been defeated. Hatchling
  Tip: If you hatch 2 dragons, you can then interact peacefully with the Adult Dragon in the Dragon Lair on the eastern shore.
- Magical Axe: requires 1 Fire Tusk. See the (cont'd) section's Notable Locations → Underground → Halloween Cave or Fire Cave. Alternatively, travel to the Eastern Island via Dragon Lair, another notable location.
Trader[aground.fandom.com]
- Build Market - A Good Trade
  Buy a Super Pack from the merchant to achieve Heavier Lifter
- Build Dock - Distant Shores
  2 sources of cloth for crafting nets: harvesting Cotton fields (which is also obtained by), buying from the Market merchant
- Boat - Setting Sail

Notable Enemies[aground.fandom.com]

If you're ever having trouble defeating any of these enemies, try upgrading your weapon :)
Enemy not in this table? Check the notable locations section :)

Enemy

Damage

Defence

Notes

Spider

Night only, attack stuns

Shadow Cat

5x2

Night only, turns invisible unless wearing spirit goggles (more on that later), attack stuns(?)
Capture yields a cat or panther if using a net or any other type of net respectively

Wyrm

Golem

Hides in stone blocks
Defeat 1 to achieve

Rockslayer

Cockatrice

5(fire) + burn damage

Capture yields a chicken or cockatrice if using a net or enchanted net/magnetrap (mid-game items) respectively

1. Starting Island (cont'd)

Notable Locations

Above-Ground

The Mountain: Yeti

Enemy

HP

Damage

Defence

Yeti

16

10x4 melee, 20(ice) ranged

4
Dragon Lair: Adult Dragon[aground.fandom.com] can either be
- killed for a fire gem & 3 dragonblood or
  
  Boss
  
  HP
  
  Damage
  
  Defence
  
  Notes
  
  Adult Dragon
  
  30
  
  5 + 2-3 burn
  
  3
  
  Fire Breath is a continuous high-range attack that targets the player and can break blocks.
  Weak to Water and Earth Elementals
- interacted with peacefully after hatching 2 baby dragons during the Alchemist's quest. This is done by summoning the Alchemist when in the Dragon Lair. She provides some lore and a quest.

Underground

Whilst digging around, entrances to caves may be revealed. Apart from the Golem Factory Cave, these are randomly placed, so some scouting effort will be required. They are also optional(?) but provide farmable(?) resources.

Golem Factory Cave
Located directly below the Mountain, left of the Dragon Lair (115,94). Access requires an Earth Gem which will be obtained after visiting the Eastern Island. See Section 1-2-3.
Halloween Cave
Located at depth 52, has 1 fire boar, pumpkins(?), 1 pumpkin seed and Jack-o-Lanterns.

Enemy

HP

Damage

Defence

Fire Boar

16

8(fire) + burn

2
Gold Golem/Ore Cave
Located at depth 62 and changes at every entry, thus providing an endless supply of resources (quartz, coal, diamond, gold, and iron).
This cave also contains a randomly located spirit pillar which gives the transmute gold recipe, as well as a chest near the bottom which contains Titanium which will be used in section 2: Sunset Haven.
Yeti Cave
Located at depth 82, has 4 yetis, ice bushes, and chests with Ice Arrows and 1 Enchanted Shield.
Fire Cave
Located at depth 92, has cockatrices on the lower floor, fire boars and a chest containing 1 Fire Gem on the upper floor.

Other Achievements

Shiny is achieved by simply mining a diamond

Once these quests are completed, use(Z) the boat at the dock and travel to the left towards Sunset Haven. You can also choose, travel right to the Eastern Island via the Dragon Lair and see the relevant content in section 3. In either case, we will be returning to the starting Island later in the game for a couple of quests from the Alchemist and the player(Self).

2. Sunset Haven

Accessed via Boat from Starting Island. Take care not to sink into the Whirlpool[aground.fandom.com] on the way to Sunset Haven unless you want to visit the other side of the planet.

Section Recommendations

(Melee) Weapon upgrades: ancient axe → chainsaw
Ultrapack (or whatever backpack equipped) → Jetpack
To dig through western stone and desert dirt, upgrade to drill. Collect as much oil (instead of coal) for fueling the power station that recharges batteries.
Visit the Mechanic to repair items.
The tent is a cheap alternative to saving at the Inn, but breaks after 5 uses.
Excess batteries are a good source of income. More cost-efficient to sell empty batteries.
Familiar

Effect/Notes

Diode Wolf

Fighting companion, consumes batteries' charge
Consumables to keep on hand: pizza/cheeseburger or dragonblood → ?
Dig an undergound tunnel between the Forest settlement and the Crashed Colony Ship for safe passage. Also fence both sides of the crashed ship.

Storyline Achievements

Fisherman[aground.fandom.com]
- Finding Peri
  Tip: Don't waste stamina chasing the cat until there are 3 toothfish in your inventory
Mechanic[aground.fandom.com]
- Fix Power Plant - Power Up
  3 sources of Titanium: treasure chests underground of Sunset Haven (depth 10-29), nighttime merchant aka Lurker, and a treasure chest in Starting Island's Golem Cave
- Build Factory - Industrialize
  Note: to receive quest, requires battery in inventory
- Build Elevator - Going Up?
- Convince the Mirrows - This quest will only be given after finding the hidden entrance to the ship's Logroom (which is located below the entrance to the Mirrows), and reading all the ship logs here to contributes to The Full Story achievement, which will not be earned until after completing this quest. It's a bit unclear in-game how to go about completing this quest, but it involves going to the Eastern Island (section 3). As such, this quest's related achievement is in section 1-2-3. Feel free to equip the caged Diode Wolf found at the end of the hallways as a familiar.
  Tip: enemies don't respawn on the Crashed Colony Ship, so flank either side with fences to create a safe haven.
Merchants
- Defeat Bandits - Justice
Innkeeper[aground.fandom.com]
- Confront the Mirrows - This boss fight is optional, and I'd personally recommend holding off fighting the Mirrows until better weapons are obtained, but it is very difficult. As such, this quest's related achievement is in section 1-2-3.

Notable Enemies

Enemy

Damage

Defence

Notes

Diode Wolf

8 +burn

Very fast non-elemental electric attacks
Defeat 1 to achieve

Shocking

Cyborg Heavy Gun

High fire rate

Combo Bandit

5+7

Uses knockback double combo
Doesn't respawn

Heavy Bandit

1, 7 shield

Blocks damage from the front
Doesn't respawn

Knife Bandit

Mainly ranged attack, sometimes quick dash melee
Doesn't respawn

Ranged Bandit

Shoots arrows
Doesn't respawn

Steel/Mecha Wyrm

18, 8 ranged

Eats desert dirt

Notable Locations

Above-Ground

Mountain
Desert holds the Crashed Colony Ship, which provides access to the:
- Mirrow's Lab
- Colony Ship Hold, which contains titanium ore and several chests, one of which has a Jetpack (recommended upgrade)
  
  Name
  
  HP
  
  Damage
  
  Defence
  
  Notes
  
  Stinger
  
  10
  
  10, 8 ranged
  
  3
  
  Fast moving
  Drops Battery, Refined Oil, Titanium, and Uranium
- Colony Ship Logroom, has diode wolves and cyborgs with heavy guns patrolling the hallways. This area contains 12 computer panels with lore and a caged Diode Wolf for the player to take.

Underground

Minotaur Labyrinth is best accessed later, unless one is eager for death.
Water Cave is accessed later in section 4.

Craft a Chainsaw (using 2 Silicon, 4 Steel Bars, 2 Refined Oil) in the Factory - this will be used to get the Techno Mage achievement later.
We will be returning to Sunset Haven later for quests from the Fisherman, Mechanic, and the Mirrows. For now, travel right to the Eastern Island to obtain better gear.

LATER when back, obtain 3 horns (purchased from Lurker or dropped from Minotaurs in their Maze), as these will be needed later to forge a dragon sword for the Dragon Master achievement.

3. Eastern Island

Accessed by flying a dragon east from the Starting Island, thus granting

Dragon Tamer
Upgrade to Queen Drill

Section Recommendations

Weapon → dragonflame, Armour → dragon
Upgrade to a wyrm drill by using an Alter Gem on a captured Wyrm. Bedrock, Titanium and Uranium here cannot be mined until late game.
No new familiars at this stage, as we have yet to obtain better trapping tools/nets.
Pies are readily available once the Synthesizer is activated.

Storyline Achievements

Quests for the Eastern Island are provided by the Alchemist

Wyrm Hive - Queenslayer
Spirit Power - Spirit gems can captures and transforms spirits into gems, of which there exists 5 element types: fire, water, earth, ice, and plant. The Eastern Island is home to the Fire, Water, Ice and Plant spirits, which can be found at specific areas or in the day/at night.
- Activating the Synthesizer, which is equivalent to a Kitchen, requires a water gem and awards Synthetic Steak.
  Tip: With enough Focus Gems for fuel, it is now more efficient to use the Synthesizer to 'cook' Pies and Pancakes, as they require 1 Ice Berries, and 1 Bread + 2 Ice Berries respectively. 4 Focus Gems can be made from 1 Diamond in the Forge.
- Activating an enchanter called the Forge requires a fire gem and awards Forging Ahead.
  - Many items can be enchanted[aground.fandom.com], but trial-and-error crafting has to be done to discover most recipes. Other recipes can be discovered by activating Pillars whilst having spirit-sight.
    Enchant a chainsaw to discover the hidden achievement Techno Mage
Wyrm Research - experiment with Alter Gems[aground.fandom.com] and transform items! (9 transformable items, 6 available at this stage of gameplay, of which 2 don't require Alter Gems to transform). Obtain Dragon Armor for "Convince the Mirrows" quest, and 2 Dragon weapons for the Dragon Master achievement later.
Secret Potion - only available on April 1 (?) MIGHT MOVE TO ANOTHER SECTION WITH INK ITEM

Notable Enemies

Name

Damage

Defence

Notes

Wyrm

Fire Boar

8(fire) +burn

Purple Tree

15, range 2(plant)

Regrows unless stump is destroyed
Defear 1 to achieve

Whomp

Leech

Underground at night

Magic Wyrm

Has a spin attack

Amethyst Golem

12(earth)

Shoots arrows
Doesn't respawn

Crawler

7, 2 ranged

Yeti

10x4, 20 ranged

Throws snowballs through rock

Notable Locations

Above-Ground

Floating Island
Acessed by:
- flying up with Dragon Armor
- building steel stairs from Sunset Haven's Factory
- going through the Wyrm Tunnels to the island, which are available after defeating the Wyrm Queen
Time Manipulator
- activated with an ice gem. Awards the hidden achievement Rewind. There's an Ice Spirit next to the Time Manipulator. Reminder to wear spirit goggles to see the spirit.
- enables the player to uncraft items, reset skill points, and set the in-game time.
- Requires Focus Gems as fuel.
Ice Cave
A dungeon housing 4 sliding puzzles leading to a pillar with the Ice Shield recipe. Alternatively, the puzzle may be bypassed with a mining 7 tool (Wyrm Drill is only mining 4).

Enemy

HP

Damage

Defence
Icer

30

12 ice

2

Underground

Wyrm Hive
Home to Wyrms, the boss Wyrm Queen, and a pillar with the Drain Sword recipe.

Boss

HP

Damage

Defence

Notes
Wyrm Queen

12

Spawns Wyrms

9, 2 while spawning

Equip Shadow Cape to remain invisible to spawned Wyrms, and attack only while Queen's mouth is open during spawning
The Wyrm Tunnels[aground.fandom.com] are accessible after defeating the Wyrm Queen and is a maze connecting to other locations or dungeons.
Colosseum
Located at depth 112, visible only with spirit-sight. The Beastmaster[aground.fandom.com] here allows players to have simulated boss battles with equipment provided, and in turn rewards players with Spirit Points that can be redeemed for items from the Beastmaster.
Death's Door
Located at depth 185, visible only with spirit-sight, it is an ever-changing dungeon that should(?) be accessed later.

Take a few Spirit Gems and head back to the Starting Island, either by going west via Dragon, or through 4 of the Wyrm Tunnels' 23 exits that leads to the Island.

1-2-3. Revisited

This section of the guide basically involved some clean-up around the first 3 islands so that we can progress through the game.

1. Starting Island

Elementary is achieved by capturing a spirit of every element.
- Using a Spirit Gem, capture an earth spirit.
- In the Halloween Cave, capture the ghost.
Golemech[aground.fandom.com]
1. Bring along 5 diamonds
2. Use the Earth Gem to activate the Golem Factory Cave
3. Defeat Golemech to achieve Statue Smasher
  
  Boss
  
  HP
  
  Damage
  
  Defense
  
  Notes
  
  Golemech
  
  60
  
  19
  
  5
  
  Hide in the alcove at the top-right of the cave until you can strike it from behind, preferably with water or plant weapons. Run back up to avoid the laser eye attack. Familiars are useful here.
4. Craft Earth Hammer: 5 diamonds + 1 blood gem from Golemech
  Note: building another Golemech disables the Golem factory until it is defeated.
Most items here require blood gems to craft - these are plentiful in the grounds of Eastern Island, so no need to stinge on crafting more equipment, although there are none to recommend at this point. Maybe earth armour for +1 armour and reflect 1 dmg. Req 1 earth gem. megagolemech key also req. 1 earth gem.

2. Sunset Haven

Convince/Confront the Mirrows, or

Boss

HP

Damage

Defence

Notes

Lightning Mirrow

30

20 ranged

4

Chainsaw recommended, optionally enchanted

Tentacle Mirrow

30

15

4

Ranged weapon + familiar recommended
Convince/Confront the Mirrows
- Obtain Dragon Armor by using an Alter Gem on an Adult Dragon
- Talk to the Mechanic to trigger the cutscene which transports you to the Mirrow's Surgery Lab. While in the lab,
  - read the 2 ship logs to achieve The Full Story.
  - the left door leads to the ship's control room. There, interacting with the middle-left panel (the rest are broken) triggers a cutscene explaining some lore.
  - You may interact with the Surgery Table to install Cyborg gear, however, I would recommend putting this off for later, not only because there are individually better equipment soon available, but also because the entire Cyborg set is needed for the achievement.
In either scenario, Human Testing will be achieved once you've talked to the Innkeeper, and the Mirrowsquestline, also known as the Science path, is now unlocked. (CHANGE) Their quests brings the player west towards The Heights, whose contents are covered in section 4. For now, return to the Eastern Island.

The Mirrows[aground.fandom.com]
- Water Cave
  There are 2 ways of finding the cave (?VERIFY 1st way). One is by excavating the dirt around the western underground area for a cave entrance. The second, easier way, is to dive off the western shore and head towards the depths, where you'll soon find an opening on the right.
- Ship Parts - Submersive
  Talk to the Mechanic after receiving this quest - she'll give blueprints for the House upgrade (for the Starting Island's Hut) and the House's Kitchen upgrade. HOUSE GIVES REMODELING ACHIEVEMENT. New house and kitchen needs a generator or battery unit to be powered. New kitchen offers ice cream for 450 stamina. Once get rice and cooking oil, switch to FRIED RICE for 50% stamina restored, fried eel for 100% health. Talk again to Mechanic to get BUILD COM STATION QUEST
- After building the sub, explore the western waters more. Read any life pod logs to get the hidden achievement Salvager
- INK IS FOUND UNDERWATER from defeating squids!! collect power cores too for next quest?
- upon returning with hi-tech parts, upgrade factory, can build airport. upgraded factory means can craft advanced nets, so can capture diode wolves, mecha wyrms, amethyst golems, panther (shadow cat), crawler, icer, cockatrice, fire boar, and minotaur. build SUV for Off-roading achievement.
- Repair Escort Ship
  - Given only after finding the ship crash site??

3. Eastern Island

Magical Energy - Defeat The Old One[aground.fandom.com] to achieve Face the Enemy. Note that the Alchemist dies if he fights her for you.

Boss

HP

Damage

Defence

Notes

The Old One

45

Stage 1: 25 (Homing Balls)
Stage 2: 100 (Laser Beams)

25, 3 when overcharging

When her armor opens, attack. Shields are useful, and a fighting familiar is optional.
Stage 1: Stay behind alchemist until final orb is released, then attack
Stage 2 begins when boss reaches half max HP. Hide in the cave's opening or the top or bottom
Tip: The game's intended weapon of choice is the Earth Hammer, obtained after defeating Golemech on the Starting Island. Otherwise, use guns, bows, or fire swords.
Once Old One is defeated, Evolution Chamber is unlocked. Here, can craft Evolution Gems and Evolution seeds. Uses Focus Gems as fuel.

If the science path excites you, go west all the way until The Heights and to section 4. If the magic path is more appealing, head east to Cultivator Island and section 5.

4. The Heights

Accessed via ??? need to pass through BOSS Kraken. Maybe go kill Minotaurs first bc lower HP?

Section Recommendations

Storyline Achievements

Water Cave - located west of the Desert, entered by diving and entering an opening. Rewards for this quest includes:
- the Sub Pen - build a submarine to achieve Submersive
- Com Device - build the Com Station to get the hidden achievement FTL Signals
Ship Parts - found underwater, requires a submarine.
Repair Escort Ship
Mecha Dragon is given by either the Mirrows or the Alchemist (prereq is as-yet undiscovered mecha wyrm helm though)

Notable Enemies

Notable Locations

Above-Ground

Underground

5. Cultivator Island

Access via flying an Adult Dragon

Section Recommendations

Storyline Achievements

Elder Dragon[aground.fandom.com]
- The Vine Copse
- Evolve Dragon Ship
Fish Librarian[aground.fandom.com]
- Revitalise Dragon
- Their Secrets
Fish Villager[aground.fandom.com]
- Fish Food
Fish Merchant[aground.fandom.com]
- Coral Pen

Notable Enemies

Enemy

Damage

Defence

Notes

Purple Tree

15, 2(plant) range

Regrows

Magic Wyrm

Has spin attack

Purple Golem

12 earth

Crawler

7, 2(plant) range

Notable Locations

Elder Dragon Island
Main Island: Vine Copse
Dragon (Ship) Island: Dragon Ship Factory
Fish Village: Library, Fish Merchant's Market, Sea Witch's Hut

5. Divider Island

6. Ice Island

7. Minotaur Island

8. Undeveloped Island

2 Comments

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djentulmen 18 Jun, 2024 @ 3:40am

great guide, thanks a lot :D

broken AI 1 Aug, 2023 @ 11:07pm

if you finish this guide. I will do a 100% speedrun

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