Squeeze Hard
As House Harkonnen, produce at least 250 Spice in a single Village


UPDATE since version 1.0.3.28195 (September 2023):
As mentioned before this guide was subject to change, thanks to the fact that the game was (and still is) in development.
Because of that I had to make a great deal of changes to this very guide of mine.
Sadly I won't be able to change this every time it happens, therefore I suggest to take my info with a grain of salt later on.

PS:
If you find changes and/or errors I'm more then happy to hear about them, but please list them in as much details as possible in the comment section below.

• Pick Singleplayer and then Battle for Arrakis.
  
• The Kanly Duel is NOT working as I was either really unlucky every time I tried or it is simply NOT POSSIBLE to get the most needed Worm Nest region for this achievement here. (more details under "Special Region + Village Requirements")
  
• It is strongly recommended to use a MEDIUM MAP SIZE to highly increase the chance to spawn the Worm Nest. It is possible to find said region on small maps BUT it is less likely to spawn! And the bigger the map the longer the game - therefore medium is best.
  
• I suggest only 1 AI player with easy difficulty. Set Sandworms/Storm Strength to "none", Locals Strength to "easy" and and Spice Contract to "low" for easy gaming. Feel free to increasy any or all of these settings as they won't prevent the achievement - only increasing the difficulty.
  
• A winning condition is not needed for this achievement BUT to avoid a sudden win/loss before getting the achievement I suggest only "domination victory".

• Choose House Harkonnen
  
• Pick Glossu Rabban as Councilor (to get the +1 Militia slot)
  
• The 2nd Councilor is not important, pick whatever you fancy

BEFORE THE UPDATE you had some variety what to research and what not to. You could combine multiple boni and get waaay over the needed value. But when I tried this now I actually needed ALL the following tech to get the right amount of spice production!

The research you need:

1. Work Ethics
   
   • Modular Parts (Unlocks the Harvester Works Building in Carthag AND the Spice Silos Village Building, +1 maximum Crew in Harvesters)
     
   • CHOAM Integration
     
   • Crew Training Program (+20% Spice production, +2 maximum Crew in Harvesters)
     
   • Advanced Engineering (Each Village produces +2% resource per Building constructed)
     
   • Martial Economy (+1 Militia slot)
     
2. Local Dialect Studies
   
   • Local Hubs (Unlocks the Investment Office Village Building)
     
   • Civilian Defense Force (+1 Militia slot)
     

Any other tech is not needed for the achievement and therefore subject to personal preference.


Please note:
The tech "Filtration Systems" (+0.2 Spice production per positiv Water) only adds to the Spice Pool on top left, NOT to the local region Spice production - therefore it is not needed for this achievement!

The most important thing you need is to find the Special Region WORM NEST with one of the following TRAITS:

1. Ingenious Mind (+20% Economy Buildings resource production)
   
2. Versatile (+20% resource production when the village has at least one Building of each type)

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You have to have a Worm Nest AND ONE of the above mentioned traits or it is IMPOSSIBLE to get the achievement!!!

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The Worm Nest gives a +25% spice production BUT thanks to newer updates NOT EVERY GAME HAS THIS REGION!! In early access it always spawned at the edge of every map - NOW it can be either in the middle, at the edge or not in the game at all!

Please note:
Thanks to updates I could only verify the second trait as working now but the first trait worked before - it also still exists in the game and I see no reason it is not working anymore.

UPDATE:
In consequence of recent changes I can not confirm the accuracy of my previous mentioned information here. Since May 2022 many new Sietch traits were added and at this point in time I can neither confirm the existence nor the reliability of said Sietch traits.

SO THIS ONE SECTION OF THE GUIDE IS UNCONFIRMED NOW - THEREFORE I WILL HIDE IT!!!
If you wanna confirm or correct feel free to comment below!

I only know of ONE Sietch trait that is actually helping for this achievement:
The Sietch trait "Helping Hand" gives "All faction Village production is increased by +10%".

As Sietches are harder to find and quite the work to ally with (to get the bonus), it is suggested to not focus on such - because it is just not worth the effort.
If you still want to ally, keep in mind that you need to OWN the region the Sietch is located in, AS WELL AS constantly trade 4 water (10 before update), just to slowly improve relationships UNTIL it reaches 100 in Relation Level AND then still invest a Spy AND trade authority to get the +10% bonus!

There might be other Sietch traits I dont know of yet which could help with this achievement.


CAREFUL!
The Sietch trait "Arrakis Heart = +5% total resource production per controlled Special Region" does NOT WORK for the achievement!
It ONLY adds to the TOTAL spice production on the left upper spice pool!!!

To get the achievement easily, do the following:

1. Start a new game with Harkonnen + Glossu Rabban as Councilor on a MEDIUM map.
   (As mentioned above, the Kanly Duel and small maps are making it nearly impossible to work and big maps are far too big. Medium maps are the best choice.)
   
2. After the game loaded in: PAUSE AND SAVE the game right at the start!
   
3. Build as much Ornithopter as possible and spread them all out with shift command. (For people who don't know: select an Ornithopter and hold the "shift" key while rightclicking with your mouse to set waypoints for your units)
   
4. To save real time increase gamespeed to maximum!
   
5. ONLY FLY over every region to unveil the whole map - don't waste time on scan!
   
6. After revealing the whole map PAUSE and click through EVERY reagion.
   
7. All you want to find is the Special Region with the name WORM NEST - thanks to newest updates they can spawn anywhere on the map! (Or not at all...)
   
   
8. IF YOU CAN NOT FIND THE WORM NEST REGION, START A NEW GAME AND REPEAT THIS PROCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING!!!
   
   
9. IF YOU FOUND THE WORM NEST then send all your Ornithopter to SCAN/RECON!
   
10. It is imperative that the Worm Nest has either the "Ingenious Mind" (+20% Economy Buildings resource production) or the "Versatile" trait (+20% resource production when the village has at least one Building of each type)!!
    
11. IF it has NEITHER of those traits go back to point 1 (start a new game)!!!
    
12. If it has one of the two traits then you have a usable map! Load the savegame that you saved right at the start to play normally.
    
    AGAIN: The Achievement is IMPOSSIBLE without the Worm Nest IN COMBINATION with one of those traits!!!

Tip: If the Worm Nest region is too far away from your HQ (e.g. other side on the map) then I suggest another restart. I for example had maps with a Worm Nest 3 tiles away. ;)


Once you made sure that the Worm Nest has the right trait, play a normal dune game while constantly advancing to the region.
It might help to have a peace treaty with the AI to focus entirely on economy/expansion/research.
To get all boni and buildings you need the developments/research listed above in the selection "Research Developments" AS WELL AS a Hegemony of 5000 so that you unlock the Experimental Furnace.
That includes ofc, that you also provide enough Solari, Plascrete, Manpower, Water and Fuel Cells for upkeep throughout the game.
If you have chosen the map settings listed above, you have all the time in the world...

Build these 5 buildings in the Worm Nest Region:

1. Refinery
   
2. Spice Silos (+20% Spice production)
   
3. Investment Office (+1 instance of the Village's trait)
   
4. Experimental Furnace (+30% Economy Buildings resource production)
   
5. The last building has to be a military one (like an Airfield or Recruitment Office), IF you have the "Versatile" trait! If you have the "Ingenious Mind" trait just chose any one you like (but ALL building slots need to be in use to get the +2% bonus from the advanced engineering tech!)

PLEASE NOTE:
As a 5th structure I do NOT suggest building the "Office Of Order" because at this version (1.0.3) it triggers a constant Oppression while adding one Oppressed penalty after another!!! Those keep stacking and each stack gives a -20% to local production! Therefore I dismiss it as a useable building in this region!

Other Boni you need:

• train the cheapest 6 Militia (3 + 1 Councilor + 2 Research); thanks to the Harkonnen trait you get "+5% Village resource production per active militia"
  
• fill Harvester with full 4 Crew
  
• add Ornithopter support for the Harvester to get +5% Spice gathering rate (just simply rightclick with an Ornithopter on the Harvester)
  
• DEACTIVATE the Auto-Recall on the Harvester! (as you produce less spice while having it activated)
  
• build the "Harvester Works" Building in the capital Carthag (+2% Harvesters gathering rate per Economy Building in their Village)

At this point I myself could reach 129 Spice income on the village overview.
So once I activated the Oppression skill, it will give me 259 Spice income and therefore trigger the achievement.
This was much easier in early access but at least it is still doable now.


I hope I could help some lost soul and wish you all happy achievement hunting! ;)