achievement guide

Overview

everything you need to 100% that game

how does the scoring work?

the scoring in this game is a bit complicated, not just a regular “kill as many enemies as fast as you can”. read the sections below to better understand what you need to do:

you have four weapons:

• FIRE & HOMING. a regular machinegun, infinitive and deals low damage; attacks background objects if they are in attack range
  
• LAZER. shoots a straight blue beam that deals great damage. you can have up to x6, they slowly recharge over time
  
• EMP. shoots a red projectile that doesn’t kill enemy, but rather reduces its health to a critical level (with some exceptions). uses 25% of CHARGEBAR
  
• OVERDRIVE. doesn’t attack, but significantly increases the LAZER’s recharge speed and HOMING firepower

enemies shoot projectiles of three different types:

• YELLOW – can be destroyed by LAZER, EMP or OVERDRIVE
  
• BLUE – can be destroyed by EMP or OVERDRIVE
  
• PURPLE – can be destroyed by OVERDRIVE
  OVERDRIVE destroys all projectiles on the screen
  

the score for killing enemies depends on three factors:

• FLASH MULTI (FM). shooting enemies with FIRE increases FM (up x16). slowly decreases over time. using LAZER applies FM and decreases it by a lot. in SECTORDRIVE mode OVERDRIVE allows FM to raise up to x64, but when OVERDRIVE is over FM is back to x16 again
• TOTAL MULTI (TM). you get a bunch of TMs for every killed enemy / projectile / crate / background object. never decreases
• LAZER BONUS (LB). the more enemies or projectiles are killed in a single LAZER blast – the more points you get
  

• use FIRE against small enemies (to raise FM and TM)
• whenever your FM is high (x10-x16) use LAZER to destroy as many enemies / YELLOW projectiles as possible in one blast (to raise TM and LB)
• if enemy shoots YELLOW projectiles, then destroy them with a LAZER blast (to raise TM)
• if enemy shoots BLUE projectiles, then destroy them with a EMP shot (to raise TM)
• if there are A LOT of projectiles around you, then use OVERDRIVE to destroy them all (to raise TM)

• destroy background objects, they are a good source of FM and TM
• there are certain triggers that will destroy all projectiles, for example in SECTOR1 destroying a meteor annihilates all projectiles (and nets TM)
• look for the crates (at background), they give TM, health, LAZER shots, or recharge EMP/OVERDRIVE
• if enemy (including background ones) is using lazer attack – then destroying such enemy will also destroy its lazer beam (and you will get TM)

• read in-game manual to learn more about game mechanics and score
  
• play the first 20 Challenges – they serve as tutorial/introduction to the game
  

story and score

• RE:ACTOR is the main mode of the game, where you play SECTOR1-2-3-4 in order and fight a final boss at the end with one health bar
• it might be hard the first time, but even with a little practice you can easily do this

• SECTORDIVE is mode where you replay SECTORs
• no need to get a highscore or anything, just beat those stages
• SECTOR1 is unlocked by default
• SECTOR2 is unlocked by beating SECTOR2 in RE:ACTOR mode
• SECTOR3 is unlocked by beating SECTOR3 in RE:ACTOR mode

• read “how does the scoring work? ” section first
• getting 20,000,000,000 pts in RE:ACTOR mode is not that hard (you will get way more troubles with SECTORDIVE 1-2 below)
• enemy placements are fixed, no randomness, so at the end you may just memorize all patterns and attacks
• you may practice SECTORS1-2-3 in SECTORDIVE mode
• you can watch other players’ replays to see their tactics and what weapons they have used and how dodged projectiles
  • RANKING -> press “right” to check Online Ranking -> press “rotate left/right” and select “Reactor Online Ranking” -> press “Enter” at whatever replay you want to play
    
  • those are not videos, just a text-data, one replay usually takes ~5-10KB of data, so don’t worry about quality or bandwidth
  • you can speed-up and slow-down replay, or even take control of replay and continue playing on your own (for example to practice a boss fight) – see instructions during a replay for details

• read “how does the scoring work? ” section first
• in order to reach 3,000,000,000 in SECTOR1 you HAVE to use both hidden junctions (see “Explorer” achievement for details on junctions)
• destroy meteors to annihilate enemy projectiles (and get free multis)
• as with “Reactor Beginner/Amateur/Professional” watch other players’ replays – this is the best way to learn how to break 3,000,000,000 highscore
• this is a moderately hard achievement, better to start with “Sector3 Beginner/Amateur/Professional”

• read “how does the scoring work? ” section first
• in order to reach 3,000,000,000 in SECTOR2 you HAVE to use right junctions: RIGHT -> RIGHT -> LEFT -> RIGHT -> LEFT -> RIGHT
• you can get a few extra points by delaying killing the boss – instead attack the orbs with EMP blast (you can see that tactics in the various replays)
• as with “Reactor Beginner/Amateur/Professional” watch other players’ replays – this is the best way to learn how to break 3,000,000,000 highscore
• this is a one of the harder achievement, better to start with “Sector3 Beginner/Amateur/Professional”

• read “how does the scoring work? ” section first
• getting 3,000,000,000 in SECTOR3 is, somewhat easy – you don’t need to use any extra tactics, just play as usual
• quadruspiders give A LOT of points, so concentrate on killing them asap (see “┌(┌^o^)┐” achievement for more details)
• as with “Reactor Beginner/Amateur/Professional” watch other players’ replays – this is the best way to learn how to break 3,000,000,000 highscore

milestones

• for those achievements you have to achieve x10,000-30,000-50,000 of TOTAL MULTI (TM)
  
• achieving x50,000 of TM is possible only in RE:ACTOR mode, you cannot do it in SECTORDIVE mode
• overly, that task is not difficult and you will complete it while doing “Reactor Professional” achievement, because getting 20,000,000,000 pts requires getting x50,000+ TM anyway. most likely you will end-up with x55,000-x60,000 TM, which more than fulfills that achievement

• the cumulative achievements that you will achieve in time (earlier than “Dedication” achievement, for example)
• both foreground and background enemies count; crates, meteors and signs do not count
• in DATABASE -> PLAY RECORD you can check how many enemies you have killed
  

• another set of the cumulative achievements
• for “Scorch” and “Hyper-Scorch” you have to use LAZER to destroy projectiles (and you will achieve it in like ~60 minutes of playing), for other achievements you may use LAZER, EMP, OVERDRIVE or even use background objects like meteors – everything counts
• the easiest way to destroy that many bullets is to use OVERDRIVE
• you don’t need to farm that achievement, but if you still want to, then play SECTOR1, open first junction (see “Explorer” achievement), find that enemy and use OVERDRIVE to destroy his first waves of projectiles, and then finish him off to destroy all bullets left
  
• in DATABASE -> PLAY RECORD you can check how many bullets you have destroyed

• and one more set of cumulative achievements, and probably the easiest one. chances are you will “collect 500,000 M:CUBES” before” destroy 500,000 bullets or 50,000 enemies” (see above)
• M:CUBES are those rhombuses that boost your TM
  
• in DATABASE -> PLAY RECORD you can check how many M:CUBES you have collected

• and a final set of cumulative achievements, which requires to play the game for the certain amount of time
• you have to *play* the game, not just sitting in Main Menu or in pause – only active gameplay counts. no, watching other people’s replays do not count, I have tried
• all three modes – RE:ACTOR, SECTORDIVE and CHALLENGES – count
• in DATABASE -> PLAY RECORD you can check for how ling you have been playing this game

bosses

• you can get that achievement in either RE:ACTOR mode or in SECTORDIVE
• quite an easy task – you just need to destroy all boss’s arms before finishing him off. in total boss has x4 arms which are easy to destroy
  

• you can get that achievement in either RE:ACTOR mode or in SECTORDIVE
• quite harder than “Cutter” achievement above, because requires good timing, but since you can replay SECTOR2 in SECTORDIVE for as long as you want, you will eventually do this
• boss consists of x4 Wagons, each has x4 Wheels and x2 Cannons. meaning that in total you need to destroy x24 parts before killing the boss (x4 * (x4+x2))
  
• proceed with destroying Wheels first. stay closer to them, so your HOMING will also attack Cannons. after you destroyed all x6 parts of a current wagon, move to the next one, rinse and repeat
  
• at some point game camera will pan left and reveal that another Wagon (fourth one) has entered the tunnel. rotate left/right and attack it in the same way as you destroyed previous two wagons
  

• you can get that achievement in either RE:ACTOR mode or in SECTORDIVE
• easy task, but can be a bit messy
• you have to destroy all x24 joints on boss’s legs before destroying boss center
• it might be hard to see which joints you didn’t destroy yet, but when camera pans back you have a room to see clearly which joints are left – proceed until to more red areas left
  

• you can get that achievement in RE:ACTOR mode only, so if you failed to get it you need to replay RE:ACTOR from the beginning
• the hardest achievement in that group. boss has x5 parts to be destroyed: Waist, Left Arm, Right Arm, Head and Chest. whenever Chest is destroyed – the battle is over, so you need to destroy his Chest the very last and try not to attack it until
• begin with shooting boss’s Waist – it you don’t destroy this part right now, then it would be way harder to destroy it later when camera moved up. position yourself in the way that you will not shoot other boss’s parts (especially Chest)
  
• after Waist is destroyed attack his Left and Right Arms. again, be very careful and try not to hurt boss’s Chest. don’t rush! even with careful and slow shooting you still can destroy the boss in time, don’t hurry
  
• camera will move up twice during that segment, and after the second time ensure that Left Arm, Right Arm and Waist are fully destroyed (there are no red-circles around them)
  
• if everything is alright, then start shooting his Head
  
• after Head is destroyed, move to the Chest and finally kill the boss off
  

• the only boss where you can get that achievement is SECTOR1’s boss
• do not attack his arms, just come closer to his core (right at the center) and attack with FIRE, HOMING and LAZER. if you have OVERDRIVE, then activate it, but it is not necessary. don’t mind the damage
• if you need to practice, then watch any player’s replay of SECTOR1 and hold ENTER just before the boss
• you have to kill the boss before the timer hits “70:00”. in my first (and very sloppy attempt) I have managed to kill him just 09ms short of limit, so with a proper timing you can definitely do it in ~25s
  

Junction & Eaglets

• during the level game may ask you which road you would like to take (left / right / center). those are called “junctions”, and you need to visit each of them to get “Explorer” achievement
  
• Dinosaur has created a map that shows all possible junctions in each level
  (thank you very much!)
  
• see those green lines on image above? those are the “hidden junctions”, you need to find at least one for “Taking a Detour” achievement. there are three hidden junctions in the game:
  • in the beginning of SECTOR1 you can see a big red door on the background. destroy it quickly to unlock a hidden junction
    
  • about ~60% of SECTOR1 a huge helicopter will attack you. destroy it very fast (before he started shooting a barrage of YELLOW bullets) to unlock a hidden junction
    
  • about ~15% of SECTOR3 you will enter a huge tunnel with fans (game will alert you about a huge object coming in). destroy those fans without taking a damage and very fast to unlock a hidden junction
    

• Eaglets are collectables items/icons that are spread around SECTOR1-2-3 (x10 on each). they are very hard to find and notice
  
• Dinosaur has created a guide with the all Eaglets locations. check it out
  (thank you very much!)
  [link]
• if that guide is no longer available, or images were deleted, or whatever, then check out the mirror[drive.google.com]

Challenge Mode

• ah, the hardest achievements in this game. “Challenge Master” will be the very last you achieve, I guarantee it
• Noctence made a guide detailing how to beat each of those Challenges with max score (999). you don’t have to get 999 score anywhere, just finishing those challenges is enough
  (thank you very much)
  [link]
• Noctence also made a playlist showing how to beat each of those Challenges with max score, check it out:
  
• just copy what he did and you will be alright. mind that those achievements are very hard and final x10 Challenges will boil your blood for sure

• the max possible score in CHALLENGE mode is 49,950 (50 challenges * 999 points), well you don’t need to get that much of a score, just 30,000 is a quite adequate challenge
• try to get as high score as possible in Challenges #1-20, because they are way easier than further challenges
• you current score is shown above:
  

• it might seem like a hard task, but honestly chances are you will get that score naturally in one or two challenges
• I found challenges #2-6-7-10-13-15-16 the easiest places to rack 999 score

misc

• “chunks of rubble” are huge meteors and its parts (whenever you destroy a meteor x3 small chunks will be released) – both a meteor and its parts count for that achievement. so you can get up to x4 “chunks of rubble” from a single meteor
  
• you will eventually farm that achievement during “Sector1 Professional” achievement. so no need to worry
• if you still short (for whatever reasons), then just play SECTOR1 over and over again. you can destroy ~20 chunks of rubble in a final tunnel leading to the boss alone
  

• another achievement you don’t need to worry about, because you will get it while grinding other achievements
• if you still need to grind it, than the best way is to start SECTOR1 and destroy the container right in the start, quit, and repeat
  

• isn’t it the best achievement’s name ever? look at this spider! he is so cute :3
• quadruspiders appears in SECTOR3 only. the easiest way to kill them is to come closer to them and shoot with FIRE + HOMING (preferably with OVERDRIVE)
• if you didn’t take a hidden junction (see “Taking a Detour” achievement), then the first quadruspider will attack you before the second tunnel
  
• the next quadruspider will attack in the second tunnel (behind you)
  
• the next quadruspider will attack after the second tunnel. and if you did take a hidden junction, then the second quadruspider will attack in the same place (from the ceiling)
  
• the next quadruspider will attack after the third tunnel
  
• and the final fifth quadruspider will attack after all junctions
  

• you get that achievement when you start the game first time. isn’t it a somewhat poetic to end this guide with an achievement you get the first?

if you want to thank me…

…then check my guide about fixing various game issues: launching, crashing, optimization, stuttering, gamepads, etc. the guide is huge, but the topic is broad to begin with
[link]