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Drill Core – Achievements Guide

Drill Core – Achievements Guide

Written by Jason B. | Drill Core

Unlock all achievements in Drill Core by completing contracts, upgrading your capabilities, and tackling harder challenges. Some require grinding through countless nights or mastering specific biomes. This guide organizes every trophy for maximum efficiency.

Progression Milestones

These unlock through regular gameplay:

Contract Completion

  • Welcome to Drill Core – Finish your first contract
  • Pest Management Specialist – Complete 3 contracts
  • Geological Operative – Complete 6 contracts
  • Extermination Executive – Complete 10 contracts
  • Core Operations Manager – Complete 20 contracts
  • Planetary Engineer – Complete 30 contracts

Night Survival

  • Bug-Buster – Survive night #1
  • Survival At All Costs – Endure 10 nights
  • What Day Is It Today? – Outlast 20 nights
  • I’m Not Afraid Of The Dark – Persist through 40 nights
  • I’m Not Going Anywhere – Survive 100 nights
  • What Do We Say To The God of Death? – Conquer 150 nights

Workforce & Upgrades

Track hiring, losses, and division advancements.

Worker Milestones

  • HR Overdrive – Hire 200 workers
  • Employee Attrition Expert – Lose 100 workers
  • Days Without Incident: 0 – Lose 6+ workers in one day
  • Safety First – Finish a contract with zero worker deaths

Division Levels

  • Passed Probation Period – Reach division level 3
  • Professional Manager – Achieve division level 10
  • Company Leading Expert – Boost division to level 20
  • The Best of the Best – Max division at level 50

Biomes & Bosses

Explore deeper environments and defeat rulers of each realm.

Boss Kills

  • It Was Self-Defence – Slay Arachnor
  • The Ice Age is canceled – Destroy Icewarden
  • Jungle Conqueror – Eliminate Sporelord

Maximum Difficulty Contracts

  • Cave Raider – Conquer Cavernous biome (Difficulty 5)
  • Breaking the Ice – Master Frozen biome (Difficulty 5)
  • Path of the Predator – Dominate Jungle biome (Difficulty 5)

Final Contract Challenges

  • What Was The Difficulty? – Finish Frozen biome’s final contract
  • It’s Too Easy – Complete Cavernous biome’s ultimate task
  • No Tarzan Needed – Survive Jungle biome’s last mission

Tech & Upgrades

Focus on permanent boosts and tech unlocks.

Upgrade Achievements

  • Investment Strategist – Purchase a meta-upgrade
  • There Are Never Too Many Bonuses – Acquire 10 tech bonuses in one run
  • Sparks Of Luck – Obtain 5 one-star techs
  • The Star Contract – Secure 5 two-star techs
  • Full Star Power – Earn 5 three-star techs

Qualifications

  • Certified Beginner – Complete 3
  • Accredited Specialist – Finish 6
  • Employee Of The Month – Achieve 10
  • Certified Core Expert – Master 15
  • Qualified Enough – Accomplish 22
  • Overqualified – Complete 29
  • Perfectionist – Perfect 40

Structures & Platforms

Tied to constructing buildings and upgrading platforms.

Platform Progression

  • Earthcrusher assistant – Level 4
  • Earthcrusher technician – Level 8
  • Earthcrusher expert – Level 12
  • The Dwarves’ Assistant – Dwarves platform level 4
  • Explosions And Ale! – Dwarves level 8
  • I’M A DWARF! – Dwarves level 12
  • Awakening of the Swarnids – Swarnid platform level 4
  • Infinite Evolution – Swarnid level 8
  • You Can’t Stop The Swarm! – Swarnid level 12

Tech Department Milestones

  • Aggressively Polite – Aggressive Negotiations (Level 7)
  • We’ve Gone Too Far… – Unethical Innovations (Level 7)
  • Filthy Rich – Excessive Wealth (Level 7)
  • Accidentally Invincible – Accidental Safety (Level 7)
  • Could’ve Been Easier – Overly Dramatic Solutions (Level 7)
  • It Works… Somehow – Chaotic Optimization (Level 7)

Depth Exploration

  • Descending Deeper – Dig to 300m
  • Are We There Yet? – Reach 600m
  • Other Side Of The Planet – Hit 1000m

Secret Challenges

Combat Tricks

  • Fire In The Hole! – Kill a monster using a bomber miner
  • Bombs, Bombs, Bombs! – Blow up 4 blocks with one bomber

Easter Eggs

  • Knock Knock – Manually drop a worker
  • The Show Must Go On – Receive a message from the CEO
  • Core Keeper – Unlock all cores

FAQ

Are there missable achievements?

No. All are cumulative or linked to upgrades/contracts.

Hardest achievements?

40 qualifications, 1000m depth, max-difficulty biome contracts, and level-12 platforms.

Unlocking hidden achievements?

Manually drop a worker for Knock Knock. Play extensively for the CEO message trigger.

Complete all contracts per biome?

Yes. Max-difficulty clears in all biomes are required for 100%.