Achievements Overview
Nuclear Throne has a total of 44 different achievements which covers most progression and unlocks in the game, which can be found on 3 different versions:
1. Steam - Achievements were all added update 95, right before official release (u96). Any unlocks gained previously would give related achievements automatically, while progression achievements had to be achieved again. Because of this, there is inconsistent unlock rates for the achievement stats. Note: Good Riddance is bugged on u99r1 (stable branch), please read the associated guide if trying to unlock.
2. PlayStation - includes all the achievements but are rather called trophies. There is a 45th trophy called "It's Not Fair, It's Not Right" given for obtaining every other trophy.
3. Xbox - As there are no daily challenges the Not Bad achievement is currently unobtainable, Vlambeer is aware of this. (Ultra Mutant achievement is still obtainable - that is tied to unlocks, not getting every achievement.)
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There is a WIP guide for Ultra Mutant that will include all unlocks, however it is just the foundation currently. Everything Hurts will have a guide written at a later date.
Achievements List
Achievements are color coded on difficulty, based on the opinion of this guide.
Color Legend:
Low Skill | Intermediate Skill | Professional Skill | Master Skill
All achievement descriptions are as they appear on Steam. Be aware that "Reach the Nuclear Throne" means actually sitting on it, not just reaching 7-3.
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B-Skins |
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Eyes Unlocked | Reach 2-1. | 
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Fish Can Roll | Loop as every character. |
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Melting Unlocked | Die. | 
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Crystal Can Shield | Reach 4-? as Crystal. |
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Plant Unlocked | Reach 3-1. | 
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MMMMMMHMMM! | Reach 2-? as Eyes. |
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Y.V. Unlocked | Reach 3-?. | 
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Everything Hurts | Reach the Nuclear Throne with Melting without choosing Rhino Skin or Strong Spirit. |
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Robot Unlocked | Reach 5-1. | 
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Blood Blood Blood | Reach the Nuclear Throne in under 10 minutes as Plant. |
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Chicken Unlocked | Reach 5-?. | 
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Verified | Unlock a Golden Weapon for every character. |
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Steroids Unlocked | Reach 6-1. | 
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6e 69 63 65 | Eat a Hyper Weapon as Robot. |
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Rebel Unlocked | Loop past the Nuclear Throne. | 
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Way Of The Chicken | Reach 2-1 on Hard Mode as Chicken. |
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Horror Unlocked | Defeat Horror. | 
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Science | Defeat the Technomancer as Steroids. |
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Rogue Unlocked | Reach the Nuclear Throne. | 
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Forget The Old Days | Defeat Mom as Rebel. |
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Frog Zone | Play as Frog. | 
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Thriller | Defeat Hyper Crystal as Horror. |
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Unstoppable | Reach Level Ultra as Skeleton. | 
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Never Look Back | Defeat Captain as Rogue. |
Preloop Bosses |
Loop Bosses |
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Bandit Stopper | Defeat Big Bandit. | 
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Advanced Sitter | Defeat Throne II. |
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Dog Owner | Defeat Big Dog. | 
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Frog Slayer | Defeat Mom. |
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Hunter Killer | Defeat Lil Hunter. | 
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Crystal Smasher | Defeat Hyper Crystal. |
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Throne Sitter | Defeat the Nuclear Throne. | 
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Techno Killer | Defeat the Technomancer. |
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The Struggle Is Over | Defeat Captain. | |||
Progression |
Unlocks |
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Not Bad | Reach 7-3 on a Daily. |
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Good Find | Unlock a Golden Weapon as any character. |
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The Struggle Continues | Loop the game. |
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Good Riddance | Unlock the Golden Disc Gun or Golden Nuke Launcher. |
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Ultra Time | Reach Level Ultra as any character. | 
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Crown Life | Unlock a Crown as any character. |
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Go Hard | Unlock Hard Mode. | 
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Vault Raider | Unlock all Crowns as one character. |
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Ultra Mutant | Get 100% of the unlocks. | |||
Miscellaneous |
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Sincere Apologies. | We hereby sincerely apologize. | 
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Impossible | Sit on the Nuclear Throne as headless Chicken. |
| Die to a Disc Gun. | Kill the Throne and then become headless to its death explosion, sitting before the headless timer runs out.. | ||||