So, what are all the planets types that need to be colonized for this? All the unique planet types too?

while on kinda topic, do you get a cutseen for colonizing a gas or barren planet? hmmm

hibbidy_jibbidy wrote:

while on kinda topic, do you get a cutseen for colonizing a gas or barren planet? hmmm

Yes. Each planet gives you a cutscene that is unique. If you blown them up, you will get cutscenes too.

Writing from a mobile, I can't put a link. There's a thread about this withbadvise and a list of needed planets in help section of these forums.

Think I named the thread something like "help with achievements that requires specific minors/planet types".

There's also advisa about "ying and yang", "galaxy2gether" and akin from various plyers.

Thanks, I'll look. I think I might be missing the jungle planet. I'll need to look.

Here's the big issue that trips people up with this achievement. "Colonize" does not mean "own", it means "settle an outpost and grow it into a colony". This means that the achievement will not count any planets you got through assimilating minor civs, through conquest, or through cultural conversion. Additionally, colonizing another planet in a system you already own doesn't count for it either. There are 27 planet types which means you will need to settle a minimum of 27 systems for this achievement, assuming you never start on the same planet type twice. I do not know whether or not your homeworld counts for this achievement. I'd recommend making a large galaxy and having slightly fewer AIs than the galaxy size recommends, since you have to colonize these systems yourself and if the AI fills up the galaxy, conquering their systems won't work. 

Here's a list of all the planet types.

Temperate: Terran, Archipelago, Ocean, Atoll, Forest, Monsoon, Savannah, Steppe, Toxic

Cold: Boreal, Tundra, Barren, Arctic, Snow, Ice

Hot: Jungle, Mediterranean, Arid, Desert, Ash, Lava

Gas Giant: Gas Burning, Gas Hot, Gas Temperate, Gas Warm, Gas Cold, Gas Frozen

Of particular note, a lot of people I've seen did not notice that there are 6 types of gas giant. Gas cold an gas frozen seem like basically the same thing, look very similar, and have more or less the same general yields, so it's easy to overlook the distinction. Same deal with burning and hot. Gas giants, due to their complete lack of food, are likely to be the planet type you'd almost never settle first playing normally, so be on the lookout for these. When shooting for this achievement you'll be regularly settling on a less than ideal outpost planet to check off its type.

Well that's odd, because I tested it quite extensively a few months ago when I did it. My last several systems before getting the achievement were all gas giants which I'd previously colonized in other systems. 

It's possible that the achievement was bugged and has been patched since then. That would not surprise me, as the previous state was sort of ridiculous to get without gaming map settings, as well as being literally impossible as Vodyani.

Interesting, thanks for the info.

Here you can find some tips about this and other achievements. Also there's a response from a dev clarifying what counts and what not as "colonize" a planet.

lo_fabre wrote:

Here you can find some tips about this and other achievements. Also there's a response from a dev clarifying what counts and what not as "colonize" a planet.

Thanks.