DuneCrawl keeps its achievement list tight at just 11 total, but that number is deceptive. Three unlock automatically during the main story. The other eight demand deliberate world cleanup, careful relic selling, and hunting down every last instrument tucked into optional corners of the map. According to completion data from PlayTracker, only around 1.5% of players have earned Carcinisation Complete, the 100% achievement. That number tells you everything about how much the exploration work separates casual runs from full completions.
Full DuneCrawl achievement list
Below is every achievement in the game, its official unlock condition (sourced from TrueSteamAchievements), and the current global completion rate pulled from PlayTracker.
All 11 achievements at a glance
The drop-off between Ostraconophobe Ostracized (7.2%) and Fragile Forgery (6.8%) is small, but the gap to Structurally Unsound at 4.1% shows where most players give up. Destroying every Vassal Tower is genuinely tedious without a plan.
Which achievements unlock automatically through the story?
Three achievements require no side tracking at all. Polloi Savior pops after finishing the intro sequence. Shivering In His Boots unlocks when you defeat the boss at The Gate, a mandatory story encounter. Ostraconophobe Ostracized completes when you take down the final boss.
As long as you finish the main campaign, these three are guaranteed. No optional objectives, no missable conditions.
What are the hardest achievements to unlock?
Carcinisation Complete is the hardest by definition since it requires every other achievement first. But the two achievements that actually block most players are Maestro and It Belongs In A Pawn Shop.
Maestro sits at just 3.8% completion. Instruments are scattered across islands, dungeons, and optional side areas, and there is no in-game tracker that makes missing one obvious until you are already done with the world. It Belongs In A Pawn Shop sits even lower at 1.8%, not because relics are hard to find, but because players forget to actively sell one of every type rather than hoarding them.
How to destroy all Vassal Crawlers and Vassal Towers
Fragile Forgery and Structurally Unsound are the two cleanup achievements that punish players who skip areas during their first run. Missing a single Vassal Crawler or Vassal Tower blocks both achievements entirely.
According to GamerBlurb's guide, the most effective approach is to fully clear each island before moving on to the next. Backtracking across the entire open world at the end of the game to find one missed tower is significantly slower than treating each zone as a checklist item in real time.
A community guide on Steam also flags a specific artifact location called the Desecrated Totem as a spot players frequently miss, suggesting the world has at least some hidden or off-path objectives that require extra attention.
Co-op can speed up the cleanup phase considerably. According to GamerBlurb, co-op lets players split tasks between combat and repairs, which helps when clearing Vassal-heavy zones. All cleanup achievement progress tracks through world state, so coordinate with your partner on which areas have been cleared.
Tips for reaching Carcinisation Complete efficiently
Full completion is achievable in a single run if you stay organized. These steps, drawn from GamerBlurb's completion tips, save the most time:
- Clear every island completely before sailing to the next one
- Sell each new relic type immediately on discovery rather than stockpiling
- Actively run over Vassals with your Dune Crawler during normal traversal to build toward Trampled Terracotta passively
- Check dungeons and side paths specifically for instruments, since Maestro has the second-lowest completion rate in the game
- Keep a mental note of any towers or crawlers you skip during combat and return before leaving the zone
Every achievement in DuneCrawl can be earned in solo play. Nothing requires co-op. Exploration achievements are not permanently missable either, so if you finish the story and realize you skipped something, you can still go back and clean up.
How many players have completed DuneCrawl 100%?
As of current data from TrueSteamAchievements, only 5 players on that platform have earned Carcinisation Complete. PlayTracker puts the global rate at 1.5%. DuneCrawl has been played by at least 70 tracked users on TrueSteamAchievements, which gives some sense of scale. The game released on Steam on January 5, 2026, developed and published by Alientrap, so the numbers will shift as more players work through the content.
The achievement that sees the sharpest drop from story completion to cleanup is Structurally Unsound at 4.1%, compared to the final boss achievement at 7.2%. That roughly 3-point gap represents players who finished the story but did not go back for the towers.
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