Terraformers: First steps on Mars

Terraformers: First steps on Mars

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Achievements Walkthrough
By Wolveruno
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Achievements Walkthrough
Read Martian Utopia achievement guide for tips about getting points.

A Viable Project
Reach 1000 points to unlock.

Read Martian Utopia achievement guide for tips about getting points.

A Prosperous Colony
Reach 1500 points to unlock.

Your score at the end will be set by your total support points and its income, size of population, resource production, terraforming steps and production.

The two most important resources are food and science (food for pop buildings, science for terraforming bacteria), with energy being next, mostly because you go through it to explore. Food is a big deal - you need it to claim spaces for mines/outdoor buildings and to expand to new spots on the globe so that you can explore cheaply.

The passive abilities from leaders carry over from leader to leader and add up in the end. You can actually see the current passive abilities you posses, in the top right corner of the screen at all times.

In the early game, look for a building that gives a bonus to other buildings of the same type (food and power are both relatively common). If you arrange your buildings properly, this can provide a +3 or +4 per turn resource boost, which is huge.

Prioritised keeping everyone happy by spacing population buildings one spot apart and placing something that boosted their happiness between them (whatever it is offered and you can afford).

Always have a priority building in mind and use the trade route every turn to get its materials faster.

The sooner you launch bacteria, the faster you will get results from terraforming. The best scenario after 10th day is to have a leader with science skill, but if you have a leader with that skill before and don't want to take the risk of not getting a leader with science skill, use the skill to farm science. Pay attention to the terraforming breakpoints - if a building doesn't provide enough terraforming boost to hit a breakpoint before the end of the game, it's mostly wasted. These are also huge, as you get 100 points at the end of the game for each terraforming level plus a flat support boost of 100-200 points depending on the step achieved.

Martian Utopia
Reach 2000 points to unlock.
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10 Comments
Detros 8 May, 2023 @ 4:32pm 
3367 scored in like 9 hours on the first try and I went quite slow. Contrary to the suggestions here I have not used any terraforming buildings, only terraforming done (1 heat, 1 atmo) was via leader skills. The other two big boons were a building with +1 food for adjacent food producers and several trade routes, ending with me having 5+1 routes.
Noob Atlantis Stuart 23 Aug, 2022 @ 7:23pm 
2481 on the third try, terraforming really gives tons of points. Don't go for atmosphere unless you have extra resources, it won't change the climate for plants and animals, which gives you extra terraforming progress (and don't require science).
For bacteria I recommend going for methanogens, and if you are lucky to find locations that give +2 terraforming points per turn (underground ocean, etc.) always choose these points, don't go for resources (suffered a little for using up starting electricity, but definitely worth it).
glennshanley 24 Apr, 2022 @ 8:49pm 
2446 - second try
995 - first try
CheddarBOB 20 Feb, 2022 @ 10:07pm 
I made it 2542, there be trees on Mars!
CheddarBOB 18 Feb, 2022 @ 8:29pm 
It took me about 3 days to hit over 2000 and then i was able to do it 2 more times. Very fascinating game!!!!!!
TheWorstPlayerInTheWorld 27 Jan, 2022 @ 12:18am 
Yusssssss 2387 after 6 hours. Thanks for the help
Huebrin 20 Jan, 2022 @ 11:18am 
@wolveruno thanks , maybe i play it
Wolveruno  [author] 20 Jan, 2022 @ 11:13am 
Currently, the average is 15 hours, but the minimum was 10.
Huebrin 20 Jan, 2022 @ 10:55am 
time to complete?
|HBC|Confuse-M 18 Dec, 2021 @ 6:11pm 
Thx for the advice!