Desktop Survivors 98

Desktop Survivors 98

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100% Achievement Guide – Desktop Survivors 98
By SirKnadda
100% Achievement guide incl. all corrupted weapons
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Introduction
Number of Achievements: 78
Time to 100%: ~16h
Last Guide update - Game Version: v1.0.6.11

There is a simple achievement guide in game, that can be unlocked by getting any achievement, but I will do my best to organize them here.
If you are just looking for a quick overview of the in-game achievements list, go to the last section of this guide.

Table of Contents:
  • Starting achievements
  • Dungeon specific achievements
  • Any Dungeon achievements
  • Main desktop achievements
  • Cursor specific achievements
  • Weapon specific achievements
  • Corrupted Weapons
  • Quick overview screenshots
Each of these topics is named after what is needed to unlock them (e.g. Weapon specific achievements refer to any achievement unlocked by using weapons).

Why did I organize it this way?
Because I wanted to sort these in a way that gives you the quickest and most natural journey to 100%.

Notes
  • This is my first guide. Feel free to give me feedback.
  • Keep in mind that this guide was created 2 days after the game released.
  • I will try my best to keep it updated.
  • I plan to add weapon ability details to the Corrupted Weapon table

Last Guide Updates:
  • Changed Chance description for more clairty.
  • Added Chance Images.
Starting achievements
These achievements are very easy to complete and can be unlocked directly after starting the game.

Achievements
This Achievement requires you to unlock any other achievement first. I suggest starting with the Bloom achievement.
Unlocks: Achievements
Appears as an icon on the main desktop, opening it gives you an overview over all achievements.
Can be accessed via the begin button during a run.

Bloom
This can also be unlocked outside of a run.
Unlocks: Bloom (cursor).

Clank
Swordy is in the bottom right.
Unlocks: Clank (cursor).
Any dungeon achievements
These achievements can be completed in almost any dungeon.
They are sorted based on if they can be completed in a single run, or if they can be done across multiple runs.

Single run
My Computer
Unlocks: My Computer (item).
Hourglass
Unlocks: Hourglass (item).
Failsafe
If you are struggeling here, I would suggest holding off on this until late game, as it get's very easy later.
Unlocks: Failsafe (item).
Scheduler
Stopwatches randomly spawn on enemy death.
Unlocks: Scheduler (item).
Chip
Cookies randomly spawn on enemy death.
Unlocks: Chip (item).
Search
Magnets randomly spawn on enemy death.
Unlocks: Search (item).
Flower Box
Screen Killers randomly spawn on enemy death.
Unlocks: Flower Box (weapon).
CD Launcher
Unlocks: CD Launcher (weapon).
Regedit
Unlocks: Regedit (item).
Doom
Unlocks: Doom (cursor).
Byte
Unlocks: Byte (cursor).

Across all runs
Calculator
Unlocks: Calculator (item).
Blaze
Bats spawn frequently in Hollow & Prison.
Unlocks: Blaze (cursor).
Lasso
Unlocks: Lasso (weapon).
Chess
Chests spawn after you defeat all the enemies on a depth.
Unlocks: Chess (weapon).
Chester
Unlocks: Chester (cursor).
Crumbler
You will passively unlock this after a while. But if you want to get this faster, use Dr. Watson.
Unlocks: Crumble (weapon).
Progress Bar
You will passively unlock this after a while.
Unlocks: Progress Bar (weapon).
Dice
You will passively unlock this after a while.
Unlocks: Dice (weapon).

Chance
Chance is an NPC who has a chance to appear in any dungeon after the Grove (the first dungeon). He usually sits in a room with two cards. One card is revealed — that’s his. The other is face-down — that’s yours. If you decide to reveal your card by clicking on it and it's higher than Chances, you win a small bonus.
Blackjack
You have to get the higher card to win.
Unlocks: Blackjack
Appears as an icon on the main desktop, opening it let's you play Blackjack at any time.
Can be accessed during a run.
Modem
Have less than 50% odds against Chance and win. I.e., if Chance has a 7 or above and you beat him, you should get the achievement.
Unlocks: Modem (item).

Piper
Piper is a purple cat that can be found in any dungeon, at any depth.
The shops symbol on the map is a bag of money.
Cat.jpeg
Pet Piper 5 times by clicking on her.
Unlocks: Cat.jpeg (weapon).
Note: She always heals 15 HP the first time you pet her on each depth.
Shop
Unlocks: Shop
Appears as an icon on the main desktop, opening it gives you access to a permanent upgrade shop.
Can't be accessed during a run.
Dot
Injections are weapon upgrades that have a chance of spawning in Piper's shop. These give a random stat boost to a weapon of your choosing.
Unlocks: Dot (weapon).
Penny
I recommend donating money to Piper through the shop on the main desktop. That gives Piper's dungeon shop more tables, for more items to buy.
Unlocks: Penny (cursor).
Dungeon specific achievements
These achievements are unlocked by doing something in a specific dungeon.

Rooms in 'survive x rooms' achievements refer to areas in dungeons with basic enemies. The bottom of the map also shows you in how many rooms/fights you’ve survived.

Every dungeon has 4 depths. The first 3 consist of ~6 rooms (basic fights) and 0-1 boss fight each, while the 4th depth is endless and has no EXP gains.
Keep in mind that getting a boss room on any depth is not guaranteed.

Dungeon: Grove
Hollow
Unlocks: Hollow
The second dungeon.
Twig
Destroy 25 Trees by clicking on them repeatedly. Trees randomly spawn in any Grove room.
Unlocks: Twig (cursor).
Burial Bay
Defeat Tatter.
A boss that spawns in any boss room in Hollow.
Unlocks: Burial Bay
Appears as an icon on the main desktop, opening it gives you access to a burial ground, where you can bury weapons/items each run to give them a 50% higher chance of appearing in level ups.
Can‘t be accessed during a run.

Dungeon: Hollow
Dunes
Unlocks: Dunes
The third dungeon.
Sprinkle
Unlocks: Sprinkle (cursor).
Milo's Mining
Defeat Milo.
A boss that spawns in any boss room in Hollow.
Unlocks: Milo’s Mining
Appears as an icon on the main desktop, opening it gives you access to a mining minigame, where you can dig up gems that give you minor permanent stat boosts.
Can‘t be accessed during a run.

Dungeon: Dunes
Prison
Unlocks: Prison
The fourth dungeon.
Gill
Unlocks: Gill (weapon).
Twist
Destroy 20 cacti by clicking on them repeatedly. Cacti randomly spawn in any Hollow room.
Unlocks: Twist (cursor).
PlantPal 2000
Defeat Dusty.
A boss that spawns in any boss room in Dunes.
Unlocks: PlantPal 2000
Appears as an icon on the main desktop, opening it gives you access to a garden, where you can water your upgrades like plants to permanently increase their max lvl by 1.
Can‘t be accessed during a run.

Prison
Undercroft
Unlocks: Undercroft
The fifth dungeon.
Survival Showdown
Defeat Mister Channel.
A boss that spawns in any boss room in Prison.
Unlocks: Survival Showdown
Appears as an icon on the main desktop, opening it gives you access to challenge runs, where you get coins for staying alive a random amount of time, with a predetermined cursor.
Can‘t be accessed during a run.

Dungeon: Undercroft
Bastion
Unlocks: Bastion
The sixth and final dungeon.
Remix Room
Defeat Tap n' Toot.
A boss that spawns in any boss room in Undercroft.
Unlocks: Remix Room
Appears as an icon on the main desktop, opening it gives you access to a music area, where you can buy new songs and remix them.
Can‘t be accessed during a run.

Dungeon: Bastion
Endless
Unlocks: Endless.
Gives you access to an endless mode.
Patch Kit
Defeat Swordy.
Swordy is the final boss of the game.
They spawn in any boss room in Bastion.
Unlocks: Patch Kit
Appears as an icon on the main desktop, opening it gives you access to extra non-achievement unlockables. These require you to reach level 50 with any cursor and change different things about the game (e.g. stat boosts).
Can‘t be accessed during a run.
Main desktop achievements
All of these achievements can be completed on the main desktop, after beating the bosses in each dungeon.

Zap
Bury a weapon in the Burial Bay.
Unlocks: Zap (weapon).

Poppy
Mine until you forge a gem in Milo's Mining.
Unlocks: Poppy (cursor).

Farming Sim
Harvest a plant through PlantPal 2000.
Unlocks: Farming Sim (weapon).

Ace
Win 3 games of Blackjack against Chance. You can just keep betting 10 until you get it.
Unlocks: Ace (cursor).

Hue
Complete a Survival Showdown challange. 5 Minutes is the lowest amount of time required for a challenge.
Unlocks: Hue (cursor).

Beat
Buy a remix from the Remix Room.
Unlocks: Beat (cursor).
Cursor specific achievements
These are achievements that are unlocked by playing with specific cursors.
Make sure to switch between cursors frequently to get all of these done quickly, as these weapons/items are needed for corruptions.

Dr: Watson
Unlocks: Dr. Watson (item).

Game Over
Unlocks: Game Over (item).

Floppy Disk
Unlocks: Floppy Disk (item).

Notepad
Unlocks: Notepad (item).

System Recovery
Unlocks: System Recovery (item).

Defrag
Unlocks: Defrag (weapon).

Firewall
Unlocks: Firewall (weapon).

FPS
Unlocks: FPS (weapon).

Goldfish
Unlocks: Goldfish (weapon).

Paint Brush
Unlocks: Paint Brush (weapon).

Pinball
Unlocks: Pinball (weapon).

Pipes
Unlocks: Pipes (weapon).

Power Surge
Unlocks: Power Surge (weapon).

Solitaire
Unlocks: Solitaire (weapon).

Stick
Unlocks: Stick (weapon).

.WAV
Unlocks: .WAV (weapon).

Bubble Blower
Injections are boss drops, but they can also appear in Piper's shop. You have to play with Poppy to get this achievement.
Unlocks: Bubble Blower (weapon).

Random
For this you have to not only unlock, but also buy all the cursors.
Unlocks: Random (cursor).
It randomizes starting weapon, stats and bonus.
Weapon specific achievements
These achievements are unlocked by using specific weapons.

Processor
Unlocked: Proccessor (item).

RAM
Unlocked: RAM (item).

Copier
Unlocked: Copier (item).

Bob
Unlocked: Bob (cursor).

Knot
Unlocked: Knot (cursor).

Drip
Unlocked: Drip (cursor).

Quill
Unlocked: Quill (cursor).

Zero
Unlocked: Zero (cursor).
Corrupted Weapons
Corrupted weapons can be optained by combining weapons with items or other weapons after reaching a certain level on both components.

The Library
The library is your main source for Corrupted Weapon recipes. It lists what parts are needed to obtain a Cursed Weapon, provided you unlocked the needed parts.
Unlocks: The Library
Appears as an icon on the main desktop.
Can be accessed via the begin button during a run.

Golden Cursors
Unlocked: Golden Cursors
Golden Cursors are now available to buy in Piper's main shop. They act as stat support for the cursor you buy it for.

Overview
Table view:
First Component
FC lvl
Second Component
SC lvl
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Corrupted Weapon
Binary Bomb
8
Power Supply
6
=
Binarii
Bubble Blower
8
Failsafe
3
=
Bullarum
Cat.jpeg
8
Power Supply
6
=
Felis
CD Launcher
8
Hourglass
5
=
Aevitas
Chess
8
Notepad
6
=
Ludus
Crumbler
8
Floppy Disk
2
=
Crustuli
Cursor Arrow
8
Processor
6
=
Sagitta
Dice
5
Modem
5
=
Aleator
Defrag
8
Regedit
5
=
Fragmentum
Farming Sim
8
Scheduler
5
=
Messis
Firewall
8
Dr. Watson
6
=
Ignis
Fishing Pole
8
Search
6
=
Piscatoria
Flower Box
8
Pipes
8
=
Effloro
FPS
8
Game Over
6
=
Congemino
Goldfish
8
Notepad
6
=
Hippuri
Lasso
8
Dr. Watson
6
=
Laqueum
Minesweeper
8
RAM
6
=
Pyrobolus
Paint Brush
8
Paint Bucket
8
=
Pigmenti
Pinball
8
Regedit
5
=
Dissulto
Pointers
8
Calculator
5
=
Derexi
Power Surge
8
Copier
5
=
Fulminis
Progress Bar
8
System Recovery
1
=
Profectus
Recycle Bin
8
Gears
3
=
Recursus
Solitaire
8
RAM
6
=
Bravio
Stick
8
Processor
6
=
Rudis
.WAV
8
Copier
5
=
Sonatus
Word Art
8
My Computer
3
=
Argutia

Screenshot:
Quick overview screenshots
12 Comments
ok i gotta ask, what corruptions do you recommend? im new and i main the classic cursor and the corruption for cursor arrows but i need a good combo for it. i also use hourglass and the floppy disk etc, if you could provide me with some good combos for some corruption combos that would be great:dealerrizz:
SirKnadda  [author] 11 Jun @ 5:00am 
I'm okay with that, I'll shoot you a dm!
Janxs 11 Jun @ 2:35am 
A few days ago I was looking for a guide in Spanish for this game. I couldn't find it and I ended up finding this one; would it be ok if I make a translation of your guide into Spanish? Of course, I would give you credits in the guide and I would put the original link.
Thanks in advance, and thanks for the guide, it's very good!
SirKnadda  [author] 8 Jun @ 9:14pm 
Penny the cursor? Spend 5000 gold in dungeon shops (Piper) across all runs.
Юный кубик 8 Jun @ 3:22am 
how to get a penny:yorha:
SirKnadda  [author] 29 May @ 12:14am 
The "Level up" in patches refers to normal leveling during a run. Just run each cursor until your exp bar says you're level 50.
rijapega 28 May @ 8:31pm 
Just beat Swordy. How do I level up cursors to level 50??
q(≧▽≦q) 28 May @ 4:27pm 
no life man
SirKnadda  [author] 27 May @ 1:20pm 
Chance is an NPC who has a chance to appear in any dungeon after the Grove (the first dungeon). He usually sits in a room with two cards. One card is revealed — that’s his. The other is face-down — that’s yours. If you decide to reveal your card by clicking on it and it's higher than Chances , you win a small bonus.

The Modem achievement unlocks if you win when your odds are less than 50% — meaning, if Chance reveals a 7 or higher and your hidden card still beats his. It’s purely luck-based, so just play every time you come across him.

I updated the guide to include a picture of Chance and his icon on the map.
DeadDonald 27 May @ 12:33pm 
Still not sure who Chance is or how to unlock Modem. Any more specific help on that?