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Daily Challenge, Missions and Achievements

Three parts of the game are meant to bring you back day after day, and all of them need a free account, because their counters are checked on the server.

Daily Challenge

Once a day (UTC) everyone flies the same ship, picked by the calendar, on the same seeded field and without hangar upgrades. It comes down to skill, and you only get one attempt. Daily runs have their own leaderboard, the ★ DAILY tab, which resets at midnight UTC. If you skip the day, or die on level one, that attempt is gone, so it's a good idea to warm up with a normal run first.

Missions

Every UTC day three missions rotate in, the same three for everybody, taken from the pool below. Finish one during a run and the reward is banked right away, half in upgrade gems and half in cosmetic gems. Each mission pays out once per day.

MissionReward
Collect 25 gems in a single run8 upgrade + 7 cosmetic gems
Collect 50 gems in a single run13 upgrade + 12 cosmetic gems
Reach level 5 in a single run8 upgrade + 7 cosmetic gems
Reach level 8 in a single run13 upgrade + 12 cosmetic gems
Defeat a boss10 upgrade + 10 cosmetic gems
Defeat a boss flying the Wisp15 upgrade + 15 cosmetic gems
Graze 10 mines in a single run8 upgrade + 7 cosmetic gems
Bank 3 Prisms in a single run10 upgrade + 10 cosmetic gems
Reach combo rank S in a single run10 upgrade + 10 cosmetic gems
Reach level 3 without losing hull10 upgrade + 10 cosmetic gems

Achievements

These are long-term milestones, with tiers that go from WOOD all the way up to MYTHIC. Counters only go up through run reports the server has validated, so nobody can simply edit their way to the top tier.

AchievementWhat countsTiers
STARDUST TYCOONBank gems across your whole careerWOOD 500 · PLASTIC 1,000 · BRONZE 5,000 · SILVER 10,000 · GOLD 50,000 · PLATINUM 100,000
ORBIT HOPPERSwitch between orbitsWOOD 1,000 · PLASTIC 5,000 · BRONZE 10,000 · SILVER 50,000 · GOLD 100,000 · PLATINUM 500,000 · EMERALD 1,000,000
EVENT HORIZONReach a level in a single runWOOD 5 · PLASTIC 8 · BRONZE 10 · SILVER 13 · GOLD 15 · PLATINUM 18 · EMERALD 20 · DIAMOND 25 · MASTER 30 · MYTHIC 31
FREQUENT FLYERPlay runsWOOD 10 · PLASTIC 50 · BRONZE 100 · SILVER 500 · GOLD 1,000
SMOKIN' SICK STYLEReach the SSS combo tierWOOD 1 · PLASTIC 10 · BRONZE 100 · SILVER 250
WARDEN'S BANEDefeat The WardenGOLD
STORM BREAKERDefeat The VortexGOLD
ALL-SEEING NO MOREDefeat The OverseerGOLD
PRIME HUNTERDefeat Warden PrimeEMERALD
TEMPEST TAMERDefeat Vortex PrimeEMERALD
DOUBLE BLINDDefeat Overseer PrimeEMERALD
SINGULARITY SLAYERDefeat The SingularityMYTHIC
CLUTCH PILOTBeat a boss on 1 hull, level 15+DIAMOND
COMET, FULL KITOwn every hangar item for the CometPLATINUM
BULWARK, FULL KITOwn every hangar item for the BulwarkPLATINUM
WISP, FULL KITOwn every hangar item for the WispPLATINUM
PHASE, FULL KITOwn every hangar item for the PhasePLATINUM

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