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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.
| Mission | Reward |
|---|---|
| Collect 25 gems in a single run | 8 upgrade + 7 cosmetic gems |
| Collect 50 gems in a single run | 13 upgrade + 12 cosmetic gems |
| Reach level 5 in a single run | 8 upgrade + 7 cosmetic gems |
| Reach level 8 in a single run | 13 upgrade + 12 cosmetic gems |
| Defeat a boss | 10 upgrade + 10 cosmetic gems |
| Defeat a boss flying the Wisp | 15 upgrade + 15 cosmetic gems |
| Graze 10 mines in a single run | 8 upgrade + 7 cosmetic gems |
| Bank 3 Prisms in a single run | 10 upgrade + 10 cosmetic gems |
| Reach combo rank S in a single run | 10 upgrade + 10 cosmetic gems |
| Reach level 3 without losing hull | 10 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.
| Achievement | What counts | Tiers |
|---|---|---|
| STARDUST TYCOON | Bank gems across your whole career | WOOD 500 · PLASTIC 1,000 · BRONZE 5,000 · SILVER 10,000 · GOLD 50,000 · PLATINUM 100,000 |
| ORBIT HOPPER | Switch between orbits | WOOD 1,000 · PLASTIC 5,000 · BRONZE 10,000 · SILVER 50,000 · GOLD 100,000 · PLATINUM 500,000 · EMERALD 1,000,000 |
| EVENT HORIZON | Reach a level in a single run | WOOD 5 · PLASTIC 8 · BRONZE 10 · SILVER 13 · GOLD 15 · PLATINUM 18 · EMERALD 20 · DIAMOND 25 · MASTER 30 · MYTHIC 31 |
| FREQUENT FLYER | Play runs | WOOD 10 · PLASTIC 50 · BRONZE 100 · SILVER 500 · GOLD 1,000 |
| SMOKIN' SICK STYLE | Reach the SSS combo tier | WOOD 1 · PLASTIC 10 · BRONZE 100 · SILVER 250 |
| WARDEN'S BANE | Defeat The Warden | GOLD |
| STORM BREAKER | Defeat The Vortex | GOLD |
| ALL-SEEING NO MORE | Defeat The Overseer | GOLD |
| PRIME HUNTER | Defeat Warden Prime | EMERALD |
| TEMPEST TAMER | Defeat Vortex Prime | EMERALD |
| DOUBLE BLIND | Defeat Overseer Prime | EMERALD |
| SINGULARITY SLAYER | Defeat The Singularity | MYTHIC |
| CLUTCH PILOT | Beat a boss on 1 hull, level 15+ | DIAMOND |
| COMET, FULL KIT | Own every hangar item for the Comet | PLATINUM |
| BULWARK, FULL KIT | Own every hangar item for the Bulwark | PLATINUM |
| WISP, FULL KIT | Own every hangar item for the Wisp | PLATINUM |
| PHASE, FULL KIT | Own every hangar item for the Phase | PLATINUM |
More guides
- How to playControls, orbits, gem quotas, combo ranks, grazing, overheat and the rest of the rules of Vortex Shift.
- ShipsThe four ships of Vortex Shift, their abilities and ABILITY+ upgrades, plus hangar mods, color schemes and trails.
- UpgradesThe 22 perks you can draft in Vortex Shift, how they stack and a few builds worth trying.
- Orbits & MinesOrbit types, mines, power-ups and micro-events in Vortex Shift, with the spawn odds the game actually uses.
- BossesHow boss fights work in Vortex Shift: charged gems, the Warden, the Vortex, the Overseer, their PRIME forms and The Singularity.
- ChangelogWhat changed in Vortex Shift over time: bosses, music, mobile controls, balance and performance.
- FAQCommon questions about Vortex Shift: cost, accounts, saves, playing on mobile, ads and privacy.