Nine Sols: Missable Achievements Guide

This guide highlights the missable achievements that would require a second playthrough if not collected. It is as minimalist as possible to allow for self-exploration. I felt it wasn’t justified to do a second run, especially since there isn’t much to do after the first playthrough.

Missable definition

By “missable,” I mean achievements that would require a second playthrough if not collected. While you can still miss some achievements if you don’t explore enough, you have the chance to collect those after the main story.

Fight Through Hardship

Finish Nine Sols on Standard Mode.

Play the game in Standard Mode.

Repurposed & You Bastard

Obtain map data from Shanhai 9000 by force.
When you reach your first Shanhai 9000 (Not your one that you repair) DON’T interact with him. Go to the nearest save point, and save your game.

Then navigate to “C:\Users\Username\AppData\LocalLow\RedCandleGames” and create a copy of the whole NineSols folder.

Go to the Shanhai 9000, pull out the map data by force, get the Achievement and quit out of the game. Then replace your save folder with your backup and reload the last save point.

Now go again to the Shanhai 9000 and this time pay him the Jin request. For the remainder of the game never aquire a map data chip with force again, always give them the Jin requested. Regularly interact with Shuanshuan and give him any items you come across. At some point, rather late in the game, Shuanshuan will have the fortune teller machine crafted.

Your second option to get both achievements is, to never pull out a data chip the whole game. Create a new save, play till the first Shanhai 9000 and pull it out.

Fight Dirty

In the Factory (Production Area) hack the two guards and then find the Gene Eradicator. Use this in the final Area (Shengwu Hall) before starting the Boss fight. If you start the Boss fight without using it you are locked out of the achievement.

Robo Fight!

Defeat Tianshou while driving a robot.

In the Empyrean District (Passages), before heading towards the middle, go to the upper right and find the robot behind a door. Use your Mystic Nymph to unlock the door. Afterwards, proceed to the middle of the map where you’ll encounter a mini-boss. Fight the mini-boss with the unlocked robot.