Aven Colony

Aven Colony

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25-30h

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Dark and Stormy Night

Dark and Stormy Night

Protected the colony from 100 lightning strikes

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6.24%

How to unlock the Dark and Stormy Night achievement in Aven Colony - Definitive Guide

UPDATE: This appears to have been fixed as of 10/22/2018. This should unlock normally now without the previous workaround. Simply building lightning tower and letting 100 lightning strikes occur cumulatively over multiple maps will unlock this. I am leaving up my previous solution for a little bit longer just incase any issues emerge in the coming days, but all reports are that this has been resolved. Thanks everyone for your feedback, updates and reaching out to the developer to fix this! smile

I'm making this solution because I've now gotten multiple requests from other TA'ers who have had this achievement glitch on them. Based off the fact that only myself and a few others have unlocked this past a certain date, it would appear that a recent patch for Aven Colony has made this achievement unobtainable. I used the below steps to get this to unlock, and one other TA'er so far has used the same steps for them, I can't promise it will work but it has for me.

You will need a Disk version of this game in order to do this. You should also unlock every other achievement before trying this (you probably know what is coming.)

Step1: Completely delete all save data for Aven Colony on both your Xbox, and the cloud (permanent wipe, thats why I said unlock everything else first.)
Step2: Uninstall your game
Step3: Put your Xbox on OFFLINE mode.
Step4: Reinstall the game from the disc, with no online updates (thats why your xbox is offline)
Step5: Start the game, play either of the first 2 story missions (i preferred the 2nd mission). The missions are incredibly easy,and you're not really at risk of losing. So I just built some farms, built some mines/nano producers. And then built like 20 Lightning towers spread across the map. Let the game play out for a while at this point, feel free to count or to just guess when you've reached 100.
Step6: Go back to your network settings and reconnect to the internet, but DO NOT let the game update itself.
Step7: Now you should be able to recheck your progress (you cant check in offline mode).
Step8: At this point, if you were short of 100 lightning strikes, your progress tracker should have advanced pretty close. If you are short (remember dont update the game) just turn off your internet, and start grinding again. If your tracker is showing 100%, then I think it will unlock right there, or you might have to start the game updating. But at one of these points it unlocked for me. It might take 5 minutes.

Hopefully this helps everyone that has had this glitch on them. I sent the developers an email which they responded to very quickly, and I explained to them the issue, and they said they would log it. I would recommend other people if they feel so inclined to shoot them a support ticket too, so they feel more pressure to fix it.
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03 Mar 2018 21:41

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Unfortunately I can confirm this is completely unobtainable in the digital version. I set up a sandbox game, covered the map in lightning rods (getting 4-6 strikes each winter) and ran for 55 sols (at least 30 of which at the aforementioned strike-rate) which would have taken me well over the 100 mark. The achievement did not unlock.
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By Uranium Deposit on 21 Apr 2018 21:51
Just want to note that my solution is not meant to work for a digital version of the game. The achievement became unobtainable due to a patch the developer released for the game. The solution relies on utilizing a non-patched version of the game that you can only get with a disk version.
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By Blessed Emot on 23 Apr 2018 01:54
just want to begin the game but this glitch ach. stop me for moment.

However, i sent an email (on avencolony website) to have info on the bugfix :)
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By LuDoMaC on 24 May 2018 10:04
Any news on that email?
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By Epsilon Theta on 02 Jun 2018 07:31
they didn't answer it, i tried to tweet them also, no answer.
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By LuDoMaC on 02 Jun 2018 15:25
Please everyone, send the issue byemail to support@mothership-entertainment.com
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By LuDoMaC on 04 Jun 2018 12:41
Nothing anyway.

The ach popped even if the tracker didn't work
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By Erathia96 on 20 Jun 2018 16:39
Was there an update recently that explains why it unlocked for you?
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By Epsilon Theta on 20 Jun 2018 16:47
If your tracker doesn't work like mine the achievement will still pop if you know you have the 100+. The achievement didn't pop untill I started the update.
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By ClaybearGaming on 28 Jun 2018 19:46
Disc or digital @ClaybearGaming?
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By Epsilon Theta on 30 Jun 2018 11:24
Great guide. You can also do this before you start the game - I aimed to get it as my first achievement, so I could get the update and play for the rest after.
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By StevesTurn on 05 Aug 2018 17:07
hello, simple question, is it fixed or not please? :)
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By LuDoMaC on 08 Aug 2018 09:39
I don't know if it's fixed, but the workaround still works. You might want to update the solution, because the tracker doesn't seem to start tracking or updating until after the update starts installing, and by then you're going to have to start your colony over if you didn't get enough strikes. So it's largely guesswork.
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By Killersquirelz on 04 Sep 2018 05:45
Still works with the DISK version.
If you are planning to leave the console idle for a couple of hours make sure you grow kelko sludge in greenhouses so you do not rely on iron (which depletes) to produce nanites. You need nanites to turn on the protocol which makes drones repair buildings automatically.
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By LordMakanaki on 08 Sep 2018 14:23
Oh man. I'm playing it free on gamepass so no disk version for me, plus that seems way too involved for just one achievement.

Gonna hope they fix it in a patch.
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By SALUHHHHHHHHHHH on 09 Sep 2018 17:36
Great news!
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By exactor it on 18 Sep 2018 16:52
yes they confirmed me on twitter too... thanks social network, very useful in this case.
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By LuDoMaC on 27 Sep 2018 11:59
This is the last achievement. Last month I sent them report and even gave them link to this comment as proof that there are many people reporting glitch. Bad news is it is a known issue for them for a very long time and they have not released the update to fix it yet. It could be tomorrow or the next 10 years.
:(
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By TheFirstWonder on 01 Oct 2018 01:40
Don't be a drama queen. It will go live with the next content drop. As that is part of their monetization strategy, it won't be too long.
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By Epsilon Theta on 01 Oct 2018 18:23
I tried the disc method and like ClaybearGaming said, it wouldn’t pop until I started off the 9.5GB update. About 1GB into the update and the achievement appeared, finally done with this game wave
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By Pursuit of Loot on 13 Oct 2018 10:57
I tweeted them again, asking if there's any news on the update. I really can't be bothered to mess about with offline play. :)
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By exactor it on 14 Oct 2018 14:30
UPDATE: This achievement works again now. They updated the game (22 oct.) and the achievement seems to update for every lightning strike hit.
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By Exios on 22 Oct 2018 18:15
^ Can confirm, this has been fixed.
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By Agnt Washintub on 23 Oct 2018 01:12
^^ Yep, agreed. Saw the update for the game today, downloaded it, and tested out game on an alt account and sure enough, the achievement tracker is moving. FIXED! Now that it's fixed, EVERYONE that LOVES sim-strat games needs to buy this game. IT'S AMAZING!
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By jasonlc3221 on 23 Oct 2018 03:11
Fingers crossed. I have completed the entire game and cleaning up achievements. Has yet to pop and I cover my population with towers on every map.
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By Joker De Pablo on 27 Oct 2018 18:44
Thank goodness, I finally got it.
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By TheFirstWonder on 01 Nov 2018 08:05
As of June 27, 2018, this method still works for the disc version of the game. I had to start a new game to get the tracker to continue updating. Somewhat frustrating, but worked fine over about two hours of letting the game sit there on the fastest setting.

It took about 4 minutes for the achievement to pop after I was at 89%.
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By Fuzzy Bear Hugs on 27 Jun 2018 04:54
Promising news guys!
Twitter @AvenColony 7th Sep 18
The issue has been fixed on our end, and the fix should go out alongside Content Drop 3 as soon as possible. We don't have a date just yet, but we're working on it!
https://twitter.com/AvenColony/status/1009107807461920770
Edit: Everyone who reported the bug or contributed otherwise, thank you!
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By Healtti on 14 Sep 2018 20:18
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You will need to build a lightning tower. Right Trigger and select the shield icon. This is an automated structure that requires no workers. Lightning storms happen during Winter. The tower will absorb the lightning if it is within range of the strike. Once a 100 is reached the achievement will unlock. This is a cumulative achievement across all modes.
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24 Aug 2017 16:29

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This seems to have glitched on me... My counter has been stuck at 28% for multiple maps now, and im on the 2nd to last mission. Curious if anyone else is seeing something like this.
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By Blessed Emot on 16 Feb 2018 21:00
i don`t have any percentage at this achievement.Don`t know why?
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By DrSchmock on 28 Feb 2018 00:14
Glitched for me, too. My counter has never moved from 0%. Guess I'll try reinstalling the game at some point.
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By iceblu26 on 01 Mar 2018 05:13
Did reinstalling the game work?
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By Epsilon Theta on 21 Apr 2018 16:38
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Build Lightning Towers to protect your colony during the winter Sol seasons but the more towers you build, the more quicker this trophy will come. This will come naturally while completing the campaign and pursuing the Platinum.

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Cumulative trophy. Build a battery, build lightning rods and catch lightning. For completing the story you will complete 100%.
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31 Jul 2017 10:23