Catan

Catan

12 Achievements

200

15-20h

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Elder of Catan

Elder of Catan

You collected 250 VP's.

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How to unlock the Elder of Catan achievement in Catan - Definitive Guide

Victory Points are the stars you get while playing the game for doing various things such as building a settlement or city, having the longest road, etc. The winner of each game is the first person to reach 10 victory points. There are two ways you can go about getting this achievement:

1 - Just play the game normally and eventually you will rack up the needed points. If you were to win every game, you can do the math and see that you would need to play 25 games to reach 250 victory points.

2 - Use the build/undo trick and get all the points in one game. Just start up a single player game against AI opponents and play the game until you are able to build your first settlement or city. Build the settlement or city and then choose the undo option on the menu. Build the settlement or city again, rinse, and repeat. Each build will count as 1 victory point despite the fact that the number on the screen doesn't keep going up. You can play with no time limit in single player, so you can get all 250 done in one turn.

While doing this, you will also unlock 'Villager of Catan' and 'Citizen of Catan' achievements.

Now here is why I would go with the second option...
There is a well known glitch in the game in which you cannot unlock two achievements at the same time. So if you were to finish a game and get two achievements, only one would count, and the other one would be glitched. There is a way to fix the glitch that you can look up on other forums, but better off to just avoid it to begin with. Therefore, I recommend to get Villager, Citizen, and Elder achievements out of the way right away by using the build/undo trick, and then work on the other achievements.

The achievements will pop in-game so you will know when you reach 25, 100, and 250 victory points.

Sounds kind of tedious, but actually goes very quick once you get used to the button sequence required to build and undo.
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04 Dec 2009 01:43

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Does anyone know if the two victory points that you get for the settlements you have at the start of this game count for this achievement? I have over 250 if they do and under 250 if they don't, and I'm trying to decide if I'm glitched.

Although, sadly, I'm guessing that I may have to start over, since I switched Xboxes and redownloaded the game and reportedly that may reset the counting.

Buggy achievements are so annoying.
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By Sindarin Eagle on 09 Apr 2013 02:38
Awesome guide thanks now I don't have to worry about this game screwing up on me
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By ljp0390 on 03 Sep 2011 23:46
I had won 25 games long before I knew about this. I had uninstalled and reinstalled and that fixed the longest road achievement issue, but this has yet to pop.

Does anyone know of a way to get this?
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By Vandel Buster on 03 Jun 2014 20:19
I thought I would try the undo trick while building the longest road (since it's 2 points instead of 1) and it does not work so don't waste your time!
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By Jhilax on 08 Oct 2023 08:25
I got it with the undo trick. After 241 undos and rebuilds, despite the fact that I'd just played four complete games (hence 10 VP per game) earlier today after I'd redownloaded the game. facepalm

The undo and rebuild trick does definitely work, and I recommend doing that for however long it takes, since this achievement is ridiculously buggy. This is a great game with fun multiplayer if you have friends who like to play it, but the achievement code (and, for that matter, the list) is just awful.
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By Sindarin Eagle on 09 Apr 2013 04:37
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Victory Points are the stars you get while playing the game for doing various things such as building a settlement or city, having the longest road, etc. The winner of each game is the first person to reach 10 victory points. There are two ways you can go about getting this achievement:

1 - Just play the game normally and eventually you will rack up the needed points. If you were to win every game, you can do the math and see that you would need to play 25 games to reach 250 victory points.

2 - Use the build/undo trick and get all the points in one game. Just start up a single player game against AI opponents and play the game until you are able to build your first settlement or city. Build the settlement or city and then choose the undo option on the menu. Build the settlement or city again, rinse, and repeat. Each build will count as 1 victory point despite the fact that the number on the screen doesn't keep going up. You can play with no time limit in single player, so you can get all 250 done in one turn.

While doing this, you will also unlock 'Villager of Catan' and 'Citizen of Catan' achievements.

Now here is why I would go with the second option...
There is a well known glitch in the game in which you cannot unlock two achievements at the same time. So if you were to finish a game and get two achievements, only one would count, and the other one would be glitched. There is a way to fix the glitch that you can look up on other forums, but better off to just avoid it to begin with. Therefore, I recommend to get Villager, Citizen, and Elder achievements out of the way right away by using the build/undo trick, and then work on the other achievements.

The achievements will pop in-game so you will know when you reach 25, 100, and 250 victory points.

Sounds kind of tedious, but actually goes very quick once you get used to the button sequence required to build and undo.
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04 Dec 2009 01:43

5 Comments
Awesome guide thanks now I don't have to worry about this game screwing up on me
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By ljp0390 on 03 Sep 2011 23:46
Does anyone know if the two victory points that you get for the settlements you have at the start of this game count for this achievement? I have over 250 if they do and under 250 if they don't, and I'm trying to decide if I'm glitched.

Although, sadly, I'm guessing that I may have to start over, since I switched Xboxes and redownloaded the game and reportedly that may reset the counting.

Buggy achievements are so annoying.
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By Sindarin Eagle on 09 Apr 2013 02:38
I got it with the undo trick. After 241 undos and rebuilds, despite the fact that I'd just played four complete games (hence 10 VP per game) earlier today after I'd redownloaded the game. facepalm

The undo and rebuild trick does definitely work, and I recommend doing that for however long it takes, since this achievement is ridiculously buggy. This is a great game with fun multiplayer if you have friends who like to play it, but the achievement code (and, for that matter, the list) is just awful.
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By Sindarin Eagle on 09 Apr 2013 04:37
I had won 25 games long before I knew about this. I had uninstalled and reinstalled and that fixed the longest road achievement issue, but this has yet to pop.

Does anyone know of a way to get this?
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By Vandel Buster on 03 Jun 2014 20:19
I thought I would try the undo trick while building the longest road (since it's 2 points instead of 1) and it does not work so don't waste your time!
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By Jhilax on 08 Oct 2023 08:25
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250 VP is the target for this achievement, that is 25 full match wins or a lot of losses. Again, playing easy AI makes this a lot easier.

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