Microsoft Solitaire

**** This is for the iOS and Android versions of the game ****

****EDIT ****
There has recently been an update allowing you to revisit previous months so buying one month of premium will allow you to get all badges. Thanks to Dr Tinus for the info. I will leave this solution up in full in case its ever reverted.

You will need either your free month of premium or to purchase at least 1 month of premium for this to work correctly, I understand there are guides out there that will be fairly similar i.e changing date however this is to ensure that you can use your premium at the same time as changing your dat

Steps
1. Open Solitaire on your device
(Doing this will ensure the game syncs the data and signs you in correctly as it seems to be
a bit hit and miss when the date is set incorrectly)
2. When signed in and you are on the home screen press the home key on your device and go
into settings > Date/Time and set the date to the last day of the month you wish to work on
e.g November 30th (This will allow you to work on the entire month of November without
having to keep changing your date)
3. Go back into Solitaire and you will see that your premium has disappeared. This is because
the subscription is based off the start date and you are currently before this date. You will
also see the Daily Challenges with today's date on it. Don't worry about the date shown,
tap Daily Challenges. Using the example above you will load into the
Daily Challenges for November 30th, you can tap the calendar tab and have access to the
entire month too.
4. Once in Daily Challenges press the home key and change your date back to the correct one.
5. Go back into Solitaire and you will see the little premium badge reappear at the top right
but the calendar will remain in November.

Now this is how you set it up and you can begin to pop challenges left, right and centre earning you double coins for each one completed. This is by far the fastest method I have found and saves you from having to purchase premium for a full year providing you can get it done within a month, if not just buy another month.

As I said I know there are similar guides but I couldn't find one for this specific method so here it is. Let me know in the comments if there are any additions that need to be made!

*** This solution is intended for the PC version of the game. ***

This achievement can be attained while working towards the "Go for the Gold" and "Go for the Silver" achievements. If you want to get this achievement while doing the other achievements please check out my guide for those achievements.

With Microsoft Solitaire Collection closed, change your computer's date to one year prior (So the same month you're currently in but last year. I usually chose the 25th of the month to have enough days available). Next start up Microsoft Solitaire Collection. ** If you want to get the achievements quicker I recommend buying the Premium Edition. ** Now start doing the Daily Challenges starting from the first date of the month. Try to do all five challenges for each day. If you are stuck on a challenge, skip it to save yourself the time. Assuming you've purchased the Premium Edition, it will take you about 2-3 days of challenges to get the Bronze Badge. Now close Microsoft Solitaire Collection and change the date to the following month. Reopen Microsoft Solitaire Collection and repeat the process for 11 more months.

If for some reason the achievement doesn't pop, close Microsoft Solitaire Collection and change the date back to today's date. Reopen Microsoft Solitaire Collections and the achievement should pop right away.

** Some people have reported glitches on getting the achievement to pop. I have never had this issue on any Microsoft Collection I played, so I cannot confirm whether it is "glitchy." **

** I don't know if this method would work on a mobile device. I cannot confirm whether it does or not. **

** 2019 Update - A user has stated that they cannot use Premiums services on the prior months. I no longer have Premium, so I cannot confirm this. Either way the solution works but it will take longer. **

This solution is also good for the following achievements:






All the solutions above have mostly only explained how to get to the previous months, but not how to get the medals the fastest way possible.

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But what is now the fastest way to level?

I guess...

1. Go to January 2019

2. Now start playing Klondike one day at a time. (Klondike is BY FAR the easiest mode you can play.)

Why Klondike?

^{If you have any questions, suggestions, or critic, the best way to tell me is the comment-section :)}
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This solution in German:

New solution following KillaQueens515 PC method as of 2019

KillaQueens515 gave a good method however since about a year or two ago your premium cannot follow to previous months. But I have found a workaround to help speed this grind up.

1.) Make sure you are premium. It is 1.99 membership that blocks ads and give extra coins.

2.) Change date to any prior month.

3.) Open Daily Challenges under your non premium month you chose (ex. Im doing June 2019). DO NOT START ANY GAME YET OR BACK OUT TO MAIN MENU!

4.) Switch the date back to the current date and voila!!!!!!! You have premium for the previous months. Downside is that every game(day) you finish, it takes you back to the current month dates but you just use this method every time as long as you are a premium member.

ALSO from what I heard if achievement don't unlock, just get a medal in current time to sync up with servers.

THIS IS FOR PC GAME PASS, SAME STEPS WILL APPLY FOR CONSOLE MINUS THE BONUS HELP AT THE END

Let me help everyone here and make a very simple guide for everyone to follow, with this for sure working in 2024.

Step 1: Download the game on pc game pass
Step 2: Complete daily challenges for as many months as possible BRONZE-12 SILVER-10 GOLD-8
Step 3: It takes roughly 2 days worth of challenges to get the bronze coin, 4-5 for silver and 10-12 for gold
Step 4: Keep completing all 5 challenges while stacking your coins
Step 5: After reaching your goals achievements will pop.

Bonus- For those of you struggling on expert level challenges, i suggest downloading the solvitaire program and running it for the ones you need help with (its essentially like the solver tool on non challenge games)
note: the free version of solvitaire did not work with freecell for me, so I found a solver tool for that separately.

Good luck and happy hunting!