SteamWorld Build
28 Achievements
GOG
Nothing But Road
Build 100km of Roads across all playthroughs.
0.5%
How to unlock the Nothing But Road achievement in SteamWorld Build - Definitive Guide
SATCONCook
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This has got to be the most annoying achievement ever as you can complete all of the destinations and never get close to completing it. The following is the only way I see it being achieved as I have been trying to farm it.
Complete HighRoller Dunes and obtain the Desert Star landmark building. This will give you free roads.
Once you have that landmark building built on a map, whether you complete the map or not, just start building roads on every single square of the map. It does not count in sandbox, however it does count overwriting roads with another road. So, do them all in dirt, then all in pavement, then all in maglev and then go back over them back down. I also suggest at least having some foresters built if you don't have 'I'm a Lumberbot' done as well so that they can continue chopping down trees for you as well.
Complete HighRoller Dunes and obtain the Desert Star landmark building. This will give you free roads.
Once you have that landmark building built on a map, whether you complete the map or not, just start building roads on every single square of the map. It does not count in sandbox, however it does count overwriting roads with another road. So, do them all in dirt, then all in pavement, then all in maglev and then go back over them back down. I also suggest at least having some foresters built if you don't have 'I'm a Lumberbot' done as well so that they can continue chopping down trees for you as well.
5 Comments
Great hint about replacing the roads! To take this a step further, you can build a winding path surrounded by decorations/buildings so that selecting a start and end point of road replaces most of the map at once. E.g. the below where -/I are roads and C are cacti. Then replacing the road by selecting the start and end replaces all the parts at once - I was getting about 2% completion every time with a relatively small winding section.
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Also, I agree about this being the most annoying achievement - I've completed every map and am only at 30%... No way I'm spending another ~100 hours just to get this achievement the intended way
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Also, I agree about this being the most annoying achievement - I've completed every map and am only at 30%... No way I'm spending another ~100 hours just to get this achievement the intended way
By ArgonautHerc on 09 Dec 2023 05:12
On ps5 even after finished a map (rocket ready) keep building roads increase the counter.
But I noticed here on Xbox, the achievement counter it's not increase anymore, lol
Do I have to do it in a mission before completing the rocket?
But I noticed here on Xbox, the achievement counter it's not increase anymore, lol
Do I have to do it in a mission before completing the rocket?
By Stormwarrior#633 on 16 Dec 2023 17:33
The Enemy DD2
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I did this while setting up a map for chopping trees on the easiest mode (not sandbox) and playing the waiting game.
At a certain point you will have so much income, that placing dirt roads wont affect your balance.
Just find a nice large spot and place dirt roads side by side. When you are maxed out on roads in that area, delete them all and start over. If you have access to a PC do it there. The save game and achievement tracking crosses over and using a mouse is waaaaay faster! This took me approx 30 minutes. Before this method I had 12 percent achievement completion following 2 completed maps and lots of hours on Xbox.
At a certain point you will have so much income, that placing dirt roads wont affect your balance.
Just find a nice large spot and place dirt roads side by side. When you are maxed out on roads in that area, delete them all and start over. If you have access to a PC do it there. The save game and achievement tracking crosses over and using a mouse is waaaaay faster! This took me approx 30 minutes. Before this method I had 12 percent achievement completion following 2 completed maps and lots of hours on Xbox.