Dinotica Achievements

Steam lists 73 achievements for Dinotica. This page is a hunting map, not a cheat table. Trainers and memory editors are out of scope. Progress is hatcheries, rooms, and the Codex. Pair it with Totems and Relics for named modifiers and Companions for the roster you will not fully English-name.

Totem gates

Public global stats (completionist.me snapshots around launch week) show a clean ladder:

• Power of Totems - Awakening — unlock 14 totems.
• Power of Totems - Growth — unlock 24.
• Power of Totems - Convergence — unlock 27.
• Power of Totems - Zenith — unlock 31.

Launch marketing said “31+ totems.” Zenith is the countable Steam gate at 31. If the live Codex shows more, believe the client and wait for a new achievement row. Do not invent a 40-totem table to feel complete.

Relic gates

The relic ladder is longer:

• First Compilation — 21 relics.
• Continued Compilation — 42.
• Expanded Compilation — 47.
• Complete Compilation — 53.
• Refined Compilation — 59.
• Final Compilation — 65.

Launch copy talked about 70 relics. Steam’s last named gate is 65. This wiki prints both and prefers the achievement number when you are counting unlocks. Patch 1.9.4 fixed Cornered Beast math — any relic guide that predates that note is suspect. Patch Notes is the dated index.

Other rows worth knowing

First Boss Kill is the on-ramp; most players already have it. Fun Hunter asks you to complete one Fun stage type — a reminder that not every room is a damage check. Treasure Hunter wants a Treasure Monster dead. Home Builder - Foundation upgrades the home to level 5; that is a settlement gate, so Farm and Base and Buildings matter more than a combat tier list. Tribe Codex - First Knowledge unlocks five companion types, not fifty. Collect jobs, not a Pokédex panic.

How to chase without ruining the save

Run story biomes, including Dark Forest, for new modifier drops. Use Endless Mode when the town can fund a long sitting. Use the Time-Space Rift when you want ranked density, after you have updated past the 1.9.4 re-entry bug. The Training Ground from 1.9.0 exists to test a totem before you spend a Codex run crashing the client.

Fishing does not grind relics. Seasonal bosses like the Evil Snowman are optional encounters. Launch Weeks gift-box screenshots are not achievement rows. Full Launch Notes is the packing slip for 1.0 content, not a trophy guide.

If a site offers a Dinotica trainer “updated 2026,” close it. This wiki will not mirror hotkeys, god mode, or infinite leather. Steam Cloud is on; that is for your legitimate save, not for a table.

Steam’s overlay and the in-game Codex can disagree by a row for a few minutes after a patch. Count the overlay if you are arguing with a friend; count the Codex if you are planning tonight’s rooms. Neither list is a trainer.

When Valve or XA Studio adds a 74th achievement, this page will gain a line. Until then, 73 rows, 31 totems at Zenith, 65 relics at Final Compilation, and a five-species Tribe gate are the numbers you can defend in a Discord argument without inventing English names for the other forty-five dinos.