I cover all RetroSpace achievements, collectibles, codes, audio logs, collectible cards, side quests, and Star-Head rooms in this guide. I also explain the requirements for the different endings and challenge run achievements. And I also list the collectibles and codes in order, so I can follow the guide while playing and avoid missing important achievements or items.
RetroSpace Achievements Guide
I include the requirements for difficulty achievements, challenge run achievements, ending achievements, and general achievements, along with the locations of important collectibles and all known codes.
Difficulty Achievements
Out of madness
Finish the game on any difficulty.
I finish the game on Story, Normal, 1999, or Russ Kurtell mode. Finishing on a higher difficulty also unlocks the lower difficulty achievements.
Gotcha, Boomer!
Finish the game on 1999 mode difficulty.
I’m MacReady!
Finish the game on Russ Kurtell difficulty.
Challenge Run Achievements
Hobo for life
Finish the game without spending any money in vending machines.
I do not buy anything from food or drink vending machines. It’s okay to buy Mutamods, gadgets, or upgrade weapons.
Never there
Finish the game in “ghost mode”. Never detected by any kind of enemy.
I stay in stealth and do not alert any enemies. I check my statistics and make sure Enemies Alerted is always 0.
Warren Wrenchman
Finish the game using only the Power wrench and the HyperBroom as weapons. (never kill any enemy with other weapons)
I can only directly kill enemies using the Power Wrench and HyperBroom. Environmental kills, including oil/acid puddles I made, infighting kills, and friendly security kills don’t count.
This is NOT the way
Finish the game in “no-hud” mode, so never use a helmet in one entire playthrough.
I never pick up the helmet. This means I can’t access the mini-map, health, visibility, or ammo count on screen.
The helmet also comes with built-in oxygen tanks, so without a helmet I’ll start losing health when I enter a gassed vent.
Clean hands
Play through the game without killing anyone. (including robots and turrets)
I check my statistics and make sure Player Kills is always 0. Environmental kills, including oil/acid puddles I made, infighting kills, and friendly security kills don’t count.
I prefer my payment in cash
Collect 2.000 credits without dying once.
This is not a challenge run achievement, but it can be difficult if I’m trying to do it on my first playthrough. There are about 6 to 7 thousand credits available across the entire station on both timelines, so I have to collect 1/3 of all cash without dying once.
Are you okay, buddy?
Play for at least 1 hour with less than 20% health.
This is not a challenge run achievement, but playing with low health can be dangerous. I can also cheat by just idling for an hour.
Ending Achievements
Too good to be true
Reach the “Good” ending.
I choose The Golden Journey as my destination.
Not the best outcome…
Reach the “Bad” ending.
I choose Earth as my destination.
Post-Ending Scenes
As confirmed by the developer, there are six post-credits scenes that depend on my playstyle. The following is the hierarchical order, so the top ones have higher priority if I meet multiple requirements.
01 – Abomination
“Use a lot of Mutamods, also upgrade at least 3 different Mutatmods to level 3.”
02 – I am the Void
“You died at least 20 times during one playthrough. And none of the conditions for a stronger ending were met.”
03 – There is still hope…
“You finished all the side quests. And none of the conditions for a stronger ending were met.”
04 – Space Disease
“Never use any Mutamods in the game. And none of the conditions for a stronger ending were met.”
05 – The Wrench is the KEY
“Kill at least 20 enemies with the wrench. And none of the conditions for a stronger ending were met.”
06 – Everything is funky
“None of the conditions for a stronger ending were met.”
Collectibles Achievements
Muta-Freak
Buy all the Mutamods. (at least on level 1)
This is missable for two reasons. A few of the 10 Mutamods are location or timeline exclusives. Also, everything is more expensive on higher difficulties.
I can’t buy all Mutamods, fully upgrade all weapons, and all gadgets at the same time on Russ Kurtell mode, for example.
Here’s the order where I find them for the first time:
01 – Moth Light (Alt timeline Medical Section)
02 – Rhino Body (Alt timeline Medical Section)
03 – Skunk Bomb (Alt timeline Medical Section)
04 – Unicellular (Alt timeline Medical Section)
05 – Bat Hearing (Nexus Plaza, Train Station)
06 – Pig’s Mouth (Engineering, the bottom floor where there’s a Pigman mutant)
07 – Octopus Heart (Engineering, Marco’s office)
08 – Grasshopper Legs (Borealis Garden – Garden D|C, the room to the left when I enter)
09 – Brain Parasite (Grand Station – Police station, the office room near two back-to-back turrets)
10 – Tentacle Hand (Alt timeline Borealis Garden, on the second floor)
Tech-guru
Buy all the tech-gadgets. (at least on level 1)
This is missable if I’m playing on higher difficulty because everything is more expensive. I can’t buy all Mutamods, fully upgrade all weapons, and all gadgets at the same time on Russ Kurtell mode, for example.
I’m all out of bubblegum
Upgrade all your weapons to the maximum.
This is missable if I’m playing on higher difficulty because everything is more expensive. I can’t buy all Mutamods, fully upgrade all weapons, and all gadgets at the same time on Russ Kurtell mode, for example.
01 – Universe Cleaner (can’t be upgraded)
02 – The Master Exploder (can’t be upgraded)
03 – Power Wrench
04 – Suzie Smallgun
05 – Bertha Shotgun
06 – Sinclair Handcannon
07 – Flare Gun
08 – Bradbury Beamgun
09 – HyperBroom
10 – Steve Hand Turret
Space tourist
Explore all main sections of the station.
This is missable. I explore every major location, including alt timeline locations, and I’ll unlock this achievement naturally.
01 – Stasis Chambers
02 – Medical Section
03 – Nexus Plaza
04 – Nexus Gardens
05 – Janitor’s Haven
06 – Security Station
07 – Security Station F2
08 – Train Station
09 – Engineering
10 – Borealis Garden
11 – Borealis Garden – Laboratory
12 – Great Dome
13 – Grand Station
14 – Grand Station – Luxury Section
15 – Grand Station – Crew Section
16 – Grand Station – Police Station
17 – Grand Station – Control Zone
18 – Grand Station – Police Station – Experimental Section
Hero we deserve
Finish all the NPC side-quests.
This is missable.
01 – Find a pink unicorn plushie for Mia + Get the unicorn to Mia
I find the pink unicorn plushie in alt timeline Medical Section, or current timeline Luxury Section’s Love Lounge.
02 – Find something for Nebula + I have the diary. Now what?
I find the diary in Marco’s office, behind the painting.
03 – The date
I talk to Mia & Joey after I come back from alt timeline, and deliver their messages to each other.
04 – The secret weapon
01 – Voidfield-Pulse Condenser (Grand Station – Crew Section, behind a shelf on one of the big hall’s second floor)
02 – Trans-Space Harmonizer (Great Dome – Diner, behind the statue)
03 – Omega Tachyon Projector (Grand Station – Control Zone, under the floor of the bar)
05 – Code name: Charley
I do not escape from Crew Section. I deal with Charley here by putting four human heads in the ritual bowls.
06 – Find a new head for Joey + Go back to Joey with the head
I find Joey’s head in alt timeline Luxury Section – Private Rooms. A Repli-baby is wearing it.
07 – A piece of Rose
I deal with Rose non-lethally by finding a rose and a handwheel, and then putting them in/on the red container on the first floor.
08 – Violet’s story
I find Violet in alt timeline Great Dome, and her diary in alt timeline Borealis Garden – Laboratory.
Radio Ga Ga
Radio Ga Ga
Find all audio logs in the game.
This is missable. I don’t have to collect all of them, just 45 out of 48 audio logs.
The order I found them is as follows.
Stasis Chambers
01 – Out of the blue dream
02 – The code Is…
03 – The janitor’s creed
04 – Tough as hell!
Medical Section
05 – Jealous rage
06 – A real honor!
07 – That damned disco breaks!
08 – DJ Charlatan – puddles go bzzzzz!
09 – Weird bug eyes
Alt timeline Medical Section
10 – The light calls me…
11 – Creepy audio logs
Nexus Plaza
12 – DJ Charlatan – stacking boxes
13 – Lost wrench
Nexus Gardens
14 – The last beerpong
15 – The janitor’s haven
16 – Happy birthday. ben!
17 – Blind spot paradise
Security Section
18 – Mom, I’m changing!
19 – The last chocolate
20 – Boxes everywhere!!!
21 – They’re animals!
22 – The last bastion
Train Station – Nexus Plaza Entrance
23 – History lesson – 1
Train Station – Borealis Garden Entrance
24 – The deep space disease
Engineering
25 – Designing Aurora 5
26 – Then the void came…
Borealis Garden – Laboratory
27 – In my dreams…
28 – Rose is born!
Grand Station
29 – History lesson – 2
30 – Janitor of the month
Grand Station – Police Station
31 – Bon voyage
32 – About Moebio
Grand Station – Crew Section
33 – It lives within the walls…
34 – Environmental storytelling skeleton
35 – We should have believed Konrad
36 – Gadgets, gadgets, and gadgets!
37 – It escaped!
Alt timeline Grand Station
38 – History lesson – 2 (same audio log but in alt timeline)
39 – Wrench buddies?
Alt timeline Grand Station – Luxury Section
40 – Going home…
41 – All work, no play
Alt timeline Train Station – Nexus Plaza Entrance
42 – History lesson – 1 (same audio log but in alt timeline)
Alt timeline Borealis Garden
43 – My son…
Alt timeline Great Dome
44 – I want to wake up!
Grand Station – Control Zone
45 – History lesson – 3
Alt timeline Grand Station – Control Zone
46 – Build and destroy!
47 – The board is a lie!
48 – The void is inside me
General Achievements
Squat master
Walk 5000 steps while crouching.
I check my statistics. The achievement will unlock when Crouched Steps are over 5000.
Score
Dump 5 heads into bins.
I can get this if I’m lucky enough that all Moth enemies drop their heads, without mutating into spiders, at Nexus Gardens.
I dump their heads into bins on the wall. There are about 5 to 6 bins in this level, and a single bin can typically hold 2 heads.
Bull in a china shop
Trigger 50 enemy alarms.
I check my statistics. The achievement will unlock when Enemies Alerted are over 50.
Better than therapy
Get 50 kills by headshots.
The statistics track every headshot, but this achievement only counts the final hit.
Hygiene obsession
Clean up at least 50 blood splatters.
Clean-O-Bot 3000
Clean up 100 blood splatters.
Don’t care
Step into at least 30 dangerous environmental puddles.
I install the Moth Light Mutamod, stand under light, and create an acid puddle in front of me. I step into it and get out, heal, and repeat.
Evolutionary dead-end
Have 3 cloning errors at the same time.
I die 3 times without treating it at Heal-o-Dome or retrieving my corpse. I then get 3 cloning errors.
The Master Exploder
Build the secret weapon!
01 – Voidfield-Pulse Condenser (Grand Station – Crew Section, behind a shelf on one of the big hall’s second floor)
02 – Trans-Space Harmonizer (Great Dome – Diner, behind the statue)
03 – Omega Tachyon Projector (Grand Station – Control Zone, under the floor of the bar)
The Rite
Find the way to kill Charley
I do not escape from Crew Section. I can deal with Charley by killing it, although it is a bullet sponge, or by putting four heads in the ritual bowls.
Codes
I find the following codes in these areas:
Stasis Chambers
- Janitor’s room: 0937
- Security override: 1477
Nexus Plaza
- Security override: 4712
Nexus Gardens
- Security override: 5315 — 9-4, 6-3, 3-2, 6-1
- Storage room: 1212
Medical Section
- Security override: 2177
- ICU: —– ….- ….. .—-
- Quarantine lockdown: 1234
- Morgue: 2236
Security Section
- Cell room: 3333
- Security override: 5973
Engineering
- Security override: 0715
Security Section 2F
Door to Dahlia STOP: 7375 — 3+4, 2+1, 3+4, 1+4
Security override: 3757 — 3, 3+4, 1+4, 1+2+2+2
Hint:
I find half of the clue in the bathroom.
| = 1
– = 2
I find the full clue in a hidden room in the recreation area past the steam pipe.
| = 1
– = 2
( = 3
) = 4
I then combine the symbols together. O and S are both ( + ) = 3 + 4 = 7, for example.
Borealis Garden security override: 2468 (A=2, B=4, A+B=6, AxB=8)
Great Dome Moebio: 3123 (red 1, white 2, blue 3, red 4)
Grand Station – Luxury (outside) security override: 1999
Grand Station – Luxury security override: 9119 (before patch) / 1919 (after patch) (1i, 9x, 1e, 9t)
Grand Station – Police Station security override: 9947
Grand Station – Control Zone security override: 2237
Grand Station – Control Zone captain Office: 7649
Star-Head Rooms
I get the star-head as part of the main story, beside the room I need to unlock to progress.
There are a few more star-head rooms in different areas. They don’t necessarily have important stuff, but I can take a look at them if I want.
01 – Grand Station – Police Station (part of the main story, unlocks the way to Experimental Section)
02 – Grand Station – Police Station (in the prison, unlocks a special cell)
03 – Grand Station (halfway to the Crew Section, unlocks the security booth)
04 – Grand Station – Crew Section (in a hidden room, unlocks a shortcut to crew corridor)
05 – Borealis Garden (on the first floor, unlocks a morgue)
06 – Security Section 2F (turn right from the vent where I first came, unlocks a small storage room)
I hope this guide helped you!