If you are trying to get all the achievements in Endless Rails, you should be able to unlock most of them naturally while playing. The game is a fun roguelike that mixes trains, monsters, drones, and plenty of guns, and thankfully, there isn’t too much achievement grinding involved.
In this guide, I’ll go through all 27 achievements and explain which ones you can get naturally and which ones may require a little more planning. I’ll also share the strategy and train setup I used to survive 20 waves in the Outside.
Overall, you can expect the 100% completion to take around 5–10 hours, although your actual time will depend on RNG and how quickly you get the upgrades you need.
Endless Rails Achievement Guide and Walkthrough 100%
There are 27 achievements to unlock in Endless Rails. Most are straightforward and will come naturally through normal gameplay.
I’ve grouped them into train and shop achievements, gameplay achievements, and miscellaneous achievements so you can quickly see what you need to do.
Train and Shop Achievements
These achievements are related to upgrading, repairing, buying, selling, and managing your train.
Associate Mechanic
Requirement: Merge cars for the first time.
Simply merge cars together for the first time to unlock this achievement.
Trader
Requirement: Trade in a Level 3 car for the first time.
Upgrade a car to Level 3 and then trade it in to unlock this achievement.
Impressive Capacity
Requirement: Add 8 cars to your train.
Keep adding cars until your train has a total of eight cars.
I Repair My Stuff
Requirement: Repair the train 10 times.
Repair your train ten times throughout your runs.
Picky
Requirement: Reroll the shop 10 times.
Use the shop reroll option ten times.
Disposal
Requirement: Sell a module.
Sell any module at the shop to unlock this achievement.
Rule of Two
Requirement: Have 2 drones.
Simply get two drones on your train.
Life Insurance
Requirement: Have 5 drones.
Continue building your drone setup until you have five drones.
Gameplay Achievements
These achievements mostly come from progressing through runs, surviving waves, and reaching certain stations.
Get Used To It
Requirement: Die for the first time.
You will unlock this naturally the first time you die.
Getting The Hang of It
Requirement: Play 5 runs.
Complete five runs. These don’t need to be successful.
Not Bad
Requirement: Survive 5 waves.
Survive five waves during a run.
Pretty Good
Requirement: Survive 10 waves.
Survive ten waves.
Getting Serious
Requirement: Survive 15 waves.
Survive fifteen waves.
The Outside
Requirement: Survive 10 waves in the Outside.
Once you reach the Outside, survive ten waves there.
I’m Still Alive
Requirement: Survive 20 waves in the Outside.
This is one of the achievements that may require some planning. You need to survive 20 waves after reaching the Outside.
You don’t actually need to fight Grandma again for this achievement. It unlocks after surviving the wave immediately before her.
Crocodile Tears
Requirement: Defeat Gater.
Gater appears on Level 10. Defeat him to unlock the achievement.
Mrs Baker?
Requirement: Defeat Grandma.
Grandma appears on Level 20. Defeat her to unlock the achievement.
Dashmaster
Requirement: Reach Station 20 with Model S.
Use the Model S and reach Station 20.
Old Train Good Train
Requirement: Reach Station 20 with Model R.
Use the Model R and reach Station 20.
Slow But Steady
Requirement: Reach Station 20 with Model T.
Use the Model T and reach Station 20.
Miscellaneous Achievements
These achievements should also come naturally as you play, although some may take longer than others.
I Reach Everything
Requirement: Dash 500 times.
Dash a total of 500 times. This can be done with the Model S.
The Protector
Requirement: Defeat 500 enemies.
Keep playing and defeating enemies until you reach 500 total kills.
The Terminator
Requirement: Defeat 10,000 enemies.
This one will take considerably longer, but you should make progress toward it during normal runs.
First Buck
Requirement: Collect 10,000 coins.
Collect a total of 10,000 coins.
Purchasing Power
Requirement: Collect 50,000 coins.
Continue collecting coins until your total reaches 50,000.
Unlimited Power
Requirement: Unlock all upgrades.
Purchase or unlock every available upgrade.
General Strategy for Surviving the Outside
The hardest achievement for me was surviving the 20 waves in the Outside, so this is where I would focus most of your attention.
My most successful setup used the Model T. I focused on Rifle Drones first, followed by Shotgun Drones, while also using turrets that matched the weapons I was building around.
During my first 10–20 runs, I would prioritize modules that increased:
- Drone Mobility
- Coin Gain
Drone Mobility is particularly useful early on because it lets your drones move around the map much faster. This makes it easier to collect coins and eliminate enemies without constantly worrying about where your train is positioned.
At the same time, I would work toward getting cars to Level 3 so I could trade them in for global upgrades.
For my first trade-in, I recommend prioritizing a Max Health upgrade. After that, I put most of my trade-ins into:
- Rifle Crit
- Rifle Damage
Rifle Crit can eventually reach 100%, which gives you a massive boost to your overall damage.
Early Waves
During the early part of the run, I usually managed to get through the first ten waves with only one or two rifles, or a combination of a rifle and shotgun.
Whenever possible, I grabbed modules that increased Coin Gain and Drone Mobility.
Later in the run, I started replacing those modules with Level 3 Drone modules and AI Brains.
Another useful habit is to lock valuable upgrades in the shop. This allows you to save useful items for later instead of spending all of your coins immediately.
Surviving the Outside
Once I reached the Outside, I started refining my build rather than continuing to sell Level 3 cars.
Getting to Gater around Level 30 wasn’t particularly difficult with this setup. The difficulty increased significantly after around Level 32, though.
At this point, I stopped worrying about collecting every coin on the map. Once you get deep enough into the Outside, survival is more important than extra income.
I would park the train and drones around the center of the screen and repeatedly use the drone’s special ability to increase my damage.
This makes the later waves much more manageable because you aren’t constantly moving around the map trying to collect coins while enemies are overwhelming you.
My Winning Train Setup
This is the exact train setup I used to survive 20 waves in the Outside.
Model T
- Level 3 Rifle Drone
Level 3 Car 1
- Uranium
- Plutonium
- Rifle Turret
- Rifle Turret
Level 3 Car 2
- Level 3 Shotgun Drone
- Level 3 Rifle Drone
- Level 2 Rifle Drone
- Level 3 Rifle Drone
Level 3 Car 3
- Uranium
- Plutonium
- Piercer
- Plutonium
Level 3 Car 4
- Level 2 Rifle Drone
- Level 3 Shotgun Drone
- AI Brain
- AI Brain
Level 2 Car 5
- Level 2 Shotgun Drone
- AI Brain
Level 1 Car 6
- Rifle Turret
What Makes This Build Work?
The exact modules aren’t necessarily something you have to copy perfectly. The important part is the overall idea behind the build.
I focused heavily on Rifle Drones, while increasing fire rate and base damage. AI Brains were also a major part of the setup because they helped keep the drone damage high.
If your RNG gives you slightly different modules, don’t worry about following the setup exactly. Instead, try to build around the same general priorities:
- Rifle Drones
- Rifle Damage
- Fire Rate
- AI Brains
- Drone Damage
- Max Health
The important thing is to keep your damage scaling as you move into the later Outside waves.
There are probably stronger builds available, especially if you start experimenting with the elemental upgrades. However, I personally preferred the simple approach of putting as much lead downrange as possible.
For getting the Endless Rails 100% achievement completion, I wouldn’t worry too much about creating the perfect build. Most achievements will come naturally, and the main one that really deserves preparation is I’m Still Alive.
For that achievement, focus on building a strong drone and rifle setup early, make smart use of Level 3 car trade-ins, and once you reach the Outside, prioritize survival over collecting every last coin.