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Tropico 4 Achievement Guide
By Maj. Crimes
Hola Presidente!

Having trouble unlocking all those pesky achievements to impress your fellow Tropicans? Worry no more!
This handy guide will help you to unlock all achievements and it offers some neat tricks to get the more...challenging ones.
And of course this stays just between you and me! No one shall doubt El Presidentes abilites to unlock all achievements by himself!


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Guide Index
Overview
Overview 
The Full Monty 
Filthy Rich 
Heavy Traffic 
National Agenda 
Domestic Agenda 
Foreign Agenda 
Instant Construction 
Foreign Cuisine 
You are Fired! 
IMPORTant business 
Top Exporter 
Militarist 
Generalissimo 
Dictatorship for Dummies 
Competent 
Specialist 
Expert 
Made In China 
Smells Like Chemistry 
Metropolis 
Domestic Affairs 
Coup de Grace 
Prepared For Everything 
Paradise Island 
Foreign Affairs 
Iron Fist 
Homes for Everyone 
Modern Agriculture 
Nuclear Future 
Building Blues 
War on Crime 
Tornado Valley 
The Rumors of my Death... 
Elitist 
Tropican Fiesta 
Year Of the Dragon 
The Power of the Atom 
Megalopolis 
Mona Llama 
Theme Park 
Old Faithful 
The Golf Balls Solution 
Curse of the Llama 
Past and Present 
Head for High Ground 
Your Lucky Day 
Special Taxes 
Kill Juanito 
Down with the Tyrant 
God Complex 
Touristico 
From Rags to Riches 
Tropico for the Tropicans 
The Big House 
Philanthropist 
It's a Trap! 
Tropico VS The World 
Scapegoat 
The Mastermind 
On Top of the World 
Capo Di Tutti Capi 
A Better Tourist Trap 
Heaven On Earth 
Better Than Tenements 
Office Space 
Going Green 
Crisis Measures 
The Conclave 
Averted World War 3 
Zeitgeist 
Comments
Overview
Since Steam lacked a proper achievement guide i decided to provide one.
Its my very first Guide so it could be a little rough around the edges i apologize for that.
I tried to provide as many details as possible
Should there anything be missing or incorrect please let me know!
And no i didnt copy any other achievement guides, i wanted to provide my own 200 hours worth of knowledge.

Achievements will not unlock right away. Restart the game for them to unlock. To check your achievements without having to restart press ESC and open the achievements menu

  • A few mission related achievements are normally hidden, i will not specifically mark them as hidden so be prepared for some very very minor spoilers.
  • To unlock all achievements you need the Modern Times DLC pack
  • Dont activate "God mode" when starting a sandbox game, this will prevent you from unlocking achievements, cheats do as well.
  • I didnt include walkthroughs for the mission related achievements.
    For mission walkthroughs visit the Tropico Wiki Missions Guide[tropico.wikia.com]

Credits:
The Tropico Wiki, it helped me with information on factions and foreign powers.
Visit the Tropico Wiki[tropico.wikia.com]
The Full Monty
Have a full Ministry cabinet



All you need to do is build a ministry and recruit a minister for every position.
You can either "import" a foreign specialist to fill the position or promote one of your tropicans.
This is a mission objective in the very first campaign mission so will likely unlock naturally.
Filthy Rich
Make $100 000 for your Swiss Bank account in a mission



A lot easier than it sounds, certain campaign missions have objectives which provide a significant amount of money for your swiss bank account.

There are also various other ways to make money for your Swiss Bank account

  • Use the "Building Permit" Edict. All building costs will be raised by 20% while 10 % of it will directly go to your Swiss Bank Account. The higher the cost of the building the more money will be transferred to your account.
    By using the "Bureaucrat" Trait the amount of money you make through the building permit will be doubled.

  • Build a Customs Office and set its mode to "Customs Duty Evasion"
    3% of every export will be transferred to your Swiss Bank Account.

  • Build Banks and set them to "Slush Fund". Depending on the skill of your bank employees some amount of money will be transferred every month. You can build multiple banks and set them to this mode.

  • If you have a ancient ruin on your island you can transform it to a excavation site. Depending on the skill of the workers all profits will go to your account.

  • Build Childhood Museums and set them to "Retirement Fund". All profits made from this building will go to your account.

  • Build a Mausoleum. All profits made will go to your account.
Heavy Traffic
Construct at least 1000 meters of roads and 4 Garages



Just like the descriptions says, build 4 Garages and then roads until the achievement unlocks. This will likely unlock naturally at some point.
National Agenda
Complete 20 agenda tasks in a single mission



National Agendas are side missions represented by the the red exclamation mark floating throughout the city. Everytime a new agenda pops up you will hear a short chime.

Just complete 20 of them in one mission. These usually pop up during campaign missions or additional missions such as DLC missions. Some are optional others help progress the "story"

Note: You dont have to accept them right away, unlike "blue exclamation mark" missions these do NOT disappear after a while.
Domestic Agenda
Complete 10 Faction tasks in a single mission



Domestic Agendas are side missions represented by the the blue exclamation mark floating throughout the citiy. Everytime a new agenda pops up you will hear a short chime.

Just complete 10 of them in one mission. There are many different agendas ranging from improving your reputation with the various factions, contructing buildings, issue edicts. Some agendas are easier than others of course. Should an agenda prove too difficult you can decline them without any consequence and wait for a new one.

Note: The "unhappier" your citizens and factions are the more agendas you will recieve. Most agendas can only be completed once.
Foreign Agenda
Complete 10 Foreign tasks in a single mission



Just like "Domestic Agenda" these are side missions represented by the the blue exclamation mark floating throughout the citiy. Everytime a new agenda pops up you will hear a short chime.

Just complete 10 of them in one mission. There are many different agendas such as paying money to a foreign government or export certain goods. Some agendas are easier than others of course. Should an agenda prove too difficult you can decline them without any consequence and wait for a new one.
Instant Construction
Issue the Quick-build command on 10 constructions



While a building is beign built you can click on it and select "Quick Build" to finish the building process instantly. No workes are required for this. Do this 10 times in a mission.

Note: "Quick build" will cost the same amount of money you paid when placing it, so if you want this fast just build cheap structures like the bar and use Quick Build on them.
Foreign Cuisine
Import 2 000 food



You need marketplaces that have no food stored to import food. Normally the import function for food is activated and you will recieve imported food anytime your marketplaces are not at full capacity. Build multiple marketplaces to unlock this faster. Make sure you have no ranches or farms delivering food to your marketplaces.

Note: You can only import goods worth up to $ 5000 per ship. Build multiple docks to import food faster. You also need a positve account balance to import goods.
You are Fired!
Fire a Minister because of his gaffe



Employ ministers with low character stats (Intelligence, Courage, and Leadership).
The lower the stats the higher the chance he will make a gaffe. Should a minister make a gaffe you will prompted with a choice to keep the minister and deal with a negative consquence or to fire him. Choose the option to fire him to unlock the achievement.

Note: Employ ministers with low stats for all positions to maximize your chance for a gaffe. Try to avoid buying a foreign specialst for the job as they will usually have higher stats and are less likely to make a gaffe.

IMPORTant business
Import 10 000 resources



Just import as many goods as possible. To import goods open your almanac and selet the "Trade" tab. Click on "Trade Overview" then select the flag of the country under "import" to import the select good. Try to import goods that are needed on your island like fish and corn as the total amount of goods imported will count and not the money spent.

Note: A Dock will only import goods worth $ 5000 per Ship. To import faster, build multiple Docks. You need a positive bank account balance to import goods.
Top Exporter
Earn $1 000 000 from industry in a single game



Just export $ 1.000.000 worth in goods. These have to be goods produced in factories (basically all buildings you find in your "Industry" building tab. Farm crops and fish do not count unless they have been processed in your factories. (e.g. Fish -> /Cannery/ -> Canned Fish)
Try to build as many different factories as you can, import the resources if they are not available on your island.


Some basic tips to increase your exports profits:
  • Check your almanac to see the highest paying goods and focus your production on them. Oil products, jewlery, expensive jewlery and -if you have the modern times DLC- cars will usually achieve the highest prices.
  • Build a customs office and set it to "Stimulate Exports". This will raise the prices for your export goods up to 20 %
  • Make sure the work mode of your factories are set to "Sweat Shop" to ensure high productivity
  • This is very basic but vital to maximize your profits: Make sure your factories have the maximum amount of workes and a constant flow of resources.
Militarist
Have more than 20 soldiers and generals in one game



See "Generalissimo"
Generalissimo
Have a total of 100 Soldiers and Generals



Just employ a total amount of 100 soldier and generals.

Note: Having a Soldier requires tropicans with high school education, generals require a college graduation.
By issuing the "Conscript" Edict, Soldiers no longer require a high school education and every adult male can become a soldier, making it easier to fill open positions.


Buildings that employ soldiers and generals

  • Armory - 3 Generals
  • Army Base - 3 Generals
  • Guard Station - 3 Soldiers
  • Palace - 4 Soldiers
  • Mausoleum - 2 Soldiers
  • Swat HQ - 6 SWAT Member (Modern Times DLC)
  • Bunker - 6 Soldiers (Junta DLC required)*

*The Bunker is a special building as it can employ soldiers without the need for generals.
Dictatorship for Dummies
Finish all tutorial missions



Complete all tutorial missions. Duh.
Competent
Have Character Trait at level 5



See "Specialist"
Specialist
Have 3 Character Traits at level 5



Complete 4 missions with the same character traits.
Upon starting a mission you can either choose a pre made Dictator or create your own. You'll be able to choose 3 traits for your character, each trait has 5 level represented by the stars. Each mission you complete (campaign, sandbox, additional missions, challenges) levels the chosen traits by one.
Expert
Have all Character Traits at level 5



Every time you complete a mission/scenario/sandbox the traits you have chosen for your character gain one level, up to a maximum of 5 levels. For this achievement you have to fully upgrade every trait in the game (Excluding DLC traits).
Note: You have to play and level the traits with a customized Character!

This one is Tropicos hardest and also probably one of the most time consuming achievements of all time. It will require a lot of grinding. But if you want this, want it fast and dont mind a bit of cheating there are serval easy ways. See below.

Traits that were added with the DLC's do NOT count towards the achievement and therefore do not have to be leveled up:
(Thanks to delhamed, Iskandar Udaijin vi Britannia, and smokytehbear for confirming.)

Alter Ego (Vigilante)
Bureaucrat (Megalopolis
Constructor (Quick Dry Cement)
East Point Graduate (The Academy)
Plantador (Plantador)
PR Specialist (Propaganda)
Sailor (Pirate Heaven)
Survivalist (Apocalypse
Veteran (Junta)
Witch Doctor (Voodoo)

UPDATE: There are new fast methods to get this easily, cheating is no longer required but still an option:


  • Method 1: Start a Sandbox game and set the duration to 10 years and just wait until the 10 years are over. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

    As of now the challenge function sadly no longer seems to work.
  • Method 2: The fastest and easiest way is to play my created scenarios. I created 2 simple challenge scenarios that help you level up quickly.
    To find my challenges: Go to challenges and search for "month" or "year" and you will find them.
    They previously had been removed for some reason but are now back up again. You can also find other scenarios via the search in case mine are removed again. However i cannot keep track of the challenges currently available for this method.

    In my challenges you will automatically win the game after 1 year or 1 month, whichever challenge you prefer. If you cant find it make sure you search for the "Modern Times" challenges, this does not work without the Modern Times DLC.
    There used to be a challenge for the base game but as of recent it does no longer work.

  • Method 3:Another fast method is using a cheatcode. Do not worry, cheating in the game is legal and wont endanger your steam account.

    1. Start any mission, it doesnt matter if its a campaign mission, challenge or sandbox (preferably not a mission you want to play without cheats)
    2. Hold the shift button on your keyboard and type "elpollodiablo" this will win the scenario instantly. This way you can quickly level up all traits in a short time, just make sure you switch your traits once they are fully level up.

    IMPORTANT NOTE:
    Cheats disable achievements! In order to still unlock the achievement do the following:

    First cheat all traits up until your last trait(s) have ONE level left before they are fully upgraded (4 out of 5 stars) Now you want to restart Tropico to enable achievements again.
    Complete a last mission/scenario/sandbox to fully level up your trait WITHOUT using cheats and you should unlock the achievement. Make sure that the last trait you level up was NOT added with a DLC otherwise you wont get the achievement. See the list above for Traits you should not use and do not need.
Made In China
Distribute more than 1 000 Luxury Goods from a Shopping mall



Build a shopping mall (or more) and sell 1000 Luxury Goods.
Keep in mind Luxury Goods cannnot be produced and have to be imported. Its activated by default and will be imported as soon as you built the mall.
Malls are a hotspot for tropicans so this will be done in no time. Just make sure your tropicans can afford the prices, so dont set them too high. Best leave them at default.
Smells Like Chemistry
Buy all upgrades for a Chemical Plant



Build the chemical plant and buy both upgrades. Keep in mind, both upgrades require energy.
Metropolis
Construct 200 buildings on one island



Simply build 200 buildings on your island.
If you have trouble getting this just build a lot of Shantys. (dont confuse them with the shacks your people build when they cant find a place to live).
Domestic Affairs
Have maximum respect with all factions



To see your respect with each faction open your almanac and look at the Faction Tab.
Try to improve every negative modificator (red) of each faction to boost your respect.
Its always a good idea to have the "Social Security" Edict active and to keep Faction Leaders happy

Each faction favours different things, i try to break it to the most important factors down:

Capitalists - Prefer a advanced industry, high profits and high security.

Positive Factors:
Have profitable factories
High Security, build police stations to improve security.
Maintain a high bank account balance

Negative Factors:
Crime
Low Profits
Focus on farming economy

Positive Edict Influence:
Social Security

Communists - Prefer good healthcare, housing and adequate food quality

Positive Factors:
Good Healthcare, have enough clinics and hospitals
Good Housing, have enough and high quality houses for everyone
Good Food Quality - have enough marketplaces, enough food for everyone

Positive Edict Influence:
Social Security
Free Housing
Food for the People

Intellectuals - Prefer High Education and Liberty

Positive Factors:
High School and College
Honest Elections - Dont cheat during elections

Positive Edict Influence:
Social Security
Same-Sex Marriages

Religious - High religous satisfaction

Positive Factors:
Build enough Churches and Cathedrals
Have a high religous satisfaction

Positive Edict Influence:
Social Security
Contraception Ban
Papal Visit
Prohibition

Militarists - High amount of Soldiers and Military Buildings

Positive Factors:
Have enough soldiers and generals
Build military buildings
Have more soldiers than rebels

Positive Edict Influence:
Social Security
Conscription

Environmentalists - High environmental satisfaction, Many Trees and decorations,
no logging or mining

Positive Factors:
No Logging, mining
Low Pollution
Have enough Garbage Dumps
Garbage dump work mode set to "Recycling"

Positive Edict Influence:
Social Security
Pollution Standarts
Anti-Litter Ordinance

Nationalists -

Positive Factors:
No alliance with US or USSR
No "Open Doors" immigration policy
High average wages

Loyalists

Positive Factors:
Childhood Museums
Mausoleum
Statues
No elections
Coup de Grace
Suppress a Military Coup



Provoking a military coup can be difficult and mostly you will have a normal uprising before a Coup can happen.
However during Mission 15 a scripted coup can be triggered:

At one point during the mission Marco Moreno will ask for 25 Soldiers and Generals, and upon completion will state that one general is a traitor. He will ask of you to kill him. Dont do this, instead just leave him be and he will trigger a coup.

Prepared For Everything
Buy all upgrades for a Weather Station



Have a weather station and purchase all 3 upgrades.
Paradise Island
Earn $1 000 000 from tourism profits in a single game



Making profits with tourism isnt very hard. Build a lot of Hotels (except the motel, its not worth it), attractions and normal entertainment businesses and make sure you have enough tropicans working there. Make sure tourism generates good profits then just wait until you earned 1 Million.

Having good relations with the USA will boost your tourism
You can issue some edicts to boost your tourism index.

  • Tourism Ad Campaign
  • The Headliner
  • Pan-Caribbean Games
  • Mardi Gras
  • Spring Break Package
  • Geographic TV Special

Profitable Tourism Buildings:
  • All Hotels
  • Luxury Liner
  • Airport
  • Voodoo Manor (Voodoo DLC)
  • Cocktail Bar
  • Gourmet Restaurant
  • Night Club
  • Sports Complex
  • Mall
  • Zoo
Foreign Affairs
Have maximum relations with all foreign powers



Have a relation of 100 with USA, USSR, EU, China and the Middle East.
The key to reach maximum relations is to perform agendas for foreign powers
This usually involves paying a few thousand dollars or export certain goods.

Also build a Foreign Office and set it its work mode to "Neutral Polices". This will improve relations with the EU, China and the Middle east without lowering relations with other countries like the other 2 work modes do.

Every foreign powershas certain factors that will improve their relations with them

USA
  • Good relations with the Capitalist Faction
  • Headliner Edict
  • High Liberty on your island
  • High Democracy (Frequent Elections without cheating)
  • Rise to power characteristic: Velvet Revolution, Installed by the CIA, Hotel Corporate Buyout, Capitalist Rebellion, Elected as Capitalist
  • Traits: Compulsive Gambler, Diplomatic

USSR
  • Good relations with the Communist Faction
  • Rise to power characteristic: Installed by the KGB, Elected as Socialist, Communist Rebellion
  • Traits: Alcoholic, Diplomatic

EU
  • Good relations with the Environmentalists and Intellectuals
  • High Liberty
  • Low Pollution
  • Traits: Pompous, Diplomatic, Well-Travelled

Middle East
  • Importing Oil
  • Not exporting Oil
  • Traits: Diplomatic, Well-Travelled, Ugly

China:
  • Importing Luxury Goods (Mall)
  • Low Liberty
  • Open Doors immigration policy
  • Traits: Diplomatic, Well-Travelled, Multiple Personality Disorder
Iron Fist
Suppress an uprising



There are 2 ways to provoke an uprising.

At the end of mission 10 a scripted uprising will occur. Win it and you will unlock the achievement

You can also try to provoke an uprising anytime. Keep your people unhappy, unemployed and homeless but try to provide some food and healthcare to prevent your people from dying.
Build a immigration office to bring more people to your island and then, prevent them from leaving once you have enough. However be prepared for a high rebel activity as well.
Homes for Everyone
Have population of over 300 and no Shacks



Once you reach a population of 300 provide enough housing for all people on the island.
Activate the edict "social security" and/or "free housing" to ensure that all tropicans are able to afford a home.

Tenements work best, they are cheap and able to house many people.
Also build garages next to your houses so tropicans can easily reach them.
You migh need to destroy any shacks left manually to force tropicans to move into a new home
Modern Agriculture
Have no dry fields at the end of a Drought



Before a drought occurs you will get a warning message with a choice to limit water supplies.
Do this and keep an eye on your farms. As soon as a field dries up a icon will begin to hover above it. Select it and pay the small fee to water it.
Do this until the drought is over to unlock the achievement.

Note: Biofarms from Modern Times aren't affected by droughts. Only the "old" farms can have dry fields. Do not upgrade your old farms to biofarms if you work towards this achievement.
Nuclear Future
Have a Nuclear Power Plant and a Nuclear Program built on your island



As simple as it sounds. Have a Nuclear Power Plant and a Nuclear Program on your island.
Building Blues
Unlock 20 Blueprints in a single mission



To be able to construct some buildings its blueprints have to be purchased first. These buildings have a question mark in your building tab. Just unlock 20 Buildings in one missions. Usually more than 20 buildings need to be unlocked first, this can be different in the campaign missions though.
War on Crime
Arrest 10 Criminals in a single mission



You have to arrest 10 Criminals, normal tropicans do not count.
You can either wait till your Tropicans turn into criminals or do this in Mission 16 where you will recieve 10 criminals.

To arrest a criminal just select them and click on the handcuffs. To arrest someone you also need a prison, policemen (two of them can be employed in the prison) and 1.000 $
If you have trouble locating your criminals open your almanac, click on "Lists" and then on "Residents - Job". Yes beign a criminal is indeed a job.

Tropicans usually turn into criminals when they cant find jobs for a longer amount of time, so make sure you have a good amount of unemployed tropicans. To speed things up dont let them live in homes and keep them unhappy but happy enough so they wont rebel.
Tornado Valley
Survive a Tornado Outbreak with no human casualties



To survive a Tornado without casulties you need to build a weather station and purchase the "Storm Detection" upgrade. Now you wont have any casulties after Tornados.
If you have trouble getting a Tornado then you are lucky but should start a game in sandbox mode and set "Random Events" to "plenty" this will make disasters happen more often.
The Rumors of my Death...
Have one of your clones die instead of you during an assassination attempt



You need a secret police and a Academy of Science. As soon as your Academy has been built it will start to generate a clone of yours truly.

Play a scenario or mission with high rebel activity. At some point your secret police will inform you about a assassination attempt and you will be given serval choices.
Choose to send your look alike and save your game because the result will usually be random. The achievement description is misleading here, your clone has to KILL the assassin. If your clone gets killed you wont get the achievement.
Elitist
Construct 1337 buildings



Just built 1337 buildings in total. It doesnt have to be on one island and will likely unlock during playing at some point.
Oh you are truly leet Presidente!
Tropican Fiesta
Finish a game with overall Happines of your citizens above 70%



Its best to try this in a campaign mission(They usually have no time limit) or a Sandbox game with maximum duration.

Overall Hapiness is divided into serval factors, try to get a high happiness with each.
There are also certain edicts which improve happiness

Food quality
Build farms that grow all Food Crops (Corn, Papayas, Bananas and Pineapples)
Build Fisheries
Build Ranches
"Food for the people" Edict

Housing Quality:
Provide High Quality Housing: Later in the game Condominiums become great option, the price is quite high but it can house 4 families and has a housing quality of 85.
If you have the Megalopolis DLC Conventillos are also an excellent choice.
"Free Housing" Edict

Religion Quality
Build many Churches and Cathedrals
"Papal Visit" Edict

Entertainment
Build as many different Entertainment Establishments as possible.
The Headliner Edict
Pan-Caribbean Games Edict
Mardi Gras Edict

Healthcare Quality
Build many Hospitals (They have a higher service quality than clinics)
Build the Chemical Plant and purchase the upgrade "Medicine Production"

Crime Safety
Build Police Stations to reduce crime.
Arrest all criminals on your island.

Environment
Build Trees and Parks
Provide enough fully upgraded garbage dumps
"Pollution Standards" Edict
"Anti-Litter Ordinance" Edict

Liberty
Build Radio Stations
Build TV Stations
Build Newspapers
"Sensitivity Training" Edict

Job Quality
Set the work mode of buildings to "Easy-Does-It" (Factories, Teamsters Office, Construction Office)
Increase Wages
Purchase job quality increasing upgrades for your factories


If you own the Plantador DLC, here a strategy from theallenfamily3

Start the Plantador Mission and research the Social Tab to get the Future Happiness Tech and then research it over and over again.
Year Of the Dragon
Put out 10 buildings on fire in a single mission



This can be done on any island that has a vulcano. It will erupt from time to time and set many buildings ablaze. You can either choose to extinguish the fire yourself by clicking on the building and pay for it to be extinguished via helicopter or go the cheaper way and build one or multiple fire stations.

Fires can also occur during droughts or rarely happen randomly, however having a vulcano makes getting this achievement a lot faster and easier.
The Power of the Atom
Generate 1 000 MW of electricity in a Nuclear Power Plant



Build a nuclear power plant and make sure it has enough people with college graduation working there. If you dont have enough just hire some foreign specialists.

To produce energy it needs Uranium which can only be imported. Uranium gets imported by default as soon as contructions has finished. Once your teamster delivered the Uranium from the Dock to the Plant it will eventually generate 1.000 MV.
Megalopolis
Reach a population of 1000



Just reach a total population of 1000 on your island.
To speed up immigration build the Immigration Office and set its work mode to "Open Doors".
This will take some time but you will reach it eventually when playing on a island long enough.
Just make sure you can handle this many people...or you find yourself on a boat to Florida faster than you can say "Rebel uprising"
Mona Llama
Earn more than $30 000 from selling Tropican art in a Museum of Modern Art



Build a Museum of Modern Art and set its work mode to "Promote Tropican Art".
It will now generate money every year. Just wait until it made $ 30.000.
Theme Park
Have a Roller Coaster near a Ferris Wheel and an Aqua park



Build a Roller Coaster, a Ferris Wheel and a Aqua Park next to each other.
Old Faithful
Survive 3 Volcanic eruptions in a single mission



Just have a Volcano on your island. It will errupt from time to time.
Isnt this great? You dont even have to do anything for this Presidente!
The Golf Balls Solution
Clean an Oil Spill in less than 4 months



Oil Spills will happen randomly, having a oil platform might increase the chances.
You can immediatley get rid of the spill up by selecting the tanker/oil platform and pay a larger sum to clean it up.
Curse of the Llama
Survive 10 disasters



Start a new Sandbox game and set "Random Events" to "Plenty". Disasters will now happen regulary. Just play long enough until 10 disasters occured.
Past and Present
Have both a Dungeon and a Colonial Museum in the same mission



You can easily unlock this in the fourth campaign mission. Your island will have 2 Fort ruins. Just make one a Dungeon and one a Museum.
Head for High Ground
Survive a Tsunami with no human casualties



To survive a Tsunami without casulties you need to build a weather station and purchase the "Tsunami Early Warning System" upgrade. Now you wont have any casulties during a Tsunami.

If you have trouble getting a Tsunami then you are lucky but should start a game in sandbox mode and set "Random Events" to "Plenty" this will make disasters happen more often.

The challenge function no longer works.
This achievement seems to be a bit glitchy. If you have trouble getting this, Lecherous has provided a challenge map called "Head for the High Ground". The Tsunami will occur at the start of the 2nd year. You only need to upgrade the weather station with the "Tsunami Early Warning System" and wait. Thanks to Lecherous for sharing!
Your Lucky Day
Hire an unemployed citizen as a Minister



This can easily be done directly at the start of any game.
Your palace guards are always able to fill the position as Minister of Defence.
Build the Ministry and fire your guards, close the job positions by right clicking on them and make sure there are no other jobs available. Then fill the minister position with one of your unemployed ex soldiers.
Special Taxes
Gain $15 000 for your Swiss account from a Customs Office



Build a Customs Office and set its work mode to "Customs Duty Evasion".
Now a small part of every export profit will be transferred to your swiss bank account.
Just keep exports high and you will eventually make $15.000.
Kill Juanito
Issue an Execution order on a citizen called Juanito



Finding a Tropican named Juanito can be quite hard. An easier way is to select a Tropican and rename him to Juanito, then let him be executed.
Down with the Tyrant
Finish a sandbox game with the "Rebel Yell" option



Start a Sandbox game and enable "Rebel Yell" and set the game duration to 10 years.
Now you just have survive the 10 years. Try to counter the rebels by having a large army and/or try to keep your Tropicans happy.
God Complex
Finish a Sandbox game in God mode



Start a Sandbox game and enable "God Mode". Set the game duration to 10 years and play until the 10 years have passed.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Playing in God Mode disables all other achievements! This is the only achievement you will be able to unlock in God Mode.
Touristico
Have 10 hotels and 15 tourist attractions



Just build 10 Hotels and 15 tourist attractions on one island. You can place the same hotel 10 and the same attraction 15 times if you wish.

NOTE: Luxury attractions do NOT count. Only attractions!
From Rags to Riches
Have 30 Mansions and 10 Tenements



Build 30 Mansions and 10 Tenements on your island. The base cost for Tenements and Mansions are $4000, so you need at least $160.000 for this. Prices may vary depending on issued edicts, traits and scenario presets.
Tropico for the Tropicans
Finish a sandbox game with the "No immigrants" option



Start a Sandbox game and enable "No immigrants" and set the game duration to 10 years. Just play until the 10 years have passed.
The Big House
Have 40 inmates in your Prisons



To unlock this you need to have 40 inmates at the same time. Each Prison can only hold 8 inmates so you need 5 Prisons. You dont have to arrest criminals just arrest 40 tropicans.

NOTE: People working in the Labor Camp inclulded in the Vigilante DLC do NOT count as prisoners, the game treats them as farmers.
Philanthropist
Issue the "Tax Cut" edict 10 times in a single mission



Issue the edict "Tax Cut" 10 times. The more money you have the higher the cost for Tax Cut.
It's a Trap!
Kill 5 rebels at once with a trap in your Mausoleum



This is the second hardest achievement in Tropico. However there is a very easy way i will describe below.

Build a Mausoleum and buy the upgrade "Booby Traps".
Rebels will always attack the Mausoleum, make sure you dont have any military when rebels attack it. It will self destruct and kill some rebels in it.

The hard part is actually killing 5 rebels at once. This will require a lot more rebels attacking the Mausoleum as not all rebels will be killed in the explosion.
To create a large rebel force let your soldiers kill random tropicans, there is a good chance tropicans in the area will immediatley become rebels.

The challenge feature no longer works.
Getting it the easy way:

Thankfully the user "booze!" created a challenge map perfect for doing this achievement.
Search for the challenge map "this is not legit, its for rebel fightin". If you cant find it make sure you switched to "classic challenges". (There are other challenges where you can do this, just type "rebel" in the search bar)

On this map you will start with a huge amount of money and a large shanty town with 3000 people. Recruit a Minister of Defence and build a Mausoleum + the booby trap upgrade. Start executing people until enough tropicans became rebels. Then fire all soldiers and close the job positions so that there are no soldiers on the island. Now issue the Edict "Lure the Rebels".
A large rebel force will now attack the unprotected Mausoleum and will be killed in the resulting explosion.

Should this challenge no longer be available for some reason let me know and i will create a new one.
Tropico VS The World
Made Tropico the best country on the planet



Finish the 5th campaign mission
Scapegoat
You escaped the wrath of your opponents



Finish the 7th campaign mission.
Although the in-game description tells you to complete the 8th mission, the achievement unlocks after completing the 7th mission named "Crisis" . This is an oversight by the developers that hasnt been fixed.
The Mastermind
Found out who the Mastermind behind your downfall is



Finish the 17th campaign mission.
On Top of the World
Fulfilled Presidente's dreams for Tropico



Finish the last campaign mission.
Capo Di Tutti Capi
Renovate your Palace



Once you reach 1971 you will be able to upgrade your palace.

There are 4 steps to upgrade the palace
  • 1. Reach a population of 250
  • 2. Have $ 20.000 on your swiss bank account
  • 3. Have a 60 population happiness.
  • 4. Pay $ 20.000
A Better Tourist Trap
Build an Aerodrome and a Seven-star hotel in a single mission



  • In 1983 the Aerodrome wil replace the Airport
  • In 1979 the Seven-star Hotel will replace the Skyscraper Hotel


Heaven On Earth
Build a Diamond Cathedral before 1990



The Diamond Cathedral will replace the Cathedral in 1988.
Build it before you reach 1990.
Better Than Tenements
Have a Ziggurat with 50 families as tenants



The Ziggurat will be available in 1994.
It has a housing quality of 90 so you shouldnt have any problems filling it.
Office Space
Have a Babel Tower with 50 employees



The Babel Tower is avaiable in 1996.
It can employ uneducated tropicans you just need enough unemployed people to fill the job positions or raise the wage to attract workers.
Going Green
Build 4 Bio Farms and 4 Organic Ranches in a single mission



Farms and ranches will be replaced in 1967. Just build 4 of each.
Crisis Measures
Resolved the Great Tropican Crisis



Finish the 1st Modern Times campaign mission
The Conclave
Learned the true name of your enemy



Finish the 4th Modern Times campaign mission.
Averted World War 3
Foiled the Conclave's plans



Finish the 6th Modern Times Campaign Mission
Zeitgeist
Completed the Modern Times campaign



Finish the last Modern Times campaign mission
118 Comments
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Khodyrov 5 Jul @ 5:05am 
Alright, thanks
Maj. Crimes  [author] 4 Jul @ 5:44pm 
Yes, you can 100% it. The only thing that is no longer working is the challenge mode, but its wasn't tied to any progression or achievements.
Khodyrov 4 Jul @ 5:30pm 
It's possible to 100% this game ? asking to see if i invest my time trying or i just play the campaign
EspadaCaballero 26 Apr @ 2:43pm 
I have 5 achievements left. 2 of them are related to the main game story. I accidentally reset my save file and I have to replay 20 levels. So can someone help me and give me some ideas for The Mastermind and On Top of the World achievements? If I unlock all levels with cheats, will the achievements be invalid? I don't know how the cheat works though. The remaining achievements are Expert, It's a trap and Tropican fiesta. If anyone wants to help, they can add me. I want to complete the achievements.
Banake 3 May, 2024 @ 4:59pm 
Thanks. \o
Triat 22 Mar, 2024 @ 3:19pm 
Not sure if someone in the comments has mentioned this, but for Juanito, you can just select a criminal from your People - Job List and then rename them by double clicking their name. Call them Juanito and Kill them.
Mr 2 eZ 12 Feb, 2024 @ 8:29pm 
@TomCatBlep thanks for leaving your comment! i followed ur advice and was able to obtain achievement in 5 minutes ;D thank you!

@everyone you can load an old save where you're already filthy rich, no need to start from the beginning, unlocked 5-6 achievements that way.
TomCatBlep 6 Jan, 2024 @ 4:57am 
A tip for "It's a trap", if you have the Modern Times DLC and play its campaign, in the 5th mission "Countdown to Oblivion" you will get a prompt throughout the game to allow 10 rebels onto your island. Together with the rebels you might have already accumulated before that point it should be fairly possible to get this achievement.

I followed the tips from this guide, fired every soldier and locked their job positions so no new ones would join, then built the mausoleum + booby trap, placed presidente there to speed things up a little, hired a minister of defense to unlock the "Lure the Rebels" edict and saved the game. After that it was just a matter of triggering the edict and reloading the game until enough rebels were left after the initial fight for 5 of them to die.
I had a total of 11 rebels attacking in my successful attempt. It took maybe about 10 attempts but after the initial setup it was a matter of about 20~30 minutes until it was done.
Guillaume Frédéric 7 Dec, 2023 @ 12:49pm 
Why achievement on Steam doesn't work ?
Coodu 9 May, 2023 @ 5:04pm 
Thanks for this, going back to complete the achievements for T4 and this is super handy. Much love!