Ah, Penacony—the Land of Dreams—where even the trash cans have ambitions and the traffic lights are merely a suggestion. Since Honkai: Star Rail’s 2.0 update landed back in 2024, completionists have been losing sleep over the nearly 100 fresh achievements sprinkled across this neon-soaked dreamscape. Fast forward to 2026, and Trailblazers are still chasing that sweet 100% completion, whether they’re day-one veterans or latecomers who just finished binging the story. But let’s be honest: if you haven’t been bonked by a speeding car in the Golden Hour yet, have you really lived?

The Gimmicks You’ll Love (and Loathe)

Some achievements unlock naturally as you bumble through the main story, but others require the investigative spirit of a galactic detective—or at least a willingness to stand in the middle of an intersection. Take Rules Are Made to Be Broken..., which demands you violate traffic regulations and get comically flattened by a vehicle. It’s almost as if the devs knew players would jaywalk the moment they saw a crosswalk. Then there’s Bill — Board, where you must arrange for a Penacony billboard to meet the same vehicular fate. Who knew civil disobedience could be this profitable?

The dream bubbles aren’t just for transportation, either. Friction, Friction wants you to traverse the same Bubble Bridge multiple times using the Dreamwalker ability. Why? Because apparently, one dreamy stroll isn’t tedious enough. Meanwhile, Parallax and Why Do Birds Fly? challenge you to interact with the Dream’s Eye and bird-shaped device two or more times within a single minute. It’s a frantic dance of clicking that turns your elegant cosmic adventure into a party game. If you fail, just ask yourself: do birds actually know why they fly, or are they as confused as you are?

Companion Quirks and Kitchen Nightmares

Don’t fret if you skipped a limited banner—many character-specific achievements can be nabbed using a friend’s support unit. For instance, All Is Predestined requires Black Swan to inflict a certain number of Arcana stacks the moment she enters battle. Borrow a well-built swan and you’re set. Similarly, Sparkling Sparkle needs Sparkle’s Ultimate to generate Skill Points, and I... I... I'm So Sorry! forces Misha to freeze multiple enemies with a single attack. If you’re a penny-pinching Trailblazer, the support system is your golden ticket to keeping that achievement completion rate pristine without breaking the Stellar Jade bank.

Combat encounters bring their own flavor of absurdity. The Dreamjolt Troupe’s kitchen crew offers Good Night Kitchen, where you must defeat at least two enemies with “Kitchen Mishap” from their Beyond Overcooked state. Picture a catastrophic cooking show where the winner is whoever survives the food poisoning. National Sensation asks you to switch three Mr. Domescreens to the Surprise Channel in a row—like flipping channels during a very strange sitcom. And then there’s the Lordly Trashcan, the majestic menace that can knock out your allies for the Hazardous Waste achievement. Yes, you read that correctly: a garbage bin can and will wipe your team. Respect the bin.

Penacony’s Most Unhinged Side Quests

The Memories We Share category reads like a bucket list written by a sleep-deprived philosopher. You’ll be guiding emotions in the Dreamscape with Clockwork, like a therapist who moonlights as a dream mechanic. Thumping Heart wants you to collect Emo Gears—because even gear has feelings, apparently. Savor Emotions and Surge of Warmth have you resolving emotional emergencies for dreamers, proving that the Astral Express crew are basically cosmic social workers.

Then there’s the absurdly specific My Favorite Car, which requires you to park your vehicle in an exclusive spot at The Reverie. Could you imagine explaining that to Himeko? “Sorry, can’t fight the Stellaron today, I’m parallel parking for an achievement.” And the poor soul attempting Every Gambler Has Their Excuses will witness the end of the Ace Gambler’s story—a tale that presumably ends with, “I can quit anytime I want.”

For the True Madlads

Exploration achievements crank the silliness up to eleven. FlyMe2theBaloon and its siblings Balloon Gakuen 2, Balloon Impact 3rd, and Penacony: Balloon Rail all demand you pop special Mr. Stone balloons in various zones. The naming convention alone feels like someone at HoYoverse lost a bet. Meanwhile, Ramesrash II expects you to challenge all the Lordly Trashcans across four entire maps. That’s right—an entire boss rush of talking bins. Truly the Dark Souls of sanitation.

For players who adore eavesdropping, Between the Sky and You has you revisit Firefly’s secret base after the story ends, soaking in the melancholy. Into the Rabbit Hole makes you listen to mysterious whispers of objects in the Dreamscape. Is that a chair gossiping about the IPC? Probably. And the Dream of Trustification achievement’s description—“Everything you see is MY invention!”—nails the mad inventor vibe perfectly. You’ll help Emmrich complete his plan, which probably involves something that goes boom.

Story Spoilers Without the Spoilers

The Rail Unto the Stars achievements tread carefully around spoilers, but you can still giggle at their names. If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking hints at heartbreak and chaos, while Old Friends, New Friends has you clashing with Stellaron Hunter Sam. The one that slaps hardest is Do you remember me?, where you meet Acheron in a strange dreamland early on. It’s both ominous and a perfect callback for those who’ve been following the story since the Astral Express first departed.

So, whether you’re a completionist sweating over the 120 treasure chests needed for Penacony Dreams or just someone who wants to get hit by a car for a laugh, Honkai: Star Rail 2.0’s achievements are a love letter to the curious, the chaotic, and the slightly unhinged. The real question isn’t how many achievements you’ll unlock—it’s how many times you’ll chuckle at a trash can along the way.