How many achievements are in IRON NEST?
There are 33 public Steam achievements in the official list reviewed on September 2, 2026. This page preserves all 33 names and public descriptions without copying changing global percentages.
UNOFFICIAL GUIDE · EVIDENCE REVIEWED SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 · OFFICIAL STEAM LIST + PATCH #6
UNOFFICIAL GUIDE
IRON NEST Achievements: All 33 and Unlock Guide
IRON NEST achievements form a 33-item Steam checklist tied to campaign progress, mission medals, and the four city endings. This guide keeps the official names and descriptions together, then sends each unlock to the mission, medal, or ending page that owns the detailed route.
Quick answer
IRON NEST has 33 public Steam achievements: 14 for completing missions, 15 for earning gold on every medal in a mission, and 4 for endings. Those groups are this site's navigation aid, not Steam categories. Achievements and in-game medals are connected, but they are not the same system.
Achievement groups
The official descriptions make three unlock paths visible. We use those paths to organize the list; Steam does not publish a formal three-category taxonomy for this game.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Official public total | 33 |
| Mission-completion group | 14 |
| Gold-medal group | 15 |
| Ending group | 4 |
Evidence: The total, names, and descriptions come from the public Steam achievement inventory reviewed on September 2, 2026. The 14/15/4 split is a site-grouped reading of those descriptions.
Mission-completion achievements mark progress through 14 named campaign operations. White Shells is the exception in this group: its Steam list entry is a gold-medal achievement, while its possible outcomes are represented by the four ending achievements. For the campaign sequence rather than the achievement checklist, use the mission guides index.
Gold-medal achievements use the wording “Earn gold on all medals in” a named mission. A medal is an in-game performance target; a Steam achievement is the platform unlock attached to completing that set. The ending group records outcomes for the city and hands the actual decision routes to the Endings guide.
All 33 IRON NEST achievements
This inventory reproduces the names and public descriptions checked against the official Steam achievement list. Its order is arranged for navigation, not presented as Steam's display order. “Owner” identifies where the detailed mission, medal, or ending instructions live.
Mission-completion achievements — 14
| Achievement | Official public description | Owner or action |
|---|---|---|
| Just Calibrating | Land the Calibration Fire. | Calibration Fire mission guide |
| Honour Salute | Deliver Fire and Light. | Fire and Light mission guide |
| For Their Own Good | Enforce the Liberation. | Liberation mission guide |
| First Reply | Silence the Counter-Battery. | Counter-Battery mission guide |
| All Clear | Intercept the Iron Road. | Iron Road mission guide |
| Breakout | Break the Siege of Cartagena. | Siege of Cartagena mission guide |
| Cold Start | Survive the Gorge. | The Gorge mission guide |
| Flying False Colours | Strike the Rock of Gibraltar. | Rock of Gibraltar mission guide |
| Steady Hands | Trust Dead Reckoning. | Dead Reckoning mission guide |
| The Gun Answers | Answer Fire on Call. | Fire on Call mission guide |
| Beachhead Denied | Turn the High Tide. | High Tide mission guide |
| Nothing Was There | Endure Blind Fire. | Blind Fire mission guide |
| Mirror Image | Hunt the Phantom Battery. | Phantom Battery mission guide |
| In the Dark | Reap the Final Harvest. | Final Harvest mission guide |
Gold-medal achievements — 15
| Achievement | Official public description | Owner or action |
|---|---|---|
| Duty Fulfilled | Earn gold on all medals in "Calibration Fire." | Medals system + Calibration Fire owner |
| Marksman's Honour | Earn gold on all medals in "Fire and Light." | Medals system + Fire and Light owner |
| Exemplary Service | Earn gold on all medals in "Liberation." | Medals system + Liberation owner |
| Distinguished Conduct | Earn gold on all medals in "Counter-Battery." | Medals system + Counter-Battery owner |
| Crowned in Brass | Earn gold on all medals in "Iron Road." | Medals system + Iron Road owner |
| Naval Commendation | Earn gold on all medals in "Siege of Cartagena." | Medals system + Siege of Cartagena owner |
| Valour Under Fire | Earn gold on all medals in "The Gorge." | Medals system + The Gorge owner |
| Order of Merit | Earn gold on all medals in "Rock of Gibraltar." | Medals system + Rock of Gibraltar owner |
| Quiet Precision | Earn gold on all medals in "Dead Reckoning." | Medals system + Dead Reckoning owner |
| Iron Discipline | Earn gold on all medals in "Fire on Call." | Medals system + Fire on Call owner |
| Coastal Defence Medal | Earn gold on all medals in "High Tide." | Medals system + High Tide owner |
| Unshaken | Earn gold on all medals in "Blind Fire." | Medals system + Blind Fire owner |
| Master Gunner | Earn gold on all medals in "Phantom Battery." | Medals system + Phantom Battery owner |
| Night's Precision | Earn gold on all medals in "Final Harvest." | Medals system + Final Harvest owner |
| Pride of Castile | Earn gold on all medals in "White Shells." | White Shells mission guide |
Ending achievements — 4
| Achievement | Official public description | Owner or action |
|---|---|---|
| A City in Celebration | A city that comes out to meet you. | A City in Celebration route |
| A City Subdued | A city that kneels, and calls it peace. | A City Subdued route |
| A City Silent | A city wiped from the map. | A City Silent route |
| The Road Not Taken | A city spared, and a road no one else will ever walk. | The Road Not Taken route |
How gold-medal achievements work
Fifteen Steam achievements are attached to earning gold on all medals in a named mission. That connection does not merge the two systems. Use how medals work for the scoring-system boundary, going for gold for medal planning, and medals and Steam achievements for the exact handoff between an in-game result and a platform unlock. The mission page remains the owner of the operation itself.
Current guidance does not require every gold medal for a mission to be earned in the same run. That single-run behavior was treated as a bug. The official Patch #6 announcement for Version 1.0 (1663), published August 22, 2026, lists a fix for Steam gold-medal achievements not unlocking. The patch note confirms the fix; it does not promise that every achievement missed on an older account will appear automatically.
This page therefore does not repeat medal thresholds or prescribe one universal run. Check the Medals guide for the system, then open the relevant mission guide for that operation's objectives, failure points, and evidence boundary.
Choose the right unlock path
For a mission-completion achievement, open the linked mission owner in the inventory and follow that page's completion route. The completion achievement and the corresponding gold achievement share the same operation, but they test different outcomes: finishing the mission versus completing its full gold-medal set.
For gold, begin with the Medals guide and use the mission owner for operation-specific execution. There are 15 gold entries because White Shells has a gold-medal achievement even though it has no separate mission-completion achievement in the public Steam list. Do not infer medal counts or thresholds from the achievement description; those values belong to the Medals and mission pages.
For an ending achievement, start with the all endings comparison. That guide owns the choices, route boundaries, and spoiler context for all four outcomes. This page keeps only the official achievement description and the direct handoff, so a change to an ending route does not leave a second walkthrough drifting out of date.
The split is deliberate: this page answers “What am I missing?”; the linked owner answers “How do I complete this particular route?” Keeping those jobs separate makes the 33-item checklist useful without flattening every mission and ending into a thin duplicate.
Troubleshooting an achievement that did not unlock
First, check whether the advice you found predates Patch #6. Older discussions may say that all gold medals for a mission had to be earned in one run. That behavior was not the intended general rule, and the Version 1.0 (1663) patch notes record the Steam gold-achievement unlock fix.
Next, confirm that the installed game is updated and that Steam is online. Compare the missing item with the official description above, then verify the underlying mission or medal result on the page that owns it. If the account earned the result before the patch, do not assume the old unlock will backfill by itself.
A developer reply during testing on August 20, 2026 suggested replaying the relevant mission so the game could trigger another Steam API check. Treat that as dated troubleshooting context, not a permanent guarantee. If replaying does not help, preserve the mission name, game version, result, and approximate time before reporting the problem through the game's official community channel.
This guide does not claim that every achievement issue is fixed. It also does not use unlockers, save editing, or other bypasses as a normal completion route.
Version and limits
The 33-item inventory was checked on September 2, 2026. The gold-achievement troubleshooting boundary uses Patch #6, Version 1.0 (1663), published August 22, 2026. Review this page again if Steam changes the public total or descriptions, if a later official patch changes gold-achievement behavior, or if a linked mission, medal, or ending owner changes materially.
Steam's public page did not provide a stable per-item hidden field for this review, so this guide does not label individual achievements hidden or publish a hidden total. Global completion percentages are dynamic and are not copied here. Current evidence also does not settle GOG support, mods compatibility, or automatic recovery for every pre-patch account.
No author gameplay test was used for this page. The inventory comes from official platform material; the Campaign and Medals relationships use the extracted build `24750322`; the dated troubleshooting interpretation is bounded by the official patch and a developer reply from its testing period. For the site's shared data-maintenance scope, see Field Data freshness.
Frequently asked questions
Are achievements the same as medals?
No. Medals are in-game performance targets, while achievements are Steam platform unlocks. Fifteen achievement descriptions connect the systems by requiring gold on all medals in a named mission.
Do all gold medals have to be earned in one run?
Not as the current general rule. The same-run behavior was an old bug, and Patch #6 for Version 1.0 (1663), published August 22, 2026, records the gold-achievement unlock fix. That note does not guarantee automatic recovery for every older account.
Are there hidden achievements?
The full public Steam list reviewed for this guide appears above. We do not publish per-item hidden flags or a hidden total because the official material reviewed did not provide a stable field for that classification.
What should I check if a gold achievement did not unlock?
Check the game version and Steam connection, confirm the relevant mission results, and compare any advice with the Patch #6 date. A dated developer reply suggested replaying the mission to trigger a new Steam API check, but that is troubleshooting context rather than a guaranteed recovery method.
Sources and version notes
Reviewed August 20–September 2, 2026. Evidence types and dates are stated beside each claim above.
- Official
The Steam achievement inventory and appdetails API support the public list; Patch #6 supports the recorded gold-achievement fix.
- In-game text
Extracted Campaign and Medals data from build `24750322` supports mission identity and cross-page ownership.
- Observed footage
No achievement-specific video was used in this review.
- Reported
A dated developer reply and player reports supply limited troubleshooting context for the former single-run behavior.
Spot an error or a post-patch change? This guide follows correctable public evidence — corrections update the page and its review date.