Finding the Mad Crab, Statue of Liberty and UFO

[Thursasprengir]

It took me a LONG time to find all three, but, there's a surefire way to find them Start on the equator and circle the globe one screen-width at a time. When you've completed one whole 'orbit' then move up (or down) by a few degrees (noting at the top of your screen the limit of what you can see, then moving up a bit past that point) - rinse and repeat. Then, if you haven't found all of the hidden ones yet, go back to the equator and repeat for the other hemisphere. I found two of them on the first planet I tried this on, and all three on the second planet.

[kaelaopalheart]

I found the ufo naturally while playing this with my kid, and started a new planet specifically to search for the other two. I found the statue, and another ufo, but I can't find the crab anywhere, and I'm wondering now if there's *always* all three on a planet or not, because I've been searching for like two hours, lol, (not the whole time though, lol, also chatting in between searching) and even though I'm pretty good at finding stuff, this crab eludes me still XD grats on your own finds.

[Gaddy Games]

It *should* always be there, unless you destroyed it (and it cannot be destroyed "automatically" like a tree when you build a road over it).

If you have doubts, please send me your saved game i'll check (my contact in FAQ)

[Thursasprengir]

Originally posted by Gaddy Games:

It *should* always be there, unless you destroyed it (and it cannot be destroyed "automatically" like a tree when you build a road over it).

If you have doubts, please send me your saved game i'll check (my contact in FAQ)

I couldn't find all three on the first planet I checked on (only found two) - but I DID find all three on the second planet (I used the same 'scan' technique on both planets)

[kaelaopalheart]

yay I finally found all three ^_^ never did find the crab on the blank world I made for searching on (in case it'd gotten swallowed by forest on my main file!) but I did eventually find it in a crater on another world so I have all three achievements, yey =D

[Thursasprengir]

Originally posted by kaelaopalheart:

yay I finally found all three ^_^ never did find the crab on the blank world I made for searching on (in case it'd gotten swallowed by forest on my main file!) but I did eventually find it in a crater on another world so I have all three achievements, yey =D

SWEET! Good job! Your efforts have paid off!

[Loi-vado]

These 3 Achievements feel very tideous and not fun. (i played very much before the release of the Achievement Update though. I would have probably found some while playing normally.)
If I understood correctly they can also be replaced by building train/truck lines over them?

If I could make a suggestion, highlight them a bit more similar to the first founding hexagon of the cities so they stand a bit more out when scanning the planet.

I invested about 1 hour to scan an empty whole planet, I only found 2/3.

[Gaddy Games]

No they can't be replaced automatically by building road (well unless there is an unexpected bug).
Only forests and dead cities can be

The idea of those achievements are not to search for them, but to encounter those Easter eggs randomly. I would have set the achievement as hidden but it doesn't seem possible to do that in Steamworks

[Loi-vado]

they are hidden, they changed hidden achievements to be just spoilers nowdays :)
I understand thats kind an easteregg still furstrating though to not be able to 100% complete the game in my steam profile. ^^

I will try to find my last one as I try to cover the planet with city. the empty spots should be visible :D