Event Achievement Hunt: Sonic's Birthday Bash DLC [July 03-31]

[Dreadknux]

It's been about a week and a half since the second DLC for Sonic Frontiers dropped, and I wanted to celebrate this month by kicking off a brand new Community Event and some new DLC Achievements! Because SEGA's not going to do it, apparently. 

We had a great response to the first DLC Community Event, which was posted in the Sonic Chat forum here, so I'm hoping you guys will enjoy earning these Achievements too!

As a little treat, I'm also opening the Achievements Vault and bringing back the Community Achievements for the Sights, Sounds and Speed DLC as well. If you didn't earn these Achievements the first time around, you now have a rare opportunity to complete the Sonic Frontiers DLC set (if you have already earned these Achievements, you can't earn them again - focus on the new challenges instead)!

ALL Achievements can be earned between today [July 3rd] until the end of the month [July 31st]. We won't be super strict with the deadlines, but generally speaking once we get to August 1st, you're outta time! So make sure you get these in early.

Event Details

• There are FOUR new Achievements available relating to the newly-launched 'Sonic's Birthday Bash' Sonic Frontiers DLC, and FOUR returning Achievements available relating to the first 'Sights, Sounds and Speed' Sonic Frontiers DLC.
   
• Sonic Stadium members are eligible to earn all eight Achievements until 23:59 BST (UK Time) on July 31.
   
• Users who have already earned Achievements from the 'Sights, Sounds and Speed' Community Event will not be eligible for earning them a second time. DO NOT post any Achievement-earning images or posts in the old Sights, Sounds and Speed Topic - we will not see them and you will not earn your Achievements.
   
• Follow the proof guidelines below for each achievement and post a screengrab of your gameplay as proof, using your PC or consoles 'snapshot' functionality. Post your images to this topic and clearly label the Achievement that each image relates to.
   
• Achievements do not 'stack' - meaning that you cannot earn more than one achievement for the same proof/snapshot. Provide a different proof/image for each Achievement you wish to earn.
   
• Achievements need to be awarded manually by us to you, so unlocking these badges won't be immediate. If you've posted here, we've definitely seen it - so please be patient.
   
• General chat about either DLC pack is fine in this topic - we want you to have fun! Just make sure to clearly label your posts if you are sharing Achievement-unlocking images/material, just so it's easier for us to spot them!

New Achievements for Sonic's Birthday Bash

HBD Sonic 2023:
Take a photo of Sonic in his birthday outfit on a party-filled Starfall Islands!

How to Earn:
Make sure the settings for Sonic Frontiers is set so that Sonic, his friends, Koco and Starfall Islands are all decked out in Birthday or Party outfits (if you launch the game for the first time since downloading the DLC, the toggle will appear for you before you even start the game - handy!). Then, use Photo Mode to take a snapshot of Sonic while wearing his cool costume. Post that snapshot in this topic.

Koco Kabana:
Collect a special new Party Koco and take a photo with them!

How to Earn:
Make sure your settings on Sonic Frontiers is set so that Koco are wearing Party outfits. Find and collect any of the special new Koco hidden on the open zones, then find a nice area to stand and wait until your Koco appear. We want to see a Koco in costume - make sure your snapshot includes one of these Koco, and then share it in this topic.

Link-Up Play:
Try any Action Chain challenge and take a photo of your resulting score (any Rank)

How to Earn:
Find an Action Chain challenge within an open zone (they will be marked with a red timer icon, like the one in the badge above). Use your Cyloop ability around it to start an Action Chain challenge. You have a limited amount of time to perform as many trick and special actions as possible - the more you do, the higher your rank and score. When the timer runs out, take a snap of the results screen, and then post that snapshot in this topic. Any Rank will earn this Achievement but, do you really want to share with the Sonic community that you could only be bothered to achieve a D Rank?

Age in Dog Years:
Collect at least 32 Chili Dogs during a Starfall Event and take a photo of your collection

How to Earn:
Make sure your settings in Sonic Frontiers is set so that everything is in Party/Birthday mode. You need to wait for a Starfall Event to take place within the open zone you're in. When the meteor shower begins and the roulette starts rolling, you'll have an opportunity to collect Chili Dogs - get at least 32 of these and take a screenshot of your gameplay with the Chili Dog counter visible on screen. Share it in this topic.

Returning Achievements for Sights, Sounds & Speed

Starfall Snapper:
Take a photo in Sonic Frontiers' Photo Mode and share it with the Community!

How to Earn:
Take any photo in Photo Mode (make it look really cool, though!), save a snapshot using your PC/console's screenshot feature, and post the image in this topic. 

Cyber Space Speedster:
Complete the Cyber Space Challenge and share your score with the Community!

How to Earn:
Complete the marathon run of Cyber Space Challenge, take a snapshot of the results screen (or the main menu with all the Ranks outlined against each stage) as proof using your PC/console's screenshot feature, and post the image in this topic. Any Rank is eligible.

Boss Battler:
Complete any of the Boss Rush stages and share your score with the Community

How to Earn:
Complete any (or all, if you prefer!) of the Boss Rush stages, take a snapshot of the results screen (or the main menu with the Rank/s outlined) as proof using your PC/console's screenshot feature, and post the image in this topic. Any Rank is eligible.

Audio Archaeologist:
Unlock a song by collecting Sound Memory tokens and share your discovery with the Community

How to Earn:
Unlock a new song to the game's new Jukebox feature (none of the 13 available starting songs count). Switch to the song during gameplay, and take a snapshot of the game with the song menu selected (and the unlocked song highlighted) using your PC/console's screenshot feature. Post the image in this topic.

Community Calendar Event

In case you wanted to follow the Community Calendar Event we've set up for this, we've linked it above. It'll be present on the sidebar on the site as well as the main Events section too so you can be reminded every so often too.

Happy hunting, everyone!

[DaBigJ]

Wait, what if you already collected all of the new Koco and gave them to the elders? Do you have to make a new save file?

[Dreadknux]

9 minutes ago, DaBigJ said:

Wait, what if you already collected all of the new Koco and gave them to the elders? Do you have to make a new save file?

Yeah, I'd say start a new save. What's the benefit of handing all the Koco to the Elder if you're already maxxed out though?

[JezMM]

Just now, Dreadknux said:

Yeah, I'd say start a new save. What's the benefit of handing all the Koco to the Elder if you're already maxxed out though?

The New Koco specifically increase your boost gauge duration, which was an added feature for this update, so the game does encourage you to hand them in, they don't have the same function as normal Koco.  Unfortunately that does make the achievement a little more cumbersome for people who already finished the DLC.

[Dreadknux]

13 minutes ago, JezMM said:

The New Koco specifically increase your boost gauge duration, which was an added feature for this update, so the game does encourage you to hand them in, they don't have the same function as normal Koco.  Unfortunately that does make the achievement a little more cumbersome for people who already finished the DLC.

Ah I see. Well, you have about a month to do it, so enough time I reckon! 

To kick things off, I'm going to share my images for these Achievements! 

HBD Sonic 2023:

Koco Kabana:

Link-Up Play:

(those challenges are hard)

Age in Dog Years:

(I wanted to get exactly 32 but I went too fast and got another before I hit the screenshot button lol)

Looking forward to seeing everyone else's snaps! 

[Arcade Racer CC14]

Here are mine!

HBD Sonic 2023

Koco Kabana

Link-Up Play

Age in Dog Years

[Dreadknux]

Haha I love the Koco photo you took here @Shadowy Survivor CC14! Great job!!

[Arcade Racer CC14]

Thanks! I actually took a couple of different shots (with only like two or three Koco), but I kept thinking I could improve upon my previous one as I went through the new platforming challenges. Eventually, I found another photo op on Ares Island after I snagged the Caliburn boi and quickly realized that I also hadn't taken the bunch that I'd collected before him back to the Elder yet, so I had a whole (birthday) party of them. Perfect for the theme of this update. Glad my second-guessing paid off.

[Ryannumber1gamer]

Here's mine: 

HBD Sonic 2023:

 

Taken on Ares Island, got a nice shot of Sonic striking a pose with all of the clouds in the air. 

Koco Kabana: 

Might be a little hard to see, but it's the Caliburn Koco. Had to find it as soon as I discovered it was in the game 

Link-Up Play:

My S-rank score on the first challenge, honestly think it's probably the most difficult on Kronos, since its the one with the farthest distance to a titan to beat down for the S-rank.

Age in Dog Years:

Took way longer than planned to get a Starfall to trigger. Least I cleared out most of the new Kronos stuff while I waited.

[fink]

HBD Sonic 2023:

I think my mods were messing with animations. Anyways, enjoy T-posing birthday Sonic lmao

Koco Kabana:

Fun little challenges with a cool reward.

Link-Up Play:

Probably my favorite part of this update. It's fun making up optimized routes for S ranks.

Age in Dog Years:

This one took a depressingly long time. No clue if the odds of a starfall were decreased with this update, but it sure felt like it.

 

Overall a great follow up to the last update. I've been having a lot of fun with the new momentum settings. Really reminds me of that chaotic SA1 movement. Fantastic addition.

[Rose-Rider]

Took me a bit but I got them all, gonna do two posts one for update 2 achievements and other for update 1 achievement.
First the Update 2 achievements.

HBD Sonic 2023:


Koco Kabana:
I had to swap save files for this one.


Link-up Play:


Age in Dog Years:

[Rose-Rider]

Now for the Update 1 achievements.

Starfall Snapper:


Cyber Space Speedster:


Boss Battler:


Audio Archaeologist:


The 2 updates have been great and can't wait for Update 3.

[BlueSpeedster]

I know that this stuff isn't related to Update 2 but I got some stuff done for the Update 1 achievements so... here we go...
Starfall Snapper:

Cyber Space Speedster:

Boss Battler:

Audio Archaeologist:

Gonna make a follow up post soon featuring the Update 2 achievements so be on the look out.

[castell-neath]

Ok, here my my 4 photos for the DLC achievements:

Pic 1 - HBD Sonic - just chilling in the desert, in shades and a hat of course!

Pic 2 - Koco Kabana - The King himself, as well as otyer party Koco!

Pic 3 - Link up play - had to be an S rank!

Pic 4- Age in Dog years - 32, spot on.

 

Hope these all qualify!

 

[Shilvanic]

Hello here I come with my photos to get the new achievements xD 

[Failinhearts]

I come bearing good tidings of birthday fun.

You don't want to know how long it took for me to trigger Starfall.

[fia]

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[Shilvanic]

On 9/7/2023 at 12:49, Shilvanic said:

Hola aquí vengo con mis fotos para conseguir los nuevos logros

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I hope I have met the requirements and the photos that have been uploaded are great

[Shiny Gems]

Here are mine.

HBD Sonic 2023:

 

Koco Kabana:

Link-Up Play:

 

Age in Dog Years:

Starfall Snapper:

Audio Archaeologist:

[Shilvanic]

Excuse me, I'm posting it again, it's to specify each photo and thus obtain the achievements, thanks and sorry

1) hbd sonic 2023

2) game of link

3) koco cabin

4) age in dog years

[Sonictrainer]

Here's are my Submissions

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Cyber Space Speedster

Spoiler

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Koco Kabana

Spoiler

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Happy Birthday Sonic 2023

Spoiler

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Age in Dog Years

Spoiler

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Link Up Play

Spoiler

I hate the Action Chain Challenge

 

[Dreadknux]

This event is now OVER - I've just finished handing out all of the Achievements to those who earned them. Please let me know via DM if you haven't received your Achievement yet. They should appear in your profile page. :) 

Thanks everyone for taking part, this has been a great event!