I'll be using an outline-format showing a large tree of achievements. An achievement that come after another achievement will be under its predecessor, and every achievement has a number with what generation it's in. So if I have:
0 A
1 B
2 C
2 D
1 E
2 F
Then B/E follow A, C/D follow B, and F follows E.
Rewards - Achievement Crystals
Achievements introduce people to the game, but to make them more interesting, fun and motivating, I've created a reward system. Achievement "crystals" don't give you bonuses, but they're decorative and symbolic of a player's achievements. Under the "Achievements" GUI, there will be an inventory screen with all your crystals that you can put into your inventory and place. If a crystal is destroyed (by lava, etc.), it goes back into this secondary inventory.
These are the kinds of crystals you can get:
Small: Size of a tiny slime. Can be placed on the floor or embedded in walls.
Medium: Acts like a normal block in size and effect.
Large: Acts like a 2x2x2 block. The actual crystal is about 1x1x1, but it floats in the air.
Red: Earned from combat achievements, like "Monster Hunter".
Blue: Earned from mechanism/fluid/circuit achievements. Notch currently has not created these.
Green: Earned from agricultural achievements, like "The Lie".
Yellow: Earned from exploration achievements, like "On a Rail".
Purple: Earned from miscellaneous achievements. Notch currently has not created these.
White: Earned from construction achievements, like "Benchmarking".
Black: Earned from mining achievements, like "Getting an Upgrade".
My suggestions, including the original achievements
0 Taking Inventory - Open your Inventory with "E". - Reward: None
1 Getting Wood - Punch a tree until a block of wood pops out. - Reward: Small Green
2 Benchmarking - Craft a workbench with four blocks of wooden planks. - Reward: Small White
3 Time to Farm! - Use planks and sticks to make a hoe. - Reward: Small Green
4 First Steps - Find Seeds in Tall Grass. - Reward: Small Green
5 Bake Bread - Turn wheat into bread. - Reward: None (bread)
6 The Lie ( ) - 3 Milk, 2 Sugar, 1 Egg and 3 Wheat... - Reward: Green
6 Savedyourlife! - Eat food while at 1/2 hit points. - Reward: Small Red
3 Time to Strike! - Use planks and sticks to make a sword. - Reward: Small Red
4 Monster Hunter - Slay a hostile monster. - Reward: Small Red
5 Getting String - Obtain string from a spider. - Reward: Small Red
6 Arachnophobia - Kill a spider during the daytime, while it's docile. - Reward: Small Red
6 Using String...? - Craft a Bow and a Fishing Pole with string and sticks. - Reward: Small White
7 Archery - Kill a mob by shooting it with arrows. - Reward: Small Red
6 Bumped Topic - Have a spider knock its head on a ceiling while climbing. - Reward: Small Red
5 The Toughest Mob - Obtain a bone and an arrow from skeletons. - Reward: Small Red
6 Cheap Shot - Hit a skeleton in the feet from the other side of a block. - Reward: Small Red
6 Sproit! - Grow tall grass, a flower and a rose with bonemeal. - Reward: Small Green
7 SPROIT!! - Use bonemeal on a well-lit sapling. - Reward: Small Green
4 Cow Tipper - Obtain leather from a cow. - Reward: Small Red
5 Meat Shield - Wear a leather tunic. - Reward: Small Red
6 My Clothes Match! - Wear a full set of matching armor. - Reward: Small Red
6 Back Away... ( ) - Wear leather/iron/gold/diamond at once. - Reward: Large Red
4 When Pigs Fly ( ) - Have a pig take falling damage while you ride it. - Reward: Large Red
3 Time to Mine! - Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe. - Reward: Small Black
4 Getting An Upgrade - Use cobblestone and sticks to make a pickaxe. - Reward: Small Black
5 Level Down - Find iron ore. - Reward: Small Black
4 Time to Dig! - Use planks and sticks to make a shovel. - Reward: Small White
5 Not-so-shiny! - Find Flint. - Reward: Small White
6 Don't...even. - Craft Flint & Steel. - Reward: Small Red
4 Hot Topic - Construct a furnace out of eight cobblestone blocks. - Reward: Small White
5 Delicious Fish - Cook a fish in a furnace. - Reward: None
5 Acquire Hardware - Smelt iron ore into an ingot. - Reward: None
6 Fast Travel - Construct a minecart from iron and rails from iron and a stick. - Reward: Small Yellow
7 On a Rail ( ) - Ride a minecart 1000 blocks in one direction. - Reward: Large Yellow
6 LOLrus - Craft a bucket. - Reward: Small Blue
7 It's Filler Time - Fill a bucket with water, lava and milk. - Reward: Small Blue
8 Hard Hat - Pour water on lava to make obsidian. - Reward: Small White
9 Twilight Zone - Activate a Nether Portal. - Reward: Small Yellow
10 Dining in Hell - Get Cooked Pork from a Zombie Pigman. - Reward: Small Red
10 How the... ( ) - Kill a Ghast without a bow. - Reward: Red
6 Clippers - Craft Shears. - Reward: Small White
7 Soft Wool - Shear a sheep. - Reward: Small White
8 Time to Sleep - Craft a Bed. - Reward: Small Purple
9 Careless ( ) - Sleep in a dungeon on "Hard". - Reward: Purple
4 We Have To Go Deeper - Dig down to y=30. - Reward: Small Black
5 Iron Pick Required - Find Redstone dust. - Reward: Small Black
6 Redstone Circuits - Place Redstone Wire and power it. - Reward: Small Blue
7 Mechanic - Create an AND, OR and NOT gate. - Reward: Small Blue
8 Do it Again! - Craft a Redstone Repeater. - Reward: Small Blue
7 Don't be Pushy - Craft a Piston. - Reward: Small Blue
8 Pulley - Craft a Sticky Pistion. - Reward: Small Blue
8 Only Way to Travel ( ) - Travel 30 blocks by piston only without punching. - Reward: Large Blue
5 I Can't Believe It's Not Sapphire! ( ) - Find Lapis Lazuli. - Reward: Black
5 Shiny! ( ) - Find Diamond. - Reward: Black
6 Mining Artisan ( ) - Find Gold, Lapis and Diamond. - Reward: Black
5 Scary Cage ( ) - Find a dungeon. - Reward: Black
6 I'm the DM ( ) - Obtain Cocoa Beans, a Saddle and an Apple. - Reward: Black
6 Thorough Cleaning - Mine at least 32 Moss Stone. - Reward: Small Black
2 Quadrahexidecimal? - Get a full stack of an item. - Reward: Small Purple
3 Pillar Power - Jump and place a block under you. - Reward: Small White
4 Reach for the Sky - Climb to maximum height. - Reward: Small Yellow
0 Getting Fit - Move forward, left, right, backward, and jump. - Reward: None
1 Leap of Faith - Jump a pit 2 blocks long. - Reward: Small Yellow
1 Time to Explore! - End up at least 500 blocks away from your spawn point. - Reward: Small Yellow
2 Spooky Orange - Find a pumpkin. - Reward: Small Yellow
2 Brown and Red - Find two kinds of mushrooms. - Reward: Small Yellow
2 Jack and the Reedstalk - Find Sugar Cane. - Reward: Small Green
3 Forest Finder ( ) - Find three kinds of Forest. - Reward: Small Green and Yellow
2 Time to Sail! - Craft a boat. - Reward: Small Yellow
3 Flimsy - Break a boat against a wall. - Reward: Small Purple
4 Safe Docking - Ram a boat into Soul Sand. - Reward: Small Purple
3 Columbus ( ) - Travel 1000 blocks in the same boat. - Reward: Yellow
0 X-ray Goggles - Press F3 to view world information. - Reward: Small Yellow
0 Save and Ragequit to Title - Die. - Reward: None
1 Fail Artisan - Get killed by an arrow, blunt attack, falling, drowning, lava, and explosion. - Reward: Small Purple
2 Precarious Peril - Play for two minutes while at 1/2 hearts. - Reward: Small Purple
3 Spartan ( ) - Kill a zombie pigman while at 1/2 hearts. - Reward: Red
1 FreeFallFail - Fall 200 blocks. - Reward: Small Purple
2 WheeWhizzWin! - Fall 200 blocks and live. - Reward: Small Purple
0 Any minute now... - Witness rain. - Reward: Small Purple
1 Shocking - Witness lightning. - Reward: Small Purple
I suggest some nether ones like:
Useless efforts-Put out a fire in the nether
Ghast Buster-Kill a Ghast
Pig Pack (Or whatever a pack of pigs is called) - Kill five pigmen in under two minutes.
Just like the rocks back home - Obtain gravel in the nether
5 new "Mechanism" achievements, one of which awards a Large Blue Crystal!
Greatly improved "tree" system, using numbers in place of several blank boxes; much more compact!
I'll be using an outline-format showing a large tree of achievements. An achievement that come after another achievement will be under its predecessor, and every achievement has a number with what generation it's in. So if I have:
0 A
1 B
2 C
2 D
1 E
2 F
Then B/E follow A, C/D follow B, and F follows E.
Rewards - Achievement Crystals
Achievements introduce people to the game, but to make them more interesting, fun and motivating, I've created a reward system. Achievement "crystals" don't give you bonuses, but they're decorative and symbolic of a player's achievements. Under the "Achievements" GUI, there will be an inventory screen with all your crystals that you can put into your inventory and place. If a crystal is destroyed (by lava, etc.), it goes back into this secondary inventory.
These are the kinds of crystals you can get:
Small: Size of a tiny slime. Can be placed on the floor or embedded in walls.
Medium: Acts like a normal block in size and effect.
Large: Acts like a 2x2x2 block. The actual crystal is about 1x1x1, but it floats in the air.
Red: Earned from combat achievements, like "Monster Hunter".
Blue: Earned from mechanism/fluid/circuit achievements. Notch currently has not created these.
Green: Earned from agricultural achievements, like "The Lie".
Yellow: Earned from exploration achievements, like "On a Rail".
Purple: Earned from miscellaneous achievements. Notch currently has not created these.
White: Earned from construction achievements, like "Benchmarking".
Black: Earned from mining achievements, like "Getting an Upgrade".
My suggestions, including the original achievements
0 Taking Inventory - Open your Inventory with "E". - Reward: None
1 Getting Wood - Punch a tree until a block of wood pops out. - Reward: Small Green
2 Benchmarking - Craft a workbench with four blocks of wooden planks. - Reward: Small White
3 Time to Farm! - Use planks and sticks to make a hoe. - Reward: Small Green
4 First Steps - Find Seeds in Tall Grass. - Reward: Small Green
5 Bake Bread - Turn wheat into bread. - Reward: None (bread)
6 The Lie ( ) - 3 Milk, 2 Sugar, 1 Egg and 3 Wheat... - Reward: Green
6 Savedyourlife! - Eat food while at 1/2 hit points. - Reward: Small Red
3 Time to Strike! - Use planks and sticks to make a sword. - Reward: Small Red
4 Monster Hunter - Slay a hostile monster. - Reward: Small Red
5 Getting String - Obtain string from a spider. - Reward: Small Red
6 Arachnophobia - Kill a spider during the daytime, while it's docile. - Reward: Small Red
6 Using String...? - Craft a Bow and a Fishing Pole with string and sticks. - Reward: Small White
7 Archery - Kill a mob by shooting it with arrows. - Reward: Small Red
6 Bumped Topic - Have a spider knock its head on a ceiling while climbing. - Reward: Small Red
5 The Toughest Mob - Obtain a bone and an arrow from skeletons. - Reward: Small Red
6 Cheap Shot - Hit a skeleton in the feet from the other side of a block. - Reward: Small Red
6 Sproit! - Grow tall grass, a flower and a rose with bonemeal. - Reward: Small Green
7 SPROIT!! - Use bonemeal on a well-lit sapling. - Reward: Small Green
4 Cow Tipper - Obtain leather from a cow. - Reward: Small Red
5 Meat Shield - Wear a leather tunic. - Reward: Small Red
6 My Clothes Match! - Wear a full set of matching armor. - Reward: Small Red
6 Back Away... ( ) - Wear leather/iron/gold/diamond at once. - Reward: Large Red
4 When Pigs Fly ( ) - Have a pig take falling damage while you ride it. - Reward: Large Red
3 Time to Mine! - Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe. - Reward: Small Black
4 Getting An Upgrade - Use cobblestone and sticks to make a pickaxe. - Reward: Small Black
5 Level Down - Find iron ore. - Reward: Small Black
4 Time to Dig! - Use planks and sticks to make a shovel. - Reward: Small White
5 Not-so-shiny! - Find Flint. - Reward: Small White
6 Don't...even. - Craft Flint & Steel. - Reward: Small Red
4 Hot Topic - Construct a furnace out of eight cobblestone blocks. - Reward: Small White
5 Delicious Fish - Cook a fish in a furnace. - Reward: None
5 Acquire Hardware - Smelt iron ore into an ingot. - Reward: None
6 Fast Travel - Construct a minecart from iron and rails from iron and a stick. - Reward: Small Yellow
7 On a Rail ( ) - Ride a minecart 1000 blocks in one direction. - Reward: Large Yellow
6 LOLrus - Craft a bucket. - Reward: Small Blue
7 It's Filler Time - Fill a bucket with water, lava and milk. - Reward: Small Blue
8 Hard Hat - Pour water on lava to make obsidian. - Reward: Small White
9 Twilight Zone - Activate a Nether Portal. - Reward: Small Yellow
10 Dining in Hell - Get Cooked Pork from a Zombie Pigman. - Reward: Small Red
10 How the... ( ) - Kill a Ghast without a bow. - Reward: Red
6 Clippers - Craft Shears. - Reward: Small White
7 Soft Wool - Shear a sheep. - Reward: Small White
8 Time to Sleep - Craft a Bed. - Reward: Small Purple
9 Careless ( ) - Sleep in a dungeon on "Hard". - Reward: Purple
4 We Have To Go Deeper - Dig down to y=30. - Reward: Small Black
5 Iron Pick Required - Find Redstone dust. - Reward: Small Black
6 Redstone Circuits - Place Redstone Wire and power it. - Reward: Small Blue
7 Mechanic - Create an AND, OR and NOT gate. - Reward: Small Blue
8 Do it Again! - Craft a Redstone Repeater. - Reward: Small Blue
7 Don't be Pushy - Craft a Piston. - Reward: Small Blue
8 Pulley - Craft a Sticky Pistion. - Reward: Small Blue
8 Only Way to Travel ( ) - Travel 30 blocks by piston only without punching. - Reward: Large Blue
5 I Can't Believe It's Not Sapphire! ( ) - Find Lapis Lazuli. - Reward: Black
5 Shiny! ( ) - Find Diamond. - Reward: Black
6 Mining Artisan ( ) - Find Gold, Lapis and Diamond. - Reward: Black
5 Scary Cage ( ) - Find a dungeon. - Reward: Black
6 I'm the DM ( ) - Obtain Cocoa Beans, a Saddle and an Apple. - Reward: Black
6 Thorough Cleaning - Mine at least 32 Moss Stone. - Reward: Small Black
2 Quadrahexidecimal? - Get a full stack of an item. - Reward: Small Purple
3 Pillar Power - Jump and place a block under you. - Reward: Small White
4 Reach for the Sky - Climb to maximum height. - Reward: Small Yellow
0 Getting Fit - Move forward, left, right, backward, and jump. - Reward: None
1 Leap of Faith - Jump a pit 2 blocks long. - Reward: Small Yellow
1 Time to Explore! - End up at least 500 blocks away from your spawn point. - Reward: Small Yellow
2 Spooky Orange - Find a pumpkin. - Reward: Small Yellow
2 Brown and Red - Find two kinds of mushrooms. - Reward: Small Yellow
2 Jack and the Reedstalk - Find Sugar Cane. - Reward: Small Green
3 Forest Finder ( ) - Find three kinds of Forest. - Reward: Small Green and Yellow
2 Time to Sail! - Craft a boat. - Reward: Small Yellow
3 Flimsy - Break a boat against a wall. - Reward: Small Purple
4 Safe Docking - Ram a boat into Soul Sand. - Reward: Small Purple
3 Columbus ( ) - Travel 1000 blocks in the same boat. - Reward: Yellow
0 X-ray Goggles - Press F3 to view world information. - Reward: Small Yellow
0 Save and Ragequit to Title - Die. - Reward: None
1 Fail Artisan - Get killed by an arrow, blunt attack, falling, drowning, lava, and explosion. - Reward: Small Purple
2 Precarious Peril - Play for two minutes while at 1/2 hearts. - Reward: Small Purple
3 Spartan ( ) - Kill a zombie pigman while at 1/2 hearts. - Reward: Red
1 FreeFallFail - Fall 200 blocks. - Reward: Small Purple
2 WheeWhizzWin! - Fall 200 blocks and live. - Reward: Small Purple
0 Any minute now... - Witness rain. - Reward: Small Purple
1 Shocking - Witness lightning. - Reward: Small Purple
82 achievements and counting
I'll be updating!
Added ~25 more achievements, including many more ( ) and ( ) achievements.
Crystals now available:
Small
Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
Purple
White
Black
Medium
Red
Purple
Black
Green
Yellow
Large
Red
Yellow
I suggest some nether ones like:
Useless efforts-Put out a fire in the nether
Ghast Buster-Kill a Ghast
Pig Pack (Or whatever a pack of pigs is called) - Kill five pigmen in under two minutes.
Just like the rocks back home - Obtain gravel in the nether
New additions:
5 new "Mechanism" achievements, one of which awards a Large Blue Crystal!
Greatly improved "tree" system, using numbers in place of several blank boxes; much more compact!