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Hi everyone!
I've had all my achievements unlocked by mistake after the game installed The High Life DLC.
This basically ruined my fun with the game as getting achievements are half the fun for me.
Technical support then advised me to sit tight and wait for news and patches (this was in Sep 2021), which unfortunately didn't resolve the issue.

I can understand Ubisoft messing up an update and breaking achievements.
I can understand Ubisoft not keeping a complete history of achievements and not being able to roll them back before the glitch happened.
But I can't understand why achievements can't be reset, so I can at least get them fairly even if I have to start from zero.

almost 2 years ago - Ubi-TheBerry - Direct link

Hey @Valkor2010,

As it stands, we just don't have the facilities available to reset a player's achievements.

It may also be possible that rolling back achievements can lead to issues in them being unlocked in future - hence why the facility isn't available.

This issue is believed to have been resolved though.

Since your achievements are still unlocked, could you give the following workaround a try;

1. Disable Cloud save sync in Ubisoft Connect > Settings
2. Rename accountdata.a7s in ..\Documents\Anno 1800\accounts\\
3. Rename folder "4553" ..\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegames\\
4. Launch the game and verify that the achievements are same in-game as in Uisoft Connect
5. Enable cloud save sync in Ubisoft Connect's settings again
6. Close the game (you might need to open and close again to trigger a save sync)
7. The new fixed accountdata.a7s should sync with cloud and your achievements should be locked again.

Please let us know how you get on with this!

almost 2 years ago - Ubi-SleepyGoat - Direct link

Hey there @DrVirulent

Unfortunately, if Ubisoft Connect itself is showing your achievements as unlocked it is not possible to reset the progress towards those achievements at this time.

I apologize for the inconvenience!