Xbox Removes Homestead Arcana Achievement In Unprecedented Move [IGN]

According to a Eurogamer report, Microsoft has stepped in and removed an Xbox achievement from Homestead Arcana after it was discovered that the achievement was hard.

Homestead Arcana initially launched on Xbox Game Pass on April 21, 2023, with over thirty achievements you can unlock by playing the game’s story and completing specific tasks. But it didn’t take players long to realize that unlocking an achievement called “You Can’t Be Too Prepared,” which requires you to craft every item in the game, was more difficult than the others because the recipe for Green Ankle Boots didn’t appear in-game at all.

Players who were trying to unlock You Can’t Be Too Prepared soon noticed the achievement had been removed. Those who only had that achievement left saw their Gamerscore update with 1000/1000G and 35/35 achievements unlocked.

It’s unclear if Xbox removed the achievement on its own or did so because the developer’s Serenity Forge asked them to do so. We reached out to Xbox, and they declined to comment on it.

Achievement removal is an extremely rare occurence on Xbox — so rare that it may actually be unprecedented. Typically, Xbox prefers to try and fix bugged or problematic achievements rather than remove them. One way or another, though, Homestead Arcana now has one less achievement.

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Luis Joshua Gutierrez is a freelance writer who loves games. You can reach him at @ImLuisGutierrez on Twitter.