Animal Jam - How To Get All The Achievements

     Getting all the achievements is something I, along with other Jammers, have always wanted to do. At least, when I first joined the game (and didn't know anything about it), the only thing I really cared for were achievements. Here are some tips to getting all (or most) of the achievements!

1. Play a game many times and purposely lose
Most of the achievements required you to play a game x number of times. By purposely losing, you will be able to obtain these achievements faster. Some games will require you to exit the entire game and rejoin to count it as '1' time. 

2. Practice
If you can't get a certain achievement, just keep playing it for hours, and you might eventually get it. I had to play Gem Breaker for 3-4 hours one day to get the achievement 'Gem Ace.' I consider this the most important tip.

3. Get a friend to help
Different people are good at different games, so it's best to test the talents of your friends. 

4. Get another account to help
Some achievements require you to win multiplayer games. To receive this achievement quickly and surely is just to get a spare account to lose to all the multiplayer games you play with them.

5. Have fun
If you don't have fun playing a game, it's difficult to gain that achievement (at least for me). Being unaware of the amount of achievements you have may result in more achievements. I remember playing Jamaa Derby for fun and getting all the achievements in under 2 days. Of course, you can force yourself to have fun playing a game you don't like, but you'll have to work around it. 

     There are some achievements that may need some help interpreting.
Jackpot! - Gem Ball: Winning a jackpot means to put your ball through all 3 Zios sculptures. A double jackpot means to do it 2 times in one game (which is pretty much based on luck). 
Super Streak! - Hedge Hog: No more than  about 6 phantoms appear on the screen at the same time, so you must activate the Power Crystals quickly. The time of the activation will become longer. Once you defeat the phantoms, more will appear. 
Mira Says! - Mira Says: To complete a full sequence, you must light up all the lights on the screen (orange, green, blue, purple. 
Go For The Gold! - Pill Bugs: You have to play Pill Bugs in hard mode and clear all the bugs in a level to get a gold bug. There are 6 sets in a level and 5 levels.

     To view your achievements, click on your player card, then click on the trophy icon beside the gem icon that displays the amount of your gems. 

     Here, you will be shown the achievements you have and don't have, how close you are to a certain achievement, and the amount of achievements you have. The maximum amount of achievements one can currently obtain is 242. 

     However, the achievement 'Answer The Call!', which could've been obtained by answering 15 Calls of the Wild is no longer available. The achievement has not been deleted yet like its cousins 'Herbology Expert' and 'Once of a Kind!' 

Animal Jam - How To Get Rare

     Clearly, being rare is an important part of self-worth in Animal Jam. With more rares comes with better status is what most Jammers live up to. Although they are just items on a game, sometimes used for decoration or achievement, many people want rares. These are some steps you can take to help your Jammer self to become rare. 

1. Participate in the Forgotten Desert adventure
Sorry, non-members, I'm afraid only members can access this one. The Forgotten Desert is a perfect way to win cool items, such as Spikes or Headdresses. Recommended that you go in teams of 3 or 4, it takes about 12 minutes to do. Granted, the chances of winning a legitimately rare item is very slim, but with enough attempts, you're bound to get something. 

2. Buy Rare Item Mondays
Let's be real, Rare Item Mondays are not usually rare. In fact, some of them look straight up bizarre! But, if you look at the Rare Headdress or the Rare Gazelle Horns, you'll see that even something you bought can really increase in value in a few years. It's basically holding onto an unpredictable stock; you win some, you lose some. 

3. Buy items going on clearance 
When items like the Straw Hat or Phantom Rug become rare, you know it's something you should do. Random items go rare so make sure to grab ever chance you get by buying random items. 

4. Buy seasonal items
Seasonal items may never come back again. Items like the Heart Ring became very rare after it went out of stores. The rarity of any item is bound to go up unexpectedly, so try your luck by buying some of your items. 

5. Buy items right when they come out
Although this seems like somewhat of a stupid tip, it's not. You never know when AJHQ releases a glitched item, so quickly buy items when they come out. If they are glitched, then you've hit the jackpot. 

6. Trade a lot
Trading seems like an awfully obvious thing to do to get rare. The thing is, you can't just trade for 1-2 hours a day. Nope, you must spend 5-6 hours a day trading. It may seem very tiring and a waste of time (frankly, it can be), but if you just undertraded for something, the only thing you'd feel is euphoria. 

7. Don't trust anyone

Scammers aren't threats if you don't give in their totally credible scams (you seriously have to be pretty stupid to fall for scams these days). Yes, scamming is a way of getting rare, but it's so hard nowadays since nobody falls for scams anymore. 

8. Enter giveaways

Find all the giveaway videos and enter them all. You're bound to win at least one of them. Although this is extremely time-consuming, this isn't a post about how to save time, it's about getting rares. 

It may take around 50-75 hours of playing just to get something small, but as time builds up, you'll get that Long Black Spike Collar for sure.