"anno 1404" and its add-on venice add the possibility of rewarding achievements to the player. those achievements can be seen as 'milestones' and vary from quite easy to extremely hard, since a lot of them are 'hidden'. the achievements are divided in 5 categories: diplomacy, setup, economic, military and general. quite a few of the achievements are interlinked, being part of another 'bigger' achievement. in the base game there were 206 achievements to be had, the venice expansion added another 110 of them, totalling 316.