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Touchscreen Trash achievement in Plague Inc: Evolved

Touchscreen Trash

Disrupt the iCure and stop it helping cure research

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How to unlock the Touchscreen Trash achievement

  • Fist O CthulhuFist O Cthulhu
    13 Oct 2015 13 Oct 2015 14 Oct 2015
    I used a guide made by katrina at Yo It’s Spicy blog and cut out some symptoms that I found unnecessary.

    Make sure to devolve any symptoms that spontaneously evolve on you.

    1. Pick Prion on casual difficulty and the following gene set up:
    Catalytic Switch
    Genetic Mimic
    Aerocyte
    Extremophile
    Sympto-Stasis

    2. Start in the USA

    3. Evolve the following transmissions and abilities:
    Drug Resistance 1 and 2
    Air 1 and 2
    Cold Resistance 1
    Water 1 and 2
    Extreme Bioaerosol
    Neural Atrophy 1,2 and 3
    Genetic Hardening 1 and 2

    4. I recommend saving your game at this point if you would like to get the Russian Nuclear Retaliation achievement as well as the Chinese Nuclear Retaliation achievement. Evolve the ability Cold Resistance 2 for Russia or the transmissions Bird 1 and 2 for China.

    5. Save your DNA points until you have 52 (there should be no more healthy people at this point). Evolve the following symptoms:
    Insomnia
    Paranoia
    Inflammation
    Seizures
    Insanity
    Dysentery

    You may need to evolve the abilities genetic reshuffle 1, 2 and 3 throughout the rest of the guide.

    6. You will see a pop up saying “icure device announced”. Wait till you see another pop up saying “icure released globally” then evolve the symptoms rash and sweating. The next pop up will be “icure a failure” and then the achievement will unlock.


    There are three other achievements you can go for while going for this one.

    Plague Inc: EvolvedPlague in SpaceThe Plague in Space achievement in Plague Inc: Evolved worth 105 pointsInfect astronauts before they launch a space mission
    You will see a pop up saying “Space cure mission planned”. You don’t have to do anymore evolving, simply wait for the pop ups “Space cure mission launches” and “Space cure mission failed”. The achievement will unlock after the last pop up.

    Plague Inc: EvolvedRussian Nuclear RetaliationThe Russian Nuclear Retaliation achievement in Plague Inc: Evolved worth 100 pointsMake the USA nuke Russia

    Plague Inc: EvolvedChinese Nuclear RetaliationThe Chinese Nuclear Retaliation achievement in Plague Inc: Evolved worth 100 pointsMake the USA nuke China
    You will see pop ups saying “US President taken ill”, followed by “New President of USA selected”. Wait till you see the pop up “USA threatens Russia/China” (depends if you evolved Cold Resistance 2 or Bird 1 and 2 in step 4) then evolve the symptom Paralysis. The last pop up will be “USA nukes Russia/China” and then the achievement will unlock.
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  • The GalaxyThe Galaxy
    19 Sep 2015 20 Sep 2015 01 Oct 2015
    Main game, bacteria. Sometimes you'll get a news prompt about Apple$oft developing the iCure to help discover a cure for your disease. Spend DNA to acquire the Sweating symptom only after the news prompt. Enjoy!

    You can also get this news prompt while playing other disease types.


    "Seems like having sweating unlocked before iCure is announced may drop the likelihood that the achievement unlocks but does not guarantee it will not." - izret102
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    The GalaxyI just stated the easiest and most accessible method. Bacteria is the only disease type unlocked upon starting the game. I'll add this to the guide.
    Posted by The Galaxy on 01 Oct 15 at 20:01
    AGGT002Worked great. Started bacteria on casual. just researched a few transmissions untill all was infected while devolving symptoms to prevent sweat from evolving. Once the whole world was infected, i evolved a few minor symptons so that the cure could start. Not long after the icure device was announced, then just evolve sweating and in a min or two it will pop
    Posted by AGGT002 on 11 Apr 16 at 18:40
    The GalaxyGlad to hear it!
    Posted by The Galaxy on 11 Apr 16 at 20:27
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