Current best evidence: route capsules close to the deposit spot, pick them up, and use the manual deposit interaction. Keep this grind separate from dust-weight, money and launch achievements.

Know the four deposit milestones

AchievementListed requirement
Dust DeliveryDeposit dust at the depot for the first time.
Regular CustomerMake 100 depot deposits.
Depot ResidentMake 1,000 depot deposits.
Do You Live Here?Make 10,000 depot deposits.

Use the reported short manual route

  1. Keep your normal production route intact. This is a manual branch for the achievement, not proof that automation must be removed.
  2. Bring capsule delivery near the depot spot. One player report says to place the belt while the door is open because the closed door can block placement.
  3. Pick up one delivered capsule. Use the depot deposit interaction instead of assuming automatic income advances the same counter.
  4. Repeat and inspect progress. Check the relevant Steam achievement when possible; do not estimate from dust weight.
Success condition

Manual deposit actions advance or unlock the target milestone. The available report explicitly reaches 1,000; the 10,000 milestone is listed but was not independently completed in that report.

Test automation before committing to 10,000

  1. Record the current achievement progress. Use the displayed counter when available; do not infer it from kilograms or money.
  2. Make a small fixed number of manual deposits. Confirm that the progress changes as expected.
  3. Run a comparable automatic-delivery batch. Keep the material and version recorded.
  4. Compare the counter. Continue only with the method that actually advances this achievement in your build.

What remains unknown

  • Whether every automatic Packager delivery advances the same deposit counter.
  • Whether splitting material into smaller capsules changes the counter efficiently.
  • Whether a later patch changes the interaction or fixes counter behavior.

Do not overstate this: this method is a player report, not an official explanation of the achievement code. If your counter does not advance, record the game version and exact interaction before committing to a long grind.

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