Fracture Point Sodaholic Achievement: How to Buy 50 Vending Drinks

Most Fracture Point achievements ask for something dramatic: shooting down a corporation helicopter, destroying a BTR, or finishing the game on Hardcore. The Fracture Point Sodaholic achievement asks for none of that. It simply wants you to buy 50 drinks from a vending machine — and as of 2026-09-23, Steam's global achievement stats showed only 12.7% of all players had done it.

That gap between "trivial" and "rare" is exactly why the Fracture Point Sodaholic achievement deserves its own breakdown. Below you'll find what the achievement requires, how it stacks up against the other 17 achievements in the game, and practical ways to clear it without turning it into a chore.

What the Fracture Point Sodaholic Achievement Requires

The in-game description is a single line: "Buy 50 drinks from a vending machine." That is the whole requirement, and it matches the entry listed on the Steam Community achievements page for Fracture Point, as well as third-party achievement trackers like VG Times' Fracture Point achievement list.

A few things follow directly from that wording:

• Buying is the trigger. The description counts drinks purchased, so the action being tracked is the purchase itself.
• The target is 50. It's a fixed number, not a per-run or per-floor challenge.
• Vending machines are the specified source. The description names vending machines specifically, not shops or loot drops.
• It's the only vending machine achievement. Fracture Point has 18 achievements in total, and Sodaholic is the sole entry tied to drink purchases.

In other words, there's no combat skill, no difficulty gate, and no boss involved. Sodaholic is a persistence achievement, which is what makes its low unlock rate interesting.

How Rare Is the Fracture Point Sodaholic Achievement?

As of 2026-09-23, the Steam Community global achievement stats for Fracture Point recorded Sodaholic at 12.7% of all players (source: Steam Community global achievement stats, scope: global, all players). That places it 14th out of 18 achievements by unlock rate — only four achievements in the game were rarer in that snapshot.

For context, the same snapshot put the prologue achievement, New Life Begins, at 68.2%, while the two hardest difficulty completions sat at 9.5% (medium) and 2.5% (Hardcore).

One scope note worth keeping in mind: the Steam Community page states that you must be logged in to compare those stats against your own profile. The percentages themselves are global figures visible to everyone, but they are a frozen measurement from the snapshot date, not a live counter — they will drift as more players pick up the game.

Practical Tips for Unlocking Sodaholic

The achievement is straightforward, but 50 purchases is enough repetition that a little planning helps.

1. Buy on sight instead of batching. Grabbing a drink whenever you pass a machine spreads the 50 purchases across normal play. Saving it all for one dedicated shopping trip is slower and more tedious.

2. Pair it with the loot-selling achievements. Cash Out (sell $2,000 worth of loot) and Treasure Dealer (sell $15,000 worth of loot) already push you through the game's economy loop. Adding a vending machine stop to each run works toward three achievements at once.

3. Run it on Easy. The Long Road requires completing the game on Easy difficulty and sat at just 10.4% in the 2026-09-23 snapshot. Since you need a full playthrough for it anyway, buying drinks along the way means one run serves two goals.

4. Keep a rough tally. With a target of 50 rather than 5, it's easy to lose count over a long playthrough. Tracking your progress in a note or on your phone prevents an unnecessary extra session of purchases at the end.

5. Don't expect combat to help. Die Hard (50 kills) and The Horror of the Night (200 kills) track enemy kills, not purchases. There is no overlap between those counters and Sodaholic.

The Full Fracture Point Achievement List

The table below combines the achievement requirements with the global unlock rates recorded on 2026-09-23.

Source: Steam Community global achievement stats for Fracture Point. Snapshot date: 2026-09-23. Scope: global, all players. Requirements cross-checked against VG Times' achievement list.

Where Sodaholic Fits in a Completion Run

Looking at the snapshot, Sodaholic sits in the lower-middle of the pack: more common than any difficulty completion, but rarer than every combat and story milestone above it. That's a useful signal for planning a 100% run.

The achievements that actually gate completion are the difficulty clears — A Living Legend (Hardcore, 2.5%) and Sweat and blood (medium, 9.5%) — plus the unusual outlier Next time will be the charm, which was the rarest entry in the snapshot at 1.4% despite only requiring 10 deaths. Sodaholic doesn't belong in that group. It has no skill requirement at all; its 12.7% rate most likely reflects players simply not bothering to buy 50 drinks rather than any difficulty in doing so.

That makes it a strong "background" achievement: something you chip away at while chasing loot sales, reputation, and story kills, rather than a target that needs its own dedicated session. If you're already planning a full run for the difficulty achievements, folding in vending machine purchases costs almost nothing extra.

For the most current unlock percentages and the official achievement list, check the Fracture Point store page on Steam and the linked global stats page.

FAQ

How do you unlock the Fracture Point Sodaholic achievement?

Buy 50 drinks from a vending machine. That is the complete requirement as listed on the Steam Community achievements page for Fracture Point — there's no difficulty or story prerequisite attached to it.

How rare is the Fracture Point Sodaholic achievement?

As of 2026-09-23, Steam's global achievement stats recorded Sodaholic at 12.7% of all players (scope: global, all players, via the Steam Community achievements page). That made it the 14th most-unlocked achievement of the game's 18.

Do drinks from anywhere count, or only vending machines?

The achievement description specifically names vending machines, so buying from vending machines is the reliable approach. The wording does not mention any other purchase source.

How many achievements does Fracture Point have?

Fracture Point has 18 achievements in total, according to both the Steam Community achievements page and VG Times' achievement listing. Sodaholic is the only one related to vending machine purchases.