# Achievements and Earning Items

No item in the in-game store provides a gameplay advantage. Weapons, skills, and ships are unlocked through play, not purchases, whether in real-time or turn-based modes.

Select cosmetics follow the same principle. Certain items can only be unlocked by completing specific challenges or milestones and are never available for purchase. These achievement-driven cosmetics are badges of effort, scarce by design and meaningful to earn.