Achievements

From the Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 Wiki

Achievements are sixteen milestones the game records for each player, such as crafting a first pickaxe.

Earning an achievement

An achievement is earned only once the achievement it requires is unlocked. Doing the task before then records nothing, and the task must be done again.

Achievements belong to the player, not the world. They are saved in the stats folder of the game directory, in a file named after the player, and count in every world.

Achievements are earned in multiplayer too, and saved to the same file.

List

Achievement In-game description Earned by Requires
Taking Inventory Press 'E' to open your inventory. Opening the inventory —
Getting Wood Attack a tree until a block of wood pops out Picking up a wood block from the ground Taking Inventory
Benchmarking Craft a workbench with four blocks of planks Crafting a crafting table Getting Wood
Time to Mine! Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe Crafting a wooden pickaxe Benchmarking
Hot Topic Construct a furnace out of eight stone blocks Crafting a furnace Time to Mine!
Acquire Hardware Smelt an iron ingot Taking an iron ingot out of a furnace Hot Topic
Time to Farm! Use planks and sticks to make a hoe Crafting a wooden hoe Benchmarking
Bake Bread Turn wheat into bread Crafting bread Time to Farm!
The Lie Wheat, sugar, milk and eggs! Crafting a cake Time to Farm!
Getting an Upgrade Construct a better pickaxe Crafting a stone pickaxe Time to Mine!
Delicious Fish Catch and cook fish! Taking cooked fish out of a furnace Hot Topic
On A Rail Travel by minecart at least 1 km from where you started Riding a minecart 1000 blocks, in a straight line, from where the player got in Acquire Hardware
Time to Strike! Use planks and sticks to make a sword Crafting a wooden sword Benchmarking
Monster Hunter Attack and destroy a monster Killing a zombie, skeleton, spider, creeper, pig zombie, giant or monster Time to Strike!
Cow Tipper Harvest some leather Picking up leather from the ground Time to Strike!
When Pigs Fly Fly a pig off a cliff Falling more than 5 blocks while riding a pig Cow Tipper

On A Rail and When Pigs Fly are special achievements, drawn with a different frame on the achievements screen.