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All 28 achievements
How to Fish has 28 achievements. Most are straightforward; the hard ones are the one-hour run, Fishipedia (catch the super variant of every fish) and Handyman (finish the final boss with your fists).
| # | Achievement | How to unlock |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Catch | Collect 3 clams and hand them to the old man. Buy the basic rod for $3, catch any creature, then kill it. |
| 2 | Super | Catch a super creature (the bite prompt goes rainbow) and kill it. |
| 3 | Who Stole My Beer? | Buy a beer for 12 coins, give it to the old man, take the empty can back. |
| 4 | Noob | Kill any creature with no score multipliers active. |
| 5 | Upgrade | Buy the Radar, follow the green marker to the next island, save $230 and buy the boat upgrade. |
| 6 | Oppity Niputya | Die and do not press respawn until a seagull picks you up. |
| 7 | Time to Eat | Collect 3 leeches on the forest island, hand them over, then catch and kill the boss. |
| 8 | Amazing | Kill a creature while chaining multipliers (360, headshot, no-scope, mid-air…) up to x5. |
| 9 | Grill Party | Buy the desert-island boss lure, catch the shark, hand the body to the NPC by the grill to unlock cooking. |
| 10 | GOLD GOLD GOLD | Feed super fish or boss trophies into the slot machine. The first boss shell is the easiest. |
| 11 | 360 No Scope | Spin a full turn and shoot without aiming. Easiest with shotgun or sniper; a laser sight helps. |
| 12 | Vacation | Trade rare fish to the tourist for the lure, then kill the Pufferfish boss. |
| 13 | Fully Loaded | Fit every attachment to one weapon (~$2,500): compensator, laser, red dot, extended mag, plus upgraded bullets. |
| 14 | I Am Speed | Buy the level-2 boat upgrade on the 4th island ($860, in the barn). |
| 15 | Yummy Yum Yum | Burn a fish completely on the grill, then eat it. |
| 16 | Terrifying Bird | Catch the Tuna mini-boss with a professional lure, kill it, leave the carcass out and wait for the seagull. |
| 17 | Deadly Catch | Trade 5 creatures to the hazard-suit NPC for the bait, then catch the whale. |
| 18 | We Are Back | Carry the whale carcass to the volcano summit, drop it in, and beat the final boss. |
| 19 | All In | Bet a fish on the green x35 roulette sector on one of the last two islands. |
| 20 | Who Eats Whom | Eat any mini-boss. |
| 21 | Like a Bird in the Sky | Throw dynamite under the boat. |
| 22 | Easy Peasy | Buy a proper weapon and kill the first boss instantly. |
| 23 | Collector | Catch every fish with its matching lure. Best done on the final island, where all baits are available. Supers not required. |
| 24 | Millionaire | Bet a fish worth 3k+ on the green roulette sector, win, then sell it. |
| 25 | Everyone's Dream | Climb the volcano and blow up the seagull as it closes in — or bait it with a fish carcass plus dynamite. |
| 26 | Handyman | Take the final boss down to minimum HP with weapons, then finish it with your fists. |
| 27 | Fishipedia | Catch the super variant of every fish. Cast further; if the notification is not rainbow, release and recast. |
| 28 | Bean | Finish the whole game in under one hour. 1) Farm $60 on clams, buy knife/rod/beer, kill boss. 2) 3 leeches, dynamite, shotgun, boss. 3) Rare fish for the tourist, boss. 4) Professional lures, ~9k, tuna then seagull. Final: scientific lure, ~16k, dynamite for the hazmat trade, grill snails, whale then magma whale. |
The three that actually stop people
- Bean
- Finish the entire game in under one hour. There is a full route in the table above, and it is the achievement with the most community guides written about it.
- Fishipedia
- Catch the super variant of every fish — the bite prompt turns rainbow when it is a super. Cast further to raise your odds; if the notification is not rainbow, release and cast again.
- Handyman
- Take the final boss down to minimum HP with weapons, then land the last hit with your fists. Much easier with a co-op partner who can revive you.
Keep reading
- All 39 fish by lure
- All 11 boss triggers
- Making money — you need cash for most of these
- Island route