Getting started
Kill your first creature.
Hint: Complete the basic catch-and-combat loop.
99.8% unlock rate3 related pages
Steam achievement checklist
How to Fish Achievements — All 28 Requirements & Tips
Choose an achievement to see what it asks for, where it fits in the story and which creature, weapon, item or island can help you finish it.
28 achievements5 categories
Achievement category
Story & Progression
Island unlocks, quest hand-ins, engine tiers and full-route clears.
Who stole my beer
Find and kill the culprit, and bring it to the lighthouse keeper.
Hint: Use the Empty Beer Can for Spider Crab and return the required quest result.
90.3% unlock rate5 related pages
Getting an upgrade
Upgrade the engine on the boat.
Hint: Purchase the first engine improvement.
80.6% unlock rate2 related pages
Dinnertime
Catch dinner for the lady in the forest.
Hint: Accept the Forest Island quest and return with the requested catch.
77.0% unlock rate5 related pages
Grillmaster
Start the grill.
Hint: Bring Blue Shark to the Grillmaster and start the grill.
68.3% unlock rate4 related pages
Vacation
Help the tourist swim on his vacation.
Hint: Complete the tourist's physics-based water objective.
56.1% unlock rate5 related pages
I am speed
Buy the best engine for the boat.
Hint: Complete the boat-engine upgrade chain.
45.1% unlock rate1 related pages
Terrorizing bird
Defend the scared islanders from the terrorizing bird.
Hint: Use the Tuna-to-Albatross chain and return the bird's head.
35.4% unlock rate5 related pages
Deadliest catch
Help the military defeat the big creature they located.
Hint: Complete the military's large-creature encounter on the final route.
22.7% unlock rate4 related pages
We are so back
Finish the game.
Hint: Complete the five-stage story route and final whale encounter.
22.2% unlock rate4 related pages
Bean
Finish the game within 1 hour.
Hint: Use a practiced solo route and buy only progression-critical upgrades.
0.4% unlock rate4 related pages
Achievement category
Combat & Skill
Killscore conditions, fast boss clears, explosives and challenge finishes.
Noob
Get a kill with no kill score multiplier.
Hint: Finish a grounded creature without distance, spin, no-scope or other style conditions.
81.4% unlock rate4 related pages
Impressive
Get a 5x killscore multiplier.
Hint: Stack several style conditions on one predictable target.
72.5% unlock rate2 related pages
360 no scope
Kill a creature with a 360 no scope.
Hint: Lower a weak target first, make a full spin, then land the unscoped finishing shot.
55.5% unlock rate1 related pages
Easy
Kill a boss within 10 seconds.
Hint: Return over-equipped to an early boss and front-load damage.
14.5% unlock rate1 related pages
Everyone's dream
Kill a seagull with dynamite.
Hint: Lead the flight path and time the detonation in open space.
3.1% unlock rate1 related pages
Handyman
Defeat the final boss with your bare hands.
Hint: Attempt after a normal clear; learn the fight before the fists-only challenge run.
0.9% unlock rate3 related pages
Achievement category
Creature Collection
Normal creatures, optional mini-bosses and every rare Drip entry.
Drip
Kill a drip creature.
Hint: Watch for a rainbow-name variant, kill it, then confirm the Drip entry with Tab.
97.7% unlock rate1 related pages
Competitive eating
Eat a mini-boss.
Hint: Preserve an optional early mini-boss and consume it.
14.5% unlock rate1 related pages
Collector
Find and kill all the creatures.
Hint: Use the Tab encyclopedia and include optional boss-lure encounters.
8.0% unlock rate5 related pages
Fishipedia
Find and kill all drip creatures.
Hint: Use the separate Drip entries in the Tab encyclopedia as the checklist.
0.7% unlock rate1 related pages
Achievement category
Economy & Equipment
Attachments, cooking, roulette, legendary skins and a high-value sale.
Fully equipped
Apply all attachments to a single weapon.
Hint: Fill the magazine, laser, optic and muzzle slots on one weapon.
44.4% unlock rate1 related pages
Yummy in my tummy
Eat a burnt creature.
Hint: Leave a catch on the grill until black, then consume it.
37.0% unlock rate3 related pages
GOLD GOLD GOLD
Unlock a legendary skin from the slot machine.
Hint: Feed a Drip creature to the Reel of Fortune; the legendary result is random.
60.2% unlock rate1 related pages
All in
Bet on green and win at roulette.
Hint: Green is one pocket in 37; use only an item you can afford to lose.
20.8% unlock rate1 related pages
Rich! Millionaire
Sell something worth 100,000 or more.
Hint: Stack Killscore and 1.5x cooking on a high-value item, then use roulette green to reach the threshold.
6.7% unlock rate1 related pages
Achievement category
Physics & Miscellaneous
Seagull interactions and the explosive boat-launch challenge.
Let me go
Get picked up by a seagull.
Hint: Stay exposed near a hostile seagull and allow the interaction.
76.8% unlock rate1 related pages
I'm the bird now
Make the boat fly.
Hint: Use dynamite and the game's physics to launch the boat.
14.3% unlock rate1 related pages
Combat value data
All Killscore Bonuses
Bonuses multiply together. The Impressive bonus itself is 2× after five other bonuses; the Steam achievement separately asks for a 5× final Killscore.Melee
Use a melee attack for the killing blow.
Defeat a target with a melee attack.- Attack
- melee
- Targets
- creature / player
Explosion
Use explosion damage for the killing blow.
Defeat a target with an explosion.- Attack
- explosion
- Targets
- creature
360
Complete at least 320 degrees of rotation without pausing the turn for more than 0.5 seconds, then score the kill within 1 second.
Score a kill after a completed spin.- Attack
- melee / ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
No Scope
Do not aim for at least 0.25 seconds before the killing shot.
Score a ranged kill without aiming.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Quick Scope
Score the kill within 0.5 seconds after you start aiming.
Score a ranged kill shortly after aiming.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Longshot
Score the kill from at least 25 distance units away.
Score a distant ranged kill.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Headshot
Land the killing shot above the creature's head-position line.
Score a ranged kill with a hit above the creature's head position.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature
Dogfight
Both you and the target must be airborne when the kill lands.
Defeat a flying target while airborne.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Aerial
You must be airborne while the target stays on the ground.
Defeat a target while airborne.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Fly Fishing
Kill an airborne target while you remain on the ground.
Defeat a flying target from the ground.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Noob Kill
Finish the target without earning another Killscore bonus on that kill.
Earn this when no earlier bonus has been added for the kill.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
One Shot One Kill
Take a full-health creature to zero with one damaging hit.
Defeat a full-health creature with one damaging hit.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature
Multikill
Chain at least two kills with no more than 3 seconds between them; the multiplier reaches its cap at 11 kills.
Chain kills within the multikill time window.- Attack
- melee / ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Finally
Score a kill after firing more than five shots without one.
Score a kill after many shots without one.- Attack
- melee / ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Endangered
Defeat a creature marked as endangered.
Defeat an endangered target.- Attack
- melee / ranged
- Targets
- creature
Killsteal
Land the finishing blow at 30% health or lower without having hit the creature earlier in the fight.
Finish a target without having landed a local hit while it was above 30% health.- Attack
- melee / ranged
- Targets
- creature
Point Blank
Score a ranged kill from less than 2 distance units away.
Score a very close ranged kill.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Overkill
Finish a non-boss target with enough excess damage to push its remaining health below -70.
Deal far more damage than needed to a non-boss target.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Last Bullet
Score the kill with the shot that empties your held weapon.
Score a kill after the shot empties the held weapon.- Attack
- ranged
- Targets
- creature / player
Impressive
Earn at least five other Killscore bonuses on the same kill.
Combine at least five other bonuses.- Attack
- melee / ranged
- Targets
- creature / player