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All 28 Steam Achievements: Conditions & 100% Route

Steam lists 28 achievements for How to Fish. Finish the main story first, then do collection, casino, trick-shot, cooking and challenge cleanup. Bean and some speedrun routes are patch-sensitive.

Boss fight scene
Most high-difficulty achievements sit on boss fights β€” learn each island's boss first.
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TL;DR: 28 achievements total. Clear the story, then clean up in five passes: gear → collection → money/casino → hard challenges. Bean, Fishipedia and Handyman are the riskiest β€” use a separate save.

1. All 28 achievements

Difficulty: Low freebie Β· Med needs planning Β· High dedicated prep Β· Very high separate save.

Getting started Low

Kill your first creature.

Drip Low

Kill a Drip creature.

Who stole my beer Low

Finish the early Lighthouse culprit step.

Getting an upgrade Low

Upgrade the boat engine.

Noob Low

Get a kill with no kill-score multiplier.

Dinnertime Low

Complete the Forest food objective.

Let me go Low

Get picked up by a seagull (event).

Grillmaster Low

Start the grill.

Vacation Low

Help the Tourist on Desert Island.

Impressive Med

Earn a 5x kill-score multiplier.

GOLD GOLD GOLD Med

Unlock a legendary skin from the slot machine.

360 no scope Med

Kill a creature with a 360 no-scope.

I am speed Med

Buy the best engine.

Fully equipped Med

Apply all attachments to one weapon.

Terrorizing bird Med

Defend islanders from the Albatross route threat.

Yummy in my tummy Med

Eat a burnt creature.

Deadliest catch Med

Help the military defeat the located big creature.

We are so back Med

Finish the game.

All in High

Bet on green and win at roulette.

Easy High

Kill a boss within 10 seconds.

I'm the bird now High

Make the boat fly (physics easter egg).

Competitive eating High

Eat a mini-boss.

Rich! Millionaire High

Sell something worth 100,000 or more.

Collector High

Find and kill all normal creatures.

Everyone's dream High

Kill a seagull with dynamite.

Handyman Very high

Defeat the final boss with bare hands.

Fishipedia Very high

Find and kill all Drip creatures.

Bean Very high

Finish the game within 1 hour.

2. 100% route in five passes

  1. Story clear: Lighthouse through Volcano bosses, island unlocks, required hand-ins.
  2. Gear & engine: Getting an upgrade, I am speed, Fully equipped, reliable boss damage.
  3. Collection: Collector, Drip/Fishipedia cleanup, minibosses, missing lure pools.
  4. Money & casino: Rich! Millionaire, All in, GOLD GOLD GOLD β€” isolate after progression is stable.
  5. Skill / challenge: 360 no scope, Easy, Handyman, Everyone's dream, Bean β€” separate saves.

3. Hard-achievement prep

  • Bean: practice a full route without collection distractions; separate save.
  • Fishipedia: finish normal collection, then track Drip variants separately.
  • Handyman: know the final boss behavior before restricting yourself.
  • Rich! Millionaire: stabilize late-game value generation and storage first.
  • All in: treat roulette as cleanup gambling, not route progress.

4. FAQ

How many achievements? Steam lists 28.
Hardest? Bean, Fishipedia, Handyman β€” speed, rare variants, or challenge restrictions.
Collector vs Fishipedia? Collector is normal creatures; Fishipedia needs Drip variants (late grind).
Is Bean stable? Some old skips may break after progression fixes; use a separate save.

The pit isn't "how to fight" but "order". Story → gear → collection → money/casino → hard challenges. Don't turn a first clear into an unfocused 100% attempt.

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For boss specifics see the boss guide; for collection the fishipedia; for money the money & gear guide.