Achievements
This page contains a full list of all achievements, as well as a (small) gameplay guide for getting all achievements, alongside relevant links for individual achievements that are a bit more complicated to explain.
General Gameplay Achievements
Lifted From the Deep
Tangled in This Web
Catch 150 Fish using Trawl Nets
Trapped by These Walls
Catch 100 crabs in Crab Pots
Lives for Profit
Sell a total of $2500 worth of Fish
Cash for Gold
Sell a total of $1500 worth of Trinkets
Unwanted
Discard 25 fish.
Careless Harvesting
Deplete a total of 25 fishing spots.
Master Angler
Catch all known species of Fish.
Perfect Packing
Have a full cargo.
Feeling Prepared
Install equipment into every slot in your ship.
Aberration Attractor
Catch all Aberrations
Prey Sighted
Spot a fish of each category through your spyglass.
Mixed Results
Use Mixed Bait to attract 3 different species to a single spot.
Cruel Heat
Keep your Haste burn meter above 50% for 10 seconds.
Dimensional Bypass
Travel a long distance using Manifest.
Banisher
Banish 10 threats.
Unsustainable Fishing
Use Atrophy on a fishing spot a long way away.
This achievement refers to the distance from the Disturbed Water when the ability is used, not the distance from the center of the map.
A good way to complete this achievement is to sail to the border of the map, as to avoid other Disturbed Water. Use a bait to create an area of Disturbed water and travel a distance away. Approach in small movements, using the Atrophy ability until you enter the border of the range.
Safe Havens
Visit every dock in the game.
This includes Abandoned Campsites.
Servant of the Shrines
Solve all the fish shrine puzzles.
Fresh Fish
Have 5 ice blocks in your cargo.
From The Black Depths
Catch the Colossal Squid.
Polar Angler
Catch all known species of fish in The Pale Reach.
Cold Corruptions
Catch all aberrations in The Pale Reach.
Upgrade and Research Achievements
Researcher: Rods
Unlock all rods in the research menu.
Researcher: Nets
Unlock all nets in the research menu.
Researcher: Pots
Unlock all pots in the research menu.
Researcher: Engines
Unlock all engines in the research menu.
Hull: Improved
Upgrade to the 2nd tier hull.
Hull: Refined
Upgrade to the 3rd tier hull.
Hull: Advanced
Upgrade to the 4th tier hull.
Swift Reaper
Have a combined fishing speed of 200%.
No Time to Linger
Have a combined engine speed of 75kn.
Light up the Night
Have a combined light strength of 3000 lumens.
Storyline achievements
Introductions
Complete the introduction quest.
Completion of the tutorial finishes this achievement.
The Key
Deliver the Key.
The Key is obtained through the story within The Marrows. Return it to the Collector.
The Secret
Surrender the Music Box.
The Music Box is retrieved in the Gale Cliffs, upon completion of the main story section in that area, and is returned to the Collector.
The Bond
Entrust the Ring.
The Ring is obtained within the Stellar Basin, through dredging, and is returned to the Collector. Completion of the main story portion (with the Researcher in the Resort) makes this task safer.
The Chains
Relinquish the Necklace.
The Necklace is found in the Twisted Strand, given to you by the Airman upon completing the main story there. Return it to the Collector.
The Moment
Give up the Pocket Watch.
The Pocket Watch is received within Devil's Spine, given to you by the Fanatic. Return it to the Collector.
Unshackled
Find a use for the relics.
In order to obtain this achievement, players should simply trigger the simple ending of the game, via following what the Collector says simply.
Sated
Throw it back.
Players can obtain this achievement by returning to the Lighthouse Keeper after meeting the Old Mayor. Return back to the Collector, players can then go through a tree of dialogue to reveal the Collectors true identity and take the book from them. After receiving the book, players can head back to the Lighthouse Keeper and trigger the "good" ending of the game.
Storyline achievements (The Pale Reach DLC)
Feeding Time
Feed the Narwhal.
Icebreaker
Equip the Icebreaker.
Under The Ice
Finish the main quest in The Pale Reach.
Miscellaneous Achievements
From the Fog
Hear a foghorn echo.
From the Depths
Obtain all other achievements.
Frozen Favors
Finish all side quests in The Pale Reach.