achievement reference · checked 2026-08-26
How to Fish Achievements: Official Requirements
Steam lists 28 achievements. Use the official requirement text as the stable reference, then check patch notes before following a route for progression, speedrun or boss achievements.
Progression and collection goals
The official list includes first-kill, engine upgrade, quest, boss, collection, trick-shot, gambling, speed and final-boss goals. Completion percentages change continuously and should be read on Steam rather than copied as permanent values.
Collector requires finding and killing all creatures, while Fishipedia requires all drip creatures. Those official requirements do not provide a verified location table, so this launch page does not invent one.
Routes can break after updates
Patch 1.0.5 closed travel to islands that had not been unlocked, affecting early speed routes. Patch 1.0.4 also fixed the bare-hands final-boss achievement for all players.
Use the updates page before attempting Bean, Handyman or another low-completion objective. A guide recorded before the current patch may describe an unavailable shortcut.
Sources
- How to Fish global achievements
Official list of 28 achievement names and requirements; completion rates are time-sensitive; checked 2026-08-26.
- How to Fish official Steam news
Official patch history through 1.0.9, including difficulty settings, save fixes, lobby expansion and balance changes; checked 2026-08-26.