All 28 How to Fish Achievements: Conditions and Player Percentages
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The game has exactly 28 achievements, and not one of them needs a second player. Below is the full table with the percentage of owners who have unlocked each. The data was read on 31 August 2026 from the Steam global stats page and cross-checked against Steam’s public API — the two channels disagreed by no more than 0.2 percentage points.
The full table
| Achievement | Condition | % of players |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | kill your first creature | 98.6 |
| Drip | kill a drip creature | 96.7 |
| Who stole my beer | boss 1: the spider crab at the lighthouse | 91.7 |
| Getting an upgrade | upgrade the boat engine | 86.5 |
| Noob | a kill with no killscore multiplier at all | 85.9 |
| Dinnertime | boss 2: the piranha for the woman in the forest | 83.1 |
| Let me go | let a seagull pick you up | 82.3 |
| Impressive | reach a 5x killscore multiplier | 81.0 |
| Grillmaster | light the grill | 80.3 |
| Vacation | boss 3: help the tourist | 70.9 |
| GOLD GOLD GOLD | a legendary skin from the slot machine | 67.6 |
| 360 no scope | a kill with a 360° turn | 63.3 |
| I am speed | buy the best boat engine | 62.3 |
| Fully equipped | all attachments on one weapon | 58.1 |
| Terrorizing bird | boss 4: the albatross on the rocks | 54.9 |
| Yummy in my tummy | eat a burnt creature | 47.8 |
| Deadliest catch | boss 5: the whale for the military | 41.4 |
| We are so back | finish the game | 40.1 |
| All in | win on green at the roulette | 38.0 |
| Easy | kill a boss in under 10 seconds | 32.5 |
| I’m the bird now | make the boat fly | 26.2 |
| Competitive eating | eat a mini-boss | 22.2 |
| Rich! Millionaire | sell something worth 100,000 or more | 17.2 |
| Collector | find and kill every creature | 16.2 |
| Everyone’s dream | kill a seagull with dynamite | 6.4 |
| Handyman | the final boss with bare hands | 3.4 |
| Fishipedia | find and kill every drip creature | 2.8 |
| Bean | finish the game within one hour | 2.5 |
What this table says about the game
The numbers are more interesting than the list of conditions.
98.6% killed their first creature — and only 40.1% finished the game. Nearly 60% of owners never reach the ending. That is a lot for a game a few hours long, and difficulty is not the reason: 54.9% reach the fourth boss and 41.4% the fifth.
41.4% killed the last boss; 40.1% finished the game. A 1.3 percentage point gap means the ending follows almost immediately from the fight — whoever beat the whale finished the game.
The biggest drop-off is between islands 3 and 4. «Vacation» (third boss) sits at 70.9%, «Terrorizing bird» (fourth) at 54.9%. That is the sharpest fall anywhere in the chain: 16 percentage points in a single step. That fight is broken down in the albatross guide.
The four rarest
Bean — 2.5%. Finish the game in under an hour. The hardest achievement in the game: it demands knowledge of the route, the baits and the exact sums needed on each island.
Fishipedia — 2.8%. Find and kill every drip variant. Each creature has a drip version at roughly a 10% chance, so this is pure grinding — details in the bait guide.
Handyman — 3.4%. Beat the final boss with bare hands. Patch 1.0.4 of 21 August 2026 fixed this achievement — before that it did not register.
Everyone’s dream — 6.4%. Kill a seagull with dynamite. Not hard, but unobvious: dynamite is bought late, and by then seagulls are an annoyance rather than a curiosity.
The easy ones people still miss
A few achievements sit at surprisingly low percentages for how simple they are:
- Yummy in my tummy (47.8%) — eat a burnt creature. Players deliberately avoid burning fish, because it lowers the price.
- Competitive eating (22.2%) — eat a mini-boss. The body normally goes to a vendor or an NPC rather than into your mouth.
- All in (38.0%) — win on green. Plenty of people place the bet, but green tables only exist on the last two islands.
A convenient order to clear them
- Play the game normally — that closes roughly 18 of the 28.
- Small things along the way: light the grill, get carried by a seagull, kill with no multipliers, eat a burnt creature.
- Money: the best engine and the 100,000 sale via the roulette.
- Collection: Collector and Fishipedia, after finishing, once you have the weapons and the baits.
- Bean — as its own run, once you know the game by heart.
Next
The boss chain in order is here. The multiplier system behind «Impressive» and «360 no scope» is killscore.
Frequently asked questions
How many achievements does How to Fish have?
Exactly 28. All of them can be earned solo — there are no separate co-op achievements.
Which achievement is the rarest?
«Bean» — finishing the game within an hour, held by 2.5% of players. Next rarest are «Fishipedia» (2.8%) and «Handyman» (3.4%).
How many players finish the game?
40.1%, per Steam global statistics read on 31 August 2026. Almost 60% of owners never reach the ending.
Can I get every achievement alone?
Yes. None of the 28 requires other players. Co-op makes the fights easier but is never a condition.
Why do percentages differ slightly between sources?
Steam exposes the statistics through two channels — the community page and the public API — and they refresh slightly out of step. The gap in our sample never exceeded 0.2 percentage points.