
DAVE THE DIVER — Achievement Walkthrough
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At Duff's (the weapon/gear shop) or the workshop, upgrade any piece of equipment once. Unmissable in the first hour.
Follow the story prompt that introduces ranged weapons underwater. Story-driven and unmissable.
An early story beat — repair and reopen Bancho Sushi with Cobra. Happens automatically as you progress the opening.
Cooksta is the restaurant-rating app. Serve customers and grow your follower count to hit Bronze — the first tier, reached just by running the restaurant a few nights.
When your health hits zero on a dive, mash the prompt / use a recovery to come back. Happens naturally the first time a dive goes badly.
In the menu screen, spend ingredients to upgrade (enhance) a dish's quality. Do it on 5 dishes total — they sell for more, so you'll want to anyway.
Sharks appear in the Blue Hole. Weaken one with your harpoon/weapons and finish it off. Sleeping/reef sharks are the easiest first catch.
New dishes unlock as you catch new ingredients and Bancho develops recipes. Just keep cooking and serving; 5 comes quickly.
A side request involving a friendly dolphin you meet on dives. Follow its quest prompt to completion.
Story progression unlocks deeper zones of the Blue Hole. Keep advancing the main story and you'll descend into the Deep Sea.
Every fish, material and crate you grab on dives counts. 100 accrues naturally over a few diving sessions.
Equip a melee weapon (knife, hammer, etc.) and harpoon small fish with it 20 times. Easy on weak reef fish.
A cumulative total across all your dives. You'll pass 300 just from supplying the restaurant each night.
In the restaurant's interior/decoration menu, purchase any decor item once.
Story progression reveals the Sea People village deep in the Blue Hole. Advance the main story to reach it.
Part of the mid-late story expansion into the icy zone. Keep following the main quest to unlock the Glacial Passage.
Craft/obtain the Sniper Rifle (a ranged weapon), equip it, and tag 10 fish with it. Great for distant or large targets.
Photo Spots are camera icons on dives (often tied to Duff or sea-creature requests). Use the camera at 10 of them.
At Duff's weapon shop, upgrade (enhance) a firearm three times. Pour materials into your main gun as you progress.
Keep growing your Cooksta followers by serving high-quality menus, decorating, and hitting nightly goals. Platinum is the tier above Gold.
Mima's is one of the branch/partner restaurants. Progress her associated questline to open it.
Hidden achievement — we haven't confirmed the exact trigger, so check a community guide rather than relying on a guess.
The icy biome unlocks through the main story. Keep advancing and you'll reach the cold Glacial Area.
Duwa's workshop opens as you progress the related storyline — keep advancing and it becomes available as a crafting/upgrade hub.
Complete Gumo's questline in the Sea People village to open the seaweed farm side-business.
Progress Momo's character storyline through its associated events until the 'secret' reveal. It unlocks as part of her questline as you advance the game.
Finish the main story. The credits roll after the final story arc — keep pushing the main quest to the end.
Keep catching new ingredients and developing recipes with Bancho. 30 dishes researched takes a good chunk of the game — variety is key, so catch every new fish.
Once your main restaurant is thriving, the story lets you open a branch location. Progress the restaurant/Cooksta storyline to unlock it.
The rice field expands as you invest resources into it. Keep upgrading until every plot is unlocked at maximum size.
Hidden achievement whose exact requirement we haven't confirmed. A community guide will have the reliable method.
The vegetable farm expands as you invest in upgrades. Keep upgrading the garden until it's fully expanded.
An upgrade for the vegetable garden that auto-waters crops. Unlock and install sprinklers via the farm upgrade menu.
Blueprints come from boss drops, sea-creature requests, deep-sea finds and shops. Tracking down every one is a full-game hunt — use a blueprint checklist to find the ones you're missing.
The top Cooksta tier. Needs a large follower count: serve top-tier menus, fully decorate, hire and train staff, and consistently hit nightly targets over many in-game days.
Hidden achievement with an unconfirmed trigger. Rather than risk a wrong step, check a community guide for the exact requirement.
Employees don't level up just by working shifts — you train them by spending money on their training. Keep your restaurant profitable and reinvest into ONE employee's training repeatedly until they hit level 20. It's a money-gated grind, so concentrate on a single employee rather than spreading training across your whole staff.
Murals are photo collectibles hidden around the under-sea village and surrounding areas. Use a mural-location guide and your camera to photograph every one.
There's a cat near the restaurant you can feed. Do it 20 times (typically once per day), so it accrues over many in-game days — make it a daily habit.
Sell scrap/materials to Duwa's workshop 200 times (cumulative). Offload junk materials there each time you surface and it adds up.
FishMon are special collectible creatures (a Pokédex-style side activity). Capture 5 of them — they appear in specific spots, so check the FishMon list for locations.
This is a hidden achievement and we haven't verified its exact trigger, so we won't guess at it. Check a community guide or the in-game hints for the reliable method.
GYAO!s are raised through the game's dedicated management system (handled via the in-game app, not the sea-people farms). Raise five of them — it runs in the background as you play. Check the in-game menu for the exact raising requirements.











