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DAVE THE DIVER — Achievement Walkthrough

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At a glance
Difficulty4/10
MissableNone
Permadeath runNo
Difficulty-specificNo
GrindNo
NG+ requiredNo
Online requiredNo
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Better Equipment
Made first equipment upgrade. · 87.5% of players
~Early
Make your first equipment upgrade.

At Duff's (the weapon/gear shop) or the workshop, upgrade any piece of equipment once. Unmissable in the first hour.

Undersea Gunslinger
Completed the gun tutorial. · 87.3% of players
~Early
Complete the gun tutorial.

Follow the story prompt that introduces ranged weapons underwater. Story-driven and unmissable.

Bancho Sushi is Back!
Fixed the Sushi Restaurant. · 85.8% of players
~Early
Fix the sushi restaurant.

An early story beat — repair and reopen Bancho Sushi with Cobra. Happens automatically as you progress the opening.

Influencer
Reached Bronze Level in Cooksta. · 80.5% of players
~Early
Reach Bronze rank in Cooksta.

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.

Saved Dave!
First time bringing Dave back from the brink of death. · 79.8% of players
~Early
Revive Dave from the brink of death for the first time.

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.

Culinary Master
Enhanced 5 dishes at Bancho Sushi. · 79.4% of players
~Early-mid
Enhance 5 dishes.

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.

Angry Shark!
Caught first shark. · 78.8% of players
~Early-mid
Catch your first shark.

Sharks appear in the Blue Hole. Weaken one with your harpoon/weapons and finish it off. Sleeping/reef sharks are the easiest first catch.

Culinary Researcher
Researched 5 new dishes at Bancho Sushi. · 76.0% of players
~Early-mid
Research 5 new dishes.

New dishes unlock as you catch new ingredients and Bancho develops recipes. Just keep cooking and serving; 5 comes quickly.

New Undersea Friend
Completed the Dolphin's request. · 69.0% of players
~Mid
Complete the Dolphin's request.

A side request involving a friendly dolphin you meet on dives. Follow its quest prompt to completion.

Deep-sea Diver
Entered the Deep Sea for the first time. · 67.1% of players
~Mid
Enter the Deep Sea for the first time.

Story progression unlocks deeper zones of the Blue Hole. Keep advancing the main story and you'll descend into the Deep Sea.

Scrap Metal Collector
Picked up 100 items at the Blue Hole. · 65.4% of players
~Mid
Pick up 100 items.

Every fish, material and crate you grab on dives counts. 100 accrues naturally over a few diving sessions.

Mister Melee
Caught 20 fish with melee weapons. · 64.7% of players
~Mid
Catch 20 fish with melee weapons.

Equip a melee weapon (knife, hammer, etc.) and harpoon small fish with it 20 times. Easy on weak reef fish.

Predator of the Blue Hole
Caught 300 fish at the Blue Hole. · 58.8% of players
~Mid-late
Catch 300 fish.

A cumulative total across all your dives. You'll pass 300 just from supplying the restaurant each night.

Shop's Lookin' Good!
Bought First Interior Item. · 57.7% of players
~Early-mid
Buy your first interior item.

In the restaurant's interior/decoration menu, purchase any decor item once.

Undersea Civilization!
Discovered the under-sea village. · 54.8% of players
~Mid
Discover the under-sea village.

Story progression reveals the Sea People village deep in the Blue Hole. Advance the main story to reach it.

A Dark and Cold Place
Discovered the Glacial Passage. · 41.5% of players
~Late
Discover the Glacial Passage.

Part of the mid-late story expansion into the icy zone. Keep following the main quest to unlock the Glacial Passage.

Dave the Sniper
Caught 10 fish with a Sniper Rifle. · 40.3% of players
~Mid
Catch 10 fish with a Sniper Rifle.

Craft/obtain the Sniper Rifle (a ranged weapon), equip it, and tag 10 fish with it. Great for distant or large targets.

Photographer
Took 10 photos at Photo Spots in the Blue Hole. · 38.6% of players
~Mid
Take 10 photos at Photo Spots.

Photo Spots are camera icons on dives (often tied to Duff or sea-creature requests). Use the camera at 10 of them.

Arms Craftsman
Enhanced gun 3 times. · 38.0% of players
~Mid
Enhance a gun 3 times.

At Duff's weapon shop, upgrade (enhance) a firearm three times. Pour materials into your main gun as you progress.

A Bancho Sushi Regular
Achieved Platinum rank in Cooksta. · 37.4% of players
~Mid-late
Reach Platinum rank in Cooksta.

Keep growing your Cooksta followers by serving high-quality menus, decorating, and hitting nightly goals. Platinum is the tier above Gold.

Dumplings in the Water
Mima's restaurant opened. · 36.9% of players
~Mid-late
Open Mima's restaurant.

Mima's is one of the branch/partner restaurants. Progress her associated questline to open it.

Ration Eater
Hidden achievement35.0% of players
~Cumulative
Hidden achievement — trigger not verified here.

Hidden achievement — we haven't confirmed the exact trigger, so check a community guide rather than relying on a guess.

Achoo!
Entered the Glacial Area for the first time. · 34.5% of players
~Late
Enter the Glacial Area for the first time.

The icy biome unlocks through the main story. Keep advancing and you'll reach the cold Glacial Area.

Feeble Blacksmith
Duwa's workshop opened. · 32.8% of players
~Mid
Open Duwa's workshop.

Duwa's workshop opens as you progress the related storyline — keep advancing and it becomes available as a crafting/upgrade hub.

The Seaweed is Growing!
Gumo's seaweed farm opened. · 32.6% of players
~Mid-late
Open Gumo's seaweed farm.

Complete Gumo's questline in the Sea People village to open the seaweed farm side-business.

Momo's Secret
Got to know Momo a little better. · 26.4% of players
~Late
Get to know Momo better.

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.

A Peaceful Blue Hole
Watched the ending credits. · 24.6% of players
~Story end
Watch the ending credits.

Finish the main story. The credits roll after the final story arc — keep pushing the main quest to the end.

Artisan's Flame
Researched 30 new dishes at Bancho Sushi. · 24.6% of players
~Mid-late
Research 30 new dishes.

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.

Manager
Bancho Sushi formed a branch restaurant. · 24.2% of players
~Late
Form a Bancho Sushi branch restaurant.

Once your main restaurant is thriving, the story lets you open a branch location. Progress the restaurant/Cooksta storyline to unlock it.

My Wonderful Rice Field!
Rice field expanded to maximum. · 22.6% of players
~Late
Expand the rice field to maximum.

The rice field expands as you invest resources into it. Keep upgrading until every plot is unlocked at maximum size.

Creature Hunter
Hidden achievement20.0% of players
~Endgame
Hidden achievement — trigger not verified here.

Hidden achievement whose exact requirement we haven't confirmed. A community guide will have the reliable method.

My Wonderful Field!
Vegetable farm expanded to maximum. · 18.7% of players
~Late
Expand the vegetable farm to maximum.

The vegetable farm expands as you invest in upgrades. Keep upgrading the garden until it's fully expanded.

Professional Farmer
Installed sprinklers in the garden. · 17.4% of players
~Late
Install sprinklers in the garden.

An upgrade for the vegetable garden that auto-waters crops. Unlock and install sprinklers via the farm upgrade menu.

Weapon Collector
Collected all the blueprints. · 14.0% of players
~Endgame
Collect all weapon blueprints.

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.

Cooksta Influencer
Achieved Diamond rank in Cooksta. · 13.3% of players
~Endgame
Reach Diamond rank in Cooksta.

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.

God of Lightning
Hidden achievement9.8% of players
~Endgame
Hidden achievement — trigger not verified here.

Hidden achievement with an unconfirmed trigger. Rather than risk a wrong step, check a community guide for the exact requirement.

Leadership
Trained an employee to level 20. · 9.5% of players
~Endgame
Train an employee to level 20.

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.

Sea People Historian
Captured all of the Sea People murals. · 9.1% of players
~Endgame
Capture all of the Sea People murals.

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.

Catman
Fed cat 20 times. · 8.4% of players
~Cumulative
Feed the cat 20 times.

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.

Blacksmith Helper
Sold 200 items at workshop. · 7.3% of players
~Late
Sell 200 items at the workshop.

Sell scrap/materials to Duwa's workshop 200 times (cumulative). Offload junk materials there each time you surface and it adds up.

Strange Fish
Captured 5 FishMon. · 6.7% of players
~Mid-late
Capture 5 FishMon.

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.

Dev Killer
Hidden achievement4.2% of players
~Endgame
Hidden achievement — trigger not verified here.

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! Master
Raised 5 GYAO!s. · 3.5% of players
~Endgame
Raise 5 GYAO!s.

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.

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