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Baba Is You โ€” Achievement Walkthrough

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At a glance
Difficulty8/10
MissableNone
Permadeath runNo
Difficulty-specificNo
GrindNo
NG+ requiredNo
Online requiredNo
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Water Is Sinkโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the lake. ยท 53.3% of players
~1-2 hours
Complete The Lake area.

First area after the tutorial overworld. Solve all Lake puzzles. Key trick: redefine 'WATER IS SINK' to 'WATER IS PUSH' so you can shove water around.

Cog Is Pushโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the solitary isle. ยท 26.6% of players
~2-4 hours
Complete The Solitary Isle area.

Isolated island area introduces COG machinery. Rules around rotation + push direction get layered. Some of the trickiest mid-game puzzles.

Box Has Keyโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the ruins. ยท 20.2% of players
~1-2 hours
Complete The Ruins area.

Ruins puzzles teach KEY interactions. Many solutions require breaking the KEY IS rule and making BOX become the key, or vice versa.

Leaf Is Moveโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the forest of fall. ยท 13.8% of players
~2-3 hours
Complete The Forest of Fall area.

Autumn-themed area. Falling LEAVES interact with new MOVE mechanic. Combo with WIND and shift mechanics from earlier areas.

Tree Is Shiftโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the forest. ยท 9.5% of players
~1-2 hours
Complete The Forest area.

Forest introduces SHIFT โ€” objects move on conveyor-like terrain. Manipulate TREE IS SHIFT to redirect movement. Multi-step rule chains.

Baba Is Endโœ“ Unlocked
Beat the game. ยท 8.4% of players
~Story
Beat the main game by reaching the END.

Story-locked. After unlocking enough world-map progress, reach the final central area. Solve the ending puzzle.

Rocket Is Dustโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the space area. ยท 7.1% of players
~3-5 hours
Complete The Space area.

Space puzzles. Rockets, planets, vacuum mechanics. Combine multiple ruleset shifts. Late-game complexity.

Baba Is Moreโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the abstract area. ยท 5.8% of players
~3-5 hours
Complete The Abstract area.

Most experimental area. Rules become recursive and self-referential. Solving requires changing BABA's identity entirely.

Hedge Is Stopโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the garden. ยท 5.7% of players
~3-5 hours
Complete The Garden area.

Hedge-maze puzzles. STOP rules create barriers that must be deconstructed. Path-finding through layered rule changes.

Orb Is Bonusโœ“ Unlocked
Hidden achievement5.7% of players
~Cumulative
Find hidden Orbs scattered through main areas โ€” bonus collectibles.

Orbs are bonus collectibles in select levels. Reach them via creative rule manipulation. Wiki has the orb locations + solution hints.

Lava Is Hotโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the cavern. ยท 5.2% of players
~2-3 hours
Complete The Cavern area.

Lava-themed puzzles. HOT + MELT interactions kill BABA. Often you'll need to break IS HOT and replace with a safer property.

Bird Is Floatโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the mountain. ยท 5.0% of players
~3-4 hours
Complete The Mountain area.

Mountain peak area. FLOAT + GROUND interactions create vertical puzzle layers. Manipulate gravity rules to climb.

B A B Aโœ“ Unlocked
Hidden achievement4.2% of players
~Hidden collection
Hidden โ€” collect Baba letters across multiple worlds.

Some levels have hidden 'B', 'A', 'B', 'A' letter objects. Find and reach them by manipulating rules. Spells BABA when collected in sequence.

Baba Is Allโœ“ Unlocked
Complete the world map. ยท 4.2% of players
~30-60 hours
Complete the entire world map (every main-area puzzle).

Every standard-area level completed. Bonus levels not required for this. Final pre-secret achievement.

The Endโœ“ Unlocked
Hidden achievement3.2% of players
~Post-game
Hidden โ€” reach the post-credits secret content.

After beating BABA_END, additional secret content unlocks. Achievement on first secret-content interaction.

Not Babaโœ“ Unlocked
Hidden achievement3.0% of players
~Late game
Hidden โ€” solve a puzzle by becoming something other than Baba.

Change YOU IS BABA to YOU IS [other object]. Play the level as that object. Specific level rewards this transformation with the achievement.

Baba Is Babaโœ“ Unlocked
Hidden achievement2.9% of players
~Late game
Hidden โ€” solve the meta self-referential puzzle.

A specific puzzle requires BABA to BE BABA โ€” sounds tautological but the rules around object-identity get warped earlier. Restore the canonical rule for the achievement.

Whatโœ“ Unlocked
Hidden achievement2.8% of players
~Mastery
Hidden โ€” discover the deepest secret area.

Deepest secret content in Baba Is You. Requires bizarre rule-manipulation knowledge. Top-tier puzzle-solver tier achievement.

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