Overview
This guide includes a description and pictures of how to achieve every achievement in A Short Hike as well as all fish and feather locations.
Story-Related Achievements
Reach the Peak of Hawk Peak Mountain. In order to do so, the game recommends you have at least 7 golden feathers before trying to reach the top. Each one of them will increase your stamina. The cold will freeze your feathers so use your stamina wisely as you climb.
Once you’ve reached Hawk Peak, go back to your aunt’s cabin and interact with it. Claire will be given the possibility to take a nap. By accepting, you will trigger the end of the game and unlock this achievement. You will be able to keep on playing after the end credits.
Events-Related Achievements
Successfully hit the ball 30 times in a row while playing Beachstickball.
Beachstickball is a mini-game that you’ll be able to discover just next to the graveyard, on the beach. You’ll be invited to play and send the ball back for as long as you can.
- If you hit the ball 10 times in a row, you will get a golden feather.
- If you hit the ball 20 times in a row, you will get some coins.
- If you hit the ball 30 times in a row, you will get a baseball cap and you will unlock the achievement.
Beat Avery at least once at all 3 races
In order to get the Parkour Master Achievement you have to beat Avery at least once on each race track. There are 3 race tracks, you can beat her by taking short cuts – Avery usually sticks to the path. When you beat her at all 3 races, Avery gives you a metal.
Parkour Master Guide
Meet Avery somewhere near the marathon track, she will ask you to do a parkour race.
You start at a spot near a cliff (near the light tower, which is above aunt May’s house) and run to the light tower. If you beat her once she gives you a walkie-talkie. You can use this to restart the race, give up while racing, or to check on her location.
You can only use 3 feathers for this race.
You start near the cemetery (near the orange islands and the spot where the kids play beach stick ball) and race to the top of the abandoned house.
You can only use 5 feathers for this race.
You can meet Avery near the Visitors Center. This is the last and hardest race Avery challenges you to. Make sure you do not waste your stamina once you start climbing the mountain because there are limited hot springs around to warm you up. Your stamina regenerates pretty fast once you step into a hot spring so I recommend running through them instead of stopping.
You can only use 9 feathers for this race.
At the end of the race Avery will hand you a medal and the achievement Parkour Master will unlock
Collection-Related Achievements
There are 20 Golden Feathers in total, but you only need to find 10 of them to unlock this achievement. See All Feather Locations for help locating them.
To unlock this achievement you must find all 20 Golden Feathers and 2 Silver Feathers. See All Feather Locations for help locating them.
There are 22 species of fish in total but you only need to find the 15 specified in The Fishermans Journal.
To begin fishing, first head for Meteor Lake and speak with the fisherman there. He will give you a Fishing Rod. Equip the Fishing Rod and ready it with the Use Item button. Press the Use Item button to cast a lure onto any body of water.
Wait until the lure goes under the surface of the water (you should see some ripples surrounding the lure first), then pull back in the opposite direction of the lure while holding the Use Item button to reel in the fish.
You can speed up the time needed to attract fish to a lure by equipping Bait from your Inventory. You’ll get your first set of bait from an NPC southwest of Meteor Lake, who requests that you retrieve his missing camping permit from a fish that apparently swallowed it.
In order to Catch the Actually Rainbow Trout you will need to speak to this NPC first, but it is not required to complete the achievement.
He’ll offer you Coins for each fish you trade in to him, but only for the first time. The Duck captain will offer also offer a handsome Coin reward for Albino variants of fish, but again only for the first one of each kind.
For all subsequent trades of any particular fish (after the first), the Duck captain will instead reward you with Bait.
Trading all 15 kinds of fish to the Duck captain will reward you with the Golden Rod, which greatly increases your chance of catching rare variants of all fish!
Trading all 15 kinds of fish to the Duck captain will also unlock The Fish Are Biting Today Achievement!
All Fish Locations
Brook Trout
Note: Often seen in deep blue or cold waters.
Albino Brook Trout
Note: Often seen in deep blue or cold waters.
Rainbow Trout
Note: Usually found in deep blue waters.
Actually Rainbow Trout
Note: Usually found in deep blue waters.
White Bass
Note: I came down with a cold the last time I went looking for them.
Pink White Bass
Note: I came down with a cold the last time I went looking for them.
Common Carp
Note: They prefer calm rivers or deep blue reefs.
Spotted Brook Trout
Note: I usually see ’em in the shady blue waters, but they’re not hard to find.
Albino Common Carp
Note: They prefer calm rivers or deep blue reefs.
Albino Spotted Brook Trout
Note: I usually see ’em in the shady blue waters, but they’re not hard to find.
Northern Pike
Note: Bill is always catching these. He knows a good spot for them.
Albino Northern Pike
Note: Bill is always catching these. He knows a good spot for them.
Crayfish
Note: These little guys live in little waters.
Albino Crayfish
Note: These little guys live in little waters.
Burbot
Note: They never settle down and prefer to live within the rushing rapids.
Pumpkinseed Fish
Note: I’ve only seen them in that little pond with the lilies.
Catfish
Note: Only live in moving waters.
Yellow Perch
Note: Usually seen in weedy waters in Meteor Lake.
Albino Yellow Perch
Note: Usually seen in weedy waters in Meteor Lake.
Bluegill
Note: I almost caught one of these in the little bay on the south end of the island.
Salmon
Note: I’ve only seen them near the bottom of river waterfalls.
White Perch
Note: Known to prefer calm river waters.
All Golden Feather Locations
There are a total of twenty Golden Feathers scattered around the map of A Short Hike. Though finding them is easy at first, finding the last few can be a bit of a struggle. Below I list all Golden Feather locations.
NOTE: All cardinal directions are given based off the map and the in-game compass which can be obtained by the wolf on the south end of the map.
Goat ranger at Visitor Center
The goat ranger at the Visitor Center sells two gold feathers for 40 coins each.
Mound northwest of Visitor Center
There’s a mound northwest of the visitor center. To get up there easily you need one feather but there are ways to reach it with no feathers.
Stone tower
In practically the middle of the western portion of the map, near Royal Ridge, is a stone tower. On top of the tower is a chest holding a golden feather.
Beachstickball
On the northwestern-most part of the island there is a court where you can play a young bird in a game of beachstickball. Although the game has multiple rewards, the first, awarded after you and your partner hit the ball 10 times, is a gold feather.
Ledge above graveyard
By far one of the more difficult feathers to find unless you’ve soared around the island a few times. On a cliff above the graveyard is a chest and in that chest is a feather. The graveyard is on the northwestern-most part of the island near the Beachstickball court. To find where to climb the wall, look for Avery or the tree with the ribbon tied around it. The chest is directly up from there.
Cliff north of Meteor Lake
North of the lake, way up on the cliff side is a small outcrop where you can find a feather freely floating. There’s a flower on the way there to make things a bit easier.
In Her Shadow
In Her Shadow is the only treasure map quest that results in a golden feather (though the others give a bunch of money). You don’t need the treasure map, but if you want it it can be found at the boat on the east side of the island.
If you have the shovel and don’t care for riddle solving, the chest can be dug up north of the lighthouse at the end of its shadow.
On top of lighthouse
On top of the lighthouse there’s a balcony with a chest on it. Inside is a feather.
Hidden in Forest
There’s a dense forest southwest of the lighthouse. Within you will find a gold feather on top of a rock.
Cliff below Outlook Point
On a cliff west-southwest of Outlook Point nestled on an outcrop above the trail.
Outlook Point
At Outlook Point, near the scenic platform is a chest with a gold feather.
Tough Bird
There’s a large cliff face preventing the player from ascending higher up the mountain (at least without feathers or the bucket). At it’s base it a tough bird reselling four gold feathers bought from the Visitor Center for 100 coins each. Right by them is a gold feather sitting on top of a rock.
Seashell Necklace
Walking around the south beach of the map you can meet a young bird who demands you get her 15 seashells.
Scattered around the island are pink, sparkly objects which are the shells needed for the quest. They are mostly found on beaches, sandy areas, or near rivers. When you return the shells to the bird she makes a shell necklace and tasks you to give it to Ranger May who is outside of the cabin you start in.
As a sort of reward (though it’s framed as a coincidence), May gives you a gold feather.
Frog Building Sand Castles
At a small bay on the south side of the island is a frog building sand castles. He’s the one who gives you a shovel in exchange for a toy shovel. There are numerous toy shovels scattered over the island. Once you exchange the toy shovel for a real shovel, the frog will start building more sandcastles. In order for “time to pass” allowing him to build more, you have to leave the area and come back.
Wandering Artist
The wandering artist is a raccoon that can be first encountered in the southwestern-most portion of the map. When you speak with him, he finishes by saying he’ll move somewhere else to paint though it can be a bit cryptic. After speaking to him at each location, he’ll eventually give you a golden feather.
Location #1 (Southwestern Peninsula)
Down to the southwestern-most portion of the island is the first place you find the artist. You’ll know you’re around the right area if you see a brown dog running around. Speaking to him and leaving the area will move him to the next location.
Location #2 (Lighthouse)
The Lighthouse is pretty hard to miss and the artist is just west of it. If you’re having trouble, the lighthouse is also directly above Aunt May’s cabin.
Location #3 (River’s Source)
One of the more obscure locations, but there are only a few rivers so shouldn’t be too hard to locate it. If you know where the tough bird that is selling feathers and complaining about tuition is, walking off to the left of him will lead you to the raccoon.
Location #4 (Graveyard)
On a non-descript cliff overlooking the graveyard. If it’s raining you’re in the right area.
Location #5 (Outlook Point)
Outlook Point is just below where the climb up the mountain gets cold enough to freeze your feathers. The artist will be right by the lookout telescope.
Location #6 (Visitor’s Center)
Silver Feathers
Mysterious Island
There is a silver feather located on a mystery island just off the main island. To find it, you talk to the crocodile walking around Sid’s Beach on the south end of the map.
They point you toward Outlook Point where you can peer through a set of binoculars. Moving the view to the right, you can see an island off in the haze.
The island also has a tall peak and once you go there and climb to the very top, you’ll find a silver feather.
A Goat’s Watch and Tough Bird’s Tuition
The quest can be a bit sneaky if you don’t pay attention to dialog. In the center portion of the southern part of the map is a camper site where you can meet a goat. The goat tells you their painful story of how their watch has gone missing and they hope someone “doesn’t sell it on the Internet.”
If you talk to the tough bird selling feathers, you’ll find that he’s selling them to pay off his tuition which, even after you buy his feathers, will cost 400 coins.
There’s many ways to earn coins around the mountain. You can dig up treasure, find chests, or sell fish. Once you get enough coins you can return to him and give him the money to pay off his tuition.
As a reward, he gives you a watch he was going to sell on the Internet.
Watch in hand, you can return to the goat who gives you a silver feather in exchange.
