Achievements and completion route

Dave the Diver Trophy Guide: all 43 achievements explained

Steam and Epic call them achievements, while PlayStation uses trophy language. This guide lists all 43 base-game goals, flags the four hidden achievements, and gives you a safe route toward 100% without treating platform names as interchangeable.

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  • Base game43 goals
  • Hidden4 achievements
  • Main riskCheck missables
  • PlatformsSteam · Epic · PS
AI-assisted editorial illustration of Dave the Diver descending toward achievement symbols in the Blue Hole
AI-assisted editorial concept illustration, not a real game screenshot or official artwork.

Quick answer

Dave the Diver Trophy Guide: how many achievements?

The base game has 43 achievements on the official Steam and Epic lists. Four are hidden until you trigger them: Dev Killer, Ration Eater, God of Lightning, and Creature Hunter. On PlayStation, the same completion goal is described with trophy and Platinum terminology, but the platform lists can use different names or grouping, so check the trophy list for your copy.

For a clean 100% run, do not rush straight to the final boss. Keep exploring as new regions open, sell enough material at Duwa’s workshop, photograph every useful Photo Spot, capture FishMon, and finish the Sea People mural collection. The one achievement that deserves an early warning is Ration Eater: consume a ration during a dive before you forget about it.

The best way to use this page is to treat the table as a checklist, then open the related chapter, weapon, fish, staff, or dish guide when a condition needs more context. This is an independent fan guide; the official Steam and Epic pages are the authority for the current platform list.

Spoiler note The hidden-achievement names and several late-game conditions are revealed below. Stop before the table if you only want a spoiler-light route.

Complete checklist

All 43 Dave the Diver achievements

Official achievement names are kept in their platform form; the requirement notes are written as a practical completion checklist.
Platform note Steam and Epic show 43 base-game achievements. PlayStation uses trophy terminology and may localize names differently. The final four rows are the hidden achievements.
Type Achievement How to unlock
Story Undersea Gunslinger Complete the gun tutorial.
Upgrade Better Equipment Make your first equipment upgrade.
Story Bancho Sushi is Back! Fix the Sushi Restaurant.
Restaurant Influencer Reach Bronze Level in Cooksta.
Hunt Angry Shark! Catch your first shark.
Cooking Culinary Master Enhance five dishes.
Dive Saved Dave! Bring Dave back from the brink of death for the first time.
Cooking Culinary Researcher Research five new dishes.
Story New Undersea Friend Complete the Dolphin’s request.
Story Deep-sea Diver Enter the Deep Sea for the first time.
Collect Scrap Metal Collector Pick up 100 items.
Hunt Mister Melee Catch 20 fish with melee weapons.
Restaurant Shop’s Lookin’ Good! Buy your first interior item.
Story Undersea Civilization! Discover the under-sea village.
Hunt Predator of the Blue Hole Catch 300 fish.
Hunt Dave the Sniper Catch 10 fish with a Sniper Rifle.
Story A Dark and Cold Place Discover the Glacier Passage.
Upgrade Arms Craftsman Enhance a gun three times.
Story Dumplings in the Water Open Mima’s restaurant.
Collect Photographer Take 10 photos at Photo Spots.
Restaurant A Bancho Sushi Regular Achieve Platinum rank in Cooksta.
Story The Seaweed is Growing! Open Gumo’s seaweed farm.
Story Achoo! Enter the Glacier Passage for the first time.
Story Feeble Blacksmith Open Duwa’s workshop.
Story Momo’s Secret Get to know Momo a little better.
Cooking Artisan’s Flame Research 30 new dishes.
Farm My Wonderful Rice Field! Expand the rice field to maximum.
Restaurant Manager Form a branch restaurant for Bancho Sushi.
Story A Peaceful Blue Hole Watch the ending credits.
Farm Professional Farmer Install sprinklers in the garden.
Farm My Wonderful Field! Expand the vegetable farms to maximum.
Collect Weapon Collector Collect all the blueprints.
Restaurant Cooksta Influencer Achieve Diamond rank in Cooksta.
Collect Sea People Historian Capture all of the Sea People murals.
Staff Leadership Train employees to level 20.
Collect Blacksmith Helper Sell 200 items at the workshop.
Collect Catman Feed the cat 20 times.
Collect Strange Fish Capture five FishMon.
Collect GYAO! Master Raise five GYAO!s.
Hidden Dev Killer Wipe out all the developers during the special late-game sequence.
Hidden Ration Eater Eat a ration during a dive. Do this early so it cannot be forgotten.
Hidden God of Lightning Catch a fish with Mjolnir in the Glacier Passage.
Hidden Creature Hunter Catch all bosses.

100% route

A safer order for the trophy guide

The goal is not to grind every item immediately; it is to avoid locking yourself out of the easy-to-forget checks.

Clear the missable check

Eat a ration during an ordinary dive, then keep one spare if you are still progressing through the story.

Open every region

Follow the chapter route into the Deep Sea and Glacier Passage before cleanup so bosses, murals, and Mjolnir are available.

Build the restaurant

Research dishes, raise Cooksta, train staff, expand the farm, and form the branch instead of leaving management achievements for the end.

Finish the cleanup

Use the table for blueprints, Photo Spots, FishMon, the cat, workshop sales, and the remaining boss catches.

Official Steam header artwork for Dave the Diver showing the diver and the Blue Hole
Official Steam header image used as game context; it is not a screenshot of an achievement unlock.

Read the screenshots correctly

Use the official game loop as your achievement checklist

Dave the Diver achievements are split between the two halves of the game. Dive-side goals ask you to catch, photograph, collect, upgrade, and explore. Restaurant-side goals ask you to research dishes, improve Cooksta, train employees, manage the farm, and reach the branch milestone. If you only push the story, the completion list will feel incomplete even after the credits.

The two official Steam images below are useful orientation points, not achievement proof. They show the exploration-to-restaurant loop; the exact achievement count and names should be checked against the official list linked in the sources section.

Official Steam gameplay screenshot connecting diving exploration with the sushi restaurant loop
Official Steam gameplay screenshot: keep dive and restaurant achievements moving together.

Related guides

Open the guide that solves the condition

Achievements often point to a system rather than a single button press. These existing guides give the next step without creating a competing completion page.

Chapter guide for Deep Sea and Glacier Passage Best weapons for boss and FishMon cleanup Best staff for restaurant achievements Fish locations and farming route Official Steam achievement list

Sources and platform notes

Where the achievement facts come from

Official platform pages are the source of truth for the current list. The third-party guide is included only to help explain hidden triggers and is labeled as third-party.

What this Dave the Diver trophy guide covers

A useful Dave the Diver trophy guide needs more than a copied list. Some goals naturally unlock during the chapter route, while others ask you to pause and interact with side systems: the workshop, Photo Spots, Sea People murals, the farm, GYAO!, Cooksta, and the restaurant branch. The checklist above keeps those systems visible in one place.

The four hidden achievements are the main reason to keep a spoiler-aware route. Ration Eater is easy to overlook because it does not describe a normal story milestone. God of Lightning depends on finding Mjolnir in the Glacier Passage. Creature Hunter is a boss-completion goal, and Dev Killer belongs to a special late-game sequence. If one stays locked after the credits, compare the condition with the relevant chapter and boss guide instead of restarting immediately.

This page focuses on the base-game 43-achievement list. Crossover content, limited-time events, platform ports, and future updates can change what appears in a platform account, so use the official Steam, Epic, or PlayStation list for the final state of your own game.

FAQ

Dave the Diver achievements and trophy FAQ

The official Steam and Epic base-game lists show 43 achievements. PlayStation uses trophy and Platinum terminology, so compare the trophy list for your platform before assuming every label is identical.

The four hidden achievements are Dev Killer, Ration Eater, God of Lightning, and Creature Hunter. Their names and practical conditions are listed in the final four rows above.

It is easy to miss because it is not a normal story step. Eat a ration during a dive early in your save, then continue normally. The page recommends treating it as the first cleanup check.

Find Mjolnir in the Glacier Passage and use it to catch a fish. The exact spawn can require repeated visits, so do not assume the first Glacier dive will finish it.

PlayStation versions use trophy language and a Platinum-style completion goal, while Steam and Epic display achievements. The platform lists can differ in wording, so use the official trophy list for your console.

The 43 figure refers to the base-game list used by the official Steam and Epic achievement pages. Crossover or platform-specific content should be checked separately on the account where you play.

Finish the hidden checks, then clean up blueprints, FishMon, Photo Spots, murals, Cooksta ranks, farm expansions, workshop sales, GYAO!, staff level, and any boss you have not captured.