The Plucky Squire is out now, and there is no shortage of achievements or trophies to unlock. Some of them are definitely easier than others, and some are downright infuriating, taking you down a mix of tasks like beating the game and finding a list of collectibles.
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Below, we’ve explained how to unlock all 20 achievements in The Plucky Squire, along with highlighting exactly where some of them become obtainable.
All achievements in The Plucky Squire
Rather than simply giving you the description provided by developers, I’ll give some pointers as to how each achievement is earned. You might miss a few of these on your first playthrough, particularly the collectibles and one-shot achievements such as “Perfect Fish Grab”.
Achievement | Description | How to get |
Optimistic Explorer | Try jumping off the desk. Worth a go. | When outside of the book, take a jump off the edge of the desk. You’ll die, but get the achievement. |
Art Collector | Find all Art Scrolls | Art Scrolls can be found in all chapters. Make sure to look out for glittering trees. |
Saviour of the Glitchbirds | Rescue all Glitchbirds | Glitchbirds can be found in all chapters, often hiding in out-of-the-way areas. |
Powerful Jot | Fully upgrade Jot’s abilities | You purchase abilities at Martina’s Shop. Make sure to destroy all bushes and hit all the trees to save up bulbs. |
The Joy of Art | Find an Art Scroll | The first Art Scroll is found behind a tree just after you find Violet in Chapter 1. |
Powerful Puncher | Defeat the Honey Badget in a boxing match | You’ll need to do this as part of the main story in Chapter 1, just follow the prompts. |
Cute Little Glitchbird | Find a Glitchbird | The first Glitchbird is located in Chapter 1, immediately next to the path that leads to Tome Tower. |
Perfect Fish Grab | Catch Floatio on your first try | This is harder than it sounds, and you might need to restart Chapter 4 a few times before you manage to grab this slippery fish on the first try. |
Huge Frog | Rearrange a sentence to make the frog huge | Replace the word “tiny” with “huge” in Chapter 4. |
Huge Bridge | Rearrange the sentence to make the bridge huge | Found on the same page as the Huge Frog achievement, replace the word “broken” with “huge”. |
Cheese Mushrooms | Rearrange the sentence to make some cheese mushrooms | In Chapter 6, solve the puzzle and place the word “cheese” in the gap of the sentence describing the mushrooms. |
Metal Warrior | Defeat the Mega Eagle | Defeat the Mega Eagle in Chapter 6. This is essentially a rhythm game. |
Star Walker | Retrieve the scroll from the top of the star projector | In Chapter 6, retrieve the Art Scroll from the top of the Star Projector using Zip to help. |
Cheese Pillar | Rearrange the sentence to make a cheese pillar | In Chapter 6, when you reach the page with pillars, head out of the book and go back a few pages to the page containing cheese. Bring the word to the new page and place it in one of the sentences about the pillars. |
Mighty Witch | Defeat the Mage | This happens in Chapter 8. To defeat the Mage, you just have to win at a match 3 bubble shooter minigame. |
WRETCHED RODENT!!! | SIMPLY INFURIATING | In Chapter 9, successfully complete all of the data center rhythm minigames. |
Triumphant Squire | Defeat the nefarious sorcerer Humgrump | You’ll face off against Humgrump in Chapter 9, and defeating him requires you to complete the same three boss minigames that you’ve done previously, but at a much higher difficulty, then complete the actual Humgrump boss fight. |
Bust Buster | Rearrange a sentence to blow up Humgrump’s Bust | In Chapter 9, place the word “broken” in the sentence below Humgrump’s bust, then exit the book and use your Bomb Stamp to blow it up. |
Story Complete | Complete the Story Mode | Play through the main story and complete Chapter 10 on Story Mode |
Adventure Complete | Complete the Adventure Mode | Play through the main story and complete Chapter 10 on Adventure Mode |
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Published: Sep 18, 2024 11:11 am