Evergarden is a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game in which you are required to help fox spirit Fen progress through the lands in search for the Keeper.

In order to do this you need to grow plants, which can be comined into bigger plants, which in turn can be combined into even bigger plants, which at their highest level can be turned into monoliths.
Creating monoliths and progressing through the levels awards you with triangle shaped pieces (red, blue and yellow) which need to be arranged in predefined shapes to progress even further through the levels and illuminate the mysterious pillars of light. Powers ("songs") can be unlocked to aid in matching the plants as you go along.

In this guide I will not focus on these shape puzzles, yet focus on the prerequisits of the Steam achievements.

I have divided the achievement list in three big sections:

• Those that have to do with scoring and creating patterns
  
• Those that get awarded as you progress through the levels
  
• Those that involve monoliths and animals (which are more tightly linked than you think!)

For the below achievements, score the required amount of points in the base game.
Getting 80k points is arguably the most difficult one; I recommend building two tier-2 monoliths in order to have a shot as this (see also below for info on how to create them). My personal go-to powers are Whirldwind and Ava's Jig to move the plants around and Omnitune to create a wildcard (and an immediate inventory space).


Novice gardener
Score 20,000 Points


Apprentice gardener
Score 40,000 Points


Master gardener
Score 80,000 Points



The next two require creating patterns in the same turn, so in between two time progressions on the clock. It involves some luck regarding the patterns that Fen comes up with, but they get notably easier when using the Omitune, Whirlwind and/or Ava's Jig songs.

Pattern Apprentice
Create 4 patterns in one turn.


Pattern Master
Create 5 patterns in one turn



The last two of this section require some careful planning and are easiest to achieve when Fen comes up with a 3-plant low tier pattern (i.e. a simple triangle of tier-3 plants). The trick here is to have the same pattern proc multiple times in the same move. The Ligntning Reel and Timeless Rain songs help a lot as they allow you to fill the board with lower tier plants, then upgrade them all as the same time and create a big area of the same type.

Double Reward
Create 2 patterns at the same time


Triple Reward
Create 3 patterns at the same time

The achievements in this section are both easy to achieve and hard to miss as they get awared automatically as you progress in the story.

Aquila's Song
Awaken Aquila.
Unlocked when receiving the song Aquila's Call

Aquatic Gardener
Find a hidden gem.
Unlocked when finding your first blue triangle piece - look closely in the background in river beds.


Explorer
Energize a pillar of light


Pathfinder
Energize 2 pillars of light


Adventurer
Energize 3 pillars of light



Reunion
Find the Keeper
(congratulations on finishing the game!)

Daily Challenger
Complete a daily mosaic.


Daily mosaics can be found after finishing the game in a cavern to the left of the garden. Red triangle pieces are needed to complete them, so you might need to farm some monoliths.
After solving a daily mosaic, your garden gets upgrades for the remainder of the day: this means an additional 3 tier-4 plants will spawn at the start of the game. This can help in improving your top score!

The last set of achievements all have to do with either monoliths or animals.

Monoliths are created when two tier-6 plants are matched and award 3 extra turns upon creation.
These monoliths count as wildcards in patterns, when used as such they will activate and award an extra turn.
When two monoliths are activated on the same row (i.e. their "holes" allign) they will connect and emit a white beam, which can interact with animals.

When connecting three monoliths in an equilateral triangle, they will transform into a tier-2 monolith on your next turn, awarding a massive amount of points, 3 extra turns and 3 red triangle pieces. This higher tier monolith can also be activated for an extra turn and and will additionally yield a (one use) song power.

Wildcard
Activate a monolith


Monolith master
Create 50 monoliths


Connect the dots
Connect two monoliths


Connect all the dots
Create a tier two monolith



From time to time, animals will spawn in your garden.
Rabbits spawn outside of the matching area and will stay in place until your next turn. During this next turn, they will hop in a straight line, eating every plant in their parth with each match you make.
Armadillos spawn inside of the matching area on an empty field. They do not eat plants like rabbits, however nothing can be planted on the field they occupy. When ending your turn, an armadillo will move to an adjacent empty field if possible.

You always want to get rid of them as soon as possible. This can either be done by:

• Playing Aquila's Song, which will remove the selected animal.
  
• Having two animals in adjacent fields, they will become friends / fall in love and run off together.
  
• Having an animal run into a monolith connection beam. The magical properties of the beam will give the animal wings and Fen will watch in awe as the critter takes for the skies. The easiest way to do this is have two connected monoliths far away from eachother to create a long beam.
  
• In case of rabbits, having them bump into a monolith.
  
• In case of rabbits, moving the plant they are about to eat sideways with Ava's Jig (might be a bug as the rabbit moves along sideways and vanishes without an animation).

Special Friends
Remove a pest through friendship


Flying Rabbit
Create a winged rabbit


Flying Armadillo
Create a winged armadillo