Idle Waters

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Idle Waters: 100% Achievement Guide
By Maron
This guide is a full achievement guide for Idle Waters, with all 100 achievements.
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Fishing
For different species, fish in different zones and at different times/weather.
With the weak charm you can catch fish level 1 - 5.
With the strong charm you can catch fish level 6 - 10.
  • First Catch! – Catch your first fish
  • Warming up – Catch 100 fish
  • And a thousand fish later... – Catch 1,000 fish
  • Smells like fish – Catch 2,500 fish
  • That was easy – Catch all fish (common)
  • Starting the collection – Catch 10 different fish species!
  • Starting the collection (2) – Catch 60 different fish species
  • Researcher – Catch 100 different fish species
  • Ichthyology – Complete the fish collection
    ➜ Fish all 140

Use Charms like Shiny Charm or Luck Charm and upgrade your fishing rod to get silver, gold etc. fish.
  • A rare fish – Catch 1 fish (rare color)
  • A silver fish – Catch 1 fish (silver)
  • Not all that glitters is gold – Catch 1 fish (golden)
  • From the stars – Catch 1 fish (cosmic)
    ➜ Only possible at Cosmic Sea
  • The silver moon – Catch 1 halfmoon (silver)
    ➜ Ocean or Moon Cave
  • The golden dorado – Catch 1 dorado (golden)
    ➜ Beach or Ocean
  • The true rainbow trout – Catch 1 rainbow trout (rainbow)
    ➜ Magic Forest, Top of the Mountain or Snow Lake
  • When fish fly.... – Catch a flying fish
    ➜ Forgotten Sea
  • Fishing the moon – Catch two halfmoon fish at the same time
    ➜ Use the Charm "Twice Charm" and fish at the Ocean or Moon Cave
  • Exotic fish – Catch all fish (rare color)
  • On a silver platter – Catch all fish (silver)
  • Gold, gold, gold! – Catch all fish (gold)
  • Rainbow hunter – Catch all fish (rainbow)
  • All the stars – Catch all fish (cosmic)
    ➜ Only possible at Cosmic Sea
First times
Easy achievements, you will get them fast.
  • A mysterious cat – Give a fish to the cat
    ➜ drag and drop a fish on the cat
  • Help from the cat – First cat exploration
    ➜ Wait until the cat is back and take the item
  • Cleaning waters – Catch 1 trash
  • Recycle – Recycle one item (recycle trash for one Karma)
  • A message from the sea – Find one message in a bottle
    ➜ Use a bottle to get the message. You can find bottles while fishing; random event just click on the bottle if you see one
  • Trader – Trade your first item
    ➜ 3 fishes for one item (Shop ➜ Trade)
  • Sea explorer – Use a map for the first time
Money & Rank
For money, sell as many items, treasures and fishes you can. Use the aquarium for items with a high selling price.
Your rank increase while you're fishing. Just wait for it.
  • It's honest work – Earn 100 coins
  • I can't hold all these coins – Earn 10 000 coins
  • Wealthy Fisher – Earn 1 000 000 coins
  • Rank D – Achieve Rank D
  • Rank A – Achieve Rank A
  • Rank SSS – Achieve Rank SSS
Places
Upgrade your Boat Level (Shop ➜ Upgrade) to find new places like Snow Lake.
You can find the Cave Entrance & Snow Lake with a level 3 boat and level 3 map.

Visit following places:
  • Pond in the forest
  • Beach (Cat can find it)
  • Magic Forest (Cat can find it)
  • Ocean (Buy a boat)
  • Shining Cave (Map)
  • Coast (Storm or Map)
  • Volcano (Map)
  • South River (Map)
  • Top of the Mountain (Map)
  • Snow Lake (Map; Boat Level 3 & Map Level 3)
  • Moon Cave
    Opens when you fish in The Cave Entrance with a fishing rod level 8 or higher
  • Sky Island
    Only the blessed by the Four Guardians may enter the kingdom hidden among the clouds
  • Cosmic Sea
    After you complete the fish collection, you automatically open the place
Quests
Finish the quests to get Blessings, Karma and Charms.
  • The merchant quest – Complete the first quest of the merchant
    ➜ Village
  • The pirate quest – Complete the first quest of the pirate
    ➜ Beach
  • The suspicious catfish quest – Complete the first quest of the suspicious catfish
    ➜ The forgotten Sea
  • Bridge to adventure – Repair the bridge
    ➜ Bridge to the Island; 3 Wooden Log needed
  • The statue in the forest – Receive the Guardian’s Blessing
    ➜ Click on the Shrine at Shrine in the Forest
  • The Guardian of sea – Receive the Guardian’s Blessing
    Ocean (wait for rain/storm)
  • The Wise – Receive the Guardian’s Blessing
    Finish the Quest at the Cave Entrance - you need a fishing rod level 8 or higher
  • Exotic Items – Complete all quests of the merchant
    ➜ Village (he wants items. Make sure to keep at least one of every item in your inventory)
  • Arrr! – Complete all quests of the pirate
    ➜ Beach (He wants treasures. Make sure to keep at least one of every treasure in your inventory)
  • Is this the end of the world? – Complete all quests of the suspicious catfish
    ➜ The forgotten Sea (He wants fishes from specific zones)
Karma & Upgrades
You get Karma for finishing quests and recycling trash.
You unlock the Karma Store when you enter The Magic Forest.
  • Karma (10) – Earn 10 Karma
  • Karma (100) – Earn 100 Karma
  • Karma (500) – Earn 500 Karma

You can buy upgrades by clicking the coin symbol next to the map. Click the tab "upgrades".
  • Getting fancy – Upgrade your fishing rod for the first time
  • Max Fishing Rod Level – Upgrade Fishing Rod Level to max level
    ➜ Max. level is 9
  • Max Bag – Upgrade Bag to max level
    ➜ Max. level is 28
  • Max Auto-fishing speed – Upgrade Auto-fishing speed to max level
    ➜ Max. level is 50
  • Max Auto-Sell – Upgrade Auto-Sell to max level
    ➜ Max. level is 15
  • Nice day for fishing! – Achieve +100 luck
    ➜ Increase your luck with charms (luck charm or perseverance charm) and karma
  • Max Luck – Upgrade Luck to max level
    ➜ Increase your luck with charms and karma. You get the achievement if your luck is above 150, but the max. luck is 190
  • Max Fish Quality – Upgrade Fish Quality to max level
    ➜ Max. level is 15
  • Max Cat Level – Upgrade Cat Level to max level
    ➜ Max. level is 9
Charms
You get charms when you're blessed. Unlock new zones and finish the quests. Some charms need to be crafted.
  • Lucky charm! – Get your first charm
  • More charms! – Craft your first charm
  • Very charming! – Collect all charms
    ➜ 20 total, you need to craft/unlock all of them
Aquarium
Put a fish in your aquarium and you get the item the fish produces.
  • The aquarium – Buy your first aquarium
  • Friendship – Get an item from a fish in an aquarium
    ➜ Wait a few minutes and click on the item
  • Max Aquarium Friendship – Upgrade Aquarium Friendship to max level
    ➜ Max. level is 11
  • Too many fish on my desktop! – Buy all aquariums
    ➜ You can buy 10 aquariums
  • Playing fetch – Receive a stick from a fish in an aquarium
    ➜ dogfish or puppy fish
  • Love or hate? – Receive poison from a fish in an aquarium
    ➜ blowfish, lionfish or snakehead
  • Coffee shop – Have an aquarium with fish that gives you donut, cookie and coffee
    ➜ Donut: Muskie, Tripletail, Tuffy
    ➜ Cookie: Polka Dot, Flounder, Lingcod
    ➜ Coffee: Catfish, Black Crappie
Legendary fish
You need a level 10 fishing rod to catch any of these legendary fish.
  • The legend of the full moon – Catch 1 lunar moth fish
    Go to the Moon Cave at night to catch this final legendary fish.
  • The greedy fish
    To catch the Greedy Fish, you must have treasure worth 35,000 gold in your inventory. Then, go fishing in the Shining Cave.
  • The ancient fish
    Have all three fossils (Skull, Fang and Tail) in your inventory. Then, fish in the Snow Lake.
  • Emerald Dragon
    Keep both the Ruby Snapper and the Sapphire Ram in your inventory, then fish in the Sky Island.
Other Achievements
  • Secrets of the Sea – Complete the notes collection
    ➜ open bottles until you find all 12 notes
  • Clues to a legend – Find clues about a legendary fish
    ➜ find the message "The legend of the full moon" in a bottle
  • Friend of the fish – Complete the item collection
    ➜ find all 44 items
  • A true treasure hunter – Complete the treasure collection
    ➜ find all 40 treasures
  • Mystery egg – Find the mystery egg
    ➜ Top of the mountain, click on the egg
  • From the ashes – Return the mystery egg
    ➜ Vulcano
  • A hot cave – Complete the shrine outside the volcano
  • Shining bag – Have diamond, emerald, ruby, sapphire, pearl, topaz and opal in your inventory
    ➜ Mark the gems as favourite (heart symbol) so you don't sell them with autosell
  • Greedy fisher! – Carry items and treasures worth 35 000 coins in your bag
    ➜ Increase the selling price with karma and have high level treasures in your inventory
  • Archeologist – Carry all three fossils in your bag
    ➜ Your cat can find the fossils or you can fish them at the Snow Lake
  • A cozy rainy day – Carry bread and coffee in your bag on a rainy day
  • Legendary Treasure Hunter – Catch 1 legendary treasure
    ➜ Fish with a rod lvl 9+. You can find one specific legendary item at every zone
  • A thousand year sleep – Find the lost guardian
    You need fishing rod level 8 and you need to fish at the Cave Entrance
8 Comments
morphinomina 2 Jul @ 10:15am 
You need the level 3 boat (level 3 maps) to find snow lake and cave entrance, from those locations, you unlock moon cave, mountain top, and sky island
Maron  [author] 1 Jul @ 7:59am 
@Flyin' Hawaiian If I remember correctly it's luck based. I fished in the ocean and when it rains you go through a storm do a different place and i just used maps I found and discovered new places.
Flyin' Hawaiian 1 Jul @ 7:40am 
Do I need to be in the ocean for higher level maps to take me places, or is it just luck based? I've used 3 lvl 2 maps and all they did was drag me to the ocean.
Maron  [author] 24 Jun @ 2:47am 
@Lernek_cuack Yes luck affects the variation (rare silver, gold etc.) it slightly. I used the luck charm the whole game, just in case.
Lernek_cuack 24 Jun @ 2:32am 
Does lucky be useful when looking for rare / silver / golden / rainbow fishes? Im not sure if it disturbes making you catch more treasures and less fishes
An apple 23 Jun @ 6:14pm 
收到了 醞釀100%成就 謝謝作者
swagfan 21 Jun @ 10:09pm 
Thank you:steamthumbsup:
Maron  [author] 21 Jun @ 12:18am 
Thank you @Serafiniert.
I included your tips, but I deleted the comment because some people want to figure it out by themselves. I used spoiler in the guide