Carto Achievements Guide

This guide will help you get the hidden achievements by giving you nice hints. I personally find it much more rewarding to not be given the answers straight away. With hints, finding the secrets shouldn’t be too difficult, but should still be rewarding.

General Information

Once you have completed the game, you will unlock the option to start a new save from any of the chapters. I strongly recommend playing through the game without rushing and without guides first!

After you have completed the story and enjoyed the atmosphere, you can come back and get any achievements you missed. Chapter selection will make that smooth. Some of the hints might only make sense after you have played through the main game once.

How the Guide Works

The hints will initially be marked as spoilers. To see the hint, hover your mouse over the black rectangle corresponding to the hint. I tried to order the hints so that hint 1 gives you some direction where to look, hint 2 makes you look for the right things, and hint 3 should make it pretty easy.

Start with hint 1 (or just hint 0 and the area, if you are brave) and see more if you feel you need them. Hint 0 will be the achievement name, and it will not be marked as a spoiler. (This is so you can search by achievement name.)

Since there is only one hidden achievement per area, I will address the puzzle piece achievements by their area rather than their name. Use Ctrl + F if you want to find achievement with a specific name.

Story Achievements

These achievements can not be missed, you will get them by playing through the game normally.

• Set Sail – Finish chapter 1.
• Horti-carto-ralist – Finish chapter 2.
• New Growth – Finish chapter 3.
• Quick Learner – Finish chapter 4.
• Slaked – Finish chapter 5.
• One With the Woods – Finish chapter 6.
• Volcanographer – Finish chapter 7.
• First Fishtival – Finish chapter 8.
• Truest Treasure – Finish chapter 9.
• The Little Cartographer – Finish chapter 10.

Grasslands Puzzle Piece

This achievement can be found in chapter 2.

Achievement Name: Ground of Applause

Hints:

1. You feel really hungry, you can look for the
   secret after you have eaten.
2. Dancing with the locals was lovely, but it was also exhausting. After sleeping through the night you can look for the secret, just don’t go too far.
3. Maybe there still is someone or something that
   would enjoy your company near the fire around which you danced.

Desert Puzzle Piece

This achievement can be found in chapter 5.

Achievement Name: Not So Sharp

Hints:

1. If you don’t know where to look, just wander around. You will bump into it eventually.
2. Be warned though, if you take bumping into it too literally, it will hurt.
3. It might take a few bumps before you get it.

Forest Puzzle Piece

This achievement can be found in chapter 6 – 2.

Achievement Name: Cawtet

Hints:

1. You don’t need to do any of the story stuff for this. Just wander around, and you should spot something.
2. Achievement description: Listen to the quartet of birds.
3. You will find four birds on treetops, all near the road connecting to the campfire. Bring the birds together, and enjoy their concert.

Volcano Puzzle Piece

This achievement can be found in chapter 7.

Achievement Name: Stirring Things Up

Hints:

1. This achievement can be got after the volcano erupts. Just don’t leave the chapter. Unless you have some ideas, I suggest looking at hint 2 as well.
2. Achievement description: Behold the legendary flame tornado!
3. You have used a tornado before to escape the volcano, now just remember how you made it.

Island Puzzle Piece

This achievement can be found in chapter 8 – 2.

Achievement Name: Strange Catch

Hints:

1. This achievement is available only during the fishing competition. (Do not complete the competition before you get the achievement.)
2. Maybe there are more than 4 types of fish in the lake.
3. There is someone who seems to know how every fish looks, maybe they know the secret one too.

Iceberg Puzzle Piece

This achievement can be found in chapter 9.

Achievement Name: Frosty Friend

Hints:

1. Do you wanna build a _______
2. You have to collect materials before you can build anything. There are hints for each part below.
3. The description for the achievement: Finish snowman buddy.

You want to get all the icebergs/map pieces so you can get to the parts. You do not need to go to the seventh one though. (the one with the treasure)

Hints for part 1:

• Location: same map piece as the settlement (the square piece)
• Type: Sticky arms

Hints for part 2:

• Location: On the ice, same map piece as the obelisk. Use other map pieces to get to it.
• Type: Warm head-wear

Hints for part 3:

• Location: Same map piece as the settlement (the square piece)
• Type: Frosty’s head

Hints for part 4:

• Location: same map piece as the settlement (the square piece).
• Type: Something to build your friend on, bring the other parts here.

Home Sweet Home – All 6 Puzzle Pieces

This achievement is unlocked by collecting all 6 puzzle pieces. You do NOT need to collect them all in a single run. After you have them all, select SECRETS from the main menu. You will get a cute scene and the achievement.

Voracious Reader

This achievement can be found in chapter 10 – 1.

Achievement Name: Voracious Reader

Hints:

1. You have to get this achievement before going into the elevator that takes you to the top floor.
2. You want to know all there is in these books.
3. The description for the achievement: Read all stories in the Story Chalet.

Towering Intellect

This achievement can be found in chapter 8 – 1.

Achievement Name: Towering Intellect

To get this one, you need to complete each of the box puzzles in the fewest possible number of moves. Puzzle 2 might take a few tries, so I suggest trying to solve it on paper first. (coins or objects on your desk also work a treat.) I suggest trying it yourself first, but I have also put the solutions in since it can be hard to know what you are doing wrong.

Puzzle 1

Moves required: 3

Solution:

1. Small box to middle
2. Big box to right
3. Small box to right

Puzzle 2

Moves required: 15

Box 4 is the biggest one, and box 1 is the smallest.

Solution:

1. Box 1 to middle
2. Box 2 to right
3. Box 1 to right
4. Box 3 to middle
5. Box 1 to left
6. Box 2 to middle
7. Box 1 to middle
8. Box 4 to right
9. Box 1 to right
10. Box 2 to left
11. Box 1 to left
12. Box 3 to right
13. Box 1 to middle
14. Box 2 to right
15. Box 1 to right

Puzzle 3

Moves required: 1

Solution:

• Open your map, pick up the room with the boxes, and move it to the right of the room you are in. No need to move any other rooms than the one with the boxes.

Master Cartographer

Complete 100 % of the game. Once get the last of the other achievements, you should also get this one! No extra work is needed.