If you reached the summit in PEAK, congratulations on getting there, your survival skills are already solid. If you are going for 100% completion, then you have another climb ahead of you which involves a series of creative, challenging, and sometimes obscure achievements. This guide is going to cover unlocking every achievement in PEAK, and include useful tips for efficiency and survival, whether you are a curious climber or an achievement hunter.
Before You Start
- Play on Original Difficulty First: Experience the game as intended before switching to Tenderfoot mode for clean-up.
- Use Tenderfoot for Easier Progress: No time pressure, less hunger, and slower stamina drain make achievements more manageable.
- Map Refreshes Every 24 Hours: Stuck? Wait for the map to rotate. It can open up new paths, especially useful for harder climbs.
- Multiplayer Achievements: Some badges (like Happy Camper or Clutch) require other players, team up when necessary.
Full List of PEAK Achievements and How to Unlock Them
Achievement | Way to Unlock |
Alpinist Badge | Light a campfire at the top of the ALPINE location. |
Animal Serenading Badge | Play any bugle for a capybara in the ALPINE region. Bring a bugle and find a capybara! |
Arborist Badge | Climb the giant tree in the TROPICS area. Look for it early in the zone. |
Balloon Badge | Finish the game without taking any fall damage. |
Beachcomber Badge | Light a campfire at the top of the SHORE location. |
Bing Bong Badge | Carry Bing Bong (the plush mascot) all the way to the end of the game. |
Bookworm Badge | Find all Myres’ journal pages. These spawn near campfires, explore thoroughly. |
Bouldering Badge | Place a total of 10 pitons in one or multiple runs. |
Clutch Badge | Revive 3 players at the ancient statue in a single run. Requires a group. |
Cooking Badge | Cook 20 food items using campfires or stoves. Make time to prepare meals. |
Emergency Preparedness Badge | Revive another player once. Simple in co-op. |
Endurance Badge | Climb 50 meters without touching any flat surface. Choose steep cliffs. |
Esoterica Badge | Discover the mystical item. This one is hidden, search remote areas or under odd terrain. |
First Aid Badge | Heal other players for at least 100 points in one run. Requires a medkit and patience. |
Foraging Badge | Eat 5 different fruits in a single run. Look for coconuts, berries, etc. in tropical areas. |
Gourmand Badge | Cook and eat a coconut half, an egg, a yellow winterberry, and a honeycomb, then escape. |
Happy Camper Badge | Get 5 morale boosts from campfires. Multiplayer only, share the fire. |
High Altitude Badge | Climb a total of 500+ meters. Will come naturally through progression. |
Knot Tying Badge | Place 100 meters of rope in a single run. Watch your inventory and climb wisely. |
Leave No Trace Badge | Beat the game without placing any items: ropes, pitons, etc. Exception: shelf fungus & magic beans. |
Lone Wolf Badge | Escape the island solo. No help, no revives, only you. |
Mentorship Badge | Meet Myres, the Scoutmaster. You can trigger this by using the Scoutmaster’s Bugle or wandering far from other players. |
Mycology Badge | Eat 4 different non-toxic mushrooms. Found mainly in damp, forested areas. |
Naturalist Badge | Complete the game without eating packaged food. Stick to cooked meals and raw foraged food. |
Participation Badge | Let other players escape while you are a ghost. Requires you to die and spectate. |
Peak Badge | Reach the PEAK location. A major milestone achievement. |
Plunderer Badge | Open 15+ luggage items in a single run. You’ll find these scattered throughout the map. |
Speed Climber Badge | Beat the game in under 1 hour. Know the map, prep efficiently, and don’t stop moving. |
Survivalist Badge | Escape without passing out (no blackouts due to hunger, fatigue, etc.). Monitor your vitals. |
Toxicology Badge | Cure 200 poison points using items. Collect antidotes, honey, and healing herbs. |
Trailblazer Badge | Light a campfire at the top of the TROPICS location. |
Volcanology Badge | Light a campfire at the top of the CALDERA location. |
Hardest Achievements and How to Get Them
Balloon Badge: No fall damage sounds simple but is brutally difficult. Use ropes and pitons at all times. Don’t rush descents.
Leave No Trace Badge: You can’t place anything. Plan your climb around natural terrain. Use Shelf Fungus and Magic Beans when needed.
Speed Climber Badge: Practice a route and load up supplies fast. You may want to combine this run with the Naturalist and Survivalist badges for maximum efficiency.
Esoterica Badge: Consider this one a wildcard. Community forums suggest it may appear in unusual or randomized locations, so check remote or high-altitude caves.
Multiplayer & Solo Mode
Solo Achievements | Multiplayer-Only Achievements |
Lone Wolf Badge | Clutch Badge |
Leave No Trace Badge | Happy Camper Badge |
Speed Climber Badge | Emergency Preparedness Badge |
Participation Badge (as ghost) | First Aid Badge |
- Try to earn multiple badges in a single run.
- Organize multiplayer sessions: For First Aid, Clutch, and Participation badges, group runs are the way to go.
PEAK challenges you not just to survive, but to master every inch of its vertical world. From cuddling capybaras to sprinting to the summit in under an hour, the achievement list is a love letter to explorers who leave no trail unconquered. Use this guide, plan your climbs, and earn those badges, because at the top of PEAK, the real reward is bragging rights.
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