Outbound looks peaceful at first. You drive around in a customizable van, collect resources, build upgrades, and slowly repair parts of the world. Then suddenly you realize you missed three campfires, forgot half the paintings, never tracked bottle caps properly, and somehow still need to find developer gnomes hidden somewhere in the mountains.
Getting 100% completion in Outbound is not extremely difficult, but it absolutely becomes easier if you know what to focus on early.
This guide covers all 33 achievements in Outbound, the best order to unlock them, which ones require long-term tracking, and the achievements most players accidentally delay until the very end.
Outbound Achievement Guide – 100% All Secret achievements
Outbound currently has:
- 33 total achievements
This includes:
- Story progression achievements
- Collectibles
- Vehicle upgrades
- Exploration milestones
- Secret achievements
- Full completion achievement
Some unlock naturally while playing, but others require dedicated exploration and tracking across all biomes.
Full Achievement Roadmap
The smoothest path to 100% completion looks something like this:
Early Game Focus
- Story progression
- Vehicle upgrades
- Bottle cap collection
- Litter recycling
- Farming crops
- Campfire tracking
Mid Game Focus
- Paintings
- Gnomes
- Cairns
- Cap ‘n Snap blueprints
- Cooking recipes
- Research Centers
Late Game Focus
- Remaining collectibles
- Hidden achievements
- Final vehicle upgrades
- Festival completion
- Cleanup achievements
All Outbound Achievements
Completion Achievement
| Achievement | Description |
|---|---|
| Unlock all other trophies. | Unlock every other achievement in the game. |
This is your final 100% completion reward.
Story Progression Achievements
These unlock naturally by progressing through the game world.
Story Achievement Table
| Achievement | Description |
|---|---|
| Start Your Journey | Start your journey in the outdoors |
| To the Coast | Reach the Pacific Coast |
| Into the Canyons | Reach the Canyons biome |
| Up the Mountains | Reach the Mountains biome |
| The Festival | Participate in the Festival |
You cannot permanently miss these.
Simply following the main progression path unlocks all of them naturally.
Vehicle Upgrade Achievements
Your van becomes increasingly important later in the game, especially once exploration and collectible cleanup begins.
Vehicle Achievement Table
| Achievement | Description |
|---|---|
| Don’t Break the Camel’s Back | Build maximum weight on your vehicle |
| Decked Out | Craft all vehicle upgrades |
| Up | Attach 10 Efficient Wind Turbines |
Important Vehicle Tip
Do not ignore upgrade crafting early.
Many players accidentally delay “Decked Out” because they skip minor upgrades while rushing exploration.
Craft things as you unlock them instead of saving everything for the end.
Clothing & Customization Achievements
These are easy to forget because they seem cosmetic at first.
Clothing Achievement Table
| Achievement | Description |
|---|---|
| Chromatic Confusion | Paint your vehicle 10 times |
| Top-Tier Threads | Craft the best clothing upgrades |
| Fashionista | Equip every clothing color |
Fashionista Tip
Open the clothing cabinet and manually cycle through every available color option.
Many players think owning the colors is enough.
You must actually equip them.
Collectible Achievements
These are the biggest time investment in the game.
Collectible Achievement Table
| Achievement | Description |
|---|---|
| Ring-a-Ding-Ding! | Collect 100 bottle caps |
| Recyclops | Recycle 100 pieces of litter |
| Snapped ‘Em All | Collect all Cap ‘n Snap blueprints |
| Camper Van Gogh | Collect all paintings |
| Gnome Sweet Gnome | Collect all gnomes |
| Cairnivore | Stack every cairn |
| Shine Your Light On Me | Light all campfires |
Most Important Beginner Advice
Track collectibles EARLY.
Especially:
- Campfires
- Paintings
- Gnomes
- Cairns
These are extremely annoying to revisit blindly later.
Best Way To Farm Bottle Caps
Bottle caps are everywhere if you consistently:
- Pick up litter
- Loot campsites
- Search containers
- Explore Points of Interest
The achievement tracks:
- Highest amount ever collected
NOT your current inventory.
So once you hit 100 caps, feel free to spend them all afterward.
Campfire Warning
Campfires require:
- Redwood
Only Redwood works.
This catches many players off guard because they stockpile other wood types instead.
Whenever you find Redwood:
- Save extra immediately
- Keep some inside van storage
This prevents painful backtracking later.
Exploration & Gameplay Achievements
These achievements are tied to world activities and side systems.
Exploration Achievement Table
| Achievement | Description |
|---|---|
| Master of Gear | Solve the gear puzzle |
| Green Thumb | Harvest 30 crops |
| Over-cooked! | Cook every food recipe |
| Two Forks Memories | Explore the Fire Lookout Tower |
| Up, up and away! | Ride the Hot Air Balloon |
| Fur-Ever Friend | Adopt a furry friend |
Green Thumb Farming Tip
Start farming early.
The 30-crop requirement sounds small, but players often delay it until late game and then realize they barely planted anything during normal gameplay.
Plant continuously while progressing naturally.
Cooking Achievement Tip
Cook recipes as ingredients become available instead of saving them all for later.
Otherwise you eventually end up missing one obscure food recipe and searching storage boxes for ingredients two hours before finishing 100%.
Secret Achievements
Outbound has several hidden achievements tied to progression, exploration, and easter eggs.
Secret Achievement Table
| Achievement | Description |
|---|---|
| Round ‘n Round | Repair the windmill |
| Edison Approves | Repair the lighthouse |
| Ferry Poppins | Restore the ferry |
| Party Animal | Party at all festival sites |
| Certified Researcher | Deliver research materials to all 4 Research Centers |
| Can you Pet the Dog? | Pet the dog |
| Below Snakes, Apparently | Faint inside the Canyons biome |
| Meet the Devs! | Find developer gnomes at the Gnome Workshop |
Easiest Secret Achievement
“Can you Pet the Dog?” is exactly what it sounds like.
Find dog.
Pet dog.
Achievement unlocked.
Honestly one of the best achievements in the game.
Weirdest Secret Achievement
“Below Snakes, Apparently” requires fainting inside the Canyons biome.
You can intentionally do this by:
- Letting survival stats drop
- Taking environmental damage
- Ignoring recovery
The exact method does not matter as long as it happens inside the Canyons.
Certified Researcher Explained
Each biome contains one Research Center.
Research Center Locations
| Biome | Research Center |
|---|---|
| Starting Area | Yes |
| Canyons | Yes |
| Pacific Coast | Yes |
| Mountains | Yes |
Deliver materials to all four for the achievement.
This is easy to forget because the game does not aggressively remind you about it.
Hardest Achievements To Finish
Most players struggle most with:
- Gnome Sweet Gnome
- Camper Van Gogh
- Snapped ‘Em All
- Shine Your Light On Me
Not because they are difficult mechanically, but because they require extremely thorough exploration.
Outbound’s achievement system feels much more relaxed than most survival crafting games. There are no permanently missable achievements, no brutal difficulty spikes, and very little forced grinding outside of collectibles.
The real challenge comes from consistency.
If you casually track collectibles, gather resources while exploring, and avoid rushing through biomes, most achievements unlock naturally over time.
But if you ignore campfires, skip litter, and speed through exploration zones, the final cleanup can become surprisingly massive.