Cairn Achievements number 52 on Steam. The PlayStation 5 list has 53 trophies because collecting the regular trophies also earns the Free Platinum. Some unlock naturally during Aava’s climb, but others require optional tasks or a different ending.
This full checklist covers all 52 base-game achievements, grouped into story progress, exploration and specific gameplay actions. The story section contains ending spoilers, so finish the campaign first if you’d rather discover those choices yourself.
Cairn Achievements: Story and Endings
Story milestones make up ten of the unlocks, including the two different endings. Home is for returning with Marco, while Part of a whole is for reaching Kami’s summit. Both matter if you’re going for a complete trophy list.
| Achievement | How to get it |
|---|---|
| Mandatory warm-up | Complete training on Tenzen |
| Those who come back down | Meet a broken Climbot |
| Moment of cool | Take a break at the waterfall |
| Interloper on the wall | Meet Marco |
| Everything else disappears | Witness the aurora borealis |
| One hell of a night | Wake up in top shape |
| Neither a success, nor a failure | Meet Damas Al Fatri |
| Home | Return down the mountain with Marco |
| Upstream | Survive the avalanche |
| Part of a whole | Reach the summit of Mount Kami |
Cairn Achievements: Missable Exploration Tasks
These are the easiest to overlook. Serious training requires completing the extra Tenzen gym challenges and opening the box. Spotted! requires finding Marco with binoculars. The guardian pitons, collectibles and optional character interactions reward exploring away from the most direct ascent.
| Achievement | How to get it |
|---|---|
| Spotted! | Find Marco using the binoculars |
| Lick responsibly | Become woozy from licking a frog |
| Serious training | Complete advanced gym training and open its box |
| Grizzly woman | Survive the bear encounter |
| All that glitters | Find the glow-in-the-dark gloves |
| No thanks | Interrupt Marco’s rambling |
| Honest heist | Collect wild honey from the wall |
| Heartbeat | Find an Edelweiss |
| The Child | Find the first guardian’s piton |
| The Ancient | Find the second guardian’s piton |
| The Secret | Find the third guardian’s piton |
| One day, I’ll be rich! | Bring crystal shards to the crystal-cutter |
| Light up the sky | Set off fireworks |
| Return to Source | Catch a strange salamander |
| Meteorologist | Assemble all three doll pieces |
| Aava Porter Bridges | Deliver Rody’s letter to the shepherdess |
| I did it! | Reach the mini-Kami summit |
| Luxurious grip | Compost coins |
| Love birds | Release Rody and Johanna’s kite |
| In Memoriam | Place the origami in the shelter |
| Your story | Watch your completed ascent |
Cairn Achievements: Climbing and Equipment
Many Cairn Achievements are straightforward, like using Remote View or Photo Mode. Others take repetition: taping fingers 20 times, crafting 15 pitons or shaking an arm 50 times to recover stamina. Several can be completed naturally while practising on Tenzen.
| Achievement | How to get it |
|---|---|
| Bird’s eye | Check the route in Remote View |
| Ain’t scared | Jump from the ground and catch a wall |
| Leave no trace | Compost ten rubbish items |
| Not even a scratch | Survive a fall of 15 metres |
| Just a bit too late | Fall while placing a piton |
| Kami sashimi | Catch a fish |
| Lactic acid | Recover stamina by shaking an arm 50 times |
| Hungry like a wolf | Take food from a corpse |
| End of the Rope | Reach the full length of the rope |
| Picture for Chris | Use Photo Mode |
| Siesta | Enjoy an outdoor nap |
| Close call | Survive a near-fatal fall |
| Nurse | Tape fingers 20 times |
| Bag maniac | Rearrange the backpack by hand |
| Leap of faith | Run and jump into open space while tied to a rope |
| Red Rope Club | Make an alcoholic cocktail |
| Herbalist | Cook the ultimate infusion |
| Doped up | Combine burst, grip, extra grip, focus and grit |
| Don’t stop me now | Climb 30 metres without a piton |
| Master chocolatier | Cook the chocolate and egg recipe |
| Engineer | Craft 15 pitons from scraps |
Cairn Achievements to Unlock Early
For Cairn Achievements completion, before leaving Tenzen do the advanced training exercises and open the box for Serious training. Try Bird’s eye with Remote View, Ain’t scared by jumping onto the wall and Picture for Chris using Photo Mode. These teach useful controls while ticking off simple goals.
Don’t stop me now requires 30 metres without a piton, which is better attempted after learning how to manage difficult poses and falling. Some achievement conditions restrict assists, so check the challenge before relying on Fall Rewind for a specific unlock.
Cairn Achievements: The Two Endings
You need to experience both Home and Part of a whole. These correspond to different outcomes rather than one achievement earned automatically by completing a single story path. Keep a useful save before a major decision if you intend to collect both.
Cairn Achievements also include optional collectibles, and the game’s open climbing system means some optional collectibles can sit off your chosen route. Use the area’s bivouacs and side paths to explore instead of saving every item hunt until the final climb.
Cairn Achievements: PS5 Platinum and Deep Water
The PlayStation Platinum is called Free. It unlocks after the regular trophy requirements are met. Steam’s base-game list has 52 achievements as checked on October 29, 2026; the Deep Water DLC is listed with Steam achievement support but the announcement alone doesn’t establish extra completed-game trophy names.
If you’re chasing climbing-based tasks, our beginners guide explains stamina, route planning and Fall Rewind. The climbing equipment guide covers pitons, rope and finger tape, while the Mount Kami article names the regions where optional discoveries are found.
Official source: The Game Bakers, Cairn official website.
