Cassette Beasts has a total of 123 Steam Achievements and 100 Xbox Achievements up for grabs. These are awarded for experiencing the entirety of the single player campaign, unlocking allies and completing their side-quests, capturing and training up a whole lot of monsters and undertaking a few more unique challenges. Below you'll find a categorized list of all the Achievements in the game and guides for how you can unlock each one.
Story Achievements
There are 17 Achievements in Cassette Beasts that are tied into simply playing through the main game, which comprises the tutorial and core quest - Land of Confusion which has you tracking down all the Archangels and ultimately completing the game. The Achievements below are unmissable and are listed in the order that they appear in our walkthrough. The following pages will help you find and tackle all of them:
- Harbourtown Beach
- Harbourtown
- This is the World We Live In
- Land of Confusion
- Land of Confusion - Part 2
- Land of Confusion - Part 3
These Achievements include the following:
Ranger Captain Achievements
Outside of the Archangels, the other major questline in the game revolves around new Wirral's Ranger Captains (think gym leaders from Pokémon). They are hidden around the map and you'll need to track down and defeat all 12 of them. Each of them and their leader will give you an Achievement once defeated, unlocking 13 in total. The following pages will help you find and tackle all of them:
These Achievements include the following:
Character Quest and Relationship Achievements
Whilst playing through Cassette Beasts you'll encounter six characters that can join you as partners, each of whom has their own unique cassette beast and a side-quest chain for you to play through. These side-quests account for quite a few of the Achievements in the game - 32 in total, which you can earn by following the walkthroughs here:
- I Ran So Far Away (Kayleigh's quest)
- All I Ever Needed (Meredith's quest)
- Don't You Want Me (Felix's quest)
- Everybody's Looking For Something (Viola's quest)
- Come Back And Stay (Barkley's quest)
- Acting on Your Best Behaviour (Eugene's quest)
- How Does it Feel? (Sunny's quest)
Once they are your partner, continue to explore, battle and rest up at Campsites with your friends to build your relationship level. Achieving a level five relationship with each will also unlock an Achievement, one for each friend. Once at level five, you can also romance your partners - just make sure to choose the correct option when the choice comes up (its pretty obvious) for another Achievement.
These Achievements include the following:
Side-Quest Achievements
In addition to the larger character-based side-quests, you can also pick up several side-quests form other less important characters in New Wirral. Additionally, whilst wandering around Harbourtown, you'll occasionally see NPCs wandering around with '?' above their heads. Speaking with them will earn you a rumour - these rumours will nudge you in the direction of a point of interest you have yet to explore (e.g usually the location of a new monster you haven't captured, an Archangel or a Ranger Captain). The two side-quests involved in Achievements can be found here:
In total though (including rumours) there are four Achievements/Trophies tied into these side-quests and rumours and they include:
Achievement/Trophy | How to Unlock | ||
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![]() | Rumour Mill | Obtain a rumour. | |
![]() | On the Grapevine | Investigate a rumour. | |
![]() | On the Hunt | Help Hoylake with his research. | |
![]() | Working Overtime | Choose a design for Harbourtown's sign. |
Postgame Achievements
In addition to the main storyline, there are certain parts of the game that are only accessible once you have defeated the main boss (don't worry after beating it you can load back into the world again!). These activities include the Ranger Board, unlocking new types of fusions to encounter, as well as chasing down a few optional bosses. For more information abut the Post-game and progression, check out the following pages:
These Achievements include the following:
Field Ability Achievements
In order to fully explore the world map, you'll need to record various monsters to absorb their special movement abilities. There are six of these in total ranging from a destructive dash, to swimming and gliding. Check out our guide on where to find each monster with the abilities you are after here:
These Achievements include the following:
Monster Collecting Achievements
As you might expect from a monster collector/battler game, collecting monsters is kind of a big part of the gameplay. These seven Achievements are tied into finding and catching all 120 monsters in the base game. Check out our guide on where to find each monster and how to unlock any special remasters here:
These Achievements include the following:
Bootleg Achievements
Bootlegs are special colour and type variants for the monsters in Cassette Beasts (think shiny Pokémon from, well, Pokémon games). Bootlegs appear physically the same as a standard monster of the same type, but have different colourations and can be of any different elemental type. They appear in the overworld and you'll want to record them when you encounter them - there is an Achievement for every different element type.so there are 14 Achievements in total for collecting Bootlegs.
These Achievements include the following:
Fusion-Related Achievements
There are 8 Achievements tied into unlocking and fighting certain types of Rogue Fusions in the game. Rogue Fusions are powerful foes consisting of different monsters fused together. There are several different types of fusions to encounter, but you'll need to play through the post-game Ranger Board tasks to unlock all of them. Check out the following page for how and when each type of fusion unlocks in the post-game:
These Achievements include the following:
Miscellaneous Trophies
The following 11 Achievements are ones that didn’t quite fit into any of the above categories and thus find themselves in the leftovers box – Miscellaneous Achievements/Trophies. These revolve around collecting stickers, performing various tasks in combat, locating a super rare monster and some general exploration... among other things.
The Achievements/Trophies in this category include: