Achievements

Steam achievements and PlayStation 4 trophies are external trophies unlocked in The Messenger. There are 48 Steam achievements total, and there are 43 PS4 trophies total, obtained either through normal game progression or through performing specific in-game feats.

List of Achievements/Trophies

Icon	Name	Description	Rank	Instructions
	Nothing To Fear	Rescue all Phobekins	Silver	Collect Necro, Claustro, Acro, and Pyro, the four Phobekins scattered around the world. Necro is automatically collected by entering the Catacombs early on in the game, while the other three Phobekins must be collected after gaining the power to freely time travel.
	Enter The Ninja	Beat the intro without dying	Bronze	Complete the intro of the game, Ninja Village. When you begin the game, just keep heading to the right. It's not actually possible to die.
	Dungeon Brawler	Defeat the Necromancer	Bronze	Defeat Ruxxtin the Great, the boss at the end of the Catacombs.
	Deposit At The River Bank	Jump down the big waterfall in Bamboo Creek	Bronze	Traverse most of Bamboo Creek until you reach a room near the end of the level with a humongous waterfall. Then, jump down and land in the water.
	My Bad!	Defeat the Emerald Golem	Bronze	Defeat the Emerald Golem, the boss at the end of Howling Grotto.
	I Quill Survive	Defeat the Queen of Quills	Bronze	Defeat the Queen of Quills, the boss at the end of Quillshroom Marsh.
	Leg Day	Defeat Colos & Suses	Bronze	Defeat Colos & Suses, the bosses at the end of Searing Crags.
	Glacial Peaked	Get to the top of the mountain	Bronze	Traverse most of Glacial Peak until you reach the top of the mountain. Then, head to the right.
	Did The Thing	Defeat the Arcane Golem	Silver	Defeat Arcane Golem, the boss at the end of the Tower of Time.
	Sweet 16!	Time travel to the future	Bronze	After reaching Cloud Ruins for the first time, walk towards the right until you pass a certain structure.
	Was That A Dragon?	Defeat the Sky Serpent	Bronze	Defeat Evil Manfred, the boss at the end of Cloud Ruins.
	More Like 'Dumb In General'	Defeat the Demon General	Gold	Defeat Barma'thazël, the boss at the end of the Underworld.
	Man's Best Fred	Ride Manfred around the world back to where it all started	Bronze	After defeating Barma'thazël, a cutscene plays out where you ride Manfred to Ninja Village. After you jump off of Manfred, you'll obtain this achievement.
	Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow	Make it out of the underwater labyrinth	Bronze	Navigate through Howling Grotto's underwater maze until you reach Sunken Shrine.
	Tumble Hijinx	Bump on a few flowers in Rivière Turquoise	Bronze	In Rivière Turquoise, enter a blue cannon plant and bounce off of about three blue bouncy flowers.
	The Lava Is Floor	Run on lava	Bronze	After obtaining the Lightfoot Tabi from Sunken Shrine, go to Searing Crags. Two rooms to the right of the Searing Crags world portal is a floor filled with lava. Activate the Lightfoot Tabi and run across the lava.
	Not With THAT Altitude	Defeat the Demon King	Silver	Defeat the Demon King, the boss at the end of Forlorn Temple.
	More like EleMENTAL Skylands	Complete the Elemental Skylands scenario	Bronze	Defeat Clockwork Concierge, the boss at the end of Elemental Skylands, and watch the cutscene afterwards.
	Well, That Was Unsightly	Survive the Corrupted Future chase	Bronze	Collect the Key of Courage and complete the Abomination chase encounter at the end of the Corrupted Future.
	Sun And Moon	Receive the Key of Love	Bronze	In Sunken Shrine, collect the Sun Crest and Moon Crest and put them on the door in the main hub of Sunken Shrine. Enter the door, and collect the Key of Love after watching a cutscene.
	It Sounds Better On Vinyl	Complete the Melody	Bronze	After collecting all six Music Notes, interact with the Music Box in the Tower of Time HQ to place the Music Notes on the wall.
	I'm Your Biggest Phan	Defeat Phantom	Gold	Defeat Phantom, the boss at the end of the Music Box.
	The Fake Ending Was Better	Beat the game	Bronze	After completing the Music Box and defeating the Phantom, a cutscene plays out. At the end of the cutscene is a quick-time event. Complete the quick-time event to defeat the Mask and beat the game.
	Losing Weight, Gaining Ground	Buy five upgrades in the shop	Bronze	Buy 5 upgrades from the shop.
	Be Lootful And Multiply	Destroy a Big Time Shard	Bronze	Completely destroy a Big Time Shard.
	Walking On Air	Execute 15 Cloudsteps without landing or clinging to a wall	Silver	Execute 15 Cloudsteps without landing on the ground or clinging to a wall.
	I Swear It's My First Time	Make it through Dark Cave without the 'Power of True Sight'	Gold	Complete the Dark Cave without obtaining the Ordinary Wax Candle. Once you obtain the Ordinary Wax Candle, you can no longer obtain this achievement.
	Challenge Expected	Destroy your first Power Seal	Bronze	Find 1 Power Seal.
	Wheelin' And Sealin'	Destroy all Power Seals	Gold	Find all 45 Power Seals.
	Started From The Bottom	Buy all upgrades from the shop	Silver	Buy all 19 upgrades from the shop.
	I've Been Around	Enter all areas of the world	Bronze	Enter each area at least once.
	Eye Of The Shareholder	Meet Quarble	Bronze	Die and finish the dialogue conversation with Quarble.
	Fine, I Won't Open It	Be lectured on happiness	Bronze	Enter any shop with a Shopkeeper and continuously interact with the cabinet until The Shopkeeper initiates cabinet rant #1. After obtaining 1 Music Note on the Version 1.0.4 update or higher, you can no longer obtain this achievement. For a New Game + runthrough, it is also not compatible with the Voodoo Mask from Picnic Panic, as the Cage Monster is needed to hear the final line of dialogue.
	Bait Taken	Be lectured on the power of stories	Bronze	Before summoning the Tower of Time at the top of Glacial Peak, there is a shop at the top of Glacial Peak without a Shopkeeper. You must continuously interact with the cabinet inside this specific shop until The Shopkeeper initiates cabinet rant #2. After summoning the Tower of Time, you can no longer obtain this achievement.
	You Said This Was A Platformer	Be lectured on the inner child	Silver	After defeating Barma'thazël but before opening the cabinet, you must either continuously try to leave the shop or continuously talk to The Shopkeeper until The Shopkeeper initiates cabinet rant #3. After opening the cabinet, you can no longer obtain this achievement.
	Hope This Phelps	Buy the Swim Dash upgrade from the shop	Bronze	Buy the "Currents master" upgrade from the shop.
	One Hit Wonder	Kill a green demon in a single hit	Bronze	Buy the "Demon's bane" upgrade from the shop, then kill a Green Kappa with a powered-up attack.
	Welco Metot Henex Tlevel	Keep a windmill shuriken going for 15 seconds	Silver	After collecting all 45 Power Seals, open up the Power Seal Chest inside the shop. Equip the Windmill Shuriken, throw it, and keep jumping over it like a jump rope for 15 seconds.
	No Argument Here	Make it from the beginning of the game to beating the Queen of Quills with zero deaths	Silver	From the beginning of Ninja Village until defeating the Queen of Quills, you must have 0 deaths. If you die at all, you can't obtain the achievement.
	How Ninja Is That?	Attack your first enemy projectile	Bronze	Buy the "Strike of the Ninja" upgrade from the shop, then slash an applicable enemy projectile with your sword.
	Rocked Opus	Defeat Octo	N/A	Defeat Octo, the boss at the end of the Open Sea.
	Voodoo Told'em	Defeat the Voodoo Totem	N/A	Defeat the Voodoo Totem, the boss at the end of Voodkin Shore.
	Now THAT'S a finale!	Defeat the Demon General... again	Bronze	Defeat Barma'thething, the boss at the end of the Voodoo Heart.
	Star Messenger	Win the race with a perfect score	N/A	Win all 5 races in a row against the Dark Messenger without losing a single one.
	Betcha can't buy just one	Make your first purchase at the Craftman's Corner	N/A	After completing the "Sunk Cost" achievement, interact with the shop's Money Sink to reach The Craftsman's Corner, then purchase a toy.
	Thanks I hate it	Meet the voodoo mask	Silver	Collect all the Voodoo Feathers and Voodoo Mask Pieces in Picnic Panic. After reaching the Voodoo Heart, interact with the altar in the shop to summon the Voodoo Mask.
	Sunk Cost	Unclog the Money Sink	N/A	After purchasing all shop upgrades, interact with the Money Sink inside the shop to learn that it's clogged. Afterwards, go to The Artificer's room in the Tower of Time HQ. Interact with the tools on the wall and agree to give all of your Time Shards to The Artificer in exchange for the Money Wrench. Then, interact with the Money Sink in order to unclog it.
	All in	Accept 'THE DEAL'	N/A	After completing the "Thanks I hate it" achievement, create a New Game + file. Talk to the Voodoo Mask and accept its deal.

PlayStation 4-Only Trophy

Icon	Name	Description	Rank	Instructions
	I am The Messenger	Obtain all other trophies	Platinum	Obtain all other trophies. (PS4 only.)

Limited-Time Achievements/Trophies

Some achievements only have a limited timeframe in which you can achieve them. If you miss the window of opportunity, you will have to start a new game in order to obtain the achievement.

• I Swear It's My First Time: You must complete the Dark Cave without obtaining the Ordinary Wax Candle. Once you obtain the Ordinary Wax Candle, you can no longer obtain this achievement.
• Fine, I Won't Open It: Enter any shop with a Shopkeeper and continuously interact with the cabinet until The Shopkeeper initiates cabinet rant #1. After obtaining 1 Music Note on the Version 1.0.4 update or higher, you can no longer obtain this achievement. For a New Game + runthrough, it is also not compatible with the Voodoo Mask from Picnic Panic, as the Cage Monster is needed to hear the final line of dialogue.
• Bait Taken: Before summoning the Tower of Time at the top of Glacial Peak, there is a shop at the top of Glacial Peak without a Shopkeeper. You must continuously interact with the cabinet inside this specific shop until The Shopkeeper initiates cabinet rant #2. After summoning the Tower of Time, you can no longer obtain this achievement.
• You Said This Was A Platformer: After defeating Barma'thazël but before opening the cabinet, you must either continuously try to leave the shop or continuously talk to The Shopkeeper until The Shopkeeper initiates cabinet rant #3. After opening the cabinet, you can no longer obtain this achievement.
• No Argument Here: From the beginning of Ninja Village until defeating the Queen of Quills, you must have 0 deaths. If you die at all, you can't obtain the achievement.

Trivia

• "Welco Metot Henex Tlevel" is a reference to a Sega CD commercial.
• The achievement "More like EleMENTAL Skylands" used to have a typo with a capitalized "K."
• "Hope This Phelps," an achievement related to purchasing the swim dash ability, is a reference to the famous competitive swimmer, Michael Phelps.