All Cairn Achievements & Trophies
Complete guide to all 53 achievements in Cairn. PS5 players can earn 54 trophies including the Platinum.
53 Achievements
10 Story
43 Missable
Story Achievements (Unmissable)
These achievements unlock automatically as you progress through Cairn's story.
| Achievement | How to Complete |
|---|---|
| Mandatory warm-up | Finish the Tenzen training |
| Those who come back down | Find your first broken Climbot |
| Interloper on the wall | Meet Marco |
| Moment of cool | Take a break at the waterfall |
| One hell of a night | Wake up in top shape after spending a night at The Dome |
| Everything else disappears | Witness the Aurora Borealis |
| Neither a success, nor a failure | Meet Damas Al Fatri |
| Home | Choose to return with Marco |
| Upstream | Survive the Avalanche |
| Part of a whole | Reach the summit of Mount Kami |
Missable Achievements
These achievements require specific actions and can be missed if you don't actively pursue them.
| Achievement | How to Complete |
|---|---|
| Bag maniac | Manually adjust the contents of your backpack |
| Serious training | Open the locked box in the gear room by completing all Advanced Training tasks |
| Aava Porter Bridges | Deliver Rody's letter to the shepherdess |
| Don't stop me now | Climb 30 metres without a piton |
| In Memoriam | Place an origami at the shelter |
| Luxurious grip | Compost coins |
| All that glitters | Acquire the Glowing gloves |
| Spotted! | Use the binoculars to spot Marco |
| Your story | Review your path to the summit |
| No thanks | Manually interrupt Marco's mumbling |
| Return to the Source | Catch a weird salamander and acquire Hygrocybe Rubescens |
| Light up the Sky | Shoot fireworks at the Short Break spot |
| I did it! | Reach the summit of the mini-Kami |
| Siesta | Sleep outdoors using the Rest feature |
| Honest heist | Collect wild honey from the wall |
| The Child | Climb the first guardian and get the Troglodyte Piton |
| The Ancient | Climb the second guardian and find its Indestructible Piton |
| The Secret | Climb the third guardian and find its Indestructible Piton |
| Engineer | Craft 15 pitons on a climb |
| Love birds | Let go of Rody and Johanna's kite |
| Herbalist | Cook the ultimate infusion |
| Master chocolatier | Cook an easter egg |
| Meteorologist | Get all three doll pieces |
| Red Rope Club | Make an alcoholic cocktail |
| One Day, I'll be rich! | Give the required crystal shards to the crystal-cutter at the Palace of Wind |
| Doped up | Get all stat boosts in one go |
| Lick responsibly | Lick a frog for the first time |
| Lactic acid | Shake your arms to recover stamina 50 times |
| Grizzly woman | Survive the bear encounter |
| Picture for Chris | Use the photo mode for the first time |
| Hungry like a wolf | Loot food from a corpse for the first time |
| Kami sashimi | Catch your first fish |
| Bird's eye | Use Remote View for the first time |
| Nurse | Tape your finger 20 times |
| Ain't scared | Jump onto the wall from the ground |
| Leap of faith | Run and jump into an abyss while tied to the Piton |
| Not even a scratch | Survive a fall from 15 meters |
| Close call | Survive a near-deadly fall |
| Just a bit too late | Fall while planting a piton |
| Leave no trace | Compost 10 trash items |
| End of the Rope | Extend your rope as far as you can while rappelling down |
| Heartbeat | Find the Edelweiss flower |
Trophy Hunting Tips
- Complete all 8 walls in the Training Facility to unlock the Serious training achievement early.
- Explore every area thoroughly - many achievements are tied to finding hidden items and locations.
- The game has two endings: Home and Part of a whole. You'll need two playthroughs for both.
- Use Photo Mode whenever you see something beautiful - it unlocks Picture for Chris.