A Short Hike

A Short Hike

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Not A Scratch

Not A Scratch

Complete the boating challenge in under 45 seconds.

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How to unlock the Not A Scratch achievement in A Short Hike - Definitive Guide

This is a lot easier than it sounds. You unlock the boating challenge by offering to take the boat rental person's kid on a boat ride. After going full speed when he asks, he'll offer you a challenge. Go through the challenge and your boat will break down. Drive the boat to the fisherman on the boat who wants fish, and he will repair it. After that, talk to the kid and he will give you a new challenge (do the race again, timed, with no ramp).

When in the race, hold A to go max speed in open waters. Let go when you need to do sharp turns. I was able to get it done in 33 seconds. Even then you do have a little wiggle room with 1 collision. Take your time because the course is short.
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17 Nov 2021 21:41

16 Comments
Where even is the boat rental person?
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By DigitalAtlas on 28 Jan 2022 18:21
On the absolute north part of the map. Make sure you use the compass, though, because the camera in this game makes it so that up is not always north.
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By FLEEBS on 29 Jan 2022 18:24
Yup agree blast on the straight aways, know where your turns are and coast. Go slow through the canyon and blast that last part being wary of those 3 rocks.
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By KungFuMonk3y on 20 Aug 2023 04:13
36.19 seconds after 20 minutes
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By BuckShotzNYC on 27 Aug 2023 16:47
Thanks @McPiexl for explaining how to control the boat. 👍 Done at second try with your method.
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By Poia on 28 Aug 2023 15:34
These are some of worst vehicle controls in a video game.
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By MetroniumIV on 12 Sep 2023 04:39
An otherwise fantastic game ruined by a single achievement. Best time I managed was 102.6
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By Nave Sutlef on 07 Nov 2023 02:57
How do you retry it when you inevitably fail the first time?
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By DoomScott on 12 Nov 2023 06:49
@DoomScott

You have to fix the boat and go back to the rental stand where you started the race quest the first time.

You can fix the boat at the stand by admitting you broke it, or at the ship (the one where you bring the fish).

After you fix the boat and restart the race, if you fail again you can retry it immediately by speaking to the kid on the boat.
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By Poia on 12 Nov 2023 16:39
@McPiexl you are amazing! Thank you.
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By Rabid Platipus1 on 19 Nov 2023 05:25
You can press Y to stand up from steering the boat and then A to talk to the kid and restart, even if you are in the middle of the race. It's definitely better to go a bit slow and take your time on turns or in tight sections, rather than racking up 10 second penalties every time you bump something. I recommend doing a couple slow practice runs so you can get used to the incredibly awful and counterintuitive steering. Eventually I built up the muscle memory to pull off all the turns, but I still cannot explain to you what the steering system is. Other than "stupid."
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By DenverMax27 on 13 Dec 2023 14:44
I think I worked out the boat steering - you're using left joy stick to point the boat where you want to go relative to the screen! So if you want to go towards the top left of the screen, then point up and left. It's not your typical left and right steering I don't think. Hope that helps someone!
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By minisim24 on 17 Dec 2023 11:24
Even without controller/accessability options this wasn't too bad.
What helped me the most was basically point the left stick in the direction of the arrow on the screen and your boat will be pointing the right way before your brain betrays you.
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By CheshireMulisha on 07 May 2024 14:25
This is so hard for me I cant quite figure out the controls I get this weird thing I have to do a 360 with the boat before it responds to the controls again
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By antonhbp on 15 Aug 2023 10:27
Regarding boat controls, I couldn't work it until I realised you don't turn the boat like you're driving a car you lead it like you're walking and directions are relative to the screen. So if you're pointing East (of screen, not compass, and want to go North, don't turn the stick left to spin round, push it up. Hope that helps people!
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By lobstar A on 21 Aug 2023 22:15
I get it done!!!
the logic of boat controling is counterintuitive, unlike other games when you push to accelerate you push left and right to adjust your direction. In this game your boat is youself, consider it is you, someone walking on the water, when you push the joystick to any direction, the boat go to wherever you are pushing, the accelerate buttom is just for speed up. Then the challenge is much easier than you think.
First, finish the boat challenge only use the joystick, the boat will moving just fine, when you adapt the control as a character not a vehicle, then you can try to accelerate only on the long straight line.
My best sccore is 35 seconds, and I get it less than 10 attempts.
Hope you can get this achievement soon.
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By McPiexl on 22 Aug 2023 00:33
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This is more of an addition to the other two helpful guides but you can use the dpad to control the boat and I found it so much easier and more accurate. I managed to do it with no collisions after just a handful of attempts this way.
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06 Aug 2023 21:41


On the small islands in the north of the map is a boat rental shack. You'll need 100 coins to rent the boat. Then, speak to the girl on the island, so she will join you on the boat. Speak to her again and accept her challenge. After completing the challenge the first time, you'll need to ride the boat to the captain to repair it. Once the boat is repaired, talk to the girl again to accept her modified challenge. You can repeat this as many times as you need to in order to beat the 45 second time limit. Here is how to get the boat key in A Short Hike. Here is how to complete the boating challenge in under 45 seconds in A Short Hike.
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10 Aug 2023 17:34

The boat can be found north of the map, to the left of the beach game.

It costs 100 coins to rent the boat.

Speak to the kid lying down after renting.

Once in the boat reach maximum speed.
You’ll know you’ve reached the max when the kid emotes.

Now speak to them and they will start the race.

You will need to play through the race once before going for the achievement.

The boat will break down.
Head left and speak to the fisherman.

Speak to the kid again to start the race.

If you mess up, stand up and speak to the kid to restart the race.

You will get a golden feather for completing the race.
(It’s not in this footage because I restarted)

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05 Aug 2023 00:00

The boat can be found north of the map, to the left of the beach game.

It costs 100 coins to rent the boat.

Speak to the kid lying down after renting.

Once in the boat reach maximum speed.
You’ll know you’ve reached the max when the kid emotes.

Now speak to them and they will start the race.

You will need to play through the race once before going for the achievement.

The boat will break down.
Head left and speak to the fisherman.

Speak to the kid again to start the race.

If you mess up, stand up and speak to the kid to restart the race.

You will get a golden feather for completing the race.
(It’s not in this footage because I restarted)

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05 Aug 2023 22:42

You need 100 coins to hire the boat here. Head up the North West coast side of the map, going past the Beachstickball court until you reach the wooden bridge that takes you across to the islands. On the island you will see a boat moored and a hut with a character in it, interact with them and ask to hire their boat, then interact with the character lying on the grass nearby, offer to take them out in the boat.

Follow the onscreen prompts for controls of boat. Go flat out on the boat then press Y and interact with your passenger. They will set you a challenge, complete it and that will get the boat busted up after going over the ramp.

Head round to the left along the coast until you reach a bigger boat, talk to the captain and he will fix your busted up boat.

Get back in the boat, move away from where you are and then interact with your passenger again, they will set you another challenge, another course and this time you need to do it in under 45 seconds. Each time you crash they add 10 seconds on to your time. If you mess up, press Y and interact with the passenger and ask to restart.

To see how I did this, check out this video. Heading towards the boat starts at around the 26:13 mark:

Not a Scratch Achievement
Part 1 - Feather Collector, Remember This Day Forever, Not a Scratch Achievement & Feathers Forever Achievement - Doing this first will make the rest of the achievements easier:
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24 Nov 2023 00:20

On the small islands in the north of the map is a boat rental shack. You'll need 100 coins to rent the boat. Then, speak to the girl on the island, so she will join you on the boat. Speak to her again and accept her challenge. After completing the challenge the first time, you'll need to ride the boat to the captain to repair it. Once the boat is repaired, talk to the girl again to accept her modified challenge. You can repeat this as many times as you need to in order to beat the 45 second time limit.

Here is a video guide of the boat challenge!

 
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You'll need to finish a prerequisite quest before you'll be able to get this trophy. Just North of the main island will be a Boat Rental hut. You'll need to pay 100 Coins to "rent the boat out" but once you pay, you'll actually get the keys to the boat and will have access to it forever. Just in front of the hut is a very dramatic kid woeing about the troubles of a child. Speak with him and offer to take him for a ride. When you're in the boat, ride around at full speed for a few seconds, then stop and talk to the kid. He'll tell you about a challenge he's set up and urges you to try it out. Agree to do so and about halfway through, you'll jump off a ramp and the boat will take a bit of damage. You'll need to speak to the Boat Captain on the ship just East of the main island to fix it. Once it's all fixed, speak with the kid again and now you'll be able to actually attempt the challenge. 

To get 45 seconds (or less), you need to have the boost on at almost all times and avoid hitting any obstacles (10 seconds will be added to the timer each time you hit something). The only part you should really be slowing down on is the narrow passageway where the ramp from earlier was but everything else can be blasted through. The controls of the boat are very tank-y and whichever direction you push the stick in is what direction the boat will go in so just keep that in mind as you're racing around. Once you complete the course,and if you've done it 45 seconds or less, the trophy will unlock.
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