Octodad: Dadliest Catch

29 Achievements

1,000

6-8h

Xbox One

Xbox Series

Number 1 Dad

Beat the game without losing.

100

2.38%

How to unlock the Number 1 Dad achievement in Octodad: Dadliest Catch - Definitive Guide

Sangriaz

TrueAchievements

28 Aug 2015 23:16

This is for finishing the game without dying. This must be done in story mode and can't be done in Free Play by just re-doing the levels you did not die on. Recommended to change the difficulty to easy for this. To check if you have died or not you can Pause the game and go to Stats where it should say "Times caught 0".

UPDATE: Thanks to I ASK NO ONE for pointing this out. The stat actually is cumulative. The recommendation is to delete your save completely and start over or go for this one first so that it's easy to keep track of your "times caught". I believe the achievement will still unlock as long as the times caught counter does not increase. For example, if you started with times caught at 5, if you finish the game with it still saying 5, the achievement should unlock.

There are a few ways to "die" in this game. If you see a death coming, you can quickly hit pause and load last checkpoint. If you do actually die, you can delete local save and load up the cloud save. Done by going to game's save management and deleting it from local only. (DO NOT hit delete everywhere or delete cloud save) This will reset back progress about 2-3 minutes but it's better having to re-do the entire game because of one death.

- Get caught in the lawnmower in Home Sweet Home for Trim Your Moustache achievement.
- Get caught by the chef in the grocery store.
- Get discovered by the marine scientists in the Aquarium. (This can't happen on easy)
- Fall overboard in the Sea Legs level.
- Get caught by the chef, fall in the fire, get hit with a cleaver in the last level.

Here's a video guide in 3 parts going as fast as possible without doing any of the unrequired stuff. Difficulty is set to easy so some of the things done in this video may not be the same if you set difficult to something else.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

28 Aug 2015 23:16

13 Comments

U have part 1 and part 3 posted on YouTube, but no part 2.

By I ASK NO ONE on 30 Aug 2015 17:13

I ASK NO ONE: There was some problem with part 2 and it's being re-uploaded now.

By Sangriaz on 30 Aug 2015 23:22

Thanks! I was just hoping to see someone else do it before I attempted it.

By I ASK NO ONE on 01 Sep 2015 14:39

I just started a new game after going after the achievements first. It shows 7 times caught on my new game. I guess u must delete ur save. Letting everyone know so u don't get too far into a new game before realizing this.

By I ASK NO ONE on 03 Sep 2015 06:05

I ASK NO ONE: Thanks for that information. It's probably possible to get this achievement as long as it doesn't increase. If you started with 7, it should stay 7. This was the first achievement that I went for, so I thought that stat always read 0 if you have never been killed.

By Sangriaz on 03 Sep 2015 06:17

Two more things. On easy, you can get nailed by the shark unless you swim quickly - when you return from the Sea Legs mission. You have a set time and if you're too slow, it will kill you. Also on Easy, in the next level, in the Mens room, if you open the middle stall the guy inside will BUST you even on EASY. Don't open it. You've been warned.

By GREGO McGEE on 24 Sep 2015 07:06

i tried deleting the local save but every time i booted the game again and checked my stats, i still had 1 time caught. am i doing something wrong?

By EnAN0 ERS on 08 Oct 2015 01:54

When you are up on the rafters of the last level, falling into the fire DOES NOT count. This only applies when you are on the rafters.

By O2Viper on 04 Jan 2016 01:16

The shark will kill you as well.

By BigLanceLS on 17 Jan 2016 16:47

Hi, I'm coming to confirm that you can play "new game" on easy and th achievement will unlock. I did everything and I need one more tie (the third in the acuarium) and when I said I want to play a new game the game said I will keep my ties and everything, and now I finished the game without dying and I have the achievement.

By Soel VJ on 26 Jan 2016 14:25

In the areas where you can die, be prepared to hit the pause button and then load checkpoint if you start seeing too many splatters. I Didn't think of it on the first play but this saved me the 2nd time through.

By Original Dr T on 17 Jul 2016 18:45

can confirm you dont need to delete your save. Just make sure you dont add any times being caught. I started with 7 and ended with 7 and got the achievement

By mudder85 on 24 Oct 2021 19:20

Please remove the local save trick. It does NOT work!
I died on the level before the end level (the one where you need to make an alarm go off) and crawled through the vent, into the center toilet and I got caught. I forgot to set off the alarm...
So I tried deleting my local save and continue the game, but it did not unlock!

By mcnuggests on 21 Jan 2017 21:48

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The, Pants, Party

XboxAchievements

"Losing" consists of two things: getting caught being an octopus (knocking over too much stuff or being seen by a scientist), and dying. If you play the game on Easy difficulty, it is impossible to get caught as everyone literally ignores your octopus antics, so you can knock over everything in sight and stroll right by the scientists with no repercussions.

As for dying, there are very few areas of trouble. As I mentioned in the Road Map, the "Trim Your Moustache" achievement results in an automatic death, so avoid doing that and return for it in Free Play. During your few chef encounters, pause and load a checkpoint if he is getting too close. While on the boat, be careful not to fall overboard. And finally, during the last battle with the chef, don't fall off the tables into the fire during the first section. After Scarlet boosts you up to the rafters, falling off does not result in a death so don't worry about that.

A "loss" will always result in purple ink being splotched onto the screen. You can pause the game and check your stats in the menu at any time. If the "Time Caught" statistic has gone up, you'll need a new playthrough. If this happens, make sure to remember how many times you were caught the last time so you can make that your new zero point.