The Plucky Squire

The Plucky Squire

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Perfect Fish Grab

Perfect Fish Grab

Catch Floatio on your first try.

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How to unlock the Perfect Fish Grab achievement in The Plucky Squire - Definitive Guide

In Chapter 4, shortly after solving a puzzle by making a lily pad huge so you could cross a river, you will come to a section where a fish has flopped out of the water on the right hand side of the page. If you talk to the fish, you start a cutscene whereby you have to grab him so that you can put him back in the water.

Once the mini game starts, you will see the fish fly from one side of the screen to the other and you will need to time your button press so that you reach out your hand to grab him just at the right time.

For the achievement you need to catch the fish on your first attempt. To be clear, you don't need to catch the fish on the first time it jumps across the screen (you can let it jump across several times before you try your first catch).

For me, you want to time your button press when the fish jumps across closest to the bottom of the screen, and (obviously) time it when the fish is above your hand. Every time I tried to catch the fish when it was nearer the middle / top of the screen it would always slip out of my hand.

If you don't catch the fish on your first attempt, then as long as you do not initiate an auto save by heading off the top of the page to the next page, you can either select to 'quit' from the game menu (it should say your last save was several minutes ago) and then continue your game OR you can dashboard out of the game, quit, then reload - you'll load in on the same page and can start the fish cutscene / mini game again as many times as needed until you catch it!
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23 Sep 2024 10:57

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Can be done by replaying via Chapter Select as well.
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By ComicKaze23 on 08 Oct 2024 05:33
In Chapter 4, just after solving the lilypad obstacle, you'll see a flopping fish on the side of the page. Go down through the little tunnel (marked with the dirt path on either side of the bridge walkway) to meet with it. You'll have a short cutscene where Jot primes himself to catch it, and until you press a button, you have not tried. If you need to get the pacing down for the fish's jump, take time to watch and then press cn_T to grab it. At least, that's the button I used from all the interactions I've done already.

SnowyStorm00 confirms that, if you fail on the first try, you can quit out and reload the save to try again.
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17 Sep 2024 18:10

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I can confirm that if you miss, you can quit and reload your save to try again
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By SnowyStorm00 on 17 Sep 2024 23:54
@SnowyStorm00: thank you for helping me refine the solution for others.
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By KTKarona on 18 Sep 2024 00:27
Pretty annoying to get honestly...
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By CamperInaBush on 18 Sep 2024 00:54
Try and get this out of the way during your first play through as using the chapter select option after completing the game does not save your progress.
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By redael on 19 Sep 2024 20:06
I found it was easier to wait for the fish to jump across the bottom of the screen to time my grab rather than the middle / top, where it would often slip out my hand.
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By Jeff-Chob on 24 Sep 2024 23:47
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Chapter 4

There is a very obvious point in this chapter where you walk up a path and see a fish flopping around on the ground to the right. Head down the stairs and under the bridge to interact with the fish. This will bring up a little minigame where you need to press button-y.png to grab the fish as it jumps across the screen. It's pretty simple to do, but you need to catch the fish on your first try to unlock this achievement. If you miss, pause the game and quit to the main menu, then continue your game and you'll be right at the start of that page to try again.

Here's a clip of me doing it:
https://www.xbox.com/play/media/4FvzWySM3E
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I made a guide explaining the timing of this. Confirmed you can't go back via chapter select to get this, it has to be on the first run. Hope this helps

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24 Sep 2024 17:16

Catching crucian carp . If you didn't catch it on the first try, then press the Options button, then Exit. You will get to the main menu, press Play - Continue and the save will transfer you to the location right before you need to catch the crucian carp. Thus, you can catch the crucian carp without problems, having got used to it .
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18 Sep 2024 11:07

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You need to click on when the crucian carp is exactly in the middle of the screen
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By romaj1k on 18 Sep 2024 13:24
This trophy won't be easy to get through chapter select. It's better to get it on your first playthrough. You'll have to start over from the beginning of Chapter 4 every time before attempting it, as replaying doesn't save your progress.
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By Nebula on 20 Sep 2024 15:06