Yooka-Laylee
35 Achievements
1,000
20-25h
Had one's Quill
Collect all 1,010 Quills
100
1.35%
How to unlock the Had one's Quill achievement in Yooka-Laylee - Definitive Guide
While I'm not going to plot out all 1010 Quill locations on a map, here are some tips for hunting and some locations of hard to find Quills that had me running in circles.
Tips and Tricks
The biggest tip I can give you is to look everywhere. If you can see a location and can go there, chance are there are some hidden Quills in that location. Some Quills are obviously much more well hidden than others so don't hesitate to search every nook and cranny you can find.
Once you get down to 10 Quills remaining, you are able to make use of Vendi's Hunter Tonic. This Tonic will notify you when a rare collectible is nearby via a noise in the game or a controller vibration. Don't expect to use this for all 200 Quills in a Tome though. The Tonic only tracks "rare" collectibles, which means there must be 10 or less of them remaining.
Tricky Locations
Tribalstack Tropics
-There are a few Quills hanging out on top of the rock you walk under immediately exiting the area. Fly up or traverse the rocks on the edge of the map to reach them.
-After you defeat Rampo and claim his Pagie, make sure to hop behind him to add a few more Quills to your collection.
-After talking to Shovel Knight for the first time, head to the back of the temple, with your back facing SK's location. If you jump off the ledge and begin gliding, there is a single Quill on a small, grassy ledge below the temple.
Glitterglaze Glacier
(Not many difficult locations in this area, I was only missing 3 once I collected a majority of the Pagies)
-In the lake in the center of the map, there are quite a few Quills hanging out under the surface of the lake. Dive down or use the underwater breathing ability (if unlocked) to snatch these up.
Moodymaze Marsh
-In the area with a Time Trial, accessible by rolling across a ramp and going through a pipe, there are a few Quills on the track that you may have missed the first time around. These are all easily visible by traversing around the track.
-On the platforming sections with moving logs, there are a few Quills off to the sides that are easily missed if you don't check your surroundings before crossing the river.
Capital Cashino
-Along the ledges of the House of Cards there are a few Quills that can be missed if you don't fly around this area much.
-Inside the large central fountain, there are a few Quills along with a couple Casino Tokens.
-Near Vendi's location under the golf course, there are a few Quills along the wall that easily blend into the environment.
Galleon Galaxy
-Around the backside of the starting island, there is a destructible meteor hiding a few Quills under it. Destroy the meteor with Grenades or the pirate ship cannon to claim them.
-In the area with a couple outhouses, each of the blue outhouses can be hit to open up and reveal a single Quill inside.
But I'm missing still 2 quills in Hivory Towers. Do you have any suggestions?
Quills are the yellow feathers that you can collect 200 of, in every Grand Tome world. You can find another 10 in the starting area of the game by breaking the treasure chests with . Most of them are easy to find and if you pay extra attention you will be able to locate almost all of them without any trouble. There's one Quill in particular that gives people trouble though, in the very first world - Tribalstack Tropics. If you find yourself in a situation where you are only missing a single Quill in Tribalstack Tropics, then move to the temple that you had to climb to retrieve a certain Knights gem then run behind it as there's a lone Quill located here.
Important: You will not be able to obtain all 200 Quills of a world before expanding it but you will need moves from later worlds to reach some of the quills in a world so if you're still missing some Quills after searching high and low after expanding, then it's very likely you're missing the required move to get to the area where they are hidden.
If you need help locating any of the quills or prefer following a video guide, then check the following link: LINK