Potato Please has 20 Steam achievements, including six hidden ones. Some require thousands of peeled potatoes, while others involve special interactions and different outcomes. The easiest way to work toward all of them is to plan your manual peeling before switching to machines.
All 20 Achievements
Best Completion Order
Peeling Achievements
Machine Achievements
Hidden Achievements
All 20 Potato Please Achievements and How to Unlock Them
Potato Please features 14 regular achievements and six hidden achievements. The full list below includes their requirements or unlock clues.
| Achievement | Unlock Requirement or Clue |
|---|---|
| First Cut | Peel your first potato. |
| Warmed Up | Complete the warm-up shift. |
| One Last Puff | Take a moment to clear your lungs. |
| Good Boy | A kindness-related interaction. |
| A Heart of Gold | Perform a small act of kindness. |
| A Thousand Peels | Peel 1,000 potatoes by hand or machine. |
| Industrial Revolution | Use machines to peel potatoes. |
| Ten Thousand | Peel 10,000 potatoes. |
| Employee of the Month | Earn recognition for your dedication. |
| Fully Automated | Let machines handle the heavy lifting. |
| The Quota | Peel every last potato. |
| Old School | Peel 500 potatoes by hand. |
| No Escape | Reach the moment when your shift isn't over yet. |
| These Hands Were Made for Peeling | Peel 1,000 potatoes by hand. |
| Traitor (Hidden) | Your service has been terminated. |
| For the Motherland (Hidden) | Your loyalty has been noted. |
| The Last Harvest (Hidden) | Every harvest must end. |
| Your Own Executioner (Hidden) | You taught him well. |
| Every Path Has a Price (Hidden) | There is no perfect ending. |
| Unauthorized Passenger (Hidden) | This is not an approved transport method. |
Best Order to Complete Potato Please Achievements
For an efficient completion route, prioritize achievements with specific peeling requirements before focusing on automation and hidden outcomes.
- Peel your first potato to unlock First Cut.
- Finish the introductory warm-up shift for Warmed Up.
- Peel 500 potatoes manually to unlock Old School.
- Continue peeling by hand until you reach 1,000 for These Hands Were Made for Peeling and A Thousand Peels.
- Begin using machines to work toward Industrial Revolution and Fully Automated.
- Keep peeling until you reach the 10,000-potato milestone for Ten Thousand.
- Complete the remaining shift-related objectives and pursue the hidden achievements separately.
The main advantage of this approach is that your first 1,000 potatoes can contribute toward several achievements at once.
You'll also avoid relying entirely on machines before finishing the achievements that specifically require manual peeling.
How to Unlock All Potato Peeling Achievements
The numerical achievements are the most straightforward part of the list, but there's an important difference between total potatoes peeled and potatoes peeled by hand.
Old School and These Hands Were Made for Peeling
Old School requires 500 potatoes peeled entirely by hand, while These Hands Were Made for Peeling increases that requirement to 1,000.
The second achievement builds naturally on the first, so there's no need to change your approach after reaching 500.
I recommend completing both milestones before making machinery your primary peeling method.
Machine-peeled potatoes won't satisfy the manual requirements, even though they can contribute toward the general peeling achievements.
A Thousand Peels and Ten Thousand
A Thousand Peels counts potatoes peeled either manually or through machinery. You'll therefore satisfy this milestone while working toward 1,000 hand-peeled potatoes.
Ten Thousand is the larger overall peeling goal, requiring 10,000 potatoes.
After completing your first 1,000 manual peels, you'll have 9,000 more potatoes to process to reach the 10,000 milestone.
That's where machinery becomes particularly useful, since you can work on the larger total without continuing to peel every potato yourself.
Is The Quota the Same as Ten Thousand?
No, these are two separate Steam achievements.
Ten Thousand has a specific numerical requirement of 10,000 potatoes. The Quota instead requires you to peel every last potato.
Don't treat reaching 10,000 as a guaranteed substitute for completing The Quota. Keep both achievements on your checklist until each unlocks.
How to Get Industrial Revolution and Fully Automated
Potato Please has two achievements directly connected to using machinery.
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution is tied to having machines perform the peeling work.
Once you've finished your manual peeling milestones, start using machinery as part of your normal potato-processing routine.
This lets you work toward the machine achievement while continuing to increase your overall potato count.
Fully Automated
Fully Automated is another machinery-focused achievement, with its objective centered on letting machines handle the heavy lifting.
Keep this separate from Industrial Revolution when tracking your progress. Both involve automation, but they are individual achievements rather than one combined unlock.
The most efficient approach is to pursue your larger peeling total alongside both machine-related goals instead of treating automation as a completely separate activity.
All Hidden Achievements in Potato Please
There are six hidden Steam achievements in Potato Please. Unlike the straightforward peeling milestones, their descriptions point toward particular outcomes and unusual events.
Traitor and For the Motherland
These two achievements revolve around opposing themes of betrayal and loyalty.
Pay close attention to how your actions affect the game's events rather than expecting either achievement to unlock from peeling a specific number of potatoes.
The Last Harvest and Every Path Has a Price
Both achievements have descriptions connected to how events conclude.
Every Path Has a Price specifically references an ending, making it particularly relevant when working through the game's different outcomes.
If you're aiming for every achievement, keep track of the conclusions you've already reached so you can focus on unexplored possibilities afterward.
Your Own Executioner
Your Own Executioner has the clue "You taught him well."
It doesn't have a numerical peeling requirement, so treat it as a separate hidden objective rather than part of the hand-peeling or automation grind.
Unauthorized Passenger
Unauthorized Passenger has a clue involving an unapproved method of transport.
Keep this achievement separate from the ending-related objectives. Its description points toward a specific transport-related situation rather than a peeling milestone.
For full completion, focus first on the achievements with clear numerical requirements, then work through the remaining interactions and hidden outcomes individually. That makes it much easier to see which goals still need your attention without confusing manual peeling, machine progress, and story-related objectives.
