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Castaway achievement in Minecraft (Kindle Fire)

Castaway

Eat nothing but dried kelp for three in-game days

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How to unlock the Castaway achievement

  • SashamorningSashamorning
    18 May 2018 07 Jun 2018 07 Jun 2018
    Try to start this when you start the title update, since the rest of the achievements will probably take less than the hour you'll need for this.

    Create a new world at Dwaggienite's seed, -1618472320. As you work toward the other achievements, swim around and break some kelp, which grows in very long stalks from the ocean floor. It breaks by hand.

    Collect some (at least 10), make a furnace and cook it. Then eat some. You will need to be on Easy difficulty or harder in order to be fatigued enough to be able to eat.

    Now wait for 3 full days, which will take around an hour (unless you craft a bed to skip the nights). By the time you get the other achievements in the title update, you should be at least part way through this.

    Hope this helps!

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    SashamorningI've always kept it active while I did something else, just to be sure.
    Posted by Sashamorning On 22 Oct 18 at 17:54
    napoearthYeah, of course the "as soon as you post, it pops" thing happened for me. It took four days. Three days (hour and fifteen minutes) without pausing or allowing the device to sleep. Then sleeping in a bed the next night.
    Posted by napoearth On 22 Oct 18 at 18:02
    Sashamorningsmile toast
    Posted by Sashamorning On 22 Oct 18 at 18:19
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  • Itzz Sh0wt1m3Itzz Sh0wt1m3
    19 May 2018 06 Aug 2018
    ALL in one Guide
    Been getting quite some request for an achievement world. I hadn't made one until now due to me not having a lot of free time to dedicate to this as well as it not being as easy to set one up for this. I've tried my best to make a world for this, by using the seed provided by fellow TA member Dwaggienite. It will take more effort to get the achievements in comparison to earlier updates, so don't expect it to be as easy as that. This has to do with the requirements of 3 achievements not being able to set them up as easy.

    Also, take note that this world was created in version 1.5.04 and therefore does not work in versions below that, like 1.4 (which for example WP, Kindle, Ios and Gear VR run on as of now, until 1.5.04 or a higher version is released to the public. ) The world can be downloaded right here:
    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/90bviwj4dhz8i83/AAATWKpkwXEVNQ8ai...

    For windows 10 and windows phone 10 use:
    W10_Aquatic Sh0wt1m3 v2.mcworld

    For all MCPE versions on phone/tablet use:
    MCPE_ Aquatic Sh0wt1m3 v2

    Note: There is a bed which you can sleep in, which will change the spawn point for the host.
    Any player joining in will have to walk for 2 minutes or so anyway to reach the cabin.
    Note 2: might be worth swapping to Experimental gameplay on if achievements fail to pop. Regardless of which gameplay you use, they are buggy and can take a few tries or minutes to pop.
    Note 3: Cabin coordinates are 200, 65, -320
    Note 4: Unsure how to import worlds, Android has slightly changed but the rest of the ways to import are mentioned in the walkthroughs' hints and tips pages.

    Now on to the achievements:
    Be sure to load the world on HARD difficulty. Then jump/run around for a bit until you can eat a dried kelp leave. Then swap back to peaceful. This will start the timer for the Castaway achievement. Don't close the game or die for the next hour and this achievement is yours.

    Enter the Achievement cabin up ahead via the ladders. Immediately on our left grab the kelp block from the chest and power the furnace with it. Then grab the dried kelp leaves as they are dried for Alernative fuel.

    Head down towards the chest on your right. What worked best for me to pop Me gold was first take the treasure map in my hand, then open the chest while having the map in my hand. Then take out a few items, close the chest and open it again to remove the remainder of the items. Then close the chest and wield the iron helm/chestplate/legs/boots.
    Note: Reload world if multiple players/platforms need it. Also if it doesn't pop reload a fresh world as once the chest is opened and the achievement popped or not, no one will be able to pop it afterwards.

    Now for I'm a Marine Biologist, there is a little pond in the back. Take an empty bucket in your hand and use it on one of the fishes which are in there. (right mouse or tap and hold finger on touchscreen)

    For sleep with the fishes, there is a little workaround for that on peaceful difficulty. Sometimes when you go underwater and the oxygen bubbles have all gone down, you only lose one heart which regenerates before you lose a new heart. Keep going underwater until this situation appears, then just stay under water for 20 minutes to pop this achievement.

    Now for Atlantis and Ahoy!, there is a shipwreck at coordinate 539, 63, 31 and a ruin at
    611, 47, 52. 2nd number is height, so focus on the first and third number to get to these spots. Atlantis always popped fairly soon for me, just swimming past worked. For Ahoy!, I would always sit on the mast in the back of the ship (longe pole) until the achievement popped.
    Be sure to keep an eye on your hearts that you do not drown, which will reset the progress for castaway. As a side note, I'd like to point out that Ahoy! would only pop for me on certain version while experimental gameplay was turned ON.

    Now you should just have Sail the 7 Seas left. (assuming castaway has popped, if not idle the remainder of the hour for castaway or if you're confident enough not to die just go for the 7 seas.) In this bay/ocean with the shipwreck and ruin in it, swim around for a bit. I've had the achievement pop twice for me at around 570, 50, -70, after swimming through this area. Don't swim in straight lines, but rather 't swim in straight lines but rather meander, thereby also touching the ocean floor every now and then. This should be around 2-3 of the ocean biomes done. For the remainder, we are going to go to these coordinates provided by Sashamorning:
    Coordinate 1 = 192, 63, -303
    Coordinate 2 = 125, 62, -192
    Coordinate 3 = -40, 63, 22.

    He's provided a few extra ones but I've only had to use these extra coordinates twice, though the achievement never popped there for me. The route I would take after exploring the shipwreck/ruin area, is first to the cabin: 200, 65, -320. From there, make your way to coordinate 1, then 2, then 3. While doing so, again meander over the ocean floor. Be sure to move to different types of ocean floor as you pass by them ( sand, gravel, stone, dirt), different types of vegetation, (long kelp plants, small grass type of plants, no vegetation), different altitudes (deep ocean and ocean floor relatively close to surface) as well as areas with different types of fish (dolphins, salmon, small fish, no fish, etc.). It's all about having the game registering that you have been in all areas. It is very well possible that the achievement does no pop once you have swum around coordinate 3. Then I would suggest backtracking to the other coordinates while exploring stuff on your way.

    Hope this was helpful, feedback is welcome as always.
    Credits to Sashamorning, Dwaggienite and JumboWario
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    MathGuy42Thus far I've been unsuccessful in unlocking this. I've tried the steps above. I've also tried eating dried kelp, then leaving the difficulty on Hard for over an hour, cowering in the house you built.

    I'm not sure what else to try. It's very annoying that each attempt takes an hour (which of course is not your fault). Thanks yet again for the great worlds.

    Edit: Finally unlocked for me. I don't know what I did differently though.
    Posted by MathGuy42 On 01 Sep 18 at 20:27
    napoearthI'm also unable to get castaway to unlock. Tried it twice now.
    Posted by napoearth On 22 Oct 18 at 16:24
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