Feather Finder
silver · collectible
Collect 10 golden feathers.
Published guide
Trophy guide
A Short Hike
Our route up Hawk Peak and around the island, with the feather rewards, fishing spots and flower locations in one place.
PlayStation 4 · Platinum and 100%
- Trophies
- 13
- Difficulty
- 2/10
- Completion time
- 3–5 hours
- Playthroughs
- 1 + free-roam cleanup
Before you play
- Known trophy issues
- None known
- Missable trophies
- None known
- Chapter select
- Unavailable
- Postgame cleanup
- Available
Continue after the credits to explore the same island. There are no chapters to replay.
Your route to completion
Begin with Finding your feet in Roadmap. Its four sections are suggested stages for exploring the island, not chapters in the game. Follow them in order for your first visit, then use the linked trophy solutions for exact tasks and collectible lists. Trophies lets you look up an individual solution. Open hidden-trophy spoiler panels when you're ready for those details.
- Get equipped and gather feathers. Follow White Coast Trail from Aunt May's cabin toward the Visitor Center. The first section helps you find the compass, tools and movement upgrades.
- Make the first climb. About ten golden feathers makes the ascent more comfortable. Follow The climb, using warm-up stops in the snow. After the summit, return to Aunt May and rest for The End. Choose Continue after the credits to resume exploring.
- Fill the collectible lists. Feathers, fish and flowers links to each checklist. Sell the required fish, water sprouts and finish the remaining feather rewards as you travel.
- Finish races and side trips. Save Avery's races for after your first ascent and movement upgrades. This section covers the boat time trial and remaining optional trophies.
Nothing is permanently missable. The platinum and 100% share the same thirteen-trophy list, and cleanup stays on this save.
Spoiler: Time-sensitive stopShow
One optional trophy uses real-world time. Between 17:00 and 17:59 on your console clock, read the food sign at the Visitor Center, speak to Ranger Jon and eat the toast. Everything else can fit around your own route.
Finding your feet
I would pick up the useful tools before worrying about a perfect route. Extra feathers make exploration much easier, and nothing is permanently missable.
Press to jump and hold it in the air to glide. Hold against a wall to climb. Golden feathers supply stamina for climbing and extra flaps, then recharge while you rest on the ground outside the snowy area.
- Follow White Coast Trail from the starting cabin toward the Visitor Center. Talk to the walker along the way to get the compass. Press to open your inventory, highlight the compass and press . Look at the top-right corner for north when the camera turns.
- Take the toy shovel near White Coast to Jim, the frog building sandcastles on the beach. Trade it for his shovel. Visit him again between trips and keep talking until his sandcastle city is finished.
- Speak to Sue near the Blackwood Trail junction about her headband. Ask the turtle runner farther along the trail for his, then bring it back for running shoes. Hold while moving to sprint, which uses feather stamina.
- Visit Bill on the Meteor Lake pier to learn to fish and receive the fishing rod.
- Pick up the bucket beside the pond above Meteor Lake. We'll use it for the island's sprouts.
Collect coins as you go. Buy the two 40-coin feathers at the Visitor Center first. Leave cosmetic purchases until the feather purchases and boat rental are covered.
Spoiler: Visitor Center timingShow
Passing the Visitor Center between 17:00 and 17:59? Read the food sign, ask Ranger Jon about the advertised dish and eat the toast from your inventory. This uses your console's clock. Doing it now saves a return trip.
The climb
Aim for about 10 golden feathers before the first climb. Follow Hawk Peak Trail and the red markers into the snow.
Used feathers freeze here instead of recharging on the ground. Move between hot springs and fires, warm up, then tackle the next climb. Avoid spending your remaining feathers on sprinting when you still need height.
Talk to the other hiker on the way up. There is an optional follow-up after reaching the summit, covered in Photo Friends. Open its spoiler panel when you're ready for the details.
After the summit, you can return to Aunt May's cabin and take a nap for The End. Continue brings you back for everything else. We can keep exploring on this save.
Hawk Peak
gold · unmissable
Make it to the top of the mountain.
Spoiler: reveal trophy
Photo Friends
gold · optional
Get your photo taken.
Talk to the fox on the lower Hawk Peak trail about reaching the summit, then make the climb yourself.
After the first summit visit, return to the fox beside the broken bridge below the top. I recommend bringing 12 golden feathers or more, as you'll lend six and still need enough to climb back up. Offer the feathers, meet the fox at the summit and finish the conversation to have your photo taken. The borrowed feathers are returned.
External video: hiker route and photo (PS5Trophies / 8BitsofVelvet, 0:15).
Feathers, fish and flowers
Use Feathers Forever for the twenty golden and two silver feathers, The Fish Are Biting Today for the fourteen species to sell and Green Thumb for the twenty-seven sprouts. These are separate checklists, so work through the areas you still need rather than repeat the whole island lap.
The feather list includes boat and beach rewards. Follow Not A Scratch when you reach the boat rental. Its feather target is under two minutes, while the trophy asks for under 45 seconds. The silver feathers and opened flowers will help with the later races.
For a visual reference, the interactive island map lets you filter collectible types. The written lists cover the requirements, with external videos beside the relevant solutions.
Feathers Forever
gold · collectible
Find every feather.
You need 20 golden feathers and both silver feathers. The silver pair improves climbing speed and the height gained from each flap and is easy to overlook if you're only counting the gold ones.
Golden feathers
| Where | What to do |
|---|---|
| Visitor Center | Buy both feathers from Ranger Jon for 40 coins each. |
| Raised ground near the Visitor Center | Climb the raised ground northeast of the Visitor Center and pick up the loose feather. |
| Aunt May | Collect 15 shells for Jen on the beach, then deliver her necklace to Aunt May. |
| Jim's sandcastle city | Trade him the toy shovel. Leave, return and talk again as construction progresses. Collect the feather once the city is finished. |
| Blackwood waterfall | Search the rock near the top of the falls, east of Sue's trail. |
| Lighthouse | Open the chest on the roof. Glide from higher ground if climbing runs out your feathers. |
| Lighthouse shadow | Use the shovel at the tip of the tower's shadow to uncover a chest. |
| Royal Ridge stone tower | Reach the roof and open the chest. |
| Outlook Point | Open the chest beside the lookout cabin. |
| Below Outlook Point | Drop to the ledge southwest of the cabin. |
| Cliff above Meteor Lake | Use the flowers and climb above the lake to reach the ledge. |
| Mountain seller | Buy all four golden feathers. They initially cost 100 coins each. |
| Beachstickball | Reach a rally score of 10. |
| Above the graveyard | Climb the cliff above the ribbon-marked tree, or glide down from the mountain to the chest. |
| Artist's journey | Finish the conversations at all six stops listed below. |
| Boat challenge | After repairing the boat, finish the buoy course in under two minutes. See Not A Scratch for the route and the faster trophy time. |
The rows include two shop feathers and four mountain-seller feathers, for 20 in total.
Artist route: Shirley's Point, the lighthouse, the western river's source (follow the river west from the mountain feather seller), the graveyard, Outlook Point, then the Visitor Center. Finish each conversation before looking for the next stop. External video: artist route (PS5Trophies / 8BitsofVelvet, 11:34).
Silver feathers
- Missing watch: speak to the camper by the two trailers near the Visitor Center. Ask the mountain feather seller about his tuition and pay the 400 coins he needs. Return the watch he gives you to its owner. External video: watch return (PS5Trophies / 8BitsofVelvet, 14:01).
- Offshore peak: use the binoculars at Outlook Point to find the tall separate island. Cross to it and climb to the top. External video: offshore climb (PS5Trophies / 8BitsofVelvet, 15:22).
The feather purchases, tuition and boat rental can cost 980 coins altogether. I would keep that money aside before buying hats. Selling new fish to the captain helps cover it.
External video: full feather route (PS5Trophies / 8BitsofVelvet, 0:00).
The Fish Are Biting Today
gold · collectible
Trade every species of fish from the journal.
Sell the fish to the captain on the large boat off the east coast. Catching them fills the journal, but keeping them in your bag does not finish the trophy.
Get the rod from Bill at Meteor Lake. Sell a few different fish to the captain to receive the journal, then use its silhouettes and habitat hints to spot what is missing.
| Water | Species to look for |
|---|---|
| Meteor Lake | Common Carp, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch |
| Small ponds, especially those with lilies | Crayfish, Pumpkinseed Fish |
| White Coast bay | Bluegill |
| Deeper coastal water | Brook Trout, Spotted Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout |
| Moving river water | Catfish |
| Downhill rapids at Royal Ridge on the west side of the island | Burbot |
| Calm river stretches above falls | White Perch |
| Inland pool at the foot of the Blackwood Trail waterfall | Salmon |
| Hot springs in the snowy mountain area | White Bass |
These are the 14 base species. Different sizes and rare colour variants do not add another species you must farm. Sell one of each base species, then speak to the captain for the golden fishing rod and trophy.
Equip the rod and press beside the water to cast. When the float goes underwater, press to hook the fish. Keep tapping while pushing the left stick away from its swimming direction until you land it. Bait speeds up bites but isn't required. Trade duplicates for more bait if you want it.
If the trophy hasn't unlocked, return to the captain and sell the fish still in your inventory before going fishing again.
Green Thumb
gold · collectible
Water every sprout.
Water 27 sprouts. A watered sprout becomes a flower you can bounce from, so it also opens a shortcut.
Find the bucket beside the sign at the pond above Meteor Lake, on its north side. Equip it, step into the water to fill it, then stand beside a sprout and press to water it. A full bucket prevents feather-powered climbing and flapping. Bring water down from above, glide with it or use a flower you've already opened.
Sweep by area
| Area | Sprouts | Places to check |
|---|---|---|
| Starting coast | 2 | Beside Aunt May's cabin. By the bridge and waterfall near Jen. |
| Visitor Center and trailers | 3 | Below the Visitor Center. Beside the pond on the Blackwood approach. Above the trailers near the north end of the bridge. |
| Blackwood and lighthouse | 4 | Lower waterfall beside Sue's route. Top of that waterfall. The next ledge reached from its flower. Behind the lighthouse. |
| Royal Ridge | 1 | Beside the waterfall near the stone tower. |
| Meteor Lake | 3 | Near the sunbather. At the bucket pond and sign above the lake. On the ridge below that pond. |
| Graveyard and abandoned building | 4 | Coast near the beachstickball court. Beach below the abandoned building. The ledge above it. Beside the box at the building. |
| East coast | 3 | Near the palm and power pylon south of the captain's boat. The ledge reached from that flower. The cliff west of the boat. |
| Orange Islands | 3 | The approach from the graveyard. Beside the bucket and flower sign. At the end of the path beyond it. |
| Snowy mountain | 4 | Left of the red-marker fork. Across the broken bridge. Beside the hot spring above it. Below the bridge near the lower spring. |
If a ledge seems unreachable with water, work backwards from the flower and find the higher refill point.
External video: complete sprout route (PS5Trophies / 8BitsofVelvet, 0:00).
The video groups its own route by sprout number. Useful jump points are External video: sprouts 1–7 (0:00), External video: sprouts 8–14 (1:38), External video: sprouts 15–19 (2:57) and External video: sprouts 20–27 (4:08).
Connects to YouTube when loaded.
Spoiler: reveal trophy
Only You Can Prevent Campfires
gold · optional
Put out 4 campfires.
Get the bucket beside the sign at the pond on the ledge north of Meteor Lake. Equip it and step into the pond to fill it. Stand beside a lit campfire and press to pour the water onto it. Put out four fires in total. The obvious stops are Aunt May's cabin, the Visitor Center, the boat-rental beach and the snowy mountain shelter.
You can also reuse a fire after leaving the area and letting it relight. Refill the bucket between each dousing. I would do this at the Visitor Center if only this trophy remains.
Races and side trips
I would leave the Parkour Master races until we have the running shoes, silver feathers and most of the flowers open. That gives us useful shortcuts without another trip around the island.
The boat challenge and beachstickball game are repeatable. A failed attempt costs practice, not a new playthrough.
Parkour Master
gold · optional
Beat each parkour race once.
Beat Avery once on each of the three courses. A single win on each course is enough.
Before the summit race. Reach the top of Hawk Peak once outside a race. If you’ve won the lighthouse and abandoned building races but Avery is missing from the Visitor Center, climb to the summit, then come back to the Visitor Center to start the third race.
| Course | Start and finish | Feather limit |
|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse | Ribbon-marked tree in the Royal Ridge area to the lighthouse door | 3 |
| Abandoned building | Tree above the graveyard to the ribbon on the abandoned building's roof | 5 |
| Hawk Peak | Near the Visitor Center to the summit | 9 |
Avery gives you a walkie-talkie after your first win. Use it to find the next meeting point or restart an attempt.
For the lighthouse, gain height early and glide towards the tower instead of following every turn in the path. For the abandoned building, use the beach umbrellas and opened flowers to save climbing stamina.
For Hawk Peak, learn the warm-up stops before racing. Save feathers for climbing once you reach the snow, and pass through hot springs to thaw them. I would take the running shoes and both silver feathers into these races. The gold limit still applies, but the movement upgrades help.
Not A Scratch
gold · optional
Complete the boating challenge in under 45 seconds.
Pay 100 coins at the Orange Islands boat rental. Speak to the child on the beach and offer a ride. With your passenger aboard, hold to accelerate across open water at full speed for a few seconds. When the child reacts, stop, step away from the wheel and talk to them to start the challenge.
The first attempt includes a scripted accident. Visit the captain on the large fishing boat to repair the damage, then speak to your passenger to start the proper race.
Aim for under 45 seconds. Hitting an obstacle adds ten seconds, so a clean run matters more than holding the accelerator through every bend.
- Push the stick towards where you want the boat to go.
- Hold to accelerate on open stretches.
- Release for the narrow passage and tight turns.
- Give the rocks near the finish enough room.
Pass each marked buoy and finish in under two minutes for the golden feather. To try for the trophy’s 45-second target again, step away from the wheel and talk to your passenger.
External video: boat course (PS5Trophies / 8BitsofVelvet, 0:15).
Spoiler: reveal trophy
Remember This Day Forever
gold · optional
Get the commemorative hat.
Take a stick to the beachstickball court beside the northwest shore. Equip it and join the game.
Keep the rally going until the score reaches 30, then collect the hat. Both players' returns count towards that score. The earlier rewards are a golden feather at 10 and coins at 20.
Watch the ball's shadow to judge where to stand, then hit when the ball drops within reach. Move into position before swinging. Mashing while chasing it makes the timing harder.
This can take a few attempts. I would focus on a steady rally rather than trying to hit the ball as early as possible.
Spoiler: reveal trophy
Crispy
gold · optional
Eat a piece of toast.
Visit the Visitor Center between 17:00 and 17:59 local console time. Read the sign advertising the local dish, then ask Ranger Jon about it. Accept the toast and choose Eat from your inventory.
Any minute in that hour works. You can also temporarily set your PlayStation's clock to 17:00. If Jon's dialogue doesn't update after changing the clock, save and reopen the game. Restore automatic time afterwards.
Receiving the toast is only the first step. The trophy unlocks when you eat it.
Cleanup
The End
gold · unmissable
Take a nice long nap.
After visiting the summit, return to Aunt May at the starting cabin. Speak to her, interact with the cabin and choose to rest. Let the credits finish. You can choose Continue afterwards and carry on with the same save.
Vacation Maximized
platinum
Collect every other trophy.
Sources
- The Trophy Platypus · A Short Hike trophy guide
- PlatGet · Trophy guide
- PlatGet · Feathers, sprouts and fish
- Nami · Achievement guide
- Jaz · Sprout locations
- Neoseeker · Island activities and movement
- Neoseeker · Feather locations
- Aki2403 and contributors · Fishing
- PS5Trophies and 8BitsofVelvet · Feather locations
- PS5Trophies and 8BitsofVelvet · Sprout locations
- PS5Trophies and 8BitsofVelvet · Boating challenge
- PS5Trophies and 8BitsofVelvet · Photo Friends
- PlayStationTrophies · Crispy
- Trophies.de · A Short Hike trophy guide
- Neoseeker · Achievement guide · Visitor Center serving hours.
- PlayStationTrophies · Not A Scratch · Starting the boat race and repairing the boat.
- Callum Marshall · A Short Hike feather locations · Time needed for the boat race feather.
- A Short Hike community · Unlocking Avery’s summit race · Finding Avery at the Visitor Center after the first ascent.
- TrueTrophies