All 25 Dumb Ways to Build Achievements & Certifications
Every achievement, most common first
| Achievement | How to unlock | Global rate | Job | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checking In | Complete Hotel Hapless. | 71.3% | Hotel Hapless | Finish the job |
| Pin Cushion | Get shot 25 times by a Nailgun. | 71.0% | Any job | Crew |
| Pipe Dream | Complete Drain Strain. | 30.0% | Drain Strain | Finish the job |
| Express Check Out | Complete the Hotel Hapless time trial. | 15.9% | Hotel Hapless | Time trial |
| Tall Story | Complete Crane Climb. | 13.7% | Crane Climb | Finish the job |
| Pumped Up | Complete the Drain Strain time trial. | 10.1% | Drain Strain | Time trial |
| Cannonbean | Fall at least 50m and survive. | 8.2% | Any job | Crew |
| Have a Safe Trip | Complete Hotel Hapless with zero total deaths. | 6.7% | Hotel Hapless | Zero deaths |
| Nailed It | Nail down 100 objects using a Nailgun. | 6.3% | Any job | Crew |
| Dead and Breakfast | Complete Hotel Hapless in Master Builder Mode. | 5.0% | Hotel Hapless | Master Builder |
| O, There It Is! | Hidden on Steam | 4.3% | Hotel Hapless | Hidden |
| Screw Loose | Unnail 100 objects. | 4.2% | Any job | Crew |
| Speedy Skyscraper | Complete the Crane Climb time trial. | 3.9% | Crane Climb | Time trial |
| Restroom Rescue | Revive three other Beans with a single use of a Portaloo. | 3.1% | Any job | Crew |
| Living Legend | Be the only surviving Bean when Completing any job. | 3.0% | Any job | Crew |
| Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind | Hidden on Steam | 2.9% | Drain Strain | Hidden |
| Totally Drained | Complete Drain Strain in Master Builder Mode. | 2.7% | Drain Strain | Master Builder |
| Numpty Dumpty | Hidden on Steam | 2.5% | Hotel Hapless | Hidden |
| Live and Unplugged | Complete Drain Strain with zero total deaths. | 2.5% | Drain Strain | Zero deaths |
| Plugged In | Hidden on Steam | 2.2% | Drain Strain | Hidden |
| Unscathed Summit | Complete Crane Climb with zero total deaths. | 2.1% | Crane Climb | Zero deaths |
| Rescue Mission | Hidden on Steam | 2.0% | Crane Climb | Hidden |
| Solid Conductor | Hidden on Steam | 1.9% | Crane Climb | Hidden |
| Sky-High Triumph | Complete Crane Climb in Master Builder Mode. | 1.7% | Crane Climb | Master Builder |
| Dumb Ways to Die | Hidden on Steam | 1.5% | Any job | Hidden |
Unlock rates snapshotted:
The completion funnel
Finishing the Jobs: Checking In 71.3%, Pipe Dream 30.0%, Tall Story 13.7%. Time trials: Express Check Out 15.9%, Pumped Up 10.1%, Speedy Skyscraper 3.9%. Master Builder: Dead and Breakfast 5.0%, Totally Drained 2.7%, Sky-High Triumph 1.7%. So far more players have beaten the Hotel Hapless time trial than have finished Crane Climb at all. What each Job asks of you is on the jobs page.
Hotel Hapless
- Checking In (71.3%, finish the job): Complete Hotel Hapless.
- Express Check Out (15.9%, time trial): Complete the Hotel Hapless time trial.
- Have a Safe Trip (6.7%, zero deaths): Complete Hotel Hapless with zero total deaths.
- Dead and Breakfast (5.0%, master builder): Complete Hotel Hapless in Master Builder Mode.
- O, There It Is! (4.3%, hidden): hidden on Steam
- Numpty Dumpty (2.5%, hidden): hidden on Steam
Drain Strain
- Pipe Dream (30.0%, finish the job): Complete Drain Strain.
- Pumped Up (10.1%, time trial): Complete the Drain Strain time trial.
- Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (2.9%, hidden): hidden on Steam
- Totally Drained (2.7%, master builder): Complete Drain Strain in Master Builder Mode.
- Live and Unplugged (2.5%, zero deaths): Complete Drain Strain with zero total deaths.
- Plugged In (2.2%, hidden): hidden on Steam
Crane Climb
- Tall Story (13.7%, finish the job): Complete Crane Climb.
- Speedy Skyscraper (3.9%, time trial): Complete the Crane Climb time trial.
- Unscathed Summit (2.1%, zero deaths): Complete Crane Climb with zero total deaths.
- Rescue Mission (2.0%, hidden): hidden on Steam
- Solid Conductor (1.9%, hidden): hidden on Steam
- Sky-High Triumph (1.7%, master builder): Complete Crane Climb in Master Builder Mode.
Crew certifications (any Job)
- Pin Cushion (71.0%): get shot 25 times by a nail gun. In co-op this happens on its own; a launch stream earned it inside the first half hour.
- Cannonbean (8.2%): fall at least 50 m and survive. Crane Climb has the longest drops. The Pocket Mattress exists to break long falls, but we have not seen it confirmed for this one.
- Nailed It (6.3%) and Screw Loose (4.2%): nail down 100 objects, and pull the nails out of 100 objects. Steam does not say whether the count carries across sessions.
- Restroom Rescue (3.1%): revive three other Beans with a single use of a Port-a-loo. That needs three dead teammates at once, so it only works in a full four-player crew. See how revives work.
- Living Legend (3.0%): be the only surviving Bean when a Job is completed.
- Dumb Ways to Die (1.5%): hidden, and the rarest achievement so far.
The hidden ones
Steam shows no description for these 7: O, There It Is! (4.3%), Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (2.9%), Numpty Dumpty (2.5%), Plugged In (2.2%), Rescue Mission (2.0%), Solid Conductor (1.9%), Dumb Ways to Die (1.5%). We placed them under a Job using Steam's internal numbering. The API names every achievement ACHIEVEMENT_01 to ACHIEVEMENT_25, and all 18 with a description follow one pattern: 01 to 06 are Hotel Hapless, 07 to 12 Drain Strain, 13 to 18 Crane Climb and 19 to 25 crew challenges. Two share a 2.5% rate; Live and Unplugged names Drain Strain in its text, which leaves Numpty Dumpty in the Hotel Hapless block.
Challenge wording players read aloud from the job screens on launch day: for Hotel Hapless, "deliver an egg to its nest" and finding the hotel's missing letter (a crew replaced an O); for Drain Strain, "remove a plug with excess force"; for Crane Climb, snapping a photo of the UFO and something involving a lightning rod. The names Numpty Dumpty and O, There It Is! fit the Hotel Hapless pair, but Steam has not confirmed which is which, and we do not guess the rest.
What certifications unlock
PlaySide's launch post says completing certifications unlocks new cosmetics and the Master Builder modes. A launch stream also read out an emote reward for the Hotel Hapless time trial (the Mogging emote). Unlocks are covered on the cosmetics and emotes page, and the Master Builder rules on the Master Builder page.
Source: Steam global achievement stats for Dumb Ways to Build and Steam's achievement-percentage API, read 11 September 2026.