In How to Fish, Dazed Games’ Steam co-op fishing shooter, get picked up by a seagull by dying, ignoring the respawn prompt, and waiting until a seagull carries you away.
Getting carried off by a seagull is how you unlock the Let me go achievement in How to Fish, the physics-based co-op game from Dazed Games on Steam. It is one of the game’s odder unlocks because you do not chase it — you die, then deliberately do nothing. Instead of respawning right away, you leave your body where it fell and let the world’s wildlife take over. A seagull swoops in, grabs you, and flies off with you dangling underneath, and the achievement pops the moment it does.
Die anywhere on the island
Take a fatal hit, drown in the water, or otherwise go down — this can happen naturally in the middle of normal play.
Do not press respawn
Key When the respawn prompt appears, ignore it completely and leave your body exactly where it landed.
Wait for the seagull to arrive
Sit still and give it time — a seagull will fly over, pick you up, and carry you off, unlocking the achievement.
Force it with dynamite if needed
If a seagull hasn’t come for you naturally, blow yourself up with a stick of dynamite and then sit still to guarantee a fresh corpse for one to grab.
The only thing that can go wrong here is impatience. If you mash the respawn button out of habit the instant you go down, you snap straight back to life and the seagull loses its target, so keep your hands off it and let the timer sit. Don’t wander off mentally either — the pickup comes to you, but only while your body is still lying there waiting.
Let me go versus Everyone’s dream
| Achievement | How to trigger it |
|---|---|
| Let me go | Die, ignore the respawn prompt, and wait for a seagull to pick you up and carry you off. |
| Everyone’s dream | Place a stick of dynamite with a fish beside it as bait, back away, and shoot the dynamite when a seagull comes down for the fish. |
How to Fish has a second seagull-related achievement that is easy to mix up with this one, and the two ask for opposite things. Let me go is about being the passenger — you want the bird to take you. Everyone’s dream flips it around: you have to kill a seagull with dynamite, which means baiting one down and detonating a charge under it rather than letting it whisk you away.
If you want it on demand instead of by luck, blow yourself up with dynamite and then sit still — the fresh corpse gives a seagull something to grab and the pickup follows shortly after.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do you get picked up by a seagull in How to Fish?
Die, do not press respawn, and wait until a seagull comes and takes you.
What achievement unlocks when a seagull picks you up?
The achievement is Let me go, and its requirement is to get picked up by a seagull.
What should you do if the seagull does not pick you up naturally?
Blow yourself up with dynamite, then stay still instead of respawning.
Can seagulls take creatures from you in How to Fish?
Yes, a seagull can catch and take a shrimp from you during play.
Is there also an achievement for killing a seagull?
Yes, Everyone’s dream requires you to kill a seagull with dynamite.
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