Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep 100% Achievement Guide

Are you interested in undertaking the task that is 100% completing Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep? You are in the right place my friend!

Introduction

Hello there! I have recently completed Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep and wanted to share how I did it. There were some challenging levels and the zen mode was brutal! This game is a physics based match 3 game. Some levels are far more physics based than others. A few of the levels rely solely on ramps in order to get your pearls into the playing field.

With that being said, there is not a lot of true challenge here. A lot of this game is determining which levels are requiring different "skills" which you will learn along the way. The hardest skills are learning to use slopes and understanding exactly where balls will end up. After all 120 levels of the campaign, you will surely be a master!

The "Original" Campaign: Sections 1-4

Introduction

This section is very straightforward and easy to complete. These first 60 levels are by far the easiest in the game, so most of this section will be orienting you with the game. To begin, here are your first four sections you will start out in:

Orienting Yourself

Upon entering the first level, you will likely be a tad overwhelmed. To start off, you have a cursor which moves the pearl dropper at the top of the screen:


This pearl dropper is showing you two pieces of information currently. First: the yellow pearl shows the pearl which will be dropped next. Above that, you can see a tiny blue pearl. This pearl can be accessed now! I made it to almost section four before I realized this (although I'm sure I simply missed a tutorial). By using RMB, you are able to switch the two pearls.

Next, there are the star goals in the bottom right corner:


These are showing you three different goals currently, which you are able to read by hovering over the icons in game. The leftmost icon is showing you there are three more pearls which contain an item you need to collect. Upon collecting all three items, the round is completed regardless of if you want it to be. The center icon is showing you the time goal: five minutes to complete the round. The rightmost icon is the pearl goal. In this case, you can drop 25 more pearls before you fail this challenge.

These challenges change level-to-level, so it is important to check them out every level. These are the only way of receiving stars and are vital to complete all of in order to get the achievements.

Unless people comment levels they want guides for in this section, I will not be going through any levels in this original version of the guide. Please comment hard levels and I will do my best to help provide a walkthrough or guidance!

Power-Ups

The only other important piece are the power-ups:


You will likely get all but one of them by the time you reach the end of this section. The total cost of all seven power-ups is 185 coins. This means, by the time you complete all 60 levels in this section, you will be missing only 5 coins. Alternatively, you can skip to the zen section and get a few of these coins ahead of time. I recommend doing this. Zen mode is a great way of practicing with the physics and understanding some of the common level layouts. You will need to play 1000 levels of the zen mode regardless, so it does not matter what you choose to do first along this challenge.

Achievements

By the end of this section, you should have received a few steam achievements:

25 Stars!
Collect 25 stars by completing level goals


50 Stars!
Collect 50 stars by completing level goals


100 Stars!
Collect 100 stars by completing level goals


150 Stars!
Collect 150 stars by completing level goals

The "Second" Campaign: Sections 5-7

How do I find this section?

If you aren't an avid explorer, you might be confused about this section.

On the level selection screen, there is an arrow to the move the menu around:








Push that a few times and you will see the sections five through seven!

Introduction

This section is significantly more time consuming that the first section, despite having 15 less levels. The first section took me about 4 hours from start to finish. The second section took me almost 5 hours! Don't let that scare you though, these levels are also way more complicated which makes them far more interesting. This section is where a lot of the skills you'll need in the challenge levels are found and developed, hence why I put this section beforehand. You will want to have all of the power-ups, so if you skipped that bit of the last section, make sure you play a few levels of zen mode prior to starting section 5.

As said in the previous section, I will add walkthroughs or guidance for hard levels by user request. If you are struggling with a level, I will add it to the guide!

Achievements

By the end of this section, you will have completed 105 levels earning you 315 total stars, giving you new achievements:

200 Stars!
Collect 200 stars by completing level goals


250 Stars!
Collect 250 stars by completing level goals


300 Stars!
Collect 300 stars by completing level goals

The Challenge Levels

Introduction

The Challenge Levels is the hardest section in terms of skill which you will face. Not all of the levels are challenging (in fact some are very easy), but many of them will challenge you to clear all pearls while at the same time doing it within a time limit or even limiting the number of pearls you can use, leaving the level up to the random generation of your pearl colors.

I imagine this section will get the most request for levels to complete - similar to the other levels, I will include them at the request of you all.

Achievements

By the end of this section, you will have completed all nine achievements possible from collecting stars. Now, it is time for zen mode!

350 Stars!
Collect 350 stars by completing level goals


360 Stars!!
Collect 360 stars by completing level goals

Zen Mode

Introduction

As a warning, this section is one hell of a grind. You will need to complete 1000 zen levels, which took me over 11 hours of constant gameplay. For some, this will take more. For others, definitely less. I get distracted easily and I forget to do the ideal strategies. So, let's begin.

Strategy

At the beginning of every zen mode level, tons of pearls will fall from the top of the level, filling the level with pearls. During this time, many pearls will match. Additionally, many power-ups will pop. At the beginning of every single zen level, it is ideal strategy to spam your mouse button until this flurry of pearls finishes. The number of pearls you drop into the level will not be a match for the number of pearls you would have been able to remove via the power-ups you receive disappearing because another was earned. In some cases, you are also able to save the rainbow power-up by using RMB for use once the level truly begins (pearls of the color you remove are still capable of being spawned during the beginning of the level).

After doing this, clear as many pearls as possible as quickly as possible. This is not timed, but you will be doing this 1000 times, so you'll get used to matching pearls quickly. This should be a comfortable speed for you. Do not think too much, or else you will tire very easily at this section. It is a SLOW grind. I did zen mode over around six days, with around two hours per day.

Achievements

Jealous Jellyfish
Complete 10 levels in the Zen mode


Octoawesome
Complete 50 levels in the Zen mode


Saltwater Savant
Complete 200 levels in the Zen mode


Zen Master
Complete 500 levels in the Zen mode


The Ultimate Zen Master
Complete 1000 levels in the Zen mode

Conclusion

Did you get all fourteen achievements in Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep? Find an interesting trick that I missed? Need help with a level you're stuck on?

Comment if you have any suggestions or need any help.
I would really appreciate a like or a favorite as well if you enjoyed my guide. It's the first one I've written, as I noticed this lovely game does not have any yet. Thank you all!

Guide History

9/28/2022 - Published Version 1

• Section Introduction Added
  
• Section 1-4 Added
  
• Section 5-7 Added
  
• Section Challenge Added
  
• Section Zen Added
  
• Section Conclusion Added
  
• SCREENCAPS!

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Thanks for your guide, is it a good idea to not spend stars for power ups until all achievements for stars are completed?