thebestpouhaver's Ultimate Pou Minigame Achievement Guide MINIGAME ACHIEVEMENTS GOTTEN: 12/29 maybe you're here to unlock some accessories, maybe you're here to get gud, maybe you're here for bragging rights. either way, welcome to my ultimate strategy guide (and bragging page :3) for getting all the minigame achievements in pou! note that these were my strategies. feel free to find ur own! --- ??/??/22 completed memory i dont remember any tips. just take screenshots if ur that desperate lol. i dont got anything, just go fast - there are no penalties for wrong cards. ??/??/22 completed hoops dont remember any tips. this one was easy asf - just use the aim GUI, make straight shots, and youll be good ??/??/22 completed pet walk i guess this one just requires u to get into the right rhythm. i think it was more useful to pause and get the answer right than go fast and get the answer wrong but dont quote me on that 3/10/23 completed food swap this one requires a lot of focus, quite a bit of practice, and a bit of luck. the trick is to match fast especially on the tile sections so you can regain time, and on lollipop levels try to think about your matches in the long term. in lollipop levels, try to match 4s and especially 5s often, you never know when they will be useful. bombs are also useful i just dont know how to look out for them in tile levels, just look for matches on tiles wherever possible, there are almost always a few when you start the level at least. 4s and bombs arent the most useful but go ahead and do those (5s are always useful) reset at the beginning until your first tile requirement is 4 and the matches are easy enough to take. it's free points. DONT RESET ANYWHERE ELSE (unless you really hate the game and you find a good reset strategy. i liked it and it gave enough coins so i did not reset) if you're good at match 3s you might be better at this. idk im not the best ...im gonna be real with you, after a year this is the only high score game i remember fondly. maybe it was the thrill of the achievement, or figuring it out myself, or whatever; but this is actually a good game! :D 3/11/23 completed star popper i haven't gotten the achievement for star popper yet :'). this game seriously sucks to play more than once be prepared to have a loooot of time on your hands. (this took me like an hour, and i was lucky enough to complete it in 1 run instead of like 2.) this is like 75% patience, 15% strategy, 10% "don't fuck up, spam pous at the end, and freeze your game like i did" ...anyways, i dont have an achievement for this game (as of writing this). how strange. create doubles to get rid of them later, get rid of arms/tentacles & the horizontal sides, and most of all BE PATIENT. you dont want a wrong throw of yours to create a longer arm. risky shots should be used sparingly, but not avoided - theyre useful sometimes. other than that its just getting used to the aiming system lol. youll have plenty of time in the first rounds. yeah anyways this game will basically never end if you dont end it yourself, so after you get the score you like, you can end the game whenever. (!!! IF YOU SPAM POUS QUICKLY, YOUR GAME MAY FREEZE AND YOU WILL NOT GET THE ACHIEVEMENT. DO NOT DO WHAT I DID!!!) 3/11/23 completed word find 1. be good at word searches 2. look for the first 2 letters AND/OR repeating letters if the word has them. looking for the whole word is difficult lol this one just needs a lot of focus sorry this'll probably be way more difficult if ur bad at word search, but if ur good you could probably complete it in 1 or a few tries. cuz i literally did it in one. 3/17/23 completed hill drive apparently for this one you need mud & a fully upgraded car (minus suspension, which i set at 1 but other people say that u can set it higher??) this is like 50% skill 50% rng. have fun rush like your pou has to go to the hospital. be risky and learn how to not get flipped over, this is imperative. try to avoid ditches. the car can go in reverse, i hope you know that because i apparently didnt. use reverse and forward to maneuver / rotate your car. watching world record videos really helped me, whether that be speedruns or high scores (i watched high score videos, im going for score not speed). it helps u know what u should be doing 3/17/23 completed sad tap this is like the least fun endurance test holy shit. you need a good bit of focus and a few minutes i think since the timer resets every round, it is literally much more effective to scan the whole screen row by row. use your natural pattern recognition skills - smiles are at the corner of the eyes while frowns are below the eyes, you'll get it when you see it. DO NOT PANIC AND CLICK A HAPPY POU, that is literally the worst thing you could do in this game, it gives u plenty of time. this is another one of those endless games so give up when u get a score u like i did this in one try but im really good at pattern recognition and fast reading so :shrug: 3/17/23 completed connect mostly practice and adaptability i dont rlly have any tips other than try different paths. the wall huggers are the sneakiest 3/6/24 completed color tap this one is just... easy. i did this in like one go. the only tip i have is that you need to tap really fast. it doesnt really matter if you tap the pous that are more abundant as long as you GO FAST and can quickly decide which color you're gonna turn each screen into. 3/6/24 completed match tap DID THIS GAME USED TO HAVE THIS MANY EXPLOSIONS?!! dont tap the doubles, you might get confused cuz of the other game with a similar premise but dont tap them. i beat this in one try so again, easy asf. just tap fast on every triple or higher u see 3/9/24 completed color match beaten in one try, had to learn the strategy along the way tho. basically: THERE IS NO PENALTY FOR WRONG MOVES! you should be idly moving rows and columns randomly WHILE looking for matches yourself. it's a bit hard to multitask, and it does take a bit of time, but you'll get the hang of it whenever you panic, you can press the swap button, but be warned, you have limited swaps --- TO-DO: - cloud pass - pou popper - sky jump :fear: - sky hop - connect 2 - food drop :fear: - pou sounds - find pou - jet pou - goal - cliff dash - cliff jump - water hop - star popper - tumble - pool - free fall pou popper this is like star popper but easier, but also if you fuck up in the beginning of a round you are screwed. it is critical to get the first row out asap. i do this by matching pous with their color in twos (THREES IF POSSIBLE BUT IT OFTEN ISN'T). if that color isn't in the first row, put that color on a duplicate color (eg. if there are 2 greys and no pinks, put a pink pou on one of the grey pous) cloud pass goddamn its duck life 3 again (or the "maze game" if youre a normie) this ones just dumb. make sure your pou has no clothes, focus real hard, hopefully avoid clocks, and hope that a cloud doesn't clip you on the way this would be easier if i had a baby potion but im not about to drop a dollar on pou to get a fucking achievement food drop this ones just tedious find pou tedious and kind of awful. requires shitloads of concentration. if you think you lost the cup, just continue following the cup you THINK pou is in, you'll usually get it right - panicking and losing the cup completely is so much worse.