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How to Unlock Hidden Achievements in Over the Hill
Unlock every hidden achievement in Over the Hill with exact camping, winch, rollover, flooding, jump and livery requirements, plus help for stuck unlocks.
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What You Need to Do
Unlock Over the Hill's hidden achievements by setting up camp, hanging completely airborne from your winch, staying upside down, flooding your engine, making a clean jump and equipping the qualifying livery-and-beacon combination. The game has 6 hidden achievements among its 62 Steam achievements.
Every Hidden Achievement and Its Exact Requirement
| Achievement | Exact completion action |
|---|---|
| Under the Stars | Set up a campsite for the first time. |
| Held by a Thread | Hang your vehicle from its winch for 10 seconds while the vehicle is completely in the air. |
| Professional Driver | Flip the vehicle onto its roof and remain there for 3 seconds. |
| Under the Water | Completely fill the water-resistance bar until the vehicle's engine shuts down. |
| Taking Flight | Make a jump that keeps the vehicle airborne for 1 second without its body touching anything. |
| Law of the Land | Equip an eligible blue livery together with Red & Blue Beacons or the Red & Blue Beacon Bar. Blue liveries qualify on The Polyana, The Marshal, The Boar, The Tinny, Das Lynx and The Grand Woodman; the eligible black Das Lynx livery also counts. |
Set Up Camp for Under the Stars
- Visit the Mechanic and choose the camping kit in the Tools menu. Equipped tools are used through the radial menu, so check your loadout before heading out.
- Open the radial menu with Q on keyboard, right-stick press on an Xbox controller or R3 on a PlayStation controller. Select your camping kit to set up camp.
- When playing with friends, bring everyone close together before using the kit. Setting up your first campsite fulfills Under the Stars.
Hang Clear of the Ground for Held by a Thread
- Check your winch controls before attempting the suspension. Quick Winch/Pull Winch defaults to O on keyboard, Y on an Xbox controller and Triangle on a PlayStation controller.
- Use the manual winch when you need to choose the connection precisely: select an attachment point on your vehicle, then select the anchor object. Plan the attempt around getting the entire vehicle clear of the terrain.
- Keep the vehicle hanging completely in the air from the winch for 10 seconds. Check the whole vehicle's clearance while holding the position, since complete airborne suspension is part of the requirement.
Complete the Rollover and Jump Objectives
- For Professional Driver, flip the vehicle onto its roof and leave it there for 3 seconds. Wait out that condition before attempting to right the vehicle.
- After the rollover attempt, open Tools in the radial menu and use the jack if it is available. It flips the vehicle upright and repositions it nearby; selecting a discovered cabin on the map provides a fallback recovery.
- For Taking Flight, make a jump with at least 1 second airborne while the vehicle's body touches nothing. Choose your attempt with that clear airborne interval in mind, and think about the landing before committing.
Flood the Engine for Under the Water
Under the Water requires the water-resistance bar to fill completely and shut the engine down. The flooding timer counts upward while the engine's air intake is underwater.
The engine floods at 8 seconds, extended to 10 seconds with Water Resistance 2 and 12 seconds with Water Resistance 3. Use the bar and shutdown as your completion cues when attempting the achievement.
- Before entering the water, check for a usable winch anchor and identify a discovered cabin you can select if recovery fails. Prepare your way out before attempting the flooding condition.
- Keep the intake underwater until the water-resistance bar fills and the engine shuts down. Afterward, recover toward shallower ground; a flooded engine recovers after 12 seconds with its intake out of the water.
Watch the engine-flooding example in the gameplay walkthrough.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Equip the Law of the Land Combination
- Choose an eligible vehicle and apply its qualifying livery at the Mechanic. Regular liveries are free there; use blue on the vehicles below, or the eligible black option on Das Lynx.
- Equip Red & Blue Beacons or the Red & Blue Beacon Bar while keeping that livery equipped. Both parts of the combination must be fitted at the same time.
| Eligible vehicle and livery | Vehicle unlock |
|---|---|
| The Polyana — blue | Complete Elvis Rim Trail in Gimli Ridge. |
| The Marshal — blue | Complete Shabah Ascent in Tassili n'Ajjer Desert. |
| The Boar — blue | Complete Tarfa Ascent in Tassili n'Ajjer Desert. |
| The Tinny — blue | Complete Ukhtayn Route in Aurès Mountains. |
| Das Lynx — blue or eligible black | Complete Mahrouqa West Track in Aurès Mountains. |
| The Grand Woodman — blue | Complete Asulkan Lake Highline in Asgard Mountain. |
When an Achievement Does Not Unlock
If you previously played the Next Fest demo, update the game and reload your save before considering a fresh run. The first post-launch update fixed some achievements that former demo players could not unlock.
For Law of the Land, players have reported success using The Polyana or The Marshal after encountering trouble with the livery-and-beacon combination. Try either as a player-suggested workaround; success is not guaranteed.
If the problem persists, record the achievement name and whether your save originated in the demo when reporting it. Check Steam's award before marking the achievement complete on a separate checklist.
