I'm the bird now unlocks when the boat clearly leaves the water. The consistent method is one bundle tucked under a floating hull. A second community method uses the fastest engine plus a wave or shoreline ramp. The boat survives the blast; you may not.
Community compile: Steam achievement text is only “Make the boat fly” (17.7% of players as of 26 Aug 2026). Placement steps compiled from NerdsChalk + ShowGamer. Dynamite stills from DVG / 3DM. Last checked 26 Aug 2026.
Community screenshot · DVG — the blast is the same physics as the boat launch. Stand outside the radius
Official gameplay trailer · Dazed Games
WATCH THE PHYSICS
The boat is a rigid body, not a cutscene.
Official footage is slapstick physics. The achievement is the same system: a force under the hull, not a menu toggle.
Boat in water, not beached.
Charge under the hull, not beside it.
Back off before it pops.
FULL ROUTE / NO COMMENTARY
Do this after Forest sells dynamite.
You need the boat from the Spider Crab hand-in and a bundle from
the Forest shop. Pause the walkthrough when the boat is in open
water, then come back here for placement.
02 / Community still · 3DM — the bundle is on the board before Forest sells it03 / Official HUD — dynamite on the hotbar is what you plant under the hull04 / Community still · DVG — leave the boat floating, not dragged onto the dock
Dynamite method
Finish Spider Crab and get the boat. Buy dynamite on Forest (walkthroughs list about $25).
Park the boat in the water. A beached hull wastes the blast sideways.
Place one bundle directly under the hull, not beside the gunwale.
Step outside the lethal radius, detonate. The boat launches; the achievement pops. The boat is not destroyed.
If the boat only hops
Almost every failed attempt is placement. A bundle that lands next
to the boat pushes it, it does not fly. Reload if the blast throws
the boat too far to recover — the achievement is already on your
Steam profile.
Alternate: engine plus ramp
ShowGamer and some 100% lists use the fastest engine (I am speed)
into a wave, slope or shoreline lip until the hull is clearly
airborne. We keep both notes because Steam does not define “fly.”
If dynamite fails in your build, try the ramp after Dual Motors.
