Dressmaker has 32 Steam achievements. 25 of them come from finishing story commissions, so you earn them just by playing through. The rest need a little planning: a set of Messenger Pigeon commissions, one dialogue answer for Vivian and five challenges you complete with a single dress.
Only one achievement can be missed: Sucker for Punishment, which depends on one answer in one conversation. Everything else waits for you. After the ending and credits you’re back at the front desk with your shop, so you can finish pigeon commissions and dress challenges after the story.
Story Achievements
Story commissions arrive in a fixed order, and the number in the first column is each one’s place in that order (the same numbering as the Commissions guide). Each achievement unlocks when you finish the commission named in the last column. A failed dress counts too, so you don’t need a perfect run, but some clients make you alter a failed dress until it passes before the commission ends.
Most event achievements unlock when the newspaper report on the event appears at the front desk, right after you hand in the event’s last dress. Most of these achievements are hidden on Steam, and their names and descriptions mention later story events.
| # | Achievement | Steam description | Unlocks when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Laid To Dress (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for the Duke’s funeral. | You finish Respectful Funeral and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 10 | You’ve Got Mail (hidden) | Complete Dorothy’s first dress, and acquire Berty. | You finish Pigeon Adoption |
| 13 | Style Goals (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for the Woman’s Sporting Day Contest. | You finish Spirited Exercise and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 17 | Dart Deco (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for Priya’s exhibition opening. | You finish Art Appreciator and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 20 | Rooting For You (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for the Market Fair. | You finish Carrot Promotion and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 23 | Hedge Your Bets (hidden) | Complete all the dresses needed for hedge maze exploration. | You finish A-maze-ingly Lost and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 25 | Don’t Wanna Miss A Spring (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for the Spring Fete. | You finish Spring Fete and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 29 | Simply Beastly (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for the Twillford Pet Show. | You finish Beloved Ox and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 32 | Smells like Sateen Spirit (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for Alice’s séance. | You finish Comfortable Coffin |
| 35 | Newlythreads (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for Duke Hassan’s wedding. | You finish Never the Bride and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 39 | A Midsummer Night’s Seam (hidden) | Complete all the dresses needed for stargazing. | You finish Constellation Inspiration |
| 40 | Caw Evermore | Complete all of Alice’s major commissions. | You finish Raven Rising |
| 41 | Extrav-organza (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for the Summer Ball. | You finish Bold Tigress and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 41 | A Rose By Any Other Name | Complete all of Rose’s major commissions. | You finish Bold Tigress |
| 43 | Snitches Get Stitches | Complete all of Dorothy’s major commissions. | You finish Gala Supporter |
| 44 | Reap what You Sew | Complete all of Fiona’s major commissions. | You finish Opera Night |
| 45 | On a High Note (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for Edith’s opera gala. | You finish Another Encore and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 47 | G.O.A.T. | Complete all of Marie’s major commissions. | You finish Diplomatic Outreach |
| 48 | Go Off, Queen! | Complete all of Adora’s major commissions. | You finish Crowning Glory |
| 49 | Crowning Glory (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for the coronation. | You finish Dark Emissary and the newspaper report on it appears |
| 49 | Good Girl Gone Vlad | Complete all of Vivian’s major commissions. | You finish Dark Emissary |
| 50 | Swan Song | Complete all of Edith’s major commissions. | You finish World Stage |
| 51 | Drawn to Hue | Complete all of Priya’s major commissions. | You finish Sewn in the Stars |
| 52 | Prudence and Prejudice | Complete all of Prudence’s major commissions. | You finish Painted Dream |
| 52 | Don We Now Our Gay Apparel (hidden) | Complete all the dresses for another wedding. | You finish Painted Dream and the newspaper report on it appears |
Messenger Pigeon Achievement
Birds of a Feather, Frock Together needs the 8 pigeon commissions below. You don’t need Adora’s or Alice’s pigeon commissions for it.
The pigeon starts flying after Pigeon Adoption. It offers each client’s pigeon commissions one at a time and always in the same order, so you have to finish the ones in the last column before the commission you need shows up. It also skips any client who’s still waiting on a dress from you, so hand in that client’s current commission first.
| Client | Commission you need | Appears after | Pigeon commissions to finish first |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy | Detective Dorothy | Finish Comfortable Coffin | Extraterrestrial Entreaty |
| Edith | Cat Amongst Pigeons | Finish Maid of Honour | Romance Reader, Graveside Visit |
| Fiona | Best Baker | Finish Beloved Ox | Reporter Fiona, Aspiring Florist |
| Marie | Perfect Picnic | Finish Undercover Servant | None. If you’ve already finished Never the Bride, do Poetic Muse first |
| Priya | Fainting Dress | Finish Secret Gallery Visit | Potential Fratricide, New Aesthetic |
| Prudence | Good Aunt | Finish Artistic Retreat | Not Haughty |
| Rose | Tomb Raider | Finish Undercover Servant | Rodent Relations |
| Vivian | Unstained Beauty | Finish Parental Guidance | Exotic Moth |
Sucker for Punishment
This one comes from Vivian’s pigeon commission Exotic Moth, which appears after you finish Love Labyrinth. During its briefing she asks whether you associate her with any particular animal. Answer A leech. The achievement unlocks as soon as you pick it.
She only asks once. If you pick the fox or the bunny rabbit, you’ll have to play up to that commission again on another save slot to get a second chance.
Dress Challenge Achievements
These five depend on the dress itself, and the game tests them whenever a dress leaves your workshop: when you hand it in for a commission (even one you submit after the warning that it misses a requirement), sell it or give it as a gift.
| Achievement | What the dress needs |
|---|---|
| 99 Problems But A Stitch Ain’t One | Quality 100. The check ignores fit, so the client’s measurements don’t matter. |
| Sew Long | The Ruffle Skirt. Priya unlocks it at friendship level 3 (pattern unlocks). |
| Harder than it Seams | At least 300 accessories. Each trim or lace line counts as one. |
| Trim and Proper | At least 50 m of trim and lace in total. |
| Opulence and Excess | Fabric and accessories worth at least 5,000 coins at shop prices. The dress doesn’t have to succeed. |
One Dress for All Five
Make the dress from the sketchbook’s New Dress tab (it opens after Fierce Funeral) and sell it when you’re done. You buy everything up front, but the sale price includes what the accessories cost, so a dress with quality 50 or higher sells for at least as much as you spent on them. See the money guide for the full formula.
- Pick the Ruffle Skirt and any bodice.
- Cut every piece at Straight grain using the scroll wheel, and sew every seam accurately for quality 100. The quality guide explains where the last point usually goes.
- Add 125 brooches at 40 coins each, the highest price for a single accessory. Jade Flower Brooch and Pearl Swirl Brooch are in the shop from prestige level 3, and 125 of them come to 5,000 coins on their own.
- Add 175 one-coin buttons, such as Abalone Saucer Button, to reach 300 accessories.
- Sew on 50 m of one-coin piping such as Amber Piping. Run long lines around the skirt until the total passes the mark.
That’s 5,225 coins of accessories and trim. If money is tight, wait until the end: the final commission, Peerless Dressmaker, pays 50,000.
Watch the skirt. The Gathered Tiered Ruffle Skirt that Alice unlocks at level 2 doesn’t count for Sew Long.
If an Achievement Doesn’t Unlock
Achievements only unlock while Steam is running. The story and pigeon achievements are checked every time the game saves, so any you missed, for example by playing offline, unlock at the next save once Steam is back. The dress challenges and Sucker for Punishment only unlock at the moment they happen, so you’d have to do them again.