Card Shark: 100% Achievement Guide

This guide will go over how to obtain every achievement in Card Shark.

The guide is organized by area. Achievements are organized based on the earliest time they can be obtained.

If an achievement can only be attained during a specific time, I’ll make a note of it.

Warning: this guide contains unmarked spoilers for achievement names and descriptions.

Sloppy Service (4 of Diamonds)
Make a glass overflow 5 times.

Can be achieved using any wine pour.

I Can See My Face In This! (9 of Clubs)
Wipe the table for 5 seconds.

Can be achieved using any trick involving wiping the table.

Spoil-Sport (King of Diamonds)
Find the Queen in the introduction to Three Card Monte.

Can only be obtained now, and you only get one chance.
Follow the third card Ireneo places, rather than the first card. In other words, he’s lying when he claims to place the Queen.

The Hedgehog (7 of Diamonds)
Injog 5 times in the same deck.

Can be achieved during any shuffle.

Party Trick (Queen of Spades)
Master the Ineffective Shuffle.

Automatically obtained after learning the trick from the Magician.

Cake Costs Covered (Jack of Clubs)
Spare money for the camp fund.

Look At Me. I Am The Comte Now! (5 of Diamonds)
You got the stronger hand, for once.

When harvesting cards, ensure that the high cards end up in your hand.
This can be done during the tutorial.

Playtime Is Over (6 of Spades)
Skip 5 tutorials.

If you need to leave an area and return, the Comte will offer to review the strategy with you. Each time you decline to counts toward this achievement.

A Slippery Slope (6 of Clubs)
Increase the bet at least twice.

Earning Your Keep (3 of Clubs)
Pull off the first scam of your journey.

Automatically triggered once you complete an area.

The Tardy Optimist (2 of Clubs)
Loiter mid-game in a backroom or cellar.

After performing the bent card trick (or any backroom trick, in future), the suspicion meter stops rising.
At this point, wait in the backroom for 10 seconds to obtain this achievement.

Corrective Measures (7 of Spades)
Correct one of your shuffling mistakes.

The easiest way to obtain this achievement is to “mistakenly” drop an additional card after offsetting the high card to the Comte’s first position, then dropping more cards until the high card is in position to be dealt as the Comte’s second card.

If you drop the additional card during the Comte’s tutorial, he’ll instruct you on how to correct the mistake but you will not get the achievement. Performing the correction during the rehearsal will give you the achievement.

This method works for any trick where you’re offsetting a card into a player’s hand and have at least one card’s worth of leeway.

The Sticky Card (6 of Diamonds)
Give yourself the card you kept back in Sticky Hand.

Instead of offsetting the stolen card to deal it to the Comte, offset it to deal it to yourself.

Pearl Stirrer (10 of Spades)
Turn the bandits against each other.

After arranging the second deck and being prompted by the maid, peek at Sitarane’s cards as usual.
However, instead of approaching the Comte, approach Bertrand instead. You’ll automatically slip the stacked deck into his pocket. Sitarane will accuse you of cheating, but the Comte will in turn accuse Bertrand.

Hooray for internecine violence!

Hat Trick (2 of Diamonds)
Complete 3 card tosses in a row.

Hot Seat (2 of Hearts)
Fling a card on the Colonel’s seat.

Ah, turning the tables when accused of cheating. There’s quite pawsibly no finer feeling.

Landlubber (Jack of Diamonds)
Pay the full price of the voyage.

The voyage costs 450 livres. If you need cash, you can go repeatedly fleece the Lady, the Reverend, and the General in the Barn.

Not For Sale (6 of Hearts)
Inspect all the paintings in Belle’s workshop.

Ensure you inspect every painting before picking up the brush on the far left.

Early Pointillism (3 of Hearts)
Mark a card with 8 or more paint marks.

This can be done during the tutorial.

Croupier For Hire (9 of Hearts)
Perfectly time your deal.

Uncertain what the trigger for this achievement is – whether it involves keeping a steady rhythm during the deal, not fumbling, or dealing a card at the first pawsible opportunity.
Can also be done during the rehearsal.

Brains And Brawn (5 of Hearts)
Train with the Chevalier without making a mistake.

Note that making a mistake during the initial training is acceptable. It seems that as long as you have at least one successful duel against the Chevalier, you will attain this achievement. It may be the case that a successful duel is required in order to progress, which would make this achievement mandatory.

Comeback Kid (Jack of Hearts)
Beat Theodore at his game.

Win the duel against Theodore.

Four achievements require you to visit a hidden area in Chapter 3.
Visit the Cascarot Camp and talk to Ireneo. He’ll point you in the direction of Kepplinger, a cheater at the Inn.

To be continued…

Jack Of All Trades (4 of Clubs)
Earn every Strategy Card in the game.

Social Butterfly (Ace of Clubs)
Encounter every character in the game.

To Me! (Ace of Diamonds)
Toast yourself.

The Camp’s Caretaker (Queen of Diamonds)
Teach Kepplinger a lesson.

These four achievements require you to visit a hidden area in Chapter 3.
Visit the Cascarot Camp and talk to Ireneo. He’ll point you in the direction of Kepplinger, a cheater at the Inn.
Learning the trick for the area from the Comte and meeting him are required for Jack of All Trades and Social Butterfly, respectively.
This is also the opportunity for you to toast yourself.