The “Collector” achievement requires players to collect 50 drogue watches in Sons of the Forest. Players can find wristwatches inside caves, bunkers, containers, and skin pouches. As of writing, this achievement is bugged and players cannot unlock it regardless of collecting 50 or more watches.
Collecting Watches
Collecting 50 watches will be a time-consuming task. Players can expect to get a couple from looting groups of containers and about four or more when exploring caves and bunkers.
The best way to get this achievement is by simply playing and exploring the world. Players should focus on visiting and revisiting every point of interest and looting every container they find. They should naturally collect 50 watches by around Day 25.
Since there are achievements for surviving Day 25 and Day 50, players can add watch collecting as one activity to consume time.
Alternatively, players can exploit item respawn upon reload to collect watches quickly. For instance, players can create a save inside a bunker or cave where watches spawn. They can then collect the watch, save the game, reload, collect the watch again, and repeat the next steps.
Bugged Achievement
Since “Collector” is a bugged achievement, players cannot unlock it in the game’s current version. However, this does not mean that players, especially achievement hunters, should ignore it.
Players should collect every watch they find and just store them on shelves. Once Endnight fixes the achievement, players can simply collect 50 watches from their shelves and easily get “Collector”.
Patch 03 Fix
In Patch 03, the developers fixed the bug that prevented players from getting the “Collector” achievement. Players can now get the achievement after collecting 50 drogue watches.
Players with 50 watches in their inventory or those who stored watches on shelves may still not unlock the achievement. A simple fix is to put 49 watches in the player’s inventory and pick up a watch that spawned in the world.
