Old School
Peel 500 potatoes by hand. No machines needed.
Steam row
- Entry
- Old School
- Board
- Achievements
- Board order
- 6 / 20
- Visibility
- visible
- Global percent
- 25.1
- API name
- ACH_MANUAL_500
Unlock condition and board standing
Old School is listed at row 6 of 20 on the achievement board (API key ACH_MANUAL_500) with the visible description Peel 500 potatoes by hand. No machines needed. Sitting at a 25.1% global unlock rate, it is the first dedicated benchmark for players who stick to manual knife work at the counter.
Only one in four players reaches 500 hand-peeled tubers, since most shifts pivot to the Crank Peel Machine and Auto Peel Machine well before hitting 500 manual cuts.
Shift context and related milestones
Old School links directly to its higher-tier counterpart, These Hands Were Made for Peeling (5.9%, Peel 1,000 potatoes by hand). While drum output counts toward A Thousand Peels, Old School tracks strictly the potatoes you strip manually at the kitchen cutting board.
Upgrading from the starting blade to the Rusty Knife (0.30 printed cost) and Steel Knife (2.70 printed cost), along with investing in Blade Speed levels, keeps manual peeling brisk across all 500 tubers.
Workstation notes and version 1.0.2 details
During long manual peeling sessions at the counter, the Muscle Memory perk helps clear skin faster, though Hotfix 1.0.2 notes that the final spots on a potato can still require a manual blade stroke.
If you play on Hard difficulty while working toward Old School, the counter uses Strict peeling tolerances rather than No Mercy.
These Hands Were Made for Peeling