Owlboy Buccanary Coins: Every Coin Location and How to Collect Them

What Owlboy Buccanary Coins Are

Owlboy hides a set of shiny collectible coins throughout its floating world, and the community refers to these owlboy buccanary coins after Buccanary, the treasure-loving owl back in Vellie. They serve no combat purpose, but the game quietly tracks your progress: in one treasure-hunting sequence, a pop-up reads "Treasure Seeker — two out of eight," which tells you exactly how many coins remain hidden in that zone. If you're a completionist, these coins are the difference between "finished the story" and "actually 100%."

The coins are categorized by players under Achievements, Loot, and Secrets, and because Owlboy rarely points at them, most people miss a handful on a first playthrough.

Coin Locations, Area by Area

The most complete community resource is El Galleta's "Owlboy - All coins" guide on Steam Community, which organizes coin-finding videos by zone. Those zones break down like this:

The Secret Coin Behind the Hole

The trickiest coins get their own videos. In "GET SECRET BUCCANARY COINS?" (Owlboy Part 8), the player works through a section where flight is disabled and everything must be done by jumping. Along the way they have to:

• Grab, carry, and squeeze a living rain cloud to move water where it's needed.
• Feed a reservoir that, annoyingly, doesn't fill completely until you backtrack to a secondary water source off to the side.
• Navigate "cloud-sucking machines" that can strip away your cloud if you're careless.
• Clear out enemies before experimenting, since throwing an explosive object at the wall "did nothing."

The payoff — and the cliffhanger — is a coin visible behind a hole in the wall that resists every obvious solution. The player's own conclusion is good advice: they suspect the real entrance is through a small hole nearby, and that paying attention to the spikes in the next stretch matters. Sometimes the answer isn't clever physics; it's a different door.

Tips for Collecting Every Coin

Before you resign yourself to watching a full walkthrough, try these habits:

• Check behind every hole and ledge. Coins in Owlboy love hidden openings, including the one in the Boguin cannon area.
• Treat clouds as cargo. Rain clouds can be squished, carried, and accidentally destroyed — hazards can kill them, so escort them carefully.
• Watch your water meters. If a reservoir won't trigger, look for a second fill point off to the side rather than assuming the puzzle is broken.
• Clear enemies first. They interrupt puzzle attempts and make trial-and-error punishing.
• Expect no-fly zones. Some sections force you to jump everywhere, so high jumps and careful routes matter more than flying.
• Save the video guides for the last one or two. The Steam guide exists precisely because a few coins are nearly unfindable blind.

What Do You Actually Get?

Honestly? Not much mechanically. The streamer in the Part 8 video repeatedly asks "do I get anything for that?" and the answer is usually no — no immediate power-up or currency drop per coin. The real rewards are the Treasure Seeker counters ticking up, the satisfaction of full completion, and the achievement-and-secrets hunting that the community lumps these coins into. Think of them as Owlboy's love letter to obsessive explorers rather than a progression system.

FAQ

How many Buccanary coins are in Owlboy?

Counts vary by zone — one area's counter reads "two out of eight" — and the game spreads them across roughly ten distinct regions, from Vellie Cave through the Boguin cannon. The Steam guide's index is the fastest way to see how the zones divide up.

Do I need all the coins to finish the game?

No. Coins are pure collectibles. You can complete the story without touching a single one, but they're tied to the completionist side of the game.

How do I get the coin behind the hole near the Boguin cannon?

Blunt-force trial and error — like throwing explosives at the wall — won't work. Based on the Part 8 playthrough, the likely route in is a small hole elsewhere in the area, so re-examine the surrounding platforms and watch out for spikes before giving up. The full video shows the exact route.

Are the coins worth collecting?

If you enjoy exploration and want to see everything D-Pad Studio hid in the world, absolutely. If you only care about the story, they're optional flavor — but that hidden coin behind the hole is exactly the kind of secret that makes the hunt fun.