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The Hand Achievement: Complete a 500-Piece Puzzle

DIRECT ANSWER

The Hand requires a pile of 500 pieces. v1.3.0 made it attainable in the custom gallery, and v1.3.2 fixed it in My Puzzles custom-image mode. Older claims that custom modes never count are stale. The official record still does not define the exact radius, overlap, or settling rule for a ‘pile.’

Condition: Pile of 500 pieces
Custom gallery: Supported from v1.3.0
My Puzzles: Fixed in v1.3.2

VERSION-SENSITIVEv1.3.2Checked 2026-08-09 CST

PATCH PROVENANCE / 23

v1.3.2

Old advice conflicts with current fixes

Mode support moved across two patches; physical trigger geometry remains missing.

v1.3.0: Custom gallery availability added
v1.3.2: My Puzzles custom-image fix
Still missing: Exact pile geometry

E1 source: Official patch notes — v1.3.2

Why this page exists: A player wants to know which current modes support the 500-piece condition and why old posts conflict.

Use the latest mode support

The official patch chain supersedes older community answers: custom gallery support arrived in v1.3.0, followed by a My Puzzles fix in v1.3.2.

What ‘pile’ does not yet mean here

Steam gives the 500-piece condition but no radius, height, overlap, or duration threshold. Community reports differ, so the page does not present a placement recipe as fact.

Update before attempting the achievement.
Use a mode covered by the latest patches.
Allow pieces to settle, but do not rely on an invented geometry rule.

When to report a failure

If a clearly large pile fails on the current build, record the mode and version and use the developer’s report flow. The current notes do not establish every physical edge case.

SOURCE LEDGER / PILE TRIGGER

Follow every claim to its evidence.

E1 is first-party. E2 is a community observation or route. Later official updates can supersede version-sensitive details.

Publication limit: Current mode fixes are E1; exact pile geometry and a guaranteed procedure remain missing and untested.