Achievement guide

See Achievements for list of achievements and their rewards.

1. **Chain Smoker** (At any point in the game, have 30 cigarettes in your inventory)
	* Start an easy-difficulty game as Haru and go to the shop. Keep rerolling stock/going into and out of the shop until you can buy two more units of Cigarettes, then "use" all three in your inventory (since you start with one).
2. **Junior Priest** (Purify two cursed places in a single playthrough)
	* With a Holy Candle in your inventory, certain random events can call for using it to purify a location. You only need one Holy Candle, as it is not used up. The events are School Bathroom in School, Eyes in the Dark in Mansion, and Lovesick Corner in Downtown.
3. **Paranoia Agent** (Defeat an enemy with a Baseball Bat)
	* Simply get the Baseball Bat weapon from the Apartment Stalker, then bludgeon someone to death with it.
4. **Peeping Tom** (Discover a hole in the painting)
	* During the village festival case, you can inspect the painting in your room - click the actual painting to unlock the option to check it out. You will find a hole and unlock this achievement. This action also allows you to investigate the backroom of the Inn and obtain the Karukosa Mask needed for the next achievement.
5. **Perfect Disguise** (Enter the overgrown factory wearing Ritual Robe and Karukosa mask)
	* This is easiest to get after you've unlocked the Occult Shop. Buy a Ritual Robe, then do the Far-out Fable of a Fear Festival case. When in your room at the Inn, you can inspect the painting - click the painting in your room to unlock the option to check it out and find a peephole (also unlocking the Peeping Tom achievement). After this, from the overworld you can choose to explore the Staff-Only area of the Inn, which will grant you the Karukosa Mask (either as a drop from the Perverted Innkeeper enemy if you pass the skill check, or directly from the event results if you fail it). When worn with the Ritual Robe, this mask will grant you the achievement once you enter the final location. You can also rarely get the Karukosa mask from the Sculptures event while investigating the School.
6. **Frequent Buyer** (Shop for items ten times in a single run)
	* You don't actually need to buy something. Simply enter, leave, and re-enter the shop ten times in one playthrough.
7. **Lightburn** (Equip two sources of light at the same time)
	* Torch can be found by completing side quest from Sorrowful Saga of the Moonlight Sailors in Timeline B, or in the Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors Mystery if the school is burned down from the Macabre Memoir of Morbid Mermaids.
	* Flashlight can be bought from the Shop and Hardware Store or acquired by passing a Charisma check in the event Hunting Party.
8. **Otherworldly Thirst** (Drink the blood of a forgotten beast and survive)
	* This achievement is very RNG-dependent and can only be done if you have the Alarming Account of Abnormal Arms mystery available and have Extended Card Pack A unlocked *and* enabled.
	* Complete Alarming Account of Abnormal Arms while on Timeline A and finish the secondary objective so that you can get a Tiny Key.
	* Investigate the School location until you get the Trophy Case event. Use the Tiny Key to obtain the Goblet.
	* Continue doing investigations until you get a chance for an Otherworld event (if you have the Doom to spare, farming the School Library or History Club for the Void spell might help).
	* If the Otherworld event is Upper Kingdom, you'll be able to fill the Goblet.
	* Use the filled Goblet and the achievement will unlock.
9. **Junior Scout** (Investigate 20 locations with a Compass equipped)
	* Fairly easy one. Buy a Compass in a Shop as early in the playthrough as possible and just have it equipped while you play your game, and you'll unlock this.
10. **House of Paper** (As Miku, take a hostage while wearing the Tokyo outfit)
	* Playing as Miku, put on the Tokyo outfit and go raise your DOOM rating to 80% or so. Equip a weapon and intimidate a student in the Schoolyard into following you to unlock the achievement.
11. **This Is For My Friends** (As Aiko, defeat the Mad Janitor)
	* Start a game as Aiko, and if the Mermaid case isn't in your list of mysteries, restart until it is. Simply play the case normally, defeat Mad Janitor without using special context actions, and the achievement is yours.
12. **Wait For It** (During combat, prepare to strike but don't attack that turn)
	* In fight, use the Prepare Attack action last in a turn.
13. **Team Kill** (Backstab a follower)
	* You'll need to have Paranoia curse for this. It will enable the "KILL" option on ally screen.
14. **Say Hello** (Meet your \_other\_ neighbor)
	* To unlock this achievement, alt+tab out of the game for a minute and then alt+tab back in. There is a chance the neighbor will appear.
15. **Junior Librarian** (Discard three books in one playthrough)
	* Finding three discardable books is RNG-dependent and requires either luck or continuously looking for corresponding events. The most suitable locations for it are School, Mansion, and Village.
	* Library Notes can sometimes be found in a drawer in your home.
	* Cursed Grimoire and There Was a Hole Here are guaranteed to give a book when the right option is chosen.
	* Stalker Girl, Curious Bookstore, Cold Trail, Professor Takeuchi, Shimo-Kage, Moving Company, and My Weird Collection have chances of giving a book.
	* Investigate locations until you get one of the above events.
	* The History Club has a chance of stocking books for sale.
	* If you have the But Dad!!! challenge unlocked, selecting it will give you an additional book at the start.
16. **We Don’t Need Eyes** (Destroy your eye and open the third one)
	* You will need 1) the Occult Shop unlocked and available to use; 2) the Glass Eye unlocked by the Peeping Tom achievement. In the Occult Shop, reroll until you find the Glass Eye. Use it. Then go study spells at the school until you get the Third Eye spell and cast it.
17. **True Idol** (At any point in the game, have 4 followers)
	* Go to the Schoolyard and simply ask or threaten people to follow you. Starting as Mizuki also gives you an ally.
18. **Classy Ritual** (Sacrifice your ally with a Ritual Dagger equipped)
	* You need to get Ending A for Horrible History of Household Hell with the Ritual Dagger equipped to sacrifice a follower with the dagger.
19. **Peeking Tom** (Meet a school wraith haunting the corridor)
	* During the Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors mystery, select the 'PEEK OUTSIDE' option when it becomes available and open the door.
20. **Awoo** (Call Junko)
	* To unlock this achievement, watch TV in your home and use the phone to dial 56709 (a lyric from the Junko Ohashi song "Telephone").
21. **Paid in Blood** (Have your ally die during a combat encounter)
	* When you have a follower, there is an battle option in Support Actions to have your ally attempt to distract the enemy. This action has a chance to kill the follower, so simply do that until your ally dies.
22. **Exorcism** (Exorcise a ghost)
	* Find a Ghost enemy and use the correct 5 bow-clap prayer sequence to exorcise them. This one is random and while it's not hard, it's kind of a pain to figure out the right order.
23. **Never-Ending Summer** (Change the date and stop the curse)
	* To unlock this achievement, click on the date in the top-left corner.
24. **Restless** (Complete a playthrough without resting)
	* This means no visits to Rest at HOME during the game; taking baths between mysteries and the special "rest a bit" action at the Lighthouse are fine.
25. **Scholar** (Research five spells in a single game)
	* Easy achievement. Go to the School Library and simply research five spells.
26. **Transfer Girl** (Complete a game with the first character)
27. **Fit Girl** (Complete a game with the second character)
28. **Thug Survivor** (Complete a game with the third character)
29. **Idol Survivor** (Complete a game with the fourth character)
30. **Reporter Survivor** (Complete a game with the fifth character)
31. **Lungful of Air** (Complete the Cold Turkey challenge)
32. **Grounded Forever** (Complete the But Dad!! challenge)
	* This challenge requires you to have unlocked Moriko Ishii before you can attempt it.
33. **Student Survivor** (Complete a game with the sixth character)
	* Mimi needs first to be unlocked with the **World Saved II** achievement.
34. **Chaos Survivor** (Complete a game with the seventh character)
	* Miku needs first to be unlocked with the **Soft Side** achievement.
35. **Bad Luck** (Roll a 1 during a stat check)
	* This is going to happen more often than you'd want it to.
36. **From the Brink** (Defeat an Old God with over 90% Doom)
37. **Need No Education** (Burn down the school building)
	* This is achieved by selecting the **"TOPPLE A LAMP"** option in combat with the Mad Janitor at the end of the Macabre Memoir of Morbid Mermaids mystery.
38. **Boop** (Surprise the dog)
	* When you're shopping, click that cute dog's nose and he'll bark at you, unlocking the achievement.
39. **My Dear Ghost** (Complete the Ghastly Presence challenge)
40. **Most Popular Idol** (Complete the Ghost Town challenge)
41. **World Saved I** (Win your first playthrough)
42. **World Saved II** (Win your second playthrough)
43. **World Saved III** (Win your third playthrough)
44. **World Saved IV** (Win your fourth playthrough)
45. **World Doomed I** (Lose your playthrough due to Reason loss)
46. **World Doomed II** (Lose your playthrough due to Stamina loss)
47. **Painted Hospital** (Win your fifth playthrough)
48. **Onyx Medallion** (Gather five curses)
	* Witch's Tree can be used 3 times to get 3 curses right at the start of the game.
	* Consuming a Lump of Flesh has a 3/4 chance to give you one curse, and it can be bought repeatedly at the Occult Shop.
49. **World Doomed III** (Lose your playthrough due to Doom)
50. **Eldritch Backstory I** (Win a playthrough using World of Horror backstory)
51. **Eldritch Backstory II** (Win a playthrough using Medical History backstory)
	* Medical History needs first to be unlocked with the **Eldritch Backstory I** achievement.
52. **Eldritch Backstory III** (Win a playthrough using Hunted by the Cult backstory)
	* Hunted by the Cult needs first to be unlocked with the **Eldritch Backstory II** achievement.
53. **Eldritch Backstory IV** (Win a playthrough using Inheritance backstory)
	* The Seventh Curse needs first to be unlocked with the **Eldritch Backstory III** achievement.
54. **Eldritch Backstory V** (Win a playthrough using Ill-Fated backstory)
	* Ill-Fated needs first to be unlocked with the **Eldritch Backstory IV** achievement.
55. **Club Member** (Join the club)
	* First you need to unlock the History Club location at School, then go there and buy 4 things to get the special ending.
56. **Eldritch Backstory VI** (Win a playthrough using Knight-Errant backstory)
	* Knight-Errant needs first to be unlocked with the **Junior Librarian** achievement.
57. **Soft Side** (Buy and return an expensive drug)
	* Before you attempt this, you need to complete 25 other achievements to unlock the Illegal Den location.
	* First, defeat the Rioter enemy in the Downtown area to obtain Prescription.
	* Second, gather 4 Funds and take the Prescription to the Hospital Pharmacy. Select the Prescription and 'use' it at the Pharmacy to obtain an Expensive Drug (which is not an item).
	* Finally, go to the Illegal Den location. Instead of the usual shop screen, you will meet Miku.
58. **Blood Deal** (Feed an Outer Entity)
	* Once you've unlocked the Monument location (**Junior Priest** achievement), you can lower Doom there for a bloody price. The first time you do so will unlock this achievement.
59. **Shiokawa History I** (Unlock 15 achievements)
60. **Shiokawa History II** (Unlock 20 achievements)
61. **Shiokawa History III** (Unlock 25 achievements)
62. **Shiokawa History IV** (Unlock 30 achievements)
63. **Shiokawa History V** (Unlock 40 achievements)
64. **Shiokawa History VI** (Unlock 50 achievements)
65. **True Despair** (Win a playthrough on Hard difficulty)
66. **Final Stand I** (Reach turn 30 in Endless Mode)
67. **Final Stand II** (Reach turn 40 in Endless Mode)
68. **Final Stand III** (Reach turn 50 in Endless Mode)
69. **Mira** (Solve the Blue Gem riddle)
	* First, obtain the Blue Gem from the 'Discount Item' selection at the Dog Shop.
	* Second, investigate the Seaside until you get the Lighthouse Rumor event.
	* Third, investigate the School until you get the Empty Corridor (or is it?) event.
	* Finally, investigate the Forest until you get the Strange Lights event.
70. **Something Evil** (Meet and defeat Something Evil)
	* See Guide: Something Truly Evil
71. **True Anarchy** (Complete the Parole Violation challenge)
	* This challenge requires you to have unlocked Miku before you can attempt it.
72. **Hail to the King** (As Moriko, defeat an enemy using a working Chainsaw)
	* First you must unlock Moriko Ishii, unlock and win a game with Miku to unlock Fuel, and enable Extended Card Pack D, which itself is unlocked by winning the game 5 times, so that the Perilous Parable of the Peculiar Painting mystery becomes available.
	* Playing as Moriko, you need to get a Flashlight **before** the Painting mystery; one can be easily bought at Hardware Store or Shop. Don't forget to grab Fuel from the Hardware Store, too.
		+ Technically any light source will work, but the Flashlight is easiest to get.
	* Go to the Painting mystery and play through it until you get the option to enter the Workshed; go there and choose the 'Use your own light source' option to obtain Chainsaw (No Fuel).
	* Use the Fuel to merge the two items into Chainsaw, equip it, and then defeat an enemy with it.
73. **Good Old Times** (Equip Carpenter Hammer with both Expel Evil and Regeneration learned)
	* Carpenter Hammer can be bought at Hardware Store at Seaside.
	* Expel Evil and Regeneration can be obtained by repeated use of Library Notes and the School Library, although it may require many attempts to get them both.
74. **Primum Non Nocere** (Defeat Dream Devourer without killing a single patient)
	* Start the Curious Case of a Contagious Coma mystery and do the side quest to get Dust of Seeing. Proceed to the final event and select the "Use Dust of Seeing" option. Then defeat Dream Devourer normally, without selecting the "Unplug Life Support" action. Beware, it is a very tough boss.
75. **Sweater Girl** (Find the missing girl)
	* This requires Extended B card pack to be unlocked (by winning at least 4 times) and enabled in "Customize your playthrough" settings.
	* First, watch TV at home and refresh until you find the report of a missing girl.
	* Then, get the Outdoorsman perk from leveling up or the History Club, then investigate the Forest until you find the Bloody Sweater event.
	* Finally, select the option 'wait a minute' to resolve the event and unlock the achievement and new character.
76. **Eldritch Backstory VII** (Win a playthrough using Scars backstory)
	* Scars needs first to be unlocked with the **Eldritch Backstory VI** achievement.
77. **Eldritch Backstory VIII** (Win a playthrough using Curious Birthmark backstory)
	* Curious Birthmark needs first to be unlocked with the **Eldritch Backstory VII** achievement.
78. **Eldritch Backstory IX** (Win a playthrough using Eldritch Parasite backstory)
	* Eldritch Parasite needs first to be unlocked with the **Eldritch Backstory VIII** achievement.
79. **Eldritch Backstory X** (Win a playthrough using Exquisite Taste backstory)
	* Exquisite Taste needs first to be unlocked with the **Eldritch Backstory IX** achievement.
80. **Eldritch Backstory XXX** (Win a playthrough using Fatalist backstory)
	* Fatalist needs first to be unlocked with the **Eldritch Backstory X** achievement.
81. **Real Nightmare** (Encounter three DREAM enemies in one playthrough)
	* Encounter Dream Devourer, Dream Eater and Dream Salesman in the same playthrough. Note that Dream Devourer is exclusive to the Curious Case of a Contagious Coma mystery, and that you need to complete its side quest (investigate the Village twice). After that, you can just investigate the Forest over and over in order to find the other two.
82. **Kick-box Cutter** (Deal 10 damage with a single Kick)
	* The easiest way to do this is with Toshiaki Wakamatsu and the History Club. Start a playthrough, then visit the History Club until you get Rage of Ragh-Zull. Once acquired, use it 9 times. Then, find an enemy and kick the hell out of it.
83. **Welcome to the Family** (Let the real JURI in)
	* With Juri Okusawa, get your HORROR to 100%, which can be done by getting your Doom above 50%. This can be done by playing normally, although you could enter a store and just reroll over and over if you want to get it faster.
84. **Steel Box** (Break the blade)
	* This achievement requires the Box Cutter, meaning it also requires you to have done the **Kick-box Cutter** achievement.
	* Investigate the school repeatedly until you find the Young Witch. Upon defeating her, she should drop a Box Cutter. Equip it, then use it to hit some other enemy. It will become a Box Cutter (Broken), unlocking the achievement.
85. **Can You Trust Them?** (Hire two allies in one playthrough and win)
	* The Illegal Den needs first to be unlocked with the **Shiokawa History III** achievement (unlock 25 achievements).
	* Go to the Illegal Den and pick the 'HIRE AN ALLY' option twice. Note that this, alone, will increase DOOM by 16%, meaning you should probably find some way to reduce it as quickly as possible.
86. **(H)experimental Therapy** (Complete the Mimi's Little Project challenge)
	* Despite seemingly difficult, this challenge is actually quite simple. Just don't pick the [FORCIBLY REWIRE YOUR VESTIBULAR SYSTEM] (-1 LUCK, fail all event checks) or [STAB AN ICEPICK THROUGH THE NOSE TO DISABLE THE PAIN RECEPTORS IN YOUR BRAIN] (-2 KNOWLEDGE, -1 INCOMING DAMAGE) projects, as they significantly hinder your performance.
87. **Catch Me If You Can** (Handcuff the Ultimate Opportunist)
	* This achievement requires you to use the Handcuffs on Takashi-san. You can acquire the Handcuffs by either investigating the Village area repeatedly until you find and defeat the Lumpy Officer, or by clicking the drawer below the plant at the Police Station (press Z if you can't find it). Then, go to the Lighthouse and get Takashi-san to 12 or less Health, and defeat him with the Handcuffs.
88. **Rain of Spiders** (As YASHIRO, complete a TRUE BELIEVER playthrough with CTHAC-ATORASU as the Old God)
	* Yashiro Kawaji needs first to be unlocked with the **Otherworldly Thirst** achievement.
89. **Flooded Nails** (Win your sixth playthrough)
90. **Unfortunate Accident** (Own both baseball bats)
	1. Have Wooden Bat and Baseball Bat in your inventory at the same time.
		* Wooden Bat can be obtained in the Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors mystery while inspecting the lockers.
		* Baseball Bat can be obtained by defeating Apartment Stalker.
91. **Spore** **Infection** (Defeat Kinoko Gatherer without any weapons)
	* An easy way to do is to set difficulty to Skeptic and start with Haru on Knight-Errant backstory. Use the book for +2 damage and cigarettes for fast combat actions. After that, start searching the Forest until you encounter Kinoko Gatherer. From there, fill your action bar with kicks. Use support actions if necessary.
92. **Intrusive Thoughts** (Forget five spells in one playthrough)
	* The library is an easy way to gather spells. Keep learning and forgetting spells until the achievement unlocks.
93. **Insatiable Lust** (Defeat a human enemy in one combat round)
	* Here are some human enemies with low health:
		+ Young Witch (10 HP)
		+ Perverted Innkeeper (12 HP)
		+ Obsessed Man (12 HP)
	* Alternatively, the Thread of Fate spell can be used to defeat the enemy within one round.
94. **do something** (Win your seventh playthrough)
95. **Homerun** (Complete a playthrough with Yumiko)
96. **Dude** (Complete all achievements)