Perfect Tides - Perfect Guide (100% Score)

This is a guide to getting a perfect score in Perfect Tides. Massive spoilers ahead!

Introduction

This guide is a list of every action that earns you a point in Perfect Tides, currently 95 points as of this writing. This is massive spoiler territory, and it's strongly encouraged that you play through the game on your own first.

Actions don't need to completed in this exact order, but it's confirmed that they can all be completed in this order. See the footnotes section for a couple points that can only be achieved by having positive interactions with two characters.

Thanks to the members of the Perfect Tides Discord for helping find several of the missing points, and Meredith Gran for making such a magical game worth exploring every moment of.

If you have any additions or corrections, you can message me on Twitter at @waxpancake (my DMs are open). Thanks!

Points

Season/Day	Action
Spring - Day 1	Take the deflated inner tube
Spring - Day 1	Take the gardening brochure
Spring - Day 1	Inflate the inner tube
Spring - Day 1	Change the back tire
Spring - Day 1	Put away groceries
Spring - Day 1	Get package slip from Mom
Spring - Day 1	Make dinner plans with Simon
Spring - Day 1	Take beer bottle
Spring - Day 1	Give package slip to Mrs. Peters
Spring - Day 1	Give package to Mom
Spring - Day 1	Get peas from Mrs. Souza
Spring - Day 1	Combine bubble wrap with beer bottle
Spring - Day 1	Give beer coozy to Mikey
Spring - Night 1	Put peas in stove
Spring - Night 1	Get squash seeds
Spring - Night 1	Talk to Lily on the beach
Spring - Day 2	Plant squash seeds
Spring - Day 2	Get egg sandwich from store
Spring - Day 2	Give chips to Daniel
Spring - Day 2	Eat half of egg sandwich
Spring - Day 2	Buy markers from Daniel
Spring - Day 2	Open your locker
Spring - Day 2	Get marker and notepad from locker
Spring - Day 2	Sit at your desk
Spring - Day 2	Talk to Billy about a job
Summer - Day 1	Use Simon's laptop
Summer - Day 1	Talk to Mikey about Tae Bo tape
Summer - Day 1	Take screwdriver from construction site
Summer - Day 1	Take dried pea seeds out of stove
Summer - Day 1	Use game controller in living room
Summer - Day 1	Mail letter to Staggle
Summer - Day 1	Talk to TRL camera guy
Summer - Day 1	Talk to Simon by the helipad
Summer - Day 1	Show sign to camera guy
Summer - Day 2	Talk to Dean outside of Simon's house
Summer - Day 2	Talk to Simon at the party
Summer - Day 2	Get a copy of Mitch's book
Summer - Day 2	Read Mitch's book
Summer - Day 2	Talk to Dean in the pool
Summer - Day 2	Give book to Mitch to sign
Summer - Day 2	Give signed book to Mikey
Summer - Day 2	Get carrot seeds from Mikey
Summer - Day 2	Plant carrot seeds
Summer - Night 2	Unscrew bathroom panel
Summer - Night 2	Disable parental controls
Summer - Night 2	Return to the bathroom
Summer - Day 3	Plant pea seeds
Fall - Day 1	Talk to Jackson
Fall - Day 1	Pick up floppy disk in front of The Dolphin
Fall - Day 1	Catch up on the forums
Fall - Day 1	Put floppy disk in your computer
Fall - Day 1	Check out the disk
Fall - Day 1	Give floppy disk to Simon
Fall - Day 1	Pick squash
Fall - Day 1	Give squash to Mom
Fall - Day 1	Talk to Amanda
Fall - Day 1	Give half of egg sandwich to your boss
Fall - Night 1	Give $6 to Amanda for cappuccino
Fall - Day 2	Pick carrots
Fall - Day 2	Talk to Amanda
Fall - Night 2	Give Robert the beer bottle
Fall - Day 3	Talk to Amanda
Fall - Day 3	Get free birthday candy from stationary store
Fall - Day 3	Take birthday card from locker
Fall - Day 3	Talk to Justin
Fall - Day 3	Talk to Jason outside
Fall - Day 3	Take a seat in class
Fall - Day 3	Take film roll
Fall - Day 3	Develop film correctly
Fall - Night 3	Take remote control
Fall - Day 4	Give candy bar to Lily
Fall - Day 5	Talk to Mom
Fall - Day 5	Talk to Mom
Fall - Day 5	Use remote control on TV
Fall - Day 5	Show guitar to Jason
Fall - Night 5	Talk to Simon
Fall - Night 5	Use Simon's laptop
Fall - Night 5	Pick ripe peas
Winter - Day 1	Get GirlMag issue
Winter - Day 1	Put away groceries
Winter - Day 1	Talk to Mom
Winter - Day 1	Get brown paper from garbage can
Winter - Day 1	Get tape from Jackson
Winter - Night 1	Hang developed photo on drying line
Winter - Night 1	Take developed photo
Winter - Day 2	Get album in nightclub
Winter - Day 2	Get up on DJ booth
Winter - Day 3	Get note from Simon's house (1)
Winter - Day 3	Give record to Mikey
Winter - Day 3	Take civil war VHS box set
Winter - Day 3	Gift wrap the box set
Winter - Day 3	Gift wrap the photo
Winter - Day 3	Give peas to Mrs. Peters
Winter - Day 3	Get cereal
Winter - Night 3	Talk to Jackson on the dock (2)

Footnotes

1. Reconciling with Simon to get the birthday poem requires a series of events that are currently unclear, triggering special dialogue that you're ready to forgive him after leaving the Fyre nightclub. Bringing peas as the dinner side dish and giving Simon the lost floppy disk may factor in, but taking/rejecting his beer offer doesn't make a difference.
   
2. When you leave Lily and before you go into your home to exchange gifts, Jackson will sometimes appear on the dock after his shift, but it's not clear exactly what you need to do to make that happen. Talking to him in the office every time you can, judging the Harvest Festival, and talking to him while you're high with Lily may all increase your affinity with Jackson, triggering the final appearance.

Fun Things To Try

Did you...?

• Get the password to Timothy's computer wrong three times?
  
• Read all the descriptions when you're high?
  
• Try going into Lily's house when you're high?
  
• Talk to Jackson when you're high?
  
• Look at the Fyre nightclub when you're high?
  
• Put 02.mp3 in the game directory?
  
• Get the best ending?

[The_Last_Starfighter]

@HypotheticalLad if you haven't figured it out yet, The Plain Egg Sandwhich achievement is pretty easy. Just look at the menu board to the right of the counter in the bodega and Mara will comment on how plain egg sandwiches are her favourite. Then when you talk to the cashier again, that's what she orders. She'll ask for it to be put on her mother's tab automatically, so you'll get to keep your $5. The Jason one, I'd also like to know the answer to.

[deepFlaw]

Super late reply, but... I haven't gotten it yet myself but I skimmed over the dev's (Meredith Gran) LP of the game on YouTube; the Jason scene she got was different than mine and seemed like it's tied to that achievement. I'm not sure how picky the game is about the choices you make for him, but I plan on watching it soon and then copying what she does.

[HypotheticalLad]

Hey there! I know this might be a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone knew how to get the Jason sort of cares and plain egg sandwich achievement, any assistance would be excellent! Also, thanks so much for this guide, I was worried when I saw how little there was about this game walkthrough wise so this was excellent!

[Lugum]

Will you make one with achievements? Or else i will try.

[Noone]

This guide helped me so much. I already loved this game on my first run but knowing how much i missed made me love it even more in the second! You did a fantastic job

[zzff]

for the paper bag from the garbage can in winter, where is the garbage can? im having some trouble finding it!

[squidwalk]

Thanks for your work on this, your guide helped me enjoy the game way more than I would have without it!

[Love the Bomb]

Oh thanks so much! What about the floppy? Haven't been able to click on anything in front of the Dolphin.

[waxpancake]

The squash seeds are found next to the helipad once the deer’s done munching on them.

[Love the Bomb]

Thanks so much for the guide! Where do you get the squash seeds?