Achievements guide & tips

Number of achievements : 17
Two achievements related to difficulty.

/!\ The game says there are no achievements and doesn't count in "perfect games", I don't know why, it's not the first Steam game with this bug, don't ask me, I can't do anything about that. /!\ It does work now ! :)

I'm not english native, I hope it will be understandable nonetheless.

Tips

Supplies

• The first thing you must do is going for supplies, no matter the difficulty. If you started with no supplies, prioritize food, formula, diapers, and ammo. Fence repair kits will come after, and snack are mostly useless. If you started with supplies, you can catch one or two fence repair kit along with some food, formula, diapers and ammo. You might be able to go on two supplies runs in a row before having to take care of your needs or your kid's. If you can, do so.
  
  
• Always take as much supplies as your weight allows you to.
  
  
• Rare items are always useful and don't weight much, feel free to take them everytime you find some.
  
  
• Go in a supply run every time your needs are good and there is no zombis wave. If you think you have enough food, formula and diapers, you must know that you will never have enough ammo.
  
  
  

  Managment

  
  
• Try to always have a bath ready, in case your stress relief is near 0 you can run and get in the bathtub before the 5 seconds left. Try to always have food ready for the same reason.
  
  
• Don't wait to have your needs in red, as soon as they're in yellow, take care of them.
  
  
• Repair fences as soon as they get to 65%.
  
  
• When you go back in the house, it means there are no more zombis out there, so get ammos every time you go back in. Don't wait to have zombis by your fence to take ammos. Try making it an habit.
  
  
  

  Perks

  
  
• It depends of your way of playing, but in my opinion the three most useful perks are accuracy, gun handling and fitness.
  
  
• The less useful perks are repair, parenting and stress managment. They can be useful but for a start they're not a priority. As for cooking, even if it takes 4 ups before being really useful, having more food prepared at once is a benediction. So, not a priority, but when you feel comfortable with your accuracy, gun handling and fitness, you can upgrade cooking.
  
  
  

  Baby

  
  
• Keep your baby in his room. There is no need to take him with you, it slows you down and is useless.
  
  
• Your baby's comfort is not important as it will increase every time you take care of his other needs. Take care of his comfort only if he cries and decreases it.

Achievements

Well armed

Pick up an assault rifle

When you go on supply run, sometimes rare items can be found. They give you special effects, like this assault rifle which increase you fire rate. Just play the game and you will find it eventually.

Scavenger

Collect one of each supply type from zombie drops in the same loop

Zombis don't drop things everytime, but it happens often. You will have to gather : ammos, diapers, food and snacks. Diapers, food and snacks look the same on the ground, just take everything zombis drop. With time, you will gather every items in the same loop. Don't leave items on the ground for the next loop, it will disappear.

Loop de loop

Restart once

It will happen on its own.

Major William Cage

Restart 10 times

Really, it will happen on its own, trust me.

Collector

Have over 100 ammo and over 20 food, snack, diapers and formula

Self explanatory, but when it says « over » it really means « over ». You need 101 ammo, 21 food, 21 snack, 21 diapers and 21 formula. Supply runs, items dropped, everything you can take counts.

Handywoman

Fix 5 fences

It will happen on its own, most likely on new game +.

Experienced

Reach level 20

It may sound boring but you will quickly reach level 20. Don't modify the difficulty by selectionning « rogue-lite » to make it easier.

Mastery

Reach level 50

Same as level 20.

Monster kill

Kill 6 zombies in a row while outside the house

It will unlock rather quickly as zombis multiply with each day. I did it outside the fence, don't know if it works inside.

Rampage

Kill 15 zombies in a row while outside the house

Same as 6 zombis in a row, but make sure you kept a ammo drop outside so you will be able to reload in case you miss some shots, as you can't go back in the house to take ammo.

On empty

Be in the red on every need at the same time

Probably the most difficult achievement to get, as it is not only your needs you have to get in the red, but also your baby's.
I did it on new game +, difficulty 0, started by getting a snack, going to toilet, then you just have to balance your needs to get them almost equal all the time so you will be in the red with all at once. You can comfort your kid, as it gets in the red quicker than food or hygiene, but don't get it in the green. Same with your needs, try to get them all in yellow at the same time, then it will decrease on its own.
I lost because of toilet need, don't underestimate it. I actually got the achievement at the same time I lost : the baby was getting 0 in hygiene (he ♥♥♥♥ himself), I was almost red everywhere (toilet and comfort left), the game decounts 5 seconds before the end, I waited, doing nothing, and everything went red at 1 second left.

Almost got it

Restart after collecting at least 5 parts

The point of the game is to repair the truck (or boat). You'll have to first get a tool kit, by doing your supply runs. Then, you will always have 2 parts proposed in your supply runs, you can get both or just one. Don't repair the truck for now, just collect the parts. Then, when you will have at least 5 parts, die.

Escaped once

Escape in the truck

Do the same as in « Almost got it », but don't die. Easy.

Escaped... for real

Escape in the boat

It's the new game +, new map, same gameplay, more parts to repair.

Twenty-eight

Survive 28 days

You'll have to survive without dying (looping) for 28 days. Days are short, you can play with 0 difficulty and you will get to 28 days rather easily.

Win harder

Escape with difficulty set to at least 5

See « all but impossible ».

All but impossible

Escape with difficulty set to at least 10

There is the fun. You can do it step by step or doing a 10 difficulty game for both « Win harder » and « All but impossible » (that's what I did). In the main menu, go to « modifiers » to make your own difficulty. I personnaly chose + 3 zombis per wave, no supplies at the start, 200% fence damage. Chosing roguelite mode will make it a lot harder, but you can try.
Apply all the tips I gave at the beginning of this guide, die, restart, die, restart. Without the roguelite mode you will keep your levels, making it way easier for you with each loop.
You can do it in new game or new game +, I chose new game as the truck is easier and quicker to repair, but do as your own liking. You will most likely achieve « Mastery », « Major William Cage », « Scavenger » and « Almost got it », as well as « Monster kill » and « Rampage » if that's not already done.
Get at least one repair fence kit at the beginning since fences will not last long. If you chose new game (with the house and the truck), you can go outside the fences when zombis are there, in order to keep the fences undamaged, but keep your distance.
You will most likely die a dozens of time before being able to repair the truck. Try new combinations, my tips might not be to your liking and it's understandable.

Conclusion

Thanks for reading this guide, and thanks for the dev(s) because that's an awesome game there. I truly wish there will be more contents with time.

If you have any questions, comment and I will do my best to answer.

[Jimberlee]

Thank you for this! Game is a blast