Achievement Walkthrough (Text)

A walkthrough to get all of the achievements.

Important!

You cannot replay levels that you have completed. Take your time before progressing or you will miss some achievements! Some areas also prevent backtracking (closing doors). This is especially bad at the end of certain levels. Restart a level if you think you missed anything!

Don't skip ANY collectibles even after restarting a level! This includes User Messages! Having over 100% completion doesn't matter! Collect the items again! I missed 2 achievements because of this.

You need 2 playthroughs to earn the ending achievements UNLESS you create a backup save at the start of the final level (ANTENNA).
Your save file is located here:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Naraven Games\Backfirewall_\SavedGameData

Intro

Pick up the telephone on OS9's desk.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (1/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Then interact with the tablet in OS9's hand when he asks about it [activate backup].

Tutorial

After a short cutscene you will be teleported to a tutorial area where you are required to perform a bunch of tasks.

[1] Delete - remove an object
[2] Invert - move an object up/down.
[3] Colormode - change the color of something. Green means access.
[4] Duplicate - copies an object.
[SHIFT] Run - break through objects/walls
[SPACE] Jump
[TAB] User Menu

Once you reach the main terminal you will earn this achievement.

GOT IT MEMORIZED? (Unmissable)
Complete the Tutorial.

Main Terminal

Use the main terminal and start the update. The walls will then close in. You will earn the
achievement if you let the walls crush you.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE
Let yourself be crushed to death after starting the update.

After earning this achievement you can press 'Continue' from the main menu to start before
using the terminal again. Start the update and then stop it when OS9 tells you to.

GO ROGUE (Unmissable)
Stop the update.

Now go through the dotted line 'door' that OS9 creates for you and pick up the fortune cookie on the ground. DO NOT go in the tunnel yet!

GOOD FORTUNE (1/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Go to the right before the pipe to find the second phone.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (2/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Now go back to the pipe and proceed down the tunnel to the Recycle Bin area.

Recycle Bin

Activate OS9's backup disk and pick up the delete function he gives you. Use the delete function [1] to escape from the box. Now your goal is to escape from this room by creating 4 'SYSTEM ERRORS'. I will not spoil the puzzles, so watch a youtube video if you need help. Just remember to use the delete function on everything you can. OS9 will usually give you hints if you're close to something important.

I'M NOT STUPID
Beat the game WITHOUT talking to the rubber ducks.

If you accidentally click on a duck then make sure you ALT F4 before closing the dialogue.

Go to the ramp nearby and pick up the phone.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (3/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

The first toy collectible can be found up the ramp and inside a pipe by the 'OS.5' sign. Collectibles can be tracked in the Collectibles menu (TAB key).

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (1/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

User messages look like envelopes. There are 78 Yellow messages and 54 Blue messages in total. This level has 3 yellow messages. User Message #1 and #2 are on the second floor of the level. User Message #3 is behind some boards on the ceiling of a large pipe near the Conspiracy sign.

USER PRIVA-WAT?
Collect all 132 User Messages.

After you complete the 4 SYSTEM ERROR puzzles you can leave the level by entering the dotted line door on the second floor.

Data-Sewers

After entering the sewer you will be confronted by a security guard. OS9 will tell you to run into the room behind you. First get caught by the security guard for an achievement.

AND YOU FAIL
Get caught by a security guard.

Respawn and don't touch the Main Terminal. Enter the door OS9 creates and you will respawn in the sewers. Make sure to collect the User Message #4 in the room behind you that you hide in. Then proceed to the right while avoiding the security guard. Destroy some boxes and collect the Fortune Cookie #2 and User Message #5.

GOOD FORTUNE (2/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Then go back and avoid the Security Guard until you reach some water. Dodge another security guard before the water and destroy some boxes to the right to find User Message #6 as well as a Maintenance phone.

Proceed further up the sewers by destroying boxes to reveal the path. Talk to the CANARY by the water so it dies. Yes, this is required for the achievement.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (CANARY).

Destroy the grate on the pipe to the left and pick up User Message #7 behind it. Then optionally go down the tunnel with two security guards and enter the hideout. This is where Health App has been monitoring things.

Go back and then take the tunnel to the right and destroy the sewer grate. OS9 will mention something about the email process. In this area you will also find User Message #8 behind some boxes next to the log. Then go back the way you came and destroy OS9's couch. Proceed
straight to the next sewer gate and destroy it. At the end of this area is a radio, telephone,
and User Message #9.

When you answer the phone DO NOT suggest anything harmful be done to PID123! Just hang up or tell him not to worry.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (PID123).

ANSWER KNOT NOT (4/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Return the way you came and take the right down the tunnel past the Security Guard. Nearby is the File Collector who is fishing.

Interact with the vibrating metal chair stuck in the wall to report a bug.

DEBUGGING THERAPY (1/8)
Collect all 8 bugs.

Then collect the green toy robot in front of the shop.

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (2/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

TALKATIVE (1/5)
Talk to the File Collector and exhaust all of his dialogue.

Just past the File Collector is User Message #10. Then a little further by the exit of the level is a
Encrypted User Message #1.

Check your collectibles (TAB key) and verify that you have all of these before proceeding to the next level.

You should have 8% collected User Messages (10 yellow, 1 blue), 2 toys, and 1 bug.

RAM's Workspace

Proceed until you talk with UNZIPPER (orange chef looking Process). OS9 will then gives you a new cheat code INVERT [2]. Use invert on the box on the ceiling to lower it and help UNZIPPER. Then use invert on the User Message #11 above you before proceeding into the next room.


The terminal inside this area explains what you need to do to complete the level. I will not spoil how to solve the puzzles in this section. Please watch a video if you need help.

BLUE AREA

There are 3 User Messages in the blue area.
#12 is on the ceiling above the 'bug' near Banking.
#13 is underneath a couch by the Remote Shelf sign.
#14 is under some bushes by the Data-Coffee and CACHE CLEANER.

Interact with the wall of papers to find a bug.

DEBUGGING THERAPY (2/8)
Collect all 8 bugs.

Interact with the phone by the Data-Coffee.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (5/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Then invert [2] the coffee maker to fix the machine.

DATA-COFFEE SHORTAGE
Fix the coffee machine.

ORANGE AREA

There are 4 User Messages in the orange area.
#? is on the ceiling above the maintenance phone. (may not exist or be duplicate)
#15 is on the ceiling in the main room just before the Break Room.
#16 is on the floor by the fish tank.
#17 is inside the Break Room on top of the couch near UNZIPPER.

Above the maintenance phone is a Fortune Cookie. This cookie exists in all 3 colors, so you may have collected it earlier.

GOOD FORTUNE (3/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

You can interact with a pointer above the Pointer Station for an achievement. There are multiple levels with pointers if you miss this.

CAN YOU PET THE DOG
Interact with one of the pointers above any Pointer Station.

Go to the fish tank in the back left of the room and talk to the process sitting in front of it. Then use the invert function [2] on the blocks on the ceiling to drop them into the tank.

FILET O FISH
Feed the fish.

Talk to all of the processes (white Android figures) in the main room. Then use the maintenance phone and report one of the processes (not feeding fishes, etc). The sign next to the phone should now say "00000" nanominutes and the reported process should be gone.

YOU WANT MY JOB? (1/3)
Report 3 Processes to maintenance for being disobedient.

You can report processes on other levels to complete this achievement.

WHITE AREA

There are 3 User Messages and 3 Encrypted Messages in the white area.
#18 is to the left of the Random Rooms Data Incoming (inside the Triage Station).
#19 is in the air to the left of the Triage Station.
#20 is floating on the ceiling to the right of the Triage Station (above the exit door).
#2 Encrypted Message is under some boards behind the Lost & Found.
#3 & #4 Encrypted Messages are in a secret area accessed through a teleporter to the left of the Random Rooms Data Incoming (see image below). One message is in the blue are and another is in the orange area.

There is a toy on the Lost & Found table.

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (3/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

Rotate the sections of the "Chaos" statue until it matches image on the right.

ORGANIZED CHAOS
Organize the "Chaos" statue.

EXIT

You should have 18% collected User Messages (including 4 blue encrypted messages), 3 toys, and 2 bugs. To check your User Messages you will nee to click the white arrows to see more messages.

After you've completed the SYSTEM ERRORS you can enter the dotted line door and exit the level. Once you go through the doors you will be stuck in the 'Infinite Rooms' (Backrooms reference) until you solve the puzzle.

GPU Art Gallery Corridor

You start this level talking to Health App and Social Media F. Eventually OS9 will open a door for you to enter. Make sure to destroy [1] the grate behind you with a boulder behind it before proceeding. Destroy the wall to the right and use the invert [2] function on the crowbar before entering the pipe. You will be pulled to a room with UNZIPPER who is looking for ALEX (aka Health App).

Take an immediate left and slip past the security guard. Then use the invert [2] function on the crowbar under the boulder. You may need to destroy the grate in front of it or restart the level if you didn't do it earlier.

SOMEONE WILL LOSE THEIR JOB
Crush a security guard.

Make sure to pick up the User Message #21 floating above where the boulder was. Then proceed down the slope that the boulder rolled and pick up User Message #22 at the bottom near the process digging through a box. Destroy the grate and pick up the phone in the back of the room.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (6/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Then look up and use invert [2] on the Fortune Cookie floating above you.

GOOD FORTUNE (4/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Now go back to where UNZIPPER was and take a right. Destroy the grate and proceed until you hear the voice of the 'User'. Then go into the dotted line door in the wall.

Now talk to the Yellow Headed Process and answer his riddles correctly.
Answers: Trains, Face, Stegosaurus, Dead to Me

ASDF GOD (1/4)
Answer all Yellow Headed Processes questions correctly.

You should have 20% collected User Messages before proceeding to the next level.

GPU's Art Gallery

There are 10 User Messages and 7 Encrypted User Messages in this area.

#23 is behind the glass container at the start near CACHE CLEANER.
#24 is half way up the first set of stairs behind the HEX color changer.
#25 is at the top of the first set of stairs.
#26 is floating above SOCIAL MEDIA F and the phone.
#27 is floating above the picture of the user with bleach blonde hair near SOCIAL MEDIA F.
#28 is in the GREEN GALLERY near the HEX DISPENSER.
#29 is next to the "Growing bits" art piece near the HEX DISPENSER.
#30 is on the top floor of the BLUE GALLERY by the 'International sporting event' art display.
#31 is on the top floor of the BLUE GALLERY behind the 'Loneliness' art display.
#32 is on the top floor of the BLUE GALLERY on the ceiling by 3 colored pillars.

#5 Encrypted is in front of the Nuts & Bits shop.
#6 Encrypted is next to the 3rd HEX color changer.
#7 and #8 Encrypted are in the GREEN GALLERY behind the red gates near the HEX DISPENSER.
#9 Encrypted is at the top floor of the BLUE GALLERY near the 'Still life' and 'Unity' art displays.
#10 Encrypted is inside the SOCIAL MEDIA room by the GPU Terminal.
#11 Encrypted is inside the SOCIAL MEDIA room by the GPU Terminal floating on the ceiling.

You will start in an area surrounded by 3 processes: CACHE CLEANER, PIXEL, and PHOTOS. Talk to PHOTOS and she will leave. Then pick up the fortune cookie by the stairs.

GOOD FORTUNE (5/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.


Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Press the red button at the HEX color changer to reveal the stairs.
There is a bug near the stairs by the starting area.

DEBUGGING THERAPY (3/8)
Collect all 8 bugs.

Walk to the top of the stairs to get the COLORCHANGE [3] cheat code. Then unlock the door by changing the color [3] of the lock to green.

Pick up the phone inside.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (7/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Change the HEX color changer inside the building to green and walk up the stairs. Here you will see the GPU Terminal with the puzzles you must solve to progress through the level. Again, I am not going to spoil solving these.

There is a HEX DISPENSER nearby.

HEX FLUENT
Enter the word 'DECADE' into the HEX DISPENSER.

When you visit the Nuts & Bits shop in the CYAN GALLERY, talk to the process sitting after the bridge. He wants an OS9 figurine from the shop but can't afford it. Purchase the figure from the shop and give it to him for an achievement.

OFFICIAL OS9 TM RESELLER
Purchase the OS9 figurine and give it away.

Purchase all of the other toy figures from the Nuts & Bits shop: SOCIAL MEDIA F, PROCESS, CACHE CLEANER, BANKING APP.

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (7/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

Talk to the File Collector.

TALKATIVE (2/5)
Talk to the File Collector and exhaust all of his dialogue (gossip).

Purchase the 'Zip File' from the Nuts & Bits shop. This contains WAT's hearing aid which you need for an achievement. Make sure you talk to AIDE PROCESS on this level as well!!

WAT NEEDS A NEW NICKNAME (1/3)
Give WAT his hearing aid back.

At the top of the the BLUE GALLERY there is a maintenance phone next to PHOTOS. Use it after talking to some of the processes on this level and report them (HELLO WORLD logs, etc).

YOU WANT MY JOB? (2/3)
Report 3 Processes to maintenance for being disobedient.

Enter C0FFEE into the HEX DISPENSER and pick up the mug. Then give it to PIXEL near the starting area (he looks like an apple).

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (PIXEL).

You should have 33% collected User Messages (32 yellow, 10 blue), 7 toys, and 3 bugs.

Area 64

There is 2 User Messages and 3 Encrypted Messages on this level.

You start in a bathroom near the triangle headed '???' process (PID003). A security guard will show up and you will need to hide. Once the security guard is gone you can destroy the doors on the bathroom stalls to reveal another process and a cookie. Then pick up User Message #33 by mirrors before leaving the bathroom.

GOOD FORTUNE (6/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

FUN AND GAMES AND DATA-FLOWERS
COLORCHANGE [3] the bouquet of flowers to CYAN.

Now head down the hall to the left and interact with the phone.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (8/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Then destroy the grating nearby and the boxes inside to pick up the two figurines.

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (8/26)
REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (9/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

Climb the ladder and collect Encrypted User Message #12. Then turn right around the corner to collect User Message #34. Continue down the vent and avoid falling until you can drop down. Then collect the two Encrypted Messages in this area by the radio. Encrypted User Message #13 is on the ground by the radio. Encrypted User Message #14 is floating near the ceiling.

You should have 36% collected User Messages (34 yellow, 14 blue) and 9 toys before continuing.

Battery Lab

There are 4 User Messages and 5 Encrypted Messages on this level.
#35 is by the Battery Terminal
#36 is in near the Battery Terminal next to a process in a red chair.
#37 is where the Frankenstein monster dies near the pointers and black pipes.
#38 is just past the emergency exit that UNZIPPER opens for you.

#15 Encrypted is just past UNZIPPER near the start of the level.
#16 Encrypted is in UNZIPPER's home floating above where CACHE CLEANER gives you a log.
#17 Encrypted is behind a sealed door where the Frankenstein monster is.
#18 Encrypted is near the Battery Terminal floating below a bird cage.
#19 Encrypted is past the cable car in the emergency exit area near the end of the level.

You start this level by nearly falling into battery acid. UNZIPPER will help you and OS9 will soon give you the Duplicate [4] cheat code.

Proceed forward until you see CACHE CLEANER who gives you a log. UNZIPPER will then talk to you. Make sure to give her the log.

DATA-JESUS
Give UNZIPPER the log from CACHE CLEANER.

Place the 'Zip File' inside the unzipping oven and receive a hearing aid. This item must be purchased from the Nuts & Bits shop during the GPU's Art Gallery level.

WAT NEEDS A NEW NICKNAME (2/3)
Give WAT his hearing aid back.

Now solve the puzzle in this room to make it past the laser wall. As a hint, read the sign above the lasers. After you disable the laser wall you can enter the room with the Battery Terminal. I am not going to explain how to solve the SYSTEM ERROR puzzles, so watch a video if you need to.

Talk to the CANARY by the terminal before it dies.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 3 processes (CANARY).

Next to the terminal is a process that wants you to flip a switch. Make sure to flip the one labeled 'Wrong Lever Hazard' for this achievement.

WHY DO THEY EVEN HAVE THAT LEVER?
Pull the hazard lever.

Talk to the processes around the room and report one of them (idling).

YOU WANT MY JOB? (3/3)
Report 3 Processes to maintenance for being disobedient.

There is a bug near the middle of the room

DEBUGGING THERAPY (4/8)
Collect all 8 bugs.

There is a device with electricity shooting out of it at the other end of the room. Duplicate the green battery and then invert them so they float to the ceiling. Then break the boards to the room on the right and flip the switch to bring the green process back to life. Follow it around and 'Shoo' it away 4 times until it dies.

DR. FRANKENSTEIN GONE FULL CIRCLE
Revive and then kill a process.

There is a phone in the room with the Frankenstein monster.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (9/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Once you have completed the SYSTEM ERROR puzzles the exit will be blocked. Talk to UNZIPPER and she will open an emergency exit door.


You should have 42% collected User Messages by now. There are two more messages before the level ends. User Message #38 is on the way to the cable car. Encrypted Message #19 is just past the cable car.

The fortune cookie is also past the cable car on the bottom level near the acid and broken wire.

GOOD FORTUNE (7/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

You should now have 43% collected User Messages (38 yellow, 19 blue), 9 toys, and 4 bugs.

Hallucinations

You start out in a tunnel. Run [SHIFT] to the end of it and then back to the start. Then keep following the path laid out for you until you're back in the Main Terminal. OS9 will then create another door for you.

ME NO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUTURE (Unmissable)
Avoid updating the system again.

There are 3 Encrypted User Messages on this level.

Follow the path and rotate the shooting block so that it hits the 'bit sensor' and opens the door. Then rotate the next 5 bit rotators until the next door opens. Make sure to pick up the Encrypted User Message #20 up the ladder near the door. Then destroy the floor past the door and fall down. Pick up the Encrypted Message #21 floating above you. Then press the green button and go up the elevator. Enter the room with a guard and pick up the fortune cookie and Encrypted User Message #22.

GOOD FORTUNE (8/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Then pick up the phone. Make sure you DO NOT tell the person on the phone to 'put down' the GREEN POINTER!

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (GREEN POINTER).

ANSWER KNOT NOT (10/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

You should have 46% (45%?) collected User Message (37 yellow, 22 blue) before exiting the level.

Antenna

There are 12 User Messages and 5 Encrypted Messages on this level.

#39 is next to the start.
#40 is behind the surveillance monitors near the start on a table by radio equipment.
#41 is on the table next to the second phone.
#42-49 are near the 'USER HATES THIS PHONE' whiteboard where ALEX talks to you.
#50 is after you follow ALEX through a door. It's on the ground before you climb a ladder.

#23 Encrypted is on the floor behind the surveillance monitors near the start
#24, #25, #26 Encrypted are on the 'USER HATES THIS PHONE' whiteboard where ALEX talks to you.
#27 is right before the door to WiFi. Turn around after climbing a ladder after you see SOCIAL MEDIA I to find it.

Take a right and OS9 will comment on the giant telescope nearby. Then proceed further to the right until ALEX (HEALTH APP) shows up and talks to you. He will then open a door. Make sure to pick up all of the User Messages and 2 phones before proceeding.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (11/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (12/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

You should have 57% collected User Messages before proceeding through the door that ALEX opens. Fall down a couple levels and pick up the toy on the ground nearby.

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (10/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

You should have 59% collected User Messages (50 yellow, 27 blue) before entering the door to WiFi.

WiFi's Post Office

There are 13 User Messages and 9 Encrypted User Messages on this level.

#51 is floating near Reception and BOOTH 404.
#52 is above the start next to BOOTH 12 and 451.
#53 is floating above the walkway near the start.
#54 is next to the bug near Management (destroy the planks).
#55 is on the 3rd floor by BOOTH 5 and NURSERY.
#56 is on the 3rd floor near BOOTH 46 and the app complaining about his color.
#57 is above the collapsed ZIPPING AREA on the top floor.
#58 is after the two fans after SORTING floating in a hole on the ceiling.
#59 is in DIAGNOSTICS (AREA 101) next to a ventilation shaft.
#60 is under the ENCRYPTION KEYS VAULT by a radio.
#61 inside the pit of bit cubes.
#62 is in the vent just before reaching the ENCRYPTION KEYS VAULT.
#63 is in front of the ENCRYPTION KEYS VAULT.

#28 Encrypted is on the way to SORTING.
#29 Encrypted is past the two fans on the to DIAGNOSTICS.
#30 Encrypted is up the ramp above DIAGNOSTICS.
#31 Encrypted is past the fans by SORTING. Rotate the red connector to AREA 101 to the left.
#32 Encrypted is near the ENCRYPTION KEYS VAULT by the pit of cubes.
#33 Encrypted is near the ENCRYPTION KEYS VAULT on the upper level behind some boxes.
#34, #35, #36 Encrypted are inside the ENCRYPTION KEYS VAULT (unmissable).

Follow the path that OS9 creates for you until you hear PHOTOS and SOCIAL MEDIA chatting. Your goal is to get into ENCRYPTION KEYS VAULT, but it requires form A38Ω. Pick up PHOTOS ticket and then start completing some achievements.

Pick up the phone by Reception.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (13/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Pick up the phone by the help desk near Management.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (14/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Open the door to Management using COLORCHANGE [3]. Then pick up the two phones the desk.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (15/24)
ANSWER KNOT NOT (16/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Then use the DELETE [1] function on the kiosk next to the spinning BANKING app to fix his looping.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (BANKING).

Destroy [1] the wooden planks by Management and report the bug.

DEBUGGING THERAPY (5/8)
Collect all 8 bugs.

Head up the elevator and give WAT's hearing aid to the NURSERY app for an achievement.

WAT NEEDS A NEW NICKNAME (3/3)
Give WAT his hearing aid back.

Then COLORCHANGE [3] the App's color near BOOTH 46 for an achievement.

CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Change the color of the gray process complaining about his color

Now pick up the phone by BOOTH 551.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (17/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Gossip with the Nuts & Bits shop FILE COLLECTOR (Can we talk about what happened to me?)

TALKATIVE (3/5)
Talk to the File Collector and exhaust all of his dialogue.

Purchase all of the toys from his shop: SOCIAL MEDIA T, SOCIAL MEDIA I, PIXEL, SECURITY, WAT, UNZIPPER

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (16/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

Now go up the elevator by BOOTH 5 and NURSERY. Then report the bug on the wall.

DEBUGGING THERAPY (6/8)
Collect all 8 bugs.

Then pick up the toy on the floor.

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (17/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

Now begins the long process of completing the A38Ω form. Check your tasks (TAB) or go to Reception if you need help. Once you get to BOOTH 46 proceed through the Emergency Exit door behind it.

Hook up SORTING with AREA 101. Use COLORCHANGE [3] and INVERT [2] to do this.

There is a window in SORTING where you can sort objects. It may not be necessary but I recommend sorting everything to the right O incase it's related to the DATA-JESUS achievement.

Talk to the CANARY near the spinning fans. Then go back to SORTING And talk to the CANARY in the trash to destroy the other fan. Now go through the broken fans and talk to the Yellow Headed Apps and answer their questions. Answers: Jewelry, Ohh.., Pie Flavor, Teeth

ASDF GOD (2/4)
Answer all Yellow Headed Processes questions correctly.

Now continue into AREA 101 (DIAGNOSTICS).

DIAGNOSTICS REPORT
Enter Area 101.

Talk to CACHE CLEANER and tell her what happened to UNZIPPER.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (CACHE CLEANER).

Then talk to the Process next to her and tell it the answer to Question 3 is 'The User'. Then pick up the phone nearby.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (18/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Now head to Archives and talk with Frank before going back to Reception. Keep following the tasks for form A38Ω. Talk to Reception if you ever get lost.

HOUSE THAT SENT YOU MAD (Unmissable)
Complete form A38Ω.

Now go towards the ENCRYPTION KEYS VAULT and enter the form. I will not spoil how to solve the next area but I will mention that getting to the upper level requires entering the form into another reader.

Make sure to collect the Fortune Cookie in the ball pit before filling it.

GOOD FORTUNE (9/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Also make sure to knock down the 3 Processes using the flying bits.

THEY WERE ASKING FOR IT
Knock down the cheerleader Processes.

DO NOT enter the vault until you have checked your completion since you can't go back. I believe you should have around 71% collected User Messages before entering the vault. You should have 73% collected User Messages (63 yellow, 36 blue) before exiting the level.

User Show

There are 4 User Messages and 3 Encrypted User Messages on this level.

#64 is on a shelf near the start before the first bend.
#65 is on the floor near the end of the hall near the start.
#66 is in the film room where you talk to ALEX.
#67 is floating on the ceiling in the middle of the chandelier by the ticket seller and shop.

#37 Encrypted is on the ceiling at the end of the hall near the start.
#38 Encrypted is behind the ticket seller's counter.
#39 Encrypted is in the aisles of the theatre.

Note: You can read the blue encrypted user messages now (TAB) if you care about some lore.

Continue through the hall until ALEX and SOCIAL MEDIA taunt each other. Then collect the fortune cookie outside of the projector room before heading downstairs.

GOOD FORTUNE (10/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Make sure to talk to the ticket seller and then the Nuts & Bits shop to get rid of the pop-ups. Then buy all of the toy collectibles: PHOTOS, AIDE, POINTER, OFFICE WORKERS, RUBBER DUCK, CANARY, MUSIC&PODCAST.

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (24/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

TALKATIVE
Talk to the File Collector and exhaust all of his dialogue.

Then pick up the phone by the ticket seller.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (19/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Talk to the Yellow Headed Apps behind the door next to the maintenance phone and answer their questions correctly.
Answers: Kill me, See you around, Hello!, flop

ASDF GOD (3/4)
Answer all Yellow Headed Processes questions correctly.

You should have 81% collected User Message (67 yellow, 39 blue) and all but 2 toy collectibles before taking a seat in the theatre. You can talk to all the apps including PIXEL which allows you to roll a dice. Once you complete this level you will earn another achievement.

SCREW THEM (Unmissable)
Do not update the phone (let the timer count down to 0).

Camera's Theater

You'll wake up in the broken terminal. Head down the pipe and pick up 'Hector' on the ground.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (PID101).

Then get the fortune cookie in the next room.

GOOD FORTUNE (11/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Then head out the door of the cinema.

Resistance Hideout

There is 1 User Message and 15 Encrypted Messages on this level.
#68 is before the first ladder by the phone.
#40, #41, #42 Encrypted are before the first ladder by the phone.
#43-52 Encrypted are in the Resistance Hideout near the FILE COLLECTOR.
#53, #54 Encrypted are after the laser wall in the Resistance Hideout by the pathway creator.

Go forward you reach a hideout but do not fall in the hole with a ladder. Talk to the office worker who is buried un rubble and find them their book (Computer Science for Dum-Dums).

NO CLIFFHANGER
Give the book to the Office Worker.

Then pick up the phone and the toy on the ground.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (20/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (25/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

Now go down the ladder and grab the INVERT [2] function. Go back up the ladder and lift the couch near the start. Fall down before the fortune cookie and save the RUBBER DUCK by the water.

Now proceed up the ladder and fall down before the XOR/NOR party graffiti. Talk to the process who lost his arm, and then grab the COLORMODE [3] function under the boulder. Then change the color of the button by the elevator to green and go up. Grab the arm before going all the way up the ladder and give it back to the process on the ground.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (PID501).

Then go up the elevator and ladder again. Now pick up the phone before the tunnel.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (21/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Take a left when you pass through the tunnel and go through the blocked door. Then grab the fortune cookie.

GOOD FORTUNE (12/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Then give the RUBBER DUCK to the depressed Process. Make sure you don't talk to the duck afterwards!

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (RUBBER DUCK & PID404).

Now go back and climb the stairs. If you stop moving there multiple hints on the walls for how to enter the secret hideout. I am not going to spoil the puzzle so watch a video if you want more help.

After you make it into the tunnel you will find FRANK near the water. Lift the boulder on his arm and talk to him. Then proceed further down the tunnel.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (FRANK).

Talk with the FILE COLLECTOR. However, you may want to avoid saying 'I can't figure out how to access the other room' as this may stop you from getting an achievement.

TALKATIVE (5/5)
Talk to the File Collector and exhaust all of his dialogue.

Pick up the phone near the laser wall.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (22/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Now you need to get into the room behind the laser field. I will not spoil the solution to the puzzle, so good luck!

After you make it past the laser wall climb the ladder. Then enter 'system/components/workspaces/battery-lab' into the pathway to get a cookie.

GOOD FORTUNE (13/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Enter 'system/components/workspaces/ram-workspace' into the pathway and give HECTOR to the process.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (PID101).

Finally, open the pathway to the XOR/NOR Nightclub.

Make sure you have 93% collected User Messages (68 yellow, 54 blue), 6 bugs, and all but 1 toy before proceeding.

XOR/NOR Nightclub

There are 11 User Messages on this level.

#69 is on an empty platform after you get the headphones.
#70 is on a platform next to platform that falls over near YELLOW HEADED APPS.
#71 is on a platform near PIXEL on the way to the bug.
#72 is on the island with CACHE CLEANER (requires both headphones [CTRL]).
#73 is by the bar above SOCIAL MEDIA T where you dance off.
#74 is on an empty platform after you get the blue VIP headphones.
#75 is on a platform in the VIP section with a sign labeled 'this way to jam session'
#76 is at the jam session next to WAT in the VIP (requires both headphones [CTRL])
#77, #78 are floating above the VIP lounge and management.
#79 is up the elevator in the VIP lounge next to MUSIC&PODCAST.

USER PRIVA-WHAT?
Collect all 132 User Messages (54 Blue and 78 Yellow)

Go to the CANARY by the 'Fall Hazard' sign and talk to him.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (CANARY).

Then duplicate the headphones of one of the dancers and put it on. You can change the song by pressing 5-8 to move around this area.

Head left and talk to the Yellow Headed Apps on the pool table.
Answers: Get here?, Sheep, Die

ASDF GOD (4/4)
Answer all Yellow Headed Processes questions correctly.

Then go to the island with the POINTER STATION and the AIDE PROCESS. Turn the 'release' button green and then press it to release the pointers.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (POINTERS & AIDE).

Then talk to AIDE before going back towards platform with SOCIAL MEDIA F talk to him so he flies away. Then go to PIXEL who is playing cards and roll a 20. Now take a right and talk to the lone dancer to report a bug.

DEBUGGING THERAPY (7/8)
Collect all 8 bugs.

Now go to the platform with SOCIAL MEDIA T and have a dance off. If you score a perfect you will earn an achievement. You can retry if you mess up.

HIGH SCORE
Score a perfect on the dance off against SOCIAL MEDIA T.

Now go upstairs and talk to SOCIAL MEDIA F and he will run again. Copy a pair of blue headphones and put them on. You switch the headphones with [CTRL]. Now go back towards the start and talk with CACHE CLEANER. You will need to swap headphones to do this.

Now proceed back to the dance off floor and head towards the VIP section. Then your first right and pick up the phone.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (23/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

Then head back to the 'jam session' (use both headphones [CTRL]) to get there. Then talk to WAT.

Pick up the bug by WAT.

DEBUGGING THERAPY (8/8)
Collect all 8 bugs.

Then head to the VIP lounge. Talk with SOCIAL MEDIA who is by themselves on a platform. Then head up the elevator and discuss an interview with MUSIC&PODCAST. Make sure to answer '1234' as the code to complete your toy collection!

REAL LIFE COLLECTOR (26/26)
Collect all 26 toy figurines.

Finally, talk with SOCIAL MEDIA F by PHOTOS so he admits he was wrong.

DATA-JESUS
Save all 37 processes (SOCIAL MEDIA F).

Antenna

WARNING! Make sure you quit out and backup your save here if you want both ending achievements!

You start in an elevator where you find the last piece of OS9 inside a box. Exit the elevator and go out the door until the glass floor breaks and you fall to the bottom of the acid pit.

Pick up the last fortune cookie.

GOOD FORTUNE (14/14)
Collect all 14 Fortune Cookies.

Then go further until you find the UNZIPPER's zipping tool. You can zip all processes now including the security guards, but only pick them up if you are going for the DATA-JESUS achievement. Eventually OS9 will give you the anti-gravity tool [G]. There are yellow circles on the ground for most of the places to use the anti-gravity.

You should have x6 zipped items (check inventory with [TAB]) before using the reverse gravity.

Once you go through the next door you will be teleported inside a room. There are 2 processes inside. The CANARY process is immediately after exiting this room and requires using the anti-gravity (see image below).

You can also get SOCIAL MEDIA later by using the DUPLICATE [4] function on the platform to reach him.

You should have x18 items after seeing ALEX again. The last processes in this area are two SOCIAL MEDIAs in the picture above. If you go further you will fall into the 'break room.'

You should have x22 zipped items before going through the next door with ALEX. The last process before going through the door is BANKING.

The last area is the Art Gallery. There's a lot of processes hidden around here. Some are under boxes. As soon as you have x37 zipped processes in your inventory you will earn this achievement. You don't need to make it to the cloud gun or beat the game.

DATA-JESUS
Zip all 37 processes.

Now continue through the door and race ALEX to the cloud gun.

Make sure to pick up the last phone before beating the game.

ANSWER KNOT NOT (24/24)
Pick up all 24 phones in the game.

COME BACK (Unmissable)
Beat the game.

I'M NOT STUPID
Don't talk to any of the RUBBER DUCKS and beat the game.

Restart the level by using a backup save file to get this other ending achievement. This achievement doesn't have any requirements from previous levels.

NERO
Save nobody with the zip tool.

DATA-JESUS

I mostly explain how to get this achievement in the guide. If you just need this one achievement then please read the requirements below. To earn this achievement you need to save all 37 Processes at the end of the game using the cloud gun. You can see which Apps/Processes you missed after completing the game. 19 Processes do not have any requirements and always show up during the final level. All you have to do is zip them and pick them up. The other 18 are missable and require completing some tasks on previous levels before they show up on the final level. They will say 'stayed in the System' if you finished their task but forgot to zip them.

Requirements:

1. BANKING - unloop him during WiFi Post Office level.
2. CACHE CLEANER - tell CACHE CLEANER about UNZIPPER's death during the WiFi's Post Office level.
3. WAT - talk to AIDE PROCESS and purchase the 'Zip File' from the shop during the GPU Art Gallery level. Use the 'Zip File' on the unzipping oven during the Battery Lab level. Give the hearing aid to AIDE PROCESS during the WiFi's Post Office level (WAT NEEDS A NEW NICKNAME).
4. SECURITY GUARD 777 - crush him with the rock during the Art Gallery Corridor level (SOMEONE WILL LOSE THEIR JOB).
5. SOCIAL MEDIA T - beat her dance score during the XOR/NOR Nightclub (HIGH SCORE).
6. PIXEL - give him C0FFEE during the Art Gallery level. You may also need to roll dice during the Art Gallery and User Show.
7. SOCIAL MEDIA I - no requirements
8. SOCIAL MEDIA F - chase him around the XOR/NOR Nightclub until he leaves (near PHOTOS).
9. CANARIES - talk with ALL 5 Canaries in the game. One is on the Data-Sewers level by the water. One is next to the tank of liquid on the Battery Lab level. Two are inside SORTING during the WiFi's Post Office level. The last is near the first cliff a the XOR/NOR Nightclub level.
10. OFFICE WORKER 434 - give him his book during the Resistance Hideout level (NO CLIFFHANGER).
11. PID501 - give him his arm during the Resistance Hideout level.
12. PID101 - pick up HECTOR (orange bit cube) during the Camera's Theater level. Then give HECTOR to PID101 at the end of the Resistance Hideout level.
13. MUSIC&PODCAST - win her rare figurine at the XOR/NOR Nightclub level.
14. RUBBER DUCK & PID404 - pick up the duck during the Resistance Hideout level. Give the duck to PID404 shortly afterwards on the same level.
15. POINTERS & AIDE - free the pointers during the XOR/NOR Nightclub level.
16. FRANK - free his arm from the rock during the Resistance Hideout level.
17. ALEX'S GREEN POINTER - when you answer the phone during the Hallucinations level DO NOT request the pointer be 'put down'!
18. PID123 - when you answer the phone during the DATA-SEWERS level DO NOT suggest harming PID123. Avoid these answers: Poison chips. Unplug charger. Drown in data-water. Just saying 'goodbye' is the best answer.

You might need to give the log to UNZIPPER during the Battery Lab level.
You might need to sort things in SORTING during the WiFi level.
You might need to tell the process sitting on a bench in DIAGNOSTICS/SORTING the answer to #3 is 'The User'.
You might need to complete the YOU WANT MY JOB? achievement to save the PROCESS MANAGER.

Save Files

I created save files for the last 3 levels in this game. They may not work for you, but I have posted them to help people get certain achievements. Back your save file before replacing it with mine!

Your save files should be here:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Naraven Games\Backfirewall_\SavedGameData

My save files can be downloaded here:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/mr57uurg40w34798y82eu/h?rlkey=ped7qjt9xf3dfhkyc7dffl72v

Resistance Hideout

NO CLIFFHANGER
TALKATIVE

XOR/NOR Nightclub

ASDF GOD
DEBUGGING THERAPY
REAL LIFE COLLECTOR
USER PRIVA-WHAT?

Antenna

GOOD FORTUNE
DATA-JESUS
NERO
I'M NOT STUPID

[FriendlyOne]

This game is a mess when it comes to achievements. It was bugged for me so I couldn't pick up zips, but clicking the same zip multiple times seemingly increased the counter and I got the achievement that way

[Dr_Subscribe]

During Talkative 5/5, asking him for help does not prevent the "Do not ask the Rubber Duck"-achievement.
Just accidently asked him everything during my playthrough without concequences

[CiccioCc]

This game was terrible.
Your guide was precious, Thanks. I would add: 1) watch out when you click to select items + giving replies, you could double click and give the wrong answers (and be locked out), expecially with the "Yellow headed" processes 2) for taking the last toy, before going to the survey with 1234, there are some right answers (I was locked out with some others) to give to get to the survey: >I didnt realize, >yeah so, > unrelated..., > come on let me try

[CaptainDeadpool]

Just a heads up... you should need to make sure you exhaust all but the cheat in the resistance hideout BEFORE you open the laser gate... cause you can't go back and talk to the file collector after you do... learnt that the hard way

You still can technically talk to him after, but the only option is to leave the convo.

[Double Dark]

I've updated the user message numbers in the guide and changed #14 to #?. If anybody else notices missing or additional user messages please let me know.

[Double Dark]

That's odd. I was comparing against the video guide and the user message in the bathroom for Area 64 isn't in his video, but I do see it in my screenshot. Wondering if the messages are very slightly randomized or if the game is still being updated.

[D.Deloc]

Area 64: you forgot to mention the user messange in the banthroom. that's why you were 34 at the end of the level.

[D.Deloc]

I'm not finding the User Messages #14 in RAM's Workspace and the User Messages #11 is repeated twice.

[McPerser]

Its starting a new game

[Double Dark]

Not sure what this new update thing is but I'm glad I could help.