Good Ending and all Achievements

This is a straight-to-the-point guide in order to finish the game and get all achievements. When I first played the game I was lost and confused and had no idea what to do. I decided to make this guide in order to achieve the 'good' ending and all achievements. If you follow the instructions it should work for you just the way it did for me.

Introduction

I was very confused upon playing the game and yet I decided not to give up on it. I have completed all achievements and obtained the 'good' ending by doing exactly what's in this guide. I believe achievements are unlocked as the story goes on, regardless of choice (correct me if I'm wrong).

In Always Sometimes Monsters every decision you make and every dialogue you choose, will affect your outcome and could lead to a different ending.

Constructive criticism is welcomed! Feel free to comment in the section below. If you don't like this guide, there are plenty out there that might fit your style.

PS: Contains spoilers.
PSS: This guide contains some locations for Indie Heroz Figures. I did not collect all of them and I doubt it makes any difference if you collect any. I included the ones I stumbled upon and the ones suggested by other players.

Additional Tips:

• Always save your game as there will be times when you will be stuck or you did something different than the guide and might need to backtrack your way. Make use of the many save slots if you are not sure you did something as described in the guide. I am not responsible for how you play the game, even if you are following this guide.
  
• Big Bertha (the fish) fills up roughly 80% of your stamina in one go when cooked on fire, but! this fish is very rare and hard to catch. (thanks AdderTude for the hint)

Day 0

• Go right and listen
  
• Toast with who you want your main character to be
  
• Go to the patio and toast with who you want your partner to be
  
• He's Waiting On Us
  
• Chose the names of your character and partner by signing the card
  
• Sounds Perfect
  
• Toast To Great Partners
  
• Yes

Day 1

Dubstown Apartment

• Pick up $1 from couch
  
• Take 3 Pizza Pouches from fridge
  
• Microwave all 3 pouches for 2 minutes each (do not eat them yet)
  
• Pick up notes from under door

Apartment Hallway

• Talk to Mrs. Tewilager
  
• I Know What You Mean
  
• I'll Think About It

Apartment Lobby

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from larger plant
  
• Give Me Time
  
• Give Key

Dubstown

• Get Indie Heroz Figure from guy in front of the apartment building
  
• Go to the Phoenix and talk to Hailey
  
• Looks Great!
  
• Deal!
  
• Go to Dirty Don
  
• You Sell Anything Else?
  
• Give Me The Good Stuff ($50)
  
• Give pills to Hailey
  
• Talk to Hailey again
  
• Go to an ATM and withdraw $13

The Phoenix

• Get To Work
  
• Where's Darkeff?
  
• You'll Be Fine
  
• They're Wrong
  
• Put the instruments in the right order
  
  • Left - Guitar
    
  • Middle - Microphone
    
  • Right - Bass
    
  • Upper left - Keyboard
    
  • Upper right - Drums
• Viper
  
  • No, He Hasn't
    
  • Are You Crazy?!
    
  • Get The ♥♥♥♥ Out!
• Pick up heroin bag from behind you
  
  • (Note: If you do not pick up the herion bag up immediately after Viper leaves, you will not be able to after the instruments are all placed since Darkeff will find and take it when he returns. Thanks jbekkedal)
• Darkeff
  
  • Yeah, She Did
    
  • No, She Just Left
• Go to the bathroom, talk to Darkeff, pick up crowbar

Mrs. Tewilager Apartment

• Knock Door
  
• What's For Dinner
  
• It's My Pleasure
  
• I Miss Her/Him A Lot
  
• It Ended Rather Rough
  
• I Haven't Changed
  
• How'd You Meet?
  
• What Was Your Life Like?
  
• (Continue Eating)
  
• Take 3 Cards

Vagabond Dog Building

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from cabinet

Grocery Store

• Buy dog food

Dog

• Give Dog Food
  
• Pick up dog locket
  
  • Pick It Up
• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from box

Pawn Shop

• Sell 3 Baseball Cards for $225

Cookie Factory

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from the locker

Hailey's Apartment

• Talk to Hailey
  
• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from box
  
• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from the tall lamp (top right)

Dubstown Apartment

• Go to the mattress in the alleyway
  
• (Sleep Outside)

Night 1 - Dream

• Pick up $20 from typewriter
  
• Go on the balcony and talk to your partner twice
  
• Go downstairs
  
  • No Idea...
    
  • (The Partner)'ll Miss You!
• Go to the living room
  
• Pick up the contract
  
  • Great
• Call Sam
  
• Call Partner
  
  • You're Right
    
  • What About Sam?
• Sign Contract

Day 2

Bank

• Deposit Check
  
• Put whatever security answer you want but remember it
  
• Go to the ATM and withdraw the $250

Daily News Times

• Pick up number for lost dog from poster outside

Apartment Building

• Call the number for lost dog
  
• Pick up plate (used to feed dog) and make dog follow you to Crusty Crème

Crusty Crème

• Talk with dog owner

Daily News Times

• Talk to Patrick
  
• I'm On The Job!

Sunny Movie Megaplex

• The Dirty Mackerel Fugitive
  
• It Was Alright

Go outside

• What's Up?

Daily News Times

• Write the article at any computer
  
• Start Writing
  
• Sunny Entertainment Building New Theatre
  
• A Press Conference Today Announced...
  
• Concessions Remain A Luxury
  
• Sunny Theatre Upsets Local Minority
  
• File Story
  
• Eat 1 Pizza Pouch

Hailey's Apartment

• (Unlock Door)
  
• Take $22 from table
  
• No Problem!
  
• Go to couch
  
• (Sleep Here)
  
• Might As Well

Day 3

Daily News Times

• Talk to Patrick

Regal Apartments

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from plant pot next to elevator
  
• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from box upstairs
  
• Talk to Jack
  
• Attention: Read the comments, different players approached this differently. For me it worked with 3 papers on the wall, for others it worked with none. SAVE GAME and retry!
  
  • Of Course, But Not All Appreciate It
    
  • You Need Trust To Survive
    
  • You Can't Let People Screw You
    
  • Only Smart People Do That
    
  • Only Cowards Need Defense
    
  • Your Gut's Usually Right
• Okay, Thanks!

Daily News Times

• Write article
  
• Go talk to Patrick for your $200

Arcade

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from trash bin
  
• Go to the far most arcade and talk to the thug
  
• What Are You Playing?
  
• Step Aside
  
• SwagFest Badge
  
• Sure, Let's Go

Chance's House

• Go and pick up a beer from the cooler
  
• No Thanks
  
• No
  
• (Talk Him Down)
  
• (Give Don $100)

Pawn Shop

• Buy Basic Fishing Rod

Pond

• (Throw Line)
  
• Fish until you catch a lake crab
  
• Cook it on the fire next to the hobos

Dubstown Apartment

• Pay rent
  
• Go to bathroom and use toilet and shower
  
• Go to sleep
  
• (Might As Well)

Day 4

Hospital

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from trash bin
  
• Talk to Darkeff

Sunny Movie Megaplex

• Talk to Doctor
  
• It's About A Patient...
  
• Why Not?

Hospital

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from trash bin inside room
  
• Talk to Darkeff twice
  
• Let's Do It

Mansion

• Go inside
  
• Examine teddy bear on couch twice
  
• Turn light switch on
  
• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure and cartridge from the supply cabinet
  
• Go to computer
  
• (Click Photos)
  
• (Open Grizz & Me)
  
  • Enter password "grizzmop"
• Pick up photo
  
• Go outside and talk to Darkeff

Pond

• Catch 5 Mouth Bass and cook them (any fish will do as long as you recover 2 stamina bars)

Apartment

• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Day 5

Hospital

• Talk to Darkeff

Marketing Agency

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from behind the boss office

Employment Centre

• Go to Gaia Foods
  
• (Take The Job)
  
• Follow the process:
  
  • Conveyer Access
    
  • Dispense Soy Beans
    
  • Conveyer A
    
  • Tofu Mulcher
    
  • Create Tofu Cube
    
  • Conveyer B
    
  • Tofu Dicer
• Repeat process until you storage is empty

Pond

• Fish until you get a lake crab, cook it and eat it

Dubstown Apartment

• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Day 6

Hospital Cafe

• Not Necessary
  
• Good Luck
  
• She'll Come
  
• It's Not Your Fault
  
• Yeah
  
• I'll Be There
  
• Definitely

Regal Apartments

• Talk to Jack outside the building

Employment Center

• Go to Gaia foods and repeat process until storage is empty

Regal Apartments

• Talk to Jack outside the building
  
• Let's Go To Beaton!

Day 7

Beaton

• Go to the lake (west) and talk to Fishing Kid
  
• What Can I Do?
  
• Go to F.K. spot
  
• (Throw Line)
  
• Catch a Lake Crab and give it to F.K.
  
• (Give Crab)

Larry's Apartment

• Yes
  
• Yeah
  
• Discussing Work
  
• No Thanks

Beaton

• Sure
  
• Nope
  
• Okay

Vagrant Hope Foundation

• Do not take any buns for yourself
  
• Do not give any extras
  
• Do not trade any buns
  
• Of Course Not

Larry's Apartment

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from white vase
  
• (Sleep)
  
• (Might As Well)

Night 7 - Dream

College Dorm

• Alright I'll Go

Student Lounge

Talk to Bellinger (guy in red shirt at the ATM)

• Follow Your Passion
  
• Deterministic Reality
  
• Do not get nachos
  
• Fanned Out
  
• I'm Not A Stalker
  
• Sure, Why Not?

Day 8

Warehouse Office

• Yeah, I Guess
  
• Call The Ex's #
  
• We Lived Together
  
• Go to middle locker and (Get Changed)

Union Warehouse

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from box beneath stairs
  
• Go to second door on top (close to the office), enter bathroom, pick up Indie Heroz Figure from trashbin
  
• (Closer Look) at discarded lotto tickets
  
  • 45, 19, 31 (these numbers might change so it's best to write them down)
• Work 10 boxes, speak to Red than (Get Changed)
  
• I'm Done
  
• My Ex
  
• (Grab Hose)
  
• (Don't Spray)

Union Clubhouse

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from beneath TV

Larry's Apartment

• Eat Leftover Stew x2 (so you have at least 2 stamina bars)
  
• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Day 9

Bacon Barn

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from condiments stand

Union Clubhouse

• Talk to Red (twice)
  
• No, Let's Go
  
• Sorry I Can't
  
• Sorry, Good Luck

Temp Agency (Employment Services)

• Go to Donnie's Botany Club
  
• Finish job

Pond

• Fish 1 lake crab and eat it

Larry's Apartment

• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Day 10

Beaton

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from the right side of the bridge, below City Hall, in the trash can near the Fishing Kid

City Hall

• Find out who won the elections!
  
• (Leave)

Pond

• Fish until it the fish population depletes

Temp Agency

• Go to Donnie's Botany Club
  
• Finish job

Beaton Bus Depot

• Buy Ticket
  
• (Leave Town)

Day 11

Salt City

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from pile of bricks (next to dumpster) in the field with kids

Big Dog Boxing Club

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from far most weights
  
• Continue south from the building to the two old men dialogue
  
• I'll Get The Wood

Trailer Park Office

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from woodpile
  
• Buy firewood and matches
  
• Start fire
  
• Go to Mark and (Knock)
  
• Hug Mark

Church

• (Go Inside)
  
• (Open It)
  
• It Was Great
  
• Long Time Ago
  
• Forgive Me
  
• I Helped Her Out
  
• I Wrote With Bias
  
• I Abandoned Her
  
• Sure, I'll Donate ($10)

Mark's Trailer

• Eat fish until you have at least 2 bars of stamina
  
• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Night 11 - Dream

• Look for pencil
  
• Teacher Hall
  
  • Go to closet for stapler
• The Bluffs
  
  • So Are You
    
  • (Kiss Her/Him)

Day 12

Mark's Trailer

• I Feel Better
  
• I'm Sure

Stan's Garage

• The Blue One?
  
• Risk It All

Bacon Barn

• You don't need to order anything, just go sit down
  
• It's Often Right
  
• I Like It

Holes & Poles (Strip Club)

• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from cupboard in back room toilet
  
• Steal money from back room toilet
  
• Buy VIP ticket
  
• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from VIP room

Mark's Trailer

• Eat fish until you have at least 2 bars of stamina
  
• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Day 13

DO NOT CUT STAN'S BREAKS

• No, Not Today

Gas Station

• Let's Do It
  
• Yeah, I Am

Stan's Garage

• Love
  
• Yes, It Can

Mark's Trailer

• Eat fish until you have at least 2 bars of stamina
  
• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Day 14

DO NOT CUT STAN'S BREAKS

• No, Not Today

Salt City

• Talk to Grafton (in the Trailer yard)
  
• Yeah, Let's Go

Slick's Pawn Shop

• On the lottery machine: PURCHASE, and then 10 Cards - 50$
  
• Scratch lotto cards from inventory
  
• Hand in all winning cards and go back to the Trailer Park

Stan's Garage

• Love
  
• Everything

Mark's Trailer

• Eat fish until you have at least 2 bars of stamina
  
• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Day 15

DO NOT CUT STAN'S BREAKS

• No, Not Today

Big Dog Boxing Club

• I Got This!
  
• Let's Do It
  
• I'm Ready To Dodge
  
• Enough Talk, Let's Go
  
• Win against all 4 boxers
  
  • Jib Jab - Cross, dodge left/back
    
  • Heavy Hand - Jab, dodge right/back
    
  • Guerilla - Hook, dodge left/right
    
  • Balls Out - random

Stan's Garage

• Yes, Of Course

Mark's Trailer

• Eat fish until you have at least 2 bars of stamina
  
• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Day 16

DO NOT CUT STAN'S BREAKS

• No, I Can't Do It

Church

• Talk to Mark

Stan's Garage

• (Go Race)
  
• Heads
  
• Yes, Of Course

Mark's Trailer

• Eat fish until you have at least 2 bars of stamina
  
• (Sleep)
  
• Might As Well

Day 17 - 23

• Big Dog Boxing Club
  
  • Prize fight your way to $10.000
    
  • You can only fight twice per day
    
  • Fights can be random, I usually spam the first option in fight
    
  • Make sure you save your game after every win
    
  • Do not accept fights that offer profit under $800-$900 (ideally would be $1000 but those fights are rare, so up to your patience)
    
  • If you lose reload and retry
• Always have 2 stamina bars before going to sleep
  
  • Buy sandwiches from convenience store if you run out of food
• Always write a journal page
  
• At the end of day 23 go and buy 100 sandwiches and you should still have $12.000+ remaining
  
• Church
  
  • Speak with Mark
    
  • Let's Go!

Day 24

Downstairs

• I'll Be Fine
  
• I Dumped Him/Her
  
• I Was Unworthy

Upstairs (Hallway)

• (Take Shower)
  
• (Masturbate)
  
• Eat sandwiches until you have at least 2 bars of stamina

Bed Room

• (Go To Sleep)

Day 25 - 28

• Pick Sam’s' outfit
  
• Agree to go to the bachelor(ette) party
  
  • Alright, I'll Go
• Bed Room
  
  • To Win Him/Her Back
    
  • Agree and apologize for everything that Casey brings up
    
    • No, It Didn't
      
    • Yeah, It Was
      
    • No, Probably Not
      
    • No, I Didn't
      
    • Yeah, I Am

Day 29

Los Vargas

• Suggestions Than?
  
• Not So Bad
  
• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from bathroom trash bin
  
• Pick up Indie Heroz Figure from kitchen

Casino

• Blackjack $5.000 for an outfit (3 successful games should do it)
  
• Just like boxing, save your game and reload retry if you lose

Lobby

• Speak to concierge
  
• Shopping
  
  • Buy your outfit
    
  • Do not spend those $10.000
• Wear outfit

Hotel Room

• (Enter)

Mr. Parker's Office

• (Pay The Debt)
  
• It's For *Partner Name*
  
• I Won't Need It
  
• Management
  
• I'm Sorry

Lobby

• Speak to concierge
  
• (A Car)
  
• (Go To Wedding)

Day 30

Faith Beach

• Talk to Belinda (next to Larry)
  
• Talk to Bellinger (red shirt)
  
  • Yeah, Take It
• Talk to Casey (in front of Bellinger)
  
• Talk to Darkeff (yellow shirt)
  
  • Yeah, I Do
• Talk to Viper (next to Darkeff)
  
• Talk to usher
  
  • Lead The Way
• (Object)
  
• I Love You
  
• Don't Do This
  
• (Wait)
  
• (Leave)

The End

Wait for credits to finish

• Enjoy cutscene and hidden achievement!

[Clopina]

Thank you so much for this!

[Cheesecake Lasagna]

@t0rschlusspanik | page 1

Re: picking up boxes in Warehouse.

Red is still going to have the same snide remarks about you "only doing __ boxes" even past 100. So I suggest not wasting anymore time with the boxes.

[King Daveth]

Thank you for this, you should do the second game also D:

[NeroticGopher]

Thanks for the help. This game is a RNG nightmare.

[Triat]

Just to add up more confusion relating to Jack on Day 3, following @MetalHeadKendra suggestion of leaving all papers on the wall did not work for me and Jack kills himself so there may be some other condition for it work. Removing them all seemed to do the trick.

[MetalHeadKendra]

Just to clear up confusion relating to Jack on Day 3:

- Following this guide, I was actually left with four papers on the wall, and I lost the option to ride with Jack to Beaton. He winds up shooting himself, which you can hear over the phone call with him at the Times. This means you failed his "test".

- The same thing happens with only three papers on the wall.

- I chose all the options that left all papers on the wall. This seemed to be a correct option for this guide, since Jack offered the ride to Beaton during his phone call with you when you return to the Times. Jack did not kill himself, which saves you money for a bus ticket.

- I also did a replay with none of the papers on the wall, and I got the same outcome. All or none will work for Jack!

TL;DR - Leaving all or none of the papers on the wall seems to work (Just choose all the bottom options on each)

[t0rschlusspanik]

[2/2]

So it's more like:
Student Lounge

Talk to Prof. McAllister
- Deterministic Reality
Talk to Desk Girl
- (Do not get nachos)
Talk to Love Interest
- Fanned Out
- I'm Not A Stalker
- Sure, Why Not?

Then, as for the Warehouse , I'd explain that Red gets inevitably mad when you tell him you're done after only 10 boxes - I guess it's like the tofu, you have to do it over and over until they finish, but the outcome is still the same.

[t0rschlusspanik]

I don't know if anybody else already said that, but I'd have a couple of corrections:

Day 3
Regal Apartments

Following your suggestions, Jack ends up killing himself. [I didn't feel like doing it all over again and I continued without him, I worked another time at the tofu factory and I also went to Impossible whatever (the building to the right of the employment center) so that I could get those 200$ I needed to buy the ticket to Beaton. I'm following the guide now without him, hopefully it's irrrelevant - I just mean to unlock all the achievements and then I'm done, I don't care much about the ending honestly.

As for the dream, it took me a while before realizing those dialogue options were referring to other characters.

[1/2]

[Blahblahblah]

Hi, My✚hical,
Sorry to bother you after so many years, about the boxing game on Day 15, is it totally up to my luck to beat the superhero dog and get the tires? Or are there any tricks I can pick up or strategies to follow? I've reloaded so many (lost count of actual number already) times to win the game and it feels like I'm stuck.
I'd really appreciate it if you can reply to this comment. Thank you!

[Vrakos Anthrakir]

in day 3 you don't actually specify what result you're supposed to get. following the options you list, jack killed himself which I realized on day 6 isn't supposed to occur so I had go back to day 3...