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Complete Acheivement Guide

By mybutt

A simple guide to get all of the achievements.

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Category: Achievements, Loot, Secrets

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Guide Index

Overview

Why aren't the achievements popping up during mid-game?

Room Service

Social Butterfly

Detective

Trivia Tamer

Short Order Cook

Musical Virtuoso

Teacher's Pet

Easter Egg

Master Duelist

Bibliophile

Super Sleuth

Shutterbug

Troublemaker

Memory Master

Late Night Explorer

Awards vs Achievements

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Why aren't the achievements popping up during mid-game?

I, too, was hoping for the achievements to pop-up normally mid-game as I earned them. But the way Her Interactive's game works is it waits until the end of the game to award everything because of their current award system in-game.

This can be very frustrating when you're trying to get the majority of them in one playthrough. Unforuntately, if you miss a couple you'll either have to go back to a saved file (save frequently!) or start a new game and choose either Jr or Sr detective depending on which one you didn't choose the first time. You cannot get all 15 achievements in one playthrough anyway because of the different detective titles.

Room Service

Knock, Knock. Who's there? You!
Check in on everyone frequently. Knock on doors, day and night (6am-11pm). Mostly check in on everyone. Be sure to knock on the door itself and not by clicking on the doorknob.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Social Butterfly on the in-game award list.

Social Butterfly

Investigate the source of every rumor
Follow up and talk to everyone about every texted rumor. Basically, exhaust every conversation regardless. You should receive the award if you do.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Gossip Monger on the in-game award list.

Detective

Solved the case as a Junior Detective
Choose Junior detective at the start of the game and end the game from the same save source. Easy!

Notes
This achievement is exclusively to Steam.

Trivia Tamer

You correctly answered the Trivia question
At the end of the game you will see a trivia question before the in-game awards and credits are presented. Correctly answer the question and receive an easy achievement.

Tips
As soon as the trivia question pops up. Save your game. It will save the question so if you get it wrong you can reload the saved file and try again.

Or you can use a spoiler below:

Waverly's school motto is: Dignitas in Omnis
Who writes the school blog, The Campus Word? Izzy Romero
Who is not in one of the pictures on Izzy's desk? Her dog, Mingles
What is hanging from the ceiling of Corine's room? Planets
Mel plays which instrument? Cello
Who was not one of the original founders of Waverly Academy? Nellie Hamilton
In Mel's art history paper, what was the landmark featured in the famous print she wrote about? Mt Fuji
Located in the Mountain region, which of the following was the first official US National Park? Yellowstone National Park

Notes
This achievement doubles as Trivia Tamer on the in-game award list.

Short Order Cook

For working the snack shop more than most
Work the snack shop more than once a day. To be sure do at least 5 shifts a day in order to trigger the award. Besides the more you work the shop the more credits you can also earn from Paige (adding to the Teacher's Pet achievement)... and you can listen in on the gossip (which also has some cookies* referencing other Nancy Drew games).

Notes
This achievement doubles as Short Order Cook on the in-game award list.

*Cookies are props that have been previously seen in other Nancy Drew games. Names, characters, and other such things may also be referenced and considered a cookie.

Musical Virtuoso

Tickled the ivories over and over
Play the piano several times throughout the game just for fun. Or just zoom in on it, tap a few keys, and be on your way - at least 10x. This achievement basically depends on how many times you click on the piano so doing the latter at least 10x will give you the best odds.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Musical Virtuoso on the in-game award list.

Teacher's Pet

When being a good student just isn't enough
Be on Paige's good side and never get a demerit.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Credit Conqueror on the in-game award list.

Easter Egg

For finding one or all of the easter eggs.
If you need help finding the easter eggs, check my guide here.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Easter Egg on the in-game award list.

Master Duelist

Challenged Leela a lot
Spend a lot of time challenging and playing Leela at either air hockey, scram, or both.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Master Duelist on the in-game award list.

Bibliophile

Searched for that perfect book
Seach the school library database frequently. It doesn't really matter what you search for just as long as you do a lot of searching. I haven't figured out the number yet but try searching for 15-20 different queries.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Bibliophile on the in-game award list.

Super Sleuth

Solved the case as a Senior Detective
Choose Senior detective at the start of the game and end the game from the same save source. Easy!

Notes
This achievement is exclusively to Steam.

Shutterbug

Be an avid photographer
Take photos of anything and everything. Or fill up your memory card which holds 30 photos.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Shutterbug on the in-game award list.

Troublemaker

Break more than a few rules
Get at least four demerits for bad behavior.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Demerit Danger on the in-game award list.

Memory Master

Obtained and held the high score in Double Take
Avoid playing Double Take early in the game. Wait until right before you go into the cellar to do the furnace puzzle and confront the suspect. Beat Izzy's score first, then confront the suspect. This will make it so Izzy doesn't have time to beat your score during the final confrontation. When the game ends, tada you held the high score.

Notes
This achievement doubles as All School Champ on the in-game award list.

Late Night Explorer

Haunted the halls after hours
Walk the halls after 11pm without getting caught by Paige. A cut scene of Paige will alert you when she's on her way downstairs. The way not to get caught is to quickly hide in areas like under tables, behind chairs, etc. Once she goes away you can go back out and wander more until it cut scenes again. I did this about 10x to make sure it triggered the achievement.

Notes
This achievement doubles as Late Night Explorer on the in-game award list.

Awards vs Achievements

You can earn up to a total of 13 in-game awards from the game itself while on Steam you can earn up to 15 achievements from the game.

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21 Comments

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Stellar 26 Jan @ 12:30pm

Follow up, I re-did the ending after returning the Poe book which gave me an extra 5 merits (total of 10) and it popped. I think there is a minimum but I'm not sure what it is.

Stellar 26 Jan @ 11:46am

Any idea why Teacher's Pet didn't trigger when I didn't get any demerits? Is there a required number of merits for it?

Bad Influence 17 Dec, 2024 @ 11:11pm

Hi guys, it's December 2024, and I was stumped by the Troublemaker achievement until I found a comment in Discussions that says you don't need to get a final total demerits of 14, but an overall -20 demerits, which means you have to get -20 demerits, but then earn back some merits before hitting -15 so you don't get expelled. Basically check your demerit standing on the PC and plan from there. After like 5 tries where I got -14 total demerit and no achievement, this is what did it for me! Good luck!

illumihotti 6 Dec, 2024 @ 11:44am

Do you only receive achievements upon completion of the game? I definitely made enough library searches to get the "Bibliophile" achievement but it never triggered

Mpampis 28 Mar, 2024 @ 8:48am

for the troublemakerm i had only 11 demerits when I won it, including 4 fire alarms. I think i won it because ia had fatal error from being expelled 3 or 4 times though.

FadedShadow 25 Jun, 2023 @ 4:39pm

Anorhi, have you triggered Troublemaker yet?

AnorhiDemarche 21 Apr, 2023 @ 6:26am

I'm about to commit a murder myself at this rate. I'm at 14 demerits and trouble maker is not granting. I'm tired so will try again in the morning.

Guyra 20 Feb, 2023 @ 3:46pm

Tip for Troublemaker: On the final day, when everything else is done and all you need to do is to do the final puzzle, go to the computer and check your "demerit standing". If it's not 14, you have a few options to fix that!
1. You can get 5 DEMERIT points by trying to break into Paige's office.
2. You can get 1 MERIT point by either getting new highscores in "Double Take" or by doing the "Snack Boss" minigame for the random teacher orders fast enough. (Save immediately when a teacher order arrives, and then just reload if you don't make it on the first try!)
If you're at 10 or more demerit points total, adjust it down to 9 through Snack Boss(and possibly Double Take), then try to break into Paige's office. This should land you at 14, at which point you can finish the game and get the achievement!

Guyra 20 Feb, 2023 @ 3:46pm

Fantastic guide, thank you! Helped me out with a couple of the achievements.

Can confirm that the Troublemaker achievement requires ending the game with 14 demerit points! Tried with 11, 12, and 13, and none gave the achievement. 14 did.

Wolfmoose 2 Nov, 2021 @ 1:09pm

Thanks for the guide! Worked perfectly for me. Sucks of course that you have to complete the game twice but it is what it is.

And for anyone wondering how many times is enough for "Master Duelist"; I did it around 10 times (separate from the obligatory 2 times). A simple and quick trick is to do the air hockey game and just let her win, it still counts as a play.

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