Tails Noir (Backbone) – 100% Achievements Guide

Text guide on how to earn all achievements for Backbone.

How to Get All Achievements

Progress Based Achievements

There are 5 achievements tied to completing the 5 Acts of the game. Act 2 is roughly 50% of the total game.

Act 1 Achievements

There are no hidden achievements in Act 1 (that I have found).

Act 2 Achievements

• First Trust – During your first cutscene at the apartment with Renee, make choices showing that you trust Renee.
• Not Born Yesterday – During your first cutscene at the apartment with Renee, make choices showing that you doubt / are suspicious of Renee.
• Enabler – In Gastown, before the fake truck arrives, give cigarettes to kids out front of the Den (right from the start), and don’t tell them that cigs are bad.
• Sins of our Fathers – In Gastown, before the fake truck arrives, tell the kids what their parents are eating.
• Trout Talker – In Gastown, at the Liquor Store, talk to the Tuna 25-30 times. It will eventually explode.
• Tonic for the Soul – In Gastown, at the Liquor Store, reassure Louis in your dialogue choices.
• Bad Medicine – In Gastown, at the Liquor Store, be mean to Louis in your dialogue choices.
• Badge of Honour – In the West End, when speaking alone with Henry, let him hold your detective badge.
• Howard Lotor – In Act 1 and Act 2, tell the truth about who you are (Howard Lotor) during every conversation.
• Wallace Brotor – In Act 1 and Act 2, lie about who you are (Wallace Brotor) during every conversation.
• Brollace Howtor – Swap back and forth between being Howard Lotor and Wallace Brotor when speaking to people in Act 1 and Act 2.

You may need to remove your achievements if one or more of these become problematic.To activate them, deactivate Steam cloud + sav file. Only accomplishments should be removed.After obtaining the book and sniff accomplishments, sav (should you want to do so).

• Snoopy Snooper – At Rose’s house, on her computer, look at every file.
• Keep the Hope Alive – After leaving Rose’s room, but before leaving Rose/Florence’s house, speak with Florence again and reassure her with your dialogue choices.

Act 3 Achievements

• Cruel to be Kind – After you tie up Eddie, and he answers your 3 questions about items in his lab, you have a conversation with him. Be mean, and threaten to pour acid on him. When you pick up the acid, this will trigger.

Act 4 Achievements

• Me Time – Get firewood without talking to anyone in the first open-world section. In the second, continue not talking to anyone… sit at the water edge, sit on the edge and become the forest, and then return to your tent and take a nap.
• Geezer Pleaser – In Act 2, pet the geezer. In Act 2, be nice to the delivery geezer and tip them. In Act 4, be respectful to the geezer under the Bridge, and then pet the geezer.
• New Habits Die Easy – Rat out Joshua to Roger that he’s smoking in the woods.
• True Connection – For the letter that you write to Renee in the container in Act 4, pick the love themed options. Note: this is missing some information still on how to properly trigger.
• Affirming Flame – When breaking out of the container, put the wet bandage over your face and then feign being unconscious. Then be nice to Belle when you leave. You can also get this achievement by being nice to Eddie in Act 3.

Act 5 Achievements

There are no achievements in Act 5.

Across Multiple Acts Achievements

If you happen to miss any, you should be able to gain the accomplishment when you get the last item you need on a later playing. It’s not necessary to collect them all in a single playing.

Blurb Herder – Read every bit about every book in the game, from all shelves and NPCs. The achievement will trigger when trapped in the container, after the cutscene where you’re experimented on, and you read the front cover, middle, and back cover of the book left for you.

• Howard’s bathroom at the start of Act 1
• Book Store in Gastown in Act 2
• Bookshelves of the Minister’s Office in Act 2
• At the apartment building in West End, 5th floor, in Act 2
• The book about flowers in Florence’s apartment, in Act 2
• Belle’s book in the container in Act 4

Smell-o-Vision – Sniff everything that can be sniffed. Will award from the bandage in the container in Act 4 if you did not miss any.

• Jeremy’s dead body in Act 1
• Flesh in the crate at the liquor store in Act 2
• Minister’s desk in Act 2
• Flowers on the roof in the Science City garden in Act 3
• The air and your tumor at Larry’s Mirror in Act 4
• The bandage on your tumor in the container in Act 4

To get the True Connection, you need to talk to Renee a lot throughout the game. This list has everything you should do. Some things might not be needed, but it’s better to do them just in case.

• In the first meeting in Act 1, be honest with Renee.
• When talking to Renee in Act 2, always be honest and show her love.
• In Act 2, ask the person at the book store about Renee’s book.
• Call Renee in Gastown during Act 2 and tell her you’re thinking of her.
• When looking at the Minster documents in Act 2, answer all the questions right.
• In Act 2, call Renee in the West End two times. Call her after talking to Henry and again after talking to Samson.
• Don’t tell Samson about Renee when you’re in the West End in Act 2.
• Give Clarissa the “Renee” mug in Act 2, but then say you’re not working with Renee. Say you’re working with Ellen instead.
• In Act 4, have Larry check on Renee and ask about her.
• When talking to the Artifact in Act 4, think about Renee.
• In Act 4, when you write the letter to Renee, choose the second option for the first line. This will let you write that you love her.

Hope everyone enjoys the guide!