Overview
A guide on how to get all achievements for Firewatch within a single playthrough. If you miss the non-story achievements, these can be achieved in the free-roam mode which is unlocked after finishing the campaign.
Secret Achievements
All these secret achievements are tied to the narrative part of the game. Finish the story mode and unlock them all in one playthrough.
Achievements
All these achievements are not tied to the narrative part of the game. Finish the story mode and unlock them all in one playthrough or unlock them with the free-roam mode.
This can be completed as early as Day 2. After finding the downed line and heading down the path (headed toward cache 241), you will see a backpack hanging on a tree. Knock it down and grab the items in it. One of the items is a disposable camera. Use up the remaining pictures to unlock the achievement.
This can be completed as early as Day 2. When you get to the Aspen Grove at the southern side of the map, look to the north while in the grove for a set of tall pine trees with a rock in the middle. The turtle is on the rock. Walk up to it, pick it up, and hold E to adopt it.
This can be completed as early as Day 77. When you start Day 77, head north toward Beartooth Point. About halfway there (between the words “Thorofare Trail” and “Telephone”), the trail splits once and then again. After the split, look for an old outhouse that is falling apart (it contains the lyrics to Ol’ Shoshone inside). From the outhouse, head east and look for an old cabin that is falling apart. Inside, go into the basement and open the stove. A raccoon should jump out and the achievement will unlock.
This achievement can be unlocked on Day 1 when a detour is taken.
This can be completed as early as Day 77. Once you have retrieved the new walkie-talkie from Cottonwood Creek, head back to the gate near Wapiti Station that you encountered during the previous day. Open the gate and right in front of you will be a box on pole that says Wapiti. Open it, a bee will fly out and sting you, and the achievement will unlock.
This can be completed as early as Day 77. You will need the axe before you can complete this. The axe is obtained on Day 76.
When you start Day 77, head north toward Beartooth Point. About halfway there (between the words “Thorofare Trail” and “Telephone”), the trail splits once and then again. At the first split, head left and search in the western area for bushes you can push aside and then roots you can use your axe on. In this area is the recording. The achievement unlocks when you keep the tape.
