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Lake Trophy Guide Quick Info
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Lake Trophy Guide and Platinum Roadmap
Follow these phases in order to protect the missable work and keep the Lake Platinum cleanup efficient.
Phase 0: Read the checklist before you start
Ten of the eleven non-platinum trophies are missable, so read every trophy description before your first workday.
The simplest safeguard is to say yes to everyone who asks for a favour or to hang out. That unlocks every questline in one run.
Do not give the RV to Lori at any point, since that permanently locks out the Free Spirit ending.
Save often, and note that once a workday ends you can no longer travel around.
Phase 1: The two week placement
Visit the Church landmark and climb the Watch Tower to the top for Higher Ground and Tower Watcher.
Help Mildred with her cat problem, and help Steve with the Addit 87 software including reviewing the contract for Workaholic.
Find the metal detector man on Reynold's Farm around day 5, walking in the cornfields. Do this early, since he will not appear later, especially when it rains.
Accept Angie's movie delivery questline and follow the schedule, Lori at the gas station, then Burt at the Dock, returning boxes to the Flick Shack between deliveries.
Obtain the RV, which takes several steps, and keep it. Tell people you intend to travel.
Phase 2: The 13 September save
On 13 September, the final workday, deliver your last mail but do not end the day yet.
Before returning to the Post Office, make a manual save inside the game. A cloud backup is not needed.
This single save is what lets you collect all three endings without replaying the whole game.
Phase 3: All three endings
Take your first ending, then go into settings and enable skip dialogue, or the cafe scene will play in full three times.
Life in the Fast Lane, tell Frank you are not accepting the job and to take you home, then tell Robert you are returning to the city.
Hometowner, tell Frank you are staying. Robert's follow-up choice does not affect the trophy.
Free Spirit, leave in the RV on 15 September. If you romanced Angie she can come along, though it is not required.
Each replay covers that night plus Sunday and Monday, which is far quicker than three full playthroughs.
Guide notes
Ten of Eleven Trophies Are Missable
First section after the Quick Info box. Only Good Morning, which unlocks on your first day, cannot be missed. Everything else requires an active choice during a specific workday, and once a workday ends you can no longer travel around. Note that one guide states there are no missables, on the basis that automatic per-day saves allow recovery, which is the same situation described differently.
Guide notes
Say Yes to Everyone
The single most useful instruction. Agreeing to every favour and every invitation unlocks all the questlines in one playthrough, which covers most of the ten missables without needing to memorise them. Your dialogue answers otherwise rarely matter.
Guide notes
Make a Manual Save on 13 September
The last workday is 13 September, and once it ends you enter a lengthy ending sequence you cannot skip. Before you return to the Post Office on that day, make a manual save inside the game. An in-game save is sufficient, no cloud backup needed. That save is what you reload to collect all three endings without replaying the game.
Guide notes
Enable Skip Dialogue After Your First Ending
A quality of life step nobody mentions. Once you have seen one ending, go into settings and turn on the option to skip dialogue. Otherwise the cafe scene plays out in full three separate times across your ending replays. Each replay covers that night plus Sunday and Monday, so the saving is meaningful.
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The Three Endings
, an H3 each. Life in the Fast Lane, tell Frank you are not accepting the job and to take you home, then tell Robert you are returning to the city. Hometowner, tell Frank you are staying, and Robert's follow-up choice does not affect it. Free Spirit, leave in the RV, which requires several steps to obtain the RV and crucially requires keeping it.
The RV Lockout
Keep the RV until 13 September. Once you have it, tell people you intend to travel, and on 15 September you can embark on the road trip. If you romanced Angie she can join you, though that is not required for the trophy.
Metal Detector Is the Easiest to Miss
A man from Britain scavenges for metal on Reynold's Farm around day 5, walking in the cornfields. He will not appear near the end of your placement, especially when it rains, so seek him out early. Multiple sources single this out as the trophy most commonly lost.
Angie's Movie Delivery Questline
Agree to help her and from 5 September you deliver movie boxes. Lori at the gas station first, pick it back up on the 6th, return to the Flick Shack for the next movie, then Burt at the Dock with any movie, and on 8 September collect from Burt and return it. Note that accepting or declining Angie's date offer has no trophy consequence either way.
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The Other Named Trophies
Higher Ground for the Watch Tower to the top, Cat Lover for Mildred's cat problem, Tower Watcher, Movie Carrier, Workaholic for helping Steve with the Addit 87 software and reviewing the contract, Shutter Bug and the Church landmark visit. Group them as a pre-start checklist.
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Miscellaneous Trophies
Go back to the big city
Stay in Providence Oaks
Leave in the RV
Help Mildred by taking Mortimer to Burt
Help Angie by delivering the moviebox
Help Steve out both times
Help Nancy by testing the photo camera
Reach the hill with the church
Climb the watchtower
Talk to Andy the detectorist
Start Your First Day
Guide notes
Lake Missable, Glitched, and Difficulty Notes
- 10 of the 11 non-platinum trophies are missable. Only Good Morning, which unlocks on your first day, cannot be missed.
- Once a workday ends you can no longer travel around, so anything tied to that day is gone unless you reload.
- Giving the RV to Lori before the ending permanently locks out the Free Spirit ending. Keep the RV until 13 September.
- Metal Detector is the most commonly lost. The man appears on Reynold's Farm around day 5 and will not appear near the end of your placement, especially when it rains.
- The critical instruction is to make a manual save on 13 September before returning to the Post Office. That is the save you reload for all three endings.
- The ending sequence after 13 September is lengthy and cannot be skipped, including both the scenes and the dialogue.
- After your first ending, enable skip dialogue in settings, or the cafe scene plays out in full three times across your replays.
- Saying yes to everyone who asks for a favour or to hang out unlocks all questlines in a single playthrough.
- One guide states there are no missables on the basis that automatic per-day saves allow recovery. They are missable in the sense that they must be actively pursued.
Quick answers
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Lake trophies are missable?
Ten of the eleven non-platinum trophies. Only Good Morning, which unlocks on your first day, cannot be missed, so read the trophy list before you start playing.
When should you save in Lake?
On 13 September, the final workday, before you return to the Post Office. That manual save is what you reload to collect all three endings without replaying the game.
How do you get all three Lake endings?
From the 13 September save. Life in the Fast Lane means telling Frank you are not accepting the job then telling Robert you are returning to the city. Hometowner means telling Frank you are staying. Free Spirit means leaving in the RV on 15 September.
Why can't I get the Free Spirit trophy in Lake?
You probably gave the RV to Lori. Doing so days before the ending permanently locks out that ending, so you need to keep the RV until 13 September.
What is the easiest Lake trophy to miss?
Metal Detector. A man scavenges on Reynold's Farm around day 5, walking in the cornfields, and he will not appear near the end of your placement, especially when it rains.
How long does it take to platinum Lake?
Around 5 to 7 hours at a 1 out of 10 difficulty. The three ending replays each cover only that night plus Sunday and Monday.
Can you skip the dialogue in Lake?
Yes, but only after your first ending. Go into settings and enable it, otherwise the cafe scene plays out in full three separate times across your ending replays.
Does it matter what you say to people in Lake?
Rarely, apart from a handful of questlines. The safest approach is to say yes to everyone who asks for a favour or to hang out, which unlocks every questline in one playthrough.
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