Braid, Anniversary Edition: 100% ACHIEVEMENT GUIDE | Braid, Anniversary Edition

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Complete The Game

Unexplored worlds await you, each of which will present its own unique mechanics related to time shift. Each level is designed in such a way that time will be the solution to any problem if you use it correctly. To finish the game you have to complete Worlds 2-6, then World 1 and Epilogue.

Collecting all 8 starts for unlocking secret ending is not required for any achievement, so you won’t find any info about it here.

Solve Puzzles

When you go through Worlds 2-6, you will come across puzzle pieces along the way. Each puzzle consists of 12 pieces, scattered across levels within its own World. They must be collected in order to complete the game and get the achievement.

In Anniversary Edition they added World 7, which also has its own puzzle, for solving it you will also grant you an achievement.

Finish Speed Run

After completing the game for the first time, the speedrun mode will open to you. In it you need to go through levels or parts of the game at speed. We are only interested in the most difficult one – completing the entire game in less than 45 minutes.

I Know What I Am Talking About

Many years ago I already played through this game several times and even got all the achievements in it. It’s time to come back and not only repeat my success, but also share it with you.

Spoiler Free Zone.

The description of the achievements does not reveal any spoilers for the game, so you can browse through this guide without fear of spoiling your impression of the game’s plot. The ways to get achievements that I will describe in this guide will not spoil your walkthrough, so you can use it along with how you progress through the game. Have a good play!

Achievement Info

• Difficulty level of achievements: Hard.
• Total achievements: 13.
• Offline achievements: 13.
• Online Achievements: 0.
• Estimated time to complete all achievements: 10-20 hours.
• Minimum number of passes for 100%: 1.
• Glitchy achievements: None.
• Missable Achievements: Yes.
• Achievements with difficulty levels: None.
• Required DLCs for 100% achievements: None.

World 2, Time and Forgiveness, is the first World in Braid.

As the first World, it introduces the game and Tim’s ability to reverse time, and various uses of it. It also introduces the player to obstacles found commonly throughout the game.

This world has no mechanic. It plays like normal and time flows normally. Tim can reverse time when he makes mistakes or miscalculations, but he can do nothing beyond that. Complete these levels to unlock an achievement.

World 3 takes place in a jungle at sunset and is a reintroduction to more complex puzzles: It mainly introduces green glowing objects that are not affected by time manipulation.

Complete these levels to unlock an achievement.

World 4 links the passage of time to the player character’s location on the horizontal plane. As the player moves toward the right, time flows forward, while moving toward the left reverses the flow; standing still or moving vertically will pause time. The player’s location must be carefully managed in relation to enemies and objects.

Complete these levels to unlock an achievement.

World 5 involves a “shadow” of the player character appearing after the player rewinds time and performing the actions that the real player character rewound; if the timeline expires, the shadow will complete any initiated falls and jumps but will otherwise stand still before disappearing.

Things coloured in violet can interact both with the main character and its shadow at the same time. Puzzles in this section revolve around using this mechanic to carry out multiple actions at once.

Complete these level to unlock an achievement.

World 6 provides the player with a magic ring which, when dropped, warps the flow of time. Nearby the ring, moving objects (including Tim) travel in slow motion at only one-fifth their normal speed. The regular rewind control remains available. Complete these level to unlock an achievement.

In order to unlock this achievement you need to complete the following steps:

• Complete all levels of World 2, World 3, World 4, World 5 and World 6.
• Collect all 60 puzzle pieces (12 in each world)
• Assemble all 5 puzzles from the pieces.
• Each puzzle opens up part of the staircase to the roof in Tim’s House. Once you collect all 5 puzzles, World 1 will open to you.
  

  

• Complete World 1
• After completing World 1, exit Tim’s house and run left to start the Epilogue
• Complete the Epilogue.

Once you complete the Epilogue, the achievement will be unlocked.

After completing the main game, you get access to the Speed Runs mode. In this mode there are 6 speedruns that you can complete. You will get the achievement only for completing the hardest and longest speedrun – Beat Full Game under 45 minutes.

However, this does not mean that the other five speedruns are not interesting for us. These speedruns are designed separately for difficult areas of the game where you can easily get confused and lose a lot of time, so I strongly recommend that you also practice on them in order to prepare yourself for the run.

Here is a list of tips and tricks that I have prepared for those who intend to take the risk of getting this achievement:

• The world record for speedrunning this game is 22 minutes 56 seconds. An average player can complete the game in 40-44 minutes, depending on how many mistakes he makes.
• To finish the game you need to complete Worlds 2-6, completely assemble the puzzle pieces in these Worlds, then assemble the puzzles themselves, go through World 1 and the Epilogue. The achievement will unlock once you complete the Epilogue.
• You can rewind time faster by holding down the Shift key and pressing the down or up arrow keys. Pressing down speeds up time back to speeds -1x, -2x, -4x and -8x. Pressing up rewinds time forward to the moment when the Shift key was pressed at speed x1, x2, x4 and x8. Using this mechanic can save you a lot of time if used correctly.
• When fighting bosses, try to deal as many hits as possible at once. It would be ideal if, during the battle with the second boss, you drop all the chandeliers on his head in such a way that he dies immediately.
• The speedrun timer stops if you pause the game. This is very convenient and can help you pass a difficult section after first studying the way to pass.
• Start assembling the puzzles only after you have collected all its pieces in the World. Do this in Tim’s house, and not on the levels of the World. This will also save time and allow you to quickly move on to the next World without wasting precious seconds.

I know that no matter how detailed the explanation, some of the riddles in Braid are quite complex, so check for a speedrun video. Do everything as in the video below and you will complete the game in the specified time. You can also find other game speed guides on the Internet.

But in any case, keep approximate timecodes for completing the Worlds so that you understand how well you are going, whether you have time left and whether you need to hurry up somewhere and save time. The time indicated takes the completion of all levels + assembly of all puzzles.

I wish you a successful run! I hope you unlock this achievement and be as proud of yourself as I do about you!