My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery: MLP: AZHM 100% Achievement Guide

Five of the achievements are simply for getting through the main story line. Some tips for the main story line include:

• Don’t worry about collecting Magic Bits* unless you actually care about accessorizing or decorating the Brighthouse; you don’t need any Bits to earn every achievement.
• Don’t worry about the side quests listed in the progress menu until the post game, as it is much harder (if not impossible) to complete these before the main story.
• If you aren’t sure you’re following the main story, call on the butterfly (O)
• Sunny’s roller skates, while not the fastest top movement speed, are best for overall movement since running and charging get cancelled by collisions, which are common based on the number of decorative items in each area.

*Repeated actions for getting Bits include kicking trees, growing small potted plants (Sunny), destroying boxes (Hitch), up-cycling supply tables (Izzy), taking selfies (Pipp), doing tricks on sewer vents (Zipp), and consoling ponies (Misty).

Izzy, Pipp, Zipp, Misty, Healing Smoothie

The post game is actually not too bad if you know what you’re doing, but it is set up in an odd way, and requires a decent amount of backtracking and trotting around. Having the right emotes is a major factor, and tips are provided below.

General Premise:

• 1) Identify the 5 ponies in an area who have side quests
• 2) Travel between them to see which side quest(s) are available
• 3) Complete as much as you can with the emotes you have
• 4A) Move on to the next area in chronological order
• 4B) Revisit a previous area that requires an emote you recently unlocked.

Additional tips include:

• Most of the items you get by exploring are relatively easy to find. It is worth making sure you have grabbed the emote from all seven areas before following steps 1-4 above.
• Going chronologically (top to bottom in travel menu) seems to work the best, as this seems like the most natural progression of emotes.
• You do NOT need to replay any story or mini games; all the necessary post-game content is found within each of the 7 areas you can travel between with the map.
• Calling the butterfly does NOT work for post-game quests.
• You can get emote-locked in an area (i.e. the only available quest requires you to use an emote you don’t have). Just follow step 4 above.
• Most collectibles do not respawn post-game, so you can use these to identify areas you have not been before (exception: Hitch crates).
• Quest visibility has nothing to do with which pony you currently have selected. If a quest requires a certain pony, you will switch to them automatically.

Overall fairly easy as three of the ponies are in the same square.

Area emotes: ? (hidden), Surprised (Pink-Haired Filly), ? (Beret Pony)

Area-specific tips:

• Watch for interactions with Izzy and Zipp as these ponies were unlocked later.

A bit trickier but not bad.

Area emotes: ?????

Area-specific tips:

• One pony is on a rooftop to the left that requires Zipp to access.
• Watch for interactions with Izzy and Zipp as these ponies were unlocked later.

The Collector’s Item

This achievement is for getting one of the cosmetic rewards from a quest in the mall, It’s hard to miss.

This one is notably harder and was the main area I had issues with.

Area emotes: ? (hidden), Cloud Puff (Purple Pony), Sparky (Tan Pony)

Area-specific tips:

• The purple pony’s quest line provides the Cloud Puff emote, which is required for a different quest in this area.
• One pony is in a nook that is just down from the far right portion of the area, and one of the ponies requires you to backtrack down a bit from the fountain.
• Watch for interactions with Zipp as she was unlocked later.

This area is actually not bad as looping four of the ponies is fairly easy, but the one is off to the right just after you spawn in from the map.

Area emotes: ? (hidden), Groom Yourself (Green Pony w/ hat), ? (Purple Pony)

Area-specific tips:

• Two of the bunnies are in the left side area with the gardener pony.
• The lost painting is by the map where you spawn in.

This one is a bit difficult without knowing a few tricks, but is thankfully a smaller area.

Area emotes: ? (hidden), Sad (Cream Pony), Broken Heart (Green Pony)

Area-specific tips:

• Cleaning the area for dancing involves destroying ALL of the Hitch crates AND all of the up-cycling tables.
• All the lost luggage is near the top of the area, and while the sprites spin, they do not glow.

This area is overall fairly easy, especially if you followed the areas in order.

Area emotes: ? (hidden), Smoothie (), ? ()

Area-specific tips:

• There are no quest items up the elevator.
• Each pony is in a different room, which is each main room and the jail cells below the library

This area is one of the hardest, between the guards, the race track, and the distance between ponies.

Area emotes: ? (hidden), In Love (Green Pony)

Reaction in Action

This achievement requires you to have unlocked every single emote. This requires having completed most of the side quests, and having all emotes found by exploring. If you are having trouble finding the hidden emote in an area, try to find one of the binocular spots, as these are often meant to show you where “hidden” items are located.

Interior Designer

If somehow by now you have not placed an item in the Brighthouse, visit it from one of the several portals and place one of the items you earned from exploring or completing side quests.

I’m still hoping to gather some more detailed information on a second play through of the game, but the game is easy enough that I figured what I had collected on my first play through would at least be a solid start and potentially helpful to some of the folks confused by the post-game content.