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Trophy guide
Our route through the Shoshone wilderness, with the five story trophies and every Audio Tour update trophy. Finish the camera roll, meet the wildlife and complete the bee encounter during the story.
PlayStation 4
Finish the camera roll during the story and get the bee encounter on Day 77. Free Roam can recover the turtle, raccoon and song trophies, but has no camera or bee encounter. Install the game updates before starting. Keep a backup save, as save corruption and endless loading have been reported.
Install the game updates, then start a normal story playthrough. In Roadmap, the four sections group the days when trophies need attention. They are route stages, not four chapters in the game. Read the next section before reaching those days. The trophy solutions beneath it give the exact locations and actions, and Trophies lets you look up a solution directly.
The target is all 10 trophies, including the five Audio Tour update trophies. They can all be earned in normal story mode. Firewatch has no platinum trophy.
I recommend doing the optional encounters during the story so our final day stays focused on the ending. Dialogue choices do not require a particular relationship or ending.
Complete Day 1, then investigate the telephone line on Day 2. Search the hanging backpack near Cache 241 for the camera and extra rope. Use all 18 remaining photos now for Shutter Bug. Free Roam has no camera, so finishing the roll here avoids a return to an earlier story save or another run to Day 2. Adopt a turtle for Love Turts while exploring. The individual solutions below give the locations and controls.
Continue following Delilah's assignments. The jumps between numbered days are part of the story, so there is no need to search for the days the game skips.
Before you enter Wapiti Meadow on Day 77, read Bee Plot.
bronze · unmissable
Completed Day 1
Story trophy for finishing Day 1.
Take the rope from Cache 306 using code 1234, then rappel at Cripple Gulch and investigate the fireworks at Jonesy Lake. The return route uses Thunder Canyon and Cave 452 because the rope breaks. Follow that route back to Two Forks and inspect the tower to end the day.
silver · unmissable
Completed Day 2
Story trophy for finishing Day 2.
Follow the telephone line north and report its damage. Continue along the trail to the hanging backpack near Cache 241, take the rope and camera, then investigate the smoke and abandoned campsite. Examine the note and complete the radio conversation. This is also our first opportunity to finish Shutter Bug.
bronze · Firewatch Audio Tour · missable
Filled a disposable camera with photos.
On Day 2, follow the trail after inspecting the cut telephone wire. Near Cache 241, knock down the hanging backpack with and take its camera.
Press to equip it, then to take pictures. Use all 18 remaining shots. The subjects do not matter. I recommend emptying it immediately and checking that the trophy unlocks.
Finish the roll during the story. Free Roam has no camera. If you have already finished, load a retained story save with the camera and use the remaining film. Without a suitable save, start another story run, reach this backpack on Day 2 and take all 18 photos. You do not need to finish that replay.
bronze · Firewatch Audio Tour · optional
Adopted a turtle as a pet. The average lifespan of a box turtle is fifty years. It will outlive you.
Find a turtle, pick it up with , then hold to adopt it. Looking at it and putting it down is not enough.
A useful search area is the rock between pine trees near Cache 309 on Day 2. If that spot is empty, check the rocks northeast of Cache 302 in the northern telephone-line area. Turtle appearances vary, so an empty first spot does not end the attempt.
You can also use the Cache 302 location in Free Roam after finishing the story.
Follow the investigation from Jonesy Lake to the fenced area, then take Delilah's route to the scout camp. Collect the axe before leaving. We need it for the next day's gate and the blocked trail to Ol' Shoshone.
The five trophies in the Audio Tour group also unlock in normal story mode. Listening to every commentary recording is not a requirement.
gold · unmissable
Completed Day 76
Story trophy for finishing Day 76.
At Jonesy Lake, examine the clipboard and investigate the radio sounds. Check the locked fence at Wapiti Meadow, then follow the new objective to the scout camp in the southeast. Take the axe from the tree, use it on the damaged tree to make the return crossing, and continue the radio conversation.
Before heading south for the new radio, take the northern detour to the old cabin for The Life and Times of Raccoon Carter. From the cabin, go west to collect Ol' Shoshone.
Do not leave the Wapiti entrance without Bee Plot. After collecting the new radio and opening the fenced gate with the axe, open the box marked WAPITI immediately inside. Report the sting to Delilah when prompted. Free Roam cannot recover this encounter.
Once these trophies have unlocked, continue the investigation and finish the day.
gold · unmissable
Completed Day 77
Story trophy for finishing Day 77.
Get Bee Plot when entering Wapiti Meadow.
bronze · Firewatch Audio Tour · optional
Got attacked by a raccoon; probably didn't get rabies.
Our route visits on Day 77. Head north from Cave 452 toward Beartooth Point. At the trail junction near the old outhouse, turn east to the ruined cabin. Open its door, go downstairs and open the old stove with . The raccoon jumping out triggers the trophy.
The outhouse itself is only a landmark. If the story is already finished, visit the same stove in Free Roam.
bronze · Firewatch Audio Tour · missable
Got stung by a bee. It happens.
Day 77 only in our route. Do this immediately after opening Wapiti Meadow's gate.
First collect the replacement radio at Cottonwood Creek. Return to the fenced entrance northeast of Jonesy Lake and pry it open with the axe from Day 76. Just inside is a box on a post marked WAPITI. Open its lid with , let the sting animation finish and report it over the radio when prompted.
Do not postpone this until after exploring the station. If you leave it until later and miss the encounter, Free Roam will not fix it. You need an earlier save or a new story run.
bronze · Firewatch Audio Tour · optional
Listened to the tape of "Ol' Shoshone." Cavorted among the aspens.
Bring the axe from the scout camp on Day 76. On Day 77, follow the cabin directions in The Life and Times of Raccoon Carter, then head west. Push through the gap in the bushes and chop the blocked trail with .
In the small clearing, find the rusty chair, bottles and cassette. Pick up the cassette with , then hold to keep it and trigger the recording. The lyrics in the nearby outhouse do not count.
For cleanup, take the axe from the tower in Free Roam and repeat this route.
Before the evacuation, check that Shutter Bug has unlocked. If you saved any film for later, use it now. Finish the remaining assignments and board the helicopter. Keep watching through the photographs in the credits so the completed-game save is created.
For Love Turts, The Life and Times of Raccoon Carter and Ol' Shoshone, choose Special Features, then Free Roam. Collect the axe, rope, pitons and flashlight from the tower's desk before setting out. Use the optional trophy locations below to finish these three encounters.
If Free Roam is still locked, resume the ending and let it reach the credits and photographs again.
Free Roam cannot recover Shutter Bug or Bee Plot. For the photos, load a retained story save with the camera and finish its film. If you have no suitable save, start another story run and collect the camera on Day 2. For the bee, restore a save from before the Day 77 encounter or replay the story to that gate.
gold · unmissable
Completed Day 79
Story trophy for completing the final day.
After the cave investigation, follow the receiver's last signal and inspect the hideout it leads to. Continue the evacuation toward Delilah's lookout, use the cable car, inspect the lookout and complete the radio conversation. Go to the helicopter and board it to finish.
There is no required dialogue combination. Let the credits and photographs run before leaving.