Guide by Warren Woodhouse
Here is a complete comprehensive breakdown of all of the things you need to do to unlock the trophy, which also includes the Best Ending (also known as the Golden Ending) for the finale of the Max and Chloe saga of Life is Strange.
- Gather all of the clues throughout the game, look at everything single note, collectible, image, etc., including the graffiti tag on the campus south quad as well as talking to Jeanette about her grad school studies, these are some of the important things you need to gather, so don’t be afraid to be through when searching for clues, treat everything as a clue
- During the segment where you’re in Moses’ Office with Chloe, you can comb over the clues that you’ve gathered throughout the entire course of the game, you can decide from the suspects board who you think is the suspect, which is Ren, make sure you pick Ren from the list. Chloe will leave the scene to smoke outside. This scene will conclude with Max leaving the office and talking to Chloe, from here after the chat, select Vinh from the list
- Max thinks her suspect is Vinh
- Chloe thinks her suspect is Ren
- In the Snapping Turtle, when talking to Moses, as Chloe select “I think Max has a point”
- Talk to everyone at the bar. While there, successfully complete the Backtalk against Ren (look in his bag before talking to him; then during the Backtalk select: Noelle; Red Paint Can; Daddy Issues), then call it in and state that Ren is the suspected arsonist to the campus security officer, Noelle
- Back on campus, Ren will be arrested by Noelle
- On the observatory rooftop, when talking to Moses, as Chloe select “Suspicious”
- Find the Banana in the Lens Case
- Find the Documents and the Lens
- When on the grounds of the Abraxas House, when talking to Vinh, as Max select “Trespassing?”, then when talking about Yasmin, select “You were protecting her?”
- When in Moses’ Office, when talking to Safi, as Chloe select “What was your plan?”, then select “I’m sorry”
- When in the Lighthouse, you’ll need to select the following statements: “Max loves you”; “She told you about the fire”; “You’ve been hurting since Maya died”; “She knows you can get better”; “Fine, let’s be bastards”
- Back at the observatory, while as Max, head over to the Information Board and read the Note on it before heading any further to the observatory. This lets you know where Jeanette is on campus (Jeanette is at the observatory, but no one else knew this)
- At the Utility Room, while talking to the Custodian, select “We’re here”
- You’ll now need to find the Wrench and Mask in the Utility Room as well as turn off the water valve in there and then activate the fire sprinkler system
- Outside, talk to Noelle and explain that “Jeanette is in the classroom”, then select “mask” and “Chloe and Moses”; then find a red water pump and use the Wrench to turn it on, here just above the pump is a T-shaped Tool, now head over to where the Police Cruiser is and turn on the water valve, speak to Ren in the police cruiser and then give photos to Ren, now head to the entrance of the observatory and smash the window
- While on the observatory rooftop when speaking to Chloe, select “I failed”; “I chose this”; “I’m sorry”
- If you’ve done everything correctly, everyone will have been saved. You’ll unlock the trophy, but for the Best Ending/Golden Ending, play the rest of the entire game out as follows (listed below)
- During the memorial wall scene, you’ll see the Wall of Heroes after the speech by Yasmin. The Wall of Heroes honours those who have gratefully saved lives in the face of adversity, if done correctly, no one will have died, even Moses will say this which guarantees the perfect ending to the story
- In the Dressing Room scene; select “you don’t fool me”; “at the mirror”, then read the letter found underneath the t-shirt and after Chloe reads the letter, make the choice “give it to Max”
- If successful, you will have unlocked the Golden Ending with Max and Chloe walking off through the door of light and a story snippet plays featuring moments from the previous games and episodes. This concludes the entire Max and Chloe saga with a perfect ending for them both
