ValiDate Volume 1: All Endings & Achievements Guide

HOW TO GET 100% ACHIEVEMENTS IN VALIDATE: VOLUME ONE

• Complete all 4 main character intros, every ending detailed below and every epilogue
• Complete the beach episode, unlocked after finishing all epilogues
• There does seem to be one fishing related achievement (Fish Fear Me), but I don’t remember how I got it. Probably by upgrading the fishing rod.

HOW TO UNLOCK ISABELLE AND EMHARI AS MAIN CHARACTERS

• Select Malik and finish his intro to unlock Isabelle.
• Select Inaya and finish their intro to unlock Emhari.

HOW TO UNLOCK THE NEXT ROUTE

• Get the good ending for the current route. The good ending is the canon ending, so I recommend doing it after the bad and rare endings.

HOW TO UNLOCK THE MILF ROUTE

• It seems to be linked to making progress in Emhari’s routes. It doesn’t show up like the normal routes – instead it will appear as an option in the main menu, beneath “Start Date”.

HOW TO UNLOCK THE BEACH EPISODE

• For me it unlocked after finishing the last character’s epilogue. It’s accessed in the menu like the MILF Route.

HOW TO PLAY THE FISHING MINIGAME

• When you’re playing a route, choose the phone icon in the bottom left corner and then the fish icon on the phone. If it’s not there from the beginning, I think it might be unlocked during Malik and Yolanda’s route (?).

HOW TO LOAD A SAVE IF CLICKING ON IT DOESN’T WORK

• Click on “Load” at the top first, then click on the save you want to load.

HOW TO SKIP READ TEXT

• You can’t. However, you can speed up the text speed in the settings, and there is a “skip to next choice” button, though be careful using it as sometimes it’s not greyed out when it should be. If my guide says that was the last choice you needed to make for the ending you’re trying to get, don’t press the skip to choice button again.

HOW TO SKIP DIRECTLY TO ENDINGS

• After starting a route, open the menu with the Esc key and select the ending you want to skip to. This takes you to the ending card and gives you the ending achievement, but skips all the text and other CGs, so only do this if you don’t care about the story.

Just a note: The choices below are not the only way to get most of the endings. It’s just the first way I found.

Intro achievement: The Little Big Break

BAD (Fish fry)

• Kinda, I mean. Yeah, I am.
• Laugh it off
• I like what I’m seeing right now.
• Joke about it
• Ask her to pay.
• Knock on the door and apologize

RARE (Drowning in a fishtank)

• I’m a musician.
• Uh…
• I like what I’m seeing right now.
• Question her
• Offer to pay
• (Do not press skip to choice again)

GOOD (Fishing for ♥♥♥♥♥ (and failing))

• Kinda, I mean. Yeah, I am.
• Laugh it off
• I like what I’m seeing right now.
• Joke about it
• Ask her to pay.
• Leave her alone.

BAD (Drama queen at da BVS)

• Make a scene.

RARE (Straight Bros)

• Suck it up
• Have one of your coworkers bring him his food

GOOD (Friends with another man?)

• Suck it up
• Deliver the chicken to him personally

BAD (Anti-Nicki Propaganda)

• Uh…
• Yeah no, I can’t stay here.

GOOD (Fighting the bisexual allegations.)

• KK’s Daycare center?
• Uh… what is that?

BAD (DANGEROUS DOOR)

• So you’re foreign, huh?

RARE (Commotion at the pink lobster)

• Abuela? Eres Latina?
• Can you sing for me? Maybe in a few hours after I get out of work?
• I want to buy the entire menu.

GOOD (Dead beat dad club)

• Abuela? Eres Latina?
• Singing? So like, you musical and ♥♥♥♥?
• I don’t really eat seafood.

BAD (Bad vibes in a blue tux)

• Man whatever.
• What’s your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ problem?
• …Hey is there any food?
• I think I’m going to head out.

RARE (First time in a rich guy’s house)

• Man whatever.
• …
• You good man?
• So where you heading after this?

GOOD (It gets easier with time)

• You’re being rude
• …
• You good man?
• So where you heading after this?

Epilogue achievement: Coming to terms

Intro achievement: Can’t Stand The Heat?

BAD (This Edible Got Hands)

• Pretend it didn’t happen.
• Hi, I thought you were great.
• I have nothing else to do.
• When did you start writing poetry?
• Say hell yes.
• Eat the whole gummie.
• Ignore it.

GOOD (Half a gummie into a new friendship)

• Pretend it didn’t happen.
• Hi, I thought you were great.
• I have nothing else to do.
• Do you have a favorite poem?
• Say hell yes.
• Eat half the gummie.
• Apologize.

BAD (Online Harassment)

• Go get some flour.
• Stay Focused.
• Hmm, guess that’s not it.
• Yell back

GOOD (Hanging With The Mean Girl)

• Go get some flour.
• Stay Focused.
• Hmm, guess that’s not it.
• Try to diffuse the situation.

BAD (Not-So-Great Feelings at the Gay Club)

• No, I’m a tiny baby.
• Ask what he’s drinking.
• Don’t grab his hand.
• Do an impromptu stream.
• I’m worried I did something wrong.

GOOD (Lesbian Seltzers)

• Yes, Dad.
• Don’t be nosy.
• Grab his hand.
• Stalk your crush.
• Do you think something happened to him?

BAD (Screwing the E-Boy)

• Check your comments.
• No, I will, I swear!
• Correct his word choice
• Refuse

GOOD (Another for the Cringe Compilation)

• Don’t check your comments.
• Yeah, probably not.
• Nobody likes a pedant.
• Accept.

BAD (Wined and fed up)

• Clean.
• Meditate on your flaws.
• Talk yourself down.
• I don’t look like a model.
• I just haven’t gotten a chance yet.

GOOD (Low Eyes in a Fancy Restaurant)

• Let’s not tempt fate.
• Don’t think about it.
• Talk yourself up.
• It’s nothing, I’m just overwhelmed.
• I don’t like looking at pictures of myself.

Epilogue achievement: Therapy is an option

Intro achievement: Opening curtains

BAD (WAY TO GO, ISA)

• Did my singing bother you?
• Do you stream on Twitch or something?
• Make the first move.
• Because I was curious about you.
• ALL of them??

RARE (Why I oughta)

• Did my singing bother you?
• You do TubeYou or whatever!

RARE 2 (I wine because my abuela whines)

• Do you need something?

GOOD (All the small things)

• Did my singing bother you?
• Do you stream on Twitch or something?
• Let her figure it out.
• Because I think you’re cute.
• Sounds like something pretty bad must have happened.

BAD (JUST THINK OF THE CHILDREN)

• Aren’t you tired of being a nerd?
• Ask for Rocky’s order.
• If we have time.
• Let the circus continue.

RARE (It’s Okay to Wine A Little)

• Well, if you’re bored…
• Ask for Rocky’s order.
• Sure thing!
• Ask Soo what’s the matter.

GOOD (It’s Okay to Whine A Little)

• Well, if you’re bored…
• Fruit!
• Sure thing!
• Ask Soo what’s the matter.

BAD (IF PROJECTION WAS A DRUG)

• And who might you be?
• Reassure her that nothing’s wrong.
• It was the best poem I heard!

RARE (No one told me life was gonna be this way)

• Who’s this?
• Tell her what’s on your mind.
• It was good! I really liked it!
• Show her the poem.
• I’m sorry, you’re right.

RARE 2 (Friends… How Many of Us Have Them?)

• Who’s this?
• Tell her what’s on your mind.
• It was good! I really liked it!
• Keep the poem to yourself.

GOOD (The kind you can depend on)

• Who’s this?
• Tell her what’s on your mind.
• It was good! I really liked it!
• Show her the poem.
• Nope, it’s okay!

Isabelle and Malik

BAD (Day Drinkin’)

• Enter the Bar.

BAD 2 (Blocking Your Own Blessings)

• Enter the Bopeyes.
• I know *so* many rappers!

RARE (Self Drag)

• Enter the Bopeyes.
• Oh, you’re a performer too?
• You don’t know about theater life?

RARE 2 (Guard Down)

• Enter the Bopeyes.
• Oh, you’re a performer too?
• SO! Theater life was just — it was so awesome.
• I should probably head inside.

GOOD (Therapy Sessions in the Bedroom)

• Enter the Bopeyes.
• Oh, you’re a performer too?
• SO! Theater life was just — it was so awesome.
• Do you live alone?

BAD (WAY TO GO, I- wait didn’t this already happen?)

• Tacky.
• Yeah, but you guys are like babies to me!
• Let’s do something grown up!

RARE (HAPPY LATER)

• Tacky.
• Yeah, but you guys are like babies to me.
• What about anime?
• Maybe later.

GOOD? (HAPPY NOW)

• Telling.
• Yeah, you’re right.
• What about anime?
• Bite the bullet.

Epilogue achievement: The only thing in your way

Intro achievement: Pineapple for Breakfast

BAD (Control Freak on a Leash)

• I’ll be here when you get back.
• Take a minute.
• Ask about his family.
• Insist on taking it yourself.

RARE (Beefin’ at the Zoo)

• I’ll be here when you get back.
• Take a minute.
• Ask about Amber.
• (Don’t press the skip to choice button again)

GOOD (Normalest Mom at the Zoo)

• Why don’t we help you?
• Pay it no mind.
• Ask about his family.
• Agree with Bigs.

BAD (Putting the “Ex” in “Expectations”)

• Just let it go.
• Keep looking for him.
• Yeah. But we should go to your place instead of mine.

RARE (Call you Tracy Chapman…)

• Just let it go.
• Stop self sabotaging! Focus on Inaya!
• Yeah. We can go back to my place if you want.

GOOD (Only Technically an L)

• Just let it go.
• Stop self sabotaging! Focus on Inaya!
• Yeah. But we should go to your place instead of mine.

BAD (Worse Theater Etiquette than A. L. Miller)

• Friendzone.
• Backtrack.
• You’ll be out of the way in the back.
• Ignore her!
• Noor, I mean it. I’m not doing this.

RARE (To All the Milves You’ve Loved Before)

• Friendzone.
• Backtrack.
• You’ll be out of the way in the back.
• You know what? ♥♥♥♥ this.
• What the ♥♥♥♥ is wrong with you?

GOOD (Local Woman Takes High Road For Once)

• Date?
• Play it cool.
• Towards the middle is best.
• Ignore her!
• Noor, I mean it. I’m not doing this.

BAD (Just Let the Bad Thoughts Linger for Far Too Long)

• Ask her out!
• Laugh it off.
• Get it together!
• Wait… just take a minute.

GOOD (C’mon Baby, Cry)

• Play it cool
• Defend pop, punk!
• Something weird…
• Wait… just take a minute.

BAD (Tell Her You Both Matter, Don’t You?)

• ♥♥♥♥ off, Noor.
• This woman is too anxiety inducing for you to entertain any further.
• I liked it better when you were tearing me down every three seconds, Noor.
• Don’t say anything.

GOOD (A Vision of Love)

• Yes, this is what I’m wearing, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
• Wait, think of the children!
• Permission to fraternize with the enemy?
• Read Catherine for filth.

This is a special “MILF Route” which will appear in the main menu when you’ve unlocked it. At least with the choices I took, it seemed only the last choice mattered, so you can just save there and reload.

BAD (Getting on HR’s bad side)

• Mind your business and compliment Miss Nervetti on her success.
• Ask how long Miss Nervetti has been planning this.
• Look at Mariella’s graduation photos.
• Write Mariella a love letter.
• I’m fine with that.

GOOD (Office Romance)

• Mind your business and compliment Miss Nervetti on her success.
• Ask how long Miss Nervetti has been planning this.
• Look at Mariella’s graduation photos.
• Write Mariella a love letter.
• You have a WHAT?

Epilogue achievement: Happy Bae-Day

WHAT THE COIN MEANS IN THE DATE SELECTION MENU

• It seems to indicate you can experience this route from both sides because both are main characters. In Volume One, this means Malik and Isabelle or Inaya and Emhari.

WHO WILL BE MAIN CHARACTERS IN VOLUMES TWO AND THREE

• Based on the icons, Volume Two will have Arihi, Bigs, Rocky and Yolanda, and Volume Three will have Ashlie, Alonzo, Anoki, Catherine and Keaton.

HOW TO GET THE MISSING ROCKYxMALIK CG

• You will receive the CG after getting a high score on the rhythm game. I think I got it after playing the easiest song.

By mogiks