How To Get The Best Ending In Lost Records: Bloom And Rage

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 is finally out now, bringing Don't Nod's latest narrative adventure to a close. Unlike Tape 1, this second half of the story includes chapter objectives you can actually fail, which ultimately changes the scenes you earn and impacts relationships. This guide will help you unlock Lost Record's "Lost and Found" and "Breakfast Club" Achievements/Trophies for Tape 2, and it will help you finish the game with a better relationship with Nora and Autumn.

Pieces of Autumn - Lost and Found Achievement/Trophy

Tape 2 challenges you a bit more on Swann's friendships with the other girls. What you learned about them in Tape 1 matters here, but this guide will help you even if you didn't learn much about Autumn.

During the track (chapter) titled Pieces of Autumn, you're tasked with helping your friend pack up her things, and you need to choose the right items to bring her. Failing to bring the right items will cause her to get upset and abruptly leave.

Autumn's toothbrush

First, she'll ask for her toothbrush. Everyone has a toothbrush on a small stool beside the cabinet with all the snacks. As learned in Tape 1, Autumn's favorite color is purple. Make sure to bring her the purple toothbrush that's sitting in the glass with the toothpaste.

Autumn's magazine

Second, she'll ask you to find her magazine. She points to the pile of magazines by the fireplace. This one is a bit tricky, because there are two skateboarding magazines, and Autumn loves to skateboard. You need to grab the gaming magazine off the crate. It looks like a knockoff Zelda cover.

Returning both of these items will complete this failable chapter and earn you the Lost and Found achievement. It should also put you in a better relationship standing with Autumn at the end of the game.

I originally failed part of this by not bringing the right magazine, and while it didn't seem as impactful right away, Autumn did leave before the game's ending. I replayed this and made all of the same choices moving forward, and I got what seems to be the best outcome with girls reunited at the end.

Infiltration - Breakfast Club Achievement/Trophy

Mild spoilers: During the track (chapter) titled Infiltration, you are tasked with helping Nora remember a night where they snuck into Kat's house. This one gets a bit tricky, and sneaking is involved. You only get a handful of tries to complete all the phases, and if you're impatient and not very stealthy like me, you'll fail this part and Nora will walk away. Your campaign will continue, but this seems to be very impactful to the remainder of the present-day story and how your relationship concludes with Nora.

Follow Nora along and eventually you'll unlock the gate to the Mikaelsen property. Corey will walk outside, and you'll need to avoid getting caught by him.

Where to hide from Corey

The first part of this requires you to give Nora a hiding place. Tell her to hide behind the chair, and then move the wagon to distract Corey. As soon as you get control of Swann again, you need to move around in the shadows to reach Nora. You will get caught if you're not really quick here.

How to make Corey move

The second part requires you to make Corey move away, who is now sitting at the fire pit. There are different ways to make this work. You can have Kat help, but the fastest way seems to be to have Nora throw her lighter into the fire.

Corey gets up and walks away long enough for the girls to move closer.

How to sneak by Corey

Once you get to the front steps, this triggers Corey to come back outside. He's so annoying.

From here, you need to go left and hug the bushes in front of the porch. Be patient and move as he moves. Only go one bush at a time, and make sure you stay near the center of the shadow. I kept getting caught when it looked like I was still in the shadow and out of his sight, but the edges of the shadows seemed to be in his line of sight.

Continue around to the left of the house. Nora will catch up, and you can use the ladder to reach the roof.

Ending conflict choices

Major spoilers: The end of the game leads you into conflict with Corey. You have the choice to help push him, try to stop Kat, or do nothing. As much as I wanted to fight Corey for all his slurs and fat-shaming throughout the game, I didn't think Kat needed any help, and this was ultimately her moment of revenge. I chose to do nothing here. This decision combined with having good standings with both Nora and Autumn seemed to give me a really good ending.

Making the same ending conflict choice but failing the Pieces of Autumn mission originally gave me a different ending, where Autumn left the bar early and only Nora stuck around for the end.

Of course, there could be other factors or previous conversations that impact your game. I always tried to choose the dialogue that would give me a positive response from Swann's friends.

If you're a completionist, this guide will help you unlock Lost Record's "Complete Box Set" Achievemen/Trophy for completing all the collectible memoirs in the game.

We also have a guide for Lost Record's "Heartbreak" Achievemen/Trophy if you still need to collect that from Tape 1.