Dust An Elysian Tail

30 Achievements

400

15-20h

Xbox 360

Baker's Dozen

Hang out with Twelve Friends in the Sanctuary

How to unlock the Baker's Dozen achievement in Dust An Elysian Tail - Definitive Guide

bs000

TrueAchievements

18 Aug 2012 21:26

Cages are similar to treasure chests, but require 4 keys and are usually harder to find. Each cage houses characters that may be familiar to you. When rescued, they will appear in the Sanctuary. Visit the Sanctuary from the world map when you have all 12 to unlock the achievement.

You'll need 48 keys to unlock all 12 cages. Keys can be found scattered throughout the world, and bought from shops (up to 6 total from shops). Explore the areas marked with a circle to look for keys and other goodies. Some cages can only be reached with abilities that won't be unlocked until later in the game.

Aurora Village - Hyperduck #1
Archers' Pass - Bastion (Complete One Last Wish for Rainbow gem)
The Glade - Super Meat Boy
Cirromon Caverns - Spelunky Boy (slide required)
Cirromon Caverns - Spelunky Girl (boost jump required)
Abadis Forest - Bandage Girl
Abadis Forest - Hyperduck #2 (slide required)
Sorrowing Meadows - Dishwasher (vine climb & double jump required)
Sorrowing Meadows - Yuki
Blackmoor Mountains - Fez (double jump required)
Blackmoor Mountains - Braid (Red Orb required)
Everdawn Basin - Maw (boost jump required)

In this video, I show the locations on the map, and then how to reach the cages from there. Click the annotations to skip to any friend.

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18 Aug 2012 21:26

41 Comments

Excellent guide. Thanks

By Igneus DarkSide on 21 Apr 2015 12:13

I think this is a much better video (with the ability to choose which segment you need easily, the video actually showing how to open/access certain areas that some might have trouble with, and links to videos showing you how to finds items essential to accessing/opening the cages).

By SuperTigerWoods on 19 Aug 2012 01:57

Dude you made this video? Hats off man.

By FrustratedNerd on 19 Aug 2012 23:45

Thanks new best friends :D

By bs000 on 20 Aug 2012 07:32

Aww, kind of wish 'Splosion Man was one.

By Helmaroc on 21 Aug 2012 05:41

Great video and guide. I'd like to point out that you can get to 'Spelunky Girl' without the boost jump -- just need to juggle the enemy, jump, and do a dust storm: you'll continue going up in a storm until you hit something or take damage from the storm itself.

By Polerand on 22 Aug 2012 05:00

I tried for like an hour before I looked up a guide. That guy died in one hit for me everytime.

By FrustratedNerd on 22 Aug 2012 11:05

Finished the game and then tried to do this achievement.
i had missed 3 or 4 friends.
got all 12 using this guide, but no achievement..
even stayed in there like 5 minutes. no achievement!!

By Munhumutapa on 26 Sep 2014 08:10

Great solution ! +2
Nice how you did that video, with the links !

I also finished the game first, and reloaded last checkpoint.
I was stuck, @Braid, Make sure, you have the Orb,
and when you reach the wall HOLD DOWN button !
(the whirlwind will come)

By eeysi on 10 Oct 2014 19:13

I think you say you got luck! I tried doing off the top of the pillar, doing in the gust, and everything else I could think of : p

By FrustratedNerd on 22 Aug 2012 17:50

Any idea why I can't get to Tim (Braid)? I've been kneeling in front of the hourglass for about 15minutes. Do I need to find a note first or something?

By mourningXstar on 22 Aug 2012 19:25

Any idea why I can't get to Tim (Braid)? I've been kneeling in front of the hourglass for about 15minutes. Do I need to find a note first or something?

By mourningXstar on 22 Aug 2012 19:29

Any idea why I can't get to Tim (Braid)? I've been kneeling in front of the hourglass for about 15minutes. Do I need to find a note first or something?

By mourningXstar on 22 Aug 2012 19:34

Pay attention when you're watching the video for him. There's a pop-up that says you need the red orb, which is located in the caverns. If you click the pop-up on the video it directs you to another video that shows you where it is at.

By FrustratedNerd on 22 Aug 2012 19:35

Thanks, buddy.

By mourningXstar on 22 Aug 2012 19:39

How can I get the boost jump? I have the double jump, but I've got no idea how to boost jump. Am I missing out on something obvious here?

By Thrifty SiMON on 03 Sep 2012 20:28

You get it right towards the end of the game. Don't worry they'll give you a chance to go back and collect everything.

By FrustratedNerd on 03 Sep 2012 22:58

Great video man. I actually love the Bastion reference with the floor rising as you get near to him.

By Augmented Data on 12 Sep 2012 19:04

is there any key location guides, i'm running low on keys :(

By L J EDM on 06 Jan 2013 13:11

Im having a problem I went to get the Bastion cage and the Yellow Gem door won't open. Yes I have the Rainbow Gem. There is something im missing or I ran into something?

By QuakeTaya on 04 Feb 2013 10:09

do you have the yellow gem from ? You get the purple gem from the "sanctuary" just go there and pick it up during the main storyline at Everdawn Basin.

And also I need more keys for this achievement I have 6/12 my first one was the Maw at Everdawn Basin.

By InugamiTheHound on 17 Apr 2013 00:04

I wish all gaming related youtube videos were done as well as this one. Most of the time, I spend more time searching through a video than I do watching what I came to see. Not this one. Very well done. Hope to see more like it along the way.

By Impdaddyzer0 on 03 Sep 2013 19:00

Excellent videos man, you really did great job! thumbs up from me!

By Malebolge PL on 22 Dec 2013 15:53

This is an immaculate guide! Thank you so much!

By MissFuchsiaFire on 10 Mar 2014 23:07

Can you still play the game after you have completed the story? or do i need to collect them all before the end of the game?

By My Name is BaRt on 05 May 2014 03:10

Best guide ever. Thank you!

By Armored Cantus on 06 May 2014 01:31

I run out of keys! I was stupid enough to chase the treasure chest before completing this one.
Is there a way to farm keys in the shop?

By nicolau44 on 12 May 2014 19:36

@nicolau Nope. The shop has six keys and there's no way to glitch it into giving you more.

All you can do is go back to areas that still have undiscovered treasure and search for keys on map squares that have an open circle in them. If it's a small dot or empty, then there are no keys or treasure chests to find there.

By Mobius Evalon on 12 May 2014 19:46

Ops... I ran out of keys...

By nicolau44 on 12 May 2014 20:03

Ok @Mobius Evalon! Thanks a lot... Guess I´ll have to start over in the hard mode anyway, for the other achievement.

By nicolau44 on 12 May 2014 20:06

Thx Mobius for the info

By My Name is BaRt on 18 May 2014 13:03

Need help. I went up to everdawn basin collecting keys along the way. I then went back and collected the friends. I cannot get past the hourglass. The tornado is not coming for me at all. I have everything in the game.

Please help.

By Reanimos on 26 May 2014 07:45

So, can you run out of keys? Or, are there enough keys in the game to open up every chest and everything?

By Ryn0 L on 18 Jun 2014 21:14

There are enough keys to open everything.

When I was searching for more keys to open up the cages, I opened every treasure chest I found on the way so I could get the small dot on the map cell and be certain there was nothing else to find there. I still had plenty of keys to open all the cages and even had a lot left over that I never used once I completed the game.

By Mobius Evalon on 19 Jun 2014 05:54

Is there some key guide?

By lordeleo on 24 Jun 2015 11:56

Guide NEEDS to make note of Yellow Gem for Bastion. I'm guessing I have to be almost done with the game to get it? You're wasting people's time if they think they just need the rainbow one.

By BloodngunsMrphy on 29 Sep 2015 23:59

Great solution, video was very helpful.

By Ethigy on 24 Dec 2018 00:54

I was able to zap him with a projectile-infused dust storm and fly through him. If he was alive, it was just barely! Could also come up from the bottom and hit him when he jumps down. Probably easier earlier on in the game, but still doable with a fairly beefy Dust.

By Polerand on 22 Aug 2012 17:01

BTW, this unlocked for me after going to the Sanctuary with all 12. It doesn't seem to pop when you get the last one.

By Eric Filtro on 22 Jun 2015 20:56

I have the same problem Enderquake224 mentioned... the Rainbow Gem isn't opening the yellow doorway when I go to get the Bastion cage. Any ideas why?

By AlbinoKidELITE on 30 Jul 2015 22:17

When you reach a certain point in Everdawn Basin, a character tells you straight up that you need to use the teleporter behind him to finish any business elsewhere before you continue because you cannot turn back after that. Even though he's actually lying and you have a lot of time afterward to turn back and have several save shrines that you can use to teleport away with, by the time you reach that dialogue you have collected every skill in the game and have Dust's complete repertoire to gather treasure, complete sidequests, reach locked cages, etc.

Besides all of that anyway, there is no "game over" save that occurs when the campaign is done, there exists only the last savefile you made/autosave that occured, so even after finishing the game you can just load your most recent save and turn around.

By Mobius Evalon on 10 May 2014 14:58

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Fizzmatix

TrueAchievements

13 Aug 2012 19:01

Throughout the game there are 12 friends hidden throughout the world. To save these friends you will need to have 4 keys in your inventory to unlock a single cage. In total you will need 48 keys to unlock all 12 cages. You will need 1 key to unlock standard chest, but I recommend that you save as many keys as you can and locate all 12 friends before you use the rest of your keys on the various chests.

The following video will show you all the locations to find each friend. Once you have all 12 friends saved, make your way to the Sanctuary on your map and hang out with everyone you've rescued. You access all the friends, you will need to obtain all ability upgrades such as slide kick, double jump and the extended air jump. You will find all these abilities as you progress through the game, with the last one being found in The Maw location in Everdawn Basin. If you rescue a friend, you will also need to find a save portal as they're not automatically saved. So if you find several, then quit, you will need to rescue them again.

13 Aug 2012 19:01

3 Comments

Hey Mr. Top Solution Guy; Where's this red orb you need for Braid? I went through the Caverns three times and can't find the damn thing (or the % left on the map). I'm two away from 12... Also looking like I may or may not have enough keys to do this...

By FrustratedNerd on 19 Aug 2012 19:19

The orb is somewhere below mudpot. Not the east side of the map. From what I can recall you need the wall climb ability, and you will need to smash through a wall where the orb is guarded by a trolk.

By Fizzmatix on 19 Aug 2012 20:01

All right, I'll take a look when I get a chance next. Thanks.

By FrustratedNerd on 19 Aug 2012 20:28

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TheTrueHMD

TrueTrophies

11 Nov 2014 15:53

All credit to this goes to bs000 From the True Achievement site if you wish to give this a positive vote please go there and upvote his. I only bring this over to the True Trophies site as I wish for this community to have guides that are easy access. I have not made any edits as his guide was perfect in my opinon. Any use of ths word I outside this paragraph refers to bs000.

Cages are similar to treasure chests, but require 4 keys and are usually harder to find. Each cage houses characters that may be familiar to you. When rescued, they will appear in the Sanctuary. Visit the Sanctuary from the world map when you have all 12 to unlock the achievement.

You'll need 48 keys to unlock all 12 cages. Keys can be found scattered throughout the world, and bought from shops (up to 6 total from shops). Explore the areas marked with a circle to look for keys and other goodies. Some cages can only be reached with abilities that won't be unlocked until later in the game.

Aurora Village - Hyperduck #1
Archers' Pass - Bastion (Complete One Last Wish for Rainbow gem)
The Glade - Super Meat Boy
Cirromon Caverns - Spelunky Boy (slide required)
Cirromon Caverns - Spelunky Girl (boost jump required)
Abadis Forest - Bandage Girl
Abadis Forest - Hyperduck #2 (slide required)
Sorrowing Meadows - Dishwasher (vine climb & double jump required)
Sorrowing Meadows - Yuki
Blackmoor Mountains - Fez (double jump required)
Blackmoor Mountains - Braid (Red Orb required)
Everdawn Basin - Maw (boost jump required)

In this video, I show the locations on the map, and then how to reach the cages from there. Click the annotations to skip to any friend.

11 Nov 2014 15:53

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Thanks for bringing this solution here on TrueTrophies !
Thumbs up for you

By Mr_kimo114 on 13 Dec 2014 10:37

bs000

XboxAchievements

You'll need 48 keys to unlock all 12 cages. Keys can be found scattered throughout the world, and bought from shops. Shops will only sell you up to 6 keys total. The rest you'll have to find. They're not too hard to come by. Explore the areas marked with a circle to look for keys and other goodies.

Some cages will require abilities you won't unlock until later in the game, such as the slide, double jump, wall climb, and boost jump. All the abilities are required to advance the story, so don't worry about not being able to find them. Boost jump is a possible exception, but it's in the same room as the cage in Chapter 5 so it's not too hard to miss.

The video below shows the locations on the map, and how to reach the cages from there. There's some cool stuff to discover, so some of this stuff may be considered spoiler worthy.

cvalencia1

PlaystationTrophies

This is one of the coolest things about this game. There are 12 characters from other games and you have to release them. Each cage takes 4 keys to open (for a grand total of 48 keys), with 7 QTE to pass before getting to see your friend. After the first one unlocked, you will receive the trophy Wait, aren't you...?. Once they are freed, they will go to an area on your map called Sanctuary. After freeing all 12 friends, go to the Sanctuary once more to have a dance party with your friends.

Credit to cakechieveables for the video.

RufusX3

stratege.ru

10 Oct 2014 12:08

This guide was translated automatically.

To find all your friends you need to have 48 keys (4 locks for each friend)

Video on finding all 12 friends

Once you have found all 12 friends, you need to go to TheSanctuary location and go into the house! All your friends will be there and you will get a trophy

Video hint

10 Oct 2014 12:08

7 Comments

If someone has a problem saving Braid, that is, the whirlwind will not arrive, you first need to find the Red Orb, which is located in CirromonCaverns . Then everything will work out. Approach the hourglass stone and pinch it

and the whirlwind will carry you away.

Red Orb Location:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KOp754KGLc

By DIRecT_as on 01 Nov 2014 18:56

To save Speelunky Girl on the border in the CirromonCaverns/Mudpot location, you need a Boost Jump (not to be confused with double jump), and then you will be jumping with life-hack jumps for a long time.

By Brother2 on 04 Nov 2014 12:15

If you, like me, completed the entire game and all the extras. quests, but you can’t save Bastion in Archers Pass (the penultimate gate does not open) - look at The Sanctuary (the place where all the freed friends gather), there is the remaining purple crystal

By alexpsk60 on 23 Jul 2015 12:16

If you didn’t really like the game, and you want to complete it as quickly as possible simply by getting platinum, then collect keys, but don’t spend them on regular chests. Immediately save 48 keys at the end of the game to quickly open friends. Moreover, as a rule, nothing necessary falls out of these ordinary chests.

You can buy keys in the store, but only a limited number. So there is no need to save money.

By bur18 on 27 Jul 2015 14:03

As for Braid, it’s generally harsh, for example, I confused red orb with red crystal, and spent a long time googling about what kind of bug it was

By SeriiMac on 23 Jan 2016 22:13

Before taking on this trophy, it is better to complete all side quests and get all the rewards for them. At the same time, it’s better to go through the game until the moment of the last battle. Because getting to some cells will not be possible without possessing certain objects and abilities. For example, the guy from Bastion needs all the resonators, others need spheres, tackles, double jumps, etc., without which you will have to come back again.
Ideally, make this trophy the last one before the battle with the general and, in fact, completing the entire game.

By Aeon_Evil on 08 Sep 2018 16:15

I will add to the hint above, for those who are confused in this location and cannot blow up the yellow wall (behind which there is a sheep walking). You need to return to the place of the battle with the boss, after which you are given the lightning ability, this place is located at the bottom left (if you look at the map), the place is marked in yellow, go left all the way there will be a teleporter, jump into it and find yourself behind this yellow wall, and you need to do this in order to take the fruit, with the help of which the merchant will blow up the yellow wall that is located on the surface of this cave.

By voher123 on 08 Dec 2014 22:52

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