Gone Home: Edition

10 Achievements

1,000

1-2h

Xbox One

Homerunner

Completed the game in less than 1 minute with no Modifiers enabled.

100

4.98%

How to unlock the Homerunner achievement in Gone Home: Edition - Definitive Guide

Maka91

TrueAchievements

13 Jan 2016 05:37

To do this, you must do only a few necessary tasks to complete the story. As quickly as possible, skip the intro. From the start, grab the key under the duck in the drawer to enter the house. Go into the secret room to the right of the stairs to get the attic key. Go upstairs, open the attic, go up and interact with the book at the end of the attic. There isn't very much room for error, so this may take a few tries. View this video for a better look at a quick path:

If doing this during your first playthrough, you will also unlock:

The Gone Home achievement in Gone Home: Console Edition worth 100 pointsComplete the game.

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141 Comments

I did this under a minue twice now with no achievement. Any idea why?

By Ex GHOSTface on 13 Jan 2016 23:56

Check that the achievement isn't stuck at Done! Unlocking... Might just be taking a while to sync to your gamer-tag.

By Serious X Devil on 14 Jan 2016 02:33

I've done this in 57 seconds many times and no achievement.

By Fembot on 14 Jan 2016 02:42

This achievement appears to be glitched, I've done it in 56-57 seconds as well and no achievement. Maybe its glitches for some people and can unlock for others? The achievement itself doesn't seem very stable at the moment, so either keep trying or re install the game and delete saved data on it that forced an achievement unlock for me in assassins creed unity and it worked after i had done the requirements for the achievement many times. Anyways, best of luck to anyone trying to get it at the moment, hopefully it will unlock for anyone going for it.

By MulletGuy24 on 15 Jan 2016 06:26

how do you guys time your selves?

By confusedgeek on 16 Jan 2016 15:45

So after about 20 attempts that were under 1 minute it finally unlocked so it is abit glitchy

By Terrin on 18 Jan 2016 12:58

I think the time is just so close that it has to be an absolutely perfect run. I got it to unlock after I turned the brightness all the way up in the settings. I think I may have been bumping into walls slowing me down just enough to go over the time limit.

By XxB3asti3xX on 22 Jan 2016 14:00

I spam b to start but it's so laggy I don't know if it even saves time. The door is super picky and glitchy, and then the key is a slight lag. Also clicking the attic right and finally the book. All these seem to take just enough toll, that it never unlocked after around 20 attempts. I timed myself and definitely was under a min from the start unless loading counts.

By DudeWithTheFace on 23 Jan 2016 05:51

Spam B at the start and end. It literally needs to be a perfect run thought I should have had it on a couple of runs but I got it on my 7th. Knew it was a perfect run after I did it.

By QcK Dagger HeaT on 24 Jan 2016 00:28

ive done this achievement loads of times and with a second to spare and yet did not unlock

By WWEADDICT4LIFE on 14 Feb 2016 12:41

Try letting the credits roll through to the end if you're still having trouble getting the achievement to pop

By ObtainedGorilla on 16 Apr 2016 17:12

To the people having problems getting this achievement. It will NOT unlock if you mess with the modifiers & commentary options. Also if use stop watch on your phone to keep track of time. If after all that and still no achievement? Close game completely out and start it up again with a fresh run thru. It took me doing the close out and restart for it to actually work.

By NiteJokester on 06 May 2016 01:18

Why in the hell would spamming B at the end do anything to help us earn the achievement? At the beginning it makes sense, but at the end, the book still has to fully open and then fade to black. Maka shows opening the book at :58 and I have done it multiple times@ 56 and 57 seconds. What gives?

By justG0Twicked on 07 May 2016 22:20

Can confirm with what NiteJokester said. Was having trouble unlocking it after doing everything first so just exit out of the game and restart it.

By Yojimbo Jim on 08 May 2016 16:39

I was having trouble as well but then I did something crazy. I let the credits go all the way through and I immediately unlocked the achievement when I got back to the main menu.

By PackersOwner88 on 08 May 2016 23:30

Does pausing the game stop the timer?

By Clarissalover on 30 Jun 2016 07:20

The game is very glitchy. There are times when I can't pick up the duck or a key, or even open a door.

By Apostle92627 on 20 Jul 2016 17:53

Map the

button to

By CyberneticHFX on 28 Jul 2016 06:12

PackersOwner88 method worked for me too, I'd done it at least once in less than 1 minute and no achievement had popped after skipping the credits, so I closed & re-launched the game just in case, run it in just less than a minute and let the credits run; the achievement popped when I got back to the main menu.

By Runner eGirl on 14 Sep 2016 21:10

I tried to get this achievement probably around 20 times before I finally got it. I skipped the beginning by hitting B a number of times, quickly making it to the end and let the credits roll (3-4 minutes) when they finished the achievement popped! My timer said 1 minutes and 2 seconds but that seemed like it worked. I sometimes wonder if the preview builder (yes I am a preview member so I receive beta versions of the dashboard prior to public release) might be causing an already glitched achievement to be worse? just a thought. Thanks everyone!

By WormyCoolness on 31 Oct 2016 15:44

It was the credits for me too.

By Jissi on 13 Feb 2017 21:55

Skipped the credits and it popped. Several unsuccessful attempts without skipping the credits. Just keep trying and it will pop. Took me probably 50 tries.

By Xray Aaron on 16 Feb 2017 14:41

This also took me a lot of tries. I ended up deleting my local save then taking my Xbox offline to avoid the cloud save coming back.

Even after that it still took 2 or 3 tries. On the last attempt I skipped the end credits and the achievement didn't pop. I then went back into settings to get back online and as soon as I got online the achievement popped. Weird.

By Billservo on 05 Mar 2017 04:28

After many attempts at this 1 year on I have attempted yet again, this time I used RT instead of A button, I unlocked 1st attempt. Happy days!!!. Skip beginning & end. With the duck I quickly double tapped RT so I quickly picked key up, this saved me crucial time.

By supadryz on 06 Jul 2017 23:30

Mine only popped after i let the credits roll until the end

By Cakau on 09 Jul 2017 03:39

Huge f-ing props to @CyberneticHFX for his suggestion to remap the buttons on a controller. I tried this a bunch of times and failed ... first time after just mapping the A button to a paddle on my Elite and it popped. Thanks for the solid recommendation.

By Trimbler on 02 Sep 2017 03:24

It has something to do with the loading screen in the beginning. I have done a few perfect runs and can't get it to pop. Very annoying. U can go into settings and change the crouch to hold rather than toggle, that helps with mashing B to get past the loading screen as quick as possible without starting in a crouch.

By xzwaqidx on 18 Sep 2017 06:55

I watched the video here and Maka watched the credits then got it to pop at the home screen. So I once again did a perfect run then let the credits roll until it went to the home screen on its own. Then the cheev popped. Glitchy for sure, but the credits may help it to unlock when a near perfect run is done.

By xzwaqidx on 18 Sep 2017 07:03

So since it's gwg now, Here's how i got to Unlock it. Restart your game after every try. Tried it multiple times. But only got it once I Quit and restarted the game. Rest of the tips. Use Rt instead of a. Put hold to crouch on.

By b0seiju on 01 Oct 2017 14:52

The achievement unlocked perfectly. What I did:
- Launch the game for the first time.
- Adjust setting (Graphics: Adjust Brightness to the right and Controls: Crouch Style to Hold).
- Starting the game. 3 failed attempts. Every time saving and quiting back to the main menu to try again on an new game.
- Run 4 was a good one, but I spammed B too late (the dev logo was on screen for some frames). Run was still good and watched the credits.
- The achievement popped first before the finish the game achievement on the main menu.

Tip: spam A on all items you will interact with!

By LordFightALot on 01 Oct 2017 16:59

I had multiple 56 second runs and no Achievement. Closed the game down, new game, let the credits run out... Achievement popped. :)

By Sera Di Siah on 01 Oct 2017 18:25

Skip B for the credits run out or wait credit run out end? Which?

By on 01 Oct 2017 18:35

^ Let the credits run out. At least that worked for me.

By Sera Di Siah on 01 Oct 2017 19:17

^ THANKS FOR THE ADVICE!

Waited for the credit and it popped for me as well :)

By DarkShadow ohh on 01 Oct 2017 20:17

Glitchy? Yes, but you don't have to wait for the credits. After doing several good runs where I sat there and watched the credits, I finally got mad and just tried mashing B right after I hit the diary at the end, and it popped. It wasn't even a great run either so I was kinda surprised. Really glad I didn't have to listen to that truly awful song for the 15th time (seriously, did a deaf person tune their guitars and tell the singer she had a good voice?!).

By Paw McCatney on 01 Oct 2017 21:50

4 attempts skipping the credits = nothing. 1 attempt letting the credits run = achievement unlocked.

By Raptures Lost on 02 Oct 2017 01:35

What do you mean by watching credits? Do you hit B once or something when she's talking and then wait? Just trying to make sure I'm doing what everyone else is.

By Ackis on 02 Oct 2017 03:36

Tried the achievement repeatedly. Couldn't get it to pop. Tried it a few times today, then after reading some comments, decided to let the credits run through. And it popped at the end of the credits

By xXx B1GBR1T xXx on 02 Oct 2017 12:51

Yaaaaay letting the credits roll FTW

By OMG IT5 EJ on 02 Oct 2017 15:42

I unlocked it now.... 10 tries do a prefect run is the key u can turn the light on! And skip the credits.... good luck and be patient....

By FxxIMxxxD on 02 Oct 2017 16:56

@Sera Di Siah - Thanks :)

@ noodlz05 - I think you're right. I did restart the game after many failed attempts, and I think my second attempt after doing so got me the achievement.

By Paw McCatney on 02 Oct 2017 17:11

Got it first time

1. Do your run, i don't watched any speedrun video...
2. Let the credits roll
3. Poped AFTER the game goes to the main menue

Done. Don't see the problem

By TAI JASON on 02 Oct 2017 22:06

1) Restart the game.
2) Maximise the brightness & toggle crouch to hold.
3) During the loading cassette, mine freezes for a for seconds, after which bash B until you can move.
4) I used Right Trigger for all interactions, except the door under the stairs & used A (for some reason the door kept getting stuck with the trigger).
5) Credits - waited until Sam finished speaking & Gone Home had faded, then quit the credits.
6) Popped in the Main Menu shortly afterwards.

By AussieBigfoot on 03 Oct 2017 12:14

This is just awful 4 hours of trying to get this one achievement using all the tips provided here, even tried deleting save data and reinstalling game... Nothing works. Obvious glitch that no one method will solve. Good luck getting lucky

By EnigmaticShadow on 03 Oct 2017 16:05

^Next try after typing the above comment it unlocked lol just gotta get a little angry with it.

I did NOT restart the game but DID watch the credits on the play through it unlocked for me. Like I said just gotta get lucky. Don't give up!

By EnigmaticShadow on 03 Oct 2017 16:14

Just to confirm what @NiteJokester said ( thanks buddy) , @Maka include that it is important for the cheevo , it took me 50 + tries after i read that BOOOM first try :D

By ZiMba 4 LiFE II on 04 Oct 2017 12:06

Great guide as usual. Waiting for the credits to run all the way worked for me but and also a quick double tap and move out the way with the right trigger worked to open the secret door.

By YAT0 on 04 Oct 2017 16:40

+1 for the whole "Let the credits roll" tip. After 3 unsuccessful attempts skipping the credits, the first time I let them roll unlocked the cheevo for me.

By Cynical Cybran on 04 Oct 2017 22:57

Hey guys. I tried to do this achievement a few times with no luck. Then I remembered a trick with switching profiles, that unlocks glitched achievement in Destiny. So I did the same:
1. switched my profile to another
2. switched back to my profile
3. run the game under 1min another time
Alt. 4. skip the credits.
This time achievement popped out at the first run! Even though I skipped the credits. Give it a try if you still have problems.

By xT Doman Tx on 05 Oct 2017 06:23

Hey guys! Same was happening to me until I saw your comments here! Here's what I did: I quitted the game, then uninstalled it, re-installed and played a new game. Finally it solved the glitch!! Thnx to everyone :)

By GTDpowered on 05 Oct 2017 11:22

I got it on my 3rd full attempt (meaning, I didn't abort the run early because I didn't like the way it was heading.) My 3 biggest tips are: 1) Turn Brightness all the way up for better vision. 2) Spam A button when grabbing the duck & key (it can be done all in one smooth, fluid motion and faster than you think it can). 3) Allow the credits to play out. My achievement popped on the main menu.

I thought this was going to be brutal but it wasn't bad at all.

By Beijingy on 05 Oct 2017 15:10

Thank you @Beijingy. I think the “Spam A when grabbing duck and key” was what finally made the difference for me. I think that probably saved me as much as a full second. Thank you!

By Equinox Blue on 06 Oct 2017 02:41

no doubt this is the fix. nothing with credits, its all about exiting the game and doing a fresh run, when i say exit, i mean dashboard.

i didnt do anything special, i hit B to skip opening scene, and spammed B at the end to skip, i dont think this does anything at the end, its all about a fresh run after dashboarding.

By rocking23nf on 06 Oct 2017 04:37

This kept glitching on me. Then I quit the game, deleted my save, loaded the game up again, and the achievement popped as the game was starting. Something to try maybe.

By Awoo on 06 Oct 2017 17:35

Unlocked for me - Watch the credits and change the crouch control to hold.

By JFishh on 07 Oct 2017 12:45

Glitched

By SERPENT SUICIDE on 10 Oct 2017 16:44

First try after re-installing (after 15 tries).

By Capn Beav on 10 Oct 2017 17:58

Yeah, I had to "watch" the credits before it popped, did a couple tries pressing B at the credits, but I guess that just puts you to the main menu in the "current" game, I guess after you skip the intro, as long as you manage to do the main part in less than a minute, wait for the credits to finish, then it should pop.

By lmcgregoruk on 11 Oct 2017 20:45

Finally got it to pop after successfully doing it about 9 or 10 times. Tried some of the tips on here. I watched the credits to the end when mine popped. Who knows if that's actually the answer though. I had done so a couple of times previously and it hadn't popped. Just keep at it and you'll get it.

By BarLennon on 12 Oct 2017 18:12

Tried it maybe 15 times with skipping the credits, let them play once and got the achievement!

By BaronVoNewman on 13 Oct 2017 14:17

Took me a few tries as all attempts were under 1 minute (stopwatch on computer). I think its definitely glitchy and just luck based.

By NaturallyWacky on 19 Oct 2017 11:12

I had to let the credits roll, too. Tried it on a run that was a little slower than previous ones and it popped.

By ElSelcho on 22 Oct 2017 14:45

The door under stairs isn’t even opening at all for me

By Iceberg082006 on 04 Nov 2017 03:28

@Iceberg082006 make sure you step back as you open it so it can swing out, otherwise it gets stuck where you're standing.

I got this today after several failed attempts, I did NOT dashboard out at any point. Turned the brightness up, crouch to hold and let the credits run the whole way through.

By Sanjifran on 04 Nov 2017 15:52

Just got it, definitely have to watch the credits through to the end

By Han D Maiden on 22 Nov 2017 13:30

Nope. You don't. I skipped and it popped for me. It's completely broken and random.

By FiveWizz on 22 Nov 2017 14:02

Loads of tries skipping the credits, watched them through once (terrible song) and it popped.

By o Heres Jonny o on 24 Nov 2017 23:50

Never did watch the credits. Did force quit and restart, but took an additional 3 runs. The one where it popped I thought I was screwed because I couldn't get the book to register at the end--had to move and hit A 3 times. I thought for sure that was a bad run, and I'm certain it was slower than others I had done. So, yeah, a bit buggy.

By SpeleoFool on 25 Nov 2017 18:23

I skipped the intro and also skipped the credits, and got the Homerunner achievement. But it took me several failed attempts before I finally got the achievement.

By cwella88 on 26 Nov 2017 04:39

I know this sounds crazy, but my achievement unlocked upon uninstalling the game. I tried everything before that. Timed runs that were below 60 seconds, deleting local save, skipping credits, watching credits. I use the Xbox app on my phone to alert me when I get an achievement, just in case it doesn't pop on screen and lo and behold as soon as I deleted the game, the message appeared on my phone that it unlocked.

By Faustus PHD on 27 Nov 2017 07:26

OMG, I did 155 tries before I read the comments. Then I did a mediocre run and let the credits run and it popped on that run.

By Badson42 on 27 Nov 2017 08:08

The “secret door” keeps glitching. Like, 20 times in a row now.

By ROOSTERxBS7 on 27 Nov 2017 20:51

I did my run and nothing popped on the screen and I thought I had missed it. Then my PC and phone both chimed and showed I had got the achievement. So just be warned you may get it but your Xbox will not show it even looking under recent achievements did not show it as popped. Checking on the Xbox app on my phone and PC showed it as popped.

By SighKo666 on 29 Nov 2017 23:00

i didnt watch the credits and i got it. The hold to crouch is a good tip though.

By Mr Kaas on 03 Dec 2017 17:04

Just to confirm that watching the credits does work.

By Law Ram on 11 Dec 2017 11:00

If a developer is going to create achievements based on in game statistics, they should give the player an ability to check said statistics. Far too many games have achievements like this with no true way for the player to know if they missed the needed stats or the achievement is glitch. It is way too simple to put a stats page in game, in this case showing the fastest completion, for developers to keep leaving us guessing.

By bumgarb on 14 Dec 2017 13:02

I did this one by skipping the intro and having someone else spamming the A button as I approached the duck/key, key, and the book.

By gloomis2 on 14 Dec 2017 16:25

I skipped the intro but not the credits and it popped after loads of tries. Try it if you are skipping the credits with no results from a quick run!

By Zvch Lee on 21 Dec 2017 10:21

So... I got the achievement notification and it's not registered on my gamercard for some reason...

By Michel on 30 Dec 2017 17:41

Restarted game, did it in a good time, fade to black and when Fullbright logo came on screen I pressed B to go back to main menu.
The chv didn't pop. So I left the game sitting there and roughly 45-60 seconds later the chv popped. Get in.

By Lord Midas on 10 Jan 2018 14:49

Got it second time didn't watch video and didn't watch credits.Brightness set to max.

By Watty8883 on 15 Jan 2018 10:53

Been trying to finish this, finally came back to it 6 plus months later...tried manually counting and when my gf used her phone to time me on a count down it finally unlo ked, I think the game needs an actual outside source verification for it to be live you....oh and spam b at the end....

By B8TINGU on 27 Jan 2018 23:25

Popped for me when starting a new game and after I opened the front door. Really weird achievement

By TommyVercetti69 on 28 Jan 2018 17:48

this is completely broken for me. Did it under 60 multiple times. Deleting save and game and restarting multiple times didn’t help. Rebooted. Logged in and out. This should be noted as buggy

By Shadow XBL on 29 Jan 2018 14:54

I finally got it after deleting and reinstalling both the game and saves probably 15 times. I think what did it was not only a perfect run but also not touching the banister up the stairs. Try not to bump into any walls or edges.

By Shadow XBL on 30 Jan 2018 04:41

Worked 👍 thanks!

By HEATH 10 on 11 Feb 2018 06:14

Several runs well under 1 minute and it didn’t pop. Kept quitting and trying again. Finally gave up and watched the credits to the end then when they finished and it went back to the title screen it popped!

By JAM5TON on 22 Feb 2018 20:52

ONE MORE TIP: To speed up walking even more, do not strafe only push left stick straight forward and use the right stick to turn. And I skipped the credits asap.

By Krispyfoot on 24 Feb 2018 23:26

Tried mashing B at end every time and it never worked. Watched the credits and it popped after credits were done on the main menu...finally. Must have done it like 30 times where my timer always told me i beat it... glad that's over!

By Judge on 03 Mar 2018 16:42

Took me a couple tries, watched the credits through to the end on a few runs but only one worked apparently.

By Flame Sama on 13 Mar 2018 07:26

AFter many attempts I closed game down then retarted it and it popped.

By cooper101183 on 14 Mar 2018 01:21

After getting sub 1 minute times and not unlocking I also closed the game and restarted it. Got sub 1 minute and skipped the credits. achievement unlocked.

By ChrisHansen73 on 24 Mar 2018 07:06

It definitely seems to be closing the game and reloading it. Other than that, the aforementioned settings changes and RT-spamming made it work. 3rd try for me.

By Fear Catalyst on 27 Mar 2018 04:32

Let the credits roll and it popped

By MCFC Blue Nose on 14 Apr 2018 17:39

if it's not popping for you, hard reset your Xbox One and go into your achievement list. It was popped for me then. I probably attempted this 50 times and tried every solution here. The hard reset worked for me. Cheers!

By riotpatch on 21 Apr 2018 22:17

honestly not sure about my time here half the time i dont get the key quick enough it seems or i close the door to the secret room mon my self or dont pick up the second key quick enough either way or whatever way i am just having no luck for this alot of tries so many ive lost count but i seem to not be getting it even after near flawless runs.

By foreverzerov2 on 07 Jun 2018 19:17

How do your remap to rt on xbox I check all the options also turned brightness max and sensitivity up but I dont see the remapping

By kratos1252 on 06 Jul 2018 23:57

So after many what felt like flawless attempts, closed the game out and came back into it and got the achievement to pop on my first run. So if you messed with any of modifier/commentary options at any point, close the game and reopen. Also highly recommend turning brightness all the way up.

By ShadowManRx on 08 Jul 2018 14:16

Got this on my 4th or 5th try, thank you for the guide

By DeadRose420 on 18 Jul 2018 09:24

Numerous sub 1 minute runs. Pro tip = Don't bother and take the easy 900g.

By Death in Dub on 07 Aug 2018 19:57

Numerous runs and it didnt pop. after a run and watching the titles it popt.

By Tinus Slayer on 22 Aug 2018 19:47

Letting the credits roll worked for me as well.

By Blastbeat Bill on 01 Sep 2018 17:58

As others have said: turn brightness all the way up in settings, change crouch to hold, quit to dashboard and quit and restart game after each run. I let the credits roll and it popped, but I think quitting each time is more important. Good luck!

By DeathDealingCat on 07 Jan 2019 00:37

francthetank23: Just to note - "I thot the achievement was glitched. It isn't! Trust me on that. Here is what I did differently: (1) delete old saves,"

if you have to delete old saves, as many of us did, it is indeed glitched. This is pretty much the definition of glitched.

By Shadow XBL on 07 Jan 2019 15:24

Aside from turning the brightness up and switching the crouch to hold, I recommend turning the "look sensitivity" in the controls menu to max setting. This is because your character moves the fastest when you are looking in that direction, rather than moving sideways. It took me a few tries, but I got it and can confirm you do not have to watch the credits to unlock the achievement. Hope this helps!

By Dr Frat Star on 18 Jan 2019 02:38

I managed to get this on my fourth attempt; skipped the intro and after the logo fades at the credits! Much like others have said before me, max the brightness, increase the sensitivity, switch crouch to hold and avoid straffing… I found this video a little dark so I’d recommend watching The Norda’s as well!

By guycarb on 25 Feb 2019 15:39

Had my brightness up, and after 10+ tries I let the credits run and achievement popped for me 😊.

By val7x on 05 Apr 2019 21:00

Had a lot of trouble with this buggy achievement. Finished the game in under a minute about 10 times before it finally unlocked - after the awful song and credits, about 10 seconds later at the title screen.

By rob25X on 01 May 2019 19:14

I made all the recommended in game adjustments. On my fourth go (I let the credits play through fully, the only time I've ever done this) and it popped. I was attempting this achievement months ago and have never quit out or deleted any saves, not once. One thing that did feel different on this go was my ability to select the book in the attic when I was a few steps back. Usually I'm overlooking the book. The crosshair went over on my approach and I clicked it. Good luck everyone.

By IamJacksGamerID on 11 Jun 2019 12:20

Finally after watching the credits. I've tried it so many times and was beating the time, but skipped it at the end

So, let the credits roll to the end!

By bassarena on 06 Aug 2019 09:41

I have tried this several times. Can someone explain it and tell me if there is a bug behind it.

By SBz CoIVIaNd3r on 23 Apr 2020 06:07

Horrendous achievement, finally got it today by mapping A to my right trigger and B to right bumper, so I wouldn't have to take my hands off the thumbsticks. Approaching the outside cabinet at an angle meant i could 'triple click' the right trigger, making getting the key super fast. The only time I pushed the 'A' button instead of the trigger was on the secret panel, because as others have said it's mega glitchy. I let the credits run, for what it's worth. I think there's a lot of people speculating what might/might not make this one pop, I think ultimately there's an unfortunate amount of luck involved with this one.

By Stu The Jag on 02 May 2020 23:50

Got this with little effort thanks to your guide maka. Wanted to add:
Do not skip end credits. Did this on alt account and I skipped the credits. Did it again on Alt then watched credits and it popped with no issue

By DarkKnightKefka on 10 May 2020 14:03

I skipped the end credits and just got the Achievement. You just have to be fast as fuck, adn not touch any walls/banisters on stairs!

By Deatholian on 11 May 2020 19:54

after countless 1:01 runs i finally got it, i skipped the end credits as soon as i could

By jj6y on 24 Aug 2020 10:49

After many many attempts, I found that not strafing at all (side stepping using left stick) works. I passed straight away after doing just one run through by not allowing my left stick to move from exactly upwards. Only use right stick to turn. It keeps your walking speed up. This worked for me anyway.

By Rogwilco on 04 Oct 2020 07:58

Thank you for the tip Rog. Let the credits play and it popped. Appreciate everyone who commented.

By FreshAspek on 09 Oct 2020 05:07

Thanks for the video and the tip! Here's my extra bit - if navigating to the attic is proving to be a bit difficult, you can go into the options and adjust the brightness to max. It makes it a lot easier to find your way and you still unlock the achievement - that's what just worked for me!

By EduWan on 20 Jan 2021 07:14

Tried this multiple times, timed it so I knew I was well under but no pop. First time I let the credits roll it popped.

By INSURGENTALPHA on 02 Feb 2021 16:20

3rd time after not letting myself strafe. Also turned the brightness up and I didn't watch the credits.

By Rokzar on 15 May 2021 23:22

The duck is in a cupboard, not a drawer. Good start. Plus obligatory downvote for Cringe Giggle Guides™

By WrathOfIndra on 16 Mar 2024 12:11

@WrathofIndra if you think the guide is cringe don't use it, simple.

By MCFC Blue Nose on 16 Mar 2024 14:36

If you are having problems with unlocking it and you are sure you are under 60 seconds, just leave credits to go after beating the game.
I did it under 1 minute and watched whole credits afterwards and when game came back to main menu it popped.

By TrollBarowy on 12 May 2024 18:43

I did this under 1 minute still doesn’t pop.

By HungryNic42 on 31 May 2021 03:01

@packersOwner88: Thanks for mention to let the credits go, i got the achievement in the main menu

By BloodDiamond174 on 11 May 2016 17:20

Upvoted. Just got this. After many many failed attempts the one thing I did differently was to make sure I desperately spam B while the game is loading up at the beginning. As I think the timer starts before you gain control. While that tape is showing spam B making sure u don't press it too many times otherwise you'll start the game in a crouch. Then do your best perfect Run. You should know what that is by now. You can safely skip credits I can confirm that again.

By FiveWizz on 03 Jun 2016 21:58

^ First off that's an awesome Gamertag haha and yeah that song sucks... I did that a few times as well with mashing B but no success. It might be just dumb luck that watching the credits worked for me. I guess it's just a glitchy piece of crap that unlocks whenever it wants to.

By Sera Di Siah on 01 Oct 2017 21:57

For the record, I think the actual “fix” for this is reloading the game. Watching credits or not doesn’t seem to matter, brightness helps but didn’t unlock it, same with changing the B button to hold...I tried everything and nothing worked until I reloaded the game and nailed the timing on my first try. Reload the game after every try.

By noodlz05 on 02 Oct 2017 06:31

Unlocked on 5th try. I quit out and reloaded each time. For some reason the 5th time i didnt get slowed down at top of attic steps. Think that made the difference. I also watchsd credits, not sure if necassary

By Anth#3051 on 10 Oct 2017 20:56

Great guide as always, Maka!

THANK YOU to all the comments. Let me give you my story...

I tried a few times. practice runs. wasn't going well. got serious on a couple runs - couldn't get it.

came and read these comments and did this: i adjusted the crouch to hold and started using the trigger to pick items up and a got a lot of extra milliseconds back there... i also started quitting out of the game fully and reloading.

but i kept getting hung up on the secret door! couple more fails. (going all the way through)

after a couple more restarts (i started restarting the game if i failed at the secret door), i got to a run where i missed the secret door by just a split second. but for some reason, on this play-through, i just kept going. i make it to the top of the stairs on the final word "...wait", but felt i was still a little too slow, but decided - fuck it, i'll let the credits play out.

when they ended... POP.

i wish there was a way to check the timer. i am seriously dubious i made it in under a minute; if i did, then i know there are a couple other runs where i was just as fast, but no achievement. Quitting out and restarting after every attempt (holy time consumption, Batman) and letting the credits play resulted in a popped achievement after multiple other fails.

i would have never tried that. reason #297 why i love TA.

By ShadyShall on 11 Oct 2017 13:53

THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS VERY LUCK BASED AND GLITCHY.
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The thing that got mine to pop after doing literally everything mentioned in the comments was NOT dashboarding after every fail. I got frustrated and decided god dammit I'm just going to go again without dashboarding and then it popped that go so I believe different methods work for different people.
The thing the worker best for me was:
•Turning the brightness up and changing the crouch options from pressing B to holding B.
•Spamming RT three times to quickly pick up and drop the duck and grab the key.
•Using the A button to open the door because it glitches a lot and didn't open when I used RT while also remember that certain spot in the middle of the hidden door to click
•Spamming RT to quickly get the attic key
•Making sure not to bump into anything on the way to the attic
•Spamming RT at the attic door
•Not banging into anything in the attic
•Watching the credits the whole way through then it popped at the menu screen.

By Killjoy Kaitlin on 18 Oct 2017 08:19

Seems like watching the credits is key. I've followed the walkthrough and was having problems getting this, and after my 5th attempt i waited for the credits to end and it popped after that.

By Famicorps on 03 Dec 2017 04:11

Tried a dozen times. Had to get at least 8 of them under a minute. Moved on to a different game. For the 12 Days of Christmas challenge I came back to it, since this is a “rare” achievement - on second try knew it had to be under sixty (flawless run), let the credits roll like others did, popped right after it went to back to the home screen. Thank you all who mentioned that...

By Raistlin 156 on 08 Dec 2017 12:02

I started this game in Oktober but I konceded bekause I thot the achievement was glitched. It isn't! Trust me on that. Here is what I did differently: (1) delete old saves, (2) re-map the A/B buttons to R1/L1 respectively, (3) I found a quicker way to grab the last key. Before I would walk right up to the desk the key is on but I found out u kan grab it with a bit of distance, (4) Watch the kredits all the way to the finish. Note: I like replacing the letter C with K, just for fun.

By francthetank23 on 16 Jul 2018 04:13

Gosh, as you can probably tell by the 122 comments, this achievement was really annoying. This one has gone into my trophy case.

I used the Right Trigger and spammed it, used the A button to be more precise and careful on that hidden door I kept getting hung up on, and spammed RT again on every other item/door.

I let the credits play through the end several times and it did not pop. I went to Maka's YouTube video and some recent comments there said they let the credits play for 10 seconds and then skipped with B. I did that on my final attempt and it popped maybe 5 seconds after I got to the title screen. FINALLY!

By Graymawr on 10 Oct 2019 15:47

My anecdotal 2 cents. I did three runs without restarting the app, and let the credits play through on the final try. First 2 times I skipped the credits. I'm pretty sure I was under a minute each time; my third seemed clumsier than my second. I wouldn't be surprised that it only unlocks for some folks skipping the credits, and for others watching the credits.

I also used RT for all except the doors, and tried to avoid strafing and keep the left stick forward.

Good luck!

By Nv Defines on 10 Jan 2021 02:25

Good guide and solution! It was really easy and took fewer than 5 tries to unlock before even playing the game normally. Once you adjust to the controls and know the route, it’s very straightforward. I even missed the attic key the first grab and still managed to get it.

The secret panel door you have to walk back immediately after pressing [cn_a] (A) on the question mark so it doesn’t hit you while opening and get stuck. Other than that as long as you don’t bump into anything you should be good.

By Anthony Ajax on 31 May 2021 19:38

It popped on my first attempt even though I got stuck on the hidden panel. I did sit through the credits so I'd try that if the achievement is bugged for any of you.

By Brave Tanuki on 20 Feb 2022 23:44

I tried over 100 times... then I read that you can skip the intro.... xD I love this game but I feel dumb not knowing I could skip the intro

By Tyuri2 on 04 Apr 2023 19:01

Completed this about 7 times without it unlocking, finally got it to pop after power cycling Xbox one console and running it again, hopefully that helps someone stuck on this.

By TrippyPizza on 12 Sep 2023 05:47

I really wanna know who programmed the secret door next to the stairs. I cant do less than a minute because it wont open 99% of the time i click on it!

By Khan Garth on 25 May 2021 02:17

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GRAND NOBLE

TrueAchievements

04 Nov 2017 02:09

IF THE ACHV IS NOT POPPING FOR YOU:

1. Exit the game. Menu click on the game to QUIT officially.

2. Start up a new game, start it officially, then Exit and QUIT officially.

3. Start up GONE HOME again (a new game) - and beat in 1 minute. Mash B.

4. Achv should pop at Main Menu screen!

This is of course assuming that you are beating in less than 1 minute but the game is glitching and not popping.

04 Nov 2017 02:09

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@ll Sen ll - sure looks to me like you have 100% on this game now. So likely you weren't beating it in under the time allotted before.

By GRAND NOBLE on 10 Jun 2021 18:55

Man this appears so buggy, i even timed myself and got it on 58 seconds and still no pop.

By DarkSideDixy on 28 Jul 2021 10:10

I couldnt get any of the achievements until i have done this, thank you!

By Shaolin3D on 24 Feb 2023 14:54

Many thanks!!!! If it will not pop for you follow this guide. First try after following these steps to the letter.

By DRMRD31 on 05 Nov 2017 21:08

Glad it worked for you. I was 100% positive that I was finishing in under 60 seconds, so I did above steps and tried again, and it popped the 1st time.

By GRAND NOBLE on 06 Nov 2017 00:12

I can’t beleive this is what it took but this worked for me also. Kudos my good man!

By on 07 Nov 2017 02:34

You sir deserve a medal. Worked first try

By Hollywood Tony on 05 Dec 2017 13:21

By GRAND NOBLE on 07 Dec 2017 03:09

Also worked on the first try! Thanks!

By Fu2 Darkz0m on 25 Jan 2018 23:48

This works perfectly. I was getting so annoyed trying this and clearly doing it under a minute before trying this! Good effort on working this out and putting this on here. Thank you pal.

By juksey on 17 Feb 2018 16:45

I knew the path needed, but still couldn’t do this in time. Read this solution about never strafing with the left stick. Got it first try. +1

By Geometric Cube on 09 Mar 2018 02:16

Wow 1st try for me too. Glad I wasn't going crazy. +1

By Vr English on 24 Mar 2018 22:59

Dammit, thank you! We're all lucky that you came up with that! :D

By Tolc on 09 Apr 2018 13:21

It worked for me. Tanks!

By AgileTurnip434 on 15 May 2018 20:10

Great! Worked for me.

By Ripwarez on 20 May 2018 06:17

Took 30 secs after being on the menu screen but it worked! Thanks man

By ShreddedMasques on 15 Jun 2018 17:58

When you get to step three and start the game and finish under one minute, do you resume the game you quit or do you start a new one?

By Unky Ky on 12 Aug 2018 16:29

@SilverSluggerMZ - Definitely start a new game. I'll update above.

By GRAND NOBLE on 13 Aug 2018 03:00

Worked first try. Thanks!

By bubba4114 on 06 Nov 2018 04:25

Worked 1st time after trying this. Great tip, upvote.

By Tupper29 on 04 Dec 2018 11:41

Well it a fail for me

By ll Sen ll on 08 Feb 2019 18:44

This procedure broke the glitch and the achievement finally popped. Thanks!

By xX GiGaDuDe Xx on 08 Nov 2020 21:43

I can final uninstall this game thanks to this tip. Thanks!

By Eta505 on 07 Jun 2021 20:25

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MasterWo1f

TrueAchievements

09 Oct 2017 19:12

If anyone is having trouble, I have a tip for you. When you move the character, always move the left analog stick in the up direction. Control the direction of movement using the right analog stick. Doing otherwise wastes precious seconds.

Also take point when the audio diary says "Maybe I will go into the attic...... and wait.", you should already have cleared the last step in the staircase leading to the attic and be past the cardboard box (see any of the video guides above).

09 Oct 2017 19:12

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No problem, I did it about 30-40 times until I noticed it, glad I could help.

By MasterWo1f on 19 Oct 2017 21:05

thanks for the last step tip. helped alot to know if i was fast enough

By Ajunta Pall on 18 Nov 2017 22:38

The 'past the last step/cardboard box' tip helped me too. This is years later I know, and I don't know how you figured it out, but it gave me something to aim for. It helped me focus on the bits I was losing time on (moving smoothly after picking up the attic key). When I finally hit a run where I got to the box at the end of "...and wait" I knew I had a real chance, and went for it. Cheev popped. Thank you!

By SeaWoodStage on 12 Mar 2018 16:51

thank you!

By Nazule80 on 26 Apr 2019 00:13

Yea this helped a lot thank you.

By anthonyd46 on 07 Oct 2020 06:37

Yep, this is the best little tip. Thanks heaps. I did this and let the credits run FWIW.

By Chris8875 on 11 Jan 2021 12:42

Years! Years! I have tried everything and now finally, thanks to your tip, I got it. Thanks a ton!

By RuhanR on 26 Sep 2022 19:58

Thanks for the tip regarding the left stick pointing up at all times and controlling direction with the right. This was the tip that finally popped the achievement for me.

By on 11 Oct 2017 19:03

I didn't really understand what this meant at first but then I noticed I was moving slowly and realised I was strafing slightly with the left thumbstick. Managed to stop doing it and popped it on my first try after.

By ZX KNIGHT on 18 Nov 2017 15:17

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The Norda

TrueAchievements

05 Oct 2017 21:03

Want a guide with brightness up to make it easy and simple as it needs to be?

05 Oct 2017 21:03

BiLLzuMaNaTi

TrueAchievements

23 Jan 2016 11:08

My achievement review/walthrough will show you the best way to go through Gone Home and get all the achievements. I do the 1 min speed run at the end of my video, its not too bad just spam B to skip the intro and outro.

23 Jan 2016 11:08

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TrueAchievements

Hello fellow achievement hunters! If you're reading this, chances are probably that you're mad against this annoying achievement not popping.

This achievement took me more than 50 tries while going under a minute. Most of the times I was doing between 47 and 53 seconds.
This why I come with the conclusion that this achievement is glitched. I did alot of things mentioned in the solution's comments and it still did not pop. Here's what I tried that unfortunately didn't work.

• Deleted my save and restarted, by thinking my save was corrupted
• Closed the game deleted my save, went offline. did a quick run and let the credits go then went back online.
• Turned the brightness up and changed the crouch options from pressing B to holding B.
• Letting both intro and outro credits roll.
• Did alot more combinations of orders with the 4 points above.

I was really frustrated so I decided to prepare the game for the next try before giving up. What I did was :
• Closing the game
• Going offline
• Erasing the save data
• Launched the game
• Started a new game
• After skipping the intro, I saved and quitted to the main menu
• I closed the game
• Went back online
• Turned off the console
• Waited an hour (I don't think it was necessary. I had to go pick up my gf)

When I went back at my home with my GF, I wanted to give it a final try so I :

• Opened the game
• Changed the brightness to max
• Started a new game
• Skipped the intro
• Did it under a minute
• Skipped the outro
• Achievement popped

Either I did something special or maybe I was lucky.
Like many said, doing it over and over will cause it eventually to pop because it's really luck based. I only wanted to share what I did to get it just in case you try it and it works also for you.

Best of lucks.

WiNPhREAk

TrueAchievements

07 Oct 2017 02:33

I had to turn off inverted look in the options in order to get the achievement to pop. Completed several times under a minute and it never unlocked. If you are having the same issue make sure inverted look is off.

07 Oct 2017 02:33

Gunflame

TrueAchievements

11 Oct 2017 07:24

Hey all, hope this helps.

11 Oct 2017 07:24

Alexjb17

TrueAchievements

09 Dec 2017 20:43

Maka

XboxAchievements

To do this, you must do only a few necessary tasks to complete the story. Skip the intro. From the start, grab the key under the duck in the drawer to enter the house. Go into the secret room to the right of the stairs to get the attic key. Go upstairs, open the attic, go up and interact with the book at the end of the attic. There isn't very much room for error, so this may take a few tries. View this video for a better look at a quick path:

Junglist_Murdah

stratege.ru

07 Jun 2016 16:44

This guide was translated automatically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH7EZcMjj4Y - Everything is available.
Skip the beginning and end to

07 Jun 2016 16:44

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You can also turn the brightness to maximum to make it easier to see where to run

By John371 on 11 Jun 2016 15:08

I knocked it out, and was very surprised that the platinum did not fall out; as it turned out, it was not there. Set the sensitivity as high as possible and turn your head less.

By Thomas_Gant on 07 Jun 2016 21:36

Just received. We skip only at the beginning, when the cassette! Next, we focus on a stopwatch, for example. We need to have time to open the diary in 1 minute, then don’t skip anything, watch the credits, listen to the soundtrack. Then the trophy jingled. I tried all the options, but this is what happened

By Therapeutist on 26 Nov 2016 14:26

There is no need for any “dancing with a tambourine”, as others who received “platinum” describe, you just need to COMPLETE IT IN ONE MINUTE and you don’t need to do anything more than skip the initial screen saver and error-free actions. I realized this myself when I turned on the stopwatch and saw that with my, as it seemed to me, quick actions, I was keeping the time within a minute and ten seconds! I had to speed up and get this trophy.

PS: And yes, you can skip the last monologue after the word “myself” - checked, but there is no point in waiting for the end of the credits.

By dav125 on 07 Jan 2017 11:03

Everyone has already written, but I’ll still add, I skipped both at the beginning and at the end, but they didn’t give me the trophy. As a result, I waited until the end of the credits and the trophy fell out. There is no need to skip at the end, just practice first so that you fit it exactly in 1 minute.

By ZombVamp on 02 Mar 2017 21:03

This method helped me:
1) Start a new game and when the loading screen with the cassette appears, press circle. The game timer starts as soon as the "cassette" disappears. Then you can immediately skip the prologue. As soon as we get control, we do everything quickly and without errors.
2) As soon as we touch the diary, we don’t miss it! You need to wait until the screen goes completely dark. Only then can you press circle and skip the credits. This is because the game timer does not end until the screen goes dark. If we touch the diary and immediately skip the credits, then the game counter simply does not have time to complete and give a trophy.

By Nickelcore on 20 Jun 2016 15:54

No matter how hard I accelerated, no matter what I tried to do, nothing worked. I watched a bunch of videos. Well, the trophy didn’t fall out, and I sat with a stopwatch, it didn’t work out for me in less than a minute. Yes, and in the video they passed the last turn and only then did they end the recording and the message popped up that you would receive an audio recording. For me, this inscription always appeared between the stairs and the last turn. And then I decided to try to wait for the end of the credits, again I didn’t have time with the stopwatch. And the trophy finally fell!
Although I had attempts that were better than this one, and I always skipped it, but then I got tired of it and decided not to skip it

By Tait_Grim on 20 Feb 2019 13:19

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Kruzhok

stratege.ru

26 Jul 2016 18:48

This guide was translated automatically.

I read on foreign forums that you need to wait until the end of the credits, without missing anything, without skipping after opening the diary. I did this. It helped. The trophy fell out.
Those. We skip only the initial video.

26 Jul 2016 18:48