Home is Where One Starts...

Home is Where One Starts...

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A map for doing the Home is Where One Starts achievements
By Redbeard
A map for doing 100% of the achievements in the game Home is Where One Starts...
   
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Introduction
"Home is Where One Starts..." is an interesting story/game.

When you are doing the achievements, it can sometimes be a bit difficult to find your way around.
That's why I drew up a map for the game.

The map is not drawn to scale, but is a rough approximation of the game area.
It should be easy enough to use.

When you first spawn, you are in front of the mailbox.

I suggest that you read the achievements section before starting the game, so that you don't miss out on any of them.

The map is below the achievements section.

(If this guide is useful to you, then please rate it upwards.)
Achievements
There are 8 achievements in the game.
To get 100% of the achievements for the game, you can use the map to find the spots you need to go to.

1) Now Fly
Finish the game
-- Find everything, then hop on the bike (in the shed near the house), and then ride off down the road. Actually, you only need to find some stuff to get this achievement, but you might as well find everything, as that will unlock the other achievements (go to the bike last of all).

2) The Sun Will Rise
Find all voice overs in one sitting
-- Go to all of the spots marked on the map (all of the spots, not just the interactive ones marked with an asterisk), to trigger all of the voice-overs (go to the shed with the bike in it last of all).

3) Dakota
Find your friend
-- Go to the box of dog biscuits beside the fenceline (it will trigger a cut-scene where you see a dog running off into the distance).

4) Good Intentions
Find the object you hid from your father
-- Find the flask in the grass (it's beyond the trees, in the grass by itself; see the map).

5) Sown by the Mountain
Study the stencil
-- Look at the artwork on the wall of the shed (near the fenceline) for a while - it might take about one minute?

6) Apathy
A routine can blind the weary
-- When you spawn, just stay there, don't move at all - it might take about three minutes?

7) Bliss
Conquer an old obstacle near the pond
-- Get on top of the hay bale with the rose beside it (it's the haystack with a baseball on the top of it).

8) Sentimentalist
Pick up all examinable objects in one sitting
-- Examine all of the items marked on the map (go to the bike last of all).
The map

Notes:
Searching the house for items should be the second-last thing you do, as the drawer (with the key in it) doesn't open until you finish some of the outside tasks.
Going to the bike in the shed should be the very last thing you do.
Be careful with the bike; from memory, I rode it into into the house (just for fun) before I had done everything I wanted, and it ended the game (so, go to the bike last of all).
10 Comments
Faded 13 May @ 7:27pm 
Thanks :steamthumbsup:
Redbeard  [author] 2 Nov, 2017 @ 8:13am 
@ wstwz: Searching the house for items should be the second-last thing you do, as the drawer (with the key in it) doesn't open until you finish some of the outside tasks.
李如松 2 Nov, 2017 @ 5:37am 
I can't open drawer and find a key
M. Doucet 7 Jul, 2017 @ 11:11am 
There's a voiceover on the path between the trailer and the cemetery that is missing from your map. I think you can only trigger it before visiting the cemetery for the first time.

The asterisk near the "hay bale to climb" also made me think there was an object to interact with there (the baseball on top), but the interaction is actually just the action of climbing the hay bale.
Redbeard  [author] 29 Jun, 2017 @ 2:50pm 
Well done!
CorvusCorax 29 Jun, 2017 @ 2:27pm 
Got it just now! I swear I have visited each during my 1st walkthrough, though. In any case, this is now done. Cheers, mate!
Redbeard  [author] 29 Jun, 2017 @ 2:26pm 
@CorvusCorax: Thanks for your comment.
Good luck with the voice-over achievement (The Sun Will Rise).
To cover things if people have been struggling with the voice-over achievement, I have added a bit more explanation in that section - just to make it clear that people need to go to all of the spots, not just the interactive ones marked with an asterisk (for example, the fort/cubby spot had a voice-over, but it wasn't an interactive spot).
CorvusCorax 29 Jun, 2017 @ 1:44pm 
Great guide! I have given you a thumbs up. Like many other people I am struggling with the voice over achievements. Will try to go through everything to see if I can trigger all of them.
Redbeard  [author] 1 Mar, 2017 @ 7:32pm 
The map isn't to scale, as noted in the box, but the flask was almost in a direct line with the pumpkins, but slightly more towards the path.
P'TrickZ 1 Mar, 2017 @ 2:52pm 
the flask is far more to the right, had trouble finding that little bastard.