Hot on her Heels achievement in We Happy Few

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This is a missable collectible based achievement.

This achievement appears to be buggy. It is highly recommended to make several manual saves throughout all three acts of the story or at least before picking up each note so you can revert back in case of anything.

This is a written guide for the locations of all the notes related to Prudence (total 6):

EDIT: There is another possible note that may be required for a now total of 7 notes. It is note number 4 on the list below and is titled "Clientele". Thanks to everyone who mentioned this note in the comments.

*The notes are in the order that you can first discover them through natural progression of the story.

1 -
Act: Act 1 (Playing as Arthur)
Location: Barrow Holm Safehouse
Description: Bathroom sink.
Title of collectible: "The Diary of Prudence Holmes"

2 -
Act: Act 1 (Playing as Arthur)
Location: Barrow Holm Hamlet House
Description: First floor table.
Title of collectible: "Mr. Kite's Instructions"

3 -
Act: Act 1, 2, or 3 - Available to all characters
Location: Maidenholm Safehouse
Description: Desk in workbench room.
Title of collectible: "Damp Diary"

EDIT:
4 -
Act: Act 2 (Playing as Sally)
Location: Sally's House
Description: On the lab table. Obtainable at the beginning of the "Wakey Wakey" quest. (Credit to "bloopeti" on Steam.)
Title of collectible: "Clientele"

5 -
Act: Act 3 (Playing as Ollie)
Location: Victoria’s House (Going here is story related)
Description: On the bathroom sink.
Title of collectible: "By the time you read this"

6 -
Act: Act 3 (Playing as Ollie)
Location: Victoria’s House
Description: The blower/story related - cannot be missed.
Title of collectible: "Whereabouts of Prudence Holmes"

7 -
Act: Act 3 (Playing as Ollie)
Location: Parade Broadcast Tower
Description: On a desk right after getting off the elevator. This elevator is necessary to proceed with the story.
Title of collectible: "Upsetting Articles"

Loading a previously made manual save will work to pick up a note that you missed (I do not know if reaching a checkpoint after collecting it is required to save it though). After I had completed all three acts of the story, I did this to collect the last note that I needed which was "Mr. Kite's Instructions" as Arthur in Act 1. The achievement unlocked immediately after I collected it.

After collecting a note, make sure you do not die before the game makes a checkpoint. There may be a possibility that this has something to do with not getting the notes to count towards the achievement.

If the achievement bugs on you, read through the comments. Someone's experience with this achievement and how they got it to unlock may work for you.

This is a video guide for the locations of all the notes related to Prudence: (All credit for this video goes to Trophy Germany on Youtube)

- The first note called "The Diary of Prudence Holmes" in Barrow Holm Safehouse, is on the bathroom sink in the maintenance room and not on the floor right beside the exit.

EDIT:
- A possible note titled "Clientele" which might be required (brings the total amount of notes needed to 7) is not in this video. For the location of this note use the written guide above.

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This achievement glitched for me following the guide and selecting the proper choice for Ollie's. I started a new Arthur and Ollie playthrough collecting all of the 6 listed with still no luck.

As a last attempt before I gave up I loaded the point of no return for Arthur, played through to start Sally's story, and picked up the 'Clientele' note right at the start of her level and the achievement popped.

Hope this helps anyone frustrated!

You may want to add the note to make it 7 needed.

Posted by AlaskanAssassin On 23 Sep 20 at 20:08

Thanks for the information. I added it to the guide.

Posted by Metal Crusher On 24 Sep 20 at 04:41

I didn't pop for me in my first playthrough! I wasn't sure I hadn't missed the ones from Arthur. I am sure I have picked up everything else for Sally and Ollie. So I started a new game. And the moment I picked up "Mr. Kite's Instructions" it popped. So no need for a whole new playthrough just go straight away to the ones you don't have.

Posted by penguinsplay12 On 29 Mar 21 at 08:37

I had gathered all of the notes but it did not unlock. Followed the advice of replaying Ollies chapter and it unlocked as soon as I PICKED UP the note "by the time you read this" in the bathroom. Entirely unsure if picking up vs reading made a difference but with how buggy some of these achievements have been I thought I would add this.

Posted by SicklyPlague On 06 Dec 21 at 03:49

The moment I went back and picked up ‘by the time you read this’ again, the achievement popped!

Posted by laserbearnshark On 19 Jun 22 at 20:54

Didn't get the achievement after the first playthrough either. I have loaded existing saves with no success. Finally I made a second start and only played with Ollie up to the mission No place like home to collect the notes, the achievement didn't pop up for me, so I started with Arthur and had to play with him until the second collection item, to get the achievement.
I used the Y Button here instead of picking in up. Idk if that is the point to get it to get the achievement. Because in my first playthrough i used the X to pick up the Notes and read it after, but no achievement popp up to me.

Posted on 04 Jul 22 at 06:01

Ollie solution worked for me too; I haven't played this game in years, but I saw it was leaving game pass, so I restarted his chapter and got it on the first collectible :)

Posted by CptWillyBoy On 12 Jan at 20:44

Can you collect the notes in different playthroughs or you have to start a new one from scratch?

Posted by C0dice24 On 14 Feb at 10:49

Used penguinsplay12 way and it worked. I tried the ollie way multiple times didn't work, neither did the sally clientele but the Mr. kite one worked and is very close to the beginning of the game.

Posted by N0rack On 21 May at 03:04

Any other suggestions? I have completed everything except this achievement. I have tried: collecting all on a first full playthrough, collecting all on a second full playthrough, creating a new save immediately before each of the seven (nine) collectibles and collecting them again in various orders using different saves, collecting on Xbox Series X, collecting on PC, etc. Nothing seems to work.

Posted by Default On 17 Oct at 12:23

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