
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons — Achievement Walkthrough
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All 12 achievements in the original 2013 Brothers are optional side interactions scattered through the story, with no difficulty or collectible-count requirements. Nothing is permanently missable because the main menu lets you replay any chapter, so one attentive playthrough of roughly 3-4 hours is usually enough. This walkthrough covers the original game (Steam appid 225080), not the 2024 Remake, which has a different list.
1. Prologue · 1 achievement
Wheel your sick father to the doctor's house, then cross the village.
- Once the brothers have pushed the cart onto the big wooden lift platform, leave it there and go down the stone steps to the shore. Follow the beach until you find a small pile of stones and interact with it; the brothers skip stones for a moment. Then go back up to your father and carry on.
2. Chapter 1 · 3 achievements
Leave the village, get past the guard dog in the field and meet the friendly giant.
- Right at the start of the chapter a girl is playing with a ball. Use the little brother to take the ball, run back along the path to the well you passed, and throw it in.
- ⚠️ Missable — LOVE BIRDS PART 1 - do this before leaving Chapter 1. After climbing the rock face past the hay field, look for a wooden platform with a bird in a cage (CheatCC places it near the running wheel area, across from the farmhouse). Have the little brother open the cage to free the bird. Nothing unlocks yet; the payoff is in Chapter 4.
- At the raised bridge with the running wheel, once the bridge is down, have the big brother pick up another sheep, carry it over the bridge and down the path to a burnt-out campfire, and drop it in the ashes.
- At the same campfire there is a white bunny that the other rabbits ignore. Pick it up (Walkthrough King uses the little brother; PSTHC says either brother works) and drop it in the ashes so it matches the others.
3. Chapter 2
The waterwheels, the chain rides and freeing the caged giant.
- No achievements in this chapter. Play through it normally.
4. Chapter 3 · 1 achievement
The wolves, the graveyard and the river.
- After the big brother fends off the wolves with the torch and you arrive at the graveyard, have the little brother interact with the angel statue on the right near the entrance. Keep at it until a shooting star crosses the sky.
5. Chapter 4 · 3 achievements
The burned village, the windmills, the inventor's workshop and the glider.
- At the start of the chapter, take the right-hand path to a large tree where a grieving man is trying to hang himself. Have the big brother hold his legs while the little brother climbs the rope into the tree and unties it. Then go behind the tree, drop to the ledge, climb up to the burned house, grab the music box at the edge and bring it back to him.
- In the inventor's workshop, after he gives you the gear and you raise the lift, go to the top platform with the pipes. Have the little brother turn the crank while the big brother slides the big pipe across the attachments until music plays and the inventor dances.
- LOVE BIRDS PART 2. On the way down to the flying machine, use the telescope on the stairway landing. Zoom in and aim down and to the right at a branch with a lone bird. Keep watching until the bird you freed in Chapter 1 joins it.
6. Chapter 5 · 1 achievement
The battlefield of dead giants and the blood ritual.
- After you cross the fallen tree you will see a large crossbow. Before you fire it, take the side path and have the big brother blow the giant horn. Sources disagree on which side the path is: Walkthrough King says right, PSTHC says left. Either way it is the branch that does not lead to the crossbow. Then come back and fire the crossbow to continue.
7. Chapter 6 · 3 achievements
The canoe trip, the ice shelf and the saw.
- Once you're in the canoe with the girl, paddle forward until you see a blood-red waterfall on the right. Go through or just past it into a small hidden cave where a secret scene is playing out. CheatCC and PSTHC say to go behind the falls; Walkthrough King describes the cave entrance as just past them.
- After you leave the canoe and cross the ice, you will see a large turtle on the left. Take the small path to the right and find three baby turtles (one past a ledge to the right of the mother, one on a ledge you boost your brother up to, one up the slope to the left). Use the big brother, because only he can drag them. Drop each one into the long trench or slide that leads down to the water.
- When the girl stops at the tree with the saw stuck in it, don't saw it yet. Keep going up the slope (PSTHC says left) to a bench. Sit both brothers down and hold both interact buttons until they try to copy the sea creatures' song.
8. Chapter 7 and Epilogue
The spider fight and the journey home.
- No achievements here. Finish the story, which awards nothing on Steam.
🧹 Cleanup & anything you missed
- Missed anything? Use Chapter select from the main menu to replay the chapter listed above. For Love Birds, if you never freed the bird, replay Chapter 1 to free it and then go back to Chapter 4 for the telescope. Doing it in one continuous run from Chapter 1 to Chapter 4 is the safe option if the chapter-select route doesn't trigger.
How we checked this · 5 sources · 4 points not fully confirmed
Where our sources disagreed or we couldn't confirm a detail:
- Call of the giants: Walkthrough King says the horn is on the right-hand path near the crossbow, PSTHC says the left. Both agree it is the side path, not the one the crossbow opens.
- Behind the Curtain: sources differ on whether you go behind the red waterfall or into a cave entrance just past it. It is the same spot either way.
- Love Birds: no source confirms whether freeing the bird via Chapter 1 chapter select and then picking Chapter 4 from chapter select still counts. A continuous Chapter 1 to 4 run is known to work.
- Bunny Buddies: whether either brother can carry the bunny or only the little brother (sources differ; either way it works with the little brother).
Cross-checked against:
- Steam Community - Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons achievements (schema)
- The Walkthrough King - Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons walkthrough (12/12 Steam achievements)
- PSTHC.fr - Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons trophy guide (PS4/PS3, same 12-item list)
- Cheat Code Central - Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons achievement tips (Xbox One)
- SuperCheats - Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons achievement list
After you cross the fallen tree you will see a large crossbow. Before you fire it, take the side path and have the big brother blow the giant horn. Sources disagree on which side the path is: Walkthrough King says right, PSTHC says left. Either way it is the branch that does not lead to the crossbow. Then come back and fire the crossbow to continue.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 5" section.
At the same campfire there is a white bunny that the other rabbits ignore. Pick it up (Walkthrough King uses the little brother; PSTHC says either brother works) and drop it in the ashes so it matches the others.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 1" section.
After you leave the canoe and cross the ice, you will see a large turtle on the left. Take the small path to the right and find three baby turtles (one past a ledge to the right of the mother, one on a ledge you boost your brother up to, one up the slope to the left). Use the big brother, because only he can drag them. Drop each one into the long trench or slide that leads down to the water.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 6" section.
At the start of the chapter, take the right-hand path to a large tree where a grieving man is trying to hang himself. Have the big brother hold his legs while the little brother climbs the rope into the tree and unties it. Then go behind the tree, drop to the ledge, climb up to the burned house, grab the music box at the edge and bring it back to him.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 4" section.
In the inventor's workshop, after he gives you the gear and you raise the lift, go to the top platform with the pipes. Have the little brother turn the crank while the big brother slides the big pipe across the attachments until music plays and the inventor dances.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 4" section.
When the girl stops at the tree with the saw stuck in it, don't saw it yet. Keep going up the slope (PSTHC says left) to a bench. Sit both brothers down and hold both interact buttons until they try to copy the sea creatures' song.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 6" section.
Right at the start of the chapter a girl is playing with a ball. Use the little brother to take the ball, run back along the path to the well you passed, and throw it in.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 1" section.
Once you're in the canoe with the girl, paddle forward until you see a blood-red waterfall on the right. Go through or just past it into a small hidden cave where a secret scene is playing out. CheatCC and PSTHC say to go behind the falls; Walkthrough King describes the cave entrance as just past them.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 6" section.
After the big brother fends off the wolves with the torch and you arrive at the graveyard, have the little brother interact with the angel statue on the right near the entrance. Keep at it until a shooting star crosses the sky.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 3" section.
At the raised bridge with the running wheel, once the bridge is down, have the big brother pick up another sheep, carry it over the bridge and down the path to a burnt-out campfire, and drop it in the ashes.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 1" section.
Once the brothers have pushed the cart onto the big wooden lift platform, leave it there and go down the stone steps to the shore. Follow the beach until you find a small pile of stones and interact with it; the brothers skip stones for a moment. Then go back up to your father and carry on.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Prologue" section.
LOVE BIRDS PART 2. On the way down to the flying machine, use the telescope on the stairway landing. Zoom in and aim down and to the right at a branch with a lone bird. Keep watching until the bird you freed in Chapter 1 joins it.
Part of the full walkthrough above, in the "Chapter 4" section.











