What completion includes
Players asking for “duskfade 100 completion” usually want three different finish lines:
- Story credits
- Steam’s 25 achievements
- Every collectible type, including dye flasks and Echoes that trophies ignore
The developer estimated about 16 hours to fully complete the game including collectibles and achievements. 100% Guides estimates about 20 hours for platinum. Those are not the same clock, and neither is a stopwatch from this wiki. A wolker4 100% upload running past eight hours is a video length, not your completion time.
Before cleanup
Community method: play the walkthrough first so later movement is online, then sweep. 100% Guides says collectibles are not missable because you can return. A conflicting trophy page says some trophies are “lossable.” This page records both lines and follows the return-access method used by the detailed collectible maps.
Do not treat “story first” as a proven universal optimum. It is the method that matches how the movement gates are described.
End-of-run checks
After credits (6:19:02 in the 100% video), the cleanup reel starts in Tick Town, then walks each region, then does stained glass in Scorched Grove, Meridian Village, Great Library, and Clockwork Academy.
Use this as a board, not a pin list:
- Collectibles - ten types, including the two that trophies skip
- Achievements - 25 Steam names; hidden overlay rows stay hidden unless you open the spoiler block
- Shopaholic - Traveler upgrades in Tick Town, paid with crystals plus Upgrade Gears
- Health and Temporal Energy - Clock Heart Pieces and Star Core Fragments, three-for-one upgrades in the trophy guide wording
- Tower leftovers - “Don’t go there!” is a fall from the Tower in community unlock text
Finish the Tick Town hand-ins
Return music boxes to Arpeggio upstairs at the Inn. Exchange N1-C0ins for the card collection with N1-C0 in the shop on the Desert path. Spend crystals and Upgrade Gears at the Traveler’s shop left of fast travel. The trophy guide gives a crystal carrying limit of 9,999, so spend before reaching it.
Check the shop for two Rainbow Ingots and two dye flasks outside the normal area pickups. Use Rainbow Ingots at the blacksmith’s anvil to change Minutero’s colour. Every three Clock Heart Pieces increase health; every three Star Core Fragments increase Temporal Energy.
Return to Clockwork Academy to finish the stained-glass interaction. Collecting the shards alone does not finish the chest reward.
If you are short of crystals
100% Guides describes a Lantern Port farming route that may rely on a bug. From fast travel, turn back and head left through the cog, then climb toward the cliffs with fish flags. Fly through the rings to break two balloon-mounted boxes, cross the round island and use the bouncy plants to reach the third box. Return with Crunia’s Wings and choose Retry to reset the boxes.
The author reported about 240 crystals per minute from those boxes in the launch guide and warned the respawn could be patched. If the boxes do not return in your version, do not keep repeating the loop.
These upgrade conditions and farming directions come from 100% Guides.
How long to allow
The developer estimates roughly 16 hours for full completion; 100% Guides estimates about 20 hours for platinum. Allow extra time if you explore without following a route. Neither is a measured playtime from this site.
FAQ
Does platinum equal Steam 100%?
No. PSN has 26 trophies including Master Clockmaker. Steam has 25.
Can dye flasks be ignored?
Yes for Steam rows. No if your personal 100% means every collectible type.