Viewfinder Walkthrough & Achievement Guide 100%

Guidance for obtaining 100% achievements in Viewfinder!

Viewfinder Walkthrough & Achievement Guide 100%

Viewfinder is a very creative first-person puzzle game featuring 46 Steam achievements.

None of the achievements is missable since all levels can be replayed at any time.

Story & Challenges

Welcome Back!
Return to the hub world

I’ve trained for this.
Ride the train

Viewfinder
Get the camera

Under the illusion
Complete the illusion levels in chapter 3

I’ve had my fil(ter)
Complete the picture frame levels in chapter 4

I didn’t realise they were optional
Complete all the optional challenge levels

End of the line
Ride the train to the final hub world

Full shutdown
Complete the simulation shutdown sequence

Viewfound
Complete the game

Camera Filters

Hashtag all filters
Collect all the camera filters

There are 21 camera filters in the game. They can be equipped after obtaining the camera and will unlock naturally while completing all levels and obtaining the other achievements.

Camera Filter⠀⠀⠀⠀	Condition⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀	Achievement Reference⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Two Bit Dither	Beat the Tomodatchi game in Chapter 2 Level 2.3.	I bee-t the game!
ASCII Two Color	Find all magnets in Chapter 2.	I stuck with it
ASCII Outline	Find all planets in Chapter 4.	I didn’t planets for this to happen.
Blueprint	Complete all picture frame levels in Chapter 4.	I’ve had my fil(ter)
Unfocused	Complete a level in 10 seconds.	Speed Demon
Code	Unlock all other filters.	Hashtag all filters
Compressed	Complete the game.	Viewfound
Greyscale	Default filter. Find the camera to unlock it.	Viewfinder
Dithered	Find all Mahjong tiles in chapter 3.	Picking up the pieces
Colour Shift 2	Find all ducks in Chapter 1.	Get your ducks in a row
Painting	Complete Chapter 4 Level 3.1 (optional challenge).	I didn’t realise they were optional
Cold	Complete Chapter 2 Level 4.1 (optional challenge).	I didn’t realise they were optional
Negative	Take 25 photos.	Amateur Photographer
Night Vision	Complete all illusion levels in Chapter 3.	Under the illusion
Sepia	Have an army of 8 Dustins.	Dustinvasion!
Rainbow	Complete Chapter 4 Level 4.1 (optional challenge).	I didn’t realise they were optional
Warm	Complete Chapter 1 Level 4.1 (optional challenge).	I didn’t realise they were optional
Noir	Find all collectibles.	Multiple achievements.
Photocopied	Complete Chapter 4 Level 5.1 (optional challenge).	I didn’t realise they were optional
Sketched	Complete Chapter 4 Level 8.1 (optional challenge).	I didn’t realise they were optional
Watermelon	Complete Chapter 4 Level 9.1 (optional challenge).	I didn’t realise they were optional

Miscellaneous

Time traveller
Rewind for a really long time
First: Chapter 1 Level 1.1

Rewind for a continuous duration of at least 2 minutes.

Caught in the act!
Place a photo while falling and land on it
First: Chapter 1 Level 1.1

Fall off a map (wait for ‘You’re falling!’) and place a photo while looking down to land on it:

Bye bye, Battery!
Drop a battery off the level
First: Chapter 1 Level 1.2

Drop a battery off a level.

Battered by a battery
Drop a battery onto your head
First: Chapter 1 Level 1.2

While holding a battery, look up and drop it onto your head. This may require a few tries.

Pet the Cait
Pet Cait
First: Chapter 1 Level 2.1

Reach and pet Cait:

No way out!
Break the only teleporter
First: Chapter 1 Level 2.3

Place a photo over a teleporter:

No copycaits!
Try duplicating Cait
First: Chapter 3 Level 1.1

Try taking a picture of Cait:

Amateur Photographer
Take 25 photos
First: Chapter 3 Level 1.1

Professional Photographer
Take 100 Photos
First: Chapter 3 Level 1.1

These achievements will most likely unlock naturally while playing the game. If you want to grind them, simply take a photo, rewind time, then take another photo and repeat this process.

Dustin? More like Dust-off!
Drop a Dustin off the level
First: Chapter 3 Level 2.3

Drop a Dustin off a level:

You monster
Slice a Dustin
First: Chapter 3 Level 2.3

Place a photo to slice a Dustin:

Dustinvasion!
Make an army of Dustins
First: Chapter 3 Level 2.3

Have an army of 8 Dustins by duplicating them (1 ⤏ 2 ⤏ 4 ⤏ 8):

Speed Demon
Beat a level in less than 10 seconds!
Can be done earlier, but probably the easiest: Chapter 3 Level 2.4

Complete a level within 10 seconds.

Impeccable timing
Complete a timer level with only a fraction of a second to spare
First: Chapter 3 Level 5.1

Activate a teleporter with one line on a timer left:

Level-Specific

Contactless
Complete the third level without touching the battery
Chapter 1 Level 1.3

Place the second photo so that the battery slides onto the platform:

Recursion excursion
Place the recursive photo 15 times
Chapter 1 Level 2.3

Place the photo 15 times:

Everything in its right place
Put the three paintings where they belong
Chapter 1 Level 3.1

Find the paintings next to the photocopier and place them at their correct locations in the level:

I fold
Put down both playing cards
Chapter 2 Level 1.3

Pick up both playing cards and place them:

Michelangelo
Carve the melon repeatedly
Chapter 2 Level 2.1 / Chapter 4 Level 9.1

Place three photos to cut off three pieces of the watermelon:

I bee-t the game!
Grow the flower to attract a bee
Chapter 2 Level 2.3

Find the Tomodatchi game on the desk:

Place it and press the buttons to grow the flower. Rewind time if the flower dies.

Fool me twice
Get tricked twice in a certain level
Chapter 2 Level 3.1

First, let the red battery fall through the hole, then rewind time:

Now, place the grey battery on the hole, then try to get the red battery (the grey one will be cut):

If the achievement won’t unlock, restart the level and try again.

Battery of Batteries
Make the maximum possible number of batteries in the first camera level
Chapter 3 Level 1.1

Make 32 batteries by duplicating them five times (1 ⤏ 2 ⤏ 4 ⤏ 8 ⤏ 16 ⤏ 32):

Nope bridge
Break the cartoon rope bridge
Chapter 3 Level 2.2

Reach this area to find a cartoon with a rope bridge:

Place the cartoon, then take and place a photo to destroy the bridge:

To reach new heights!
Get the jump powerup
Chapter 3 Level 2.5

Low orbit
Get multiple jump powerups
Chapter 3 Level 2.5

Pick up the picture with the powerup (nearby the battery) and duplicate it. Collect three:

Hitching a ride
Ride a balloon
Chapter 3 Level 3.1

Pick up and place the birthday card, then jump onto one of the ballons and wait a few seconds:

Liberate the Dustins!
Release all the blueprint Dustins
Chapter 3 Level 5.3

Pick up and place all three blueprints:

That’s something I can get behind!
Get behind the waterfall
Chapter 3 Level 5.3

Find the second pixel map here:

Place it while looking down and jump onto it, then walk through the waterfall:

Scream Orchestra
Make a choir of screaming people
Chapter 4 Level 6.2

Pick up and place the painting ‘The Scream’, then duplicate it multiple times:

Green is not a creative colour
Draw using the green pencil
Chapter 4 Level 6.6

Pick up and place the desktop picture (at the beginning), then draw with the green pencil:

Bark code
Go for a walk in the barcode forest
Chapter 5 Level 1.2

Pick up and place the barcode picture, then jump into it:

Breaking wind
Break the windmill inside the painting
Chapter 5 Level 2.3

Pick up and place the windmill picture (next to the photocopier), then destroy the windmill:

Collectibles

Get your ducks in a row
Find all the ducks in chapter 1

I stuck with it
Find all the magnets in chapter 2

Picking up the pieces
Find all the mahjong tiles in chapter 3

I didn’t planets for this to happen.
Find all the planets in chapter 4

Spoiler-free overview (sorted by chapter and level):

Collectible⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀	Chapter⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀	Level⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Ducky 3	Chapter 1	Level 2.1
Ducky 1	Chapter 1	Level 2.3
Ducky 2	Chapter 1	Level 3.2
Monduck	Chapter 1	Level 4.1
Banana Magnet	Chapter 2	Level 1.2
Orange Magnet	Chapter 2	Level 2.2
Mango Magnet	Chapter 2	Level 3.2
Apple Magnet	Chapter 2	Level 4.1
Mahjong Tile 4	Chapter 3	Level 1.1
Mahjong Tile 1	Chapter 3	Level 2.4
Mahjong Tile 3	Chapter 3	Level 3.2
Mahjong Tile 6	Chapter 3	Level 4.2
Mahjong Tile 7	Chapter 3	Level 5.1
Mahjong Tile 2	Chapter 3	Level 5.3
Mahjong Tile 5	Chapter 3	Level 5.5
Mars	Chapter 4	Level 1.1
Neptune	Chapter 4	Level 2.2
Pluto	Chapter 4	Level 2.4
Venus	Chapter 4	Level 3.1
Earth	Chapter 4	Level 5.1
Jupiter	Chapter 4	Level 6.4
Saturn	Chapter 4	Level 6.6
Uranus	Chapter 4	Level 7.3
Mercury	Chapter 4	Level 8.1 Please refer to the sections below for further details.

⋗︎ Chapter 1 | Aharon

Ducky 3
Chapter 1 Level 2.1

After the second photo:

Ducky 1
Chapter 1 Level 2.3

At the beginning of the level:

Ducky 2
Chapter 1 Level 3.2

At the beginning of the level:

Monduck
Chapter 1 Level 4.1

At the end of the brick maze photo:

⋗︎ Chapter 2 | Hiraya

Banana Magnet
Chapter 2 Level 1.2

At the beginning of the level:

Orange Magnet
Chapter 2 Level 2.2

In the area with the battery:

Mango Magnet
Chapter 2 Level 3.2

At the beginning of the level:

Apple Magnet
Chapter 2 Level 4.1

At the beginning of the level:

⋗︎ Chapter 3 | Chi Leung

Mahjong Tile 4
Chapter 3 Level 1.1

At the beginning of the level:

Mahjong Tile 1
Chapter 3 Level 2.4

On the first pixel map:

Mahjong Tile 3
Chapter 3 Level 3.2

At the beginning of the level:

Mahjong Tile 6
Chapter 3 Level 4.2

Next to the Loggograph:

Mahjong Tile 7
Chapter 3 Level 5.1

At the beginning of the level:

Mahjong Tile 2
Chapter 3 Level 5.3

Find the second pixel map here:

Place it while looking down and jump onto it, then enter the cave and open the treasure chest:

Mahjong Tile 5
Chapter 3 Level 5.5

In the stonehenge postcard:

⋗︎ Chapter 4 | Mirren

Mars
Chapter 4 Level 1.1

At the beginning of the level:

Neptune
Chapter 4 Level 2.2

Head up the stairs on the right, pick up the photo and place it while looking down:

Drop down and find the secret room with the black roof:

Pluto
Chapter 4 Level 2.4

At the beginning of the level:

Venus
Chapter 4 Level 3.1

At the beginning of the level:

Earth
Chapter 4 Level 5.1

On the platform below the starting platform:

Jupiter
Chapter 4 Level 6.4

Pick up the map, jump onto it and take the icon. Place the icon and enter the church:

Saturn
Chapter 4 Level 6.6

At the beginning of the level:

Uranus
Chapter 4 Level 7.3

In the upper area next to the Loggograph:

Mercury
Chapter 4 Level 8.1

In the area behind the fence: