Life is Strange Double Exposure Collectible Locations Guide

This guide shows all collectible locations in Life is Strange Double Exposure, including every miscellaneous trophy & achievement. There are 5 Chapters in total. There is Chapter Select after you finish a Chapter which can be used to find anything you missed. Collecting everything is required for the following trophies:

• Polaroids –  A Trick of the Light,  Further Developments,  Selfie Care,  Picture Taking,  Viewfinding &  Archival Footage
• Snapshots –  Frame Fatale (It’s currently unclear if you need it, but to be safe from Chapter 2 on, take a normal snapshot first, then in Double Exposure mode)
• Decorations –  Clutterbug
• Clues –  Clue Me In
• Messages –  Platypus Genius
• Projects –  Patronizing (The Good Kind)
• Books –  Page Turner

Chapter 1 – Still Life

Subchapter: Out of the Gutter

Snapshot #1: Stain
After you take the photo at the bar, you can find the stain on the left wall where Safi stands.

Snapshot #2: Bowling Lanes (story related)
After the first Snapshot move forward, photograph the bowling lanes on the right.

Decoration #1 – Mini Mascot Toys Collectible
After pulling down the red tarp, before climbing up the boot shelf, turn around to find a big bowling mascot. Interact with it, and after that, you can pick up the Mini Mascot.

Snapshot #3: Bowling Shoes
Before climbing up the shoe rack to the next floor, take a photo of the shoes to the right.

Snapshot #4: Nebula Mobile (story related)
After climbing up the boot shelf enter the next room, then you can see a red ball hanging from the ceiling.

Subchapter: A Drink to Remember

Trophy:  Art Restoration + Polaroid #1
As soon as you control Max, turn right. On the wall interact with the handwritten note below the paintings. Now you can fix the first painting above.

From the painting, turn around and move to the other end of the bar. Turn right then and you will find the Polaroid next to a door.

From the Polaroid, turn left to find the second painting on the wall.

From the second painting turn around, move forward, and turn left to pass the bar with Amanda, the painting is shortly after to the right on the wall. This will unlock Art Restoration.

Subchapter:

Snapshot #5: Moses
On the rooftop, just walk up to Moses and take a snapshot.

Snapshot #6: Safi
On the rooftop, just walk up to Safi and take a snapshot. Do not talk to her yet.

Trophy: Putting the “Cap” in “Caper”

Talk to Moses on the rooftop. He will give you a bottlecap (story-related).

Now interact with the Sour Candy next to Safi’s chair and hide the bottlecap in it.

 

Now talk to Safi and select “Want some candy?” and the trophy will unlock.

 

Polaroid #2
Right after you leave the rooftop, move forward until you reach a crossing. Look on the left side on the ground.

Subchapter: Upstairs, Downcast

Polaroid #3
As soon as you control Max, go downstairs and turn right. It is on the window next to the telescope. This will unlock A Trick of the Light if you collected all 3 Polaroids in Chapter 1.

Subchapter: Back to School Blues

Trophy:  Thinking Outside the Box (Part One)

After the scene with Amanda and Max in Max’s house, as soon as you can control Max, move forward. A short cutscene plays where Reggie drops a Box, pick it up.

Now talk to Reggie and select “What’s this puzzle box?”.

Rotate the box and interact with the eye, rotate further, and interact with the founder statue. Rotate more and interact with the bird. Rotate back to the founder’s statue, this will open the first part of the box. You can’t fully open it yet.

Project Origami Flower
In front of the Caledon Statue on a bench, you have to unfold it twice for it to count.

Trophy: The Mail Gaze

Inside the Admin Building, for story purposes, you have to talk to Vinh. After that move forward down the hallway and enter the door on the left side next to the guy on the bench, inside this room interact with the mail bin and pick up the package.

 

Bring it to Vinh which unlocks the trophy.

You need to do this, to also get  Favor Saver later.

Project Loretta

Befor talking to Yasmin you will enter the FAB building, interact with her Laptop on the table.

Project Loretta

After talking to Yasmin you will enter the FAB building, you will get a little cutscene when entering it. After that and talking to Loretta you can tear her flyer down next to Gwen’s office.

Decoration #2: Roses + Project Roses + Clue #1

After that, you will find the Roses opposite Gwens office next to two Abraxas Kids, after picking it up listen to both Abraxas Kids near the rose. This counts as decoration, project and clue.

Chapter 2 – Penumbra

Subchapter: Table for Three

Snapshot #7: Safi and Yasmin
In the bar, right after you can control Max, turn around and take a Snapshot of Safi and Yasmin.

Polaroid #4
Right after you shift into the dead world, move forward, and go around the corner, you will find it on the table.

Trophy: Loyal Flush
After Safi and Yasmi leave the bar, go to the outside area of the bar, opposite the toilets, and talk to the two guys.

Switch into the Dead World after and go outside again and listen to both guys by pressing  /  .

 

After that go inside and pick up the Bathroom Key from opposite the Employees Only door.

Switch to the Living World again and place the Key right where you picked it up. This unlocks the trophy.

 

Subchapter: By the Horns

Trophy:  Platypus Genius

After you control Max, move forward and switch to the Dead World next to the big statue in front of the bank. Next to the statue, there is a platypus flyer. Interact with it, then sign up for news about platypus.

Throughout the game, you will receive messages about it, you must read them all to get the trophy. These messages will be all mentioned in this guide.

Polaroid #5
From the flyer turn left and move forward and you will find it on a table near the abstract sculpture in the Living World.

Snapshot #8: Snow David
Right after picking up Polaroid #5, go around the pond to find the snowman at the shore.

Project Abraxas Kids (Part One)
After the Snow David snapshot, go into the Admin building, opposite the entrance to the library, there is the stress relief kiosk. Take a card from here.

Decoration #3, #4, #5 Beard
Enter the library in the admin building, and remove the beard from all 3 busts.

Snapshot #9: Phone Booth + Diamond Project
Now go into the Fine Arts Building to find the phone booth in the cafe. It’s opposite Gwen’s Office. Take a snapshot and interact with it afterward. Now talk to the future from one side, then hear from the past from the other side.

Loretta Project

You find the tablet on the bench under the big tree. Interact with it once, and listen to it for about 3 minutes to hear every message.

Gwens Book 1

For story purposes, you will be inside Gwen’s Office, the book is in front of you on the table in the Living World.

Trophy: Thirst Trip (Part One)
Switch into the Dead World, and water the plant next to the aquarium. You can’t unlock the trophy yet.

Snapshot #10: Bookend
After watering the plant, turn around and snapshot the Bookend on the bookshelf.

Gwens Book 2

It’s on the table in the Dead World.

Platypus Message 1

Right after the second book check your messages for the platypus message.

Clue #2: Lucas Book

For story purposes, you must talk to Lucas in the Dead Woq+rld. After that, look at the stack of books next to him, then after that pick it up.

Snapshot #11: Expo Standee
For story purposes, you have to distract Lucas by vandalizing his standee, after that make a snapshot of Lucas next to his standee.

Snapshot #12: Vinh + Trophy: Favor Saver
For story purposes, you have to talk to Vinh in the Dead World, before talking to him, make a Snapshot.

After that talk to Vinh to get a passcode (for story purposes), you can either use your favor (you get this by bringing  Vinh his package in Chapter 1, see Trophy: The Mail Gaze) or just ask him. For this trophy, select “Save it for later.” to unlock it.

Project Abraxas Kids (Part Two)

After talking to Vinh, go into the Library and listen to the kids.

After that, interact with the table and place the Stress Relief Kiosk Card.

Subchapter: Leaving Nothing Overlooked

Snapshot #13 & Clue #3: Fuckin’ Mug Tree, I Guess

Before passing the cop at the gate, switch to the living world, then backtrack a bit to find the mug in a tree on the right side. The snapshot is also a clue.

Clue #4: Candy
After you leave the university, you will go to the crime scene. Right after you pass the cop at the entrance, look down on the candy. Then pick it up.

Project Art Project

Shortly after the candy, you will reach a tree blocking the path. Interact with it.

Polaroid #6
When you reach the crime scene, you can pick it up from the bench right away.

Clue #5: USB

At the end of the conversation with Gwem, she will burn some evidence. At this point, you MUST save it to get the clue.

Subchapter: Avoiding Detection

Polaroid #7
When you are in Moses Lab, go into the Dark World and you will find it on a table with the PC.

Snapshot #14: Mural

After picking up Polaroid #7,  interact with the Mural on the wall. Then go upstairs to find the actual spot to get the snapshot.

Trophy: Be Great, Do Crime! (Part One)
At the end of this subchapter, you will be asked by Detective Alderman to “Agree” or “Refuse”, you MUST agree here. The trophy unlocks in the next subchapter at the very end.

Subchapter: Photo Finished

Polaroid #8
When you can walk around in Max’s house, you will find the Polaroid on the radio in the living room in the Dead World. This will unlock Further Developments if you collected all 5 Polaroids in Chapter 2.

Trophy: Thinking Outside the Box (Part Two)
After picking up the Polaroid, go into the Kitchen and interact with the box that you picked up in Chapter 1 from Reggie. Rotate the box to face the sliders and place them like this:

Pick up the dial and rotate the box to the Abraxas Logo Face and rotate both dials to this position:

Then rotate to the bottom and remove the lid to unlock the trophy.

 

Trophy: Thirst Trip (Part Two)
After opening the box, switch to the Living World and water the massive plant in the corner of the living room to unlock the trophy.

Snapshot #15: Cat (DLC Required, not needed for platinum)
After watering the plant, open the door and let the cat into the house. It does not matter which type of cat you choose, nor does the name of the cat matter.

 

Then inside the kitchen, feed the cat.

Then go into the living room, and interact with the pillow on the couch to make a cat bed. Now you can take a snapshot.

Platypus Message 2

When you spread the clues on the table (story-related), you will get a message from platypus.

Trophy: Be Great, Do Crime! (Part Two)
For story purposes, you have to talk to Moses, you need to choose “I’m not actually going to cooperate.” and the trophy will pop soon after. You only get this option if you agreed to Detective Alderman at the end of the previous subchapter.

 

Chapter 3 – Spin

Subchapter: Proving Ground

Snapshot #16: Snowdrop Flowers
When you reach the Crime Scene, you can now take a snapshot of the flowers next to the first bench.

Platypus Message 3

This message pop up as soon as you switch back to the Dead World to tell Moses what he was doing.

Subchapter: Re: Verses

Snapshot #17: Stained Glass Window
After the detective disappears, you will be in the FAB building, as soon as you can walk, turn right, and go behind the tree. Interact with the window, then go in front of the tree to make the snapshot.

Polaroid #9
You will have to go into Gwen’s office, before doing that, visit the coffee bar near Gwen’s office. The polaroid is on the last table.

Snapshot #18: Record Player
As soon as you enter Gwen’s office for story purposes, turn right and take a snapshot of the player.

Safi’s Book

After getting Snapshot #16 talk to Gwen, You will get the manuscript for Safi’s book from Gwen, if not, you can find it in the drawer on her desk.

Polaroid #10
After you talk to Yasmin in the cafe and after a small conversation with Amanda, you have to talk to Vinh in the Admin Building in the Living World. Before doing that, in the Dead World, go into his office, the Polaroid is on the table on the right side.

Snapshot #19: Hedgehog
Right after picking up Polaroid #10, turn around and look at Vinh’s desk, the Hedgehog is right there.

Snapshot #20: Typewriter + Polaroid #11
As soon as you enter Lucas’s office, turn right and take a snapshot of the golden typewriter, then to the left of it pick up the Polaroid.

Lucas Book 1

Open up the drawer on Lucas desk to find the book.

Lucas Book 2

There is another book on Lucas desk.

Lucas Book 3

You will interact with the book automatically through story purposes.

Subchapter: Nobody Wants to Drink Alone

Polaroid #12
As soon as you control Max in the bar, move forward to the end of the bar, turn left to find the Polaroid on a barrel.

Trophies: A Nice Girl Who Runs a Bar, Only Eyes for the Bad Boy, Romantically Disentangled and It’s Complicated:
You will talk to Amanda and Vinh for story purposes. During each conversation, you will reach a point where you can kiss or pass them.

Amanda:

Vinh:

It does NOT matter what you chose earlier in the game. After you get one of the four trophies, you can replay the subchapter via Chapter Select. It does not matter if you replay it via “Explore Scene”

Platypus Message 4

As soon as you switch to the Dead World in order to talk to Vinh, you will get a new platypus message.

Snapshot #21: Vinh
After talking to Vinh for story purposes, you can take a snapshot of him.

Snapshot #22: Amanda
After talking to Vinh for story purposes, you can take a snapshot of her.

Snapshot #23: Cat (DLC Required, not needed for platinum)
When you can walk around in your house, go into the kitchen where you can take a snapshot of the cat on the fridge.

Polaroid #13
After taking the cat snapshot, switch to the Dead World. The Polaroid is in the living room in the corner on a table. This will unlock  Picture Taking if you collected all 5 Polaroids in Chapter 3.

Chapter 4 – Diptych

Subchapter: I Thought I Was the Only One

Polaroid #14
Right at the beginning of the chapter, in Max’s house, switch to the Dead World. The Polaroid is in the living room in the corner on a table.

Snapshot #24: Cat + Trophy: Heavy Petting (DLC Required, not needed for platinum)
After picking up Polaroid #14, switch to the Living World again and go upstairs. The cat is on the bed, here you can pet the cat and take a snapshot.

Subchapter: No Party Like a Krampus Party

Snapshot #25: Abraxas Kid
As soon as you can control Max in the bar, move forward, to the right of Reggie is the Abraxas Kid.

Snapshot #26: Stage
Behind the Abraxas Kid, you can take a snapshot of the stage. You need to stand in front of the projector to get the right angle.

Trophy:  Nothing Lasts Fur-Ever (DLC Required, not needed for platinum)
Next to Diamond and Moses is a red flyer with a cat from Loretta. Interact with it once, after that, you can scan the QR code. The trophy pops up soon after scanning the QR code.

 

Platypus Message 5

This message pops up as soon as you switch to the Dead World.

Polaroid #15
Switch to the Dead World, the Polaroid is on a table right next to the stage.

Snapshot #27: Diamond and Moses
After tampering with the projector you have to ask Moses for help, before doing that, take a snapshot.

Trophy: Home Sweet Home
For story purposes, you have to talk to Moses in the Dead World. He will talk about his gingerbread house. After that, the main objective is to talk to Safi. But as secondary objective, you can ask her for the broken chimney. Instead of pressing /   to talk to her, press /   to ask her for the chimney. Then, go back to Moses in the Dead World and give it to him to unlock the trophy.

Snapshot #28: Gingerbread House
After fixing the gingerbread house, you can take a snapshot of it.

Polaroid #16
For story purposes, you have to talk to Lucas and Safi (disguised as Loretta), before doing that, pick up the Polaroid next to them.

Subchapter: Scatterbrained

Polaroid #17
After you expose Lucas and talked to Moses, you have to find Safi. Just move forward until you reach the big abstract sculpture to the right, and the big red memory stone to the left with some table in between. The Polaroid is on one of the tables. This will unlock  Picture Taking if you collected all 4 Polaroids in Chapter 4.

Chapter 5 – Decoherence

Subchapter: Under Observation

Polaroid #18
Once you reach the rooftop with Moses, cross it and go to the railing to find the Polaroid.

Subchapter: Quit Stalling

Polaroid #19
Right after you can control Max in the bathroom, turn around to find the Polaroid.

Subchapter: Uncanny Alley

Snapshot #29: Lucas
In the bowling alley, you have to talk to Lucas at the big cherry blossom tree. After you talk to him, you can take a snapshot of him.

Subchapter: Razing the Bar

Polaroid #20
After the bowling area and inside the turtle bar, switch to the Dead World to find the Polaroid on a table in front of the stage. This will unlock  Viewfinding if you collected all 3 Polaroids in Chapter 5 &  Archival Footage if you collected all 20 Polaroids.

Snapshot #30: Gwen
For story purposes, you have to talk to Gwen outside the bar. Before talking to her, take a snapshot of her.

Subchapter: Back Together Again

For Snapshot #31, #32, and #33, you can only get #31 and #32 or #33. If you did romance Vinh, you can do snapshots #31 and #32.

Snapshot #31: Reggie
After the scene with Safi and her mother, you are in front of the school and have to go to the turtle bar. Move forward, next to the big red stone is Reggie. Talk to him first, then you can do a snapshot after.

Snapshot #32: Loretta
Next to Reggie is Loretta, talk to her first before you can take the snapshot.

But if you did not romance Vinh, then you will only find Loretta here with the cat which gives you snapshot #33 after talking to her.

Snapshot #33: Loretta

Snapshot #34: Caledon Statue
Right in front of the school, you can find the statue of the founder with Lucas sitting in front of it. Here you can take a snapshot of the statue.

Snapshot #35: Moses
When you reach the turtle bar, and after talking to Moses. You can take a snapshot of him.

For Snapshots #36 and #37, you can only get one of them. If you did romance Vinh, you can do snapshot #35.

Snapshot #36: Vinh
In the turtle bar, after talking to Vinh you can take a snapshot of him.

But if you did not romance Vinh, then you will find Reggie and Vinh here which gives you snapshot #36 after talking to them.

Snapshot #37: Reggie and Vinh

Snapshot #38: Amanda
In the turtle bar, after talking to Amanda you can take a snapshot of her.

Snapshot #39: Diamond
In the turtle bar, after talking to Diamond you can take a snapshot of her.

Snapshot #40: Gwen
In the turtle bar, after talking to Gwen you can take a snapshot of her. It’s possible that she is not here depending on previous decisions (it’s currently unclear which decisions makes her not appear here)

Platypus Message 6

After you talked to everyone in the bar, before talking to Moses one last time, the last message pops up.

That’s all of the collectibles in LiS Double Exposure.