While Split Fiction boasts a linear co-op adventure, it's peppered with delightful detours: Side Stories. These optional adventures, though not essential to the main plot, offer some of the game's most memorable moments. This guide reveals their locations.
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Chapters 2 through 5 each hold three Side Stories (12 total). While optional, completing them unlocks an achievement and provides unique experiences, such as a pig transformation sequence or a deadly game show challenge.
Chapter 2 Side Stories
- Legend of the Sandfish: Appears naturally after completing Chapter 2's "Rush Hour" section; impossible to miss.
- Farmlife: Located in the "Streets of Neon" section, after hopping a small barrier, before the left elevators.
- Mountain Hike: Found in "Big City Life," near the Port-A-Potties. Have Mio enter a Port-A-Potty, then use Zoe to throw her to the opposite ledge with a ladder. Have Mio drop the ladder for access.
Chapter 3 Side Stories
- Train Heist: In "Lord Evergreen," on a ledge reachable via wall-running, while navigating the water with a plank.
- Gameshow: Found in "Walking Sticks of Doom," on a platform after a side-scrolling section, requiring minor platforming.
- Collapsing Star: Located in "Halls of Ice," on the main path through the palace; difficult to miss.
Chapter 4 Side Stories
- Kites: At the end of the long tube in "Toxic Tumblers."
- Moon Market: In "Test Chamber," on a left-hand ledge after the crane sequence, requiring some platforming.
- Notebook: The final Chapter 4 Side Story, in "Soaring Desperados." After obtaining the jetpack, avoid the giant wheel and look to the left.
Chapter 5 Side Stories
- Slopes of War: In "Water Temple," after hatching dragons, solve the lever puzzle to the left of the golden balls.
- Space Escape: Found in "Craft Temple," after defeating the dragon. Launch Mio to a ledge using her glide and Zoe's roll; Mio then drops a column for Zoe to climb.
- Birthday Cake: In "Treasure Temple," after completing the soul puzzle, to the left.
Completing all 12 Side Stories unlocks the "Bookworms" achievement.
Split Fiction is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
