Detroit: Become Human – How to Get 100% completion in The Painter

Find out how to earn all optional tasks and land 100 percent completion in The Painter chapter of Detroit: Become Human.
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The Painter has plenty of optional content for players to find and complete in Detroit: Become Human to get 100% completion. This article focuses on pointing out the various paths and options that players have in order to gain 100% completion in The Painter. Read on to find out what you’ll need to complete in order to earn 100% completion on The Painter in Detroit: Become Human.

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Spoiler warning – This walkthrough contains heavy spoilers for The Painter, one of the main chapters in Detroit: Become Human. 

The Painter – 100% Completion

Like The Hostage, this chapter of Detroit: Become Human requires multiple playthroughs to unlock 100% on the flowchart. The good news is, nothing you really do in this chapter will hurt anything that happens later in the game, it’s merely a buildup chapter for Markus’ future development. There are a couple of things that are easy to miss along the way, though. To 100% this chapter, just play through it normally and go through all of the different options. There aren’t any real variations until after you serve Carl breakfast.

Activate Birds

Make sure to drop by and activate the birds in the main lobby. This will tick of this marker.

Carl Notices Markus’ Clothes

This option can only be triggered if the protesters from Shades of Color tried to rough up Markus.

Read North Pole Russia/Life on Titan

Look for this magazine in the dining room area. Read it and swipe through both of these articles to complete these two markers.

Find Something to Do

When looking for something to do, you’ll have a few different options. You must complete one of the sub-options in the categories listed below.

Read Book

Visit the bookshelf in the back of the room—near the piano—and read a book on the shelf there.

Play Chess

Look for the chess board next to the window and play a game of chess with Carl.

Play Piano

Interact with the piano in the back of the room and play a song for Carl.

Paint from the Heart

When Carl asks Markus to paint from the heart, you’ll need to paint three different items in order to 100% the chapter.

Androids/Humanity/Identity

Paint all of three of the items (one thing from each category listed here).

Once this is done, you can continue on to our guide on how to get 100% completion on Partners, or head back to our Detroit: Become Human walkthrough for even more content like this, including our in-depth walkthroughs and guide to all magazine locations.


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