If there’s one thing that Squanch Games wanted to deliver with High On Life 2, it’s a tongue-in-cheek satirization of video game tropes and the dark side of society as a whole. This philosophy applies to all areas of the game, including the secret endings you can unlock if you play High On Life 2 in just the right way.
If you want to unlock all achievements, then you also need to unlock the secret endings. That being the case, we’ll guide you through how to get all the endings in High On Life 2.
Certain secret endings are missable, which will require you to play the entire game again if you did not perform the steps necessary to unlock them.
What Are The Secret Endings In High On Life 2?
The secret endings in High On Life 2 require you to accomplish certain unmarked tasks to unlock alternative climaxes to the game’s story.
There are four major endings in High On Life 2:
- The Standard Ending – considered the bad ending.
- The Secret Early Ending – considered the good ending.
- The Secret Ankh Ending – considered the true secret ending.
- The Post-Credits Ending – considered a funny, satirized version of the bad ending.
We’ll walk you through how to unlock every ending, including the secret ending in High On Life 2.
High On Life 2: All Guns, Ranked
Trust these weapons with your life.
How To Unlock Every Ending
With a handful of endings to choose from, you’ll likely encounter the bad ending on your first run through the game.
While you have time to figure out how to unlock some of the endings, there’s also a secret ending that you need to get in the first hour of the game, or you will miss out on it completely.
How To Unlock The Good Secret Ending
Progress through the beginning of the game as normal, following the prompts, showing up to talk shows, and knifing your bounties.
- Collect your guns.
- Return to your house to select the 15 million Peso bounty on your sister, Lizzie.
- Continue as normal through the portal to the Circuit Arcadia Zoo.
- Use Sweezy’s Time Bubble to stop the guards from apprehending you and proceed forward into the zoo toward the aviary.
- Defeat the enemies known as The Good Guys along the way, and use Sweezy’s Time Bubble on a Ludblob to keep moving.
Eventually, you’ll reach the aviary. Scale the wall on the left side of the father-son duo and drop in.
Swing across to Lizzie and let the dialogue play until she’s surrounded by bounty hunters.
The other bounty hunters will back off and let you have the chance to claim Lizzie’s bounty as your own.
Be careful not to miss and fire one shot to defeat Lizzie, ending the game and giving you a look at Lizzie’s funeral and rolling credits, giving you The Good Ending achievement/trophy.
The game then immediately reloads after the credits and lets you fight the bounty hunters off as usual instead.
From there, you can continue playing the game as normal.
How To Unlock The Regular Bad Ending
There are multiple ways to get through the regular ending of the game:
- Fail to defend humans.
- Shoot Nipulon during the trial.
- Succeed in defending the rights of humans.
- Crumple a sheet of paper and shoot it into the basket on the left, scoring until you win.
All of these endings ultimately lead to the climactic fight against Nipulon, which will force you to battle through a humanzapro-induced high to defeat this difficult foe.
How To Unlock The Post-Credits Ending
The post-credit scene is the easiest secret ending to unlock.
All you need to do is patiently sit through the credits without skipping, and then return to The Quarters after the party.
You’ll be treated to a brief outro from Suit-O, who will completely break the fourth wall, thank you for playing the game, ask you continue supporting the devs by buying the game if you haven’t already, and allude to the possibility of a sequel.
How To Unlock The Ankhs For The Memories Ending
To unlock the Ankhs for the Memories ending sequence, you need to complete the three No Escape Room challenges in Pinkline Harbor. Doing so will get you three Ankhs, which you’ll need for this ending.
After the escape rooms are done, you must sign the newsletter to continue along the path for this ending. Walk up to the desk and interact with the newsletter to do so.
Once you finish the final mission against Nipulon, you can enjoy the party in your honor.
Near the entrance, you’ll find an Ankh that you can interact with. Touch it and enjoy the final sequence for this secret ending.
High On Life 2: How To Get The BALL Gun
That discarded gun in your Quarters is unlockable.
