The goal of this guide is to help players find everything there is to climb, collect, and complete in Baby Steps in a single playthrough. It will help you avoid excessive backtracking while keeping spoilers to a bare minimum. This guide is excellent for players who want to experience everything Baby Steps has to offer but may not have the time for multiple playthroughs. For those who prefer even fewer spoilers, each chapter includes a Quick Guide. These sections function more like checklists than a full walkthrough. You can also view The Complete Baby Steps Checklist below. This is a complete list of every challenge and cutscene in the game.
I hope you enjoy Baby Steps as much as I did. Thanks for reading,
—MIAWS
All headwear (excluding the final chapter's headwear) trigger playable Dream Sequences when worn during “Camp” cutscenes, so hold onto them until you reach one.
Delivery items never despawn or reset and can be safely stashed for later (excluding the Vase). You may return to a stashed item at any time, regardless of chapter.
You may find it helpful to use IGN’s interactive map alongside this guide. For easy access, a link is included in the footer.
🎥 “Waking Up in Jim’s Peeing Hole”
Check out the graffiti in Jim’s Peeing Hole.
🎥 “Meeting Jim”
🎥 “Exiting the Cave”
👒 Collect the Ranger Hat hanging from the wooden beam atop the stone structure.
🍎 Collect the Pear hanging from the dead tree near the cave that overlooks the large pond.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the destroyed bridge in the large pond.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the Ferris wheel gondola.
🧩 Climb to the top of the Ferris wheel.
Check out the graffiti in the fallen gondola near the Ferris wheel.
🏆📦 Collect the World’s Best Dad Cup atop the wagon to deliver it to the first fire tower.
👒 Collect the Propeller Cap atop the carousel roof.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the boulder near the mudslide.
Check out the graffiti on the back of the sign.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the boulder on the ridge above the Shoe Stand.
🎥 “Shoe Shark” (trigger by approaching the front of the shoe stand)
🎥 “Nice Day Hole” (trigger by trying to crawl out of the hole at the bottom of the mudslide)
🍎 Collect the Apple atop the large rock formation west of the starting cave.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the small boulder south of the Old Salt Mine campsite.
🎥 “Camp”
TO COMPLETE LATER:
🏆 Collect the Pedometer on a boulder south of the Ferris wheel, then complete the game within 10,000 steps.
👓🧩 Climb the invisible Egg Route on the mountains south of the Ferris wheel.
👓🧩 Complete the Invisible Gym located above the mountains south of the Ferris wheel.
🎥 “Onward and Upward”
🧩 Check out the graffiti atop the boulder near the ruined path.
📌 Check out the Donkey Cave above the carnival area.
🧩 Check out the graffiti on the cliffside above the trail west of the barn.
🐤 Befriend Hewie, the baby chick, inside the barn.
Check out the graffiti in the barn.
🎥 “Jim and the Flea Pit” (trigger by falling into the circular pit beside the barn)
🧩 Climb the first fire tower and peer through the telescope.
🥫 Knock over the cans inside the shallow pit on the trail east of the fire tower.
📌 Check out the large animal on the trail toward the stone basin.
Check out the graffiti in the stone basin.
🎥 “Stepping on Horace” (trigger by stepping on the man in the mud beneath the stone basin)
👒 Collect the Bucket Hat near the bottom of the stairs leading up to the stockades.
🍎 Collect the Orange hanging from the tree above the stockades.
🎥 “Screaming” (trigger by falling from the three wooden steps near the waterfall’s stream)
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the boulder near the waterfall’s stream.
🎥 “The Cairn” (trigger by touching the stack of rocks west of the waterfall’s stream)
👒 Collect the Crown near the exposed edge of the ruins near the water crossing.
🍎 Collect the Persimmon hanging from the tree high above the stairs near the water crossing.
🧩 Knock over all the glass bottles on the trail west of the water crossing.
🎥 “The Portaloo” (trigger by touching the portaloo west of the water crossing)
Check out the graffiti on the wall behind the waterfall upstream from the portaloo.
🎥 “Grapple Point!” (trigger by finding a tree with a grappling hook in it west of the portaloo)
🧩 Cross the mudslide beneath the grappling hook by using the fallen bricks.
🎥 “Camp”
🎥 “Onward and Upward”
📞 “Cassie’s Promotion” (trigger by answering the Payphone in the woods north of the Jail)
📌 Check out the bear on the bridge west of the Payphone.
🧩 Climb the artificial rock wall near the bear on the bridge.
👒 Collect the Frog Hat hanging from the wooden beam atop the Frog Temple.
🥫 Knock over the cans on the wall at the Frog Temple.
🥫 Knock over the cans on the large boulder near the ridge wall.
👒 Collect the GoPro Helmet atop the stone structure in the middle of the lake.
🍎 Collect the Banana atop the stone structure in the middle of the lake.
🧩 Climb through the Ruined Barracks east of the lake.
🏆 Kick the soccer ball into the goal at the soccer field east of the Ruined Barracks.
🧩 Check out the graffiti atop the rock arch west of the lake.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the Ruined Jail near the rock arch.
🎥 “Jim and the Bear Trap” (trigger by stepping in the bear trap among the yellow signs)
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the wooden scaffold in the meadow.
🏆📦 Collect the Lost Keys inside Mitchell’s House to deliver them to the second fire tower.
🐤 Befriend Louie, the baby chick, at the pond atop the mountain by the gorge.
Check out the graffiti on the rock near the pond atop the mountain.
🧩 Climb the second fire tower and peer through the telescope.
🍎 Collect the Avocado hanging from a tree deep in the gorge, west of the trees.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the dead tree southwest of the mushroom-shaped rock.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the mushroom-shaped rock west of the Boring Tower.
Check out the graffiti on the large rock east of the Boring Tower.
🎥 “Bottom of the Boring Tower”
🎥 “Very Slightly Up the Boring Tower”
🧩 Climb the Boring Tower.
🧩 Check out the graffiti on the side of the Boring Tower.
🎥 “Camp”
TO COMPLETE LATER:
🏆 Collect the Alarm Clock beneath the bear and carry it to the credits within two hours.
🏆📦 Collect the Chest Key in Chapter 7 to unlock the Chest east of the first Payphone.
👓🧩 Climb the invisible Inverted Tower.
🎥 “Onward and Upward”
👒 Collect the Tyrolean Hat hanging high in the woods just left of the campsite.
🍎 Collect the Papaya hanging from the tree a short distance up the road from the campsite.
🏆📦 Collect the Vase within Trophy Cave beside the lower pond to deliver it to the fire tower.
👒 Collect the Donkey Hood located at the bottom of the well in the Master’s Mansion area.
🧩 Climb the third fire tower and peer through the telescope.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the pillar in the Master’s Mansion area.
Check out the graffiti inside the well in the Master’s Mansion area.
🎥 “Best Toilet” (trigger by entering the outhouse on the island in the middle of the lake)
📌 Trigger an event by ascending the trail east of the “Best Toilet.”
Check out the graffiti in the cave above Cherimoya Lake.
🍎 Collect the Cherimoya above the stone structure near Cherimoya Lake.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the boulder with the flipped-over picnic table leaning against it.
🏆 Complete Jesse’s Gym located beneath Cherimoya Lake in under 1:18.00.
Check out the graffiti in Jesse's Gym.
👒 Collect the Cardboard Box Hat at the top of the Box Hell area.
Check out the graffiti in the box tunnel on the east side of Box Hell.
🥫 Knock over the cans resting at the end of a diving board near Peach Lake.
🍎 Collect the Peach atop the massive rock in the center of Peach Lake.
🧩 Collect the Binoculars on the cliffside a few meters beneath the Retirement Village.
🎥 “Sitting on My Husband” (trigger by climbing toward the top of the Retirement Village)
Check out the graffiti on the rock wall west of the Retirement Village by the mudslide.
🥫 Knock over the cans beneath the light post atop the mountain… (Impossible. See FAQ.)
🎥 “Mike and the Lemming Leap” (trigger by approaching Mike)
🎥 “Mike Jumps After You” (trigger by leaping from Lemming Leap)
🏆👒 Collect the Trophy Hat from the tortoise in the desert and wear it at the next campsite.
🎥 “Camp”
TO COMPLETE LATER:
👓🥫 Traverse the invisible spinning cubes to knock over the cans on the egg-shaped stone.
Check out the graffiti in the hole before the second sandy staircase.
🥫 Knock over the cans on the boulder west of the hole before the second sandy staircase.
🎥 “Peeing with Jesse” (trigger by reaching the top of the second sandy staircase)
📌 Ride and steer the kart on the Karting Track down to the “Sleepy Lady” dunes.
🏆📦 Collect the Ice Cream from the wagon near Minor Cactus Hell to deliver it to the fire tower.
Check out the graffiti in the waterway southwest of the “Holy Bucket”
🧩 Climb “The Wall,” located north of the Ice Cream Wagon.
Check out the graffiti on “The Wall.”
🧩 Climb the fourth fire tower and peer through the telescope.
🧩 Check out the graffiti atop the mountain north of the fire tower.
🥫 Knock over the cans atop the ridge south of the fire tower.
🎥 “Jim and the Empty Pool” (trigger by trying to climb out of the pool west of the fire tower)
🥫 Knock over the cans on the plank below the sandy ridge north of the empty pool.
📌 Check out the odd-looking cactus near the top of the stone steps in Major Cactus Hell.
🧩🎥 “The Holy Bucket” (trigger by touching the giant blue bucket on the mound)
🧩🎥 “Sunbathing with Mike” (trigger by reaching the short end of the ridge near the sand head and following it up and around to reach Mike)
🍎 Collect the Mango above the Slippery Slope in the east.
Check out the graffiti atop the sandcastle north of the milk stream.
🍎 Collect the Fig hanging above the Red Holy Bucket.
Check out the graffiti in the upper doorway of the Spiral Staircase.
🧩📞 “Taking Out the Trash” (trigger by answering the Payphone high on the mound)
📌 Check out the yellow shovel bridge leading to the sand castle. It resets eventually if it falls.
🎥 “Jim’s Lanterns”
🎥 “Moose’s Lanterns”
🎥 “Pre-Wish Toast”
🎥 “The Wish”
🎥 “Onward and Upward”
🎥 “Onward and Upward”
🥫 Knock over the cans on the boulder down the road by using the ice cream truck as a means of conveyance.
🎥 “Bathing in Milk” (trigger at the pergola near Milk Lake)
🍎 Collect the Pomegranate among the yellow trees south of Milk Lake.
🧩 Collect the Polaroid Camera by crossing the “Ball Pit” sculpture.
📌 Trigger an event by taking a picture of something spectacular. You only have one polaroid, so make it count.
Check out the graffiti underneath the Ball Pit sculpture.
🍎 Collect the Star Fruit by climbing the seesaw sculpture titled “Neither Seen Nor Sawn.”
🍎 Collect the Wax Jambeau by climbing the spiral sculpture titled “Big Kahuna.”
🥫 Knock over the cans on the small boulder east of the spiral sculpture titled “Big Kahuna.”
🧩🎥 “Cozy Tower” (trigger by climbing the “Tower Big and Small” sculpture)
Check out the graffiti in the “Tower Big and Small” sculpture.
🧩🎥 “Childish Games” (trigger by climbing the wooden sculpture titled “Your Mum”)
📌 Check out the well in the center of the rock spiral.
🏆📦 Collect the Baby Trophy in the trees near “The Procession” to deliver it to the fire tower.
🧩 Climb the fifth fire tower and peer through the telescope.
👒🐤 Collect the Bird’s Nest Hat in the tree west of the fire tower. Dewey, the chick, is inside.
🎥 “Jim and the Well” (trigger by jumping into the well surrounded by white flowers)
🍎 Collect the Kiwi at Norman’s Farmhouse, located on the hill beyond the purple flowers.
🧩 Climb the metal steps in the short slot canyon near Norman’s House.
📌 Check out the rest of the sculptures and plaques on the “Sculpture Walk.”
🥫 Knock over the cans on the boulder beside the pillar sculpture titled “The Procession.”
👒 Collect the Sunglasses at the end of the pillar sculpture titled “The Procession.”
🏆👓🎥 Collect the Invisible Trophy on the stone in the Unbanished area.
📌 Take the zipline near the lightpost sculpture to get across the ravine.
👒 Collect the Paper Boat Hat from the stick at the bottom of the ravine.
🍎 Collect the Rambutan at the Hoarder’s House across the ravine.
Check out the graffiti in the Hoarder’s House.
🎥 “Camp”
TO COMPLETE LATER:
🏆📦 Collect the Chest Key to unlock the Chest east of the first Payphone.
🎥 “Onward and Upward”
🍎 Collect the Watermelon above the campsite by pushing the orange girder.
🏆📦 Collect the Mister Falconer Trophy to deliver it to the fire tower.
🍎 Collect the Passion Fruit via the Cacao route, or ride the second waterwheel around to it.
🍎 Collect the Cacao by taking the steps in the hidden slot canyon by the pine trees.
🧩 Climb the sixth fire tower and peer through the telescope.
🎥 “Jim and the Mine Pit” (trigger by approaching the Mine Pit)
🧩 Climb out of the Mine Pit.
Check out the graffiti on the rock near the second waterwheel.
👒 Collect the Hard Hat on the girder overhanging the cliffside.
🎥 “At the Bottom of Jim’s Stairs”
CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PER SAVE FILE:
🎥 “Partway Up Jim’s Stairs” (trigger by climbing Jim’s stairs)
🎥 “Partway Up the Manbreaker” (trigger by climbing the Manbreaker)
CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PER SAVE FILE:
🏆🎥 “Lord Jim and the Stairs” (trigger by climbing Jim’s stairs)
🏆🎥 “I’m a Climber!” (trigger by climbing the Manbreaker)
Check out the graffiti on the Manbreaker.
Check out the graffiti on the Stairs.
🎥 “Camp”
TO COMPLETE LATER:
👓🍎 Collect the Tamarillo by using the platform in Chapter 9 to reach the Hidden Plateau.
🎥 “Waking Up”
🎥 “Carrie”
🎥 “Snowman” (trigger by touching the snowman)
🍎 Collect the Lemon atop the ruins west of the Snowman.
📌 Check out the secret cave in the slot canyon northwest of the ruins.
Check out the graffiti in the secret cave.
🎥 “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” (trigger by following Mike’s voice beneath a barrier)
🎥 Answer the Payphone in the Crashed Train.
🧩 Climb up through the Crashed Train.
Check out the graffiti in the top car of the Crashed Train.
📌 Trigger an event by approaching the Winter Hat from the bottom of the left bank.
👒 Collect the Winter Hat hanging from the tree on the mountain east of the Crashed Train.
👒 Peer through five telescopes to find and collect the Pacifier.
🥫 Knock over the cans on the boulder on the snowy island in the middle of the frozen river.
BACKTRACKING FROM THE ICEFIELDS:
👓🍎 Collect the Tamarillo on the Hidden Plateau by traversing the invisible platform.
🧩 Climb back up to the Sculpture Walk from the Salt Mine tracks.
🏆📦 Collect the Chest Key in Chapter 7 to unlock the Chest east of the first Payphone.
📌🧩 Check out the new metal ladder left of the sandy cave entrance. Climb it on the way back.
👓🥫 Traverse the invisible spinning cubes to knock over the cans on the egg-shaped stone.
👓🧩 Climb the invisible Inverted Tower.
👓🧩 Climb the invisible Egg Route south of the Ferris wheel to reach the Invisible Gym.
👓🧩 Complete the Invisible Gym in under a minute for a reward that leads to a game crash.
📌 Check out the diving board above Jim’s Peeing Hole north of the rock arch.
RETURNING TO THE ICEFIELDS:
Check out the graffiti on the cliffside beneath the Poison Icefields.
🎥 “Home”
🎥 “Go for a Walk”
Check out the graffiti southwest of the summit.
🧩🎥 “The Summit” (trigger by climbing to the summit)
🎥 “The Secret Cutscene” (trigger by skipping every cutscene)
🏆 Collect the Pedometer near the Ferris wheel, then complete the game within 10,000 steps.
🐤 Bring all three baby chicks to The Cabin.
🏆 Collect the Alarm Clock beneath the bear and carry it to the credits within two hours.
👒 See all Dream Sequences by carrying each hat to a “Camp” cutscene.