Spoilers included. Read at your own risk/desire. 

Hello all, 

I’ve considered creating a written walkthrough of the game to help players get all the hearts. As you may know, there are 104 quests in Grunge and there are three different endings, which are determined by the number of hearts you obtain. Each time you complete a quest, you get a heart. 

However, because written things can be misconstrued (and in some cases, may open up more questions than answers) I’ve decided that I don’t want to do that. I also don’t want to remove the challenge from the game for players who are actively working on getting all the quests. I feel like a video walkthrough would be far more useful to people who are struggling anyways, and I’m planning on doing that in the future. 

For now, I’m providing a guide that details when you can complete certain quests. I’m not going to include information on where (if you have to meet them in the school vs in Copper Junction), but rather just break down which chapter you’ll encounter which quest. 

Not all the quests can be completed at the start of the game. Quests can only be completed in certain areas. So if you progress to chapter three without completing a quest that was in chapter two, you can’t go back and obtain it. 

Generally, I recommend that you talk to everyone in each explorable section of the map, in each chapter. If you’re at school one day, talk to them and see if they need something. If you see them in the city, talk to them again and see if they need something. 

This is another important thing to keep in mind: some quests piggyback off of other quests. And what I mean by that is that if you fail one person’s quest, you could end up failing other peoples’ quests. Right off the bat, I can say that Tony’s quest is an example of that: if you fail his quest, you can’t do Charlie and Marquis’ quests, as that is tied to him. If you don't do Brendan's quest, you can't do Jada's. There are other examples like that in the game. 

Grunge is not meant to be extremely difficult but it’s also not supposed to be completely forgiving and hold-your-hand-like. Quests are not always entirely based on morality, or just on the basis of being a good person alone; sometimes the quest’s solution (such as Lapis or Sheng’s) are difficult to obtain and require you to be extremely careful about your phrasing or your actions. 

If you don't know who any of these people are, check out the Major Characters Guide and the Character Booklet.

What I can say definitively is that if you thoroughly explore the game, you can get enough hearts to earn the romantic ending. 

Quests That Stretch Out Over a Long Period of Time: 

Ale and Sheng. 

Hearts Awarded Automatically As You Progress Throughout The Game: 

9. Talulah. Karenina. Carver. Michael. Brandy. Freddie. Dwayne. Harmond. Your own.

People You Can’t Earn Hearts From: 

There are 9 people you can’t earn hearts from: two children (seen only in Chapter 4), Becky, Kenny, Chester, Tommy’s dad, Carson’s dad

CHAPTER ONE 

• Brendan’s quest (you collect his heart later this chapter) 
• Yenez’s quest
• Sid’s quest
• Mrs. Robinson’s quest   
• Mr. Ramirez’ quest 
• Topher’s quest
• Elijah’s quest 
• Start of Sheng’s quest
• Chris’s quest 
• Steph and Gulliby’s quest (2 hearts at once) 
• Carlos’ quest 
• Marquis’s quest
• Tony’s quest 
• Carson’s quest 
• Edd’s quest
• Tommy’s quest 
• Javi’s quest
• Blue’s quest (go and see him again in Chapter 2) 
• Abigail’s quest
• Tara’s quest 
• Ms. Winters’ quest 
• Charlie’s quest 
• DeAndre’s quest 
• Georgia’s quest 
• Sasha’s quest 
• Michael’s quest 
• Craig’s quest 
• Lapis’ quest 
• Jada’s quest 
• Start of Ale’s quest 
• Marco and Ali’s quest (2 hearts at once) 
• Shaniqua’s quest

CHAPTER TWO 

• Margarita’s quest 
• Manolo’s quest 
• Diego’s quest 
• Mr Jordan’s quest
• Lynn’s quest  
• Luther’s quest 
• Jasmyn’s quest
• Latoya’s quest 
• Mateo’s quest
• Cesar’s quest 
• Michelle’s quest 
• Kelly’s quest 
• Rachel’s quest
• Wade’s quest
• Billy’s quest 
• Winnie’s quest
• Clarissa’s quest 
• Heine’s quest 
• Keke’s quest
• Rat’s quest
• Jamiya’s quest 
• Monae’s quest 
• Tamara’s quest 
• Malik’s quest 
• Mrs. McGrady’s quest
• Uzuri’s quest 
• Diwali’s quest 
• Mr Rosales quest
• Dulce’s quest 
• Finn’s quest 
• Marisol’s quest 
• Flo’s quest 
• Wendy quest 
• Amaya’s quest 
• Akila’s quest 
• Richard/Dick’s quest 
• RJ Quest
• Glenda Quest
• Winston Quest
• Kiriko Quest*** has very specific steps

CHAPTER THREE 

• Iggi’s quest 
• Sol’s quest 
• Eko’s quest
• Father Francis quest 
• Danielle’s quest 
• Candace’s quest
• Vicki’s quest 
• Jessica quest
• Mr Katz quest 
• Eman’s quest 
• Jaxton’s quest 
• Phyllis’ quest 
• Polly and Dolly’s quest (2 hearts at once) 

CHAPTER FOUR 

• Maddie’s quest 
• Mei’s quest 
• Colton’s quest 
• Alexis’ quest 
• Loretta’s quest 
• Brianne’s quest