Clannad is a drama and romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Tomoya Okazaki. Most of its gameplay is spent on reading the story's narrative and dialogue. Clannad follows a branching plot line with multiple endings; depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.

The game is divided into two parts: "High School arc" and "After Story". Initially, the High School arc is the only one available, but once the player meets all the conditions in the High School arc, After Story is made accessible. The goal in both arcs is to find "Orbs of Light". These are usually awarded after Tomoya helps out a character within the story and understands their backstory, which is usually (though not always) a result of finishing their scenarios.


The High School arc contains the final year of high school of the main protagonist, Tomoya Okazaki, in which he meets all of the characters in the game.
There are 11 routes in the High School arc that the player will have the chance to experience. You can obtain 8 Light Orbs in this arc; one of the lights may disappear in Komura's route, but will regain in After Story.

After Story is the continuation of Nagisa's scenario in the High School arc, and details Tomoya and Nagisa's life after they graduate from school.
To enter the After Story, you need to meet all the conditions in the High School arc to unlock it; you must have obtained a total of 8 Light Orbs (7 if you lose one) and have finished the Nagisa and Fúko routes. Once you have finished those, the "After Story" option will appear on the title screen.
There are 3 endings and 5 Light Orbs to collect (you will also regain 1 Light Orb if you lost one in Komura's route), which will allow you to progress further into After Story.

Complete the prologue
Start a New Game and complete the short prologue. This achievement will unlock just before April 14 starts.

Complete all scenarios
Complete all the main scenarios of the game. This does not include Sunohara's special ending. As certain story events are blocked until other specific routes are completed, it is best to complete the scenarios in the following order:

Obtain a light orb
Throughout the game, depending on your decisions, you may earn an Orb of Light. These are usually awarded after Tomoya helps out a character within the story and understands their backstory. This achievement will unlock after you earn your first Light Orb (an unskippable cutscene of an open palm with a Light Orb floating down will play).

Obtain all light orbs
Throughout the game, depending on your decisions, you may earn an Orb of Light. These are usually awarded after Tomoya helps out a character within the story and understands their backstory. Every time you obtain a Light Orb, an unskippable cutscene of an open palm with a Light Orb floating down will play.

If you are ever unsure of how many Light Orbs you have, then on the title screen, count how many blue lights are to the left of the tree. Unfortunately, there is no way to tell which Light Orbs you are missing. The Light Orb cutscene will not play if you have already gotten that specific one.

There are thirteen Light Orbs in total. Do note that you may lose one during Toshio Koumura's route, but will regain it in After Story. If you lose a Light Orb in Koumura's route, that will not affect your progress for unlocking After Story. The following is a list of all the Light Orbs in the game and which route to follow.

1. Sunohara's Ending
   
2. Yukine's Ending
   
3. Kotomi's Ending
   
4. Kyou's Ending
   
5. Kappei's Ending
   
6. Related to Misae during Tomoyo's route (refer to "The blooming sakura" for walkthrough)
   
7. Tomoyo's Ending
   
8. Koumura's Ending
   
9. Related to Sanae during After Story
   
10. Related to Yoshino during After Story
    
11. Related to Tomoya's father during After Story
    
12. Related to Fúko and Ibuki during After Story
    
13. Akio's Ending during After Story

Complete the Sunohara's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

April 20

• Ask if it's all right to stay
  
• Ask whether I can come again

April 21

• Look out the window

April 22

• Have him stop it already

April 23

• Talk to her in Sunohara's place

April 24

• Really? You will?
  
• Accept your fate

Complete Yukine Miyazawa's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

April 18

• Go sleep
  
• Talk to her a bit more

April 19 (Only necessary if you don't meet Yukine in the previous day)

• Go to the old school building
  
• To the reference room
  
• Talk to her a bit more

April 20

• Ask if it's all right to stay

April 21

• Look out the window
  
• Persist and go to Misae-san's room

April 22

• Stay
  
• Have him stop it already

April 24

• Really? You will?
  
• Accept your fate

No date

• Let her sleep
  
• It's all right
  
• Let her sleep

Complete Kotomi Ichinose's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

April 15

• Ignore her
  
• Skip class
  
• Go down to the courtyard
  
• Keep talking

April 16 (Only necessary if you don't meet Kotomi in the previous day)

• Skip class

April 17

• Skip class
  
• Follow her
  
• Check for cut-up pages

April 18

• The library
  
• Enter the library
  
• I can't leave her alone
  
• Continue eating with Nagisa as usual

April 20

• Ask if it's all right to stay

April 30

• Help Kotomi

May 3

• Not yet...

May 4

• Just keep things the way they are

May 5

• Tell her what the gentleman said

May 10

• Keep going

May 11

• Tell them they can't give up
  
• Keep going

Complete Ryou Fujibayashi's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

April 15

• Apologize

April 16

• Try pressing for details

April 20

• Ask whether I can come again

April 21

• Look out the window

April 22

• Take him for now
  
• Have him stop it already

April 23

• Follow her

April 24

• Really? You will?

April 25

• Just go to the school gate

April 26

• Let's give it a try

April 28

• Short hair

May 4

• Tanzanite

May 5

• Kiss her

Complete Kyou Fujibayashi's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

April 15

• Apologize

April 16

• Try pressing for details

April 20

• Ask whether I can come again

April 21

• Look out the window

April 22

• Take him for now
  
• Have him stop it already

April 23

• Follow her

April 24

• Really? You will?

April 25

• Just go to the school gate

April 26

• Let's give it a try

April 28

• Long hair

May 3

• Try practising

May 4

• Amethyst

May 5

• Kiss her

May 7

• Run out

Complete Kappei Hiiragi's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

April 16

• Help

April 18

• I can't leave her alone

April 18 or 19

• Talk to her a bit more (with Yukine)

April 20

• Follow him
  
• See what happens for a bit longer
  
• Help

April 21

• Be late
  
• Jump right
  
• Find the address and give it back

April 22

• Take him for now
  
• Don't help

April 24

• Accept your fate
  
• Don't play

No date

• Find him a place to stay

Complete Misae Sagara's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

April 15

• Talk to her

April 16

• Help

April 17

• Talk to her

April 18

• Talk to her

April 20

• Help
  
• Ask if it's all right to stay
  
• Ask whether I can come again

April 21

• Don't go
  
• How you scold
  
• How you worry
  
• How your futon smells nice

Complete Tomoyo Sakagami's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

Also note that you can obtain Misae's Orb of Light in Tomoyo's route. You will first need to finish Misae's scenario as in order to unlock the optional choices for Misae's Light Orb. All of the underlined choices are needed for getting the Light Orb.

Also note that you can get the "Tomoyo, Weapon of Mass Destruction" achievement during Tomoyo’s route. However, you will first need to complete Toshio Koumura's route so I recommend you to stick with the original order and play Koumura’s scenario afterwards. You can get this achievement very fast later as playing through Tomoyo's scenario will allow you to skip the reading parts. Refer to "Tomoyo, Weapon of Mass Destruction" for a guide.

April 15

• Go down to the courtyard
  
• Keep talking
  
• Watch how things turn out
  
• I'm interested in this
  
• Talk to her

April 16

• Go with Sunohara
  
• Help

April 17

• Follow him (the second one)
  
• Talk to her

April 18

• Accept
  
• I can't leave her alone
  
• Help her
  
• Talk to her

April 19

• Have him stop it already

April 20

• Ask if it's all right to stay
  
• Ignore him

April 21

• Wake up like a good student
  
• Say something
  
• I guess so
  
• Persist and go to Misae-san's room

April 22

• No, it's not like that
  
• Have him stop it already

April 23

• About the fact that she's trying to reform the drama club

April 24

• Perhaps I just want to be with Tomoyo

May 5

• Think things can't go on like this

May 6

• It's not all right

May 11

• Help

Complete Fúko Ibuki's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

Also note that you can get the "Fúko Master!" achievement during Fúko’s route. If you don’t want to bother with this achievement right now you can get it very fast later as playing through her scenario will allow you to skip the reading parts. Refer to "Fúko Master!" for a guide.

April 15

• Go down to the courtyard
  
• Keep talking
  
• I feel concerned

April 16

• No reason to make that much of an effort
  
• Help

April 17

• Go look for her
  
• Look in the class next door
  
• Try talking to her

April 18

• An empty classroom
  
• I'll watch her a bit more

April 21

• Look out the window

April 23

• No (the choice with Nagisa)
  
• Go for a walk
  
• Call out to it

April 24

• Stay like this (You can choose to "Embrace her", but it will lock you out of Fúko end A)

April 26

• Ask them what's wrong
  
• Help her

May 11

• Be THE man

No date

• Can I kiss you -> Fúko end A
  
• Can we stay like this -> Fúko end B

Complete Toshio Koumura's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

Also note that you may lose one Light Orb in Toshio Koumura's route. Don't worry; it doesn't affect getting into After Story and you will regain it in your first playthrough in After Story.

April 15

• Go down to the courtyard
  
• Keep talking
  
• I feel concerned

April 16

• No reason to make that much of an effort
  
• Help

April 18

• Start eating with Kotomi

April 21

• Look out the window

April 23

• No (the choice with Nagisa)

April 24

• Embrace her

April 26

• Ask them what's wrong

April 27

• It's not alright

April 28
On April 28 you don't necessarily need to choose Kyou as your basketball member. Depending on your other choices, you may get the chance to choose other characters instead, but this guide only covers Kyou. So to default to going with Kyou, choose:

• Search the new school building
  
• Look around the third floor
  
• Explain
  
• Practice

April 30

• Let Kyou take the last shot

Complete Nagisa Furukawa's scenario
This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

Also note that the underlined choices are not necessary to get Nagisa's ending, but are needed to unlock additional Light Orbs in After Story, which are required for unlocking the true ending (note that you can always replay Nagisa's route and the data will transfer over to After Story).

April 15

• Go down to the courtyard
  
• Keep talking
  
• I feel concerned

April 16

• No reason to make that much of an effort
  
• Help

April 18

• I can't leave her alone

April 20

• Follow him
  
• See what happens for a bit longer
  
• Help

April 21

• Look out the window

April 23

• No (the choice with Nagisa)
  
• Talk to her in Sunohara's place

April 24

• Embrace her

April 26

• Ask them what's wrong
  
• Sure

April 27

• It's all right
  
• It's not alright

April 28
On April 28 you don't necessarily need to choose Kyou as your basketball member. Depending on your other choices, you may get the chance to choose other characters instead, but this guide only covers Kyou. Note that you can’t get the good ending if you choose Fúko, Yukine, Ryou, or Nagisa. Otherwise, To default to going with Kyou, choose:

• Search the new school building
  
• Look around the third floor
  
• Explain
  
• Practice

April 30

• I'll take the last shot

May 2

• I like her

May 11

• You're a good father
  
• Yell

Complete the true ending
True ending is the last ending in After Story and it's initially locked. To unlock it you will have to go through an After Story Standard Ending first. Then you will unlock Akio's Ending, and after finishing it, you will have the True Ending route unlocked. This achievement will unlock after the last scene in the true ending.

If you selected all of the underlined choices in Nagisa's route you can obtain a total of 4 Light Orbs that are needed for unlocking Akio's route. You will also regain 1 Light Orb if you lost one in Komura's route.

Start After Story and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant.

• It's not too much, it's impossible
  
• Answer honestly
  
• Sing
  
• Ask if there's more
  
• ......
  
• Hold it in
  
• Go look

After finishing the first playthrough you will now have 12 Light Orbs. You are now able to play Akio's Ending. Here you can get the 13th Orb of Light which is needed for unlocking the True Ending and it is as well the last Light Orb in the game.

Start After Story again and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant.

• Oh, fine

You will now have all thirteen Light Orbs and ready to unlock the True Ending.

Start After Story and select the following choices for the last time:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant.

• It's not too much, it's impossible
  
• ......
  
• Hold it in

Achieve glorious victory in the baseball scenario!
Complete the baseball scenario and achieve victory. This achievement will unlock after the credits.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

April 15

• Watch how things turn out
  
• I'm interested in this

April 16

• Go with Sunohara

April 17

• Follow him (the second one)
  
• Waste time outside school -> Sleep
  
• Keep waiting -> Look in the class next door
  
• Try talking to her

April 18

• An empty classroom
  
• I'll watch her a bit more
  
• Talk to her a bit more

April 19

• Talk to her a bit more

April 20

• Follow him
  
• See what happens for a bit longer
  
• Help

April 21

• Look out the window

April 22

• No, it's not like that

April 23

• Don't talk to her

April 24

• Really? You will?
  
• Play

April 25

• Warn her
  
• Stop him because you feel bad
  
• Make Sunohara buy things

April 28

• She'll work
  
• Stop him
  
• Put on an act

Complete the gamebook, "Welcome to the Heartbeat☆Academy"
Depending on your choices, you may get the opportunity to check out a choose-your-own adventure book in Sunohara's room on April 20. There's few ways how you can get the option to read the book to appear but this guide will only cover one. You must obtain specific endings of the adventure book in order to unlock this achievement. This achievement will unlock after a short conversation with Sunohara.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you out of reading the adventure book.

April 15

• Ignore her

April 16

• Help

April 18

• Have her read my fortune
  
• Talk to her

April 20

• Help
  
• Ask if it's alright to stay
  
• Try reading the adventure book
  
• Watch her walk away
  
• Keep watching
  
• Confess
  
• Shake her off
  
• Go with Steve
  
• Fight on your own
  
• Open it
  
• Shake him off
  
• Shake her off

Achieve a 64 hit combo with Tomoyo
You might have noticed the running gag of Tomoyo kicking Sunohara whenever they meet, complete with a combo counter on the top right screen. 64-hits is the highest combo possible but you will need to have completed Toshio Koumura's route before you can attempt this achievement. This is because he will not show up to continue the combo if you have not completed his route. The event happens in Tomoyo's route during the Founder's Festival on May 11. This achievement will unlock after 64-hits and a "Perfect" shows up on screen.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

April 15

• Go down to the courtyard
  
• Keep talking
  
• Watch how things turn out
  
• I'm interested in this
  
• I feel concerned

April 16

• Go with Sunohara
  
• Help

April 17

• Follow him (the second one)
  
• Waste time inside school
  
• Sleep
  
• Try talking to her
  
• Talk to her

April 18

• Accept
  
• An empty classroom
  
• I'll watch her just a bit more
  
• Go sleep
  
• Help her

April 19

• Have him stop it already

April 21

• Wake up like a good student
  
• Say something
  
• I guess so
  
• Persist and go to Misae-san's room

April 22

• No, it's not like that
  
• Have him stop it already

April 23

• About the fact that she's trying to reform the drama club

April 24

• Perhaps I just want to be with Tomoyo

April 26

• Let's eat in the school cafeteria

May 5

• Think things can't go on like this

May 6

• Interfere
  
• It's not all right

May 11

• Kick him back

Change class to Fúko Master
At certain points during Fúko's route, you will get the opportunity to play pranks on her. Not all pranks will work at each location, therefore you must select the appropriate one each time. This achievement will unlock after using all pranks twice to level them up to "Master" and then choosing "Massage her nose" on April 30.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you into another route.

Also note that you don't necessarily have to follow this walkthrough. You can try mixing and matching the pranks in different situations.

April 15

• Go down to the courtyard
  
• Keep talking
  
• I feel concerned

April 16

• No reason to make that much of an effort
  
• Help

April 17

• Go look for her
  
• Look in the class next door
  
• Try talking to her

April 18

• An empty classroom
  
• I'll watch her a bit more

April 21

• Look out the window
  
• I'm bored; I should try to make her drink juice through her nose.

April 22

• Time for prank
  
• Put her around somewhere Lv1

April 23

• No (the choice with Nagisa)
  
• Go for a walk
  
• Call out to it
  
• Time for a prank
  
• Switch the person she's talking to Lv1

April 24

• Call out to it
  
• Time for a prank
  
• Switch the carving she's holding Lv1
  
• Stay like this

April 25

• Call out to it
  
• Switch the person she's talking to Lv2

April 26

• Ask them what's wrong
  
• Help her
  
• Put her around somewhere Lv2

April 27

• Slowly pinch her nose

April 28

• Time for a prank
  
• Switch the carving she's holding Lv2

April 29

• Time for a prank
  
• Make her drink juice with her nose Lv2

April 30

• Massage her nose

Jet Saito makes his appearance
Jet Saito is a very random (not as in the chances of it appearing but in how weird and silly it is) cameo event that happens. The achievement will unlock right after you move to the next piece of dialogue after the CG.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant. Also note that strike-throughed text means that the choice might appear depending on your other choices, but you must not choose it, otherwise it'll lock you out of this event.

Also note that depending on your other choices you can cause Jet Saito to appear either in a clasroom or in the school hallway.

April 15

• Watch how things turn out
  
• I'm interested in this

April 16

• Go with Sunohara
  
• Help

April 17

• Go and watch -> Do Nothing; or
  
• Stay in the classroom -> Follow him
  
• Do Nothing

April 18

• Go sleep
  
• Talk to her a bit more

April 19 (Only necessary if you don't meet Yukine in the previous day)

• Go to the old school building
  
• To the reference room
  
• Talk to her a bit more

April 20

• Help
  
• Ask if it's all right to stay

April 21

• Be late
  
• Jump right
  
• Find the address and give it back
  
• Persist and go to Misae-san's room

April 22

• Stay
  
• Take him for now
  
• Don't help

Complete Sunohara's ending
This is technically a bad end, that's why there's no credit scene after Sunohara's route. The main goal is to dissapoint as many girls as possible and it gets really hilarious near the end. This achievement will unlock after the last dialogue before you move to the menu.

Start a new game and select the following choices:
Note that all of the choices that are written down below are necessary and all of the other choices that are not written down below are irrelevant.

April 15

• Ignore her
  
• Skip class
  
• Go down to the courtyard
  
• Keep talking
  
• Watch how things turn out
  
• I'm interested in this
  
• I feel concerned
  
• Do nothing

April 16

• Go with Sunohara
  
• Run to buy a sandwich
  
• Help

April 17

• Follow him (the second one)
  
• Skip class
  
• Follow her
  
• Go look for her
  
• Look in the class next door
  
• Just leave

April 18

• Accept
  
• The library
  
• Enter the library
  
• I can't leave her alone
  
• Start eating with Kotomi
  
• Help her

April 19

• Have him stop it already
  
• Go to the old school building
  
• To the reference room
  
• Leave here

April 20

• Leave the library

April 21

• Wake up like a good student
  
• Say something
  
• I guess so

April 22

• You are bothering me

April 23

• Yeah

Thank you for your attention if you managed to read this. If you believe I've missed something or I should change something, leave a comment!

Also the reason why I write "Fúko" is because Steam somehow tends to censor her name therefore I decided to write it differently.