Li Zhi / Empress route
From returning to court through the empress-seat conflict and dual-rule arc, track power, prestige, affinity, and court choices.
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Road to Empress 2 100% guide
Road to Empress 2 completion checklist for prerequisites, branch choices, QTE pass/fail states, voice messages, bonus scenes, and easy-to-miss nodes.
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Road to Empress 2 100% guide
Road to Empress 2 completion checklist for prerequisites, branch choices, QTE pass/fail states, voice messages, bonus scenes, and easy-to-miss nodes.
Answer summary
Road to Empress 2 100% guide
- What matters for 100% completion?
- Track safe choices, failure branches, QTE pass/fail states, voice messages, and bonus scenes, not only the main route.
- Best cleanup order?
- Fill branch gaps by chapter, collect bad endings, then verify achievements and voice-message entries.
Last updated: 2026-07-11 · Sources are listed in page tables and the sources page.
Direct answer
For RTE 2 100% completion, do not only follow safe choices. Track failure branches, bad endings, QTE pass/fail states, voice messages, and bonus scenes. The fastest order is one safe clear, then chapter replay for red ending nodes.
Steps
100% cleanup steps
- Build a chapter checklist
Track watched scenes, choices, QTEs, and voice messages by chapter.
- Replay failure branches
Prioritize options that lead to numbered endings, deaths, failures, or route breaks.
- Verify achievements last
After routes, endings, and voice messages are complete, verify story, cumulative, court-system, and route-locked achievements.
The 100% page is a cleanup guide: follow the steps first, replay by chapter and ending node, then verify achievements and voice messages.
Completion guide
Guide deep dive
Route coverage
Li Tai / New World route
Starts by leaving Ganye Temple; watch promise traps, escape nodes, northern-arc variations, and three-person HE prerequisites.
67 scenes / 167 choices / 54 ending nodesChapter index
Prologue: Choice of FateChapter 17: A New EraChapter 18: Devouring Palace 2.0 IChapter 19: Devouring Palace 2.0 IIChapter 20: Devouring Palace 2.0 IIIChapter 21: The Unwanted Consort IChapter 22: The Unwanted Consort IIChapter 23: Chief of the Nine Consorts IChapter 24: Chief of the Nine Consorts IIChapter 25: Entering Court IChapter 26: Entering Court IIChapter 27: Battle for the Empress Seat IChapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat IIChapter 29: Mother of the Realm IChapter 30: Mother of the Realm IIChapter 31: Feast of Power IChapter 32: Feast of Power IIChapter 33: Two Sovereigns at Court IChapter 34: Two Sovereigns at Court IIChapter 35: Between Emperor and Empress IChapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress IIChapter 37: Sun and Moon Together IChapter 38: Sun and Moon Together IIChapter 39: Flourishing Empire IChapter 40: Flourishing Empire IIChapter 41: Flourishing Empire IIIChapter 17: No Escape from Ganye Temple IChapter 18: No Escape from Ganye Temple IIChapter 19: Dangerous Reunion IChapter 20: Dangerous Reunion IIChapter 21: Beyond the ShacklesChapter 22: A New World IChapter 23: A New World II
Cleanup focus
Use safe branches for the first clear, then replay red bad-ending branches chapter by chapter.
For quick-timed danger scenes, record both pass and fail states because completion gaps often hide there.
Li Zhi, Li Tai, and New World prerequisites differ, so filter by route when cleaning up.
| Ending | Route | Location | Trigger choice | Safe choice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ending 001 | Li Zhi route | Prologue: Choice of Fate / Scene 2 | Beg her for mercy and ask her not to cut your face | Snatch the flower hairpin and eliminate Liu Xi |
| Ending 002 | Li Zhi route | Prologue: Choice of Fate / Scene 2 | Stop struggling to protect the Prince of Wei | Snatch the flower hairpin and eliminate Liu Xi |
| Ending 005 | Li Zhi route | Prologue: Choice of Fate / Scene 3 | Do nothing | Snatch the flower hairpin |
| Ending 006 | Li Zhi route | Prologue: Choice of Fate / Scene 4 | Do nothing | Assassinate Liu Xi |
| Ending 003 | Li Zhi route | Prologue: Choice of Fate / Scene 7 | Force your way out | Call out loudly to Li Zhi |
| Ending 004 | Li Zhi route | Prologue: Choice of Fate / Scene 7 | Ask the nun to deliver the hairpin to Li Zhi | Call out loudly to Li Zhi |
| Ending 007 | Li Zhi route | Prologue: Choice of Fate / Scene 8 | Do nothing | Mash the prompt to struggle free |
| Ending 008 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 17: A New Era / Scene 11 | Agree | Refuse |
| Ending 009 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 17: A New Era / Scene 12 | Use Consort Xiao's resentment toward Empress Wang | Use Empress Wang's wariness of Consort Xiao |
| Ending 010 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 17: A New Era / Scene 14 | Actually... we were more than old acquaintances | It is true |
| Ending 011 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 17: A New Era / Scene 14 | They are all rumors | It is true |
| Ending 012 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 17: A New Era / Scene 15 | We were more than old acquaintances | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 013 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 17: A New Era / Scene 15 | It is true | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 013 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 17: A New Era / Scene 15 | They are all rumors | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 014 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 17: A New Era / Scene 16 | If I become a palace maid, I can help the Empress more | I am willing |
| Ending 015 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 17: A New Era / Scene 16 | If I become His Majesty's consort, I can help the Empress more | I am willing |
| Ending 016 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 18: Devouring Palace 2.0 I / Scene 22 | Ask the Empress to punish the insolent servant | Say you believe Linglong did not mean it / Aunt, I will not let you speak of the Empress that way |
| Ending 017 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 18: Devouring Palace 2.0 I / Scene 23 | I truly cannot bear this anymore | My life has long belonged to the Empress / I simply enjoy doing rough work |
| Ending 018 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 18: Devouring Palace 2.0 I / Scene 24 | Your Majesty, I want to secure status through a child as soon as possible | His Majesty should spend more time with the Empress |
| Ending 019 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 18: Devouring Palace 2.0 I / Scene 24 | His Majesty should spend more time with Consort Xiao | His Majesty should spend more time with the Empress |
| Ending 020 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 18: Devouring Palace 2.0 I / Scene 25 | Actually, I do not want His Majesty to visit the Empress | That is what I truly feel |
| Ending 021 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 19: Devouring Palace 2.0 II / Scene 28 | Smile faintly and remember it for later | Look so wronged that you almost cry |
| Ending 023or024 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 19: Devouring Palace 2.0 II / Scene 32 | Report this to the Empress immediately | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 022 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 19: Devouring Palace 2.0 II / Scene 32 | Forget the strange people and events; tomorrow is a new day | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 025 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 19: Devouring Palace 2.0 II / Scene 33 | Use the mistake to shift the blame toward the Empress | Confront Consort Xiao and defend the Empress's innocence |
| Ending 026 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 20: Devouring Palace 2.0 III / Scene 39 | Use it to buy rare gifts for the Empress and Noble Consort Liu | Distribute it to lower-ranking palace servants |
| Ending 027 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 20: Devouring Palace 2.0 III / Scene 40 | Do nothing | Click repeatedly |
| Ending 028 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 20: Devouring Palace 2.0 III / Scene 41 | Agree first, then tip off Consort Xiao to set them against each other | "Please make the decision for me, Queen, and severely punish Concubine Xiao Shu!" |
| Ending 029 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 20: Devouring Palace 2.0 III / Scene 41 | "I think there is someone else behind the murder." | "Please make the decision for me, Queen, and severely punish Concubine Xiao Shu!" |
| Ending 030 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 20: Devouring Palace 2.0 III / Scene 42 | Let the Queen grant you full authority to investigate this matter thoroughly. | Ask the Queen to allow you to investigate Liu Xi |
| Ending 031 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 20: Devouring Palace 2.0 III / Scene 43 | Disguised as Rui'er's resentful spirit, "asking for life" from Liu Xi | Put Liu Xi in jail and torture him severely |
| Ending 032 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 47 | I just got kicked out | I've been lingering outside the door for a long time |
| Ending 033 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 47 | I just came out of it | I've been lingering outside the door for a long time |
| Ending 034 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 48 | Do nothing | (Hold the ground) |
| Ending 035 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 50 | Li Zhong | vegetarian festival |
| Ending 036 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 50 | Two people together | vegetarian festival |
| Ending 037 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 51 | He immediately recognized him as his foster brother | Slowly tenderness calls him |
| Ending 038 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 52 | Get a pair of the same earrings | Keep wearing it |
| Ending 039 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 52 | Tell Li Zhi | Keep wearing it |
| Ending 040 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 53 | Prevent their common son Li Zhong from becoming the crown prince | Help their common son Li Zhong become the prince |
| Ending 041 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 21: The Unwanted Consort I / Scene 53 | Let Li Zhi spend more time with Concubine Liu to make the Queen fearful | Help their common son Li Zhong become the prince |
| Ending 043 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 22: The Unwanted Consort II / Scene 57 | Okay, let’s have one as soon as possible | Your Majesty, you should be loyal and loyal. |
| Ending 042 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 22: The Unwanted Consort II / Scene 59 | Okay, let’s have one as soon as possible | Your Majesty, you should be loyal and loyal. |
| Ending 044 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 22: The Unwanted Consort II / Scene 61 | Advise Li Zhong to remove the king and Empress and support the imperial concubine as the queen | Advise Li Zhong to pay more attention to his mother and concubine |
| Ending 045 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 22: The Unwanted Consort II / Scene 62 | Concubine Liu intends to replace the queen | After Li Zhong ascends the throne, he will respect Concubine Liu as the Empress Dowager. |
| Ending 046 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 23: Chief of the Nine Consorts I / Scene 64 | I acquiesce to His Majesty’s appointment of you as Zhaoyi. | I politely refuse to call you Zhaoyi. |
| Ending 047 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 23: Chief of the Nine Consorts I / Scene 65 | "Meiniang must follow the Queen wholeheartedly" | "Actually...I'm pregnant with Li Zhi's child!" |
| Ending 048 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 23: Chief of the Nine Consorts I / Scene 68 | Make a decisive decision and make a big deal out of it | Don’t worry about it, check your food carefully |
| Ending 049 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 23: Chief of the Nine Consorts I / Scene 69 | Spread the word that the child in your belly is a girl | Give yourself the abortion pill directly |
| Ending 050 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 23: Chief of the Nine Consorts I / Scene 70 | Hidden in the queen's chamber | completely destroyed |
| Ending 051 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 23: Chief of the Nine Consorts I / Scene 71 | Let him be killed with a stick | Protect him |
| Ending 051 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 23: Chief of the Nine Consorts I / Scene 71 | Do nothing | Protect him |
| Ending 052 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 24: Chief of the Nine Consorts II / Scene 74 | Let him know that you are more ruthless than Queen Wang | Let him know you are better than the queen |
| Ending 053 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 25: Entering Court I / Scene 80 | Low salary, but a powerful official position | A job with a high salary |
| Ending 055 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 25: Entering Court I / Scene 83 | Impeachment of Chief Sun Taiwei | After the petition was abolished |
| Ending 056 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 25: Entering Court I / Scene 83 | Please make you queen | After the petition was abolished |
| Ending 057 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 26: Entering Court II / Scene 84 | Give up on him and make more back-up moves next time. | Recruit him, my people can be loyal, traitorous, good and evil |
| Ending 058 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 26: Entering Court II / Scene 86 | Unite everyone to dismiss from office and put pressure on Taiwei Zhangsun | Secretly win over officials from poor families who have been suppressed by powerful family members |
| Ending 059 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 26: Entering Court II / Scene 86 | Place agents around the Taiwei, waiting for opportunities to assassinate him. | Secretly win over officials from poor families who have been suppressed by powerful family members |
| Ending 060 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 27: Battle for the Empress Seat I / Scene 97 | Invite Xu Minhui to ride with you | Tacitly allowed Xu Minhui to get into Ye Zhi’s car |
| Ending 061 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 27: Battle for the Empress Seat I / Scene 98 | Keep the mother and child safe, and I will reward you with ten thousand taels of gold! | If anything happens to me, I will kill all nine of your clans! |
| Ending 062 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 27: Battle for the Empress Seat I / Scene 98 | Keep mother and child safe, and the child will recognize you as a foster mother! | If anything happens to me, I will kill all nine of your clans! |
| Ending 063 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 27: Battle for the Empress Seat I / Scene 99 | Do nothing | (continue to exert force) |
| Ending 064 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 27: Battle for the Empress Seat I / Scene 100 | Dark under the lamp, hide in the closet | Take a gamble and rush out the back door |
| Ending 065 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 27: Battle for the Empress Seat I / Scene 102 | Assassination | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 066 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 27: Battle for the Empress Seat I / Scene 102 | poison | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 068 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat II / Scene 105 | The death spreader is dead | The person who spread the death has confessed |
| Ending 067 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat II / Scene 105 | The soldiers who spread the death have been rescued | The person who spread the death has confessed |
| Ending 069 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat II / Scene 106 | Rumors among the palace people | Concubine Xiao Shu |
| Ending 070 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat II / Scene 106 | Concubine Xiao Shu’s son Sujie | Concubine Xiao Shu |
| Ending 071 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat II / Scene 107 | release kindness | unleash malice |
| Ending 072 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat II / Scene 108 | Concubine Shu is not an outsider, she speaks directly when she has something to say | How can you be so open-minded when there are outsiders here? |
| Ending 073 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat II / Scene 109 | The people behind the scenes are Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu | The person behind the scenes is the queen |
| Ending 074 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat II / Scene 120 | Let a small number of guards be outside the house, and Ling Xiao will bring more guards inside. | Ask Ling Xiao to bring more guards outside the house and a small number of guards inside. |
| Ending 075 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 28: Battle for the Empress Seat II / Scene 121 | Confirm the Queen's crime of assassinating Zhaoyi | Framing the Queen for a bigger crime |
| Ending 076 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 29: Mother of the Realm I / Scene 122 | Doctor Xuan Yu desperately saves | Hold back the grief and take advantage of the situation to convict |
| Ending 077 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 29: Mother of the Realm I / Scene 123 | Let everyone see Li Zhong’s true face | Press the truth and frame the queen |
| Ending 078 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 30: Mother of the Realm II / Scene 124 | Let him hit | Stepping into the court, shouting angrily |
| Ending 078 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 30: Mother of the Realm II / Scene 124 | Do nothing | Stepping into the court, shouting angrily |
| Ending 079 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 30: Mother of the Realm II / Scene 125 | You were ordered by the late Emperor and should not disobey His Majesty. | You should sit on this dragon chair |
| Ending 080 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 30: Mother of the Realm II / Scene 126 | Turn enemies into friends with Taiwei Changsun | Winning over generals with military power |
| Ending 081 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 30: Mother of the Realm II / Scene 126 | Winning over more low-level officials | Winning over generals with military power |
| Ending 082 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 30: Mother of the Realm II / Scene 127 | Do nothing | Don't you know that this battle is for Your Majesty? / Don't you know that this battle is for fellow soldiers? |
| Ending 083 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 30: Mother of the Realm II / Scene 129 | Five percent! | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 084 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 30: Mother of the Realm II / Scene 129 | Seventy percent! | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 085 or Scene 130 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 30: Mother of the Realm II / Scene 129 | Ten percent! | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 086 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 31: Feast of Power I / Scene 131 | Find out the stain in his private life | Empty him |
| Ending 087 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 31: Feast of Power I / Scene 131 | Framing him for committing a serious crime of rebellion | Empty him |
| Ending 088 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 32: Feast of Power II / Scene 138 | Corruption of people’s taxes | rebellion |
| Ending 089 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 32: Feast of Power II / Scene 139 | Lihong (your child) | Li Zhong (current prince) |
| Ending 090 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 32: Feast of Power II / Scene 139 | Li Sujie (son of Concubine Xiao Shu) | Li Zhong (current prince) |
| Ending 092 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 32: Feast of Power II / Scene 141 | All it takes is His Majesty to believe it | Sacrificing the Taiwei is your only chance to break the situation |
| Ending 092 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 32: Feast of Power II / Scene 141 | I will let the nursery rhyme about the prince's rebellion spread throughout the world | Sacrificing the Taiwei is your only chance to break the situation |
| Ending 093 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 33: Two Sovereigns at Court I / Scene 149 | Agree with the courtiers and win their support | I agree with Your Majesty and come forward to help Your Majesty. |
| Ending 096 or Scene 151 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 33: Two Sovereigns at Court I / Scene 150 | Deterrence foreign countries | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 094 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 33: Two Sovereigns at Court I / Scene 150 | Expand the territory of the prosperous dynasty | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 095 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 33: Two Sovereigns at Court I / Scene 150 | Take the opportunity to train troops | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 097 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 33: Two Sovereigns at Court I / Scene 151 | A nationwide effort to transport supplies | Fight quickly with the power of thunder |
| Ending 098 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 33: Two Sovereigns at Court I / Scene 152 | Pretend to retreat and lure the enemy to attack | Find another way, take things unexpectedly |
| Ending 099 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 33: Two Sovereigns at Court I / Scene 152 | Assemble the elite and make a breakthrough in the center | Find another way, take things unexpectedly |
| Ending 101 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 34: Two Sovereigns at Court II / Scene 153 | Win him over | Kill him in public |
| Ending 100 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 34: Two Sovereigns at Court II / Scene 153 | humiliate him in public | Kill him in public |
| Ending 102 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 34: Two Sovereigns at Court II / Scene 154 | Everyone on the list will be executed | Let bygones be bygones |
| Ending 103 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 34: Two Sovereigns at Court II / Scene 154 | Execute the culprits and warn the followers | Let bygones be bygones |
| Ending | Li Zhi route | Chapter 34: Two Sovereigns at Court II / Scene 137 | 【Sister ending】 | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 104 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 35: Between Emperor and Empress I / Scene 158 | It is appropriate to punish Shangguan severely to set the record straight | Cut off his own arm to calm the public's anger |
| Ending 105 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 35: Between Emperor and Empress I / Scene 158 | Return to the harem | Cut off his own arm to calm the public's anger |
| Ending 106 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 35: Between Emperor and Empress I / Scene 159 | Ji Huaizhong Li Yifu | Wu Yuanqing Wu Yuanshuang |
| Ending 107 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress II / Scene 163 | Ming Xixin quietly ended him | Let Shangguan Yi die vigorously |
| Ending 108 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress II / Scene 163 | He was found guilty and dismissed from his position. | Let Shangguan Yi die vigorously |
| Ending 109 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress II / Scene 164 | The crime of Luo Zhi was submitted to His Majesty | While His Majesty is recovering from his illness, bypass Your Majesty and get rid of him. |
| Ending 110 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress II / Scene 165 | Do you want to be executed for the same crime as Shangguan Yi? | Do you want to implicate all the subordinates of the East palace?! |
| Ending 111 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress II / Scene 165 | Do you want to force your mother to death? | Do you want to implicate all the subordinates of the East palace?! |
| Ending 112 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress II / Scene 168 | Invite gifts to revisit old places | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 113 or Scene 169 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress II / Scene 168 | Questioning etiquette | Check prerequisites |
| Ending 114 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress II / Scene 169 | Invite gifts to revisit old places and close the distance again | Take off the phoenix crown, ask for it to be abolished, and use retreat as advance |
| Ending 115 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 36: Between Emperor and Empress II / Scene 170 | promise him | Do nothing |
| Ending 116 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 37: Sun and Moon Together I / Scene 173 | Leave immediately | Enter as usual |
| Ending 116 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 37: Sun and Moon Together I / Scene 173 | Do nothing | Enter as usual |
| Ending 117or118 | Li Zhi route | Chapter 37: Sun and Moon Together I / Scene 174 | When she entered the palace at the age of fourteen, she was given a peony flower as a gift. | At the Queen's Conferment Ceremony, I carry you towards your father. |
Road to Empress 2 100% guide
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is easiest to miss for 100% completion?
The common misses are failed QTE states, wrong-looking options with numbered endings, voice-message nodes, and route-specific prerequisites for Li Zhi or Li Tai.
Can safe choices alone reach 100%?
Usually no. Safe choices are for clearing the story, while completion also needs failures, deaths, branches, and optional scenes.