Bully: Scholarship Edition
Action Adventure
Bully: Scholarship Edition is easier to complete when classes are treated as useful progression rather than interruptions. Their rewards improve everyday activities, while errands and collection goals can be spread across the school year. The story continues into Endless Summer for cleanup, so one missed afternoon is not a ruined run. Keep manual saves and make sure an achievement checklist matches Scholarship Edition.
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Can Bully: Scholarship Edition be cleaned up after the story?
Yes. Endless Summer provides a continuing world for remaining classes, errands and completion tasks. Use an edition-specific checklist and keep manual saves. The PlayStation release of the original Bully and mobile Anniversary Edition do not have an identical content or achievement structure.
Compare post-story cleanup options →SPOILER-LIGHT PLANNING
Use the school year to make cleanup easier
Use these checkpoints to protect the playthrough without revealing the story's outcomes.
Attend classes for practical rewards
Passing lessons grants useful improvements rather than only a percentage increase. Complete them steadily so better movement, equipment and other benefits are available during the story instead of arriving after all the difficult work.
Do nearby errands as they appear
Errands are short opportunities encountered around the world. Completing a reasonable share during normal travel reduces a repetitive endgame search, even though the completion route remains available in Endless Summer.
Track the actual completion requirements
Story chapters, classes, activities and collectibles contribute in different ways. Follow the Scholarship Edition checklist rather than assuming every possible optional action is required or that the credits alone mean 100%.
Preserve manual milestones
Use independent files across chapters and before a long activity session. The completed world is forgiving, but a backup still protects useful progress and experiments without relying only on the latest automatic state.
Content reviewed 2026-11-07. Scholarship Edition on Xbox, PC and Wii; not the original Bully port or mobile Anniversary Edition.
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Before you start
PLAYTHROUGH PLAN
Before You Start checklist
Set up your save plan
Bully: Scholarship Edition supports manual saving. Check slot and location limits first, then preserve a milestone save where the game permits it; not every title supports rotating backups.
Protect the completion route
Bully: Scholarship Edition allows a forgiving standard cleanup route, but tracking optional progress as you go still reduces endgame backtracking.
Know the last safe checkpoint
Bully: Scholarship Edition has no major point-of-no-return trap in the normal route, so progress can be paced without hoarding every task for one checkpoint.
Choose difficulty deliberately
Bully: Scholarship Edition does not require a specific difficulty for the standard trophy or achievement route, so choose the setting you will enjoy.
Budget 25–40h achievement completion estimate
Use Bully: Scholarship Edition's 25–40h achievement completion estimate estimate as a planning range, not a promise. Exploration, difficulty and optional goals can move the total substantially.
Spoiler-free warning
Scholarship Edition continues into Endless Summer for cleanup, so classes and remaining activities do not demand one perfect school year. Check the edition: PS4's original Bully port is not Scholarship Edition. Complete classes and use their rewards instead of postponing every school activity until the ending.
BEGINNER GUIDE
10 things I wish I knew before starting
The useful systems, early mistakes and easily missed details worth understanding before you commit dozens of hours.
Use class rewards during the campaign
A passed lesson can improve an everyday activity, equipment or movement. Attend regularly so those benefits help with the story instead of unlocking only during final cleanup.
Keep an eye on the clock
Classes, curfew and some activities follow time windows. Check the schedule before travelling across town so an intended task is not missed by arriving at the wrong time.
Save before a long activity session
Manual files protect progress between classes, missions and collection routes. Keep more than one slot when experimenting rather than treating the latest autosave as a complete history.
Do convenient errands naturally
Short requests encountered along the route contribute to completion. A few during each journey are less repetitive than searching for the entire remaining set after the story.
Learn bicycle handling before races
The races demand controlled corners and useful routes, not just constant acceleration. Practise movement around town before committing to a longer timed event.
Check the completion list by category
Story missions are only part of the requirement. Compare classes, activities and collectibles separately so one missing category does not send you searching through the wrong part of town.
Use unlocks instead of hoarding every reward
Read what a class or activity actually grants and make use of it. A helpful improvement has more value during the school year than after every other objective is complete.
Do not panic about an unfinished school year
The campaign's Endless Summer period provides further access. Keep progressing when an activity becomes frustrating instead of assuming the current chapter is the last possible chance.
Match the guide to Scholarship Edition
Additional classes and content distinguish this release from the original PlayStation game. An old base-version checklist can omit relevant tasks.
Separate exploration from trouble management
Pursuit can interrupt an intended route or activity. Lose attention and prepare before starting a focused collection or class session in a busy area.
- Status
- Verified
- Last verified
- 2026-11-07
- Official: Rockstar — Scholarship Edition
- Official: Xbox Wire — Scholarship Edition backward compatibility
- Official: Rockstar — Scholarship Edition instruction manual
- Guide: TrueAchievements — completion overview
- Guide: TrueAchievements — practical hints and classes
- Guide: XboxAchievements — achievement roadmap
COMMON QUESTIONS
Bully: Scholarship Edition FAQs
Does finishing the story prevent further classes?
No. Endless Summer supports remaining school activities and other cleanup; the credits do not end all access to Bullworth.
Is the PlayStation version the same as Scholarship Edition?
No. The original Bully port has a different edition history and content structure, so use a checklist for the release actually being played.
Does Bully: Scholarship Edition have New Game Plus?
No conventional NG+ campaign is provided. Continue the existing Endless Summer save for outstanding work.
Do you need a hard-difficulty campaign for achievements?
No. Scholarship Edition has no selectable campaign difficulty requirement of that kind; its challenge comes from activities and completion tasks.
Should classes be left until after the story?
They can be finished later, but their rewards make normal play more convenient. Attending steadily is usually the more practical route.