Overview
This guide should help you newcomers and hopefully get you through the game quicker, easier, and with less of a chance of you crapping your pants.
The Guide
Some Basic Must-Do’s
1. Always have a designated hidey hole or know where your doored rooms/closets are.
2. If you hear a growl, creaking sound, or something that sounds deadly, immediately turn off your lantern and find the wall. Hide there until you are sure he is gone. If he sees you, turn your lantern back on and run for the nearest doored room. Once you are in the room, hide in the most immediate corner, ( immediately to right or left ) or closet and turn out your lantern.
3. When being chased, never turn around.
4. Conserve oil and tinderboxes.
5. Searching an area can be rewarding and can actually save your life.
6. Never just wander round with your lantern on. Always have a place you want to go and check out or goal. Just wandering around will cost you oil.
7. BE WARY OF HALLWAYS.
8. And finally, always close doors behind you when you enter a room, and leave them open when you exit. This will allow you to run into a room and close the door quick, without wasting time opening it and maybe dying in the process. This also lets you know when you have already searched a room.
Monsters
Types of Monsters, and What to Not Do When Confronting Them
Grunt
Most common monster in the game. They look like they have no bottom jaw, their eyes are looking in the opposite way of each other, one of their hands is deformed, and both arms have giant claws. These monsters are slow but pick up momentum slowly, so avoid long hallways when being chased. You can identify a Grunt by his growl when he get in your general area. Grunts will break down a door in 3 or 4 hits, and kill you in 2-3 hits.
-Avoid hallways (altogether)
-Listen for the growl
Brute
Less common in the game and far more dangerous than Grunts. Brutes are a little faster than your character, so he will eventually catch up to you. Their heads are split by a mouth running down the middle of their head, they have one very small eye right next to it, they have metal implants all over, and one hand is attached to a long blade. You can identify a Brute from the creaking noise he makes when he walks. Brutes will knock down a door in 2 hits making it much harder to hide from, and can kill you in 1-2 hits.
-Once again, avoid hallways when being chased.
-Listen for a creaking noise.
Kaernk or Water Monster
This is probably the least feared monster in the whole game. He can only hurt you if you are in water and can easily be distracted by throwing a body part for him to eat, or merely a book for him to investigate. They cannot break down doors ( save for one you may find ) and will kill you in 3 hits.
Thank you for reading!
Thanks for reading! Sorry it was so short but I did not want to spoil anything. Please tell me in the comments if you found some info to be wrong, if I missed some important info, and please tell me your thoughts and advice for making another guide.
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-NoiseGang