Overview
I am no longer working on this guide; this guide is as of April 11 2018.This guide aims to help you get all the achievements, and helpful tips so that you don’t die all the time, while hopefully beating the game.There will be spoilers in this guide, but none specify the ending(s).Do not read this guide if you have not played the game yet, as this guide will spoil a lot of specific details.This game is literally 95% RNG, which is one of the primary reasons as to why this game is extraordinarily difficult.My ultimate goal is for “The 1%” achievement to go above 1% percentage-wise. How ironic would that be! Kappa
Introduction
There are many spoilers in this guide.
By the way, the guide on gameplay <dot> tips is very outdated. I did not post that. LUL
You could consider this to be the most extensive guide for this game so far.
Also, if you’re scared of this game, you have good reason to be. I’ve gotten jumpscares over 100+ times, if that helps you to play more of this game. Haha.
★ – I successfully got the achievement.
Before we list out all the achievements, we want to remind you and Adam that we will try our best not to spoil the ending; put emphasis on “our best”.
There are 26 achievements in the game. We will arrange them as such: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Difficult.
Easy Achievements
– Lose the lowest level nodeHexer. It should be pretty obvious which one is the lowest level nodeHexer. Once you see it, just let the timer end without doing anything.
– Lose the lowest level stack pusher. This one’s also obvious as to which one is considered the lowest level. Again, once you see it, just let the timer end without doing anything.
– Lose the lowest level memDefrager. This one is also obvious. Don’t even read the letters that come up, just lose.
Medium Achievements
– At times, the power will shut off. And sometimes, you’re a moron for not picking up the flashlight in the beginning, thus you can’t see anything at all. When the power shuts off, make your way to the desk next to your bed, and pick up the flashlight.
– When entering the alleyway, there’s a chance that you’ll hear a laugh or footsteps. If you do, walk backwards to the room on the side. Enter the room. Hold still next to the door, and wait for the Breather to attempt to break into the room. Normally, you’re supposed to only hold the door shut when the door pushes in. However, if you want this achievement. Hold the door shut when the door is not being pushed in, and you will fail, which will give you the achievement.
– Buy four VPNs, and place them wherever you like. Once they’re all active, you should get this achievement.
– Lose the Zone Wall. 20 Times. In a row. That should be pretty easy, but I chose this achievement as medium because there’s no telling whether you’ll live for 20 hacks to get you.
Hard Achievements
– Buy one of every item on the zeroDay Market. Self-explanatory.
– Buy one of every item on the Shadow Market. I actually consider this achievement to be a bit harder, because you face The Breather as a threat every time you enter the alleyway.
Self-explanatory.
– Once you achieve Digital Consumer and Shipping Handler, you should be able to gain this one as well.
– Have all 4 motion sensors active and own the blue whisper.
– For some reason, every time I try to order the LOLPY disc, the Breather is waiting for me. So, when you enter the alley way, be very cautious of the Breather. He will probably spawn.
– Possible tenants that can be tagged include: Larissa Clay, Clare Holloway, Lilian Tyler, Alice Shaw, Hallie Nicholson, Ashlynn Rangel, Emma Everett, Janiah Osborn, and Ayana Armstrong.
– The room numbers are randomly generated except several tenants’ like Clint’s room number 803.
– It might take a while for the Doll Maker to put the marker back on your door to continue his side quest. Maybe like 30 minutes in real time.
– This side mission can take the whole time from 10PM to 4AM, so I recommend not surfing the web at all, and just focusing on this side mission to avoid threats and to get the achievement.
– One thing to take note. If you place the marker on the wrong door, you don’t die. The Doll Maker places the marker back on your door and laughs. You only die if you don’t place a marker on a door in time or you get too many incorrect markers placed on the door.
– You will know if you placed the marker on the right door. Outside your door, you will hear footsteps and a girl screaming for help.
– Hack all the WiFi networks.
– The way I approached this was to not surf the web at all to avoid Lucas and maybe the Breather. However, you will still need to deal with the other threats and occassional power outages.
– Exception to this rule is to visit DeDo, the Hacker portal site. Chances are when you attempt connect, you’ll get a hack. Or pretty much any of the fake websites.
– You’re going to need all the dongle upgrades, and all the skyBREAK upgrades.
– Pray to RNGesus that you get hacked a lot for extra backdoor action.
– Look at Miscellaneous Information for info about all the WiFi addresses.
– I am unsure about some of the values in that list.
Difficult Achievements
– Beat the game.
– Beat the game, without buying anything.
– You will be following some tips from Helpful Tips.
– For Lucas, you will need to be dependent on your hearing to hear his lockpicking.
– Before Lucas leaves, only turn off the lights near your bed and the one near your closet, and then hide in the closet.
– After Lucas leaves, turn back those lights on immediately, and then go back to business.
– For Noir, make sure to leave your lights turned on in your room. Be wary of outside spawns.
– Ignore Doll Maker.
– For Breather, go inside the room, and listen for his breathing. Hold the door when he pushes the door in.
– You will need to depend on the already given WiFis for this whole game. Pray to RNGesus that you don’t get raided by the Police. Worship RNGesus.
– You only have one free VPN.
– During the ending, press D.
– Beat the highest level memDefrager. This is kind of meta, but what I’d recommend is to write down the letter/number combination in order on a piece of paper or type it in a note notepad. Or, you know, memorize it.
– Hardest: 6 (13 to 16)-letter/number combinations
– I would recommend a high resolution for this achievement.
– In my opinion, nodeHexer is the hardest mini-game. It’s kind of like that one piping game where you connect all the pipes in certain rotations for the water to go through without leakage.
– In nodeHexer, your aim is to start at a randomly generated beginning, and then make your way by hooking up nodes to the outlined nodes.
– When you hook up with an outlined node, you have to connect to the opposite node. Alpha is the opposite of Beta, and vice versa.
– The more outlined nodes you connect, the faster the timer runs out. In the harder nodeHexer mini-games, the outlined nodes are more spread apart making it even more difficult for you since you have to connect them all.
– Hardest: 12 tagged nodes?
– 8 rows, only 1 red dot?
– Beat the highest level stack pusher. Use the plus sign looking block to gain access to the stacks, that you push to the central block. I don’t really feel like explaining the mini-game, because it’s not too difficult to understand it. Just look at the tutorial that Adam provides for you.
– Hardest: 15 stacks?
Helpful Tips
– Your goal is to find 8 hashes through Deep Wiki I, II, and III. You will also need 250 DOS coins ready in order to finalize the Noir Tunnel, which will grant you the ending scene.
– The window opens randomly.
– The power goes out randomly, or is triggered by the Doll Maker/Police/Lucas, etc.
– Start DOS coin farming with VPNs in green positions. It’s best if you have the maximum amount of VPNs for maximum potential generation of DOS coins.
– Upgrade your dongle so that you don’t need to keep moving it.
– In the beginning, backdoors are a great way to make money when getting hacked.
– It should already be obvious, but WEP WiFis are trash, WPA WiFis are better, and WPA2 WiFis are the best.
– Key searching can take forever. Use the source code option to your advantage.
– The Key Cue costs 375 DOS coins, which is outrageously expensive. It’s one of the most overpowered items in the game, though.
– All of these pages are fake links: BathRoom Cams, Black Market, Burned At The Stake, Cheap Surgery, Chosen Awake, Corpses For Sell, Cotton Road, DEEPDOTWEB, DeDo, Dream Place, F*ck You!, Family Drug Shop, Flame, Father Donald, Flesh Trade, GAME CAT, Hackers4Hire, Hail Satan, Happy Family, Hot Burners, Illuminati, Legion, Passports R US, Roses Destruction, SKYWEB, Secure Drop, Snuff Portal, Tango Down, The 8th Sin, and The Butcher.
– I’m not sure if this is true or not, but apparently, there’s a chance that you can get hacked when you try to visit the fake links.
– Some websites are only available at certain times.
– Avoid the Doll Maker website. Click only if you have no more websites to check.
– Make it a habit to lock your door.
– The more keys you discover, the more of a threat the enemies become.
– The more you upgrade your VPN, the less of a chance you’ll be hacked.
– Later in the game, you will want to upgrade your VPN, because you don’t want to get hacked end-game as you might miss audio cues.
– I’m not sure if turning your mic off or on makes the game more difficult or not. I’m pretty sure the game does check whether you have a microphone or not, regardless.
– If you’re a streamer, make sure to turn off nudity. And be wary that some passwords to the WiFi address contain extremely profane language.
Threats
– When you discover two webpages with a key, Lucas will start to spawn. To elaborate,
you don’t need to find the actual hash to trigger Lucas. For example, you would think you only found one key, but if Lucas spawned, that means you missed a key on a website that you looked over.
– This also implies that if you don’t surf the web or discover any keys, Lucas won’t spawn.
– If you hear the door being lockpicked, that’s Lucas’ audio cue.
– Using motion sensors/audio alerts can help you determine Lucas’ arrival.
– If you can’t hear Lucas’ footsteps, that most likely means that you took too long to hide or he’s baiting you to leave.
– Try not to peek at all when hiding, and do not walk when running to hide. You must run, and you have to be fast.
– When you hear the audio cue, do not peek at the door as that will trigger an imminent insta-death for you.
– If you leave the lights turned on, you’ll be punished for wasting time. Turn off the lights, then hide. When Lucas leaves, quickly turn all the lights back on. If the lights were turned off for too long, you’ll be killed by the Noir.
– There’s a chance the power will go out while Lucas is still visiting your room. Be wary of the Noir when this happens.
– Using the Blue Whisper with the motion sensors is a great way of knowing whether Lucas has entered your room or not when you are outside of your room.
– Lucas can kill you on floor 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10. He can also kill you when you’re on the lobby computer and at the main door. Have two motion sensors near your door, and at the stairway.
– Every now and then, you might encounter Lucas in the stairwell or any other area other than your apartment room. I’m still experimenting why this is happening.
– Four audio cues when entering alleyway. Laughter, knocking on the dumpster, footsteps, and a phone ringtone.
– Beating the Breather is possible. If you hear laughing noises or footsteps when entering the alleyway, quickly run to the room and open the door. When inside, wait for the Breather to walk by (you will hear his footsteps), and when the Breather comes to the door, he will try to break inside. There are two sounds that he’ll do.
– He’ll inhale and exhale slowly.
– The other sound is that he’ll inhale and exhale faster.
– You need to hold the door the moment the door pushes in.
– During the Breather event, do not look at him through the window.
– If you cannot pick up the package or open the door, you are instantly dead. I’m still trying to see if this is avoidable.
– You’ll know you’re done when after all that tension, you hear him walking away. Wait 30 seconds after that, and then go to pick up your package.
– If you don’t surf the web (no keys discovered), the Breather might not spawn. However, I have had runs where I faced the breather even without surfing the web.
– This is how the police track you, as far as I know. It’s 100% RNG. Each WiFi has a specific tracking/detection rate. The WEP WiFi detection rates are the highest, the WPA WiFi detection rates are lower, and the WPA2 WiFi detection rates are the lowest. Disconnecting may help in reducing the probability of a police raid. Switching WiFis is inefficient if you’re switching between WEP WiFis. If you switch from three WEP WiFis, and all of them have high detection rates, the chances of you being swatted are very high. If you switch from three WPA2 WiFis, the chances of you being swatted are drastically lower. Why do you think Adam said there’s a WiFi that makes you pretty much undetectable?
– SnuffBox and PHATCLOUD5 are very good WiFis. You can just switch between those two, and you’ll be pretty much safe from the Police.
– You do not need to move your WiFi dongle. Only when you’re looking for other WiFi addresses.
– The Police Scanner does a lot to help you detect if the police are in pursuit of your vicinity. If they are, simply disconnect from that WiFi. Then, you can either switch to another WiFi address or keep connecting to that same WiFi address.
– Apparently, if you turn off the lights for too long ( two minutes ), and then turn the lights back on. The Noir will be waiting for you to go on your computer. Once you leave the monitor, you’ll be killed by the Noir.
– The more keys you discover, the more aggressive the Noir become. They will spawn in more areas more frequently. If you turn off your lights in your room in attempt to shorten Lucas’ visit, there’s a chance that when you come out of hiding (depending on how many keys you have), the Noir will attack you in the dark.
– You must have all your lights turned on to reduce the chance of the Noir from spawning in your room. The Noir spawning outside your window, hallway, or door is very random, but will become more frequent when you discover more keys.
– It turns out the more keys you discover, the higher of a chance the Noir will spawn anywhere, no matter what. Turning off your lights increases that chance. If your lights are turned on, there’s still a chance that the Noir can spawn next to you or in your room.
– As far as I know, the Noir can spawn on you, especially when you least expect it. You could be walking down a hallway, and suddenly a Noir kills you.
– I explained the Doll Maker quest in Hard Achievements.
Miscellaneous Information
I will be ranking the WiFi addresses in terms of their internet speed: Very Fast, Fast, Okay, Slow, and Very Slow. Generally speaking, the better the WiFi, the better it won’t be detected by the Police. I’m not too sure if this is completely true or not, though.
– WiFi <Maximum Inject Amount> [In between injections, rough estimate in seconds~] – notes
– Many of the WiFi’s overall injections can take a very long time, especially DOSNET’s.
– At most, each injection attempt should be roughly 15 to 20 seconds apart.
– Tested certain WiFis if they’re untraceable or not. Only found one that seems to fit that description. All other WiFi addresses are traceable.
– * : requires upgrade(s) in dongle.
– Spreadsheet[docs.google.com] (subject to change, courtesy to Murleen for creating of the google spreadsheet, and Faisome for creating the original .ods file).
– * DOSNET <49> [16~] – nearly untraceable
– * Hidden Network – I don’t know to access this yet.
– * Big Dave Network <34> [9~]
– * DrAdelDink <54> [11~]
– SnuffBox <64> [13~]
– MaximumBlack <29> [11~]
– PHATCLOUD5 <63> [8~]
– * RideThisCrazyWave <74> [11~]
– Ethical_Hacker <83> [4~]
– Bring Beer to 504 <78> [4~]
– TellMyWifiLoveHer <19> [9~]
– WINSLOWS <19> [5~]
– YDidIOrderThisWater <67> [7~]
– JonesLaw <33> [12~]
– KPN Fon <4> [5~]
– * SilenceOfTheLANS <85> [8~]
– * WIRELESSNET2 <146> [8~]
– * DonaldsWifi – I don’t know to access this yet.
– * swsecure <63> [8~]
– SENDemo <78> [7~]
– ali <79> [6~]
– UAPPY-FI <96> [12~]
– Khaled <42> [9~]
– Ataua <78> [10~]
– FBI Survellance Van<61> [10~]
– DevShareTWO <170> [6~]
– DA3CHICKZ <99> [8~]
– NetflxnChillByMyself <100> [4~]
– * Chanyia
– * mycci7471
– * tedata
– * FreeWifi7899
– Flter
– D59709
– PWF1382445
– SuddenLink990
– doody
– TP-LINK_8907_5G
– SSWIFI
– WIFIAF1A5D
– FreeWifiNoVirus
– TC8717T10
– DDW35363
Here are the known police warnings from the police scanner:
– The police scanner doesn’t really help you, that much, if you already understand how the police swat you.
“111 one ten”
– These are SWAT call-up codes.
Fun fact: The morse code spells out – MORSE
The rest of the scans are not related to your case such as:
“1 … at 1 … go ahead and disregard … we got him … that uh ??? seven … ??? check … 19 you out there? … yes, 224 ??? … “
“… this suspicious person 44 23 live ??? mobile station … ??? off white in color ??? parking lot for a long time watching the clerks …”
“??? … yes, ma’am. we’ll be clear at uh … 233 ??? 10 4 … uh E. edward and ??? chasing ??? “
“yes … would you put me out of 1 4 9 1 0 … north east … 2 4 ??? … be making contact with the uh … assault complaint … and can I get that guest number? …”
These sounds do not predict threats:
– loud noises outside
– sirens
– a three-tap knock
– mumbling outside your door
– gunshots
– strange songs
– the obnoxious deep-voiced screaming
– “baby”
– whispering
– creepy music
– radio station number music
– piano song
These sounds predict or guarantee threats:
– stomp-like footsteps outside your door (The Police)
– slow breathing (The Breather)
– faster breathing (The Breather)
– Doll Maker tune (Doll Maker)
– squeaky door knob (Lucas)
– loud door bang (The Police)
– “Hi” (The Breather)
– all the jumpscare acoustic sounds
– finding a key sound (increases threat aggression)
– turning on/off the lights (decreases/increases Noir spawn rate)
– creepy laugh (The Breather)
– another faster-paced creepy laugh (The Breather)
Possible Strategies
– One big problem about this game is the RNG, meaning that speedruns for this game can be stressful.
– In the beginning, you should have a free VPN, skyBREAK, and a backdoor.
– You want to get a lot of money (with VPNs), but this time — surf the web.
– One way to get more hacks is to spam refresh on a fake link or a site page. Then, you want to reconnect to a free wifi to cancel the loading bar, making this a spam exploit to make money faster. This exploit may be patched soon.
– This strategy introduces the threats earlier on, and makes the game more difficult earlier.
– However, you might get really lucky and find all the eight hashes relatively fast.
– You will have to face all threats, if you plan on surfing and buying products alongside each other.
– This is the most common strategy amongst players.
– In the beginning, you should have a free VPN, skyBREAK, and a backdoor.
– When placing dongle at balcony, try to place it fast and then walk back into your apartment.
– When turning on back the power, try running to turn it on, then run back before the maintenance door closes.
– Closing ANN, and then re-opening is faster on slower WiFis to go back to Home.
– One way to get more hacks is to spam refresh on a fake link or a site page. Then, you want to reconnect to a free wifi to cancel the loading bar, making this a spam exploit to make money faster. This exploit may be patched soon.
– Get a lot of money (keep buying more VPNs), and do not surf the web at all, except the fake links to initiate hacks. RNG is impactful in this game, so it’s better to be safe than sorry.
– If you don’t surf the web at all, Lucas and the Breather will not spawn. However, always stay cautious when entering the alleyway.
– I recommend these WiFis in order (* requires dongle upgrade): doody, SuddenLink990, DevShareTwo, NetflxnChillByMyself, Ethical_Hacker, MaximumBlack, TellMyWifiLoveHer, PHATCLOUD5, SnuffBox, * Big Dave Network, * Hidden Network, * DOSNET.
– I mentioned their maximum injection numbers in Miscellaneous Information.
– If you want, you can try going for the higher upgrades, but those will take more time.
– You will then need to go for the Key Cue.
– The reason why we are trying to get the Key Cue and the other upgrades before surfing the web is to obtain the necessary products to beat the game. The Noir will still spawn, and the Police will still be a threat.
– Once you have the Key Cue and other devices like the Motion Sensor for Lucas, or the Police Scanner for the Police, you can then start to surf through the web starting with Deep Wiki I.
– The Key Cue does not detect Wiki links.
– Deep Wiki III is always obtained from The Rule of Three.
– Here is the list of the fake websites: BathRoom Cams, Black Market, Burned At The Stake, Cheap Surgery, Chosen Awake, Corpses For Sell, Cotton Road, DEEPDOTWEB, DeDo, Dream Place, F*ck You!, Family Drug Shop, Flame, Father Donald, Flesh Trade, GAME CAT, Hackers4Hire, Hail Satan, Happy Family, Hot Burners, Illuminati, Legion, Passports R US, Roses Destruction, SKYWEB, Secure Drop, Snuff Portal, Tango Down, The 8th Sin, and The Butcher.
– You want to ignore all of these websites, as they waste your time.
– Doll Maker site should be your last resort. Do not visit this site until you have visited all other available sites.
– There are sites that are only available at certain times. There’s another guide that specifies those times. Check it out.
– You will be rushing through all of these websites with SnuffBox (or possibly DOSNET/Big Dave Network/DrAdelDink). If you have DOSNET, you won’t need to worry about the Police at all.
– You do not need to switch your dongle. You may need to switch your WiFis, but it’s not necessary once you reach SnuffBox or DOSNET.
– Another reason why you ignore the web in the beginning is so that you can get all the packages from the alleyway without having to worry about the Breather.
– After you get the necessary products, you won’t need to visit the alleyway again.
– You will only need to worry about Lucas, the Noir, and the Police. In my opinion, the Noir are your highest threat, as the more keys you discover, the more aggressive they become. Lucas is avoidable, as long as you have motion sensors in Floor 8 Hallway, Stairway, and possibly the Lobby.
– This may not be the most viable speedrun, but it’s definitely a good way to beat this game.
– Exploit the game by save scumming or by glitching.
– This method is a common “speedrunning” tactic. However, in this game, saving is in intervals of 20 minutes. And things won’t be the same for every save file after. This method might actually be more punishing than you think. Regardless, if someone were to use this method for a “speedrun”, I wouldn’t really call it a “speedrun” as that person could have modified the game’s save files in order to better suit that run; in other words, this kind of method could be fixed so that the player beats the game under a desired time.
– There are glitches in this game like the door glitch, in which you can go from floor 8 to floor 1 in a matter of seconds. However, this glitch is very inconsistent, making this either a time waster or a miracle.
– You only have one free VPN, and you can’t buy anything, so your best bet is to find that sweet spot of 4.3 DOS Coins per 108 seconds, if not, better.
– You will have to face all threats.
– I’m not too sure how to “speed run” this achievement run, as it requires a lot of god-like RNG to even pull off.
– Your goal is to make 135 DOS coins as fast as you can. I’ve been able to reach 150+ DOS coins with the refresh exploit at 10:30 PM. The 135 DOS coins will be needed in order to buy the LOLPY disc.
– Be wary of the Breather. For some reason, every run I’ve tried to go for the Doll Maker’s Pet always leads to the Breather spawning after I buy the LOLPY disc. So I’m assuming that his spawnrate also has to do with the amount of money you have or because of certain products that you bought.
– Follow my Doll Maker’s achievement guide in Hard Achievements.
– Your goal is to keep scanning, probing, injecting, and cracking.
– You want to upgrade skyBREAK to WPA2, and the WiFi dongle to level 3 as this allows you to access the other WiFis necessary to hack all of the WiFi addresses.
– I’m not too sure how to access Hidden Network or DonaldsWiFi yet. I’m really doubtful of people that have achieved this achievement.
Conclusion
This game is hard. Enough said.
I thank the developers for creating such a stressful game that makes me sweat in fear and rage in anger whenever I die.
I cannot say much for any bugs that you encounter.