Overview
How to complete Ch. 1 fully (all secrets, achievements, side quests, and main quests). Hope this helps! Please let me know of any mistakes, be they content, formatting, spelling/grammer, continuity, etc etc etc.
The Dream
NOTE: Achievements are in italics
NOTE: Clues for puzzles are in bold
Dark room:
- Answer the phone
- Turn on the lights (switich near door)
- (1/1) the dog picture changes
- Push drawers on other end of the room
- Pick up the key
- (1/4) enter your inventory and look at the number on the key
- Exit the room
(Out)Doors
- Enter door ‘D’
- (2/4) after opening ‘D’, walk to the end of the room to find the number on the bottom left
- Enter door ‘O’
- Enter door ‘G’
- NOTE: it spells ‘DOG’ because of the doggo picture
- Walk to the end of the field and talk to the doggo
- (3/4) look above the dog to find the number on the branch
- Enter the grave
- (4/4) look towards the bottom of the dirt wall to find the last number
- Walk to the end of the room and enter ‘5364’ into the keypad
- NOTE: these are the four numbers you should have found along the way
- House of the Wretched (1/4)
The Morgue
- Go through the newly unlocked battery door
- Move across the room, talking to your dad along the way
- Interact with the drawer that’s two after the open one
- The Unknown (1/3)
- Interact with the gurney
Meet the Neighbors
Floor 4
- Enter Sal’s room
- Walk to the left end and push the furniture away
- Pick up the Gear Boy
- House of the Wretched (2.1/4)
- Exit Sal’s room and walk left into the kitchen
- Interact with the grocery bags to get batteries for the Gear Boy
- House of the Wretched (2.2/4)
- Talk to your dad if you’d like to learn some background
- Exit the apartment
- Talk with the guard by 403
Floor 5
- Go into the elevator and head to floor 5
- Enter room 504
- A Dark Secret (1/5)
- Exit 504 and head left past 501 to inspect the boards against the wall
- The Unknown (2/3)
Floor 3
- Head down to floor 3
- Talk to the cleaning lady (Lisa)
- Get the basement key card (“Anything to do for fun?”)
Floor 2
- Go into the elevator and head to floor 2
- Enter room 204 and talk to Charley
- Look at his collection of Glitter Ponies
Floor 1
- Exit 204 and head to floor 1
- Go to 103 and talk to Addison
- Go to 101 and talk to Mrs. Gibson three times
- NOTE: this isn’t really necessary but it’s fun
- Head all the way to the right and chat with the detective
Espionage!
Basement
- Head down to the basement
- Walk right and interact with the Lost and Found under the shelves
- Go into your inventory and try to use the Gear Boy; hit ‘Quit’ when the game fritzes out
- House of the Wretched (2.3/4)
- Head left and enter 1B
- Walk left into the kitchen
- The Unknown (3/3)
Hello, Larry
- Chat with Larry and make sure to choose all the dialogue options
- Metalhead (1/2)
- Go right and interact with the radio on the dresser
- Interact with the painting near the door
- Exit the apartment
- NOTE: Don’t talk to Lisa (janitor) for now; it can prevent completing A Dark Secret
A couple more things…
- Take the elevator to floor 1
- Go to 103 and get some tea from Addison
- Take the elevator to floor 4
- Go into 402 and head to the dad’s room
- Interact with Sal’s dad to find a quarter!
- House of the Wretched (3.1/4)
Investigate the Murder
- Use the walkie talkie anywhere in Sal’s apartment
- Exit the apartment and sneak into 403
- A Dark Secret (2/5)
- Examine the nightstand, chalk outline, and ponies
- Talk to Larry using all dialogue options
- Metalhead (2/2)
- A Dark Secret (3/5)
Intrigue
- Head to floor 3
- Talk to Lisa using specific dialogue options:
- “Do you need help?” (2)
- “I’ll keep him out of trouble” (2)
- “He told me a dark secret” (3)
- A Dark Secret (4/5)
- Head down to the basement
- Talk to Larry about the curse
- A Dark Secret (5/5)
Supernatural Fun Times
Ghosts
- Go up to floor 3 and head to 303
- Talk to Chug and use all dialogue options
- Trade him a quarter for the key
- House of the Wretched (3.2/4)
- Take the elevator to floor 5 and enter 504
- Go into the bathroom and chat with the girl
PLEASE NOTE:
You CANNOT complete the achievements Irritable Bowels and Go to Sleep in the same playthrough
- Both achievements (1/3): If you don’t still have Addison’s tea, go to 103 and get a cup
- Irritable Bowels (2/3): Take the laxatives near the toilet of the bathroom in 504
- NOTE: Ch. 2 of the game assumes you used this method
- Go to Sleep (2/3): Go to Sal’s apartment 402 and grab the sleeping pills from the bathroom
Ghosts (cont)
- Exit and re-enter the bathroom in 504
- Your Gear Boy will light up, so go into your inventory and use it
- Play the game
Game Guide inside a Game Guide
- House of the Wretched (4/4) after completing the game
- The Graveyard:
- Go far left (you can’t see the skeleton) until you see ‘headstone’
- Interact to pick up the key and use it to unlock the gate to the right
- The Courtyard:
- Interact with the tree immediately left of the gate
- Continue left and interact with the fire pit
- Go far right and unlock the house door
- The House:
- Go right and interact with the first armchair
- Continue right up the stairs
- His Study:
- Interact with the bookshelf on right end of the room
- Interact with the far left file cabinets
- Unlock the door
- Her Room:
- If you want to explore the room, do not interact with the chest
- Once you’re done exploring, interact with the chest
- Move right and enter the door
- Enter the room directly to your left and interact with the bathtub
- Exit the room and unlock the door to the far right
- Interact with the hanged man
Back to the Main Story…
Almost done!
- Head to apartment 204
- Talk to Charley and say “Be right back” (3)
- Assuming you have the tampered tea, Charley will take it
- Depending on whether you used the laxative or the sleeping pill:
- Irritable Bowels (3/3) OR Go to Sleep (3/3)
- Depending on whether you used the laxative or the sleeping pill:
Junior Detective
- Interact with Charley’s pony shelves
- Exit the apartment and head to floor 1
- Talk to the detective and tell him about the evidence
- Head right until you leave the apartments
- Keep going right until you get to the van
- Look inside
AND THAT’S THE END OF CH 1!
- Charley’s Pony (1/1)