Tip On Keeping Possession Meter to a Minimum Choosing the Right Body/Demon and Unlocking "Closure Ending"

[Altair1293]

There are several unavoidable story "haunts" that can occur during the game. Many will present you with an option to end the haunt in a negative ending, causing your possession meter to fill higher.

There are several things you can do during these moments that can give you a better ending to the haunt, a new ending to the night, and avoid raising your possession needlessly.

Before going to the mortuary: open all the drawers and you'll find a box with two coins and a necklace, ALWAYS TAKE THESE. Once you've taken them from the apartment, they can be found in Rebecca's personal drawer below the mortition's drawer. Keep these on you at all times.
Should you get the haunt with your dad and he's on the gurney, the demon will want you to smash his skull in with the rock. Instead, place the necklace around his neck to end the haunt positively. This will give you the 5 of 5 ending "closure"

Subsequently, you can also get the closure ending by placing the coins into the hanged Rebecca haunt. You'll see Rebecca hanging in the hallway leading from the embalming room to the cold storage area. Place the coins in her hands (only one coin will work in one hand, the game will let you know which one). To end this haunt positively.

NOTE: You MUST complete the night and chose the correct body and the correct mark to get the Closure ending EVEN IF you've completed the afore mentioned steps.

I've played through several nights - tried multiple things, and the haunts seem to happen at random. I've repeated the same steps night after night, some nights you'll get these haunts, some you won't. So don't get discouraged or lose your mind attempting to try a million things to get these events to happen.
For the most part they're completely random.

Rebecca's Heroin flat - occasionally after going into the bathroom to mix the cleaners all sound will stop, rain etc. Upon leaving the bathroom you'll notice a long hallway has appeared where the entrance to the Mortuary once was. After you follow the steps on the check-board in the apartment and the demon is rising out of the tub, you CAN RUN away from it. Failing to run away from it and being caught will raise your possession meter greatly. Simply run to your right and out the door you came in from, down the hallway and back into the Mortuary.


Final Tip on Identifying the correct body and correct Demon. Scratch the match and ashes and marks mentioned online - I've never used them and never had to because the body possessed is 9/10 times blatantly obvious. The majority of times I've chosen the correct body it was because the body spoke while on the table, or arm moved quickly when moving my camera. It'll also just sometimes be completely out of it's cold storage and pulled out when you've had it pushed in and neatly tucked away. JUST BECAUSE HAUNTS ARE HAPPENING DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE THE CORRECT BODY.
If you see a demon, ghost or have a story occur, it doesn't always mean you have the correct body.

Pay attention to things that happen SPECIFIC to that body.

Also, I've 9/10 never needed all 4 symbols to determine the demon name. Many times I've only needed 2. After you've received 2 symbols check the computer and TAKE NOTE of the possible demons it can be. Many times the only combination for the first two symbols I found lead to only one possible demon name. MAKE THE MARK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
This way you're not panicking trying to create the mark if your possession meter is reaching full.

Lastly, you can get your first symbol as soon as just setting foot in the Mortuary. Typically before I even grab my first body I grab a strip and run a lap around the mortuary until I find the first symbol. Gives you a head start.

Hopefully this helps some of you who may have been struggling.

If you have questions I'm more than happy to assist when I'm not trying to hit 100 bodies embalmed haha.

[UdderJuice]

These are great tips, thanks!
I just wanted to add that in general, it seems beneficial to rush through the embalmings as quickly as possible. The longer you take the wore your possession gets and I'm pretty sure the more possessed you are the more difficult it becomes to identify the correct body because the demon can give you more false clues.

[Altair1293]

Originally posted by UdderJuice:

These are great tips, thanks!
I just wanted to add that in general, it seems beneficial to rush through the embalmings as quickly as possible. The longer you take the wore your possession gets and I'm pretty sure the more possessed you are the more difficult it becomes to identify the correct body because the demon can give you more false clues.

Rushing comes natural - especially when you've learned where all the items are.

Didn't include it since technically you don't HAVE to rush, and it might be intimidating for first time/newer players. But good addition.

[Altair1293]

There are two instances I'm aware of now with the father to give you the closure ending. The first is where you enter a haunting in a dark area with a demon crouched over you on a rock face. You can place the necklace on your father here instead of smashing his head with the rock.
The second is where he appears on the gurney in the embalming room, you can place the necklace on him here as well.

The third way to get the ending is placing the coins into the hanged Rebecca's hands when she appears in the hallway between the embalming room and the cold storage.

Hope this helps!1

[rad1ka1]

So you can't get closure ending if Rebecca is hanged in an asylum like building?

I think one of the concrete evidences for the correct body is the sigil appeared on the wrist. But I think this only happens later in a shift and sometimes it won't. I guess more apparent signs like body twisting or big blemishes appearing on a chest are usually bait.

Is the house mark revealed by ash always correct? If so, you can narrow down the correct name earlier.

I think speed running things is really important. It gives you enough time to check all three bodies again before you cremate one.

[RabidRadioactiveRaccoons]

Originally posted by UdderJuice:

These are great tips, thanks!
I just wanted to add that in general, it seems beneficial to rush through the embalmings as quickly as possible. The longer you take the wore your possession gets and I'm pretty sure the more possessed you are the more difficult it becomes to identify the correct body because the demon can give you more false clues.

The demon gives more clues, both real and false, when your possession is high. Rush through the bodies when your possession is low and there's a chance you won't get any clues, false or not. Right now, there is only one indicator I know of that is unaffected by possession level if a body is smiling before you sew the mouth shut, there is a very high likelihood that it is possessed.

[Dark Dev]

I've found that you should just ignore the haunting events that happen during the autopsy aside from something like the corpse visibly twitching which you'll almost never see. Once all three autopsies are done, bring back out the corpses and search for a house mark.

Also, if you put the clay mark on one of the bodies and it starts talking, saying "are you sure". That's a pretty definite sign that you've gotten the right one and the demon is nervous.

Remember that you can get the house mark from the post-it note pad eventually, so don't stress about finding a house mark.

Body twitching almost never ever happens. It's a pretty definite sign if you find it. But good luck. The body might twitch once during the whole autopsy then never again. Far better is when the demon gives itself away when you put the clay mark on it, or where you find the house symbol on a body.

[Altair1293]

Originally posted by rad1ka1:

So you can't get closure ending if Rebecca is hanged in an asylum like building?

I think one of the concrete evidences for the correct body is the sigil appeared on the wrist. But I think this only happens later in a shift and sometimes it won't. I guess more apparent signs like body twisting or big blemishes appearing on a chest are usually bait.

Is the house mark revealed by ash always correct? If so, you can narrow down the correct name earlier.

I think speed running things is really important. It gives you enough time to check all three bodies again before you cremate one.

So I'm not entirely sure if you can do it during the part you mentioned.

I also haven't tried it or had that since I started carrying the coins on me.

If I see this is the case while playing I'll update you.

[Altair1293]

Originally posted by RabidRadioactiveRaccoons:

Originally posted by UdderJuice:

These are great tips, thanks!
I just wanted to add that in general, it seems beneficial to rush through the embalmings as quickly as possible. The longer you take the wore your possession gets and I'm pretty sure the more possessed you are the more difficult it becomes to identify the correct body because the demon can give you more false clues.

The demon gives more clues, both real and false, when your possession is high. Rush through the bodies when your possession is low and there's a chance you won't get any clues, false or not. Right now, there is only one indicator I know of that is unaffected by possession level if a body is smiling before you sew the mouth shut, there is a very high likelihood that it is possessed.

I've seen this to be true as well - there's also a rare bug I'm worried will effect players.
After some haunting events, the corpse's eyes will be permanently opened after the eye caps have been places. Each time this has happened it wasn't the correct body, thankfully I knew this.
But I see this being problematic.

I've also noticed the correct body is more prone to glitching. Several times I've had the correct body hanging off of the gurney or cold storage tray. Not sure how to explain it.
But it's like off center and further back, almost floating off the back.

[Altair1293]

Originally posted by rad1ka1:

So you can't get closure ending if Rebecca is hanged in an asylum like building?

I think one of the concrete evidences for the correct body is the sigil appeared on the wrist. But I think this only happens later in a shift and sometimes it won't. I guess more apparent signs like body twisting or big blemishes appearing on a chest are usually bait.

Is the house mark revealed by ash always correct? If so, you can narrow down the correct name earlier.

I think speed running things is really important. It gives you enough time to check all three bodies again before you cremate one.

So I just had this event again and sadly no you cannot place the coins into her hand during this event. So that wold make the only time that works in the actual Mortuary.

[rad1ka1]

Originally posted by Altair1293:

Originally posted by rad1ka1:

So you can't get closure ending if Rebecca is hanged in an asylum like building?

So I just had this event again and sadly no you cannot place the coins into her hand during this event. So that wold make the only time that works in the actual Mortuary.

Thank you for checking. Do you think this is glitch? I watched a streamer experienced the same thing. He was able to place one coin in her right hand but there was no prompt on her left hand so he couldn't place the coin there. Do you think, story wise, there is a logical reason why Rebecca can't put 5 year sobriety coin in her left hand in asylum? (I have no idea) If this is a glitch, it should be reported and fixed.
Edit: I'll ask the dev in the bug thread.
Edit2: I finally checked the asylum event thoroughly including the box and the memo. So this event is supposed to be a hint for what to do in the hallway event. Thus you shouldn't be able to put coins in her hand in this event. It's a correct behavior.

[RabidRadioactiveRaccoons]

Originally posted by Dark Dev:

Also, if you put the clay mark on one of the bodies and it starts talking, saying "are you sure". That's a pretty definite sign that you've gotten the right one and the demon is nervous.

Demon talks to you when you place the mark regardless of the body; I've gotten the same voice lines regardless of whether or not it was the correct body (it once said the same thing for all three bodies). It is not a reliable means of determining the correct body.

[Nova225]

Originally posted by Dark Dev:

Also, if you put the clay mark on one of the bodies and it starts talking, saying "are you sure". That's a pretty definite sign that you've gotten the right one and the demon is nervous.

Just had a successful run where it said "This won't change anything, Rebecca" followed by laughing, which is the exact same set of lines used on me when I messed up the previous game.

[AleX-SHuMa]

Hi Guys, thanks a lot for the tips!

Two doubts:
1st- what marks to pay attention to the correct body and where do they appear on the corpse?
2nd- You talk about matches and ashes, where to find these ashes and how to use them with matches?

Thankful for your time.

Greetings
Alex

[Nova225]

Originally posted by AleX-SHuMa:

Hi Guys, thanks a lot for the tips!

Two doubts:
1st- what marks to pay attention to the correct body and where do they appear on the corpse?
2nd- You talk about matches and ashes, where to find these ashes and how to use them with matches?

Thankful for your time.

Greetings
Alex

Haven't done #2, but for #1, you need to look for marks that bear the sigil of the house the demon is from, or of the main sigil that represents all 3 (looks like 3 circles and a triangle). Smaller markings should be ignored.

[Altair1293]

Originally posted by AleX-SHuMa:

Hi Guys, thanks a lot for the tips!

Two doubts:
1st- what marks to pay attention to the correct body and where do they appear on the corpse?
2nd- You talk about matches and ashes, where to find these ashes and how to use them with matches?

Thankful for your time.

Greetings
Alex

Yeah I never did no. 1.
Never had the need for it. I believe that the plastic bag in the cold storage room has something to do with it.
The matches can be found on a table between the bathroom door and the hallway door in the main room. It's a small box.

And as for marks - you'll occasionally see marks on a body that you can't mark as "a mark" during the body check portion of the embalming. Those are things you should look out for.

If you have enough time at the end after embalming all the bodies, you're more than welcome to take those bodies out of cold storage and re-check all of the limbs. It's easiest if you just bring it back into the embalming room and it'll give you the option to just re-check all the parts of the body again.