I picked the right body for sure but it still gave me the wrong body ending?

[Sardonicus]

I was absolutely certain I had the correct body. I even did the cremation ash test to be sure and it was the same symbol. All steps were properly followed (I've banished the demon properly multiple times so I know how to do it properly), and it showed the scene of the demon getting burned in the cremation oven, and yet I got the ending where I was possessed and killed the mortician.

Is this some sort of bug or something? I assumed I just made a mistep the first time it happened and yet the second time I was absolutely certain I got it right.

[RainaMermaid]

I had this happen to me today as well as it never has before.

[SoundOfDarkness]

When you get this ending there is a hint from Raymond what your mistake was. He'll either say "You chose the wrong body" or "You chose the wrong demon". The wrong demon means all sigils were correct and in the right order, but the wrong demon name. This can happen when you try to reveal the demon's name with only 3 sigils.

So my guess is you had 3 sigils and found a name were those 3 sigils were present, but there was another demon who also had the same 3 sigils and only the 4th was different but you somehow missed that. My tip is even when you found a name with all 3 sigils check the remaining ones to see if there's another name with the same sigils except for the last one.

[Sardonicus]

Originally posted by SoundOfDarkness:

When you get this ending there is a hint from Raymond what your mistake was. He'll either say "You chose the wrong body" or "You chose the wrong demon". The wrong demon means all sigils were correct and in the right order, but the wrong demon name. This can happen when you try to reveal the demon's name with only 3 sigils.

So my guess is you had 3 sigils and found a name were those 3 sigils were present, but there was another demon who also had the same 3 sigils and only the 4th was different but you somehow missed that. My tip is even when you found a name with all 3 sigils check the remaining ones to see if there's another name with the same sigils except for the last one.

No cause he said it was the wrong body specifically. I triple checked the sigils and had all four of them before I burned the body, and placed them in the correct order according to the chart and then checked back and forth multiple times like I always do, because I'm super paranoid about that. I am confused because I specifically matched the symbol created by the cremation ash to the symbol I wrote on the paper, and I was specifically told that I chose the wrong body when I thought the ash thing was 100% proof in this game

I even got multiple conformations it was the right body. The embalming paper went to the top file when I put it in the bottom (I've never had that sign fail me before to pick the right body). The corpse had a smile on its face after I wired it's jaw. Later on in the embalming process the demon cut an upside down cross into its chest. The body later on popped out from the drawer he was placed in, and later still the door of only that body started opening and slamming shut then just to confirm since I was super sure at that point I did the ash test and even that said it was the correct body. Then Raymond was like, "Oh no you chose the wrong body. What have you done?" then he crumpled like human paper.

I have also gotten the wrong sigils before and the animation is different when you do that. The whole room goes blue and you immediately know you messed up before you even get to the cutscene.

[RainaMermaid]

That was all the same for me, I am sure it was correct!

[Lupin III]

The night shift docs on the computer specifically say that the demon is clever and will try to trick you by manifesting signs on the wrong body. Maybe it fooled you.

[Sardonicus]

Originally posted by Lupin III:

The night shift docs on the computer specifically say that the demon is clever and will try to trick you by manifesting signs on the wrong body. Maybe it fooled you.

the cremation ash test is considered 100% proof though. If you get the same symbol on the body after burning the ash that you write on your notepad at high possession level, it's suppose to 100% guarantee that it is the correct body according to everything I've read about the game, and how it's coded. The ash test is never suppose to be a trick. That's why they only let you do it once, because if you could do the ash test on every body then there's no longer any guesswork on the correct body. The ash test gives you a 1:3 chance of figuring it out every time.

[Punani]

Think I encountered the same issue.

Had very little to work with, so I did the ash test. Found out that way that my first pick was wrong. Choose another body because I saw it smiling once. When I burned the body I saw the usual scene of the demon screaming and clawing its way towards you before it is pulled back into the oven. Afterwards I get the cutscene where Rebecca is possessed.

[SoundOfDarkness]

Originally posted by Sardie:

the cremation ash test is considered 100% proof though. If you get the same symbol on the body after burning the ash that you write on your notepad at high possession level, it's suppose to 100% guarantee that it is the correct body...

Almost correct. The symbol from the ash test must be the same as the house of the demon whose name you found.

[Sardonicus]

Originally posted by SoundOfDarkness:

Almost correct. The symbol from the ash test must be the same as the house of the demon whose name you found.

The House of the demon you end up with is always the exact same symbol as the one you write on the piece of paper. You write the correct house when you're at high possession level. You can even use the paper trick to find out what house they're in before they give you all the symbols around the area so you can nail it down without needing to embalm all the bodies (since the 4th symbol will only ever show up while embalming the 3rd body). If you're really confident you have the right body, you can also use the symbol on the body to narrow it down to the correct house even if you only have 2 symbols, if those two symbols end up being the only symbols in the name of of a demon from that specific house. I used that information to get an achievement where you get the correct body without embalming everyone.

How is that "almost correct'? It IS correct. The paper will ALWAYS match the house of the demon who's possessing the body. You're just adding details I didn't bother to point out since I thought they were too obvious to need to point out.

[Melodica]

Originally posted by Sardie:

Originally posted by SoundOfDarkness:

I even got multiple conformations it was the right body. The embalming paper went to the top file when I put it in the bottom (I've never had that sign fail me before to pick the right body).

I didn't even realize that was a thing. I'm going to have to try that now!

[Sardonicus]

Welp, I finally finished my 100 embalmings and 50 cremations to put my completionist mind at ease, and never had an issue with this happening again, so I'm going to guess it was just a fluke.

[Boozer]

guess i need to learn this ash test.
i havent been able to pass one shift lol

was almsot certain i had the right body several times, mostly due to random cuts happening on the body, but keep failing.

[Sardonicus]

Originally posted by boozer:

guess i need to learn this ash test.
i havent been able to pass one shift lol

was almsot certain i had the right body several times, mostly due to random cuts happening on the body, but keep failing.

Oh lemme give some advice then since I played it long enough to get a 100% success rate after awhile.

-First the quickest and easiest way to figure out the body is after the embalming paper prints and the checklist tells you ton put it in the folder in the other room, put it in the very bottom folder. If the report jumps from the bottom folder to very top folder, that's always the possessed body. If it stays in the bottom folder or only jumps up to the middle folder, it's not possessed. I've pretty much never had it not be the case

-If you hear the doors to the storage for the bodies banging go check it out. If only one door is banging, it's pretty much always the possessed body who's door is banging.

-Same thing if you go in there and one of the bodies that you pushed into the storage drawer is just lying out again. That's pretty much always a possessed body.

-If after stapling the mouth shut, if you see a small smile on the face of the corpse instead of a neutral expression, that corpse is the possessed.

-If you catch a corpse twitching at any point, that means it's possessed though it's rare to catch. Only ever saw it happen once in a hundred bodies

- If one of the visions you go through where the game stops you from being able to embalm bodies for a bit where you see a different corpse doing weird things than the corpse you are embalming, usually that's the corpse who's possessed. If it's the same body that you're embalming talking or whatever that doesn't mean possessed as usually it's just a scripted event that any body will do in that moment.

-If you find weird marks on a corpse that weren't there it's usually a red herring cause the demons will mark random corpses. If it's specifically an upside down cross they mark a corpse with though, it appears the corpse is more likely to be possessed.

-Final test to make sure is the ash test. Once you feel like you know the right body, cover it in ash and light it on fire. It will have a sigal on it of the demon houses. If you draw that same sigal while scribbling and at a high possession level, that's always the right corpse, since you will draw the correct demon house at high possession. If you aren't at a high enough possession level yet to draw a sigal to confirm you can also confirm by seeing if the sigals you find around the house from burning those papers also lead you to the same house sigal that was burned on the body, that's the correct corpse. The sigal test is great cause either you're going to have the correct body, or be able to only have to figure out from two bodies which is correct.

Hope that helps you successfully identify some demons.

[Lupin III]

Originally posted by Sardine:

-First the quickest and easiest way to figure out the body is after the embalming paper prints and the checklist tells you ton put it in the folder in the other room, put it in the very bottom folder. If the report jumps from the bottom folder to very top folder, that's always the possessed body. If it stays in the bottom folder or only jumps up to the middle folder, it's not possessed. I've pretty much never had it not be the case

This was a bug that has been thankfully fixed.

[Sardonicus]

Originally posted by Lupin III:

This was a bug that has been thankfully fixed.

Oh that's good, cause it made the game way too easy. I was able to figure it out on the first body half the time.