how to avoid deadest of dead ends?

[Maki ★]

I just had that ending and it was SO ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. After I got done with it, the game said they couldn't make me replay because I've ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up multiple times to reach that ending. I don't really know which of my choices were wrong, if anyone is playing the 'normal' route can they tell me all the choices they've made? I don't even know if I made mistakes only on this chapter or I've done them before too.

[Handsome Will]

To avoid Deadest of Dead (and therefore reach Shots and Such unless there's another way to reach Deadest of Dead) you need to:

1. Shoot Andrew in the Chapter 2 vision
2. Find the engagement ring in the forest - there's a point when you're sliding rocks around that there are two paths, and one of them leads to a dead end where you pick up an engagement ring
3. Right before deadest of dead, Andrew finds the same ring on the floor, and you chose whether to discard it or keep it.

Keeping it avoids Deadest of Dead and leads to Shots and Such - I think there might be more variations that I just don't know about but that's how my playthrough went

[Maki ★]

Originally posted by In Nomine Patris:

To avoid Deadest of Dead (and therefore reach Shots and Such unless there's another way to reach Deadest of Dead) you need to:

1. Shoot Andrew in the Chapter 2 vision
2. Find the engagement ring in the forest - there's a point when you're sliding rocks around that there are two paths, and one of them leads to a dead end where you pick up an engagement ring
3. Right before deadest of dead, Andrew finds the same ring on the floor, and you chose whether to discard it or keep it.

Keeping it avoids Deadest of Dead and leads to Shots and Such - I think there might be more variations that I just don't know about but that's how my playthrough went

Thank you! I didn't actually find any rings. But if both options lead to bad ends, then did we made a mistake even before that?

[Maki ★]

maybe if we didn't shoot andrew that wouldn't happen? because I shot him too

[Handsome Will]

I haven't completed extra playthroughs to confirm but it sounds like shooting Andrew or not is the first branch between endings.

I wouldn't say that Shots and Such is a "Mistake" but it's one way that the two of them can survive, despite how bleak and horrible it seems to be

[Maki ★]

Originally posted by In Nomine Patris:

I haven't completed extra playthroughs to confirm but it sounds like shooting Andrew or not is the first branch between endings.

I wouldn't say that Shots and Such is a "Mistake" but it's one way that the two of them can survive, despite how bleak and horrible it seems to be

I haven't played that one yet so I don't know but deadest of dead ends was pretty horrible

[Handsome Will]

I suppose the only way is up from *that* lmao

[Chip Skylark]

I got through the chapter normally and then went back and got the ending where "you dont grow a spine". What endings are you guys referring to and how can I get them?!

[Handsome Will]

Originally posted by Chip Skylark:

I got through the chapter normally and then went back and got the ending where "you dont grow a spine". What endings are you guys referring to and how can I get them?!

From having done more playing I'm confident that the branching moment for the story is choosing to shoot Andrew or not in the Decay vision in Chapter 2.

If Andrew gets shot, then the sequence after the entity gives you a portal changes dramatically and the story changes from there.

Regarding growing a spine I think that refers to the Andy ending, which is a branching moment from when you choose to be Andy or Andrew. I haven't played through an Andy decision yet

[Maki ★]

Originally posted by In Nomine Patris:

Originally posted by Chip Skylark:

I got through the chapter normally and then went back and got the ending where "you dont grow a spine". What endings are you guys referring to and how can I get them?!

From having done more playing I'm confident that the branching moment for the story is choosing to shoot Andrew or not in the Decay vision in Chapter 2.

If Andrew gets shot, then the sequence after the entity gives you a portal changes dramatically and the story changes from there.

Regarding growing a spine I think that refers to the Andy ending, which is a branching moment from when you choose to be Andy or Andrew. I haven't played through an Andy decision yet

Yeah that is the Andy ending I've played it!

[Chip Skylark]

Originally posted by In Nomine Patris:

Originally posted by Chip Skylark:

I got through the chapter normally and then went back and got the ending where "you dont grow a spine". What endings are you guys referring to and how can I get them?!

From having done more playing I'm confident that the branching moment for the story is choosing to shoot Andrew or not in the Decay vision in Chapter 2.

If Andrew gets shot, then the sequence after the entity gives you a portal changes dramatically and the story changes from there.

Regarding growing a spine I think that refers to the Andy ending, which is a branching moment from when you choose to be Andy or Andrew. I haven't played through an Andy decision yet

So to get the other two endings I need to go back and have ashley shoot andrew in the visions? Also is the ring in the forest where you bury nina or futher beyond that?

[VarunRasputin, Great & Glorious]

Originally posted by Chip Skylark:

Originally posted by In Nomine Patris:

From having done more playing I'm confident that the branching moment for the story is choosing to shoot Andrew or not in the Decay vision in Chapter 2.

If Andrew gets shot, then the sequence after the entity gives you a portal changes dramatically and the story changes from there.

Regarding growing a spine I think that refers to the Andy ending, which is a branching moment from when you choose to be Andy or Andrew. I haven't played through an Andy decision yet

So to get the other two endings I need to go back and have ashley shoot andrew in the visions? Also is the ring in the forest where you bury nina or futher beyond that?

The ring is in the forest where you hide from the cops. The one with all the rock puzzles.

[Akameka]

Originally posted by Chip Skylark:

I got through the chapter normally and then went back and got the ending where "you dont grow a spine". What endings are you guys referring to and how can I get them?!

Heavy spolier, obviously

in chapter 2 :
- don't mag dump the killer in the parc
- Follow decay route normally ( Ashley don't trust Andrew alone with their parents)
- in the dream, have Ashley shoot Andrew. it's important to give her PTSD so she doesn't pull the trigger when the times comes to


In chapter 3 :
- find the ring in the first part of the forest (when you get away from the cops. It's on a section where you have to push rocks away from a path between trees instead of following some footprints)
- Don't agree to be called Andy when she threaten you
- Don't leave a whitness in the forest ( not sure about that one )
- chase her in the world-between, but when she is in a dead end, don't try to catch her. She'll pull her gun on you, you'll call for bluff, and has she got traumatised from killing Andrew in her dream, she won't shoot.
- Aside from joke screw up endings, you're pretty set foward by that point.
- Just take back the gun after.... dubious actions... and go eat breakfirst. I didn't steal the trinket, IDK if that matters
- Grab the ring on your path (you'll step on it by the fridge)
- When comes the choice of cleaver or gun, andrew will add the ring in the choice. Guess where the randomness lands =p
....
Alabama ending I guess lol

[Coffin of Andy and LeyLey Fanboy]

Originally posted by Akameka:

Originally posted by Chip Skylark:

I got through the chapter normally and then went back and got the ending where "you dont grow a spine". What endings are you guys referring to and how can I get them?!

Heavy spolier, obviously

in chapter 2 :
- don't mag dump the killer in the parc
- Follow decay route normally ( Ashley don't trust Andrew alone with their parents)
- in the dream, have Ashley shoot Andrew. it's important to give her PTSD so she doesn't pull the trigger when the times comes to


In chapter 3 :
- find the ring in the first part of the forest (when you get away from the cops. It's on a section where you have to push rocks away from a path between trees instead of following some footprints)
- Don't agree to be called Andy when she threaten you
- Don't leave a whitness in the forest ( not sure about that one )
- chase her in the world-between, but when she is in a dead end, don't try to catch her. She'll pull her gun on you, you'll call for bluff, and has she got traumatised from killing Andrew in her dream, she won't shoot.
- Aside from joke screw up endings, you're pretty set foward by that point.
- Just take back the gun after.... dubious actions... and go eat breakfirst. I didn't steal the trinket, IDK if that matters
- Grab the ring on your path (you'll step on it by the fridge)
- When comes the choice of cleaver or gun, andrew will add the ring in the choice. Guess where the randomness lands =p
....
Alabama ending I guess lol

Killing the witness had no impact on that ending specifically, at least during my run anyways.

[Maki ★]

Originally posted by Akameka:

Originally posted by Chip Skylark:

I got through the chapter normally and then went back and got the ending where "you dont grow a spine". What endings are you guys referring to and how can I get them?!

Heavy spolier, obviously

in chapter 2 :
- don't mag dump the killer in the parc
- Follow decay route normally ( Ashley don't trust Andrew alone with their parents)
- in the dream, have Ashley shoot Andrew. it's important to give her PTSD so she doesn't pull the trigger when the times comes to


In chapter 3 :
- find the ring in the first part of the forest (when you get away from the cops. It's on a section where you have to push rocks away from a path between trees instead of following some footprints)
- Don't agree to be called Andy when she threaten you
- Don't leave a whitness in the forest ( not sure about that one )
- chase her in the world-between, but when she is in a dead end, don't try to catch her. She'll pull her gun on you, you'll call for bluff, and has she got traumatised from killing Andrew in her dream, she won't shoot.
- Aside from joke screw up endings, you're pretty set foward by that point.
- Just take back the gun after.... dubious actions... and go eat breakfirst. I didn't steal the trinket, IDK if that matters
- Grab the ring on your path (you'll step on it by the fridge)
- When comes the choice of cleaver or gun, andrew will add the ring in the choice. Guess where the randomness lands =p
....
Alabama ending I guess lol

in my first playthrough I didn't get the ring and got to the ending where they jumped out of the window together, in my second playthrough I got the ring and grabbed it in the kitchen and got the alabama ending. If I get the ring but throw it away is it a different ending or just the same one that I first got?

[Atherys]

Guys which one of the forests?

Originally posted by Maki ★:

Originally posted by Akameka:

Heavy spolier, obviously

in chapter 2 :
- don't mag dump the killer in the parc
- Follow decay route normally ( Ashley don't trust Andrew alone with their parents)
- in the dream, have Ashley shoot Andrew. it's important to give her PTSD so she doesn't pull the trigger when the times comes to


In chapter 3 :
- find the ring in the first part of the forest (when you get away from the cops. It's on a section where you have to push rocks away from a path between trees instead of following some footprints)
- Don't agree to be called Andy when she threaten you
- Don't leave a whitness in the forest ( not sure about that one )
- chase her in the world-between, but when she is in a dead end, don't try to catch her. She'll pull her gun on you, you'll call for bluff, and has she got traumatised from killing Andrew in her dream, she won't shoot.
- Aside from joke screw up endings, you're pretty set foward by that point.
- Just take back the gun after.... dubious actions... and go eat breakfirst. I didn't steal the trinket, IDK if that matters
- Grab the ring on your path (you'll step on it by the fridge)
- When comes the choice of cleaver or gun, andrew will add the ring in the choice. Guess where the randomness lands =p
....
Alabama ending I guess lol

in my first playthrough I didn't get the ring and got to the ending where they jumped out of the window together, in my second playthrough I got the ring and grabbed it in the kitchen and got the alabama ending. If I get the ring but throw it away is it a different ending or just the same one that I first got?