Possible Soft locks

[Punished Rusty Shackleford]

i mentioned this game to someone and they said there was a way you could soft lock the game and not know it. Without any spoilers, is that possible to happen in this game?

[dnru]

I've heard a rumor that you can get softlocked in Benny's scenario but I've never reproduced it. Here's how to avoid the bigger ones from memory:

1. In Gorrister's scenario, make sure Edna drops her key before you do anything for her. You can see it spawn on the ground after talking to her for a while. If you don't get this key, you'll be locked out of a crucial room. If you don't want to make a new game or load a save, just wander into the desert to restart the scenario from scratch.

2. You can get "locked" out of Nimdok's scenario's best and most complete ending. (not a big deal as it won't affect the final chapter but if you'll miss out on maybe 2 or 3 minutes of intrigue) To avoid this, you'll need to collect a specific item from the surgery ward (it won't be there the first time you go there) and conceal it in a crate you can collect from an office. If you fail to do this, the scenario CAN still be beaten.

3. In the final scenario, Nimdok is the only one who can extend the bridge at the start of the scenario with any reliability. There are other methods of doing so but they are not well understood. Just use Nimdok to start out and load a save if he dies before you extend the bridge.

[anonymous]

I'm doing Nimdok as my first playthrough and it feels like there are soft locks left and right. Its a frustrating feeling to wonder if you're just not figuring out the puzzle, or the game let you mess up your playthrough with no going back.

[Big Hat Logan]

I just got this game and I'm stuck on Gorrister's honky-tonk. I'm going to play the game without a guide for my first playthrough but Edna's on the meat hook and I have no idea how to take her off of it. There is no dialogue options and no items to pick up (I think). Did my game break? Do I have to restart?

[Xibalba]

Originally posted by Big Hat Logan:

I just got this game and I'm stuck on Gorrister's honky-tonk. I'm going to play the game without a guide for my first playthrough but Edna's on the meat hook and I have no idea how to take her off of it. There is no dialogue options and no items to pick up (I think). Did my game break? Do I have to restart?

In order to take Edna off the meat hook you have to talk to her. Do it for a while ignoring the options of killing her, etc. Try to make an arragement with her and the option to take her off the hook will appear. And dont forget to take the key she'll drop on the floor.

[Xibalba]

Originally posted by Bender:

I'm doing Nimdok as my first playthrough and it feels like there are soft locks left and right. Its a frustrating feeling to wonder if you're just not figuring out the puzzle, or the game let you mess up your playthrough with no going back.

There are at least two soft locks with Nimdok.

This one:

Originally posted by dnru:

2. You can get "locked" out of Nimdok's scenario's best and most complete ending. (not a big deal as it won't affect the final chapter but if you'll miss out on maybe 2 or 3 minutes of intrigue) To avoid this, you'll need to collect a specific item from the surgery ward (it won't be there the first time you go there) and conceal it in a crate you can collect from an office. If you fail to do this, the scenario CAN still be beaten.

And also you need to free the guy that at some point appears hanging on the fence and give him ether. Otherwise you won't know how to do in the end of the scenario to get the best possible ending.


There are several soft locks during the whole game, thats why its so important to save very often.

[B the Self]

I got softlocked with Benny too , i got the wood before the head and boom , soft locked and no dialogue options but to reload save

[Coda]

Soft locked Benny scenario a different way I helped the child and hid the lottery bag and went to sleep but didn't know I needed it as proof that Benny changed to the graves so now I have nothing to show

[Venus]

Originally posted by Coda:

Soft locked Benny scenario a different way I helped the child and hid the lottery bag and went to sleep but didn't know I needed it as proof that Benny changed to the graves so now I have nothing to show

edit: i had the same problem and after an hour and a half of searching for a solution, a reply in another thread made me realize: you can kill Benny at the altar and restart his chapter