Tried good ending

[Feziu]

So if you wanna get the "good ending"/second best DO WARY of embracing. Elizabeth said I betrayed her out of nowhere even though I'm only guilty of killing some citizens (good choices and safe districts - if not the case you can prove me wrong). Everywhere I looked I saw you can kill "few people" (whatever it is) and get the ending. So if you're trying to get it as well, embrace LESS than 5 people as to not repeat my mistake.

[asarokk]

For the good ending where Jonathan and Elizabeth retreat together into seclusion to find a cure for her curse there are only two conditions.
1. None of the districts can collapse.
2. As you found out the hard way, embracing 5 is one citizen too many.
Wendigo211 confirmed that it's safe to consume 4 citizens in this thread : https://steamcommunity.com/app/427290/discussions/0/4626979145080934708/
That is 1 citizen per district.

There are several specific conditions to unlock the best ending where Jonathan and Elizabeth travel the world together in search for a cure for vampirism.
The conditions involve which choices to pick when dealing with Dorothy Crane, Sean Hampton, Aloysius Dawson, Geoffrey McCullum and Dr. Edgar Swansea.

You also cannot drink from any citizen, not even 1. Doesn't matter if you think they deserve it or not, because it'll lock you out of the ending.

[Feziu]

Appreciate the answer. so if I understand correctly, choices regarding Dorothy Crane, Sean Hampton, Aloysius Dawson, Geoffrey McCullum and Dr. Edgar Swansea, if aiming for good ending, don't matter? I mean, can you lose pillars and kill 1 person per district (remembering to not let them collapse) and still achieve it?

Best ending I knew how to achieve, it was clearly portrayed everywhere so no problems there, yet thank you

[asarokk]

The choices regarding the pillars + Geoffrey McCullum are specific. Very specific and choosing correctly absolutely matters.
See below:

1. Dorothy Crane. Charming her won't lock you out of the best ending but she'll be removed as the pillar of her community. The better choice would be to spare her. Especially if you want the formula for the last tier of meds. It won't affect Jonathan's relationship with Lady Ashbury negatively.

2. Sean Hampton. You need to give him your blood to prevent him from becoming feral later.

3. Aloysius Dawson. You have to either charm him or turn him by giving him your blood.

Even though charming him will result in his death, the consequences of charming him will at least have some positive effect on the districts' health (unlike with Dorothy), at least temporarily. But the Ascalon Club won't take kindly to that.

Regardless of how you feel about him as a character and becoming responsible for turning a malicious old man into a powerful vampire, the right choice is to give him your blood. That is the only outcome acceptable by Ascalon and Jonathan can still help the community.

4. Geoffrey McCullum. You absolutely cannot kill or turn him. Sparing him is the only choice.

5. Edgar Swansea. You also cannot kill him either and cannot give him what he wants either (your blood). Letting him live, as a human, is the only choice.

[Feziu]

Ok, you mentioned earlier there are only 2 conditions for good ending but I understand you meant also making the right choices to pillars and McCullum.

So in summary, to get the good ending:
1. None of the districts can collapse
2. It's safe to consume 4 citizens, 1 per district
3. You need to make the same main choices as for the best ending

I must say thatgiving blood toAloysius Dawson sounds wrong for the best ending, since then Elizabeth recalls that negatively at the end of the game. I precisely went (and she didn't mention anyting about them):

1. Dorothy Crane - spared
2. Sean Hampton - gave blood
3. Aloysius Dawson - charmed
4. Geoffrey McCullum - spared
5. Edgar Swansea - "spared"

[asarokk]

I apologize for unintentionally confusing you. There are total of 4 endings in Vampyr. Two good and two bad, ranging from "worst" to "best. I didn't mention them as you were asking for the good.

The worst ending is unlocked by embracing or killing every pillar of community, embrace all the citizens and making all of the districts collapse. Then turning Geoffrey McCullum into a vampire. In this ending Jonathan won't try to save Elizabeth from her curse and will be mostly fine with her death. Jonathan will also embrace his vampiric nature completely

The bad ending is unlocked by embracing 5 or more citizens and letting at least one district collapse. In this ending Elizabeth will die too, but it will devastate Jonathan causing him to go on a rampage.

The good ending as I've mentioned before only requires those two conditions. Embracing 4 citizens or less and prevent all districts from collapsing. That's when Jonathan and Elizabeth will live in seclusion as vampires, with the only goal of finding a cure for her curse.

The best ending requires the specific conditions I mentioned previously and I can confirm that your preferred choices will unlock the ending.
" 1. Dorothy Crane - spared
2. Sean Hampton - gave blood
3. Aloysius Dawson - charmed
4. Geoffrey McCullum - spared
5. Edgar Swansea - "spared""
In addition, you cannot embrace any citizens nor let any of the districts collapse.
In this ending Jonathan will convince Elizabeth to travel the world with him in search of a cure for vampirism

Thankfully the developers give us two options regarding Aloysius and it won't negatively impact your relationship with Elizabeth. Sparing Dorothy won't either.
I do agree with you. Giving him blood is immoral, but being barred from the Ascalon Club is inconvenient. Charming or embracing him will earn you new enemies.