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The Crow's Eye Achievement Guide + Walkthrough

By alphabetsoup

Complete walkthrough to unlock all achievements in one playthrough.

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Category: Achievements, Gameplay Basics, Maps or Levels, Secrets, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

Achievement Guide

Achievement Bugs

Level 1 - The Rainbow Path

Level 2 - Heritage of Delusions

Level 3 - Road to Freedom

Level 4 - Prisoner of your Emotions

Level 5 - Lethargy of the Morbid

Level 6 - Jesters of Madness

Level 7 - Decaying Puppets

Level 8 - The End Justifies the Means

Level 9 - Revelation

Clean Up

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Achievement Guide

This section isn't going to have much detail. Most achievements are really simple, and the detail is in the walkthrough.

Here's the gist of what's needed:

Kill 10 cockroaches.
This can be done on the first level alone, but levels 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 all have them. They're very difficult to find, so it's best to just get this achievement out of the way early.
Break 1/10/50 glass objects.
This can be accomplished in the first two levels, but there's probably hundreds of things to break in the whole game.
Play 1/8 pianos.
There are 8 pianos in the game. There are in level 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 9. Level 7 has 3 pianos.
Open a door using the lockpick without damaging it.
You need to pick three locks in the game, so you only have three chances... Or you can just reload a save.
Discover 1/5 secret areas.
Secret areas are in level 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8.
Craft 1/5/10/20 items.
Collect 10/25/70 items.
There's also "Invest 5/20/40 items in crafting." achievements, but that comes with crafting 20 items. The walkthrough covers all items.
Craft 1/6 maps.
Find the ink on levels 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and combine it with a cloth to make a map.
Collect 10/50/81 documents and recordings.
Collect all of <Character>'s recordings and documents.
There are 49 documents and 34 recordings, totalling 83. The "all documents and recordings" achievement unlocks after 81, so it seems like the developers miscounted. As for each character:
- Evelynn O'Donell has 1 document and 6 recordings.
- Robert Kansas has 3 documents and 12 recordings.
- William Holtwick has 9 documents.
- Benjamin Bennet has 5 documents and 16 recordings.
Build the electromagnet.
Unmissable story achievement.
Finish the game without healing yourself.
This isn't nearly as hard as it sounds. You can only hurt yourself if you fall into a bottomless pit in the platforming sections. But there's almost always a save point before each one, so you can just reload a previous save if you fail too many times.
Lose all life points 1/12 times.
You are forced to load a previous save when you die. This can be done anywhere where you can be hurt, but I just do this one after finishing the game.

Achievement Bugs

Many discussion posts mention issues with achievements not unlocking properly, but personally, every achievement unlocked for me without any problems.

This walkthrough details exactly what I did and the order in which I did everything. Additionally, I only loaded my latest save, at least until after I finished the game.

Level 1 - The Rainbow Path

Documents: 8 (Running Total: 8)
Recordings: 4 (Running Total: 4)

Achievement Note: There's an achievement for finishing the game without healing.
You can craft and pick up healing items, but you cannot use them. It's not hard as the only way you hurt yourself if you fall into a bottomless pit in the platforming sections. But there's almost always a save point before each one, so you can just reload a previous save if you fail too many times.

Achievement Note: There's an achievement for killing 10 cockroaches. It can be done in this level alone, but most levels have cockroaches. Press "E" to kill them.
Here's where I found ten:
1 in 3.04.
1 in the short hallway between 3.04 and 3.01.
2 in 3.01, near the piano end of the room.
1 in the area with the piano.
1 in the cafeteria.
2 in the ladies' room floor.
1 in the ladies' room wall.
2 in 3.03.

You start in room 3.04.
Pick up the [ZIPPO] lighter from the table and equip it.
Drop all breakable bottles/plates in this room for two achievements.
- Break 1 glass object.
- Break 10 glass objects.
Continue breaking things as you explore. You need 50 in total. 50 is not a lot, and you should be able to unlock this in the next couple of levels.
Head to the desk in the corner and open the drawer for a [KEY].
Grab Recording #1: ????? (0:34) on the table.
Exit the room and go into 3.01 opposite.
To your left is a high vent cover you can remove. This is the exit.
In the first aid cabinet is [CLOTH].
There's nothing else here except some breakable bottles, so exit the other end into the hallway.
There's Piano #1 to play in this hallway.
- Play the piano.
Down the hallway on your left are bathrooms.
In the left stall in the men's room is Document #1: Picture of the students missing in class.
Feel free to use the machine behind the stairs to save.
Opposite the bathrooms is the cafeteria.
On a counter in the near corner is Document #2: Letter from Benjamin Bennet to his wife Caroline Bennet (March 28th, 1947).
Break everything in here.
While you're wrecking the place, try and find 2 cockroaches to kill. There's an achievement for killing 10, and killing 2 now makes it easier.
Use the cube to climb up the stack of crates and over the wall to exit the cafeteria.
The ladies' room opens.
In the out-of-service stall is a [LADDER].
Return to 3.01 and use the ladder to climb into the vent.
In the vent, go right at the first intersection to find Document #3: Letter from Benjamin Bennet to his wife Caroline Bennet (March 29th, 1947).
From there, follow the linear path and drop into 3.03.
In the first aid cabinet is [TAPE].
On a table at the back is Document #4: Letter from Benjamin Bennet to his wife Caroline Bennet (March 30th, 1947).
In the cupboard by the teacher's desk is Recording #2: ????? (0:47).
You can drag the crate out of the way to create a path back to the previous area.
Exit the room through the other door.
Continue down the hall and enter 3.02.
On a table is Recording #3: Robert Kansas (0:26).
In the small storeroom at the back is a [TAPE], [CLOTH], and Document #5: recipe for bandages.
Craft what you can. You need to craft 20 items for 6 more achievements. This won't be difficult.
- Craft an item for the first time.
Next to the storeroom is a cube.
Before grabbing the cube, in the nearby cupboard is Document #6: Letter from Caroline Bennet to her husband Benjamin Bennet (April 2nd, 1947).
Grab the cube and place it on the trolley lying on the floor on the other side of the room.
Climb up and grab the [KEY] in the vent.
Exit 3.02 and unlock 3.04 (the starting room was also 3.04, so I'll call this room the Lecture Hall).
Grab Recording #4: ????? (0:33) on the teacher's table.
- Collect 10 documents and recordings.
In the cupboard is Document #7: sketches.
In the first aid cabinet is [TAPE] and [CLOTH].
- Collect 10 items.
On a student's desk is Document #8: safe code.
Use 7256 to open the safe at the back of the room. Inside is a [KEY].
Now's the time to kill 10 cockroaches if you haven't already.
- Kill 10 cockroaches.
Return to the stairs near the cafeteria and head downstairs.

Level 2 - Heritage of Delusions

Documents: 8 (Running Total: 16)
Recordings: 9 (Running Total: 13)

Reminder: Continue breaking stuff until you get 50. You should get it in this level.
- Break 50 glass objects.
Reminder: Be on the lookout for cockroaches if still needed.
Go through the double doors to a long hallway.
The first room on your left is 2.04.
Grab the [CLOTH] in the first aid cabinet and Document #9: Note from a teacher on the desk.
Continue down the hall and enter 2.02.
At the back is Recording #5: Evelynn O'Donell (0:31).
Continue through the door.
On the left is [TAPE] and [CLOTH] in the first aid cabinet.
On the other side is a vent with Document #10: Letter from the Department of Strategic Services to William Holtwick (February 16th, 1943).
On the workbench is [CLOTH], [INK], and Document #11: recipe for maps. Craft a map.
- Craft a map.
Flip the nearby switches. Counting from left to right: 3, 1, 4, 2, 6, 5.
Return to the long hallway and go through the door with the green light.
There's Recording #6: Evelynn O'Donell (0:27) near the save point.
Continue to the next room.
On the left is [TAPE] and [CLOTH] in the first aid cabinet.
Pick up the [WOODEN BOARD] on the floor by the hole.
There's Piano #2 to play in this room.
Pick up the [SAW] on the wall near the piano.
Pick up the [NAILS] on a shelf.
Remove the vent cover and continue through to a room with a chest containing Document #12: Letter from James Lafleur to William Holtwick (This is nothing...). This is also Secret Area #1.
- Discover a secret room.
Return to the previous room and go through the hole in the wall.
Pick up Recording #7: ????? (0:38) on the small table.
On the workbench is Document #13: recipe for lockpicks. Craft a pair.
- Invest 5 items in crafting.
Move the cupboard blocking the door.
Pick the lock. Do it flawlessly for an achievement.
- Open a door using the lockpick without damaging it.
On the floor in front of you is Recording #8: ????? (0:31).
Enter the room on the right and look in the cupboard at the back for Document #14: Letter from James Lafleur to William Holtwick (December 7th, 1943).
Continue down the hallway and enter the vent opposite the open door. Find Document #15: Letter from James Lafleur to William Holtwick (December 15th, 1943).
Ignore the open door (there's gas), and enter the white door in the corner down the hallway (the other door is blocked).
See a gas mask you can't reach. Pick up Recording #9: Robert Kansas (0:32).
Continue down the stairs.
Solve the puzzle down here:
Retrieve the [GAS MASK].
- Collect 25 items.
Return to the gassy room.
Pick up Recording #10: Evelynn O'Donell (0:51) on the table.
Turn a valve on the wall and climb through.
In a cupboard is Document #16: Letter from James Lafleur to William Holtwick (December 25th, 1943).
Move the crate behind the desk and crawl into the vent.
Pick up Recording #11: ????? (0:29).
Continue through to the other end.
Save and go through the hole in the wall.
Pick up the syringe to begin a tutorial. Use adrenaline to slow time and jump across large gaps.
Tutorial over, jump across the large gap.
Find [TAPE] in the first aid cabinet.
Flip the red switch to turn off the lasers.
Exit the room, down the hallway to the end and through where the lasers were.
Pick up Recording #12: ????? (0:32) on the oil drum.
Make your way down to find a switch which raises a platform.
Jump to the platform and to the ladder.
In the vent is Recording #13: ????? (0:57). You'll automatically go to the next level.

Level 3 - Road to Freedom

Documents: 8 (Running Total: 24)
Recordings: 6 (Running Total: 19)

Grab Recording #14: Benjamin Bennet (0:28).
Crawl through the hole in the wall to the next toilet and into the vent.
Exit into the staff room.
Pick up the [INK] on the desk and make the map.
Read Document #17: Letter from William Holtwick to James Lafleur (January 23rd, 1944) next to the ink.
Pick up the [WALKIE TALKIE] on the floor.
Find [SYRINGE], [CLOTH], and [CLOTH] in the first aid cabinet.
Drag the crates and use the cubes to make stairs back up to the floor above and exit the room.
This is a massive area to explore. Start by following the left wall.
The first room is locked.
The next two rooms are the bathrooms you started in.
The room opposite there leads to the library.
Grab Recording #15: Robert Kansas (0:40).
In a cupboard at the back is Document #18: Letter from James Lafleur to William Holtwick (January 27th, 1944).
There's [TAPE] and [CLOTH] in a first aid cabinet.
Lastly, pick up the [SPECIAL BATTERY] on the table.
Leave the library and continue keeping the wall on your left. You'll pass by an area blocked off by steam. This is your next destination.
Continue until you reach the red carpet and follow it to Recording #16: Robert Kansas (0:34) on a bench and [IRON] on a desk.
Round the next corner is the [PIPE WITH WHEEL] which you need.
Continue down the hall to find Piano #3 in the corner.
Return and remove the steam with the pipe.
Enter the only room you can.
Read Document #19: Letter from William Holtwick to James Lafleur (February 2nd, 1944) on the desk.
There's [TAPE] in a first aid cabinet.
Open the cabinet and crawl through to Secret Area #2. Open the safe (4739) for Document #20: Letter from the Department of Strategic Services to William Holtwick (May 18th, 1946).
Return to the classroom and move the crate and crawl through the hole in the wall.
Pick up the [KEY] and Recording #17: Robert Kansas (0:33) on the desk.
Unlock the locked door from before with the key.
There's [TAPE] and [CLOTH] in a first aid cabinet.
Grab the cube in the cabinet and throw it at the button high on the wall. This opens the gates downstairs.
Go downstairs to the lobby. Listen to Recording #18: Benjamin Bennet (0:35) at reception.
Head through the doorway opposite the reception desk first.
At the cafeteria, find [CABLE] and [CABLE] on a trolley.
Continue down the hallway and turn left. You'll find Document #21: Letter from James Lafleur to William Holtwick (February 5th, 1944) on a box.
Down the hallway and turn left again and enter the room (just before returning to reception) to be warped to a platforming sequence.
Back in the infirmary, listen to Recording #19: Benjamin Bennet (0:45) on the bed.
There's also Document #22: Letter from William Holtwick to James Lafleur (February 8th, 1944) on the desk.
Pull the lever to reveal the next puzzle:
Get up there to find Document #23: recipe for the Electromagnet.
Complete the first part for the [ELECTROMAGNET V.1] and to open the gates leading outside.
- Craft 5 items.
Exit the infirmary, turn left and walk to the end to find the opened gates.
Use the Electromagnet to pull down two cubes and use them to climb up to the ladder.
Cross the platforms and flip the switch at the end.
Drop back down and make [ELECTROMAGNET V.2].
Return to the area behind the steam.
Enter the double doors to a new area and use your new Electromagnet to complete the next platforming puzzle in the elevator shaft and beyond.
Find the last electromagnet part and make [ELECTROMAGNET V.3].
- Build the electromagnet.
Wait for the wall to rise and pick up Document #24: Letter from a lady to James Lafleur (April 5th, 1944) on the table.
Complete the next puzzle to return to the elevator shaft.
Return to the lobby for the final puzzle. You need to move the cubes onto matching shapes, with the shape on top:
Exit the university to finish this level.

Level 4 - Prisoner of your Emotions

Documents: 3 (Running Total: 27)
Recordings: 0 (Running Total: 19)

Head left and grab the [NAILS] on the trolley on its side.
Go down the stairs and continue left to find a [SAW] on a girder.
Turn around and run to the opposite end of the park. Find a [WOODEN BOARD] under a 'DANGER' sign.
Craft a lockpick and use it to unlock the greenhouse.
Find the [EARTH MONOLITH] on the left.
Run deeper into the park to find a fountain. Place the Earth Monolith onto one of the fountain hands to open the gates next to the save point.
Run past the platforming puzzle to an area with several gravestones. This is Secret Area #3.
Pass the platforming puzzle to find the [WIND MONOLITH] at the top.
You now have 2 minutes to find three flowers.
Drop down from the platform with the Wind Monolith and look left to find a gated door. Walk towards it, past a bench and look right to find a path between the trees. At the end of this path is a [BLUE FLOWER].
Return to the greenhouse. Go around the outside of it from the left to find the second [BLUE FLOWER].
With your back to the greenhouse entrance, head forward past two benches to find the last [BLUE FLOWER].
Craft a potion with the flowers.
- Invest 20 items in crafting.
Place the Wind Monolith on another fountain hand to open the next set of gates.
Walk around the back of the large building to find a hole leading down into the dungeons.
Document #25: Letter from a former investor's granddaughter (December 27th, 1937) is on a shelf near the hanging cages.
Solve the platforming puzzle here. You need to move the crates to access the magnet, pull yourself up, and then jump from crate to crate and over the unmovable stack.
Find the [FIRE MONOLITH] here.
Exit via the vent and return to the fountain.
Place the Fire Monolith to open the last set of gates.
Find the red shipping container in the new area.
There's [TAPE] and [CLOTH] in a first aid cabinet, and Document #26: Letter from a former investor's granddaughter (November 12th, 1937) inside.
Exit the container and drop down the shaft in the walled off area.
Go left at the first intersection to find Document #27: Letter from a former investor's granddaughter (January 6th, 1938) on a bed.
Past the bed is Switch 1. Flip and you have two minutes to find three more.
Quickly turn around, straight past the intersection, go left and climb over the crates to Switch 2.
Return to the intersection and run down the unexplored direction. Use the magnet pad to reach a higher platform, and jump across to Switch 3.
Jump across the other side, through the fan, and jump across to Switch 4.
Drop down and return to the area with Switch 3 to find the [WATER MONOLITH] in the drained canals.
Place the last monolith to open the gates near the first blue flower and finish this level.

Level 5 - Lethargy of the Morbid

Documents: 4 (Running Total: 31)
Recordings: 0 (Running Total: 19)

From the start, head right and find a vent you can crawl into.
Head straight at the intersection in the vent and flip the switch in the next room.
Return to the vent intersection and go down the other path (the last one is a dead end).
Drop down at the end to land on the other side of the gates you just closed.
Down the path is a first aid cabinet with [TAPE] and [CLOTH].
Past the iron bars is another [CLOTH] on a shelf.
On the workbench near the save point is [INK] for a map and Document #28: Article written by James Lafleur.
Remember to make a map.
Follow the linear path and jump across the platforms.
In the next room, you need to flip all the switches. There's one behind the save point, one up some platforms on the left, and two across the platforms on the right side.
This opens the door behind the save point.
In the next room, there's [TAPE] and [CLOTH] in a first aid cabinet and Document #29: Document on Restructuring of personality (No. S. 1/5601/WH) on a table nearby.
Use two cubes to climb up the crates at the end of the room, and drop back into the puzzle room.
This puzzle follows the same concept as the one you solved in the university:
Enter the tunnel to go to the next area.
Place the cube on the button to make a path across.
Pass the platforming section until you reach a vent but don't go inside.
Look above you to find a small room that you can magnetise up to. This is Secret Area #4.
Inside is Document #30: Note from William Holtwick to James Lafleur (I'm tired of stupid...)
Drop back down and enter the vent.
Continue forward at the next intersection to the cells where you can find [CLOTH] and [CLOTH] in a first aid cabinet.
Return to the intersection, turn left and pass a room with lots of coffins, and you'll eventually reach a crate you can move to access a vent.
The vent leads to a cell with a [PIPE WITH WHEEL].
Return to the room with coffins and use the pipe to turn off the steam.
Past the steam is a switch on the wall, which lowers the grate blocking the cube near the vent.
Grab the cube and place it on the button in the room with coffins.
Follow the path, past a fan, and into a storeroom.
Read Document #31: Note from a teacher (Please, I am...) on a shelf.
- Collect 50 documents and recordings.
There's also [TAPE] and [TAPE] in a first aid cabinet
- Collect 70 items.
Climb the ladder and open the trapdoor to finish the level.

Level 6 - Jesters of Madness

Documents: 5 (Running Total: 36)
Recordings: 6 (Running Total: 25)

Head forward from the start, turn right and right again.
A desk nearby has [INK] for the map.
Head through the double doors to the cafeteria.
Find Recording #20: Robert Kansas (0:34) near the save point, Document #32: Letter from Robert Kansas to Benjamin Bennet (September 3rd, 1947) on a table, a [BATTERY PANEL] on the shelf, and [CLOTH] in a first aid cabinet.
Leave the cafeteria and return the way you came to a hallway with 4 rooms and a door with 4 red lights.
Enter the first room on the left.
Inside is a [LADDER] in the cabinet, Recording #21: Benjamin Bennet (0:33) on the desk.
Flip the switch, drop down and solve the block-pushing puzzle:
After solving the puzzle, travel to each corner and ride the platforms up to another room and flip the switches there.
There's a [CLOTH] in the room with the overgrown vines.
There's [TAPE] and [TAPE] in a first aid cabinet in one of the rooms. In the same room is a [BATTERY PANEL] on a table.
The door with 4 lights is now open and you can go up the stairs beyond.
When you are teleported to the new area, head into the office on the right and grab the [KEY] on the desk.
Use it to unlock the door on the opposite side.
Grab three cubes to climb up to the next ledge.
Use two more cubes to climb onto the floating bed and jump across the large gap.
Exit the next door to go back to reality.
Through the double doors, immediately on your left is Document #33: Letter from Caroline Bennet to William Holtwick (January 25th, 1956).
Continue down the hall and enter the first room on the right.
There's Document #34: Letter from Robert Kansas to Caroline Bennet (September 23rd, 1965) on a shelf, Recording #22: Evelynn O'Donell (0:48) on an overturned table, and [CLOTH] under the table.
Use the ladder to climb into the vent.
There's a [SYRINGE] and [BATTERY PANEL] at either end of the vent.
Return to the hallway and enter the next door on your left.
Use the three battery panels on the mechanism to open the door.
Climb your way up to a switch that opens a small room overlooking the area with Recording #23: Evelynn O'Donell (0:38) and a [KEY]:
Continue down the hallway and turn right to find Piano #4.
Recording #24: Evelynn O'Donell (0:23) is nearby.
Open the locked door at the end of the hallway with the key.
In the maze, go straight, right, left, straight, left, right, to reach the end.
Grab Document #35: Note from Robert Kansas to Benjamin Bennet (This is me.) on the desk.
There's Document #36: safe code in a desk drawer in the corner.
Use the code (1813) to open the safe behind the desk.
Inside the safe is Recording #25: Robert Kansas (0:25) and a [KEY].
Push aside the cabinet to reveal a hidden door. Unlock it and exit the level.

Level 7 - Decaying Puppets

Documents: 7 (Running Total: 43)
Recordings: 5 (Running Total: 30)

Follow the path and you'll reach a storeroom of sorts.
Recording #26: Robert Kansas (0:23) is on a table in the corner.
There are two pianos to play in this room: Piano #5 and Piano #6.
Head into the next room and get the cube.
Take it back to the pianos and hit the switch on the ceiling between them to reveal some stairs.
Turn right at the top of the stairs to find Document #37: Letter from Evelynn O'Donell to William Holtwick (March 26th, 1943) on the debris
- Collect all of Evelynn O'Donell's recordings and documents.
Turn around and continue down the hallway. Turn right at the end into the next room.
Listen to Recording #27: Robert Kansas (0:30) on the cabinet.
There's [INK] on a workbench for the map.
- Craft 10 items.
Head to the back of the room to find Document #38: Letter from Walt O'Donell to William Holtwick (February 3rd, 1938).
Return to the hallway and through the other doorway.
Up the short stairs on your left is [TAPE] and [TAPE] in a first aid cabinet.
Continue further backstage to find Document #39: Letter from Walt O'Donell to William Holtwick (February 7th, 1940) and a [WOODEN BOARD].
Walk on the stage and play Piano #7.
Go down the aisle and into a room on the left. There's [CLOTH] and [NAILS] in a dead end.
Walk to the end of the aisle and go left. There's Document #40: Letter from Walt O'Donell to William Holtwick (March 14th, 1940) on a table under the stairs.
Head to the room at the opposite side of the aisle to find a [SAW].
Craft a lockpick.
Return to the stage and turn left. There's one area behind some curtains we've yet to explore. Unlock the toilets door here.
Find Document #41: Letter from Walt O'Donell to William Holtwick (February 27th, 1940) on a shelf, and [CLOTH] and [CLOTH] in a first aid cabinet.
Enter the female bathroom and move the vent cover.
Follow the vent until you drop down onto the second floor.
There's not much of interest up here. Head across to the other side to find Document #42: News on the death of Walt O'Donell on some crates.
Enter the nearby room to find Recording #28: Benjamin Bennet (0:26) and a [SYRINGE] in a first aid cabinet.
Go down the stairs for another platforming puzzle.
Enter the room at the end to find Recording #29: Benjamin Bennet (0:24).
Flip the switch on the wall to turn on the stage lights and open the door.
Return to the stage and pull the lever in front of the stage.
After the show, go up on stage and open the chest for a [KEY].
Use the key to unlock a door near where you dropped down from the vent on the second floor.
In the hallway is Recording #30: Benjamin Bennet (0:43).
Enter the glass room on the left to find Document #43: William Holtwick's thoughts (November 3rd, 1943) on the table.
Continue forward, move the crate aside to make a path.
Flip all 4 switches around the room to solve the puzzle and open the level exit.

Level 8 - The End Justifies the Means

Documents: 4 (Running Total: 47)
Recordings: 3 (Running Total: 33)

Exit the elevator and enter the office ahead to find [INK] for a map.
- Craft every map.
Enter the storage area to find Document #44: Document on Restructuring of personality (Subject: Matias...) on the shelf.
Exit the office and go through the double doors.
Follow the path to the prison cells.
Behind the door is a first aid cabinet with a [SYRINGE].
Ignore the cells and head to the intersection ahead. Enter the room on the right to find what looks like a torture bed.
On it is Document #45: Book (The Executioner) and [CLOTH] on the cabinets behind it.
Enter the vent.
Follow the twisting path until you exit into a cell.
Move the crate blocking the cell door.
Take the cube and return to the intersection.
Head straight across (left if looking from the prison entrance) and place the cube outside the double doors.
Continue down the path and enter the lone cell on the right.
Remove the vent on the ceiling to find another cube.
Take both cubes into the room with the double doors and place them on the buttons.
Head up to the second floor and cross the bridge to the centre island.
The cell on the other side of the island has a [LADDER].
Return to the door you passed and talk to the prisoner inside. He opens a door for you.
Return the way you came, past the bridge you crossed, to find another bridge.
Enter the cell the prisoner unlocked, and climb into the vent with the ladder.
Drop into another platforming puzzle.
Jump across two gaps and into the prison cell.
Instead of jumping across the next gap, drop down to find Secret Area #5.
- Discover all secret areas.
Climb back up, jump across the gap, and out the next door.
Flip the switch around the corner.
Return to the second gap you jumped across and the panel there will now be open.
Ride the platform across, through the fan and magnetise your way across two gaps.
Enter the office to find [TAPE] and [CLOTH] in a first aid cabinet.
Flip the switch here to free the prisoner and continue the platforming sequence.
You'll eventually return to the prison proper.
Make your way back to the prisoner's cell to find a [BATTERY PANEL].
Exit the prison and return to the entrance of the level.
The double doors on the opposite side are now open.
Go through the next set of doors.
On the left is a first aid cabinet with a [SYRINGE].
Enter the office to find Document #46: Document on Restructuring of personality (Subject: Benjamin...) and Recording #31: Robert Kansas (0:21).
Go behind the office to find a save point. Save here. We'll use this save to clean up some achievements later.
Head through the double doors to the next platforming puzzle.
Drop down and jump from platform to platform and climb up a ladder to find Recording #32: Robert Kansas (0:32).
Jump across the next gap and flip the switch to raise the floor.
Use a crate and cube to block the laser, flip the lever and immediately slow time to make it through the door.
Flip the levers in this order: 1, 7, 3, 5, 8, 2, 6, 4.
Exit out the new door to find more offices.
Enter the nearest one with 7/6 on the blackboard to find Recording #33: Robert Kansas (1:13).
- Collect all of Robert Kansas' recordings and documents.
Flip the switch on the wall so it's up.
Walk around to the office with 3/2 for Document #47: Document on Restructuring of personality (Subject: Benjamin...).
- Collect all of William Holtwick's recordings and documents.
Continue through the office and behind the next one to find a 5/4 switch. Flip this one up.
Return to the 7/6 office and flip the switch down.
Enter the 5/6 office and flip the switch up.
Head through the 3/2 office again into the next office and flip the 0 switch up.
The next room has [TAPE] and [CLOTH] in a first aid cabinet.
Wait for the round doors to open and pass the platforming sequence.
After the scene, the glass case opens.
Return the way you came and get another [BATTERY PANEL] from the glass case.
Return to the office at the start of the level and use the Battery Panels to open the elevator and level exit.

Level 9 - Revelation

Documents: 2 (Running Total: 49)
Recordings: 1 (Running Total: 34)

Follow the wall to your left and enter the bedroom.
Above the entrance, you'll find a [KEY].
Read Document #48: Benjamin Bennet's thoughts (There is a turning...) on the bed.
- Collect all documents and recordings.
Exit the bedroom and enter the dining room to find Recording #34: Benjamin Bennet (0:36) on the table.
There's also Piano #8 here.
- Play all pianos in the game.
Unlock the door beside the kitchen to reach the baby room.
There's Document #49: Benjamin Bennet's thoughts (I've stopped counting...) on the desk.
- Collect all of Benjamin Bennet's recordings and documents.
Flip the switch on the wall and return to the dining room.
Head down the hall to the next puzzle.
Every time you step on a tile, it switches between black and white. You need to make the whole room have white tiles only.
The rest of the game is just a linear path and two jumps to the exit.
- Finish the game.
- Finish the game without healing yourself.

Clean Up

Load the level 9 autosave. You should have ammassed a bunch of unused Tapes and Cloths. I had 19 of each. Craft bandages until you unlock the following two achievements:
- Invest 40 items in crafting.
- Craft 20 items.
Load the save we created in level 8 and keep jumping into the bottomless pit in the next room to lose health. Repeat until dead. Repeat until dead a dozen times.
- Lose all life points once.
- Lose all life points 12 times.

3 Comments

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alphabetsoup [author] Dec 10, 2024 @ 8:10pm

Nice. i kept this game on the back burner for a while too because i heard about the bugs, but luckily i had no issue.

If i had to guess, maybe saving and loading mid-chapter breaks something. I didn't finish the game in one session, but I did play entire levels at a time.

[J7] Dsp21 Dec 9, 2024 @ 10:00am

It worked! Maybe it was because I formatted the PC recently, finally completed this game after years. Thanks for the motivation

[J7] Dsp21 Dec 6, 2024 @ 9:06am

Seeing this guide is giving me hope that I can get the achievement that's broken for me. Thanks alpha. Perfect guide as always

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