100% Walkthrough & Achievements

A complete walkthrough with 100% achievements and everything else.

About

This is a guide to Zarathustra: Cybergeddon, an atmospheric cyberpunk graphic adventure by Tim Rachor. As usually I recommend playing the game with no guide at all to fully enjoy te challenge, and then using this help if you get stuck or to find any hidden stuff and secret that you missed.

Version 1.2:
15Feb'24: Added some new secret and all new achievements.
10Feb'24: Added Day 4 and new secrets.
30Jan'24: Game not fully released yet, walkthrough includes days 1-3.

I hope you like it, if so please rate it.

Walkthrough - Day 1

FBI Headquarters
Check the locker for a Quantum Matrix Scanner, talk to Tanaka. Look at Ramirez' bag adn talk to him (Achievement:Neatness Police), then get out of there.

Cathedral of Lytton
Talk to Officer Goodman, then look around, you'll find a Toy Robot on a church bench.
Use the robot on your Digipad to get an audio file.
Try to enter the studio to meet the Bishop Atura and talk to him, then leave.

Neon District Police
Ask Sonny about Officer McCarthy at the Front Desk, you will get a phone number.
Enter the Waiting Room and talk to Phelps. Use the Digipad on him to show him the record.

Cathedral of Lytton
Use the Digipad on the Bishop, he'll offerto translate it for tomorrow.

24h Convenience Store
Buy a copy of the book and a diary (Achievement: Welcome Customer), then check the Digipad to read about the woman's pic.

Neon District Police
Show Sonny your Digipad to identify the woman: Anna Steel (Achievement: Mrs. Steel).

Vohu Manah Station
Ask about the woman at the Information Desk to get a password.
Use the password in the Information Terminal to open a new Exit to Abandoned Station, go in.
Find a hidden phone next to the tracks.
Try to go further inside, but Amy will suggest some reinforcements would be nice.

FBI Headquarters
Go to Forensics, give the phone and use all options.
Go to the Locker Room and ask Tanaka for help. She's the reinforcements.

Vohu Manah Station
Go to the Abandoned Station and into the tunnels to get in trouble (Achievement: Shootout).
Take the bullet shell.
Go further into the station to find a...train? Look at the gross figure (Achievement: Gross).
Check Cavity to find McCarthy and take the device from his chest.

Cathedral of Lytton
Inform the Bishop about who's now in charge (That's you!).
Enter the study, check the scratches, try to move the shelf and leave.
You'll receive a message about Minister Williams being ready for interrogation.

Neon District Police
Talk to Minister Williams about the shelf.



FBI Headquarters
Show the Strange Device on the Forensic Officer, also the Bullet Shell.

Cathedral of Lytton
Enter the Study. Open the shelf to find the Missing Book and Whisky.
Combine both books to find that some pages are missing.
Talk to the Bishop, then leave.

At this point you should be suggested to call it a day, though you can still do a couple not necessary things.

FBI Headquarters
Show the book to Forensic Officer for prints, not useful.

Neon District Police
Tell Minister Williams about the book, and she denies hiding it.

Araska Tower
Some optional stuff before going to bed. You can grab a glass from the cabinet and drink your free Whisky (Achievement: To the Minister!), check the note on the fridge.
Go to the bedroom. Look at the cage for an interesting conversation and make clear that you have NO PROBLEM with her kinks (needed for an Achievement). You can also find Jeff's digipad on the desk. Go to sleep (Achievement: End of Day 1).

Walkthrough - Day 2

Good morning! Open the fridge for that chicken-parmesan!
Use the wardrobe for a suit and leave for briefing.

Neon Temple
Check your Digipad for some info on the translation by the Bishop.
talk to Reverend Jacobs to get the Book Store location.

Morgue
Talk to the Coroner, take and read the Notes.

Book Store
Show the book to Mr. Corso.
Use your Scanner (blue dot next to your inventory) and talk to Mr. Corso again.
Show the Notes to Mr. Corso to find the invisible ink.

Morgue
Use the Notes with the Fingerprint Analyzer to get a combniation: 8733.

Neon District Police
Talk to Sonny at the front desk about Mr Corso's parking tickets.

Book Store
Negotiate with him about his parking tickets for a translation of the book (Achievement: An Offer You Can't Decline).

Vohu Manah Station
Ask at the Information Desk about the lockers, go into the lockers area and look at the occupied locker. Use combination: 8733.
Get McCarthy's Pad showing a yellow symbol (Achievement: I Saw the Sign).

FBI Headquarters
Show McCarthy's Pad to the Forensic Officer and leave.

Tanaka will tell you to meet at Flavor Palace for lunch.

Flavor Palace
Talk to Tanaka (Achievement: Lunch Time!) to activate the Highway location with a hint about Kingsport. Then leave.

FBI Headquarters
Change your clothes in the locker room using the Armor Manager



Highway
Get to a house in Kingsport (Achievement: The Ride).

Aaron's House
Look at the Skyline twice (Achievement: Lost Carcosa)
Check the wiring, and everything else, then talk to girl.
Check your DigiPad to find that she also owns the house.
Talk again and get inside.

Once inside, look at a Pile of Stuff to find a Videogame (Brain Bait).
Give the Videogame to the girl outside for the computer password and go back inside.
Use the computer to find a poem-hint (Achievement: The Poem). Look at the photos on the wall. Find the Hidden Safe under the carpet.
Order the numbers of the photos, from the youngest to the oldest one. Code: 460379.
Use the code to open the Hidden Safe (Achievement: Safecracker), get the envelope and get out.

Things go wild again and you find yourself next to a Car Crash.

Car Crash
Check Aaron for a Scrap of Paper and read it for some numbers.
Check the Maintenance Drone and the Empty Socket in its circuits.
Check the Drone Pieces until you get one that fits into the socket. Put it in and read the screen.
Combine the Scrap of Paper with the Envelope, then look at your Digipad to find a location down the Abandoned Station. You can leave now.

FBI Headquarters
Change clothes again at the Armor Manager and leave.

Time to go home.

Araska Tower
The Bishop will call. After that, go to the bedroom and fall on the bed (Achievement: End of Day 2).

Walkthrough - Day 3

Morning! Try to leave to find a present from Mr. Grey...i mean Jeff. Open it (Achievement: Surprise Present), then really leave for briefing. If you don't get the present it means you told Amy not to talk about her kinks, thus censoring some items and conversation through the game.

Atura Residence
Talk to the Bishop, agree to give him the information.
Talk to the Guard about Anna Steel, he takes your number.

Morgue
Talk to the Coroner, get Aaron's family contact. Use your Digipad to talk to his mother.

Kingdom Hospital
Ask for a doctor at the Front Desk, use your Digipad to get a number (51), then ask again.
Talk to the sleeping patient -now awake, so kind of you- to ask for switching numbers.

24h Convenience Store
Buy Bunnyhouse Magazine and... Normal Kink Magazine for yourself. You can read the articles.

Book Store
Ask Mr. Corso for a book cover, take one from the box, then combine it with the Bunnyhouse Magazine..

Kingdom Hospital
Give the Hidden Magazine to the now Awake Patient. Get into the Doctor Room.
Lay in bed for something creepy (Achievement: Surprise Visitor).
Check the Trash Bin for some scissors, find an object - a Neural Device- under the bed.
Call the Doctor, then get out.
Talk to the Receptionist and then to the Security Officer (Achievement: Security Report).
If you forget any item you can talk to the Receptionist to get into the room again.

FBI Headquarters
Show Neural Device to the Forensic Technician.

Book Store
Ask Mr. Corso about this "Yellow King", he points to the Bishop.

Atura Residence
Now you can't go through the sleepy guard, but try.

24h Convenience Store
Get a Coffee To-Go

Atura Residence
Give some coffee to the sleepy guard (Achievement: Life Elixir) and he will allow you in.
Talk to the Bishop. Most useless visit ever.



Book Store
Talk Mr. Corso for a hint on convincing the Bishop.

Atura Residence
Talk one more time to th Bishop, now take a seat to hear some long story (Achievement: Stay a While and Listen).

Vohu Manah Station
Talk to Ramírez, enter the tunnels and explore, using the arrows to find the locations for the first time. The Dead End and Machine locations are useless now, but you can explore them and talk to the FBI officer about the machine.

Gate
Observe the Glinting Object, then the Lock, then shoot the Lock with your Gun (Achievement: Bullseye).
Take the First Metal Piece.

Camp
Talk to everyone. Look at the Fire, then talk to the Boy.
Trade the Toy Robot for the Second Metal Piece.
Show any Metal Piece to the Man to learn that he has one in his Cast.
Cut the Cast with the Scissors to get the Third Metal Piece.
Check the Cardboard Boxes for a Small Key.

Door
Try to cut the Moss with the Scissors just to fail.

Morgue
Look at the instruments on the Right Panel to find a Bone Chisel.
Take the Bone Chisel (use Scanner if needed) and leave.

Vohu Manah Station
On your way down, you can talk to Ramírez about his raise (Achievement: Pep Talk).

Door
Use the Bone Chisel on the Moss and put the three Metal Pieces on the Axis.
Use McCarthy's Digipad to see the symbol then form it to open the door (Achievement: The Cryptic Mechanism).

Secret Room
Look around, open the Cabinet with the Small Key, take and read the List and leave.

Neon Disctrict Police Station
Show the List to Sonny to ask for surveillance.

Finally, the day is over.

Morgue
If you want you can go return the bone chisel to the Coroner.

Araska Tower
Time to order some pizza, you can even choose hawaiian (Achievement: A Bold Choice), then sit on the couch, and go to sleep for more sweet dreams (Achievement: End of Day 3).

Walkthrough - Day 4

Wake up for one last day! Use the wardrobe to suit up and leave.

24h Convenience Store
Talk to Casper the friendly ghost for some headache pills, have one and get out, you're late!
After Briefing, move to the Police Department.

Neon District Police
Talk to Sonny, then use the new Exit to the cells and talk to Caesar. Look at his Prayer Book to have some religious conversatoin.

Sleazy Apts.
Get into the elevator to reach Caesar's apartment.
Take the hatchet.
Pay attention to the painting, then cut it with your scissors, Amy will put it on the table.

Neon Temple
Talk to Reverend Jacobs about Caesar, then leave.

Neon District Police
After talking with Caesar, go to the Front Desk and talk to Sonny about Debbie.
Then leave anywhere and come back to meet her. After all the scene you can talk to Caesar about everything and leave (Achievement: Family Reunion).

Sleazy Apts.
Try to use your scanner to find the right mailbox, but you can't, so take another pill.
Scan to find mailbox 234 and get some Instructions. You can show them to Caesar at the Police Dept. but it won't be of help.
Use the Instructions with your digipad for an interesting code puzzle. If you get stuck you can check the image in the spoiler tag. Solve the puzzle (Achievement: Data Analyst)

Go to Caesar's apartment and mark the right answer, E4, on the map.

FBI Headquarters
Put on your riding suit from the Armor Manager at the Locker Room.

Highway
All straight to the Airfield.

Timber Wings Airfield
Find some Liquid Soap in the bushes and leave, this is a dead end now.

Atura Residence
Pay a visit, talk to the guard and get a Data Stick.

FBI Headquarters
After the conversation, get into Forensics and give the Forensic Technician the Data Stick to get a new location on your map.


Highway
Take a ride to the Woodward House.

Woodward House
Check the bin to find a mask, then look at the rubble.
Use your hatchet on the rubble for some action, then go down into the basement.

Basement
Take the device on the left side, a tissue from the table and a piece of paper from the pinboard.
Look at your piece of paper and the damaged computer case on the table to get more info on Anna.
Put some liquid soap on your tissue and use it on the left wall to discover a drawing... where have you seen that before? You can revisit an old location now.

Vohu Manah Station
You get directly into Anna's hidden room. Use the device on the display, aka the symbol on the wall, then leave.

Atura Residence
Show the Newspaper Clipping to the Guard to contact the Bishop.

Neon District Police
Give Sonny the Newspaper Clipping to re-open a case (Achievement: Cold Case).

Highway
Back to the Airfield.

Timber Wings Airfield
Use the device on the door and then this gets interesting and you get to the Sanctuary (Achievement: The Inner Sanctuary).
You can try to put on the mask (Achievement: Halloween).
You can talk to the hooded figures or try to leave, but the only way to go on is walking into the Rune Circle.

Sweet Dreams
Several locations here where you can freely move.

Black Diamond:
Not much to do here yet. Go north.

Classic Car:
Woah! Is that a Cadillac Eldorado '59? Ok, ok, concentrate!
Take the skull from the front of the car and go back to the Black Diamond, then west.

Huge Cactus:
Take the glove from the cactus and continue west.

Weird Tree:
Next to the chalkboard there's a bin, check it to find a Dream Book. Use your scanner to find a creature hiding next to the roots of the "tree". Catch it with the glove and leave east.

Huge Cactus:
Use the Creature on the Locker to get your Black Suit and the Robe.

Weird Tree:
How's your poetry? Time for the chalkboard riddle.

"A creature of green,
lined with thorns,
eyes many,
staring from above,
the gibbous moon,
the endless void"

Hint 1:
Maybe you see it better like this.
1. A creature of green,
lined with thorns,
2. eyes many,
staring from above,
3. the gibbous moon,
the endless void"

Hint 2:
Let's go further.
NUMBER 1: creatures of green, lined with thorns,
NUMBER 2: eyes many, staring from above,
NUMBER 3: the gibbous moon, the endless void

Hint 3:
All right, all right...
NUMBER 1: How many creatures of GREEN, lined with THORNS?
NUMBER 2: How many EYES, staring from above?
NUMBER 3: How many gibbous MOONS in the endless void

Solution:
Counting cactuses (4), eyes in the "tree" (7) and moons from the Cadillac (5), we get the combination 475.

Enter the combination and take the gun and gold from the barrel.

Classic Car:
Break the window with the gun and take the sweater. Go back to the Black Diamond.

Black Diamond:
Time to choose!

BAD ENDING
Put the skull on the altar, the Robe on the Coat Rack, push the Yellow Symbol and choose the King (Achievement: Hail to the King!). Well, with those ingredients, what did you expect? Iä! Iä!

GOOD ENDING
Put the Gun on the altar, the Black Suit on the Coat Rack, push the Cross Symbol and choose the Queen (Achievement: A Friend in Need!). Besties forever!

ANOTHER GOOD ENDING
Put the Gold on the altar, the Sweater on the Coat Rack, push the Ring Symbol and choose the Rook (Achievement: The Master's Return!).

Enjoy the endings till the END. Congrats, you finished Zarathustra - Cybergeddon!

Secrets and curiosities

Chuck, the plant
A classic reference to Chuck, the plant, originally in Lucasarts' adventure Maniac Mansion and then in many other games as a classic reference.


Officer Bonds, I presume
If you are familiar with Sierra adventure games, Lytton should ring a bell. But if right after that you find an officer by the name of Sonny, there's no more space for coincidence. Sonny Bonds, from Lytton Police Department, is the main character of the Police Quest series by Sierra On-Line.


Master Chief
At some point you can look at a poster to find the main character of Halo: Combat Evolved, Master Chief.


Brain Bait
During your investigation you come across a videogame by the name of Brain Bait. If that name doesn't sound familiar you should check the Steam Store, as it's a real game also by Tim Rachor, and it's really fun!

No kink shaming!
At the end of Day 1 you find a cage next to Amy's bed and talk about her kinks. Your negative answer to his topic will not affect the main story but will hide some stuff from showing, like a present from Jeffin the morning of Day 3 or a magazine.

Tim, that foodie
We can feel that Tim Rachor enjoys eating, as we have a close pic of food every time it is possible. But even more, at some point you can choose your fav pizza and the pic changes according to your order, from veggie to pepperoni or even...YES, even hawaiian.That's a bold choice!


Chill down, Obi-Wan
If you don't get this reference, the Force is not strong with you.


Classic Horror inspired
Lovecraftian inspiration is not a surprise in Tim Rachor Games anymore, and once again we find some references, but this time we find also traces of Chambers and his short stories from "The King in Yellow", even part of a poem. We also find references to Stephen King like Mr Corso -from The Ninth Door- or Kingdom Hospital. There are also some references to Zoroastrism.


Multiverse Jeff
If you started playing Zarathustra before it was finished, as it was launched chapter by chapter, then maybe you recognize Jeff here. But if you didn't, well, this was Jeff before the final version, more pixelated, less creepy. I think we can agree it was a good change, as the new Jeff fits better with the rest o the game, but we'll always have a place in our hearts for baldie Jeff.

Achievements

All 33 achievements are unlocked in order if you follow the guide.

	The Neatness Police Someone had to tell him! Look at Ramirez' stuff in the locker room then tell him to put some order on Day 1.
	Welcome Customer Buy something at the convenience store Unmissable. Get this by buying the book or the diary on Day 1.
	Mrs.Steel Find out more about the woman from the church incident Unmissable. Show Officer Sonny the Diary from your Digipad on Day 1.
	Shootout Survive the shootout at the abandoned tracks Unmissable. Bring Tanaka to the Abandoned Station.
	Gross Inspect the Gargantuan Look at the skeleton thing on the train when visiting theAbandoned Station with Tanaka.
	To the Minister! Drink the whisky Take a glass from the cabinet at home and combine it with the bottle on Day 1.
	End of Day 1 Finish the first day of the game Unmissable.
	An Offer You Can't Decline Bring Corso to translate the book Unmissable. Talk to Sonny then to Mr. Corso after your first visit to th Book Store.
	I Saw The Sign Look at the sign on McCarthy's pad Unmissable. Open the locker at the station on Day 2.
	Lunch Time Look at those Samosas! Unmissable. Talk to Tanaka at Flavour Palace on Day 2.
	The Ride Ride to Kingsport Unmissable. Go to Kingsport on Day 2.
	Lost Carcosa Reminiscence about the city In Kingsport, on Day 2, look twice at the skyline for a Chambers' reference.
	The Poem Listen to th epoem on Aaron's computery In Kingsport, give the kid the videogame for the password then acces the computer.
	Safecracker Find the combination for the safe Unmissable. Solve the safe puzzle in Kingsport on Day 2
	End of Day 2 Finish the second day of the game Unmissable.
	Surprise Present Get th epresent from Jeff When first looking at the cage, tell Amy that her kinks are ok. Then open the present at home on Day 3.
	Surprise Visitor Get a visit by Anna at the hospital Unmissable. Get medical attention at Kingdom Hospital.
	Securty Report Report the incident at the hospital to the security officer After Anna visits you at the hospital, call the Doctor, talk to the Receptionist and the Sec. Officer.
	Life Elixir Bring the guard a coffee Unmissable. Buy a coffe at the Convenience Store and give it to Atura's guard.
	Stay a While and Listen Listen to everything the bishop has to say Unmissable. Sit down for Bishop Atura's lore speech.
	Pep Talk Encourage Ramirez to ask for a raise Talk again to Ramirez after going down the tunnels on Day 3.
	Bullseye Shoot the lock in the sewers Unmissable. Shoot the lock down in the tunnels on Day 3.
	The Cryptic Mechanism Get the mechanism to work Unmissable. Put all three pieces together and form the sign.
	A Bold Choice Eat Pizza Hawaii When given the choice, pick Hawaiian Pizza.
	End of Day 3 Finish the third day of the game Unmissable.
	Family Reunion Bring Caesar's sister over Unmissable. Ask Sonny to find Caesar's sister, leave and go back to meet her.
	Data Analyst Decipher the encrypted instructions Unmissable. Solve the Digipad code puzzle.
	Cold Case Re-open the case on Leonard Atura Once you have the newspaper clipping, show it to the Guard at Atura's. Then show it to Sonny.
	The Inner Sanctuary Reach the Inner Sanctuary Unmissable. You'll be taken there.
	Halloween Put on the mask Use the mask on yourself at the sanctuary.
	Hail to the King! Free the King in Yellow Choose the King's ending.
	A Friend in need Get rescued by Fly Choose the Queen's ending.
	The Master's Return Call Jeff to the rescue Choose the Rook's ending.

[Muzozavr]

For those who do things out of order, when you find the map, you have to specifically talk to Caesar AFTER you do so in order to be able to mark a location on it. If you don't, well, you'll be wandering around for a while. :P

[tim.rachor]

They all disappear. You just get the Bunnyhouse Magazine and not the second one.

[PB]

Oooh, I didn't discover that. I thought there could be differences, but then i saw I could just change the answer again, and assumed there was nothing there. Is there a different magazine or all kinky references just disappear?

[tim.rachor]

No that's actually on purpose. If you chose to that Amy's preferences make you uncomfortable there won't be a present, a kinky magazine and a few dialogs are different. :)

[DDtective]

Yeah, I'm leaving directly to briefing. There is no any present. If it wasn't broken in some patch probably depend on some interaction from before.

[PB]

That's weird. When you try to leave the apartment, the present pops up on the table, and then I'd swear -but could be wrong- that you have to open it for the EXIT option to show. If you took the item you should have the Achievement.
I think there's even a conversation with Jeff later where they talk about it, so it shoul dbe an unmissable part of the story. Maybe you got bugged.
I'm glad you liked the guide and will check that!

[DDtective]

Thank for this guide! Unfortunately 'Surprise Present' is missable and i dunno what i did wrong. Got everything else following this guide.

[RobertJPaynter]

Brilliant - well done! I never even thought about the guard...

[PB]

Hey again @RobertJPaynter, check out the update, 100% achievements!

[PB]

Thanks for the feedback RobertJPaynter! I haven't finished fixing some stuff from the guide as I had to replay yesterday to activate the new achievements, so right now it's a mess, but it will be finished soon this week. :)

Having played Tim Rachor's previous game helps with the references, I'm already used to his creepyness :P specially after I finished my guide to Party Host 85.