Dreambound: Unofficial Guide (All routes/CGs/Dream Puzzles) 100%

Just an unofficial guide for Dreambound (and DLC access tutorial)

Intro

Before you get started, as with all my guides, there might be some things you'd like to know before you jump in.

• The game can be played as a visual novel or a point-and-click. It is recommended you play the puzzles (as this also introduces characters and dialogue you wouldn't otherwise get), but you can choose whichever. For the purpose of this guide, I'll be playing point-and-click to give you the solutions.
  
  
• Adding onto that, once you have completed the puzzles at least once - you can skip them at any time in future playthroughs. Because of this, I personally recommend doing them once, as there are also inbuilt hints to help you with solutions at the end of the hints.
  
  
• There are more than three characters, but there are only 3 romance options. When you get onto the man's "route" - chapters will open with their sprite panning on the screen to indicate you are on their branch. The men are Crow, Ivan and Kaine.
  
  
• Like my other guides, I recommend the routes in the order I've placed them in, but you don't have to.
  
  
• This is an UNOFFICIAL guide, and therefore answers may be slightly off from the perfectly correct solutions. For the purpose of this guide, they will work, but when an official guide is available, I'm not picky with making mine 1000% accurate to incentivize you buying the guide to help them out if you want perfection. You can buy it here to support the devs: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2520790/Dreambound_Official_Art_and_Guide_Book/

Kaine's Routes

This route unlocks the final four CGs in the gallery, and the achievements "Reunion", "Heart Grow Fonder" and "Cold Metal"

Good End:

• Don't Show Him
  
• ... Thank you for trying
  
• No
  
• Hesitate
  
• Exhaust the dialogue
  
• Don't take his hand
  
• Okay, I want to come with you
  
• SAVE BEFORE THIS CHOICE. - ... Alright, show me
  
• SAVE BEFORE THIS CHOICE. - Don't talk about Kaine like that!
  
• Look Towards Kaine
  
• I've been having nightmares
  
• You're more than my best friend - Unlocks Achievement "Reunion"

Neutral End:

• Reload the 2nd save slot at the choice "don't talk about Kaine like that!". But CHOOSE The only person I love is august...!
  
• Face Forwards
  
• I think it's related to the murders
  
• You're my best friend - Unlocks Achievement "Heart Grow Fonder"

Bad End:

• Reload the 1st save slot at the choice "... Alright, Show me.". But CHOOSE Just let me fall.
  
• I would never do anything like that with him
  
• Face forwards
  
• I think it's related to the murders. - Unlocks Achievement "Cold Metal"

Ivan's Routes

This section unlocks the achievements "Forget-Me-Not", "Alive" and "Endless Wanderer", and the first 4 CGs outside of the common route (so CGs #7, #8, #9 and #10) in the gallery.

Happy Ending:

• Show him
  
• I never asked for your help
  
• Yes
  
• Hesitate
  
• Exhaust the dialogue
  
• Don't take his hand
  
• Are you a prisoner here too?
  
• SAVE HERE (#1) - Is there really no way to save ivan?
  
• Grab Luka
  
• SAVE HERE (#2) - Stop Daisy
  
• He didn't - Unlocks Achievement "Alive"

Neutral Ending:

• Reload the 2nd save slot. - Hesitate - Unlocks Achievement "Forget-me-not"

Bad Ending 1:

• Reload the 2nd save slot
  
• Stop Daisy
  
• He did. - Unlocks Achievement "Endless Wanderer"

Bad Ending 2:

• Reload the 1st save slot at the choice "Is there really no way to save Ivan?". But CHOOSE:
• Did you do anything to August?
  
• Stay quiet
  
• Stop daisy
  
• He didn't - Unlocks Achievement "Tik Tok"

Special thanks for m3ntallyd34d for noticing the errors with this route - and sorry to all who went for it and got sad thinking it was the happy ending!

Crow's Routes

This unlocks the achievements "Welcome Home", "Clipped Wings" and "To The Future", and the middle four CGs in the gallery (Page 2 numbers #3, #4, #5 and #6)

Good End:

• Don't show him
  
• I never asked for your help
  
• No
  
• Sit
  
• What are you doing here? and You didn't see Ivan?
  
• Take his hand
  
• SAVE HERE. (#1) Don't ask him
  
• Stay Quiet
  
• Look at both the things on the PC
  
• No
  
• Question him
  
• Any Poem Choices
  
• SAVE HERE. (#2) - Not Anymore
  
• I forgive you
  
• Ready to move on
  
• I'm ready, too
  
• I'll forgive you
  
• Reach out to him
  
• Crow
  
• The boy
  
• The boy - Unlocks Achievement "Welcome Home"

Neutral End:

• Reload the 1st save at the choice "Don't ask him". But CHOOSE Ask about the markings
  
• Why are you helping me?
  
• Look at both the things on the PC.
  
• Yes
  
• Question Him
  
• Any Poem Choices
  
• Yes, I do.
  
• I forgive you
  
• Ready to move on
  
• I'm ready, too
  
• I won't ever forgive you
  
• Reach out to him
  
• August - Unlocks Achievement "To The Future"

Bad End:

• Reload the 2nd save at the choice "Not Anymore". But CHOOSE Yes, I do
  
• I don't forgive you
  
• Not ready to move on
  
• I'm not ready
  
• I won't ever forgive you
  
• Shy away from him - Unlocks Achievement "Clipped Wings"
  

Unmissable achievements

The following achievements will always be obtained in any playthrough:

• "The Me That Died All Those Years Ago."
  
• "A Kingdom of Thinly Veiled Gold."
  
• "Dreams of a Past Long Forgotten."

Escape Room Dreams

Below are the answers to all the dreams.

1st Dream: Prison

• Click the Bed - Get screwdriver
  
• Click the Bars - Then click the paper.
  
• Use Screwdriver on Wall Engravings for Dialogue
  
• Use the Screwdriver in the Dubious Bucket
  
• Pixel Hunt - At the very top right behind the ball and chains: Examine the loose brick holding nothing
  
• Examine the ball and chain again, holding nothing
  
• Use the Screwdriver on Metal Grate

Wall Box Puzzle:
Hint 1: The code is 8 presses long.
Hint 2: Combine the numbers on the schedule to find the unlock code. "7 till 1, 4 till 8, 2 till 6, 1 till 7."
Hint 3: The buttons correspond to the numbers etched into the wall. "15, 23, 37, 46."
Answer:

Bottom left, Top left, Bottom Right, Top Right. Then Top Right, Bottom Right, Top Left, Bottom Left.
Please note: the buttons on the wall are intentionally blank. This is not a bug. Here is a screen recording of the pattern with hit sounds if you're well and truly stuck.
https://imgur.com/Lh8xhqO

• Use key on bedside table.
  
• After getting gloves, click on the bedside table again. Note the markings.
  
• Use Gloves on Dubious Bucket
  
• Use Hexagon on Box with Buttons
  
• Click the box with buttons.

Box Puzzle:
Hint 1: Each column of the arrows in the drawer corresponds to the ways you have to turn the hexagons.
Hint 2: Reset this puzzle when you come to doing it. You need the original start positions.
Answer:

• Use Candle on Bedside Table
  
• Use Lit Candle on Bars

2nd Dream: Heaven

• Talk to all the people in the line at least once.
  
• Talk to Noah and Professor Pearson again to exhaust the rest of their dialogue, then talk to Rueben.
  
• Tell him the message from Asher. - "Under the starry sky on a warm summer night"
  
• Exhaust dialogue with Daisy and ask to see her phone. You can't work this out right now.
  
• Talk to Asher, then talk to Professor Pearson.
  
• Talk to Rueben again
  
• Look at the Cipher in your inventory with right click, you can also use the cipher on Daisy for more info.
  
• Exhaust dialogue with Daisy then ask to see her phone. - The cipher is the alphabet shown at the bottom, "plus 5" digits, looping around to A again." Solution: DREAMBOUND
  
• Talk to Rueben again and ask to see the diary puzzle again. Solution: Red, Red, Green, Yellow
  
• I'm not exactly sure on this, but use the ripped photo on absolutely everyone, and the cipher on everyone. And exhaust the dialogue. Some point, Elijah becomes able to progress. Then complete the puzzle. It's easy, so I won't add the solution. Just make sure you click "finished" when you're done as it doesn't auto-complete.
  
• Use the finished picture on Professor Pearson and do the Wordcross.
  Solution:
  
  
• Give the tape to Elijah
  
• Give the pen to Young Noah

How to access the Artbook

Here is a step-by-step guide to accessing the official artbook for Dreambound, which contains the Official Guide at the back of the book.

Just to reiterate, I am not the devs and all the walkthroughs found in this steam guide are my own trial and error. But for those of you who have bought the book DLC, here is how you access it:

1) Check to make sure you have the DLC activated and installed. To do this, buy the Artbook as DLC in the steam store and go to your downloads to make sure it's installed. You can check that it is activated by right-clicking your game in the library and going down to "Properties". Once you are in properties, go to "DLC" at the very bottom and ensure "Dreambound - Official Art and Guide Book" is ticked as "Installed".

2) Once you are certain the DLC is installed, you can begin accessing it. Again, right click the game "Dreambound" in your games library and go down to "Manage" and click "Browse Local Files" in the drop-down menu. You can click either the game in your list, or the game picture in your collections to do this;

Alternatively, you can click "Properties" again and find it in the section "Local Files" where you can click the button "Browse";

3) In your files folder, you will see a PDF titled "Dreambound Official Artbook".;

4) Simply double click the folder to open it. You may need to "open with" if your PC does not often open PDF's.

(This walkthrough is shamelessly copied from my Divine Speaker guide - as I'm fairly confident the artbook access is the same. If you're still struggling after reading this, go to my divine speaker guide to see the screenshots for detailed instructions.)

[Buttfart Princesspants VIII]

@Mottentochter - Oops! I'll adjust the guide right now. Thanks for picking that up and glad to hear the rest helped you!

[Mottentochter]

Hej, I think I found I little typo when following Crow's neutral end. The guide says one should reload save #2, but to get the mentioned reply options it needs to be save #1. Thanks for your hard work with this guide. It helped me alot :3

[Buttfart Princesspants VIII]

Hi, Nathanael, I click the buttons in the order you need to do it right here: https://imgur.com/Lh8xhqO

It will absolutely stay black - it won't change when you get the correct button press. You just need to keep pressing the right order. There's sound on this video so you can hear the exact boxes I also click and you can click along with them.

[Nathanael]

I really, deeply, truly HATE puzzle games! >_<
(Which is strange because I understand higher level physics and similar topics quite easily.)

I love the story in this game, but I wish you could skip the puzzles entirely.

The hints are nice, but they're not enough. I'm still stuck.
Does anyone have a clue how to actually input numbers into that box?

When I try to click on the code thing, it just beeps but stays black, until I get electrocuted.

I REALLY hate this game right now. >_<

[Buttfart Princesspants VIII]

It's been fixed now! I never usually do save state guides so I must have muddled it up in my brain! Thanks again for spotting that.

[Buttfart Princesspants VIII]

Oh I see you're completely right. Fixing it right now.

[m3ntallyd34d]

Followed Ivan's happy ending route using this guide, but there's a mistake- the happy ending is the "Alive" achievement/ neutral path. Choosing Hesitate instead of stopping Daisy just ends the game with Noah staying alone

[m3ntallyd34d]

thank you so much for this guide!

[jessaylove]

Thank you so much for the guide!!

In case anyone is wondering about the puzzle box solution in a little more detail for why:

The guard times just read as numbers in order are 7, 1, 4, 8, 2, 6, 1, 7.

The wall numbers are Top Left (TL) 1 5, Top Right (TR) 2 8, Bottom Left (BL) 3 7, and Bottom Right (BR) 4 6.
You're supposed to match the numbers you can match from the guard times with their position on the wall numbers.
7 shows up in 37, so 7 becomes matched with BL.
So 7, 1, 4, 8, 2, 6, 1, 7 becomes BL, TL, BR, TR, TR, BR, TL, BL.

[kortany]

Thank you sooo much, it helped me a ton!