Walkthrough & Achievement Guide

Complete walkthrough to finishing Dark Fear, as well as getting its achievements.

This guide CONTAINS SPOILERS. You are given the exact information on how to proceed, with incremental score counts to see if you're doing everything as you should be.

Introduction

Updates

July 23, 2016: Guide fully finished. Enjoy the game!

Welcome to my Dark Fear walkthrough and achievement guide.

This is NOT a spoiler-free guide. You are given step-by-step directions on what to do, including any combinations, puzzles and other answers you will need to proceed.

I've broken up the walkthrough into several parts. These are not separated by chapters or anything in the game, I've just split them myself to avoid having one extremely long section.

As always, try to figure things out on your own beforehand. If you're going for a perfect score, I have stated what your score should be at various points in the game so you can follow along, without necessarily having to follow the guide.

Walkthrough: Part One

Intro

Click the twinkling lights as they appear to spell out the word AWAKEN.
Achievement Unlocked!: Rise and Awaken

Inside Cabin

Click the small box on the left.
Open inventory, drag matches to the lamp.
Achievement Unlocked!: Let There Be Light
Click right arrow.
Click on portrait.
Click on the nail that was holding up the portrait.
Click right arrow.
Click on the rope.
Click right arrow twice.
Use nail on the toolbox, then wiggle the nail to unlock it. You'll pick up two items automatically.
Click left arrow.
Use crowbar on door.
Achievement Unlocked!: Sweet Smell of Freedom
Click the top arrow.
YOUR SCORE: 13/410

Outside Cabin

Click on the bucket to the left of the door.
Click on the man.
Kill the wolf.
Achievement Unlocked!: Perfect Kill (assuming you hit the center marker all three times; there will be plenty of opportunities to get this otherwise)
Achievement Unlocked!: Looking After Yourself
Click on the map.
Click on the question mark.

The Town and Forest

Click on the shield.
Click on the man, then click him again, and exhaust all dialogue.
Click on the map.
Click on the well icon.
Use the bucket from your inventory on the rope (not the well)
Click the rope to lower the bucket.
Click the rope to raise the bucket.
Achievement Unlocked!: Lost Property
Click on the map.
Click on the shield.
Click on Upgrade Weapon and buy the short sword for 30g.
Achievement Unlocked!: Dealing More Pain
Click on the map to leave the blacksmith, then click on the map again.
Click on the question mark.
Kill the three wolves.
Click the top arrow.
Click the tree.
Click the map, then the town, then the shield, and talk to the blacksmith after the wolves.
Click the map, then click the heart, and talk to Seema.
Click the map twice, then go back to the forest.
Drag the papers from your inventory to the plant in the center.
Click the stick at the bottom right.
Return to town and go back to Seema.
Drag the berries from your inventory onto Seema.
Click the map twice, then go back to the forest.
Click the top arrow.
Drag the vial from your inventory onto the tree.
Click the tree three times.
Click the creature.
Kill the Tree Demon.
Click on the puppet, then click on the tar.
Click the down arrow, then the map, go back to town, and talk to the blacksmith.
Upgrade your weapon twice; first to the Long Sword, then the Katana. You should now have 15 gold.
Drag the doll from your inventory onto Olaf.
Leave the blacksmith, go back to Seema, and ask her about Emily. Exhaust the new dialogue with her, then click the map, and click on the thread on the left.
Exhaust your dialogue with Ivan, then click the map twice. Click on the question mark.
As you travel, you'll encounter two wolves. Kill them.
Click the map, then go to the forest.
Click on the big GO HUNTING button at the top. Capture THREE rabbits.
Go back to the town and into Ivan's shop. Click UPGRADE ARMOR.
Achievement Unlocked!: Being Careful
Sell the remaining pelt.
Open the map and return to the plantation.
YOUR SCORE: 48/410

Plantation

Pick up the broken brick at the bottom right.
Click the top arrow, then click it again after the scene.

Inside Plantation

Use the brick on the mirror on the right, then click the mirror to get the hook.
Click the right arrow, then click on the table three times.
Click on the diary, read through it, then click on the yellow bottle.
Click the left arrow.
Back in the main hall, combine the ROPE with your MEAT HOOK and you'll get something you can climb with.
Achievement Unlocked!: Innovation
Drag the new item from your inventory to the railing at the top right.
Click the top arrow.
Click on the sewing machine to get the thread.
Drag the yellow bottle of olive oil to the locked box on the left, then click the box.
Change the colors, from left to right: YELLOW > WHITE > GREEN > RED, then click UNLOCK.
Click on the alphabet blocks.
You should know what to spell, but it's: EMILY
Click the bottom arrow, then the right arrow. Talk to the girl.
Click on the item she drops, open your inventory, combine the thread with the needle, then use the threaded needle on the broken doll.
Drag the doll on top of the girl, then talk to her. Exhaust all her dialogue, and keep talking until something happens.
Achievement Unlocked!: Emily Is No More
Leave the house, click the map, return to the town.

The Town and Forest

Go to the blacksmith and exhaust your dialogue with Olaf.
Go to Seema and exhaust your dialogue with her. Buy some potions if you want. You can hunt in the forest to sell pelts for gold which you can then spend on potions.
Click the map icon, then click on the bald person icon near the well.
Exhaust your dialogue with him, and choose EYEBALL as the answer to his riddle.
Drag the photo from your inventory onto Gunter.
Achievement Unlocked!: Let's Go Fishing
You can now fish nearby and sell fish to Gunter, just like selling pelts to Ivan.
Click on the map.
Click on the lily pad that has appeared.
Click on the reeds at the bottom middle, then click the metal piece to the right. Click in the water to fish up a vial.
When you're ready to proceed, click the map, then click on the question mark that is between the Town and Plantation.
YOUR SCORE: 121/410

Walkthrough continues in part two.

Walkthrough: Part Two

Dark Woods

Talk to the woman until you're free to leave, then click the map.
Click the question mark at the far left at the bottom.
Drag the reeds from your inventory onto the firepit.
Click the map, and click the question mark in the middle, between the cabin and the town.
Drag the stick onto the piece of metal to make a shovel.
Drag the tar onto the shovel.
Drag your shovel onto the grave to expose the coffin, then drag your shovel onto the coffin.
Click on the character that appears after the conversation.
Click on the key to the right of the grave.
Click on the map and return to town.
Talk to Olaf to find out about a new weapon.
THIS PART IS OPTIONAL. You will eventually need the upgraded weapon and armor, so you may as well go hunting and get that done with. You DO NOT need to do this now, but you're here, so why not? Hunt enough to get the money for the weapon, as well as money and pelts for the armor. While you're here, do some fishing until you catch a crawfish for an achievement, then continue. If you don't feel like doing any of this right now, that's fine; come back whenever you want.
Achievement Unlocked!: Pond Fisherman
Click the map, then go back to the plantation.

Inside Plantation

Drag the key onto the grandfather clock.
Click the clock.
To solve this puzzle, look at the two numbers the hands are on, and add them. The answer is: VII (7) > XI (11) > IV (4) > IX (9) > XII (12).
You now have one piece of the map and a key.
Drag the key onto the locked compartment under the stairs.
Click on the book, then click on the baby.
Click the bottom arrow three times, click the map, then go to the question mark at the far upper left.

Desert

While traveling, you'll encounter a scorpion. Kill it.
Once you get to the desert, you'll be attacked by four ghouls. Kill them.
IF YOU DIDN'T hunt or fish to get both the armor and weapon upgrade, you should have made 180 gold by killing the scorpion and the ghouls. Go back to town, and buy the missing piece, then return to the desert.
Once in the desert, save your game, as a missable achievement is coming up. Click the top arrow, then click the hole in the ground. Click the creature that comes out. Kill it. You need to get all perfect hits to get an achievement.
Achievement Unlocked!: Worm Killer
Your next armor upgrade will require three horned lizard pelts, which you can now get from hunting in the desert. Like before, either do it now if you want so you're ahead of the curve, or come back later. Depending on how you feel about grinding, you could also collect 420 gold, three rabbit pelts, one horned lizard skin and two kingsnake skins so that you can buy the level two reptile armor.
Make sure you buy a few copper bolts from Olaf before continuing; hunt for pelts/skins or fish if you need to.
Return to the campfire.
Drop the sage from your inventory onto the firepit, then drag your matches on top of that.
Click on the character that appears. Commence the battle!
She has 400 health. Your copper bolts will hit for 90 if you get a perfect hit. That means you'll need five perfect hits. Ensure you have potions to handle it, or a high end armor piece.
When she dies, you'll get a map piece. She'll also drop a red item; click it.
Drag the scarf onto the fire.
Drag the glass vial from your inventory onto the beehive.
Return to Elena in the woods and give her the scarf. She'll give you another map piece and some crystals.
Return to town.

The Town and Forest

Go to Seema, and drag the book from your inventory onto her. You can now get tattoos.
Click the map and go to Gutner.
Talk to Gutner.
Drag the bottle from your inventory onto the side of the well to break it, and you'll get a map piece.
Click the map.
You now need 120 gold to buy the health suppression tattoo. If you have the gold, buy it. If not, hunt and then buy it, then continue.
Achievement Unlocked!: Mendhi Protection
Click the map.
Go to the question mark that's above and to the left of the small pond at the far left.
A bear will attack enroute. Kill it.
Click the thread at the bottom right.
Return to the town, and go to Seema.
Drag the silk from your inventory and drop it onto Seema.
Drag the fly onto Seema.
Go back to where the woman and tree of life is, and click the rosemary at the bottom right.
Return to Seema and give her the Rosemary.
Return to the spider web and put the fly onto it.
Click on the spider once it descends. It has 400HP and hits for 65 against max armor (that you can wear at the moment). Copper bolts will hit for 90 if perfect strikes.
After it dies, pick up the silk.
Click the top arrow.
You'll be attacked by five goblins. Spare them. Nah, just kidding. Kill them.
You can how hunt. Collect one fox pelt and two boar pelts for the next upgrade.
YOUR SCORE: 217/410.

Walkthrough continues in part three.

Walkthrough: Part Three

The Town and Forest

Click the top arrow to come to a lake.
Click on the saw that's stuck in the tree, then click the mushroom looking object at the bottom right.
Use the saw on the tree to form a pile of wood.
Use the spider silk on the wood pile to make a nearly usable raft.
Return to the Nightshade Forest, go to the tree demon, and click on the tar to collect some.
Go to the town, talk to Olaf, and buy some Malachite Bolts.
Return to the dark forest, go back to the lake, use the tar on the raft.
Click the raft.

Island

Click the top arrow.
Click the door.
Enter the unlock sequence, which is: RING > RING > KNOCK > KNOCK > KNOCK
Click the door.

House

Click the top arrow and then click on the painting.
Click the bottom arrow.
Click the left arrow.
Use the saw on the loose floorboard on the bottom left.
Use the nail on the metal box; click repeatedly to open it. You'll have a magnet.
Click the right arrow, then the top arrow.
Use the magnet on the painting to retrieve device.
Click the left arrow.
Use the device on the door.
Click and hold the grey ball on the left and move it until the needle starts moving. When the needle gets to the end, a light will come on. Do this five times to light up all five.
Click the top arrow to enter the room.
Click on the box.
Solve the easy math equation. The answer is 739.
A scroll will drop down, this is another map piece.
Achievement Unlocked!: Mathematical Mind
Once the lights go off, click the switch on the right to turn them back on.
Click the bottom arrow three times, then the left arrow, then the top arrow.
Use the map base you just got on the light.
Solve the very simple jigsaw puzzle.
Click the bottom arrow, then the right arrow, then the bottom arrow. Save your game.
YOUR SCORE: 259/410

For fighting Mr. Barlow, you'll want to use the Malachite Bolts whenever the SPECIAL option lights up. You'll need to attack him several times like normal first. With the max armor you can have for now, he'll hit for 70. Copper bolts will hit him for 90 if it's a direct hit. When the special option is available, select the Malachite bolt. A direct hit will cause 500 damage. You'll get 500 gold when he dies.
Achievement Unlocked!: The Last of the Barlows
Open your inventory and read the diary.
Go back inside the house.

Click the top arrow, then the left, then the top.
Click on the loose bricks, then enter the hole.
Achievement Unlocked!: Secrets in the Walls
Take the glass jar, leave the house, and return to town.

The Town and Forest

Talk to Gunter.
Achievement Unlocked!: Giving Closure
Don't go to his house yet. You'll be coming up to a big boss fight soon, so go hunt until you can buy level three and four of the leather armor. You'll need 1280 gold, and one each of: rabbit, badger, kingsnake, bobcat, cobra, boar and jaguar. You'll also want to buy a few Cobalt bolts from Olaf at 9 gold each. Seema will also now have the Super Health potion, which heals 450. If you've been lucky with Defend rolls, you can take your chances.
Once you're stocked up, go to Gunter's house.
Click on the square that's inside the fireplace. It's not a sliding puzzle, don't worry, hate those things. Rotate the tiles to form a lion's head. You'll get an amulet.
Save your game, leave Gunter's house, click the map, go to the question mark on the left.
Fight the forest devil.
He hits for you 190 with max armor. A direct hit with a Cobalt bolt hits him for 140. Don't use your malachite bolts when the special lights up; a direct hit only causes 50 damage. As he has 950 damage, you'll want at least seven Cobalt bolts, assuming you'll have a direct hit each time. Kill him.
Achievement Unlocked!: Devil in the Trees
Return to Seema at the town and ask her about the flowers.
Click the map and you'll see new question marks. In the cluster of three at the top right, click the one in the middle.
Fight the mountain lion that attacks you.
Click on one of the flower beds.

Ice Palace

Use the fire crystals on the weaker bars of ice on the right.
Click the bottom arrow, then click on the crystals at the bottom right.
Click the map, then head to the question mark furthest on the top right.
Kill the bear that attacks you.
YOUR SCORE: 298/410

Walkthrough concludes in part four.

Walkthrough: Part Four

Firefly Cave

Use the ice crystals on the lava to harden it.
If you're low on health, either use a potion, wait for it to refill, or go to the tree of life before entering the cave.
A fire demon will attack you. He has 820 health and hits for 180. Your Cobalt bolts will hit for 140 with a direct hit. You'll need six direct hits to kill him. Kill him.
Use the honey on the fireflies above you, then use the glass jar on the fireflies.
Achievement Unlocked!: Entomologist
Click the bottom arrow, click the map, return to the Ice Palace.
Click the top arrow, drag the fireflies onto the Ice Queen.
Click the bottom arrow.
Click on one of the following beds.
Re-read the diary if you want to find what to take. Otherwise, just take the following: 2 S. Gilia, 1 W. Iris, 2 B. Heart, 3 M. Lily, 4 G. Lily.
Achievement Unlocked!: Florist
Return to town and go to Olaf.
If you're consistent with direct hits, buy three R. Quartz bolts at 85 gold each. Buy several Steel bolts at 17 gold each. Buy a couple of health potions if you need to. Go to Seema and buy the silencing tattoo for 240 gold. Equip your steel bolts, heal up if necessary, and save your game.
YOUR SCORE: 321/410.
SAVE PERCENTAGE: 78%
Click the map, and go to the question mark to the left of the ice palace.

Cemetery

Click through the dialogue with the woman and the banshee attacks. She has 3500 health. A direct hit with the steel bolts deals 250 damage. She hits you for 235. A direct hit with the R. Quartz when your special is ready deals 1282 damage. If your attacks are always direct, you should kill her in six attacks: two standard > special > two standard > special. You should be left with 280 health if you don't miss (and she doesn't either). Kill her and you can then hunt.
Hunt until you have one raven and three crows, then head to the other hunting spots to gather one badger, one cobra and one jaguar, then return to town and buy the Crow armor for 710 gold from Ivan. If you caught a vampire bat in addition to the ravens and crows, and you've captured at least one of everything else, you'll get an achievement.
Achievement Unlocked!: Master Hunter
Return to the cemetery, click the top arrow, and drag the flowers from your inventory onto the grave.
Click the bottom arrow, click the map, and go to the last remaining question mark.

Cave

Click on the woman.
Achievement Unlocked!: Seek Out the Truth
After the dialogue, click on her again. Exhaust all your options.
Click the map and return to town.
Talk to Seema and buy the electricity tattoo for 90 gold.
Talk to Olaf and buy three Onyx bolts.
Click on the map and head to the new question mark.
You'll need to fight a crab. He has 5000 health. Use steel bolts to hit him for 250, two times. Use an onyx bolt when available to hit him for 1938 (direct). Repeat the process until it's dead.
Click on the wolfsbane.
While you're here, fish. Catch one of each of the four fish (bass, eel, pike, catfish). Assuming you've caught every other fish, catching one of each will give you another achievement.
Achievement Unlocked!: Master Fisherman
Return to the cave and give the woman the wolfsbane.
Return to town.
Go to Seema and buy the psionic tattoo for 180 gold.
Go to Olaf and make sure you have three Onyx bolts. Buy five Silver bolts.
Click on the map twice, then go to the new question mark.

Crypt

WARNING: Kill the Guardian will all direct hits for an achievement. I did not do this and I saved my game, so I screwed myself out of this achievement because I frankly don't care to play through the game again. So, if you do anything less than a direct hit, reload your save!
You'll fight a cyclops. He has 7000 health and hits for 275. Your steel bolts will do 250 as a direct hit, and Onyx will do 2875. Steel > Steel > Onyx will cause 3375. Do this two sequence two times, then finish him off.
Once he's dead, return to the tree of life to refill your health.
Return to town and buy five Moonstone bolts from Olaf.
Buy the enemy health regeneration tattoo from Seema for 120 gold.
Return to the crypt, save your game, and click the top arrow.
WARNING: Make sure to kill the werewolf with all 100% hits for the Lycan Hunter achievement.
The werewolf has 16,200 health. Your silver bolts will hit for 600 as a direct attack, and Moonstone will hit for 4000 as a direct attack. He'll only hit you for 200. With crow armor, he'll need to hit you ten times. Repeat the Silver > Silver > Moonstone until he's dead.
Click the bottom arrow, then the map, and return to the cave.
Talk to the woman.
Go hunting and collect: one badger, one cobra, one jaguar, one vampire bat, then go to Ivan and buy the final armor piece for 1500 gold.
Go to Seema and buy the tattoo against dark magic for 320 gold.
Go to Olaf and buy several Gold bolts.
Open your map and go to the new question mark.

Summoning Stone

Click on the rock at the bottom left.
Let's number the amulets at the top 1 to 5, from left to right. And we'll assign a letter to the locations at the bottom, starting from the top left one, going clockwise, A to E.
Drag 2 to A, 1 to D, 4 to B, 5 to E, 3 to C.
Click on the horn that appears.

STOP. HAMMAH TIME. No not really. But as soon as you kill the next enemy, the game ends, so now would be the best time to go collect the remaining optional achievements. See the Optional Achievements section for what these are. Okay, continue!

The boss has 36,200 health and hits for 430 against dark armor. Your gold bolts will hit for 1200 with a direct hit, and the Bloodstone will hit for 5600 as a direct hit. Keep doing Gold > Gold > Bloodstone until he's dead.
Achievement Unlocked!: A Titan Falls
Talk to the woman. Once the scene ends, you'll get another achievement.
Achievement Unlocked!: I Know You
If you completed all the optional achievements, you'll get one final one.
Achievement Unlocked!: Completionist

Optional Achievements

One of the achievements is to complete the game while earning all achievements and a perfect score of 410. It's rather easy to do that, just make sure you complete these missable achievements. I missed out on one and saved my game afterwards, at 81%, which basically stopped me from getting a perfect completion. It's fine, I'm not bitter (right...), as I'm not an achievement hunter, so you! You. Learn from my mistake.

Cat Hunter
Collect three Jaguar pelts. They do not need to be all in the same window, you can do it over multiple hunting trips. Just make sure you have three on you at once, meaning don't sell two of them beforehand.

Blood Suckers
Collect three Vampire Bats. Same as above.

Master Hunter
Collect one of each animal. You should get this during normal play, as every armor upgrade requires a new animal.

Master Fisherman
Collect one of each fish. Don't forget to fish in the pond for the shrimp and crawfish, as neither of these are necessary for anything in-game, so you may miss it.

Hellborn
Defeat the guardian with all 100% attacks. This is the one I screwed up that I saved immediately after. Save your game prior to fighting him, and reload if you get anything less than direct hits.

Lycan Hunter
Defeat the werewolf with all 100% attacks. Same as above.

Rare Fish
Collect two Salmon and two Eels.

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[alphabetsoup]

Thanks for the guide :)
I managed to unlock every achievement with it without any issue.

However, there were four minor mistakes I noticed during my playthrough:
- YOUR SCORE: 48/410 >> My score was 50/410 at this point.
- YOUR SCORE: 121/410 >> My score was 118/410 at this point. The scores were correct the remainder of the guide.
- "Go to Olaf and make sure you have three Onyx bolts. Buy five Silver bolts." should be "Buy five steel bolts" for fighting against the cyclops.
- And already mentioned below, it's not the cyclops you must defeat perfectly, it's the final boss for the "Hellborn" achievement.

[Eevree]

You forgot to mention the 100% hit achievement against the crabworm

[deathx88]

Why didn't you mention the crabworm achivement?!? You have to land all direct hits. That seems pretty important to mention.

[Liquidsnakehpks-joa]

Also another typo you are suppose to use silver bolts on the wolf at end for 600 dmg not steel

[Liquidsnakehpks-joa]

You should seriously edit in the walkthrough saying you need to kill the worm with perfect strikes :X for the achievements , missed it out and i need to restart again

[Hyo]

Hi! Great guide, but there is a big mistake: the Guardian that you must kill for the "Hellborn" achievement is the final boss (whose name is, by the the way, "Guardian"), and not the Cyclop. In the end you didn't screwed your playthrough, maybe you're always in time... ;-)

[NoelDeirrow]

Also, it's strange but I only got 118 by doing exactly everything said in Part One. So apparently it's either a mistake or some action/actions giving you 3 points weren't mentioned there.

[CreepyCanuck]

The Master series you just need to capture, and the game will remember. As long as you've caught one of whichever, it'll be recorded.

As for your other comment, I might go back and do that, but likely won't be for a bit. Too many other games to play!

[NoelDeirrow]

By the way, for Master Hunter, Master Fisherman and Rare Fish, do you have to keep all of the stuff in your inventory at the same time like with Cat Hunter or Blood Suckers or game just tracks the fact that you caught those?

[NoelDeirrow]

Great guide, thank you! Still, I'd recommend adding some notes like mentioning where people should save or, for example, that it's recommended to buy three healing potions before you fight with Emily as it's pretty much impossible to defeat her without drinking all of them. Some could have not expected the hard battle since there is no such mention in the steps. Either way, really appreciate all the hard work you put into this.