This guide is meant to explain the most optimal order of events in the game to achieve good ending. The times listed at the events are only there as a rough estimate, as your pace dictates when you arrive at places. Instances where we have to work around strict timing, I've noted them. If you lost time compared to the guide, don't follow the exact amount of hours to sleep, just use common sense and follow the rough timing estimates.
This guide assumes you have played the game before and know how to do events. This is in no way a detailed walkthrough.
The guide is still WIP and will get updated later.
-----------------------MONDAY-----------------------
Talk to Mary Lou, then leave the station
10:05AM High School Meet Lidds cutscene
Sleep 2 hours
Get lighter from Nozz's store
1:00PM Church meeting Use the side entrance (have to get there at around 12:57PM the latest and move the box so we can see what's happening at the meeting, pressing O at 1:00PM)
Sleep 3 x 5 + 3 hours
-----------------------TUESDAY-----------------------
7:43AM Forest talk to Officer Roadblock (he will need to pee and you have to go into trigger, which is far enough for him to feel safe, before time hits 8:00) Bear hunt begins When Couenn is walking about aimlessly, try staying behind him, as it speeds up the first cutscene
Follow him and don't press X, or he will complain You find the fawn Run away from the bear back into the cabin Pick up shotgun Look at the cabinet Break the cabinet window Pick up ammo Bear shooting QTE begins
Don't forget to pick up the Prophet Necklace from the bear after you defeated it
Go home Sleep 1 hour
9:57AM Hospital Talk to Samuel (2) (Until gray text)
10:05AM Cemetery After Winona cutscene the funeral begins
Go Home Sleep 5 hours
3:25PM Emma's house Talk to Winona outside and cutscene starts Get ring from sink Look in the vase for key Look in the desk of Emma Leave the house
Show Winona the key
3:45PM School School entrance first, then Library entrance Talk to Lidds (3) Talk to Holly (1) Obtain the key Go into main building If Winona is stuck at the entrance, talk to her to get her moving Go upstairs to the locker, call OOX▢ Examine Emma's locker once Winona gets there Go in after Winona, examine desk
Photo shop Talk to girl, then show camera (don't spam square, just O / X, O pays here)
Sleep 5 hours
Photo shop Talk to girl
9:05PM Gas Station Phillup Talk to Winona (3) to get the photo
Bar Wolves Cutscene with James and Wolf begins
9:25PM Home Sleep 2 x 5 + 4 hours
-----------------------WEDNESDAY-----------------------
BEFORE 11:30AM Diner Go to Mogan Robbery begins Spamming X/O (O selects talk options) (▢ to hit Matthew in the head for good luck) Talk to Loraine (1)
Farm Workers Lodging Talk to Robber(t) and the follow mission begins Simply stand near the edge of the house you are next to where Robber will go past you, something like this
OO△△ is the code for the door Go inside and investigate the door ahead of you Fight with Robber
After the cutscene, press L1 or L2 and run to your car
Go home Sleep 3 hours
3:30PM Mels House Talk to Dennis Show Mogan the photo Go to Mels room Get diary Get 9:30pm Motel note Read 2nd and 3rd diary entries Read 9pm motel note
Just outside, talk to Mogan (4) (You get the badge here)
Police Station Cutscene begins with Burton Downstairs, talk to Mel in Cell
4:10PM Motel Talk to clerk
4:30PM Church Burton (3) (or until he gives you the key) Get key
4:50PM Motel 3rd room Grab box, put it out of the way Grab epoch on floor
5:15PM Emma's house Show floppy to Sarah Use the piano
Go to Barrows Forest to meet Mogan at waterfall
5:40PM Hospital Show Samuel the Epoch (should be in the lobby) Show James the floppy Barbara and Lidds cutscene upstairs
Go Home Sleep 2 hours
8:20PM Bar Wolves Talk to James (3) After the gig, talk to Stalker FIGHT (crouch a lot) Talk to Guard (1) Talk to James (2)
Sleep 5 + 2 hours
3:30AM go to the ruins Knock on 205 (Nozz) Peek through 201's keyhole (Isabella)
Pick up photo on cupboard After talking to Isabella, look at photo again Right answer: 3rd option Pick up the phone on the cupboard as it rings, but you cannot hear it on PS2
Knock on door again Choose talk option (O), not heart
Sleep 2 x 5 hours
-----------------------THURSDAY-----------------------
Sleep until Samuel calls and pick it up
1:55PM Hospital (don't be late, Sammuel leaves at around 2PM) Barbara cutscene begins at the entrance Go upstairs to Samuel's upstairs office
Sleep 1 hour Go to Nozz's store Get cigarettes
3:20PM Heinds Diner Talk to Rollaine (3) or until gray text Leave Try to go in, chase blonde guy, fight (I recommend holding left while spamming X because of the low frame rate)
3:40PM Hospital Go to Barbara's Birthday Bash Cemetery Talk to Lidds (avoid the sniff cutscene if possible)
Sleep 5 hours
9:XXPM Motel knock on door 2 Mel chase begins (be careful when leaving the parking lot, watch a run on how to do it)
Police station Go down to Mel's cell and talk
Bar Wolves Talk to Wolf about Isabella (3) The Ruins Check on Isabella's room Talk to Nozz (1) Get through the duct in 203 into Isabella's flat Leave the flat Chase the Stalker
Junkyard After finding the drugs, the epic dog chase begins Show your badge to get back in Talk to Mogan
Sleep 2 x 5 hours
-----------------------FRIDAY-----------------------
Winona calls when you wake up
9:15AM High School Go into the teacher's lounge Talk to Lidds Go into the Library Talk to the Library Computer
9:30AM Police Station Try to go through door, cutscene starts Go to the board, look at Junkyard, The Ruins and Astin Farm
Boat house Show clerk ring Winona cutscene Call X▢△X (if this call doesn't connect, you forgot something and run is over) Get in boat, go to lake house Have to take the oil barrel furthest away from window Peak in Sandman fight (hold right and spam X)
Astin Farm Talk to officer roadblock Cutscene starts
Hospital Show Samuel the Kathy note Talk to Barbara (2)
Police Station Mel in the cell
Loretta talk
Sleep 5 + 3 hours (Until 7:30PM the latest)
Gas station before talking to the Nun
Put the Nun talk at the church in at an opportune time, like while waiting for Loretta to call you. This has to be done before the Loretta meetup, as the church closes at 8PM.
Be awake at 7:46PM (Loretta phone call)
8:00PM Bar Wolves Talk to James (3) Talk to Loretta
Church Go inside, then through the side door Go straight, through the door, then 2nd door on the left Pick up letter Burton torture chamber scene begins Rock D-pad to get free
Go Talk to Couenn at his house (3) Go to the forest, look at tree carvings Go back into Couenn's house Go upstairs Look at Couenn through the door Get crowbar Spam ▢ to open the door (3) then open
Leave hospital Call △△△△ 2nd option Run to the building to the left where your Beetle will spawn Pick up phone 3rd option 2nd option
Go home
-----------------------SATURDAY----------------------- Saturday is a bit tricky to make ends meet optimally. Basically you have to make it work for yourself. There are a few options on the table depending on your time.
Options: a) If your clock is at xx:05 to around xx:30, you can sleep until 8:05-8:30AM, and just about still catch Mogan, before he leaves from the forest. James will be in his office if you do it this way. If you are a bit early, James will not have gone back into his office. If you are too late, Mogan would have gotten up for his 10 minute in-game walk into the forest at 9:30, before he turns around and you can catch him from around 9:40 to 9:48 as he walks to his car. (If you have the ORB glitch however, you can simply walk into the forest to talk to him, however I'd not trust a glitch to happen consistently)
II) If your clock is at around xx:31 to xx:41, you can sleep until 8:31-8:41AM, and just about still catch Mogan as he is walking to his car from 9:40 to around 9:48. If you are closer to 30 than 40, you may have to wait a tiny bit for mogan to come back out of the forest. Thankfully in this instance, you can still talk to Mogan while he is on the move. When you get back to the hospital, James will be in his office.
- If your clock is none of the above, you'll have to decide if you want to wait for James or hunt down Mogan at the police station. But at least your run is not over, you'll just lose some time as it won't be the most optimal outcome.
Here is what you need to do: §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Barrows Forest Talk to Officer Roadblock Talk to Mogan (3)
Hospital Go to Couenn, cutscene plays
Go to Couenn's house for envelope
Go back to Hospital
Talk to Couenn Talk to him again (1) Put Tape into Couenn's boombox
Barrows Forest Talk to Mogan (2)
Hospital Talk to James in his office (3) He needs to be in his office for the necklace cutscene §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§
Now the tricky part about this, is that they have set schedules and if your time is off, you'll have to wait, or worst case scenario hunt down Mogan somewhere in town to talk to him. James schedule: available in his office from 8:00 to 8:50 (then he gets up for a break in the lobby and only gets up to go back at 9:20) Mogan schedule: at 7:40 he gets up from the diner and goes to the forest entrance. He gets there at around 8:20. It takes 18 minutes to get to ORB/Mogan at the forest.
Church James is in the basement
Go home Save until ~11PM
James' house James is available at home from ~11:05PM
-----------------------SUNDAY-----------------------
Sleep 3 x 5 + 2 hours (or roughly until 4:XX-5:XXPM
Go to Hospital (Winona leaves the hospital at 6:00PM) Talk to Winona upstairs Go outside, cutscene starts
Sleep 5 hours
11:00PM Bar Wolves (Warning, game ends at around 11:40PM, so don't be late)
Hospital Upstairs After the cutscene, take the elevator to B1 Turn right, left, right (gray door)
Astin Farm Bonehead fight (crouch a lot, sometimes hold right + X when he keeps walking at you)
Wolf fight
Phase 1:
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Phase 2: △ ▢ △ ▢ O X ▢ △ X ▢ O △ O O X ▢ △ ▢ O X ▢ △
QTE for Black Hand glitch: ▢ X X X △ ▢ O O X X X O ▢ △ O X X ▢ ▢ O △ O X △ O X X △ O X ▢ X O △ △ ▢ O X ▢ O X ▢ △ O X ▢ O
Wolf Phase 3: ▢ ▢ X ▢ O X X △ O O X △ X ▢ △ O X ▢ ▢ O X △ O △ O X X △ O X ▢ X O O O
Wolf fight (difficult one, duck a lot and sometimes you can get him to keep coming at you, so hold right and spam X for that)
Barrows Forest Go to Couenn, go to tree Insane amount of spamming Timing ends when the screen flashes white
GG
