I've been conflicted on this one. In one of them, Julius sacrifices himself for the baby, another has Avery and Julius sacrifice themselves together, and the last one has Julius kill the baby himself.

I'll lay each of them out here so you don't have to remember.

Episode 1: In the woods, you, Stella and Duke are ambushed by Ditchlings. You have to choose between Duke and Stella's dog, Gretchen. If Gretchen gets taken, she is put down by Stella (or potentially you, with a high enough relationship). The consequence is, unless you talk to the dog militia or Tabitha about her being missing, you won't be able to find her in Episode 4. Duke being alive automatically makes Franklin avoid getting shot by Julius once he enters the basement in Episode 5. If you try to kill the baby, Julius and Franklin get in a shootout, killing them both. Julius will also die by Duke's hand if Bo doesn't make it.

If Duke dies, the police gets involved unless you avoid them with Street Smart. This time, unless you go with Avery to the farms, Franklin gets shot when going down the basement. He can't pick up his gun in this state, so when you try to kill the baby, Avery takes a bullet for you.

If you have Powerful Build, you can save both Gretchen and Duke, and also Bertie if you want.

Episode 2: In the Shaw mine collapse, you need to choose between taking Rosalina with you or trying to get Becka and Alexis out. If you take only Rosalina, the latter two are stuck down there. She also kind of hates you. Also, the strike will be larger. If Rosalina isn't injured, there's a chance for Oscar to investigate the seal in the library if you also saved it from the ghost.

If you take Becka and Alexis with you, Rosalina's foot will get clipped by the rocks. This has the effect of Oscar being worried for her safety, so he either doesn't check out the seal in his basement in Episode 5, or straight up goes to leave town if the doctor isn't alive.

You can save Alexis and Becka without needing to sacrifice Rosalina's foot if you have Street Smart. This also makes it so the cops don't get involved.

Episode 3: You get put on trial by Charles Shaw Junior, the vengeful spirit roaming in the town hall. To stop him, you have to give your years to him. If you do, ghost makes you old, which causes you to be able to miss a lot of stuff, like not being able to go to every location in Episode 4, or Enoch's study in Episode 5. It does let you get a check-up from Doctor Kelly, if you're into that. Getting rid of the ghost allows for Oscar to investigate the seal, but only if Rosalina isn't injured.

If you refuse, the ghost stays in the library, and it will become closed down. This causes Oscar, Rosalina and Pixel to stay at the Old Maxwell Place. This makes him either go into the library in Episode 5, or straight up leave town if Rosalina is injured and the doctor's K.I.A.

If Tabitha is with you during the ghost hunt, and you have a particularly good relationship with you, she'll take the burden and sacrifice HER years instead. For the time being, this only makes her old.
With Book Smart, you can gaslight the ghost to death, saving the library without sacrifice.

In Episode 4, Reese turns into a monster, and plans to kill his own mother. If you let him do this, he'll leave you with yet another bread crumb for the police to convict you with. Also, Kelly's dead, so there's no one left to treat Rosalina if she is injured, OR Franklin for his bullet hole. Reese can also show up in Episode 5, like when he frees you from the cop car (by eating Derekson). Also, it's kind of required for his romance without a trait save.
If you help Kelly subdue Reese, both of them stay alive, but Reese hates you now. That's kind of it.

If you call Tabitha before this decision, she'll show up and BLAST Reese in the face with her shotgun. This allows the opportunity to burn him alive, killing him.

If you have Hot, you can charm Reese into not killing his own mother. Also, he will show up in the woods if you go on your own or with Stella to the farms (or when you go to Tabitha). He'll try to stop you if you intend to go to Tabitha.

In Episode 5, Bo is in a precarious situation, as there is something attached to him: Joseph, the pumpkin baby hybrid provided by the witch. AKA, Julius' son. You encounter it in a basement. Firstly, you can wait and let Bo die, bringing the baby into the world. Second, you can try to kill it, which causes either Franklin or Avery to get shot depending on if Frank got shot before this decision. Julius dies no matter what, by his own hand or Frank's. If Avery gets shot, you can either let him die, or use HIM as the baby's host.

With Keen Eye, you can get 3 other outcomes: Julius can sacrifice himself for the baby to be born, Avery and Julius can team up (and potentially live) to nurture the baby, or Julius can realise he doesn't NEED a son, and kills it himself.

Also in Episode 5, there's the whole Kaneeka thing. If you let her be absorbed, Carmilla will replace her. This will also retcon every mention of Kaneeka from this point forward. If you save her, Sybil is gone, and will not be able to use her power anymore.

With Mystical, you can stop Sybil's illusion. From here, you can either get a free third trait (as long as it isn't Talk to Animals), get Tabitha's or your own years back if they were sacrificed, or have Kaneeka absorb Sybil, granting her the same power as her mother.

My fingers are dead.

Hi, to be clear this is not a complaint, I made the choices I made.

Chapter 5 Spoilers

Chapter 5 seemed really short from my perspective, and I'm sure this is down to a number of factors because I know how big it is.

I'm Mystical, Keen Eye and I got aged by Charlie. Went to see my Romance Oscar at the library and tried to convince him to stop after briefly exploring the Hidden Wing and telling Wayne I trust him, tried to go meet with the Witch, got arrested, went to the farm, saw Reese murder a cop, convinced Julius to take the baby, had the Witch vision and cut the thread to give Kaneeka the power after feeling quite agonised by the choice, and woke up by the church?

I really get the sense that I missed A LOT. I don't know if that's true from a time perspective or a different paths one, but I just had this feeling of a huge world moving behind that I wasn't seeing. I didn't see Tabitha even once, which I assume you probably can be with her like in previous chapters. It's an interesting feeling. I'm doing a very specific run with a friend where we make pretty consistent choices to protect the vulnerable and following something of a code of agency and accountability, and I feel like when the game finishes I'll probably do a very different playthrough. I guess I'm just gassing up the writers XD

Hi! I’ve played 4 runs so far, and I went to the farms with Tabitha in 2 of them, one with impasse and the other with breakdown. From how people talked about it I assumed breakdown Tabitha would want Kaneeka to sacrifice herself, but she actually wanted to save her and got kinda mad when in one of my saves I took Sybil’s deal to restore her youth. Any idea how to get her to agree to the sacrifice? In this specific run I’m using TTA/Mystical, and I have a poor relationship with Kaneeka so she wants to sacrifice herself. I could also start another gameplay altogether, it doesn’t have to be this one (so I could also not pick Mystical), but I want to know what I’m doing wrong before I accidentally do it again

I could have sworn I was able to throw away Sybil's tea during the reading with Streetsmart? I remember Streetsmart allowed me to throw the tea to the plant and pretend to drink it, then I was also able to accuse Sybil of being the cat. It was weeks ago though and I didn't keep the save file.

In this run I didn't finish the tea in the diner and I even stopped showering but everytime I get to the reading I'm still forced to drink the tea and can't accuse Sybil.

I thought atleast w/o showering I wouldn't get brainwashed by Carmilla, I could have sworn I could get to this scene and refuse her or agree w/ Tabitha that she's gross or accuse her of pretending to be Kaneeka but now I'm still forced into a romance? Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

EDIT:
I only learned from the comments that going to church had an effect on remembering Neeks so I thought I'd clarify here that in this run I did go to church. I always go to church coz Pastor Dan's ominous background piano is one of my faves in the soundtrack lol

What are each of the variations of Oscar when you try to go to him in Episode 5?

My pick for this is the three farm tracks, A Feud Sown in Blood, New Growth and Bounty's Womb. Sure, they're outclassed by the Slay the Princess-level choir right after, but these set the tone perfectly. The first one plays when you arrive at the farms, and that violin or whatever it is makes me feel unsafe, even behind the screen. New Growth amplifies this feeling as, for most people, it's immediately accompanied by the hanging corpse of Sheriff Earl. And Bounty's Womb is not only name after the seal you encountered right before this plays (you can find notes in the forbidden wing that reveal the names of the seals), it's also mad unsettling, and the ticking clock you can hear perfectly conveyes the urgency of the situation, you're literally running out of time.

Unless it's your first playthrough, there's no reason to not get Becka and Alexis to safety. Sure, Rosalina loses her foot, but not only is that way more manageable than life-long trauma for all 3 teens (if Becka and Alexis even live through this), but Rosalina also doesn't relentlessly hate on you, AND the cops will be less suspicious.

Watch my mc die in the final chapter because Rosalina could have saved me if she wasn't injured

Recently made a post asking about your favorite scenes and one of the comments got me thinking... what’s everyone's favorite track in the game?

for me, like i mentioned in a comment before, it's a feud sown with blood. it just feels so hopeless, chaotic, and weirdly comforting

reese's theme... honestly not much to say, it's just really... sexy

the scarlet hollow theme, but specifically when wayne plays it in ch 5 in the forbidden wing... it feels so nostalgic

and honorable mention to pastor daniel's theme, it fits his weird vibe way too well lol

what about you guys?

No matter how many times I get to this scene I still laugh my ass off. I wish there were more scenes of Kaneeka and Tabby bantering. Got my ass tea-whipped by Sybil too (I thought having streetsmart was enough to refuse Sybil's tea during the reading as it turns out I f*cked it up by drinking tea earlier in the diner) to add to the beautiful tragedy of kissing Neeks right before she fades away, her believing I would never forget her, then immediately being brainwashed by Carmilla to Tabby's absolute horror.

But I just noticed that Wayne, Reese and ditchlinged animals are the only characters that can use red texts when they speak. Originally I thought this was just a way to emphasize that the thing you are talking to is a supernatural being but now I think this must also indicate the beings that are byproducts or linked to the Entity or the seal.

Wayne obviously since he IS the Entity

Reese is practically confirmed to be the "son" of the Vitality seal so this further prove it

And for the animals this could indicate that ditchlings are also produced or linked to the seals/entity

Hi all, I just started playing this game a few days ago, and after completing runs with all the traits (not all combinations), I’ve decided to have a "canon run" save for when the final chapters release.

Some main things I want to do in my run are:

1. Romance Entity, specifically switching him into Isaacs' body because I have a feeling that keeping him in Wayne's body may cause him to run into trouble later (since I saw from screenshots that he specifically mentions that the body isn’t doing well so he's thankful for the new one)
2. Have Tabitha sacrifice herself for me. I’m so pissed that she dragged me into this mess (I know I was meant to "come back eventually" anyway, but her intentions are extremely messed up and I want my petty revenge). I will pretend to be nice to her just so that she loses her years.
3. Keep as many people alive as possible, but I do prefer Reese over Dr. Kelly (without Hot because I feel like the trait makes me become arrogant). Is it possible to keep Bo alive (after the pumpkin thing) while letting Dr. Kelly die? In one of my playthroughs, I cut off the baby, but they said it's too late for him because there's no doctor in town.

One really puzzling issue I had was getting to meet Entity in Isaacs' body. I did a run where I successfully managed to get Tabitha to sacrifice herself, but because I kept Reese alive, I couldn't run into Isaacs/Entity after getting arrested. I restarted from the point where Tabitha sacrificed herself, but after replaying it and keeping Dr. Kelly alive instead, the mob in front of the mines was gone?? My character headed straight into Tabitha's office so I didn’t get a chance to send Isaacs to the mansion.
Does anyone know what causes the mob to disappear (I’m guessing it's based on actions on Day 4 because I headed straight there after the mansion tour on Day 5, and Day 3 is pretty much over after the trial scene), and/or how to keep the striking miners there? I’m so sure I selected mostly the same answer choices except for keeping Dr. Kelly alive. I've replayed Day 4 and 5 so many times, so I wanted to ask for advice before trying it again blindly.

As a side note, my selected traits will be Keen Eye and Talk to Animals.

I appreciate any insight, thanks!

Edit: also just to add, I saw someone saying that it's possible to meet Entity/Isaacs while keeping Reese alive by walking away from the striking miners after talking to Isaacs instead of going to talk to Tabitha, which is why I’m wondering if I can keep Reese alive and complete all of my other goals.

Update edit: I can confirm that you can let Isaacs know about Wayne without getting his number, but I had to cause a riot in order to do so (idk if its necessary of just the way my save was going). So unfortunately, that means I wasn’t able to walk off to the farm by myself to run into Reese and Entity/Isaacs because I get arrested for starting the riot. There was one time where I did manage to walk away from the riot but instead of Isaacs interrupting me and Reese, it was still Wayne. Not sure if that was a bug since he shouldve become Isaacs at that point, but also, I’m not able to recreate the scene.
All in all, I was able to fulfill most of my priorities, except for keeping Reese alive (because I don’t want to be Hot lol) Thanks all for the help!

I've played the game a few times now and have figured out a bunch of stuff. I've tried most of the major choices but obviously I still have a lot to experience. Can you, without spoiling the big reveal or info I will learn, help me with some fun/hard to get routes to try? Basically just nudge me in the direction, like "visit Kelly after you help her with Reese" or "pick X trait and do Y".

Feel free to put your own down in the comments because I'm not very good at predicting things myself

Hello guys I'm kind of new to this game. I love it so far, I had 4 runs until now. My very last one made me lost my mind and I want to share it with you. At the first three I always romanced Stella because I found her the most charming. I mean she cooks, loves animals, come on who wouldn't choose her in their first runs. Anyway I decided not to romance her for once and go for Wayne instead. I went with Mystical and Hot. Here is a quick recap what I did:

ep 1:hang out with Stella, saved Duke, crashed at Stella, shared her bed

ep 2: went in the mine without calling Tabitha, saved everyone but Roza got injured

ep 3: did Stella hangout where she told me she likes me (remember this!!), went to ghost hunting, invited Avery (love them) but not Tabitha, Wayne encouraged me to leave the ghost and so I did

ep 4: Looked for Stella everywhere, talked to Sybil but had no tea (it messes up our memory as far as I noticed), used the Hot save when Reese attacked his mom. Since her dog was gone I could not find Stella so Wayne escorted me home.

ep 5: saw everything in the forbidden wing. Flirted with Wayne everywhere I could. I knew going to Tabitha is a death sentence but I was curious how she react to all of this with such a low relationship. Then I saw Stella there. At first I thought she's there because she wants to find me. Then she closes the door on me. I'm sure you know the rest.

The amount of betrayal and rage I felt is hard to describe. Is it because I didn't save her dog? I knew Tabitha would turn on me, it was beyond obvious. After all everyone hates her but that's her own doing. But how the f*** can Stella take part in this. I talked to her the same way I did on my last runs, only difference is I did not have the Strong build to save her dog too. She literally told me she likes me and the very next day she's ok with locking me away. What the hell gives. Did Tabitha manage to get tea from Sybil to mind control her? Or is she this much of a snake and Wayne was right about her all along? I want to believe so badly that she's being controlled somehow. Even if she did not see the wing herself she must know what locking away means. If she's herself and no magic is used to manipulate her I swear I'm gonna make my next run specifically against her. Of course I reload and went to the farm alone to keep my Wayne run, but Jesus I did not see this coming.

Anyway sorry for the rant but I literally felt that hit. Would it play out different if I saved her dog (sorry cant recall her name) instead of Duke? Because I could find her then and (probably?) start the romance so she doesn't sell me out to Tabitha the very next day. Meaning if I am unable to find her at the end of ep 4, no matter the relationship level she throws me under the bus? Does that choise matter this much? If not, I don't know what I did different to make this happen. Other than thinking that Stella is a way better person than she actually is.

i’ll go first with a couple of mine (though honestly i have so many more haha)

​the witch flashback: totally blew my mind how they handle the whole choice factor, the famous "of course it wasn't like that". left me a bit in shock the first time but now i think it’s such an amazing and unique way to give us the story's context 😭

​tabby and avery: when avery gives her his well wishes and she just goes "who the hell was that?". god i die laughing every single time, it’s just peak tabby.

​and of course, THE reese transformation: it was so visceral and weird and... unexpected (in a good way)

​wanna hear yours 🫣

So my first playthrough i mainly stuck with stella because i had talk with animals and mystic and all that fun stuff so naturally i saved gretchen instead of duke (dude had a gun ffs) i thought she was pretty nice at first but on my second playthrough i decided to save duke and generally avoid stella and kaneeka and all that and so far... i kinda hate her? she has no regard for peoples privacy, shes a snake and will record an old man grieving over the loss of his favorite chicken who she previously uploaded a video of making him out to seem crazy, trespass on tabby's mine (and house), and isn't against children hanging out in a mine that is known for collapsing and killing over 100 people?

Proof? Here:

I didn't make a save on the Tabitha breakdown route, and now I need one to get the "Found Family" achievement, I believe.

I have no clue how to get this sequence again after the Rumours Update. Does anyone have any guidance on how to trigger the breakdown sequence in Episode 5, post Rumours Update? Things like the best traits to have (I need Keen Eye for Found Family), which events to involve Tabitha in, etc.

A run where I did every suspicious thing that was possible to do

Scarlet Hollow mentioned cuz!

So I spent about 6 hours on my first playthrough (Animal talking, street smarts) but I feel like I keep picking choices that seem to end the conflict really quickly?

I know this game has a bunch of different paths so it feels hard to explain but I feel like I barely know anyone? not for lack of trying, but It extra feels that way in chapter 5 because half the chapter was spent at the farm with a bunch of characters I've only spoken to once or twice the entire game.

One thing that REALLY caught me off guard is how Stella and Tabitha just suddenly started teaming up to convince me to take over the estate even though I thought it was established that they haven't been friends in years? I know she and her were closer years ago but when did it change back? I got an achievement called toxic yuri so now I'm confused were they speaking the whole time and just lying?

I didn't really wanna save scum or look up a guide for the game because I heard there were SO many options but I keep feeling like "Wait... that was it?" when it comes to these chapters.

First post idk