Walkthrough

## Prologue

Jack, as a child, goes hunting with his father here. (Not in alpha demo).

## Haywire Motel

Go into the Haywire Motel front door and, using your left hand, pick up the Room #5 Key and the Note From Fox (currently, you need to proceed along with the tutorial's pacing, I will make it optional soon) and make your way back to the end of the building to Room #5. Unlock the door and then pick up the Bronze Headlamp and the Backpack, expanding your inventory space from 2 to 8. Pick up the First Aid Kit and Battery pair, then the Pistol (with your right hand). Continue along with the tutorial until prompted to pick the Pistol Ammo up and reload your gun. **The ammo has to be in your inventory to reload.** With your gun now reloaded, teleport to the newly visible Teleport Point in front of the TV. There will be a short cutscene before the lights go out and the Headlamp tutorial starts. Complete that and then proceed to the new Teleport Point outside your car's driver side door to begin the investigation!

## Miller Ranch

### Driveway

When you arrive, you will notice the main gate is boarded shut. Luckily, there is an Axe stuck in one of the logs to the left of the gate. Pick this up (being a weapon, with your right hand again) and chop each board until it breaks (right now it just disappears) and once all are broken, you can open the gates and enter. Halfway down the driveway, on the right, you will see the side entrance to the yard of the Main House. On the fence at that opening, you should see a bright yellow gemstone reflected in the headlamp's light. This is the Citrine Octagon gemstone, your first gemstone. There are 60 unique gemstones hidden throughout the ranch that you can sell so you can upgrade your weapons. I will leave it up to the community to find the rest, this is the last one I personally will point out in the walkthrough.

### Main Area

When you reach the bottom of the driveway, another short cutscene will play. After that, head to your left towards the Guest House. The front door is locked, but the back porch light is on and the door unlocked. Head on inside.

### Guest House

Inside the door to the right you will see a Battery on the washing machine. Inside the next door, the small hallway opens to the Kitchen on the left. Just inside that opening, to the right, is the kitchen light switch. Flip it on. Grab the Pistol Ammo and Ranch Map on the table, as well as any other items you find (don't forget to check the cabinets, both upper and lower). Open fire on the White Rake that is oblivious to your presence (at the moment). Try and make head shots, those do lots of damage! If you run out of ammo, you can always fall back to the axe. It's risky, but necessary sometimes.

In the Living Room, grab the Walkie and bottle of Pills on the black dresser immediately to your right. You can search this dresser and the other two yellow ones for items in the drawers. Many items like ammo boxes, batteries, health items and pills, to some degree, randomly spawn in different locations in differing numbers each playthrough. So sometimes a particular box of ammo may spawn in the same place, sometimes not. You just have to look.

In the Bathroom, you may find Pills, a First Aid Kit, a Water Bottle and/or Pistol Ammo.

In the Bedroom, you may find Pistol Ammo, Shotgun Ammo (rarely), Batteries, a First Aid Kit and/or a couple Water Bottles. You will also find the Cabin Key on the little stand with the TV on it. Pick it up and head out into the living room. You will notice the doors are all locked, but there is a new Teleport Point in the living room, right in front of the TV. Teleport to it to trigger the cutscene.

After the cutscene, unlock and head out the front door back outside.

### Main Area, part 2

You will now see that the front light of the Main Garage is now on and the door is open. Inside you may find a few items scattered about. There is a lever on the far wall by some stairs that are blocked by a door, but you can't do anything with it right now. Head back out and follow the line of vehicles on your right, all the way around past the front door of the Shop, up to the front door of the Cabin.

### Cabin

Inside the cabin, you will meet Bob Miller, who is the current owner of the ranch. He explains some history of the ranch (not in alpha demo), and allows you to sell gemstones for money which allow you to upgrade your weapons at his weapon shop. Sell your gems and upgrade your pistol how you like. You can often find some items in the Bunk Room, so check around. Remember, you can always drop items you don't need from your inventory at any time and go back and pick them up some time (any time) later, just remember where you dropped it. On top of tables and other furniture are often good places. You will be coming back to this building several more times (if nothing else, to keep upgrading weapons), so you can safely leave any Shotgun Ammo, 45 Ammo, SMG Ammo, or Rifle Ammo behind for now.

After you upgrade weapons, make sure to grab the Silver Headlamp off Bob's desk (by the lamp and TV), as well as the Main House Back Door Key. Head back out the front door around the cars again, to right in front of the Main Garage. From there, proceed up the steps of the Main House and unlock the door of the Back Porch.

### Main House

Once inside the main house, you will find Pistol Ammo and the Main House 1F Map. Careful, a White Rake will charge you the second you become visible from the Kitchen. Take it down without leaving the back porch. When you exit into the kitchen, three rakes will see you and charge. I recommend taking a pill by pressing the left side of the right-hand trackpad. After them, there are two more around the corner in the Dining Room. Look around for ammo and things and head back to the far side of the kitchen and enter the Bathroom.

In the bathroom there is a rake waiting to ambush you to your left. Pick up any items you find and continue through to the other door. Head out into the hallway. In the Living Room, there is another rake waiting to ambush you on your left. The lights for the room are on the other side of the double-doors on your right however. This is another place I like using a pill. Scour the room for items and don't forget to unlock the double-doors. Move on to the Office on the far side of the room from where you came in.

In here by the computer you will find the Guest House Master Bedroom Key, the Mysterious Note, and the Fire Tablet. You may also find some Pistol Ammo, Shotgun Ammo, and even some 45 Ammo, as well as possibly a Water Bottle.

### Guest House, part 2

Now is a good time to head back to Bob to sell your gems and upgrade your pistol even further. After that, head back to the Guest House now that you have the Guest House Master Bedroom Key. There is a single rake waiting for you inside the room. Once dispatched, you can possibly pick up Pistol Ammo, Shotgun Ammo and a First Aid Kit, maybe even a Water Bottle or two. Be sure not to miss the Shotgun on the red dresser in the corner. Also make sure you press the little glowing red button on the wall by the shelves. It opens the attic for you.

As you leave the bedroom, watch for the new rake dropping from the recently opened attic. Take it out. You can't reach the attic right now, you need something tall to stand on, as you shall find later.

### Main Barn

Head down to the Padlock Puzzle on the Main Barn front door. On puzzle difficulties *Easy* and *Normal*, the code is 8423. On *Hard* and up, it's randomly generated. I will post updates on how that works as it develops.

Once inside, you will most likely find boxes of Pistol Ammo and Shotgun Ammo scattered about, not to mention Batteries, Water Bottles, Pills, First Aid Kits, and/or Canned Food. Be sure to grab the Main Garage Attic Key in the middle stall/room to the right of the entrance. (BUG! *You don't actually need this key, you just need to put it in your inventory. You can discard it as soon as it hits your inventory, **for now**.*)

### Main Garage Attic

Now that you can open the Attic of the Main Garage, head there. Switch the lever there to the opposite position and head up the stairs.