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🔦 Weapon locations and basic items

Weapons and acquisition routes cross-checked against Steam achievement guides, collectible maps and an independent full walkthrough. Damage values and rankings are not asserted because patches can change them.

Missable detour: Flamethrower

After collecting Fuse Pack at the Star shop, return to the Apartments. Use the hook in 2.14 to recover the 0.14 key, then inspect the table inside.

🔦 Basic equipment

Pistol

Confirmed basic equipment

Flashlight

Confirmed basic equipment for exploring darkness

Lighter

Confirmed basic equipment

⚔️ Weapon locations

Guitar

Melee 📍 Apartments

Hanging on the wall in the room reached after igniting rubbish with alcohol and activating the sprinklers.

Bow and Arrow

Ranged 📍 Residential streets / park

Collect Quiver of Arrows at the residential archery range and Wooden Bow at the park fountain, then combine them in the inventory.

Makeshift Axe

Melee 📍 Residential streets

Upstairs in the house opposite number 21; take it from the body on the wall.

Shotgun

Ranged 📍 Chapel

On the chapel altar beyond the cemetery.

Flamethrower

Ranged 📍 Apartment 0.14

After obtaining Fuse Pack at the Star shop, return to the Apartments. Use Makeshift Hook in room 2.14 to recover room 0.14's key, then take the weapon from its dining table.

⚠️ Requires substantial backtracking. Collecting it after the Star shop's Fuse Pack provides a clear return point.

🏆 Official Steam achievements — all 26 entries

State Regulations

Find the first signal

Occupational Hazard

Find the second signal

High and Dry

Find the third signal

Guilty Conscience

Find the fourth signal

A Spoon Full of Sugar

Find the fifth signal

Resident Upheaval

Find the sixth signal

Not for Grown-ups

Find the seventh signal

This Station Is Non-Operational

Find the eighth signal

Walkie-talkie

Find every signal

Disk 1/3

Find disk 1/3

Disk 2/3

Find disk 2/3

Disk 3/3

Find disk 3/3

Logomaniac

Find all documents

Jacked

Use the car jack

Truth

Terminal-related achievement

Handy

“Get handy!” — details unconfirmed

Boomstick

Acquire the Shotgun

Quiver Down Your Spine

Combine the Wooden Bow and Quiver of Arrows into Bow and Arrow

Cooking on Gas

Acquire the Flamethrower

Living With Ghosts

Find Record of Events

Closure

Complete the game on any difficulty

Whatever it Takes

Complete on Intended difficulty

Masochist

Complete on Punished difficulty

Reunion

Get the Reunion ending

Riven

Get the Riven ending

Woof

Secret achievement — details unconfirmed

❓ Frequently asked questions

Q: Can combat be avoided, and what is the basic equipment?

Basic equipment is Pistol, Flashlight and Lighter. Guitar, Bow and Arrow, Makeshift Axe, Shotgun and Flamethrower can also be acquired. Manage limited resources while progressing past enemies known collectively as The Strays.

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