Walkthrough

09. Pleasant River & Port District

Contents

You'll find yourself in the Pleasant River district of the town. Go down Rice Street under the bridge. There's a First Aid Kit on the left sidewalk in the underpass. Continue following the street and you'll run into a parked van.

Side Quest: The Art Collector (cont.)

The sixth and the last painting - “Hope” - is lying in the back of the van on Rice Street where the street bends.

There's also a Shotgun in the van. Continue going down the street. Collect the Newspaper Article (Corruption) (38/54) from the wooden porch of the first house to the left. The next house on the street contains a side quest.

Side Quest: Ashes to Ashes

Enter the house and explore the rooms. Take the Inscribed Snapshot (39/54) from the table in the living room. Go upstairs and step into the bedroom to find the Funeral Announcement (40/54) at the foot of the bed. Collect the Urn from the dresser in the corner of the bedroom. Now you need to find a proper place to scatter the ashes from the Urn.

Scatter their ashes at their special place
The special place is depicted on the picture you found on the 1st floor of the house - it's in the docks. Exit the house, turn to the east and then through the gate towards the docks. Go to the biggest pier and find a bench near the end of it. Use the Urn from your inventory at this place - this will reveal a sequence of numbers on the bench - 16814. The quest is complete, however you didn't collect you reward yet.

Get the reward
Return to the house on Ketchum Street and find a safe in the 2nd floor bedroom. Use the numbers from the bench to open the safe's door.

Easy

  1. Turn dial 1 right three clicks.
  2. Turn dial 2 left four clicks.
  3. Turn dial 3 left four clicks.
  4. Turn dial 4 left two clicks.
  5. Turn dial 5 right two clicks.

Normal

  1. Turn dial 1 right three clicks.
  2. Turn dial 2 left four clicks.
  3. Turn dial 4 left two clicks.
  4. Turn dial 5 right two clicks.

Hard

  1. Turn dial 2 left four clicks.
  2. Turn dial 5 right two clicks.
  3. Turn dial 3 right one click.
  4. Turn dial 1 right one click.

The safe contains a Colt.

While in the docks, you can also continue two other side quests: "Ribbons" and "Homeless Guy".

Side Quest: Ribbons (cont.)

Look to the westernmost pier in the docks. Reach the end of the pier to find a Key on a medical bracelet. You'll get your next objective.

Find the girl's home
The label on the bracelet attached to the key says "Lamon Street". That's where the girl's home is, but we'll get to to that a bit later.

Side Quest: Homeless (cont.)

The exact location of the Fishing Rod - the last thing Homer wanted - depending on your chosen puzzle difficulty will be:
  • Easy - near the center of the docks
  • Normal - in the spillway outside of the Pleasant River underground entrance
  • Hard - on the boardwalk along the east edge of the docks

Also you can find a First Aid Kit in the cabinet at the east edge of the docks. When you're done searching the area get out of the docks, cross the street and go into an alley by the house. Enter the house from the back to complete one more side quest.

Side Quest: Dead Man's Hand

Move through the room with a card table into the utility room to find a dead body with his hand in a vice and a ripped heart. You'll get the side quest's objective after seeing the body.

Find the missing heart
Climb down the stairs to the basement. There are two paths here. The path on the right leads to a Fire Axe at the end. The path on the left leads to a ladder into the underground tunnels. Climb down through the hole. The underground tunnels are a bit tricky to navigate and the area doesn't have a map, so follow the directions carefully not to get lost. Move forward and to the left, then to the right. Run forward, go past the first intersection and at the next intersection with the three paths chose the path to the right. Reach the end of the path to find a Human Heart (the beating of a heart hints about its location - the closer you're are, the stronger is the beating). After you collect the heart, follow the path back to the ladder (take care of the attacking monsters). Return to the body and place the Human Heart inside. That completes the "Dead Man's Hand" quest. The body will vanish leaving you with your reward - a First Aid Kit.

Exit the house, return to Rice Street and continue going to the east.

Side Quest: Bird Cage (cont.)

The fourth bird cage is in the eastern part of Rice Street in front of the barricade.

Now, make your way to the bridge. We're going to search the area around the control tower for another shadow symbol.

Side Quest: Shadow Play (cont.)

The Harmony, 1st Part fragment is found in the box at the base of the drawbridge control tower in Pleasant River. The Harmony, 2nd Part fragment is at the top level of the control tower. The Harmony shadow symbol is at the base of the control tower below the drawbridge.

We're done with this district. However, before continuing across the bridge, it's a good idea to finish several ongoing side quests: "The Art Collector", "Homeless", "Ribbons" and "Shadow Play". For that we need to get back to the visited areas. Our first goal is an apartment building on Lamon Street in Chastain Heights. Run along Brite Street all the way back and then onto Lamon Street.

Side Quest: Ribbons (cont.)

Return to Lamon Street and search for the entrance into the apartment building north of the Movie Theater. Climb up the stairs to find a locked apartment. Use the Key from the pier to unlock the door, go inside and into the bedroom. Collect the Mother’s Confession (41/54) from the bed to complete the quest. After you complete the quest, the locked door near the apartment's entrance will swing open. Search the room to collect 2 First Aid Kits.

Cross Logan's Park and search the area near Pearl Creek underground entrance for another shadow symbol.

Side Quest: Shadow Play (cont.)

The Enlightenment fragment is in Pearl Creek in the construction site between Laymond Avenue and Lansdale Avenue. The Enlightenment shadow symbol is in the Pearl Creek underground entrance.

In the underground talk to Homer to complete the "Homeless" side quest.

Side Quest: Homeless (cont.)

Return to Homer and give him the Fishing Rod. He will unlock the tunnels leading to Pleasant River and the Port District. The quest is complete.

Get outside and head south along Laymond Avenue, then make a turn east to Cook Street.

Side Quest: Shadow Play (cont.)

The Healing fragment is in Pearl Creek, at the intersection of Cook Street and Lansdale Avenue (southwestern corner). The Healing shadow symbol is in a small park to the south-east from where you found the fragment (move around the building through an alley to the south to get there).

Let's go to the Art Gallery now. If you don't remember, it's in the alley to the west of Cook Street.

Side Quest: The Art Collector (cont.)

Arrange the paintings on the table
Put all the paintings on the table and start arranging them. The red symbols on each painting help you to put them in the right places on the grid. Once you arrange all the paintings correctly, you're no longer able to move them. Switch to the UV light from your forensic flashlight to reveal a town map with a marked location on it.

Find the location of the crypt
The location indicated by the map is in Monroe Cemetery outside of St. Maria's Monastery. Go there, find the crypt with an open gate between two statues (Note: If you didn't arrange the paintings on the table correctly, the gate will be locked). Climb down the ladder and proceed down the passage to the locked gate.

Unlock the crypt's secret
There are nine stone tiles with symbols on the wall to the left of the gate. To unlock the gate you need to press the tiles with the right symbols which come from the paintings. Depending on the puzzle difficulty there might be additional hints to complete the task. In any case, the right tiles will be:

  1. Tile in the top left.
  2. Tile in the center
  3. Tile in the bottom left.
  4. Tile in the bottom right.

Activate the tiles and the gate will unlock. Beware a Weeping Bat behind the gate. Continue your way into the burial chamber and collect some reward items there: a First Aid Kit and a box of Shotgun Shells on the ground. The main reward for the quest is the Tomahawk in the sarcophagus in the middle.

Ok, now let's complete the "Shadow Play" quest. Head to the loft on Brite Street.

Side Quest: Shadow Play (cont.)

Loft map
When you collect all five shadow symbol tokens return to the loft and place them on the map. Put each token at the corresponding shadow symbol's location. Once you arrange them in the proper locations, a Demon Statue appears on the table. You can use the statue as a good melee weapon. The quest is complete.

You're done with all the side quests on this side of the river. You can go Port District now. Enter the bridge control tower, lower the bridge using the controls and make a way across to the other bank of the river.

After getting to Ketchum Street, turn right and go until you bum into a barricade. Here you should find a First Aid Kit in the lying cabinet. Turn around and head east along the south side of the street. Enter the first house to the left after passing the intersection of the streets for one more side quest, the only one in this district.

Side Quest: Mirror, Mirror

The quest takes place in the house on Ketchum Street in Port District, to the west of the bridge. Enter the house and go into the living room. Pick up the Psychiatrist's Note (42/54) from the ground and approach the mirror to begin the quest.

Make the reflection tell the truth
There are five interactive objects in the room: a portrait, a dresser, a TV, a lamp and a candle. The mirror cycles through five reflections. During each phase you need to adjust one of the five objects on this side to match the reflection in the mirror. After you activate the right object, the mirror will switch to the next reflection. Adjust all five items correctly and the mirror will break to pieces revealing a hidden room with some supplies: 2 First Aid Kits and 2 boxes of Pistol Bullets. Don't hesitate too long solving the puzzle as an invisible monster will enter the room (it can be seen only in the mirror) and attack you if you won't be fast enough.

Exit the house and turn to the left. Here's the last dig place from the "Digging up the Past" side quest.

Side Quest: Digging up the Past (cont.)

The seventh and the last dig site is in a small yard in the southwest corner of Port District. The nearest shovel can be found leaning on the fence to the right of the truck standing at the intersection of King Avenue and Ketchum Street..

Now head north to the docks. To the right is the Port District underground entrance, which should be unlocked if you've completed the "Homeless" side quest. Make it to the end of the dock to find the last bird cage.

Side Quest: Bird Cage (cont.)

Fifth and the last bird cage is in the docks of Port District at the edge of the town.

Go downstairs to the pier and find the boat. Be aware that if you use the boat, you won't be able to return to the town, so first finish you active side quests, collect missing Mystery notes and everything else you wish to do before you continue. When you're ready to leave the town, use the Boat Key and watch a cutscene.

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