Amnesia: The Dark Descent Walkthrough: Archives
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Archives
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Upon entering, you’ll notice that to the right is a door. The sign says
“Libra Rari” or “Rare Books”. Enter the room and on the table you’ll
find a piece of paper. Pick it up.
We find out that Daniel was on an expedition in Africa with a certain
Professor Herbert. They were looking for a tomb related to the “Tin Hinan”,
translated as “The Mother of Us All”.
Get out of the room and go inside the one in front of us called “Catalogi”
or “Catalogues”. On the shelf in the left corner is a note. Pick it up.
It’s just a 3 year contract for a man named Wilhelm, employed by
Alexander.
Open the drawers of the table and you’ll find a tinderbox. To the right of
the room is a door. Go through it and you’ll be in the hallway. Across
you is the “Studium” or “Study”. Go inside.
On the far side is a table. Open the drawers and you’ll find another
tinderbox. There’s also a piece of paper on the table so pick it up.
It’s a continuation of Daniel’s expedition diary. We find out that on
that day, he took some people with him to explore the underground passage
and they found an ante-chamber. A rock suddenly blocked their way so
he ordered his men to raise it. As he got through, the rock came down and
he was trapped.
After reading, go through the other door in the room. You’ll be in the
hallway once more. The door in front of you leads to “Libri Veteres” or
“Old Tomes”. Go inside it.
Whoa! A book suddenly fell on its own! Behind the table is a chest and
a furnace. Open the chest to get a tinderbox and oil. Open the furnace
to get a tinderbox. Get out of the room and back to the hallway.
Turn right and you’ll see another door. It’s the “Historia Loci” room or
“Local History”. You can’t open it and something will be written in your
journal. You’ll have to find another way in. Turn right and continue down
the hall into the next area. You’ll be in a very large room. To your right
is a piano. Go near it. Eek! It closed on its own! Maybe it doesn’t want
you touching it.
Anyway, from where you came in before you looked at the piano, turn left
and move forward. To the left is a room, go inside. Continue on your way
and you’ll find a table on the right. It has a bottle of oil on top of it
so grab it. Move on and you’ll find a room to the right called “Delineatae
Imagines Tabulatis”, or simply the room for the “Floor Plans”. Enter it.
Go to the middle of the room and look to the left. You’ll find a board
with paper on it. You’ll have another flashback where Daniel and Alexander
are talking about weaknesses in the structure that have to be reinforced
due to the shadow. Anyway, on the far corner of the room is another chest.
Open it and take the oil and the tinderbox inside. Get out of the room.
The next room is called “Tabulae” or “Maps”. Before you can even set foot
inside, the ceiling from where you came in from collapses! Anyway, go
inside the room and check the table. Open the drawers first and you’ll
find a tinderbox. On the table is another piece of paper, read it.
Daniel collapses after picking up the paper. An interactive flashback
occurs. As Daniel narrates, you’ll see a glowing light in front of you.
Move forward and you’ll find some sort of orb. Grab it with your hand and
it shines even more. Daniel gets up soon.
Get out of the room and look on the wall to your left. You’ll notice that
on the corner it is badly damaged. Touch it and it will tell you that it
is fragile but not breakable by hand. Look around in the hallway and find
something to throw at it and it’ll break open.
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Instead of throwing something on the weak spot of the wall, you can simply
keep on left clicking it and it will eventually break.
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After the wall breaks open, jump into the next room and another flashback
occurs. It’s Daniel and Alexander talking about some secret room
mechanism in the Local History room.
