Roadmap
Your first step will be to pick Hardcore mode from the options menu before you start. Hardcore mode makes your chances with the dice slimmer but balances that with more XP as you progress through the game, as well as giving you more bonus skill points with the clothing you wear. It makes the game harder for you as you start but easier as you progress.
In this run, you will be a good cop and will be supporting Kim Kitsuragi (your partner), proving to the townsfolk that you are here to help, apologizing for any wrongdoings, and showing interest in art and encyclopedia. The political side to pursue is communism, to finish the communist secret task.
Collectibles are fortunately not that hard to find - you will be collecting 11 honorable points by talking about honour during conversations, as well as getting the Fairweather T-500 ceramic armour. While going for these collectibles, you must also save the Titus Hardie (The union guys) to become Hardie Heroes.
Be sure to help Kim during the tribunal and then recruit him at the end to join your Precinct, Precinct 41.
Focus on these skills during this playthrough and try to get them above 5 points to make your run easier:
Rhetoric | Esprit de Corps | Composure | Authority |
Endurance | Hands/eye coordination | Conceptualization | Drama |
** Make a Manual save before you go to sleep on Day 3. This is so that you can attempt the other political side task without replaying the game all over again.
Goodest Of The Good Cops
Really get Kim to trust you
Biggest Communism Builder
Employ critical theory 9 times
Il Coppo Del'Arte!
Say 5 Art Cop lines
Recruit Detective Kim Kitsuragi
Precinct 57's finest
Literally The Sorriest Cop On Earth
Apologize 10 (!!!) times
The Figurines Won't Win Her Back
They do nothing
Unbelievably Boring F**k
Say 7 incredibly boring things
Fairweather t-500 Vitreous Enamel
Suit up. Head to toe.
The Most Honourable Cop in The Land
Gather 11 honour points
Venture into the HARDCORE
Godspeed
True Detective
Finish the game in HARDCORE mode
Gluten-Free Topping Pie
Next you're cutting out cards
Avowed Inframaterialist
Don't call it a book club
Medal dispenser
Here, just have one, they're free
Hardie's Heroes
Pour one out for social democracy
Note:Use the manual save in Stage 1 before you sleep on Day 3 to return to the game and pursue other political stands during your sleep.
For this stage, you will be pursuing ultra-liberal thought (taxation thought) and following the related tasks until the end.
After this, reload the same save to pursue moralism political thought (kingdom of conscience) and follow those tasks until the end.
This will grant you a secret ending to the game.
If you haven't got it yet, do the glitch mentioned in Palerunner in this step to get that trophy over with.
Finally, focus on these skills during this playthrough and try to get them above 5 points to make your run easier. If your skill level is low, do more tasks before attempting the political side task till you reach the point of no return. Alternatively, if you cannot reach the skill point level, simply save before attempting a conversation and keep reloading until you're successful.
Drama | Suggestion | Interface |
Empathy | Rhetoric | Conceptualization |
In this stage, you will get:
The World's Most Laughable Centrist
Defend the political centre 7 times
Baddest Hustler In The Neoliberal Hood
Preach free market for 9 times
Truly Rabid "Traditionalist"
Say 10 "traditionalist" things
Palerunner
Phase shift for 3 seconds
Networthy Individual
Every day you're husslin'...
Committee of la Responsabilité
Someone should do something about this
For this last stage, you will be starting a new run and this time, choosing to be the bad cop. Do not investigate the body and make sure to not cooperate with Kim Kitsuragi your partner) at all. You then must let Kim die during the tribunal. After this, Cuno, the redheaded kid, will follow you around. At the end of the game, you must choose to support Cuno to recruit him to your precinct.
Note: To go the bad cop route, be sure to say strange things such as talking about the paranormal, saying that you are a super cop, saying that you're the law, saying racist things, and hitting objects.
On Day 3, choose fascism (racism) as the political side to pursue during your sleep. A secret task for racism will show up - be sure to follow it till the end.
You can take narcotics and drink alcohol to boost your skill points temporarily as they will make you finish tasks more easily, but it will take some strong convincing to recruit Cuno as you will be deemed less trustworthy by your precinct when you meet them at the end of the game.
Focus on these skills during this playthrough and try to get them above 5 points to make your run easier:
Esprit de Corps | Conceptualization | Suggestion |
Endurance | Volition | Logic |
In this stage, you will get:
Hyperstellar Law Official
Say 7 deranged superstar lines
The Lawbringer
Say you're the law 7 times
The Opener Of The Eighth Seal
Warn them of the coming end 8 times
Expert Advanced Remote Viewer
See beyond the veil 6 times
Enemy Of The Physical Realm
Bang up 5 inanimate objects
Recruit Detective Kuuno de Ruyter
Junior officer material
Baddest Of the Bad Cops
Hit an all time low with Kim
Massive Torque Dork
Yack about machines 4 times
Real Musor
Thar she blows
The Icebreaker
You can still move your face with your fingers
What body?
Solve the case without even inspecting the body