This guide will help you earn all the achievements in Roman’s Christmas mostly spoiler-free
Overall
- Remember that If you need help or get stuck during the story, try talking to everyone. Sometimes people are in their rooms and won’t come out, but you can talk to them in front of their doors.
- During investigations Roman will often reveal where you might have missed clues when you attempt to examine a victim.
There is one achievement that spans the entire game:
Sherlock
Don’t make any mistake during the trials.
It’s okay to save before each question and load the game if you mess up. Easy!
There are two achievements which act like collectables. You don’t need to get all of them in a single run, but you do need to see all of them at least once. These pop up whenever you collect the final one. Beware that there is no indication of which you have or have not seen, and there are points in the story where you have to choose which of these two you wish to perform over the other:
Newspeak
Read the entire book.
You need to read ‘The Brief History of Apollion’ whenever it pops up as an option. You also need to go into Roman’s room at the beginning of a chapter, select to explore your room and choose the option to read it. A new entry is available almost every chapter. There are times when you lose access to your room, simply ignore this task until you gain entry again.
Dreamer
Dream every dream.
Much like the one before, you need to select the option to sleep whenever it is available, and go to Roman’s room at the beginning of a chapter, select to explore it and take a nap. Some dreams seem to be random. Each time you select to sleep, there’s a small chance you won’t see a dream. This is fine in your room since you can take as many naps as you want until a dream is triggered, but during story sections your only option is to save before selecting the option to sleep and load your save until you get a dream.
And with these out of the way, let’s begin a well deserved vacation in the WhiteStar tavern!
Prologue
Welcome to the tavern.
Story related, cannot be missed.
Before getting the next achievement, you might want to read the first chapter’s first paragraph. Some very specific things need to be done in order for an easily missed event to happen, and you can either go for that now or speak to Elegant instead. You can’t do both unless you resort to saving and loading.
Who are you?
Mistake Elegant’s gender
Talk to Elegant and ask about her gender.
Fireside chats
Hear a story from the bard
Listen to Anzox’s riddle. Not doing so will skip the prologue entirely.
~Trial Start~
Correct answers for the trial:
Tied to the ankle
About the Miller’s daughter
About the apprentice
Scene Investigation
Footprints
No other footprints on scene
Corpse position
Room
Different rooms
Aim for the gold
Search for the good part
During the body examination, examine the crotch area of the victim. How scandalous!
Examine: Face, leg with rope, hand, chest.
Weapon: Shock
Method: 4 – 1 – 6 – 2 – 7
Motive: Daughter’s relationship
Suspect: Both of them
The miller betrothed his daughter
The miller stepped into the ring
~Trial End~
Do well during the trial and you’ll once again be given the opportunity to talk to Elegant. Do so and you’re given two choices. Both answers result in an achievement. You can only pick one.
Lawson
Find Elena guilty
Lovecraft
Find Elena innocent
~Chapter End~
Chapter 1
- Do not take a nap
- Listen to Anzox’s music
- Listen to stories
- Do not make any mistakes during the trial
When given the choice in the first chapter, go downstairs and have a look.
You’re given two choices, both of them earn you an achievement, but you can only pick one of them:
Break Anzox’s lute
Forestall
Badtime story
Hear another story from the bard
Stay still
Once you gain map movement:
I’M NOT DRUNK
Get drunk
Go into the kitchen and ask Tsarzn for a drink, and repeat this until you pass out.
Drill
Let the ladder fall
When Thrivey needs help with the ladder let it loose directly.
Correct answer for investigation question:
Tsarzn and Herrin
Next up is a minigame involving cards. Either pick incorrectly twice, or save and reload until you get both guesses right. You can save between the first and second choice to make the latter easier. Be sure to remember pattern of the cards, you will need it later and they’re different every time.
Comment-aller Vous
Get the cards right twice
Bad Bad Luck
Get the cards wrong twice
Either way, continue the story.
Sirloin
Story related and cannot be missed
Kotowaru
Refuse Tsarzn
Refuse to help Tsarzn.
~Investigation Start~
Let there be light
Check the candles 45 times
Look for a candle in the first floor hall and examine it 45 times.
CANDLECANDLECANDLE
Deluge
Check the mugs 45 times
Look for a mug in the hall and examine it 45 times.
CUPCUPCUP
Killer in the mirror
Look in the mirror 10 times
Go into the first floor bathroom and look at the mirror 10 times.
MIRRORMIRRORMIRROR
Correct answer for investigation question:
Key and lock
~Trial Start~
Correct answers for the trial:
From which side is the door locked?
The keyhole was sticky
Thrivey’s testimony
Peter’s testimony
Peter’s testimony
Luggage
Shaun’s testimony
Peter’s testimony
Nobody lied
Door Lock
The keyhole was sticky
Sniffing result
Key was plugged in after that
Show the key
Not the sound of Kane’s fall
Corpse was on the chair
Luggage
Weapon: Dagger
Method: 3 – 5 – 6 – 2 – 4
Suspect: Shawn
Spinning his necklace
Chèvre
Story related and cannot be missed.
~Trial and Chapter End~
Chapter 2
Hide the truth from Herrin
Speak to Herrin, thank him for chanting, and conceal the truth.
Feast
Let Lunic talk about the King’s feast
Speak to Lunic. Talk about Snowstorm day and then talk about The Christmas Banquet five times.
It’s time to play darts! Agree to participate.
Bullseye
Hit the bullseye
Hit the center of the target. Use your mouse to aim.
Shut Out
Miss the dart clock
Move the crosshair off the dartboard and hit the wall.
Someone is going to ask a favor from you.
Love Goes Wrong
Agree to write a love letter
Agree to help them out.
Merry Christmas
Story related and cannot be missed
This is not a drill
Story related and cannot be missed
~Investigation Start~
Correct answer for investigation question:
Ladder
~Trial Start~
Correct answers for the trial:
There are no color depositions on the handle
Those stayed downstairs today
I didn’t have time
Herrin
Ianis’ testimony
Vincel’s testimony
Herrin’s testimony
Broken downwards
The splinter was blunt
the ladder in the middle
Tsarzn’s keychain
Weapon: Ladder
Method: 4 – 7 – 5 – 2 – 3
Suspect: Vincel
Motive: His target was someone else
Keychain
Biohazard
Story related and cannot be missed.
~Trial and Chapter End~
Chapter 3
Eavesdrop three times
Try to enter Lunic and Solar’s room. Attempt to talk to them, and listen three times.
So soft!
Rub Anzox’s belly
Go to the attic, talk to Anzox and rub his belly. Congrats, Thrivey knows you’re a creep.
Picky Eater
Find out what Vincel doesn’t eat
Go to the Kitchen and talk to Tsarzn about Vincel. Then go to the cellar and talk to Vincel.
Shark Fin
Story related and cannot be missed.
~Trial Start~
Correct answers for the trial:
The arrow reached pleura
Tsarzn’s testimony
Lunic’s testimony
Distance changed
Peter
Herrin
Opened by others
The window was open
Evidence from last case
The killer plugged it in
Yes
Ianis’ clothing
Ianis’ wallet is empty
Roger Ackroyd
Become the killer
Repeatedly fail during this part of the trial and you will be pinned as the culprit.
Game over!
Autopsy report
The wound bleeded little
Case Note
Lunic
Solar
Ianis’ room
Vincel’s room
Vincel’s window
The killer brought it in
Stains on stairs
Weapon: Ianis’ clothing
Ianis’ belt was pulled out
Method: 6 – 2 – 7 – 3 – 4
Suspect: Lunic
Ianis undressed himself
Blackmail by Ianis
Locked
Kill him
Char Siu Bao
Story related and cannot be missed
~Trial and Chapter End~
Chapter 4
Hear everyone out
Listen to Anozx and Thrivey’s conversation in the attic 4 times, and listen to Tsarzn and Solar’s conversation on the first floor 5 times.
Stewed hare
Story related an cannot be missed.
I’m A Cat
Story related an cannot be missed.
~Trial Start~
Correct answers for the trial:
Blood in scene
the left wall
Roman
Solar’s testimony
Weapon: The ham knife
Method: 7 – 2 – 4 – 5 – 1
Suspect: Roman
Motive: Conflict with Peter
I believe in your good nature!
Peter’s door
Tsarzn’s key
Day 3, 25th December
Roman’s testimony
Roman’s key moved
Vincel
Tsarzn’s testimony
Don’t take him here
At this point you are offered a choice between using either Elegant’s or Roman’s method of pressuring the suspect. These lead to the same outcome, but the rest of the correct answers are slightly different depending on your method.
I recommend you read on, as there is an achievement near the end of the chapter that requires Roman’s method and a few extra choices to unlock.
My way right way
Use Elegant’s way
Fast learner
Use Roman’s way
Correct answers for Elegant’s method:
Herrin is poor
Herrin’s testimony
Herrin
Cellar chain
Vincel rubbed off the rope
Grasp the disconnected rope
Method: 6 – 5 – 3 – 2 – 1
Suspect: Vincel
Motive: Hatred for Herrin
Steal Roman’s key
~Trial End~
Correct answers for Roman’s method:
He was aiming at someone else
Herrin’s testimony
Vincel’s gloves
The next two choices are NOT correct answers, however they don’t count as mistakes. They are required for an achievement near the end of the chapter, so I’m including them here.
Give up accusing
Incident of St. Isaac Church
This makes Elegant, Vincel and Herrin’s identity clear.
The rest of Roman’s method:
Cellar Chain
Vincel rubbed off the rope
Grasp the disconnected rope
Method: 6 – 5 – 3 – 2 – 1
Suspect: Vincel
Motive: Hatred for Herrin
Steal Roman’s key
~Trial End~
Correct answer for the mystery after the trial:
The ladder didn’t make a sound
An apple a day
Story related and cannot be missed.
Sono Chi No Sadame
- Use Roman’s method during the trial
- Give up accusing and pick St. Isaac’s Church
~Chapter End~
Chapter 5
Herrin
Sacrament
Story related and cannot be missed
~Investigation start~ Wait no, not yet. Save here.
Good Ol Roman
Stop Searching
Give up searching. Choose it twice.
This will trigger an ending and the game is over.
Unlike other early endings, you’re awarded the Sherlock achievement if you managed to perform flawlessly during the game. From now on you’re free to make as many mistakes as you please!
Because of this, I recommend that you load your save and go on with the investigation until the credits roll. There aren’t any achievements you really need to worry about.
Of course you are also most welcome to continue your journey with this guide.
~Just a heads up, from now on spoiler tags are quite heavy spoilers.~
But only about things which you should have been able to figure out with your current knowledge.
Thrivey sends his thanks! He’s both cute and sweet. Surely he couldn’t have…
Load your save and
Don’t stop searching.
~Investigation Start~
Correct answer for investigation question:
Herrin’s mug
~Trial Start~
C’mon Dude
Reach 100 mistakes in total
This achievement is cumulative. You don’t need to make a 100 mistakes in a single run, but might as well get it over with now.
Are you really sure you want to solve this case? Was it not obvious why Tsarzn asked you to stop?
Correct answers for this trial:
Anzox
Solar
Solar’s testimony
Cover up for herself
Autopsy
Lute
The autopsy went wrong
Knock in the head
Pin it on Vincel’s ghost
Solar
Thrivey
After Anzox went upstairs
Medic Case
Up -> Vincel’s room
Tsarzn Push Doors to Check
Hold the doorknob from inside
Weapon: Kybalion
Cider
Method: 3 – 7 – 4 – 1 – 6
Suspect:
Thrivey
Motive: “Free from sin”
Put the book outside
Vanilla Ice
Story related and cannot be missed.
Get to the Bottom
Story related and cannot be missed.
~End~
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from the main menu.
Play another round of cards. Do you still remember your card order from before?
Even if you don’t, you’ll need to do this twice.
Seriously?
Get the cards wrong, again
Fail to pick the correct cards twice.
Sweet Cheat
Get the cards right, again
Pick the right cards twice.
And you will eventually reach
Happy Ever After
Story related and cannot be missed.
Congratulations and thank you for playing!
The only mystery that remains is how the Bonus scenario happened.
Random guess: Thrivey’s Kybalion had something to do with it.