The Medium is an atmospheric third-person adventure game featuring 39 Steam achievements. Here is a full guide on how to obtain 100% achievements! if you have any problems. please let me know.
The Last GoodbyeSend Jack’s spirit away.
Welcome to NiwaReach the hotel.
The Cheerful Kind
Meet Sadness.
Edge of Sanity
Acquire the razor.
Medium Rare
Burn through the moths using Spirit Shield.
You Saw, You Ran, You Lived
Survive a monstrous encounter.
Through the Looking Glass
Use a mirror to cross over.
Cut the Crap
Acquire the bolt cutters.
The Childeater
Experience your first vision of Thomas.
Send the Childeater away.
Thunderstruck
Defeat the creature in the flooded ruins.
The Hound
Experience your second vision of Thomas.
Unrepentant
Send the Hound away.
Among the Ashes
Find the Red House.
The Pact
Uncover the mystery of the burned down house
Dark Water
Make it through the pump station.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Complete the broken mirror.
Can’t Always Save Everyone
Finish the game.
Running SimRun 2 kilometers.Press ‘Shift’ key to run.
Insightful
Use Insight for at least 15 minutes.
Press ‘Ctrl’ key to activate Insight. You will be introduced to the ability in Jack’s apartment.
Conduit
Use Spirit Blast to create electricity.
Unmissable. You will be introduced to the ability on your way to the hotel.
Spirit Walking
Spend 10 minutes outside your body.
Hold ‘F’ key to leave your body. You will be introduced to the ability in the hotel elevator.
Inner Investigator
Inspect 25 objects in a single playthrough.
Dual Detective
Inspect 50 objects in a single playthrough.
Psychic Sleuth
Inspect 100 objects in a single playthrough.
It’s probably impossible to beat the game without inspecting at least 100 objects – especially if you go for the collectibles. Just make sure to regularly interact with some doors and posters.
Famished FelineFeed the cat in Jack’s apartment.At the very beginning, find a can of cat food in the kitchen and fill the feeding bowl.
Phantom
Escape the creature without alerting it.
You have to pass all four monster/stealth sequences in the hotel without alerting the creature! The achievement will unlock after using the bolt cutters for the first time. Some tips:
- Press ‘Alt’ key to hold your breathe (toggleable via the gameplay settings).
- Use Insight to track the level of detection (toggleable via the gameplay settings).
- A red detection level is fine, as long as the monster doesn’t run after you or stops talking.
- Load the previous auto-save if you got spot.
From Niwa with LoveFind a postcard from the groundskeeper.
All That’s Left UnsaidFind all of Frank’s postcards in a single playthrough.
Left Behind
Find an Echo.
Caught the Scent
Find an Echo of a mysterious caller.
Followed the Trail
Find all of Henry’s Echoes in a single playthrough.
Calling Out to Me
Find all Echoes in a single playthrough.
Guiding Light
Find a page from a mentor’s diary.
Devouring Darkness
Find all pages from Richard’s diary in a single playthrough.
I Know the Pieces Fit
Reconstruct a Memory Shard.
Puzzling Out the Past
Reconstruct all Memory Shards in a single playthrough.
A Dangerous Method
Find a note from a troubled man.
An Unknown Outcome
Find all of Thomas’ notes in a single playthrough.
Other (3) [Optional]
- Torn Illustration
- Empty Eyes
- A Quiet Girl
Troubled Man’s Notes (20)
- A Peaceful Place
- Dust and Death
- Alone
- Demons
- Hell’s Angel
- A Different Kind of Sickness
- Something Broken
- Found a Way
- Good Old Frank
- Hypothesis
- Separation
- A Relic of the Past
- To-Do List
- Just Me and Her
- Getting Stronger
- Keeping Distance
- A Thin Line
- The Missing Piece
- Fever Dreams
- Business Card
Mentor’s Diaries (7)
- An Apology
- A Very Special Boy
- A Well of Inspiration
- A Method to Madness
- Throwing Away Greatness
- Growing Apart
- A New Home
Groundskeeper’s Postcards (11)
- Niwa Says Hello
- Honest Work
- Promotion
- A Scenic View
- Someday
- Won’t Stop
- Poor Thing
- Harder and Harder
- Whispers in the Dark
- Regrets
- A New Companion
Eerie Drawings (8) [Optional]
- Someone New
- Friends Forever
- MISSING
- Sad Nursie
- Old Man
- Dark
- Bad Nursie
- Taken Away
Photos (3) [Optional]
- Staff Photo
- From Hiding
- Jack
Notes:
- There’s no tracker for Echoes (27) and Memory Shards (10).
- Currently, it’s enough to find 19/20 Troubled Man’s Notes to unlock the achievement.
- Photos (3), Eerie Drawings (8) and Other (3) won’t grant you any achievements.
- Collectibles must be found during a single playthrough.
- All collectibles are listed in order of their appearance.
Location: In the darkroom of Jack’s apartment.
Special Action: Develop the picture:
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (1/11): Niwa Says Hello
Location: Inside a suitcase in the building next to the gate to Niwa:
Eerie Drawing (1/8): Someone New
Location: During the first split:
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (2/11): Honest Work
Location: Inside an old car in the Niwa parking lot:
Echo (1/27): Mysterious Caller
Location: Ringing telephone in front of the hotel:
Echo (2/27): Niwa Massacre
Location: Shoe, immediately after entering the hotel:
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (3/11): Promotion
Location: In the main hall area of the hotel:
Eerie Drawing (2/8): Friends Forever [HIGHLY MISSABLE]
Location: In the hallway next to the hotel reception (leave your body during the second split):
Echo (3/27): You’ll Get What You Want
Location: Telephone, on the second floor during the second split:
Memory Shard (1/10): Sunflower
Location: In the apartment you reach after jumping down to the first floor:
Mentor’s Diary (1/7): An Apology
Location: Letter, in the bathroom of the first apartment on the first floor, during the second split:
Echo (4/27): It Crushed Her Spirit
Location: Pills, next to the letter:
Eerie Drawing (3/8): Sad Nursie
Location: Leave the apartment through the front door and head towards the staircase:
Memory Shard (2/10): Wheelchair
Location: In the second apartment on the first floor:
Echo (5/27): You are Nothing
Location: Mirror, in the bathroom of the second apartment on the first floor:
Eerie Drawing (4/8): Lonely
Location: After the second moth swarm, don’t enter the door on the left! Head to the edge:
Troubled Man’s Note (1/20): A Peaceful Place
Location: After the second moth swarm go through the door on the left and find a box:
Eerie Drawing (5/8): Old Man
Location: Next to the box with the previous collectible:
Troubled Man’s Note (2/20): To-Do List
Location: Desk drawer, in Thomas’ office:
Troubled Man’s Note (3/20): Getting Stronger
Location: In the secret room behind Thomas’ office, on the floor:
Troubled Man’s Note (4/20): Fever Dreams
Location: Hidden in front of the dayroom door:
Echo (6/27): This Case Is Problematic
Location: Barrier, inside the swimming pool:
Echo (7/27): The Nurse Was It
Location: Barrier, next to the swimming pool:
Echo (8/27): Cover Your Nose
Location: Clothes, in the changing room behind the swimming pool:
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (4/11): Someday
Location: In a box in the changing room behind the swimming pool:
Troubled Man’s Note (5/20): Good Old Frank
Location: At the beginning of the hallway upstairs:
Echo (9/27): Come On Slowpoke [story-related]
Location: Spinning top, follow the Insight trail after the mirror scene:
Echo (10/27): Ready Or Not [story-related]
Location: Stuffed animal, continue following the Insight trail:
Echo (11/27): What A Freak [story-related]
Location: Teddy bear, continue following the Insight trail:
Echo (12/27): This Isn’t Funny [story-related]
Location: Toy tank, continue following the Insight trail:
Other: Torn Illustration
Location: Inside a locker, just keep following the Insight trail:
Location: Telephone, in the examination room:
Eerie Drawing (6/8): Bad Nursie
Location: Immediately after crossing the mirror in the examination room:
Eerie Drawing (7/8): Dark
Location: In the room after the two lost souls – don’t jump up to the next floor yet:
Echo (14/27): The Voting’s About To Start
Location: Telephone, in the conference room:
Echo (15/27): Boris [story-related]
Location: Ashtray, in the back of the second conference room:
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (5/11): A Scenic View
Location: After unlocking the door with the examination room key, go to the left:
Echo (16/27): I Don’t Care
Location: Autograph Card, in the apartment of Vivienne’s manager:
Other: A Quiet Girl
Location: After freeing the two victims:
Echo (17/27): Hello My Love
Location: Wheelchair, starting from the previous collectible, go through the hole in the wall.
Other: Empty Eyes
Location: On the table next to the wheelchair.
Troubled Man’s Note (6/20): Dust and Death [HIGHLY MISSABLE]
Location: After acquiring the bolt cutters open the gate in the main hall (reception area):
Echo (18/27): Friends
Location: Drawing, in the dayroom on the left:
Mentor’s Diary (2/7): Throwing Away Greatness
Location: Right next to the previous collectible.
Mentor’s Diary (3/7): A Very Special Boy
Location: On a couch in the dayroom:
Memory Shard (3/10): Somewhere Else
Location: In the center of the dayroom:
Mentor’s Diary (4/7): A Well of Inspiration
Location: Opposite of the couch in the dayroom:
Mentor’s Diary (5/7): A Method to Madness
Location: On the desk in the room with the rotatable globe:
Eerie Drawing (8/8): Taken Away [HIGHLY MISSABLE]
Location: In the room with the rotatable globe:
Memory Shard (4/10): You’re… Special
Location: Next to the piano:
Echo (19/27): Come On, Richard
Location: Pencil case, in the teacher’s room:
Memory Shard (5/10): Lying There
Location: In the teacher’s room.
Mentor’s Diary (6/7): Growing Apart
Location: On the desk in the teacher’s room, to the left of the memory shard trigger.
Mentor’s Diary (7/7): A New Home
Location: In the area after the dayroom (ground floor), stay on the right:
Memory Shard (6/10): Painting Lily [story-related]
Location: In the area after the dayroom (ground floor):
Memory Shard (7/10): Doll [story-related]
Location: In the area after the dayroom (ground floor):
Memory Shard (8/10): Ribbon [story-related]
Location: In the area after the dayroom (ground floor):
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (6/11): Won’t Stop
Location: Take the first path to the left in the forest:
Echo (20/27): I’ll Be Back Soon
Location: Telephone, next to the previous collectible.
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (7/11): Poor Thing
Location: On a bench on the viewing platform:
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (8/11): Harder and Harder
Location: At the first intersection in the nature park, follow the left path (Landscape Trail):
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (9/11): Whispers in the Dark
Location: At the second intersection don’t follow the dog! Instead, head to the right:
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (10/11): A New Companion
Location: At the camp (don’t inspect the tent before!):
Groundskeeper’s Postcard (11/11): Regrets
Location: Inside the tent at the camp:
Photo: Staff Photo
Location: Right next to the previous collectible.
Location: Cigarette packet, in front of the cabin:
Echo (22/27): Go Away
Location: Wooden figure, in the cabin:
Troubled Man’s Note (7/20): Hell’s Angel
Location: Above the previous collectible:
Echo (23/27): One Of Them
Location: Suitcase, in the garage of the cabin:
Troubled Man’s Note (8/20): Something Broken
Location: Right next to the previous collectible:
Echo (24/27): The Gemini Case
Location: Cassette player, on the floor in the garage:
Memory Shard (9/10): You’ll Burn
Location: In front of the big house, on the left:
Memory Shard (10/10): You’ll Beg Me
Location: In front of the big house:
Troubled Man’s Note (9/20): Demons
Location: In the burnt red house:
Echo (25/27): The Voice
Location: Shoe, in the central room of the red house’s basement:
Echo (26/27): Where Is Marianne?
Location: Teddy bear, close to the previous collectible:
Echo (27/27): I’m So Sorry
Location: Syringe, close to the previous collectible:
Troubled Man’s Note (10/20): A Different Kind of Sickness
Location: Very close to the previous collectible:
Troubled Man’s Note (11/20): The Missing Piece
Location: In the opposite corner of the basement:
Troubled Man’s Note (12/20): Found a Way
Location: In the wine cellar, in the room behind the previous collectible:
Troubled Man’s Note (13/20): Separation
Location: In the bunker:
Troubled Man’s Note (14/20): A Relic of the Past
Location: On the control panel in the bunker:
Troubled Man’s Note (15/20): A Thin Line
Location: In the storage room after leaving the pump station:
Troubled Man’s Note (16/20): Alone
Location: On the desk in Lily’s room:
Troubled Man’s Note (17/20): Just Me and Her
Location: In the kitchen:
Troubled Man’s Note (18/20): Keeping Distance
Location: In Thomas’ workspace:
Troubled Man’s Note (19/20): Business Card
Location: Next to the previous collectible:
Troubled Man’s Note (20/20): Hypothesis
Location: Next to the previous collectible:
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You’re missing an echo right before/after “A well deserved smoke” that’s the one you’re missing. I don’t know what it’s called but it’s on the bicycle wheel right next to the cigarette packet. Also it’s important to note that some of these collectibles cannot be picked up with the ultrawide fix running. I had to reload my save right after talking to Sadness in front of the Red House and have the fix off to be able to interact with the cigarettes. This is because the ultrawide fix moves the interact range on objects. I also had to turn it off to get the note on the floor inside the second photo room behind the book case. The interact button doesn’t even show up with the ultrawide fix turned on.