For Martha Is Dead players who are looking for a wakthrough or an achievement guide, this article provides you a full walkthrough and achievement Guide
Introduction
Most achievements are either story or collectible based. There are 12 chapters and the games around 6 hours to complete depending on your actions.
Note: This guide is currently work in progress…
Walkthrough
Achievements
Observed an in-house object
Will probably be your first achievement and is available from chapter 2. Simply examine any object within the house.
Taken the first photo
Probably unmissable and story related. The first photo will be of the sparrow outside your house as this is your first main task.
Developed the first photo
The should come straight after the previous achievement as you need to develop the sparrow photo to complete the task.
Dressed in Martha’s clothes
When tasked with choosing who’s clothes to wear, simple pick to wear one of the outfits from Marth’s closet.
Read all diary pages
You receive Giulias diary from Chapter 4 where you’ll have access to the first 2 pages. The following pages become available as you progress through the game. Its recommended to check your diary after you start each chapter.
Discover the house in the woods
Available from Chapter 9. When making your way through the woods, keep to the right and you’ll eventually come upon an abandoned building behind a wall. Actual map location here:
Read every newspaper edition
From Chapter 2 onwards, each new day there will be a the daily newspaper with the latest news. This is located on the breakfast table. Simple ensure you interact with the paper in the necessary chapters. Note: You do not need to read all the headings, just the initial one.
Collected all camera accessories
Simply pick up and collect all the camera accessories. This can be completed as early as Chapter 8, depending on how you navigate the hub area and how quickly you progress through the story.
Carry out a divination every day
You’ll first need to pickup and collect the tarot cards from your parents bedroom in chapter 6. They are located in the righthand side drawer of their main table. Once you have the deck of cards, you’ll be able to perform a divination each day. Just like the diary pages, its best to ensure you do this as each chapter starts. This should unlock at in chapter 11 if you have carried out them all.
Completed all telephone calls for obtaining information
As you progress through the game, you’ll eventually pick up various telephone numbers which can dialled to interact with other characters to further expand or progress the story. The following numbers are the complete list…
- NA – Speak with the nanny (triggered at the start of chapter 8).
- 6978 – Carabinieri .
- 6593 – Doctor (which should trigger a new fetch item for the German Command telephone number).
- 6938 – Don Attilio.
- 0782 – Asylum.
- 6922 – Town Hall.
- 6987 – Haberdashery.
- 1185 – German Command.
- 6537 – Cemetery.
Taken all IR photos with hidden riddles
Before you can obtain this achievement you’ll need the tripod and the infrared film and lens. See the collectible guide below for their locations along with the locations of the photos.
Taken all 4 IR photos of the lady
Before you can obtain this achievement you’ll need the tripod and the infrared film and lens. See the collectible guide below for their locations along with the locations of the photos.
Taken a photo with every camera accessory
For this to unlock you just need to take a photo with all the available camera accessories in the game. Refer to the the collectible guide below.
Completed Lapo’s quest
You’ll pick up this side quest in chapter 6 from a note left by Lapo and can only be completed over multiple chapters.
Chapter 8
Dial the number provided 6934 where you’ll be given a choice to either help the partisans or to expose them to your father. Either way, you’ll need to complete a couple of tasks.
- Pick up the scissors near the sewing machine in the wine cellar.
- Check your map for the location of the telephone pole outside near the church.
- Climb to the top and cut the wire with the scissors.
- Head behind the house to the animal barns and find the telegraph.
- Following the Morse code message enter your message. Town, On Fire, Tank, Road, Near House, Over
- Solve the incoming response message using the diagram with the telegraph. Received, Need, Defensive, Line, Map, Leave, Near, Building, Beside, River, Over and Out
Chapter 9 or 11
- Enter your fathers office and photograph the map on the wall next to his desk.
- Develop the photo in your dark room.
- Go outside and place this photo under the red door in the nearby house.
- Now go back to the telegraph and near the animal barns and send another message Town, On Fire, Photo, Map, Positioned, Over
- Again, solve the response message using the diagram with the telegraph. Tank, Located, Over
- Answer that you’ve received the message. Received, Over.
- A new response will be received which will also need to be decrypted. Find, Weapons Cache, Near, Woods, Over.
- Again, reply that you’ve received the message. Received, Over.
- A further message will be received. Place, Flag, Pole, Light, Close, Communications, Over and Out
This will allow you to gain access to the bunker from the boat on the lake in the forest.
Navigate through the bunker (which is basically a maze) until you come to a dorm room with a Swastika flag on the wall. Take this and head back to the telegraph pole you climbed earlier. By hanging it on the pole you should have now completed the this quest.
Taken 5 photos with no story link
As the description explains, for this to unlock you need to take a further 5 photos that have no link to the story. Time to get your photography juices following 🙂
The game will tell you if you’re focusing the camera at a story related point.
Developed 10 photos with no story link
TBD – At the time of writing, apparently this achievement is currently bugged.
Fixed the bike
From chapter 4, you’ll find your bike outside your house with a flat tire. You’ll need to retrieve the pump from your parents bikes which are situated in the porch alcove. This can be accessed from the back of the house from where Martha’s body/coffin is located.
Either way, from chapter 12, this becomes story related as you’ll probably want to inflate the tire before traveling to the church.
Communicated with the White Lady
This is story related and will unlock in chapter 9.
Play the first puppet theatre sequence
This is story related and will unlock in chapter 11.
Enter the family crypt
This is story related and will unlock in chapter 11.
The Devil
Play the second puppet theatre sequence
This is story related and will unlock in chapter 12.
Completed the games story
This is story related and will unlock at the end of the game.
Collectibles
Newspaper #1: On the breakfast table, downstairs.
Camera Accessory #1: (Flash): Upstairs inside your fathers office, on his desk.
Camera Accessory #2: (Infrared Film and Lens): Inside the darkroom, on a table.
Camera Accessory #3: (Macro Lens) Inside the darkroom, on a table.
Camera Accessory #4: (Orange Filter): inside the darkroom, on a table.
Camera Accessory #5 :(Blue Filter): inside the darkroom, on a table.
Divination #1: Can be triggered as soon you pick up the tarot cards from inside one of the drawers of the desk in your parents bedroom.
Newspaper #2: On the breakfast table, downstairs.
Camera Accessory #7: (ISO Film): Inside your fathers office, on his writing desk.
Camera Accessory #8: (Focal Lens x0.5): Inside the darkroom, on a table.
Camera Accessory #9: (Macro Lens): Inside the darkroom, on a table.
Camera Accessory #10: (Focal Lens x2): Inside the darkroom, on a table.
Camera Accessory #11: (Red Filter): Inside the red darkroom, on a table.
Camera Accessory #12: (Tripod): In the wine cellar.
IR Photo #1: Between the wine barrels/casks.
IR Photo #2: Behind the small church on the righthand side in the courtyard.
Divination #2: Can be triggered from your inventory when its available.
Newspaper #3: On the breakfast table, downstairs.
Camera Accessory #13 (400 ISO Film): Inside your fathers office, on his desk.
Divination #3: Can be triggered from your inventory when its available.
Camera Accessory #14 (Yellow Filter): Inside the darkroom, on a table.
Camera Accessory #15 (Green Filter): Inside the darkroom, on a table.
IR Photo #3: When you reach the grave for the photo (story related).
Divination #4: Can be triggered from your inventory when its available.
Newspaper #4: On the breakfast table, downstairs.
IR Photo of the Lady #1: The tower in the woods.
IR Photo of the Lady #2: The small shrine halfway through the entrance to the woods and the lake.
IR Photo of the Lady #3: Near the cross in the poppy field.
IR Photo of the Lady #4: Just outside the window of your bedroom on the left of the houses main door.
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