Batman Arkham City
70 Achievements
1,500
40-50h
Storyteller
Have 12 murderous dates with Calendar Man
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How to unlock the Storyteller achievement in Batman Arkham City - Definitive Guide
The dates (for the year 2012) are:
January 1
February 14
March 17
April 1
May 13 - (2013 = May 12)
June 17 - (2013 = June 16)
July 4
August 16 - (2013 = no idea if the date is the same, Feast of St. Roch)
September 3 - (2013 = September 2)
October 31
November 22 - (2013 = November 28)
December 25
You will have to wait for these dates, or go offline and set the date of your xbox manually (See Lainey80's comment for detailed description). Everytime you talked with him on a right date, the appropriate month will be marked on the calendar next to the cell.
- It appears that sometimes different dates are needed due to the year settings of the console, just check the calendar after you did a date that is the same every year (e.g. X-mas day: December 25) and all the other dates that are needed should be marked on the calendar (Credits go to stevivor and Shinwasha for finding this out) -
The "Storyteller" Achievement requires you to speak to Calander Man on each famous Holiday of every month so if you dont wanna wait a year I would suggest the following:
In the Court House where you save Catwoman from Two-Face there is a door to the left, enter in and on the right as you enter you will see a set of stair leading to the Basement where you will see a calander with 12 dates circled these are the dates your have to speak with Calander Man...go back up the stairs and continue to the right you will find a door leading outside this is counted as a saving point/ checkpoint allowing you to save your progess everytime you exit.
Head to the Dashboard/ System Settings/ Console Settings/ Clock/ Date & Time (Note: Make sure you are disconnected from Xbox Live so you can change the date allowing you to sign on to your Gamertag while being able to change your date keeping it from automatically setting itself.)
Head into the game, the save point should be outside the Court House side door. Head down stairs and speak to Calander Man where he will spill his horror stories of each murderous date. Repeat these steps to obtain the achievement.
January 1/ New Years Day
February 14/ Valentine's Day
March 17/ St. Patrick's Day
April 1/ April Fools Day
May 10/ Mother's Day
June 21/ Father's Day
July 4/ Fourth of July
August 16/ St. Roch's Day
September 7/ Labor Day
October 31/ Halloween
November 26/ Thanksgiving
December 25/ Christmas
Note: If your wondering what days you have done or need to remember which days the calander hanging next to his cell will cross out the months you have talked to him on the right dates. Also the dates I have posted will be circled on the calander for easy reference. (The calander is also a part of one of the Riddler's Riddles)
You can obtain this with the achievement Timestamp without talking to the calendar man on a specific day. I have just tested this and it worked for me unlocking the achievement.
British Legends: I visited the calendar man on every day required by going offline and changing the date. Then on the last date I needed, I changed the date whilst offline went back to the calendar man, and as soon as I pressed cn_A I pushed the cn_guide guide button and signed in to Xbox live. When I closed the guide and the game continued, the achievement popped about 2 seconds later with the timestamp. :) Don't believe me? Check when I unlocked the achievement and you'll see it wasn't on a holiday. Hope this helps.
The "Storyteller" Achievement requires you to speak to Calendar Man on each Holiday circled on the calendar located right outside of his cell in the Solomon Wayne Courthouse in Park Row. To get to Calendar Man's cell, enter through the back door of the courthouse, then go down the stairs to the right from where you enter.
The holidays needed for 2014 are:
January 1/ New Years Day
February 14/ Valentine's Day
March 17/ St. Patrick's Day
April 1/ April Fools Day
May 11/ Mother's Day
June 15/ Father's Day
July 4/ Fourth of July
August 16/ St. Roch's Day
September 1/ Labor Day
October 31/ Halloween
November 27/ Thanksgiving
December 25/ Christmas
If waiting for the holidays isn't your style, you can get this achievement offline by manually setting your date to the dates required.
(NOTE: You will not get a timestamp if you get the achievement like this.)
My advice (If you haven't started yet) is use the offline method to get all but one of the dates, preferably the closest date to the day it happens to be when you start this, then wait for that date to roll around and BAM, timestamp.
If you lose track of the dates that you do have, worry not, any date you have talked to him will be crossed out on the calendar outside of his cell.
If you really want to earn this online, simply use Fishie Penguin's solution and change your internal dates except for one. I'm waiting until Halloween to earn my achievement, but you can do any 11 dates and simply wait until the next opportunity.
EDIT: Be sure to visit Calendar Man on November 24th once you've scratched the other dates off his list if you want this achievement while online. If you miss this date you'll have to wait until Christmas.
EDIT 2: December 25th is now the next date you can get this achievement online. As Mnemo mentioned in the comments xbox.com has changed a little recently, and it won't show the proper " unlocked " icon if the achievement isn't acquired while online. Again, this is a minor issue for some, but important to know if you like earning achievements with a time stamp.
It took me around 30 minutes long to get this achievement
By the way shows the 2011 dates only
DD-MM-YY
01-01-17 : New Year's Day
14-02-17 : Valentine's Day
17-03-17 : Saint Patrick's Day
01-04-17 : April Fool's Day
14-05-17 : Mother's Day
18-06-17 : Father's Day
04-07-17 : Independence Day
16-08-17 : Feast Day of Saint Roch
04-09-17 : Labor Day
31-10-17 : Halloween
23-11-17 : Thanksgiving
25-12-17 : Christmas Day
MM-DD-YY
01-01-17 : New Year's Day
02-14-17 : Valentine's Day
03-17-17 : Saint Patrick's Day
04-01-17 : April Fool's Day
05-14-17 : Mother's Day
06-18-17 : Father's Day
07-04-17 : Independence Day
08-16-17 : Feast Day of Saint Roch
09-04-17 : Labor Day
10-31-17 : Halloween
11-23-17 : Thanksgiving
12-25-17 : Christmas Day
I do not take credit for the info below which I copied and pasted. here is the original post. http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/981374-batman-arkham-city/683...
all credit goes to gamefaqs user alphawerewolf.
I thought people might be interested in the dates you need you see him this year. I know most people are now playing Arkham Origins, but for those stragglers or folks who haven't gotten around to completing the achievement, here are the dates.
jan 1, feb 14, mar 17, apr 1, may 11, jun 15, jul 4, aug 16, sep 1, oct 31, nov 27, dec 25
The Holidays are based in the United States and as follows: New Years Day, Valentines Day, St. Padrick’s Day, April Fools Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day, Feast Day of St. Roch, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day
Note: Mother's Day, Father's Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving change dates every year
January 1/2016: New Years Day
February 14/2016: Valentine's Day
March 17/2016: St. Patrick's Day
April 1/2016: April Fools Day
May 8/2016: Mother's Day
June 19/2016: Father's Day
July 4/2016: Fourth of July
August 16/2016: St. Roch's Day
September 5/2016: Labor Day
October 31/2016: Halloween
November 24/2016: Thanksgiving
December 25/2016: Christmas
January 1: New Year's Day
February 14: Valentine's Day
March 17: Saint Patrick's Day
April 1: April Fool's Day
May 8: Mother's Day (American)
June 19: Father's Day (American)
July 4: Independence Day
August 16: Saint Roch's Day
September 5: Labor Day
October 31: Halloween
November 24: Thanksgiving
December 25: Christmas Day
*Trophy is NOT required for Perfect Knight -Day 2. It IS required for the Platinum trophy.*
**Dates confirmed as of July 27 2013**
These dates are for 2013 only and may only be applicable to the US calendar. Dates marked with a * are subject to change per calendar year.
01/01/2013 - New Years
02/14/2013 - Valentine's Day
03/17/2013 - St. Patrick's Day
04/01/2013 - April Fools Day
05/12/2013* -Mother's Day
06/16/2013* - Father's day
07/04/2013 - US Independence Day
08/16/2013 - St. Roch's Day
09/02/2013* - Labor Day
10/31/2013 - Halloween
11/28/2013* - Thanksgiving
12/25/2013 - Christmas
Calendar Man is located in the basement of the courthouse. There are two ways to get this Trophy. One is to visit him on each date above and talk to him. This will obviously take a year to complete.
The other way is to take your PS3 offline, and manually change the date to one of the above, talk to calendar man, then leave out the back door of the courthouse which will save your game. Exit out of the game, change to the next date, rinse and repeat the process. Remember to save between each visit. You will notice the calendar on the wall outside of his cell will scribble out the month you last successfully talked to him.
**It's been noted on other sites that doing the date changing way can glitch your save file so I highly recommend backing up your save either online or to a USB drive.
Also make sure that when exiting the back door of the courthouse you let the save complete before exiting out to the main menu. This will help alleviate any file corruption.
a few seconds for the graphics to load. It takes up to 10 seconds.
#1 - Preamble
#2 - Explanation of dates
#3 - Dates
#4 - How to ensure you get the timestamp
#5 - My unlock scenario
#1 - If you want the time stamp and don't want to read, skip to the bottom (#4). Every time you get the date, finish the dialogue and then leave the courthouse. Go back in and make sure the date is marked off on the calendar to the right of the cell. That means it is saved, you auto save when you leave the courthouse.
The calendar man is available about 20 minutes in to the game. Follow the on screen markers until you get to the courthouse. Once the battle is completed, you can leave and go back inside the courthouse and head to the basement. If you need a guide on how to play the game, watch the first 25 minutes of this YouTube video . All credit goes to the creator.
#2 - This achievement is now partially unobtainable without altering your time/date on the console UNLESS you've already obtained May, June, September, & November (Mother's Day, Father's Day, Labor Day, & Thanksgiving). If you unlock the dates out of order (skipping past a month, going backwards etc., it MAY glitch the achievement. I did not have this problem, but numerous people have reported this to me).
The theory is the in game clock only went for 10 years, so if you want this achievement you'll need to use any dates prior to 2021. I suggest using 2021 dates. Since the other 8/12 months have stationary dates, you can continue to unlock them in 2023 onward.
I can confirm that the variable 2022 dates don't work and neither will 2023.
#3 - Here are the 2021 dates:
January 1 - New Years Day (Any year)
February 14 - Valentine's Day (Any year)
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day (Any year)
April 1 - April Fools Day (Any year)
May 9 - Mother's Day (Use 2021 date or prior)
June 20 - Father's Day (Use 2021 date or prior)
July 4 - Fourth of July (Any year)
August 16 - St. Roch's Day (Any year)
September 6 - Labor Day (Use 2021 date or prior)
October 31 - Halloween (Any year)
November 25 - Thanksgiving (Use 2021 date or prior) (Thanks to Jerith Geros)
December 25 - Christmas (Any year)
#4 - If you want the time stamp, do as follows:
Start the game and get the first date legitimately. (ex. March) (March 2023)
Get the next 10 dates. (Ex. all except April) (Use all 2021 dates)
Come back on April 1st and you will get the achievement with the timestamp. (April 2023)
Some people have reported this didn't work for them. If that happens to you, a new save can easily be made on the day of this achievement unlocking, and you can simply progress to the courthouse, get all of the dates outside of the current days date, change the time clock back and then you should be able to unlock the achievement with a timestamp.
#5 - What I personally did was start in March 2022, did April, couldn't do May/June, did July/Aug, couldn't do September (at this point I discovered what the problem was, and changed the date to 2021 and did September, and then backtracked May and June - hence the out of order comment). I switched back to 2022 and continued on with October, November, December, January, and now finally February 2023.
If you have any troubles please try and list the conditions and dates you used or no one will be able to help.
(GLITCHED)
Calendar Man is located in a cell below the Courthouse in Park Row. Visit him on 12 different holidays, and press to talk to him. Done correctly, Calendar Man will muse about an incident he caused on that day in the past.
The dates are scribbled down on calendars next to his cell, but for your convenience, these are the dates for 2017:
- January 1: New Year's Day
- February 14: Valentine's Day
- March 17: Saint Patrick's Day
- April 1: April Fool's Day
- May 14: Mother's Day (American)
- June 18: Father's Day (American)
- July 4: Independence Day
- August 16: Saint Roch's Day
- September 4: Labor Day
- October 31: Halloween
- November 23: Thanksgiving
- December 25: Christmas Day
If you’re not intent on spending a year earning this trophy, you can change the internal date on your PS4 or PS3 in order to earn this trophy. On your respective system, navigate to the Settings menu, and select “Date and Time”. Here you will be able to manually set the date and time, and after you’re done, you can set it back to normal in the same menu by selecting the respective setting that will sync the date and time with the internet.
Note on PS4, you do not have to close the application for this to work. You can register a date with Calendar Man, leave the courthouse to autosave, change the date, then repeat without quitting the game.
Do note, however, that your save has a small chance of corrupting when doing so, especially if you change the date while the game is autosaving. Be sure to back up your save using PlayStation Plus or a USB stick before attempting this trophy, and wait until the game is saved before doing anything.
Be sure to press when prompted to speak to him, to make sure that the visit is registered. Also, leave the Courthouse after visiting him in order for the game to autosave each visit. The trophy will unlock as soon as you visit him on the 12 dates.
Calendar Man is found in the basement of the Courthouse and can be visited at the beginning of the game after helping Catwoman escape from Two-Face (see “Acid Bath”). Speak to Calendar Man on each of the following dates that can be found on the calendar in his cell. You must exit the building in order for the achievement progress to save. If done correctly you will notice the next time you speak to him the date is scribbled off the calendar.
For 2016:
- 1/1/2016 - New Year's Day
- 2/14/2016 - Valentine's Day
- 3/17/2016 - St. Patrick's Day
- 4/1/2016 - April Fools Day
- 5/8/2016 - Mother's Day *
- 6/19/2016 - Father's Day *
- 7/4/2016 - Independence Day
- 8/16/2016 - Feast Day of St. Roch
- 9/5/2016 - Labor Day *
- 10/31/2016 - Halloween
- 11/24/2016 - Thanksgiving *
- 12/25/2016 - Christmas
* Dates are subject to change according to the year:
Mother's Day: 2nd Sunday of May
Father's Day: 3rd Sunday of June
Labor Day: 1st Monday of September
Thanksgiving: 4th Thursday of November
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There are two ways you can unlock this achievement.
The first way is to play your game while connected to Xbox Live and play the game on each individual day listed below, which will take you 11 months to complete this achievement.
The second way is to play the game offline. This method will take you approximately 30 minutes after you’ve spoken to Calendar Man for the first time. This method sounds confusing but it really isn’t. With this method, you also do not have to fully exit the game to change the date each time as you did on the Xbox 360.
Note: If you choose the second method you will not receive the achievement notification until you reconnect to the internet and return to Calendar Man’s cell after you’ve completed all 12 dates.
- Play the game from the beginning, unlocking both “I Am Batman” and “Acid Bath”. (optional)
- Once those are unlocked, press the on the controller to return to the Home screen. Press on the Home screen and navigate down to ‘Settings’ and click on ‘All Settings’. Click on ‘Network’ then ‘Network Settings’, highlight the box ‘Go Offline’ and press . This will disconnect you from the internet.
- Power down your console (hold the white circle on the console for 10 seconds - a.k.a. hard reset) and then restart it. You will now be able to change your date.
- Press on the Home screen and navigate down to ‘Settings’ and click on ‘All Settings’. Click on ‘System’ then ‘Time’. Change your console date to January 1st, 2016. Start your game make your way to the side entrance of the courthouse. Enter the door, go down the stairs and speak with Calendar Man.
- If the date is correct, he will stand up, walk towards you and give you a dialogue about a crime he committed on that date. When he’s finished, he will back up and sit on his cot. This is how you know the date is correct.
- After you speak to him, proceed to exit the courthouse (through the side door as this is closest) and your game will save. From here, press the on the controller and go back to ‘Settings’ > ‘All Settings’ > ‘System’ > ‘Time’ and change the date to February 14th, 2016. Return to the game and make your way back to Calendar Man and you will notice that January is now scratched off his calendar. Proceed to speak with him again. When you are done, exit the courthouse and the game will save again.
- Keep repeating this procedure until you’ve spoken to him on all 12 dates. When you’ve spoken to him for the last time, exit the courthouse so the game saves.
- Press the once more and go to ‘Settings’ > ‘All Settings’ > 'Network' > ‘Network Settings’, highlight the box ‘Go Online’ and press . This will reconnect you to the internet.
- Return to the game once more. Standing outside the courthouse, enter through the door one last time. As you are descending the stairs, the achievement should unlock.
To get this early you can do it offline. If you want to get an online time stamp for the achievement then you will have to connect to XBL as soon as you engage conversation with him on the last date or do all of them except the one that is closest to the current date and then complete it on that date.
Calendar Man is found in the basement of the Courthouse and can be visited at the beginning of the game. Speak to Calendar Man on each of the following dates that can be found on the calendar in his cell. You must exit the building in order for the achievement progress to save. If done correctly you will notice the next time you speak to him the date is scribbled off the calender. It will take approximately 30 minutes to complete if you do it offline and simply change your console's clock to each of the following dates:
10/31/2011 - Halloween
11/24/2011 - Thanksgiving
12/25/2011 - Christmas
1/1/2012 - New Years Day
2/14/2012 - Valentines Day
3/17/2012 - St. Patrick's Day
4/1/2012 - April Fools
5/13/2012 - Mothers Day
6/17/2012 - Fathers Day
7/4/2012 - Independence Day
8/16/2012 - Feast Day of St. Roch
9/3/2012 - Labor Day
Dates are subject to change according to the year.