Blair Witch

Blair Witch

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Pacifist

Pacifist

End the game without killing any monsters

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How to unlock the Pacifist achievement in Blair Witch - Definitive Guide

For a comprehensive guide, see my Not A WalkthroughTM list. It walks you through the entire game, including other story-related and collectible achievements.

Part 1: Blair Witch Not A Walkthrough - Part 1 - Beginning to Truck Fuse Puzzle
Part 2: Blair Witch Not A Walkthrough - Part 2 - Truck Fuse Puzzle to Rail Track
Part 3: Blair Witch Not A Walkthrough - Part 3 - Rail Track to Third Campsite
Part 4: Blair Witch Not A Walkthrough - Part 4 - Third Campsite to Finale

It's harder to be stealthy in the early game, but gets much easier after you get the new camcorder. Avoid every monster and don't shine a light on them. The best way to do this is to just never use your flashlight and rely on your camcorder's night vision the entire game.

You should only do this in a second playthrough since certain areas, particularly the Maintenance Shed and Camp B, can be difficult to find your way even when you have light. Using a flashlight in these areas will wake the monsters, and you won't be able to escape them without killing them (which you don't want to do).

Suggestions from the comments: crank up the brightness in the game, and don't use the rail car when you go to the Maintenance Shed and Camp B. In some sections, I did use my flashlight to get a feel for the area, let them kill me, then redo it.

Pay attention to Bullet, especially when he growls. He will point at monsters that you may not otherwise see. Don't worry if your screen starts flickering (you won't be able to avoid this), it's only when the screen turns red that you're being hunted. At that point, just let them kill you and restart your area.

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31 Aug 2019 23:46

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nvm, just fixed it! okay, so for chapter 8 (the railcart mission) - which is probably the hard part of this achievement - as soon as u have inspected Camp A and are ready to go and grab those 2 parts ur missing, do NOT go to the two locations with a railcart... DO NOT. The lights of the railcart trigger the monsters to become aggressive and attack you. Just simply get ur cam open, put it in night vision, and then walk to those two locations on foot. When arriving at the maintenance shack, do NOT turn on the generator. Keep the area as dark as possible. Then simply walk to the shack by following the tracks to it, with ur nightvision camera. Once arrived, go to the back of the shack, and look through the broken wooden wall, and order Bullet to fetch the item for you. Then walk back to the intersection, and go right (towards Camp B). Once arrived, same thing, do not turn on the generator, follow the tracks to Camp B with ur nightvision camera. Grab the item at the far back of the map, then make ur way back. I was attacked on the way back - so be prepared for that! Even if u follow the rails, u could still get attacked. If u do get attacked, just sprint ur way back to the intersection, and turn right, towards the tunnel. Once there, ur save, and u can finish the objective! Make sure u do NOT use ur flashlight throughout this entire part, cuz u may actually kill one of them, so avoid the flashlight all together in this part of the game. Basically, avoid the flashlight completely throughout this entire game, except in parts where these monsters arent present.
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By E Z Z I L I on 01 Sep 2019 02:25
Changed my mind and I did a speed run to try again for this and the break the cycle achievement, seeing as I finished off all the collectables on my last playthrough. It didnt take too long and it worked this time, got both.

The only things I did differently this time for the pacifist cheevo, that I'm aware of, were only using the railcart to get to the first Camp A where the blockage is, and then I only walked from there onwards to finish that whole section (not sure if the monster that you see briefly if you ride the cart to the maintenance shed counted as a kill, it didn't appear when I walked), and in chapter 15 when it says look up I made sure I had the camera equipped rather than the flashlight in case that was a kill, and quickly switched to the camera straightaway when it resumes.

I don't know if the "rage section" at the end counts against you for pacifist but because I was also trying for the other cheevo I didn't get it and could just walk to the basement normally.
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By JOHN SWFC on 26 Aug 2021 00:44
thnx morning! im at chapter 8 (the railcart thingy), and am I allowed to go with a cart? cuz doesn't its lights activate those monsters? cuz one of the two items I need to get required Bullet to go and fetch it, but when those monsters are active, it doesn't let me command Bullet to go and fetch it...
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By E Z Z I L I on 01 Sep 2019 01:53
How do you get past areas like at the end of the game where your vision kills the humans with their backs turned? I literally walked through the rooms BACKWARDS (not looking at them) and they would still be killed.

I also remember one specific point in the game where the Blair Witch makes you kill multiple tree enemies on the ceiling in order to progress.

I think if you unlock the 10 kills achievement, you have screwed yourself out of being able to track this no-kills achievement.
Since it's pretty unclear to tell if things have been killed in-game, you can use the tracker bar to see if anything was killed by accident. Then you could reload to an earlier save if something went wrong.
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By TruthfulSkate8 on 01 Sep 2019 04:34
@EzzIII I didn't think about the cart. I used the cart to go to the shed and Camp B. That may have stirred them up, although I still got it. I know that using the generator is definitely a bad idea at the shed and B.
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By Sashamorning on 01 Sep 2019 05:52
There's a point where she screams at you to kill people and slams a door in your face. It's actually not locked. You can refuse and keep going. I actually didn't see the people on my Pacifist run. Maybe it was because I refused to push the lever. I know that I spent most of the house staring at the ground and never looking up, so i could avoid them when i got there.

It would be great to not get the 10 kills, but I don't think I knew enough from my first run to make it without killing anything.
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By Sashamorning on 01 Sep 2019 05:57
This achievement is very easy if you adjust your in-game brightness to max. You can actual see the monster quite clearly.
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By SSSteinMan on 01 Sep 2019 19:20
Oooooh. Really good call.
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By Sashamorning on 01 Sep 2019 20:57
here's the vid I was planning on uploading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj3Q8LsYqHE
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By E Z Z I L I on 02 Sep 2019 18:41
If you didn't kill anything, you're good. If you woke something, let it kill you.

I would leave the rail cart at Camp A since the lights will draw their attention. I did use the cart, but it made things a little more interesting at the shed and Camp B than I would have liked.
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By Sashamorning on 03 Sep 2019 02:59
Yea, to my knowledge I didn’t wake anything up. Just rolled up to light pole and hopped off and ran around the outskirts and came back around to shed with no fight. Hopefully I’m good, not like I don’t have to run through it all multiple times lol
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By zDrUnKeNMoNkEyz on 03 Sep 2019 03:10
Wow, I understand that!
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By Sashamorning on 03 Sep 2019 03:53
That's... really weird. If you never got any monsters with your flashlight, you should have gotten Pacifist. Unfortunately, you'll have to replay from the beginning. That really sucks. :-(

Weird to get Break the Cycle and not Pacifist. Huh.
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By Sashamorning on 09 Sep 2019 07:16
Thanks for info now to do another no Kill run through yay!!
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By xSAMMY the SEAL on 09 Sep 2019 14:59
So I finally got the Pacifist only thing I did different was the call to Mrs Lanning which I didn't do when I got.Break the Cycle I also did the call to the VA about the body in the sawmill.Very strange.
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By xSAMMY the SEAL on 11 Sep 2019 08:42
Glad you got it! toast
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By Sashamorning on 11 Sep 2019 10:16
Thanx now to do one last run through for 5 photos. Interesting. to see why we got a12Gb update for it too.
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By xSAMMY the SEAL on 12 Sep 2019 06:54
I thought I got this at the same time as going for Ellis’ redemption but it didn’t unlock. I’m positive I didn’t kill any monster I did turn my flashlight on at one point to get my bearings and it harmed one of them but didn’t kill it so maybe you can’t even do any damage at all to them?
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By Jewlez on 14 Sep 2019 20:48
I remember running into a monster on my first run that was on the rail between Camp A and the Maintenance Shed. It was on the track, I couldn't avoid it, and the railcar killed it. Maybe i got lucky on my Pacifist run because i definitely used the cart when i went down the track.

I don't know what to say. I never used my flashlight on the run.
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By Sashamorning on 14 Sep 2019 22:50
Guys I killed a monster at the start of the game the first one you see at the tree then I reloaded the save so will I still get the achievement ??
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By xXITzMoSSYXx on 16 Sep 2019 07:50
No clue. I would **GUESS** so, but it's up to you whether you want to keep going.
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By Sashamorning on 16 Sep 2019 09:16
I'm wondering if you EVER kill a monster, even if you reload a save, it voids the achievement. I just finished a playthrough where I only killed one monster acidentally, one up on the ceiling inside the tree, and then reloaded, avoiding killing it. Didn't get the achievement. Fuck this game.
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By thanatos8285 on 29 Sep 2019 01:35
I´m trying this achievement. Does anyone know if I can get the achievement if I get attacked by any monster while holding my camera?
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By Eskibon on 21 Nov 2019 23:36
If you're using your camcorder and not the light, it shouldn't affect it. The camcorder doesn't hurt the monsters.
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By Sashamorning on 21 Nov 2019 23:47
Heads up - whichever item you get first in Chapter 8, the pressure thing or valve, go back to the camp and put it on the machine before moving onto the second one and you'll get a checkpoint/savepoint.
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By Maiden Ty One on 16 Jan 2020 21:36
I missed To Absent Friends on my first playthrough, is it possible to get that achievement and Pacifist in the same playthrough?
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By MatadorBID on 02 Jun 2020 05:07
Yeah, those two should be no problem.
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By Sashamorning on 02 Jun 2020 08:24
I missed this achievement but I coulda sworn it woulda triggered during my Break The Cycle run. I did have to kill one monster- but I quit to the main menu and reloaded the most recent checkpoint. I don't know if this matters- but when I reloaded, the boxcar from chapter 8 (?) was right there by the maintence shed even tho I left it at the place you take the valves and such.
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By xXGamerXPro75Xx on 15 Jun 2020 09:08
Well I beat it without killing anyone and it didnt unlock guess I gotta do 3rd playthrough ugh
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By Bk LuCKY ChaRMS on 27 Jul 2020 11:25
Had a lapse in judgement during Chapter 13 -- it was my stopping point from the day prior. Anyway, turned on the flashlight and made one of those apparitions attack me. Immediately quit the game -- dashboard, basically.

Nothing autosaved and since you technically can't kill those particular enemies at that point in the game, I'm hoping I will end up being fine. Just wondering if anyone experienced this.
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By Sir Paulygon on 31 Oct 2020 19:03
There have been reports that you can't kill anything at all at any point ever, even on dashboard and reload. The safest way, in my opinion, would be to do it in one sitting, never use the flashlight etc

Seperately, the maintenance shed section sucks balls
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By GamePadZebby on 19 Aug 2021 16:55
If you get hit by a monster and escaped somehow, still achievement pops right? because In chapter 6 I tried to run and a monster hit me and escaped somehow... then died on rolling bushes. then it restarted right after that monster's sequence(ruin area). so I'm a bit worried whether it'll void the achievement?
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By Ksar96 on 20 Aug 2021 15:06
I think if you didn't attack it, you should be fine. No guarantees, though.
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By Sashamorning on 21 Aug 2021 03:58
Nvm, even though I still got the bad ending, I still got the pacifist achievement
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By SkydivingFalcon on 23 Aug 2021 01:35
Finished my second playthrough and although I'm absolutely certain that I didn't kill anything the achievement didn't pop. I died a few times but never once used the flashlight on the monsters. So annoyed, all that sneaking around in the dark squinting through the camcorder for nothing, balls to going through that again.
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By JOHN SWFC on 25 Aug 2021 01:30
I think this achievement is easier than it sounds but it is recommended to do on a 2nd play through along with the "break the cycle" achievement. I adjusted in-game brightness almost all the way up.

Remember the monsters stand still and you have to get very close before they sense you. The screen will also give a somewhat colorful (green-ish) blur whenever you are close to a monster so whenever that happens stop and look for the nearby monster and make sure you don't run into it. Also, remember that majority of the game is without monsters so it's really not too bad.

I was noticed once by one of the first monsters and I just let myself die, that didn't void the achievement.
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By Uzumaki DK on 01 Sep 2021 07:30
Think it's glitchy, Coz I'm still attacked at both these areas and earlier on near the white tree without using flashlight and just cam. The game is buggy Imo.
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By on 01 Sep 2019 00:30
You have to be VERY CAREFUL when sneaking around. It's difficult. When you are going from the White Tree toward the truck, I found it was almost impossible to go directly. I had to go past the bunker.

Crouch, move slowly, and try going around. It's really tricky, but I don't think it's buggy. I was somehow able to avoid getting attacked, and it popped at the end of the game.
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By Sashamorning on 01 Sep 2019 00:47
@Sashamorning @TruthfulSkate8

I have just unlocked it! Once you obtain - what I like to call - the "red camrecorder" that allows you to kill people with it at the end of Chapter 17, do not worry. I killed some dudes, and it still gave me the achievement. So, basically, those "kills" do not count as "monster kills".

And as for Chapter 15, where you have to "kill" those monsters at the ceiling in the maze, you don't actually. If you look closely, you notice 2 kinds of "monsters" there. One kind which kinda looks like a HUGE branch that is spinning and going crazy - which you should kill with the light, don't worry about it. And then the other kind which is basically the monster stuck on the ceiling, which counts as an actual monster, which you shouldn't kill, and which you don't even have to kill to progress the story. So, I advice to walk around with the camera, and when you see the right monster (the huge branch monster), pull out your flashlight and kill it. To be safe, make a manual save before attempting this, just in case you mess up. I might just upload a full gameplay of this run of 0 kills with timestamps, and post a link here, for people who wanna see exactly what to do. I did NOT unlock the "break the cycle" achievement, however... Not sure exactly how it's unlocked...
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By E Z Z I L I on 01 Sep 2019 06:19
Seems like a bit of confusion at least on my end with the rail cart. So I used it, and to my knowledge I didn’t wake or kill anything. Am I good? The only time they were triggered I believe was if I ran into them in the woods on way to shed or turn on lights.
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By zDrUnKeNMoNkEyz on 03 Sep 2019 02:47
Help please, I got the break the cycle achievement,by following your guide and did not kill any monsters did not use the flashlight ,left the cart when getting parts etc but pacifist achievement did not unlock have I missed something or is another run through required? Thanks . Your guide was spot on.
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By xSAMMY the SEAL on 09 Sep 2019 06:45
In regard to above, there are at least 4 monsters in this area, one of which is very VERY close to the area you need to reach for the pressure gauge

Keep Bullet close, keep your camera up and take small, slow, deliberate steps around the monsters. All of them are facing trees and their models are large enough that you can (just about) see them from the other side of the tree they are hiding near

Coming from the maintenance shed sign, there are at least three among the trees on the right, and at least one more on the left
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By GamePadZebby on 19 Aug 2021 17:13
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I have uploaded a video where I show how to get the Achievements "Pacifist" and "Ray of hope". It's in 4K, but it might take some time for YT to process it to 4K. So, if it's 360p in the meantime, y'all know why XD

Here's the vid:

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Heads up - whichever item you get first in Chapter 8, the pressure thing or valve, go back to the camp and put it on the machine before moving onto the second one and you'll get a checkpoint/savepoint.
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By Maiden Ty One on 16 Jan 2020 21:35