Call of Cthulhu

Call of Cthulhu

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Ex Oblivione

Ex Oblivione

Fail a skill test

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How to unlock the Ex Oblivione achievement in Call of Cthulhu - Definitive Guide

Statistically unmissable, as you will be failing skill checks left and right, especially during the beginning of the game.

Your first opportunity to get this is at the beginning of chapter 2. Put no points into medicine during chapter 1 and you will most likely fail the medicine check on the dead whale carcass to the left of the starting point. You know you failed the Medicine check on the whale if you get the lines: "The blood is beginning to coagulate. Only a specialist would know what killed it."

If you don't get the lines above, no worries, you'll fail dozens of checks during the course of the game.
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29 Nov 2018 23:35

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I'm loading the chapter. I will let you know if I get the stanza (I should).

Edit: Nothing about the specialist. And, no, I didn't put anything into medicine.

Edit 2: I got it, I finally got it! It popped while I was talking to Fitzroy. clap rock toast
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By Apostle92627 on 19 Feb 2020 00:14
During the dream sequence in chapter 1?
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By JCDRANZER on 24 May 2019 07:51
As far as I know, there are no skill checks during the dream sequence in chapter 1. Let me know if you found otherwise. The earliest opportunity I found was chapter 2.

(And you spend your skill points after the dream sequence, in the office after looking at your profile. This is the point you avoid spending points in medicine.)
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By JohnnyInterfnk on 24 May 2019 10:33
Feel like I should point out that you can't spend points on Medicine and Occultism. You only earn progress by finding items throughout the game.
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By Vandel Buster on 03 Jun 2019 01:46
Actually, you can, right at the very, very beginning of the game when you first assign points in your office in chapter one. Hence, why I say to avoid putting points in Medicine.

After this point, you cannot spent points on Medicine/Occultism, so your statement holds up for the rest of the game outside that one point.
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By JohnnyInterfnk on 03 Jun 2019 16:21
Not sure how you can tell if you failed the skill test. My character says something about not being sure how it got so much damage. However, I didn't get the achievement, so I'm sure I passed it.
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By Apostle92627 on 17 Feb 2020 23:17
"The blood is beginning to coagulate. Only a specialist would know what killed it." Thats the "Fail" sentence.

You are correct, there is no notification in game to tell you if you passed or failed a check. If you got the above stanza, you failed the check -- the achievement didn't unlock properly. Try full power cycling your Xbox and restarting the chapter (or just continuing the game, as you'll fail hundreds of checks during your game time).
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By JohnnyInterfnk on 18 Feb 2020 16:56
I'll edit the solution to indicate you can still possibly pass the Whale check even if you didn't put points in medicine (I ran through the game four times and each time failed but it looks like you can possibly pass it). I'll also add the "Fail" lines from above so you know if it triggered properly and the issue is the achievement server or if you still need to play the game more.
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By JohnnyInterfnk on 20 Feb 2020 18:37
I didn't put any points in investigation and fail checked on the painting in chapter 1.
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By Ninjitsu Banana on 29 Apr 2024 02:20
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This achievement would be EXTREMELY hard to miss through the game but you can get it on the very first chapter after speaking with Sarah Hawkins Father. (Forgot his name, I will call him Colonel Sanders)
First, look at the newspaper clippings on the desk, turn around and view the painting on the settee, you should then fail that and unlock this achievement.
Very Easy, go to 5:20 in Playthrough 1 video to see this.

Hope this helps!

Playthrough 1

Playthrough 2
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12 Jan 2020 19:00

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I don't think this works anymore.
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By Apostle92627 on 17 Feb 2020 22:40
What do you mean mate?
You unable to unlock it?
Have you tried just hard resetting the console?
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By TheWelshHunt on 19 Feb 2020 23:10
Yeah, but that resulted in a full factory reset (my Xbox One S is a piece of junk). About 30 minutes later, I randomly got the achievement while I was talking to Fitzroy.
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By Apostle92627 on 19 Feb 2020 23:51
Ahh sorry mate, I was wondering if it was you who had already commented on the video on YouTube lol..
Glad its sorted anyway man :)
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By TheWelshHunt on 20 Feb 2020 00:22
I didn’t get it at this point - seems I had the luck to pass the test! My top left conversation option was different and had (Unlocked) at the end of it. Sure I’ll get it later on :-)
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By metallicafan459 on 30 May 2020 11:22
I think your the only i know so far to have passed it haha!
Luckily since its at the beginning of the game and you don't end up getting it throughout (Congrats if that happens haha)
At least you can just quickly start again for 5 minutes lol :)
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By TheWelshHunt on 30 May 2020 13:22
I know i failed at least another 2 or 3 times after that point anyway so you should get it at some point man lol
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By TheWelshHunt on 30 May 2020 13:23
It popped when talking to Fitzroy about the Warehouse.

The game got me back, I failed to pick the lock of the shack cry

So I finally cracked the lock and there was no hidden item inside- what’s going on....
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By metallicafan459 on 31 May 2020 12:43
Ahh, about the hidden item, for some reason, it appears in some games and not others.
Don't worry too much though as there are 25 other hidden items to find and you only need 20 for the achievement!

Really unsure why it appears randomly for people but, still should be good to go.
You shouldn't run into any other issues now man haha
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By TheWelshHunt on 31 May 2020 21:09
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You can do this when you arrive in Blackwater Island. Go to the dead whale and examine it.
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29 Feb 2024 00:00

There are many skill checks in the game that you could possibly get this with. Some are trivial, such as the dead whale right at the beginning of Chapter 2, while otherwise will block progress toward other achievements. If you don't put any skill points into Medicine during Chapter 1, you'll get this with the whale next to the pier.

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I got this trophy at the end of the first chapter when you need to interact with the painting in your office. You need to hold to do so, and a simple tap on would “fail” the challenge, unlocking the trophy.

If it doesn’t work for you, you can get this very early on Chapter 2, go interact with the dead whale and as you won’t have enough skills to find out the cause of its death, you’ll earn the trophy.

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The trophy is awarded in the second chapter, when you study a huge killer whale on the shore.
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03 Mar 2020 17:38