Call of Cthulhu
49 Achievements
1,000
12-15h
No prohibition for Darkwater
Deliver liquor to the sailors
15
12.71%
How to unlock the No prohibition for Darkwater achievement in Call of Cthulhu - Definitive Guide
Chapter 2
Deliver the liquor to the 2 (drunk) sailors near the 2 warehouse guards. You'll find them once you cross past the dead killer whale. Speaking to the harbormaster Fitzroy opens the way.
First speak to the drunk sailors, then to the bootleggers blocking the path. Return to the drunks to have the dialogue option to get rid of the two guards.
Walking away from the drunk sailors towards the statue of Saint Brendan (near the ocean) you will pass three identical small huts on the right. Pick the lock of the first hut you come to and pick up a bottle of liquor. The beginning skill levels (Investigation 40%) will pick the lock and (Spot Hidden 30%) will find the booze, this worked for me, others have reported it didn't for them. Return to the drunk sailors and give them the bottle, they will lure the guards away.
There is another option to buy a bottle of whiskey from the bartender. You'll need higher eloquence and doing this will not give you progress toward the hidden items achievement. So this is not recommended.
This requires a Skill Check that if you fail, the game saves automatically, therefore meaning you have to restart the game (Although it doesn't take long to get back to this point)
During Chapter 2 in Darkwater, after speaking with Fitzroy and opening up the map a bit, you can head down to the docks where you see 3 similar huts.
The first one you come across (On the very right if you look at it from dead on front) requires a pick lock attempt to get in.
Once successful, you hear a small tone, but be warned, this is random.. It took me 7 attempts to open it first time through.
Once you do open it, at the back will be the booze.. Go and speak to the 2 bodyguards just up from where you went down the steps.. (Make sure to NOT blame them for their activites)
Just say you need a way in, then leave.
Go speak to the 2 drunk sailors, they will have an option to give the booze.. Voila, Achievement unlocked.
Alternatively, if you want to see where and when and how to do this achievement, go to 11:20 in my first playthrough video.
Hope this helps!
Playthrough 1
Playthrough 2
During Chapter 2, there are multiple ways to get into the Warehouse. To unlock this achievement, speak to the guards, then the drunk sailors to ask for their help. Get the bottle of alcohol either from the locked shed on the pier or from the barkeep, then give it to the sailors to unlock the achievement.
Missable.
In Chapter 2, you’ll be tasked to enter a warehouse. One way to enter it is to distract the 2 guards on the left area, go talk to them and then talk to the 2 drunk sailors a bit further. They’ll be able to distract the guards if you give them a bottle of alcohol.
You can find one on the first locked shack on the pier or at the bar. Once you get it, go talk to the sailors again and give them the bottle and they’ll eventually distract the guards.
To do this, first talk to them (they are literally standing opposite the entrance to the warehouse), then with the bootleggers who guard the entrance there, then back to the sailors and the workers will ask for some alcohol in return for help, it can be found by breaking the lock of the booth near the painted statue or simply buy from bartender Mitchell.
And opening a lock in a shack with booze is purely random in part.