Call of Cthulhu

Call of Cthulhu

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Strange secrets

Strange secrets

Find occult items

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How to unlock the Strange secrets achievement in Call of Cthulhu - Definitive Guide

For those who don't like videos, here's a written list of Occult items. IMPORTANT: if you fail to see one of these items in the denoted place, you have failed a Spot Hidden role. Immediately go to menu and reload last checkpoint to ensure you don't miss it. The Spot Hidden requirement has so far been verified for the Sketch Pad and the Hound Amulet, and may be required for other items on the list.

Chapter 3
Sketch Pad -- In Sarah's room to the right of the bed, between a chair and a cabinet.
Celtic Runes -- In Charles' office (entered after chasing the thief). On a table with a vase and tea kettle next to the entrance door.

Chapter 4
Drawing -- In the chest involved in the first investigation of Chapter 4, available after you do the first discovery scene (Investigation skill pass required)
Carved Bone -- On the altar to the right of the painting near the sacrificial pit. NOTE: Make sure you pick this up before approaching the painting.
Ritual Dagger -- After falling into the sacrificial pit, then seeing a short cutscene of cultists talking, its on the bench on the left.
Annotated Bible -- Same location as the ritual dagger above, just on the bench to the right, not the left.

Chapter 5
Rosary -- In the Asylum, in the patient block, it will be in one of the padded cells along the back wall near the guard desk. There's a large blood streak just inside the doorway leading to this item. NOTE: Several people in the comments below have reported you can can get the achievement without picking up this item; however, to be safe, its probably still worth collecting.

Chapter 6
Art & Mysticism, Forgotten Objects, by Francis Sanders -- In the Piano in the room where you first talk to Irene Sanders. Play the four keys from left to right, then play the second from the left again.
Amulet -- On the table in Francis Sanders study (the room where you talk to Cat). Its the room before you enter the museum.
Malleus Bestarium, Volume 2* -- Same room as above, on the desk to the left of the museum door by Cat.
Drawing of a Dagger -- Behind and to the right of the Shambler painting in the museum. NOTE: get this before inspecting the painting. NOTE 2: Not sure if this actually counts or not, since it doesn't give the usual hints that its an occult item; however, this achievement unlocked for me right after picking up this item. So, to be safe, make sure to grab it.

Chapter 7
Malleus Bestiarum* -- In a wooden crate on the floor in the last row of shelves, past the clerk's desk.
Book of Dzyan -- On the shelf in the second to last row of shelves, across from the clerk's desk.
Hound Amulet -- In the back left corner of the room with the safe, among a pile of book on the floor.

Chapter 9
Malleus Bestarium, Volume 3* -- In Fuller's office, on the coffee table. You visit the office toward the end of chapter 8 during the day, but the books is available at night in Chapter 9 when you break back into the office.
R'yen Key Unmissable. Its the amulet that Algernon Drake has you looking for in the mansion at the end of the chapter.


* These item will also help you work towards the below achievements, as long as you read them:

Call of CthulhuBeyond realityThe Beyond reality achievement in Call of Cthulhu worth 22 pointsAccept to read an unholy book

Call of CthulhuComplete revelationThe Complete revelation achievement in Call of Cthulhu worth 68 pointsRead all the books of unholy knowledge
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29 Nov 2018 22:39

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I unlocked this after reading the Unholy Book at the beginning of Chapter 7 for some reason. Just glitchy i guess.
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By PangoBara on 23 Jan 2023 02:40
you do not need all in same play through, i just unlocked it in bookstore on 2nd play through after grabbing book of dzyan
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By on 17 Jul 2019 01:25
I don't believe finding all of them are required. I got this achievement on my first playthrough of the game, and I missed finding the rosary.
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By duckonabike on 08 Mar 2020 22:08
Bestarium Volume 3 is in Chapter 9, not Chapter 8.
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By Vektor0 on 09 Mar 2020 23:00
@Vektor0 Correct, apologies for the mistype. Will edit the solution to correct this.
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By JohnnyInterfnk on 13 Mar 2020 16:06
As duck mentions the rosary.
I was following the walkthrough andjust came here. I’m on 6, but never got anything in 5 as it wasn’t mentioned - so hopefully that doesn’t count..
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By Drazer76 on 23 Jul 2020 13:28
Report back if you get the achievement without the rosary, and I'll mark that one "optional"
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By JohnnyInterfnk on 23 Jul 2020 14:12
I got this on my first playthrough during chapter 7 and I even missed the rosary. So it seems you just need a certain amount and not all of them.
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By Hieronimus on 16 Sep 2020 15:26
Thanks! I just added a note onto the Rosary in Chapter 5 to indicate that its probably an optional item.
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By JohnnyInterfnk on 17 Sep 2020 01:18
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Here is the video I have found for this achievement:

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28 Nov 2018 18:59

This achievement is a bit odd. The Steam guide mentions a few items that the video below omits, while the Gamepressure guide doesn't really cover them at all. I think it works similar to the "John Raymond Legrasse" achievement and there are more items in the game than are needed to unlock the achievement. I think it's 15 to unlock with 17 total in the game. See my walkthrough linked in the Road Map for locations or use the video below.

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Missable!

You need a total of 15 occult items to unlock this trophy and it is possible that more of them can be picked up through the game, but to make sure to not miss any, follow a video or a walkthrough.

Credits to NonstopTrophies

Or you can follow my Platinum Walkthrough if you prefer a text version

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There are 15 items in total.
Video guide .
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05 May 2020 01:57

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Drops if you pick up a drawing of a dagger in the sixth chapter behind the painting of the Tramp in the gallery before fighting him.
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By KotZero on 25 Jun 2019 14:41
Video guide to collecting all occult items.
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By mysilentscream on 12 Nov 2018 19:56
In Chapter 3, the first item, Sarah's notebook, does not always appear. So, if it is not to the right of the couch, go to the menu and load the last control point. I got it 3 times. The chest in Chapter 4 can only be opened if the “investigation” skill has been upgraded. In another case, Pierce breaks the lock and the game is saved....The drawings can no longer be obtained.
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By Medved922rus on 16 Mar 2019 09:41
I collected all the collectibles using a text guide (ru).
As it is written in the description, you need to collect 15 items for this trophy. The game is terribly strange, I want to throw it away along with the console after it makes an autosave (for example, one of many) after failing an investigation skill or strength check, or in certain inconvenient places. Because there are no manual saves here, and in the collection video they said that if you didn’t collect something or failed the check, start again. But this is complete bullshit... after the 5th replay of the 2nd chapter (with collecting everything and all the trophies), when you seem to have collected everything and with the knowledge that if you fail a check, you have a second or two to restart the game or checkpoint (before autosaving after failure) I moved forward with joy, right up to the chest in chapter 4, which contains some kind of picture needed to get this trophy. I failed the check, the chest was closed, and I didn’t take the picture for the trophy. Heartbroken, I spent a couple of hours digging on the Internet in the hope of figuring out this herobora... in the end I gave up, moved on with the thought - I don’t give a fuck, I’ll go through it again later collecting everything. My amazement and surprise knew no bounds when this trophy fell out for me in Chapter 7 after I picked up Dzian’s book from the bookshelf.
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By Mellow_Knee on 26 Jul 2022 02:39
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