Modern Tales: Age of Invention
25 Achievements
3-4h
Collector
Find all collectables.
38.1%
How to unlock the Collector achievement in Modern Tales: Age of Invention - Definitive Guide
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=11753...
Like many other Artifex Mundi games this one does have multiple points-of-no-return. So you will want to make sure you grab all the atomic symbols on each screen the first time you visit it.
One note: Some screens will require that you speak to the characters there first, or interact with a specific object on the screen before you can interact with the background/pick things up. This is always safe so go ahead.
During my playthrough I encountered a problem with unlocking the achievement for beating a hidden object game in under 1 minute. To solve this I quit the game, went into the manage options and deleted my save data for the game and relaunched it. The achievement immediately unlocked on the title screen. If this happens to you wait until you finish the rest of the achievements before using this method.
Here is a full video walkthrough:
There are 30 atom symbols to find, one on each screen. They're somewhat transparent but at least they don't fade in and out of the screen, and hovering over them will show a "pick" option.
In the order they can be obtained:
- Pavilion – In the balloon in the background between the two men
- Paris Street – In top of the lamp post above the bike
- Apartment – At the base of the tank near the red curtain
- Eiffel Tower – In the back wheel of the car
- Automobile – On the dashboard, below and right of the steering wheel
- Path – On the smaller left rock, left of the skull mosaic puzzle
- Mansion – On the left side of the gazebo
- Balloon – Between window and picture on right
- Sidetrack – At the end of the tracks closest to the front of the screen, behind a plant
- Station – On the gold band of the train chimney
- Platform – In window of right-most car of train
- Waiting Room – Top of left window, just under the clock
- Town – On red roof of house behind the pillar
- Shop – Left of the anchor sign, on some garlic
- Port – Base of the crane left of the red building
- House – In the animal head left of the pictures
- Hangar – In the grating/pipes on the left bridge, directly under the stairs
- Workshop – On the side of the stand the plant is on, directly left of the open door
- Lab – Just right of the left vent/grating atop the stairs
- Airship – On the pipe above and right of the steering wheel
- Crash Site – On one of the beams on the left, just left and above the trunk
- Destroyed Airship – Just right of the man, under a broken window (must light room first)
- Camp – In the branches of the left tree
- River – At the base of the right tree
- Path to Monastery – In a tree behind some fallen branches right of the sled – just above the symbol is the "exit to Monastery" prompt
- Monastery – Left of one of the poles left of the stairs
- Headquarters – Just above and left of the right-most lamp
- Tower – On the stone wall below and left of the right ladder
- Landing Zone – Where the trunk and branches of the right tree meet
- Flying Sphere – On the table. Must first pick up bag and ring.
*Missable*
There are a total of 30 collectibles in the game, and they look like little pictures of atoms. Once you know what you're looking for, they're pretty easy to spot. Every scene has one collectible to find. Since there are multiple points of no return, I highly recommend following a collectible guide. An excellent Steam guide complete with screenshots can be found HERE. Keep it open while you play and make sure you grab the collectible in every scene.