Portal: Still Alive
12 Achievements
200
6-8h
Rat's Tale
Find all the Rat Man dens.
15
How to unlock the Rat's Tale achievement in Portal: Still Alive - Definitive Guide
Here are the locations:
(Starting a new game from chapter 8 works fine)
#1 - Chapter 8 - Testchamber 16
After the first three turrets there is part of the wall sticking out with two boxes behind it. Move the boxes and go behind the wall for the first Rat Man den.
#2 - Chapter 9 - Testchamber 17
After getting your companion cube you climb up, travel along two corridors with energy balls and then drop down into a room. In this room is a piece of wall sticking out. Portal behind that for the second den.
#3 - Chapter 10 - Testchamber 18
After portalling across the first gap it's on the left, crouch to get in.
#4 - Chapter 11 - Testchamber 19
Quite a while after you start your escape you will walk along a large pipe then drop down what looks like a large well (the game loads during the drop). Turn to the right and go into the alcove.
#5 - Chapter 11 - Testchamber 19
Soon after #4 you will be in a room with 3 turrets. Shortly after there is a single turret with a door that opens when you pick up the turret. Go through the door, to the end of the room and enter the alcove on the right to find the final den.
Notes:
- You need to find all these on a single playthrough as starting a new game or loading another save will potentially change the counter.
- The counter can be found by pressing start and selecting achievements.
- The same counter can be used when you think you've found a den and want to check the game has counted it.
Extra notes:
Neko Pounce says "If you get one, and then die before it saves, You have to get it again for it to count, that kept happening to me."
Xonatron says: "just verifying that a new start does change the count. it's all to be done on one play through."
maiden of haste says "reloading the same save will reset the counter!!!"
Here is a video, thanks to Xonatron & Sickeder666:
I take no credit for the video i just think it is easier to follow than the written guides. Full credit goes to sickder666 for making some helpful videos.
There are five Rat Man dens in the game. They appear as scribbling and handprints on the wall.
1: Test Chamber Sixteen:
After you pass three turrets and you’ll find a platform with two cubes stacked on top of each other. Move the two cubes, duck down, and go into the space behind them. You’ll find the writing on the wall to the left.
2: Test Chamber Seventeen:
Once you’ve passed by the two energy balls, fall over the edge and shoot a portal behind the projecting wall panel. Shoot the other portal on the wall next to the portal and pass through to find the writing on the wall.
3: Test Chamber Eighteen:
Use the portals to get onto the platform across from the first one. Once there, crouch down and slip into the alcove on the left. You’ll find the writing on the wall.
4: Test Chamber Nineteen:
Fall down the deep pit that you crossed on a giant pipe earlier and then go right into an alcove.
5: Test Chamber Nineteen:
After the fourth Rat Man’s Den, you’ll find three turrets. Pass them and then go into an alcove to access another room with a turret. When you dispose of the turret, walk to the back of the room and look to your right to find the alcove with the den.
Below is a video showing the location of all five Rat Man Dens: