The Cave
27 Achievements
15-20h
Redemption
Saw the good in everyone.
0.7%
How to unlock the Redemption achievement in The Cave - Definitive Guide
In order to get these, you have to play through the game with every character. At the very end you will get the objects you desire (e.g. mini-Sarcophagus for the adventurer, excalibur for the knight, rat poison for the twins.... etc). Don't take them with you! Press X in front of the shop keeper (I think you have to do this twice or more in order for him to accept) and you will return these items. Now go on through the door and up the ladder without that object and get the good ending for this character!
Do this with every character, and you'll unlock this achievement. (Note: For all characters for both good and bad endings you need at least 5 runs in total)
Plus: You will get two more artworks for that character which are needed for the following achievement:
Technically (if my maths is right) you only need 5 playthroughs to get all achievements.
There are 7 characters, to a total of 14 possible endings (good and bad each). As you can take 3 characters per go this means 5 playthroughs, and one character you take through 3 times (I'd recommend the Hillbilly on that one - to get the fortune teller achievement too).
Plus if you divvy them up correctly - you can get the following two achievements in those 5 playthroughs as well:
For this trophy, you must obtain the “good” ending for all 7 characters. To do this, you must return your Object of Desire to the Gift Shop clerk. After you go through the “Employees Only” section for the second time and retrieve the three replacement trinkets, talk to the clerk and he will swap the trinkets for your Object of Desire. However, instead of walking through the door and up the ladder, talk to him again three times with . Eventually he will take the Object of Desire back, leaving you empty-handed. Walk through the door and up the ladder and you will receive the “good” ending for that character.
Required: All seven characters good endings (at least three playthroughs).
To get the good ending you need to trade a stolen trinket for your prized possession in the Gift Shop and then give the prized possession back. It will take three attempts before the man accepts it. Then just climb the ladder to leave.