The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan

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Secrets! Lies! Conspiracies, man!

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How to unlock the Secrets! Lies! Conspiracies, man! achievement in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan - Definitive Guide

Maka91

TrueAchievements

31 Aug 2019 18:43

There are a total of 50 secrets in Man of Medan that are carried between playthroughs and immediately saved upon pickup. It is not possible to grab all 50 in a single playthrough as some are in missable chapters, and some do require you to play in curator's cut or shared story modes. The list can be seen below:

Chapter: Uninvited Guests
[] - #30 Flight Plan
[] - #49 Anti-Aircraft Shell
[] - #40 Missing Lifeboat

Chapter: Ghost Stories (Curator's Cut / Shared Story)
[] - #20 Co-pilot Badge

Chapter: Abandoned Ship
[] - #26 Guard Duty Note

Chapter: Trapped
[] - #44 1947 Newpaper
[] - #28 Private Miller's Letter

Chapter: An Escape
[] - #14 Guard Duty Roster
[] - #45 Private Reed's Letter
[] - #7 Engineer's Logbook
[] - #11 Journal

Chapter: Caskets
[] - #23 Catering Staff Schedule
[] - #1 Diary
[] - #24 open casket
[] - #22 casket nameplate
[] - #35 small casket
[] - #13 locked casket
[] - #18 terrified corpse
[] - #39 electrocardiogram results

Chapter: Danny
[] - #41 Medan Hat
[] - #16 screaming corpse
[] - #32 dog tag

Chapter: Finding Friends *
[] - #21 hastily written message
[] - #43 infantry badge
[] - #4 locks Memo
[] - #19 Radio Operators Memo

Chapter: Ritual
[] - #38 chemical leak
[] - #37 Broken Wires
[] - #47 Cargo Ship Manual

Chapter: Pressure *
[] - #25 Ghost Rumours Report

Chapter: Glamor Girl *
[] - #5 Water Purification Plant Map
[] - #9 Man Overboad Search Orders

Chapter: Glamor Girl * (Curator's Cut / Shared Story)
[] - #15 Cargo Bill of Landing
[] - #31 Violent Incident Report
[] - #17 Manchurian Gold Test Results

Chapter: Distress Signal
[] - #50 Anti Aircraft Shell Casing
[] - #3 Gas Mask Instructions
[] - #42 Ship's Logbook
[] - #6 Nautical Chart
[] - #10 Navigator's Notebook
[] - #29 Radio Operator's Final Message

Chapter: Depths
[] - #48 Minutes of Meeting
[] - #27 Priavet Patterons's Medical Record
[] - #8 Engine Room Telegraph Log
[] - #34 Military Order

Chapter: Olson *
[] - #36 Casket Shortage Memo

Chapter: Matters of the Heart *
[] - #2 Matters of the Heart

Chapter: Matter of the Heart * (Curator's Cut / Shared Story)
[] - #46 Diplomatic Immunity Contract
[] - #12 ID Badges and Documentation
[] - #33 Toxins Research

31 Aug 2019 18:43

15 Comments

Can confirm all collectables are gettable in single player as are all achievements ( except obviously coop one). Some are only in curators mode, but they're all gettable.

By Eds Killerbox 7 on 28 Aug 2020 03:50

You have collectible 2 listed as "Matters of the Heart", which is the chapter name. The actual name for the collectible is "Top Secret Intelligence Note" (just an FYI). Great guide, tho!

By Loki97 on 05 Sep 2019 01:55

Seems like Collectible #12 is glitched if you're the host. Tried picking it up several times. Reloading from Scene select and such but will not unlock for me at all.

Guess I need to try a second playthrough as guest and see if it unlocks for me then..

EDIT: Can confirm doing a second playthrough as a guest instead of host unlocked number 12 for me. Seems its bugged for those who are hosts.

By ScorchPSO on 29 Sep 2019 10:04

#20 would not unlock for me, played it multiple times on single player, played it as Brad on shared story, finally got it when I played single player Curator mode and pick up as brad

By Gram101216 on 14 Dec 2019 16:45

If you do a shared story playthrough can you theoretically pick up all collectables and frames in one go, or are there ones that you can only get playing solo?

By TangerineGamer on 04 Jan 2020 20:54

20 won't appear ..even in curator mode

By Eds Killerbox 7 on 07 Aug 2020 13:13

My bad :( 2nd playthrough and I didn't even know you could use the knife to force the copilot's door. #stupid..great guide as usual Maka.

By Eds Killerbox 7 on 07 Aug 2020 14:03

Tho my last collectable did have to be #34…:(

By Eds Killerbox 7 on 10 Aug 2020 01:46

I’m doing curators cut, and my last ones are at the very end.
Various guides say it HAS to be Brad and Julia that go down the hole to get Fliss to go with Alex.
What happens if Julia and Fliss don’t have a good enough relationship? She doesn’t let her go?
I don’t know if mine is good enough since the start of the game, and they never really interact again to make it better..

By Drazer76 on 17 Aug 2020 00:18

Sometines fliss will say" I'm the captain so I'm going" in which case she'll go with Brad, and julia stays behind. Still plays out the same though.

By Eds Killerbox 7 on 17 Aug 2020 06:36

#46,#12,#33 can be picked in curator mode even if you play as Julia(in my playthrough Conrad got shot escaping early on the boat)

By MajorityGrain6 on 01 Mar 2021 21:51

Coop gt:billion pl

By BILLION PL on 31 Mar 2021 18:18

This isnt exactly a problem with your guide. But I noticed that me and my friend did a shared story playthrough as our first playthrough. And the collectibles I picked up did not count for him and the collectibles he picked up did not count for me. Im just wondering if both players are intended to unlock a secret once one player has picked it up. Im worried about having to do multiple shared story playthroughs to pick up the shared story only collectibles that the other character that I wasnt playing, is only able to pick up.

By Ace Annihilates on 03 Sep 2019 16:22

just letting you all know if collectible 46 12 or 33 glitched on you during your coop run you can get them during your brain playthrough as long as you do it during curator's cut

By Bk LuCKY ChaRMS on 27 Aug 2020 02:57

For those last three collectibles, all that matters is that Alex and one other protagonist stays by the radio. It doesn't matter who the other character is.

By Brave Tanuki on 13 Mar 2023 08:54

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Mordred87

PlaystationTrophies

To get this trophy, you need to find all the secrets in the game. Secrets and Pictures are the 2 kind of collectibles scattered around the game:

Secrets: Notes or special objetcs that will explain what's going on on the ship. You need some of them to trigger some dialogues and to understand better what's happening.
Pictures: Like Unitl Dawn, they will give you some visions of the future.

Some of them are easy to find, some of them require different decisions or pre-requisites before having access to some areas.

The nature of this game makes the collectible hunting quite confusing, expecially if you have to deal with the v1.18 glitches that will prevent you from a full helpful playthrough. However, some basic principles can be listed here, making things easier:

You need 2 different completed save files: 1 for Curator's Cut and 1 for Theatrical Cut. If you followed the walkthrough, you should have both of them
in order to have access to all the collectibles and chapters:
- Brad MUST STAY HIDDEN
- all 5 characters MUST BE in the ship (this means that Conrad can't escape or die from the Duke of Milan during Intrusion chapter)
- 4 of them must be alive until chapter Distress Signal

You need all three things in BOTH VERSIONS. If you followed the roadmap, you will have the Curator's Cut save file without Conrad and a random Theatrical Cut save file (it depends on your personal playthrough).

Load both saves and try to reach the ship with Brad hidden and Conrad in the group. Now, it is time to follow Last-_-Judgment's guide and navigate through chapters changing decisions. Be careful:

DO NOT OVERWRITE the original save files each time! Instead, choose a new save file and go from there.
Open the "Secrets" and "Pictures" options and go for the collectibles you need. This means you will have to navigate again through most chapters

Note on Secret #47 and Secret #20:

Secret #47 glitched on me on Curator's Cut, so collect it in Theatrical Cut
Secret #20 is the only secret outside the ship that needs some pre-requisites in chapter Wreck. See the guide for more info.

cyrax

stratege.ru

05 Sep 2019 07:55

This guide was translated automatically.

If you don’t have the Curator’s Cut DLC (they give it for pre-ordering the game, it will be free later), then you can only complete the trophy in co-op mode, with a partner. Some secrets are only available in these modes, namely:
3 secrets in the chapter Beauty
3 secrets in the chapter Matters of the heart
Video guide

05 Sep 2019 07:55

5 Comments

Text guide .

By RayNe on 05 Sep 2019 12:59

Lots of tips, but little use! The video is in English and everything is mixed up, but not all the secrets are indicated in the text guide! I have a problem with secret #20. You can take it in the Curated version by playing as Brad after Julia and Alex surfaced from the bottom, you need to look at the camera they took pictures of while underwater, and there will be a photo with a chevron. Or watch the same camera in the canonical version as Julia. This is the 20th secret.

By FBI1989 on 19 Apr 2020 22:09

For a LONG time I couldn’t figure out how to get to the golden painting. The guides say that Alex and Brad should be sent to the hole. I still haven't figured out how to do this, and it's completely unnecessary. The key is to send Alex into the hole while BRAD STAYS AT THE RADIO. BRAD WILL GET TO THE GOLDEN PICTURE AND SECRET #36

By BronskiBeat on 24 Feb 2020 08:04

In a cooperative game, secrets found by another player are counted only for the “guest”.
The “host” of the game session must find all the secrets independently.
+ secret No. 20 is buggy, it should take on Brad, then there is a greater chance that he will be counted.

By odonatum on 20 Oct 2019 19:48

I played with a friend, and what he found from the secrets and I didn’t even touch counted for me too!!!

By ZIKFRID on 28 Sep 2019 02:29

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s1m8a

stratege.ru

21 Apr 2020 15:54

This guide was translated automatically.

I would like to share the problem I encountered with secret #20
To find it, Alex needs to take the camera with him before diving. Afterwards in the Scary Story chapter, you need to find a photo of the co-pilot badge on the camera. However, when playing as Julia in a single story and movie party, the find did not count. I was able to collect this secret only in the Curator's Cut DLC while playing as Brad.

21 Apr 2020 15:54