The Medium

Missable. 

There are a total of 20 Notes you need to find in the game. While the trophy description labels these as "Thomas' notes", they'll be called "Troubled Man's Notes" in the game itself. These will be found throughout the entire game, making this collectible-related trophy the last one you'll earn. Their locations are as follows:

Note #1 - "A Peaceful Place"

After you've activated your 1st Spirit-Well and have learned how to use your Spirt Shield, you'll eventually make your way upstairs and find yourself just outside of Thomas' office. Don't interact with the door yet. There is a box on the ground on the right side of the room that has the note inside of it. 




Note #2 - "To-Do List"

Just after the previous Note, you'll make your way into Thomas' office (after a cutscene with Sadness). Interact with the desk in the middle of the room and in the top right drawer will be the note. 




Note #3 - "Getting Stronger"

Not too long after the previous note, you'll find yourself in a secret room behind the display case in Thomas' office. On the ground on the far side of the room will be some symbols. The Note is on the ground, within the symbols. 




Note #4 - "Fever Dreams"

After your 1st encounter with the Demon, you'll eventually try to make your way across a narrow ledge. A cutscene will play out when your attempt is made and when it's done, you'll have another encounter with Sadness. Do as she says and make your way to the Dayroom. To the right of the entrance of the Dayroom will be a small set of stairs. Go up them and go left (the camera angle will change). There is a planter on the right. On the ground just next to it is the Note.




Note #5 - "Good Old Frank"

Not too long after the previous Note, you'll find yourself in a large pool area, then in a locker room. When you leave the locker room, you'll go up a few flights of stairs and end up in a hallway. Walk towards the camera (down) and on the right side of the hallway will be the Note. 




Note #6 - "Dust and Deaths" - This Note is highly missable!

After you've acquired the Bolt Cutters, you'll make your way back down to the entrance to the Dayroom. Ignore the Dayroom for now and instead, leave the room and make your way back to the reception desk. Just past the reception desk will be a locked gate. Use the Bolt Cutters to cut the chain and at the far end of this small area will be the Note. 




Note #7 - "Hell's Angels"

When you first reach the Red House, or better yet, the Toolshed just in front it, go inside and immediately on your left will be a workbench. There's a Toy Horse here that contains an Echo needed for Calling Out to Me , but the note will actually be the photograph hanging on the wall, just above the Toy Horse. 




Note #8 - "Something Broken"

Just after the previous Note, you'll go into the next room (the large Garage-like room). On the far side of the room will be a suitcase that has an Echo you need to collect for Calling Out to Me . Just below the suitcase will be the Note you need to pick up.




Note #9 - "Demons"

After the second section with Thomas, you'll be able to enter the burnt down Red House. On the right side will be a Mirror. Ignore this and hug the right and you'll be able to go into a very small little area. The Note is sitting on some debris. 




Note #10 - "The Missing Piece"

After completing the Butterfly puzzle and returning the 3 Masks to the 3 Dolls in the Red House, you'll gain access to the Basement. Head down and when you jump down the ledge to get it, immediately turn left (Marianne's right). The camera angle will change and there will be a storage shelf on the right. The Note is on this shelf. 




Note #11 - "Found a Way"

Just next to the previous Note is a doorway. Go inside and a shelf on the right will be this Note.




Note #12 - "A Different Kind of Sickness"

In the main room of the Basement, you should see a crack in the right wall (this leads to a vault door). Ignore it and go into the back right corner to find the Note on a box. This will be just to the right of a Syringe you need to interact with to get an Echo for Calling Out to Me .




Note #13 - "Separation"

After you open the vault door and escape the Demon, you'll end up in a room with an Electrical Box on the wall. On the opposite side of the Electrical Box (towards the camera), the Note will be sitting on a box. 




Note #14 - "A Relic of the Past"

When you reach the control panel of the Water Pump Station, the Note will be sitting on the left side of the console. 




Note #15 - "A Thin Line"

After you get past the Demon (again), you'll end up in the living quarters of the Vault. Go in the room on the left with the green light and you'll end up in a storage room. On one of the shelves on the left side of the room will be the Note.




Note #16 - "Alone"

After you blow the fuse in the Electrical Box, make your way down the corridor in the Vault and you'll eventually come to another green light. Through the doorway just next to it will be Lily's Room. The note is sitting on the table on the left side of this room. 




Note #17 - "Just Me and Her"

Not too long after the previous Note, you'll end up in the Kitchen. Walk towards the camera and the camera angle will change to reveal a counter. The Note is sitting on the counter.




Note #18 - "Keeping Distance"

When you have to find the 3 Mirror Pieces, you'll end up in Thomas' room/office to locate one. On the right side of the room will be the Note sitting on a box. 




Note #19 - "Business Card"

Immediately behind the previous Note, sitting on the edge of a table. 




Note #20 - "Hypothesis"

Immediately behind the previous Note. There is a wall that is covered in paper and lines, not unlike the Pepe Silvia wall from It's Always Sunny. Sitting on a book just below this wall is the Note.