Dark Auction: Guide 100%

A rundown on completing the game, focusing on perfect auctions

Introduction

AN: I was so ready to get a head start, but I just wiped my demo save by accident (it’s saved in autosave slot)

Tips:

Most of the achievements are for story progression, but each Auction has one for a perfect run. To my knowledge, there isn’t a chapter select, so make sure to make a manual save before each auction
There are various text speeds. Batch means the line is instantly put out and ready to be moved on from
If you have to replay scenes, cutscenes can be skipped with Z. Batch text speed can be rapidly clicked through. Autoplay moves on after a line of dialogue, so it’s faster to click through
Each auction has four phases:
- 1st Phase: Fill in holes in the memory of the subject
- 2nd Phase: Put the memories we just fixed in chronological order
- 3rd Phase: Fix problems with the memory, such as contradictions or other oddities. Sometimes a problem is just something strange
- 4th Phase: Fill in holes in the ancestral memory

Prologue

The opening cutscene gave us the Invitation and the words Auction and Geheimmis Castle.
When gameplay stars, walk forward, open the door
Head to the doors between the stairs ahead. After the scene, return to the doors and pick up the Mysterious Coin and go through the doors
In the auction hall, check the Display Case to meet the auctioneer. All paths ends to us agreeing to attend
When gameplay starts up, take the elevator with the Dove Elevator Key. Take the door ahead and use the Key to Noah’s Room. On the bed is Leonard’s Bag, inside is the Old Wooden Box

Word cloud section

The group who hosted this action and invited my father was: The OREV Association
That chair is a device that replay memories. It’s called an EPO
That man said if I joined the auction and helped them: Parrot Man

Chapter 1 – Investigation

Upon start, take the Capsule from the Strange Device and Message from Parrot Man. Use the closet to get dressed. Exit out, speak to the auctioneer, and then take the elevator to the lobby.
The lounge is the door on the west lobby wall. Click on an auction guest. When asked, you’re here for Familal Love
Introduce yourself to Christoph, Lorraine and Karla. Ask her if she’s nervous. After the scene it’s time for breakfast so sit down by the fireplace
Use the Parrot Key at the elevator
Inside, walk through the door. The auctioneer will ask you to name everyone, so Christoph, , Lorraine, Otto, Karla, and Edgar
Return to the elevator and use the Feather key for Edgar’s floor. Ask about her handkerchief, then ask her about autographs. Is this about Edgar, and ask about his behavior
Take the elevator back to the hall. Talk to Otto and ask him to talk about your father now. In the lounge, speak with Edger
To the other side of the room and grab the coin to enter the library. Trying the bookshelf by the desk gets you a history book and another coin
What should I search for?: Girl With Flowers
We have three coins, so try the Puzzle Box. Talk to Christoph, call him Chris, and take the elevator to Edgar’s room
Once inside, check the Vase with Yellow Roses at the table. On the desk is the Bag, then the Painting Frame. Next to the bed on the bookshelf is the Sketchbook and Trophy. On the bed is a Unique Cushion
In the hall, check the Fountain and all of the paintings (Heart Model, Ventilator, Acorns, Wheelchair, Graduation Photo). Head to the Parrot floor
Head to the library and ask Hell to look up Frieden University Hospital, then Professor Licht. Head upstairs, put in the code, then walk back down to the Lounge
Speak to all five participants to begin the auction

Chapter 1 – Auction

Auction

1st Phase

Item 1: Something in professor’s Licht’s office he would show off: Veda Medical Award Trophy
Item 2: Father returned from his trip from a Black Car
Item 3: By his father’s hospital bed was a Vase with Yellow Roses

2nd Phase

3: Father returns in black car
4. Father in hospital
10: Edgar breaks into Licht’s office

3rd Phase

In the car scene, there’s a contradiction with Professor Licht. Edgar is convinced he drove the car, but he couldn’t: Professor Licht had a driving phobia
There’s an issue in the hospital with the Photo of Gun. Edgar describes his father pointing towards a photo before his death, but he wouldn’t have any attachment to a photo of a gun. It would have to be the Photo of Young Leon and Licht
In the final scene, the office, there’s an issue with the Plain Frame: The Frame of Girl With Flowers is distinctly decorated

4th Phase

The first missing piece is childhood friend Licht
The second is the Girl with Flowers Frame
The third is Mysterious Letter

End of Auction

Word Cloud

The first auction successfully supported was Edgar
The prohibited item was a Radio
Those special memories are DNA Memory

Chapter 2 – Investigation

Take the Capsule from the Strange Device. Get dressed at the closet
Head to the lounge. Eat breakfast at the table with Otto/Klara, then speak to everyone present (Chris is not there). Leave to see Chris. Head to the Parrot floor and speak with the Auctioneer. Today’s target is Otto and we need to investigate him
Use the sun key for Otto’s room. After the scene, return to the lobby and go to the library. Interact with the bookshelf and read the books on the Secret Room and Stolen Artwork for another coin. Look up the Gold Pocket Watch. We have three coins, so go to the lounge puzzlebox. Return to Noah’s bedroom. Look in the bag on the bed. After the scene, go the sun floor
In Otto’s room, check the Old Bag in the seating area. Next to Otto is a Trash Can. On the desk is a Telephone. At the foot of the bed is a Tie and Leather Shoes, as well as a Bucket of Water. On the bookshelf is a Steak Plate, a Diary, and a File Box
Outside, the lights are now on. Check all springing, starting with the one next tot eh door (Gold Medal, Photo of Younger Sister, Straw Hat, Pile of Sand, Stew Pot, and Teddy Bear)
Return to the Parrot floor. It’s a reward from Director X. After the conversation, go back to Otto’s room. Go back to the library and ask Hell to look up Estate Clearance
Go to the Secret Gallery and out in the code. Back to the parrot room. Go back to Otto’s floor and speak to him. His success is to our benefit

Chapter 2 – Auction

Phase 1

Otto and his sister at the park. She had the Pile of Sand
In the storehouse would be a File Box
Whenever the man was over, he would have the Steak Plate

Phase 2

4. Benefactor comes to visit for dinner (has to be here, dad dies in next slot)
7. Sister in sandbox
10. Storehouse job

Phase 3
Otto’s deep belief is that his father is worthless and he doesn’t like to admit any strengths he had or influence he had on Otto
These are going to make way more sense if you read over the descriptions of the pieces in the Menu word cloud
We have four errors

The Olympic Poster says it was displayed somewhere. It should instead be where Mira’s Photo is.
The Leather Shoes are a lie. Remember, Otto was broke when he hired in. They should be Worn-Out Spikes
The bucket of Water should be the Old Dumbell. (The descriptions for the Bucket of Water says Otto became strong through lifting the bucket, but he’s lying and his strength came from his fathers equipment)
The Bundle of Money is hard to nail down, but since it’s a large sum of money, it can’t be in any of the early scenes when they were poor. It would be to be after it became workless: replace The Diary with Bundle of Banknotes.

Phase 4

Something Arash once won: Gold Medal
Arash hands him something as the text describes a drink: Sports drink
An improvised weight for training: The Tire
Something valuable in a time of hunger: Military Ration