In this The Sinking City Deal with the Devil Walkthrough, we will detail the walkthrough of the sixth chapter of the game. This is the 6th main case you encounter in the game and it is called Deal with the Devil
This case begins right after you return from Temple of Dagon, where Reed has to find Ebernote Blackwood once again. You have to find out who stole the seal and then retrieve it.
The Sinking City Deal with the Devil Walkthrough
Below we detailed the walkthrough od Deal with the Devil
Visit the Hospital
This case will begin after the Nosedive case. You will find yourself in Hospital of St. Mary with The Seal is Missing clue. Go and talk to Johannes van der Berg who will tell you how you got here. You will also learn that a Seal has disappeared and you must retrieve it.
You will then unlock two clues, Van der Ber’s Address, and Getting My Bearings. Additionally, you will also get a new Firebomb gadget. If you decided to cooperate with Harriet in the previous case, you will learn that that Harriet has died, and you can visit the body in the basement of the morgue. Next to Harriet’s body you will find the Coroner’s Report.
Finding Billy Drunnon
For this part, you have to go to the ground floor of the hospital to talk to Dr. Grant. Ask him how you got here in the hospital. He will tell you that it was a Good Samaritan Billy Drunnon.
Your next task is to locate Billy. Use the hospital archive and select the Good Samaritan as the evidence. Select Patients as Subjects, and After the Flood as Period. Lastly, select Therapy in the Department category.
You will find out that Billy Drunnon frequently visits the Seven Oaks bar. Go to the bar and approach the bartender and ask him about Billy. Or, you can go directly to talk to Billy. He is recognizable by wearing a yellow scarf. Ask him all the questions in the conversation. Give Billy 1 cartridge to buy another drink, and you will discover the Washed Up on the Calm Shore clue.
Head to Calm Shore
Go to Calm shore, which will be very close to the bar. Once you get here, you will have to fight many small enemies. Deal with them, and then begin your exploration of the area. You can find two containers to get some loot that contains some material for crafting ammo.
Look at the corpses without faces and activate the Mind’s Eye to follow the signs of the flying creatures, to get to the symbol on the rock. There is a dagger next to the corpse that you can use with the Mind’s Eye as well. It will show you the past where a person is stabbed.
Watch the suit and once again use the Mind’s eye where you will see the moment that the Seal was stolen. Inspect the scratches on the rocks. When a blue cloud appears, go into retrocognition and follow the correct sequence. The first is the taking of the suit with Reed out of water. Next is Taking Reed from the beach. Last is the man screams to leave Reed and the Monsters appear.
You will conclude that blackwood caught Reed but was surprised by Drunnon. Blackwood also stole the seal. Go back t the bar, and ask the bartender about the location of the Blackwood Manor.
Blackwood Manor
Now you have to go to the Blackwood Manor which will be marked on the map of Oakland, in Grimhaven Bay. To get inside, you have to go to the backyard of the building and check the corpse on your way there. Examine the inaccessible back door form the picture. Engage the Mind’s Eye and then go the entrance to make the brick illusion disappear.
Now you can use the back door to enter the Blackwood Manor.
Explore Blackwood Manor
You will have to fight some monsters here on the first floor. Search the container that contains some loot, and then proceed upstairs. There will be more monsters here, but loot the container and look at the painting.
Now head down back to the first floor and inspect the locked door with eye icon on it. Start your Mind’s Eye and follow the figure of the character. You have to go down to the first level of the basement and find the wall-illusion shown in the picture. Now bring the symbols closer together to make the illusion disappear.
Before you head down, explore the first level of the basement. When approaching the characters drawn on the floor, a big monster will appear. Run all over the basement when youre attacked by this creature. In this area, you will find a chest with a minor loot, a first-aid kit and some ammunition. Go down to the second level of the basement and continue the exploration
Look for the objects on the table that is left of the altar. To the right of the altar is a place where you can see symbols. Use the Mind’s Eyes to remove the illusion. You will unlock access to a small room of graves. Look at the most recent placed grave. Get back to the altar and lift the large boulder to activate the Mind’s Eye. You will now see the image of a failed ritual
You will also find the Ritual long on the altar. You need to open the Mind Palace and coming to the clues; Burial and Ebernote’s Ritual. This will unlock the Ebernote’s rituals were deadly clue. Look for the blue cloud and to retrocognition. Put them in the correct sequence of events which are Ebernote leads to Gordon to the basement, Failed ritual, and Gordon’s Burial.
After all this, you will conclude that the Ebernote had failed ritual with the participation of men who died. Ebernote is now looking for a new stronger man for the next ritual. Open the Mind Palace again. Combine the clues: Ebernote has the Seal and Focus from Cthygnaar – you will unlock deduction: Ritual has been improved. Click on the new entry marked with the question marks. You can choose one of two possible deductions – Rituals are done to fail or Ritual could save me.
Get back to the altar and inspect it this time. You will get the Manore Key. Engage in Mind Palace and follow the ravens. This will take you to the top floor where there is an office. Look at the image of the artifact on the table. Once the symbols align the illusion will disappear. You can now take Blackwood’s Diary.
Head back down to the first floor and look for the door with an Eye symbol on it. Use the key to unlock it and head inside. Look at the picture on the wall, and read the LEtted to I. Blackwood. Now pick up the picture of the creatures entering the water and read the message Come Unto the Sea! Finally, open Mind Palace, and combine the Black Exodus and Palace of Pilgrimage clues. This will unlock Finding the Cannery
Finding the Cannery
To find the canary, you first have to visit Oakmont City hall and use the archive. Select Finding the Cannery as analysis, and then Enterprises as Subject category. Next choose 19th Century as Period, and Grimhaven Bay as District. This will give you the information about the Blackwood Marsh Cannery.
Explore Blackwood Marsh Cannery
The cannery is located near the port in the central part of Grimhaven Bay. When you enter the building, you will find a few men, but do not attack them. Talk to one of the men and you will learn that they represent The Yellow Kings. Open the Mind Palace and combine the clues: The Chosen go mad, and I was woken by a nightmare. This will give you The Seed will drive me mad deduction.
Now you can start exploring the cannery. Go to the stairs leading to the floor. You will find a closet with some loot in it. Head upstairs and you will find another locker. There is also a table with a few leftovers.
On the second floor, inspect the podium that has the eye icon on it. Check the map hanging on the wall, and use the Mind’s Eye to look at the picture from the past. Open up the Mind Palace, and connect the Monitoring the Chosen and Ebernote’s Ritual clues together. This will give you Ebernote fights the curse. This will give you the two final deductions: abandon Ebernote’s Plan, or accept his help in lifting the curse.
Pick up the letter E. Blackwood form the desk on the second floor. Stay near the table and use your Mind’s Eye to align the symbols. The books will disappear and the factory key will appear.
Now you have to go down the stairs to the first floor and continue the exploration. Search the locker for some loot. Use the key to open the main room in the basement. To the right will be the altar where you will find the Ancient Prophecy. Take the Seal of Cthygnaar from the altar.
Meet Ebernote
When you go back to the first floor of the cannery, you will meet Ebernote. You can either decide to go with the ritual or reject it. If you decide to go with it, go back to the basement and interact with the altar. This when you will lay down for the ritual.
When you get control back, take the Seal of Cthygnaar and examine Blackwood’s body. This will start retrocognition where you see that Reed’s body is levitating over the altar. Reed Walks away from the altar, little tentacles. Men fighting, big tentacles.
You conclude that the Ritual Went Wrong and that Ebernote Blackwood died because of it.
The other options involve you denying the ritual, and taking the Seal of Cthygnaar. This will prompt a fight with Ebernote and the monsters that he summons. This will give you the I Killed Blackwood clue.
Meeting van der Berg
The final part of the case involves you analyzing the clue given to you at the start of the investigation, Van der Berg’s Address. Go to the Crown Theater and reach the place from north to avoid running into monsters.
The main entrance will be blocked off, but you can examine the police barricade and then explore the alley to the right of the Theater building. There will be some monsters there. Try to fight them away from civilians, to make sure the police stays away too.
After the fight, search the alley – you will find two containers with lots of small loot and a dead police officer. Reach the side entrance to the theater. The lock on the door is bigger, hit it several times with a melee weapon or use one bullet. When you enter the theater, go to the stage with the dead van der Berg.
Read more The Sinking City guides:
- Beginner’s Guide
- Skills Guide
- Investigation Guide
- Fast Travel Guide
- Frosty Welcome Walkthrough
- Lost At Sea Walkthrough
- Quid Pro Quo Walkthrough
- Fathers and Sons Walkthrough
- Nosedive Walkthrough
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