Here is a complete walkthrough of the first seven chapters in Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
There are 23 chapters and five main playable characters in Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. There are more support characters with who you will be able to interact throughout the story mode. We have made a series of articles for a complete walkthrough for House of Ashes. In these articles, we will focus on all the premonitions, gameplay, important things to watch out for and choices which will help you with the game and help you keep all the characters alive. To start off we have added a complete walkthrough for the first seven chapters in House of Ashes.
Complete Walkthrough for the first seven chapters in Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Chapter 1: Prologue: Cursed
As the prologue begins, you will get used to what is the story of the game. The game will tell you about the Curse of Akkad and the fall of Naram-Sin’s empire. After that, players will get to know about the game mechanics. Fans will be controlling a character called Balathu, who Akkadian will accompany. Akkadian will not be a usable character, although both will die regardless of your choice during this chapter. You can find a Premonition next to the Helmet, which Balathu will inspect.
Chapter 2: The Briefing
The second chapter will also be just another part of the introduction. There will be a couple of important decisions you will have to take here. Apart from that, it’s mostly just the introduction. Also, make sure you inspect all the objects to discover more secrets in the game. However, there are two important decisions you must make. It would be best not to bring Phosphorous as this could kill Rachel King later in the game. Players should also choose whether to call Air Support or now. Either way, it does not change who dies, you will just get a different ending.
Chapter 3: The Raid
When you get to the third chapter of House of Ashes, you will first play with Salim. His commanding officer Dar will make him join the fight against the Americans despite it being his son’s birthday. After that, you will have control of Jason, where Iraqi Villagers are getting interrogated. In this chapter, you will find a Premonition: Disarmed inside one of the rooms inside the villager’s house. You will need to get over some obstacles, aim, and shoot to kill enemy soldiers in a quick time event. One of the critical decisions here is not to hit the civilian, or Salim will shoot you and as this affects The Semper Fi Bearing.
Chapter 4 Underworld
From now on, you will face the real challenges. Starting this chapter, you will be controlling Nick, and soon you will meet up with Jason and Merwin. There is a Premonition here, and you will find Prominition: Squeeze inside a room beside the Statue’s giant hand. As Nick and Jason make their way through the underground, they meet Merwin and Clarice. Merwin would be tied to the ropes of the parachute while Clarice will try to help him get free. She will eventually be taken away by something, but you will be able to free Merwin and get him to a safe spot. There are some Quick time events here that might lead to death. Remember not to choke out Merwin when you are trying to help stop him bleeding.
Chapter 5: Pazuzu
At the beginning of this chapter, you will get to control Salim. As you move, you will find the dead body of a dead Iraqi Soldier. You will find the Daylight Premonition in this chapter near the dead, lifeless body. Remember not to jump across the bridge first or you will not be able to come back to the body again. There is a critical decision and a quick time event here. As you go inside, you will face one creature, which will eventually chase after you. Make sure you choose to run and complete the quick time event so that Salim does not fall over. This creature will die once you are back in the central area as a truck will fall and kill it.
After this scene, you will now control Eric. Eric and Rachel will be on their way down to the temple. Try using a friendly tone with Rachel all the time as Eric is trying to get back with her. You will find the Fallen Premonition inside the Tunnel Rachel goes, after you see a fork go down inside the tunnel and take a right. Eric and Rachel will then come across the Pazuzu statue and other secrets of this hidden underground world. After you stop exploring, they both will head down, and a new chapter will start.
Chapter 6: The Temple
Out of these seven chapters of the House of Ashes, this chapter’s walkthrough is essential as you will need to make many right decisions. Your main goal after you head down into the temple is to get the generator up and running. Players should again take their time and explore this place to find more secrets and collectables. You will find the ultraviolet Premonition here, it will be in a small room if they go to the opposite side of the larger chamber. The Premonition will be beside where you will see the “Creature Features” secret. You will also find one of Randolph’s journals inside a small tent next to the gasoline canisters.
You will need duct tape and gasoline to get the generator up and rolling. You will find the duct tape on a desk and the gas near a small tent. Make sure on all cut scenes you are using a friendly tone when you interact with Rachel. After you have managed to turn the generator on, the gameplay will now switch to Jason, where an enemy will be chasing him, Nick, and Merwin. When you are running along with Merwin, you should perfectly do all the quick time events, or it could end in Merwin dying. Remember to choose the sloped area when you reach a fork while running with Jason and Merwin.
After that, the game will take you back to Eric and Rachel. You will again be controlling Rachel, Eric would want to get back to Rachel, but he doesn’t know she already is dating Nick. However, you will have to admit there is someone else in your life. He will find soon that it’s Nick, but you should be nice to Eric all the time as this affects the Death bearing. Dar will come and open fire on our couple after the touching moment ends between them. The scene will again switch to Jason and others, and here make sure you don’t let Merwin stay behind, or else he will die if you choose to leave him behind.
Chapter 7: Breaking Up
The chapter starts with Eric and Rachel running away from Dar. There are multiple death possibilities during the quick-time events, which you can avoid by completing the quick-time events. Remember to cut the rope the first time because if you don’t and fail the quick events earlier, Dar will catch you. He will shoot Eric down, and he will get killed when he falls on a stalagmite. However, he will still die if you complete all the quick events before and decide not to cut the ropes the first and second time. Keeping Eric could be helpful if you are looking to keep all the characters in the game alive and get a different ending.
