Chapter 1 · playable now
Chapter One: The Nightwatch Ledger
What happened in the Halcyon Ward on 12 November 1986
Ten rooms, twelve evidence files, four surveillance recordings and one night shift that three separate documents describe three different ways. Somewhere between the security office and the ward is the version that is true.
The rooms
Where the night takes place. What is in each of them is for you to find.
- Reception and Records Ground floor · Records
- Medical Corridor B Ground floor · Corridor B
- Security Office Ground floor · Security
- Observation Room Three Ground floor · Observation 3
- Staff Locker Room Ground floor · Staff
- Communications Closet Ground floor · Comms
- Cold Sample Vault Ground floor · Cold store B
- Director Vance's Office First floor · Directorate
- Sub-level Stairwell Stairwell · Sub-level access
- The Halcyon Ward Sub-level · Ward
Achievements in this chapter
Hidden ones show a teaser until you earn them. None of them require a purchase.
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Common
Signed In
Complete the prologue and enter the building.
10 pts
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Uncommon
The Nightwatch Ledger
Complete Chapter One by any route.
40 pts
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Uncommon
Every Door
Visit all ten rooms of Chapter One.
25 pts
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Rare
Complete Record
Recover all twenty-two pieces of Chapter One evidence.
50 pts
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Rare
Red String
Make every correct connection on the evidence board.
45 pts
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Uncommon
Mechanically Minded
Solve all seven Chapter One puzzles.
40 pts
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Rare
Unassisted
Solve all seven Chapter One puzzles without taking a single hint.
60 pts
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Rare
Before the Shift Ends
Complete Chapter One in under forty-five minutes of play time.
50 pts
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Uncommon
On the Record
Listen to or read all six Chapter One recordings.
30 pts
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Uncommon
Picture Only
Review all four surveillance clips.
25 pts
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Uncommon
Filed
One of the three ways this night can end.
35 pts
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Uncommon
Played Once
One of the three ways this night can end.
35 pts
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Rare
The Fourteenth Hour
One of the three ways this night can end.
45 pts
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Legendary
All Three Nights
Reach all three Chapter One outcomes across separate runs.
80 pts
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Rare
The Engineer Who Does Not Exist
Somebody in this building is missing from every list, including the ones nobody would think to check.
40 pts
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Rare
Count Again
Something in this building does not add up, and it is not a metaphor.
35 pts
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Rare
Extension 114
There is a number you should not be able to reach.
45 pts
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Uncommon
Code 9
The symbol chart has one entry nobody wanted to write.
30 pts
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Rare
Thorough
Examine every hotspot in Chapter One.
55 pts
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Uncommon
Read, Not Heard
Complete Chapter One using only written transcripts, with audio muted throughout.
30 pts
ADRENOCHROME is a work of fiction. The Halcyon Research Complex, the Halcyon Protocol, Vessel Integrated Systems, every character, document, recording, chemical and event in this game are invented for entertainment. Nothing here describes real people, real organisations, or real events.