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Lovecraft's Untold Stories - Official Q&A
By Blini games
Dear investigators! This is the official Q&A of Lovecrat's Untold Stories. We have gathered the most interesting questions that we received during the Early Access process, we have added our own, and we expect to receive more, so this Q&A should be a live document, in constant update, with the objective of throwing some light to the darkest corners of this game.
   
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Guide Index
Overview
Basic Gameplay 
The Sanity system 
Facing the Great Old Ones 
Technical doubts 
Future plans 
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Basic Gameplay
  1. Why do I have only available the Detective as playable character?
    When you start the game fresh, only the Detective is available. You will find new playable characters during the progress of the story.

  2. Can I buy/sell items?
    Yes. There are two shops in the game that you will find inside of the levels, randomly. One is the King in Yellow, which trades with Money, and the second one is The Writer, which trades with Info.
    Each shop offers a different type and sort of items, and some items are more valuable, depending on to whom you are selling them.

  3. I have the inventory full of books, What can I do with them?
    They are quite valuable for The writer. Sell them to get Info that you can use to buy useful stuff.

  4. I have found plenty of bones, but I dont know what to do with them.
    You can sell them to the King in yellow for 10$ a piece, or keep them in the Strange Room for the Witch. She can use them as explosive devices.

  5. When I throw an explosive with the Detective, I doesn’t go to the direction that I´m facing with the character. Why?
    If you play with keyboard and mouse, the mouse cursor defines the direction where you shoot, and also the direction to where you will throw the explosives, so it doesnt matter where you are running or facing. The same applies for special abilities of other characters, like the Teleportation of the Witch.

  6. I cannot go back to a location that I already played, Why?
    The stories in Lovecraft's Untold Stories are a one way ticket, so you cannot go back to a previous location in the same story. Alternatively, you can go back to the Main Menu, start a New Story, and in the level selection screen, you will be able to start from the last location that you completed.

  7. Insects from eggs, traumas, bleeding, poisoning, parasite, curses and other conditions and debuffs, how can I cure myself?
    • Insects trap: Use melee attack with the Detective, the Thief & the Ghoul. Use the Shield with the Professor. Use the Teleportation with the Witch.
    • Bleeding: Use Bandages or the Doctor's Bag.
    • Poisoning: Use the Antidote.
    • Traumas, Parasite: Use Essential salts or the Elder Sign Tablet
    • Mythos' curses: Use a Nodens' Conch.

  8. There are 5 totems or columns in the Strange Place with a pentagram in the middle, but I cannot do anything with them. What are those things?
    This is a very powerful device that opens special portals to the locations of the 5 Great Old Ones: Dagon, Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Shub-Niggurath & Azathoth. You will need certain items to activate each of the portals though. You can find those items in the locations of the game.

  9. I completed the 5th chapter with the Detective. Now Im in the Strange Place but the portal is closed, and I don’t know what to do.
    If you find yourself in the Strange Place, and the regular portal is closed, that means that your current story is completed. Now you have several options:
    • You can face a Great Old One, if you have any special portal opened.
    • You can start a New Story. If you choose to do this, first place every item of your character in the Storage, so you dont lose them, and you can start a New Story but with all your equipment.
The Sanity system
  1. How does Sanity work in Lovecraft’s Untold Stories?
    The characters will lose Sanity when they chose a wrong option in a minievent, or when facing specially terrible monsters, like the Great Old Ones, with the necessary preparation.
    Everytime you lose Sanity, the picture of your character will start to get covered by veins and thin tentacles. The more they are, the lower the sanity of the character.

    If your character starts to speak random phrases, be careful, because she/he will be about to go totally crazy and commit suicide. There are no more consequences for now (gameplay related) on losing Sanity.

    You can recover Sanity in certain minievents, by choosing the correct answer, or by eating chocolate.

  2. Why am I losing Sanity in the location of a Great Old One?
    The mere presence of a Great Old One is so alien and powerful for the humankind, that is enough to make a person go crazy. If you are in one of the Great Old One locations, and you see that you are losing sanity constantly, is because you haven´t gathered all the information about that Great Old One.
Facing the Great Old Ones
  1. How does the Great Old Ones Info system works?
    Scattered throughout every location of every playable character, there are very valuable items which provide information about the Great Old Ones. They are very well protected, and hidden, and they are your main goal in the game. Without them, you won´t get enough information about the Great Old Ones, and will lose sanity when you face them. If you get 100% information about a specific Great Old One, your mind will be well protected against the supernatural influence of that terrible being.

  2. How do I know that I found a Info item?
    Everytime that you find an item that provides information about the Great Old Ones, a window pops up to inform you about it.

  3. How do I know if I found every Info item with a character?
    We are not going to spoil you the fun of the search by telling you the exact location of those items, but what we can tell you is that, if you found one item in one location, you dont need to search more there, as there are no locations with 2 info items.

    With the exception of the Detective, no other character will find a Great Old One info object in their first level. Also, many of these items are hidden in sub-levels inside of each location, so killing a boss and leaving through the portal is not the way to get those items.

    You will see how many items are there in the game, by taking a look at the wall in the Strange Place. Those in black & white, are still missing.

    So with this, and a quick math, you will get that on each location (except the first one) there is one of these items hidden.
Technical doubts
  1. Can I save the progress in the middle of a location?
    Initially, you can only save the progress when you complete one location, but we are receiving mamy requests of our gamers, due to the length of certain levels, and we are thinking of a way to do certain Checkpoints in important places or moments, inside of one location. We will update you about this in a close future.

  2. The game is too difficult. Are you crazy!?
    MWAHAHAHA!!! Yes we are!! Nah, seriously. We know that our game is difficult, we never meant to do it easy or casual. We also know that the randomness of our game can create unfair situations, or even impossible, and we continue working on the balance of the game since day 1, and most probably we will continue tweaking it, after the release of the 1.0 version. Don´t worry guys, the team will continue working on the game every day, after its release, to make it even better.

  3. The enemies killed me while I was checking the inventory, is this a bug?
    No. It is not a bug, it is a feature. It is not a good idea to start searching inside of your backpack, when you have 5 crazy cultists attacking you. Try to check your inventory only when you know that you are in a safe place.

  4. I haven´t found any shop in one location, why?
    The shops also appear randomly when the level is generated so, it may be that there is no shop in that level. Also, they can be in a secret room. Try approaching the walls of the rooms and press the Opening key or button. If there is a secret room, a door will open. Alternatively, use the Eye of Azathoth item, that opens the whole map of the level, and you will see the secret rooms marked in red.
Future plans
  1. Will there be a mobile version?
    We have plans to make a mobile version in the future, but it all depends on the success of the PC game.

  2. Will there be a console version?
    Yes. We are working with a publisher to do the porting of the game to Nintento Switch, Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One. More updates to come about this.

  3. Will there be a Linux version?
    We have plans to make a Linux version in the future, but it all depends on the success of the PC game.

  4. Will there be a Mac version?
    We haven´t thought about it yet. It will depend on the potential demand.

  5. Any plans for a future DLC content?
    Of course. If the game is well accepted by the community, we will work on new content, levels, items, characters, etc... The world created by H.P. Lovecraft is HUGE and offers plenty of possibilities.

  6. Any plans for a multiplayer version?
    We cannot confirm it for now. It definitely depends on the success of the game, but we would love to do it, though :)

  7. Will you localize the game to other languages?
    Yes. Surefire Games, our Chinese partner, released not long ago the Only Chinese version of Lovecraft's Untold Stories, and after the release of the multilingual version, we want to localize the game to other languages.
Haven´t found your question?
If you haven´t found your doubt here, please write a comment, or create a post in our forum. We will continue updating the Q&A with the most interesting questions received.

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McLovin 14 Jun @ 6:26am 
Is there any guide about buffs and debuffs ? I cannot find anything anywhere, i see some icons next to my name, no idea what they give/take 🤦
svonrotz8 19 Mar @ 7:56pm 
Hi! I just played through the Thief character. I found a crowbar toward the beginning, but could do nothing with it. There were crates of bottles, but I never received any option to open them. What is the crowbar used for??
Detherok 17 Feb @ 12:18pm 
Hi I'd like to ask about content creation for Your game are there any limitations on what can be used in game footage?
Blini games  [author] 13 Apr, 2024 @ 5:33am 
Hello. You have to open the "Ocean Breeze" boat using the Gold key. Please tell me if that helped.
DarkJixx242 12 Apr, 2024 @ 9:15pm 
Hi, I have a question, I go with the detective and have keys of the boats, and when i go to the boats the kays not Open the boats, it's my first run, please help
Blini games  [author] 21 Nov, 2023 @ 8:45pm 
Hello LevitatingBusnessMan, you need to play with Keyboard and Mouse. The mouse cursor shows where you aim when you shoot and where you throw the explosives, related to the character.
Levitating 19 Nov, 2023 @ 11:49am 
How can I play with just the keyboard? Everything seems to work, except the throwing of tnt. Throwing molotovs seems to happen in the direction I am facing.
Blini games  [author] 13 May, 2022 @ 4:53pm 
Kisnak, if you want to play again the hospital, put all the objects of the character in the box of the Strange Place, and start a New Story. After you choose the same character you were playing with, the Detective I presume, you will be given the option of starting the story from the Hospital, the last level that you completed, and you will go first to the Strange Place, where you can recover your gear from the box.
Kisnak 13 May, 2022 @ 12:53pm 
hello. On the Hospital level, I found a teleporter back to the Strange Place, but how do I get back to the Hospital? If I go to the teleporter in the Strange Place, I will be teleported already to the 3rd chapter. I didn't finish the hospital. Is it possible to go back?
GothicRaven613 24 Apr, 2022 @ 8:23pm 
For some reason I'm unable to open the portal to Azathoth. I've completed the Ghoul's story and collected all the necessary information, but the console doesn't blink. Is this a bug, or is there something else I need to do?