The most important early choice is the tea: sleeping aid and old laxative unlock different achievements. Enter 5364 in the dream, then collect the Gear Boy, batteries and basement cartridge before ending the Chapter.
If you still need the story beat that leads here, pick it up again in Chapter 1: Strange Neighbors.
Chapter 1 Achievement Checklist
Use this list before a late sequence. The Chapter route explains the normal story order; this guide keeps the missable timing and replay risks in one place.
Charley's Pony
Complete Chapter One.
Story: Finish Strange Neighbors.
Go to Sleep
Use the quiet tea solution.
Missable: Mix Addison tea with the sleeping aid and give it to Charley.
Irritable Bowels
Use the alternative tea solution.
Missable: Mix Addison tea with the old laxative and give it to Charley.
Metalhead
Listen to Sanity's Fall.
Missable: Ask Larry to play the song twice during the Chapter.
The Unknown
Find three hidden supernatural sights.
Missable: Inspect the hidden body, boarded eye and demon in Larry's kitchen.
A Dark Secret
Learn about Larry's curse.
Missable: Complete the optional conversations that lead Lisa to discuss the curse.
House of the Wretched
Finish the Gear Boy game.
Missable: Use 5364 in the prologue, collect the Gear Boy, batteries and cartridge, then complete every chapter.
Visual Clues
Where Players Get Stuck
Secure the 5364 route in the dream
Read the four visual clues and enter 5364 at the keypad. The correct code matters later for the Gear Boy achievement path, even though the door can be opened another way.
Build the Gear Boy route before the investigation ends
Pick up the Gear Boy in Sal's bedroom, batteries from the kitchen, the basement access route from Lisa, and the game cartridge from Lost and Found. Complete every available Gear Boy chapter before concluding.
Clear the three hidden sightings
For The Unknown, inspect the morgue body, the boarded wall-eye on the fifth floor, and the demon in Larry's kitchen. Do this while the building remains open for exploration.
Choose and record a tea outcome
Use sleeping aid with Addison tea for Go to Sleep, or the old laxative for Irritable Bowels. Finish one path, then replay the Chapter for the other.
Before You Finish Chapter 1
- Entering a random dream code and losing the clean Gear Boy route.
- Leaving the basement without the cartridge.
- Assuming both tea achievements can be unlocked in one Chapter run.
- Entering a dream code before locating every clue.
- Leaving the basement without checking Lost and Found for the Gear Boy cartridge.
- Treating one conversation as final when new dialogue can unlock after discoveries.
- If an achievement fails to appear after a clean run, compare the condition against the full achievement checklist before replaying.
Questions Players Ask
What is the Sally Face Chapter 1 code?
The dream keypad code is 5364.
Can I get both tea achievements in Chapter One?
Not in one run. Replay the Chapter and choose the alternate tea mixture.
How do I get The Unknown achievement?
Find the hidden body, wall-eye and demon in Larry's kitchen during the Chapter One exploration route.