Blackwell Epiphany

Blackwell Epiphany

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Save files for getting some pesky achievements (Snow Plow, Softly Softly, others)
By moribund
Import these save files to get some of the missable achievements in the game. Instructions included for getting the achievements when loading the game
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Introduction
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!
This is intended for people who have beaten The Blackwell Epiphany once and want to get the missable achievements without playing through the entire game again. If you haven't yet completed the game, you should do that first before doing any of this!

SPECIAL REQUEST
These save files should work, but please check the comments for verification. If there is no comment verifying success/failure, please leave a comment to let me know if the save file you used let you get the achievement or not! I'm not certain how to test them since I already have the achievements. I can edit the guide to remove any that do not work, and I may be able to replace a file with one that works (assuming the game doesn't completely prevent getting achievements in this manner).

UPDATE: I have received confirmation that these worked for someone other than me!
Files
Here is a page with a download link for each save file: https://pastebin.com/fm4PQkqP

For reference in case you download them all and only want to add the ones you don't have:
  • agssave.050 = Snow Plow
  • agssave.051 = Laying it Bear
  • agssave.052 = Move on and Listen
  • agssave.053 = Softly Softly
  • agssave.054 = Ghostly Silent
  • agssave.055 = Goldfarb Digger
  • agssave.056 = Dumpster Jumper
  • agssave.057 = Blowey Mallone (may not work)
  • agssave.058 = Blowey Mallone (backup, but this also may not work)
  • agssave.059 = Epiphany
Download the save files you want and save them to your The Blackwell Epiphany saved games folder.
For me, this was in
C:\Users\<MY NAME>\Saved Games\Blackwell Epiphany
(replace <MY NAME> with whatever your Windows user name is)

This is the default save location for me on Windows. You may need to look elsewhere for your save files, especially if you use macOS or Linux. I can add the path to the guide if you let me know where to find the files on your OS in the comments.
Getting the achievements
Launch The Blackwell Epiphany after you have added these save files to your save folder. For each achievement, follow the directions after loading the corresponding save file (the in-game save file name should match the achievement).

Note: For Move on and Listen, go to options and enable commentary before loading the save.

Snow Plow
Walk around as Rosa. Joey should make a comment and you should get the achievement when the dialog finishes.

Laying It Bear
Talk to Auntie Laurie. She should explain why she gave Rosangela Griff the Bear and you should get the achievement when the dialog finishes.

Move on and Listen (Turn on commentary before loading this save!)
As Joey, hand the totem (his tie in your inventory) to Madeline. The achievement should trigger once you get to the credits after all of the ending scenes.

Softly Softly
As Joey, hand the totem (his tie in your inventory) to Madeline. The achievement should trigger once you get to the credits after all of the ending scenes.

Note: You M A Y get the Deception achievement for this one as well. I may not have triggered all of the required dialogs for it, though, so PLEASE let me know in the comments if you did or did not get the Deception achievement with Softly Softly. Make sure you didn't already have it, of course!

Ghostly Silent
As Madeline, talk to Joey and say Danny is important to him. Select any of the next dialog options and get through the scenes until you are Rosangela in the interrogation room. When questioned by officer Cory Palmer, always choose to stay silent (the last dialog option). Choose to stay silent when Durkin talks to you, then just get through the rest of the dialog with him. The achievement should trigger shortly after leaving the interrogation room.

Goldfarb Digger
As Joey, use his tie in your inventory on the portrait between the emergency exit and the bar. The achievement should trigger shortly after entering the hidden room.

Dumpster Jumper
Click on the ladder to the left of Rosangela and pick any dialog option (they all should work; I clicked the first one when I did it). You should get the achievement shortly after she grabs the ladder.

Blowey Mallone (may not work)
As Joey, use his wind power in your inventory on Jim Peebles (the man at the desk). The achievement should trigger after Joey says he twitched a bit.

NOTE: I may have miscounted a bit while I was doing my last playthrough. If it does not trigger, try advancing the game until you get to Maggie Fielding and using wind on her, or use the Blowey Mallone (backup) save file. Please let me know which of these achievements works or if neither works in the comments. Two comments so far saying this one doesn't work.

Epiphany
As Joey, talk to Rosangela (currently possessed by Madeline) and go through all of the dialog options. The achievement should trigger after you finish talking to her.
Conclusion
That's it! As I've already mentioned, please do let me know if any of these don't work so I can attempt to fix them or remove them from the guide (or delete the whole thing if nothing works, followed by crawling into a hole and dying of shame).

The inspiration for this guide was Alex_Alive's guide for Blackwell Unbound. A recent Adventure Game Studio (the game's engine) update seems to have made those files incompatible, unfortunately, but I admired the idea enough to do it for this game.
14 Comments
Adsarth 11 Jan @ 11:04pm 
Thanks a lot!
Capri 14 Mar, 2024 @ 4:07am 
thank you for the save. I used softly softly and it worked.
Finner 26 Sep, 2023 @ 2:50am 
Softly Softly worked a treat - big thanks!
Mavi 16 Jul, 2023 @ 8:00am 
Also cheat engine allows you to speed up the game. That with spamming esc and space helped the achievement hunting process significantly.
Mavi 16 Jul, 2023 @ 7:59am 
I have just tried save 50 and 58.

While 50 worked nearly immediately by walking slightly at the exact spot, for 58 i did blow on the girl at the scene, then i continued to story till hospital and blew on both doctor and receptionist. Then i got the blowey mallone achievement. I can confirm 58 works with some extra steps.

Thank you for sharing
LadyLokari 2 Apr, 2023 @ 4:44pm 
I used the first four files, and they all worked beautifully. I did also get Deception with the Softly Softly file. Thank you so much for these!
alenjenny 7 Jan, 2023 @ 6:35am 
Yes, unfortunately it doesn't work. I followed your instructions to the latter and advanced the game until Maggie and blew on her. still nothing. Second save does not work too. In the end, I started my own speed run through the game just for the achievement alone and got it after I blew on Dr Quentin and the receptionist. Thanks though for the effort. Got Softly Softly from your save, so that is a huge help for avoiding another playthrough.
moribund  [author] 7 Jan, 2023 @ 6:23am 
Sorry about the Blowey Mallone achievement. Does it not work when moving ahead further into the game as mentioned in the Note? Weird that it seemed to work for the first commenter. I'll add an update that it may not work.
alenjenny 6 Jan, 2023 @ 7:07pm 
Unfortunately, neither of the saves work for Blowey Mallone.
Happy.Cerberus 2 May, 2022 @ 10:08am 
Softly Softly does give Deception, however I couldn't get Blowey Mallone from either save.