Hi, this is Mari, the producer/writer of DTDB. We made this guide to help beta players and thought, hell, why not share it with everyone too?

We still want to encourage you to go through at least one playthrough without the guide, to experience the game in its entirety. Don't be too worried, you can't get stuck :)

But if you just have that *one* contradiction you just can't find and it's driving you crazy, or you've already finished one playthrough, but are looking to collect all the endings and achievements, this guide is for you.

If you have a contradiction but don't know what it is, you can check using the following break-down:

Current perspective: Magician


Current perspective: Detective

The following sections will involve spoilers, with the minor ones untagged. We recommend coming back after you have finished at least one playthrough ;)

There are a total of 10 endings. There are two versions of a character in front of Hattie's grave, and then 8 individual character endings.

When you see conditions listed out like this: (1) and (2), they both need to be fulfilled in this playthrough to unlock the ending. However, there might be "or"s inside the condition where having either item is fine.

Hattie's Grave (Aideen Version)
(1) Magician has the item "Hattie's Big Plan" (Obtained by presenting "Echo's Jealousy" to Echo, or presenting "More Than Friends" to Aideen)
(2) Magician has the item "Best Friends", or the item "More Than Friends" (Best Friends can be obtained by presenting "Hattie" to Aideen when playing as the magician)

Hattie's Grave (Moses Version)
Unlocked by default if you *did not* fulfill the conditions for Aideen's Version

Aideen Ending
(1) Magician has item "More Than Friends" (Obtained by contradicting "Best Friends" and "Lover's Note" to Aideen)
(2) Detective visited Big Top at 15:00 to watch Aideen's fire-eating performance

Chip Ending
(1) Magician has met Richard Price, by visiting Moses' office anytime between 13:00-17:00
(2) Magician has item "Runaway Heir" (Obtained by contradicting "Expensive Hat Collection" and "Chip's Debt", or "Expensive Hat Collection" and "Chip's Jealousy" to Chip)

Echo Ending
Magician has contradicted "Echo's jealousy" and "Old Puppets" to Echo

Moses Ending
(1) Detective has presented "Moses" to Moses
(2) Magician has presented "Moses" to Moses
(3) Magician has item "Financial Crisis" (Obtained by entering Office any time between 13:00-17:00)

Rolf Ending
(1) Magician visited Stable at 11:00 or 12:00
(2) Magician has item "Broken Bolt" (Obtained by investigating the middle door in Stable area)
(3) Detective has item "Obsidian's Escape" (Obtained by presenting "Strange Bite Marks" to either Moses, Rolf, or Yan)

Aideen & Rolf Ending
(1) Unlocked both Aideen and Rolf's personal endings in this playthrough
(2) Detective has item "Secret Romance" (Obtained by presenting "Aideen's Statement (Updated)" to Aideen or Chip, or by presenting "Rolf's Statement (Updated)" to Rolf or Chip)

Tito Ending
Both Magician and Detective end the game with 7 or more max AP in this playthrough

Yan Ending
(1) Detective has presented "Lemon Pie" to Yan (Obtained by investigating the red lunch box in the fortune teller's tent)
(2) Magician has item "Young Prankster" (Obtained by presenting "Hattie" to Yan, or presenting "Yan" to Chip or Moses)

There are a total of 32 achievements.

When you see conditions listed out like this: (1) and (2), they both need to be fulfilled in this playthrough to unlock the achievement.

However, unlike endings, achievements are usually cumulative unless stated otherwise. This means, for example, the "unlock all endings" achievement doesn't mean you have to unlock all endings in one playthrough, just across multiple playthroughs.

• Objection!
  
• Getting into Character
  
• A Letter Delivery
  
• An Unexpected Update
  
• Grand Opening
  
• Wake Up Twice
  
• BANG!
  
• Who's the Traitor
  
• Case Closed

Star Reader: Get tarot readings from Tito for both magician & detective
Circus Sightseer: Visit every location in the circus
An Honorary Carnie: Unlock all optional character endings (Refer to the endings guide)
CG Collector: Unlock all CGs (Refer to the CG guide)
True Ringmaster: Unlock all achievements
A Taste for Humiliation: Tell everyone about being attacked

• Detective presented "Mysterious Attack" to Aideen, Chip, Echo, Moses and Yan

Chaos Personified: Learn about every one of Yan's prank stories

• (1) Magician presented "Young Prankster" to Alys, Chip, Echo and Moses
  
• (2) In one playthrough, Magician visited Stable area at 13:00-14:00 to see the Yan event, and then visited at 15:00-16:00 again to trigger the subsequent lion escape scene with Rolf

Superior Time Management: Reach 8 Max AP for both magician and detective
You can trigger the optional tasks for Magician by:

• Investigating the books behind Yan's bed in Train One
  
• Investigating the locked trunk on the wall in Train Two
  
• Contradicting "Financial Crisis" and "Hattie's Big Plan" to Moses

You can trigger the optional tasks for Detective by:

• Trying to click on Train Three on the map before 17:00
  
• Presenting "Hattie" to Yan before obtaining "Train 3 Key"
  
• Investigating the drawer in Train Three

Master Logician: Finish all deduction without any mistake
This one needs to be done in one playthrough, but can be helped with saving/loading
Dream Sequence Part 1

• Present "Shattered Trophy"
  
• Choose "You had broken the trophy before I ever saw it."
  
• Choose "7 o'clock… on which day?"
  
• Choose "You were here yesterday (Saturday)."
  
• Choose "To take over my identity."
  
• Present "Mysterious attack"

Dream Sequence Part 2

• Present "Circus Flier"
  
• Present "Secrets in the Circus"
  
• Blacked out to avoid spoilers but just put them in the following order:

Dream Sequence Part 3

• Choose "The same person that ambushed me in the train car"
  
• Choose "Is probably the killer."
  
• Choose Alys

For "When", either:

• Present "Rolf's Statement (Updated)"
  
• Contradict "Rolf's Statement" & "Aideen's Statement (Updated)"
  
• Present "Echo's Statement"
  
• Contradict "Echo's Statement" with "Rolf's Statement"

For "How", either

• Present "Autopsy Report", or contradict "Autopsy Report" with "Photo of the Crime Scene", or contradict "Autopsy Report" with "Trick Revealed"
  
• Present "Trick Revealed", or contradict "Trick Revealed" with "Photo of the Crime Scene"
  
• Present "The Successor"

For "Why", either

• Contradict "Irreplaceable" with "Hattie's Big Plan", or presenting one while having the other in collection
  
• Present "The Successor", or contradict "The Successor" with "Irreplaceable"

• Rise From the Ashes: Unlock Aideen's ending
  
• Clown Empire: Unlock Chip's ending
  
• F**k Off: Unlock Echo's ending
  
• Family Dinner: Unlock Moses' ending
  
• Quiet Life: Unlock Rolf's ending
  
• No, Stay: Unlock Aideen&Rolf's bonus ending
  
• It's Just Divination: Unlock Tito's ending
  
• Unconventional Job: Unlock Yan's ending

Do not Flinch: Stare down the barrel of a gun without flinching
Pebbles Only Sink: A story about fairy tales

• Magician visited backstage at 16:00 to trigger Alys and Yan's argument scene

Still in her Eye; The Violets lie

• Magician has item "More Than Friends", obtained by contradicting "Best Friends" and "Lover's Note" to Aideen

Give every man thy ear; but few thy voice.

• Magician contradicted "Echo's Jealousy" and "Old Puppet" to Echo

Life & Still Life: Go through Alys' sketchbook

• Magician visited backstage any time between 13:00-15:00 to trigger the sketch event; And then, in the same playthrough, visit backstage again at 17:00-18:00 and investigate the clothes rack & the crescent moon prop

Illusion Breaker: Learn the trick behind "The Knife-throwing Act"

• Detective has item "Trick Revealed" (obtained by contradicting "The Knife-throwing Act" and "Nearsighted Glasses" to Aideen)

Note sometimes multiple images will be folded into one slot if they only changed slightly, the numbers on each slot inside the parenthesis will tell you how many images are in this slot.

If it looks like all the slots are filled but the achievement didn't unlock for you, please check Page 5's upper right and lower right slots specifically, since they require two separate events and maybe you don't have all three images in the slot.