Chapter 31

Follow our guide to navigate the treacherous underwater chapter of Inside, featuring the fast and deadly Mermaids. Learn how to use the submarine's spotlight to your advantage and find the secret orb for the 'A Tableau' achievement.

As soon as you enter this area, you'll see a creepy little swimming creature ahead. Just for the hell of it, I'm going to call it a Mermaid. The mermaids will appear from now on in underwater areas and are extremely fast and similar to Guard Dogs we encountered earlier. If you allow a Mermaid to grab onto the submarine it will smash the windows, destroying it and killing you in the process. The good news is, similar to the Boos in the original Super Mario games, as long as you have the submarine's spotlight shining on the Mermaid, it will not attack and will actually back off to a safe distance.

Pilot the submarine past the Mermaid and across the room to the right. As you go, keep an eye on the Mermaid and as it approaches you, turn to aim the spotlight at it for a few seconds to have it back off before resuming. Continue to do this until you pass through a door to the next room.

Upon entering the next room, immediately look above the entrance to spot a door above. Use a boost attack on the wooden bar here to drop the door over the opening to keep the Mermaid out.

Move to the top of the area and locate the weak wooden section of ceiling in the centre of this room. Use a charge attack to launch the submarine through it to reach a large, open area above.

The path to the next area can be found to the right but before we continue further, at this point we'll be able to locate another Secret Orb for an Achievement.

Achievement/Secret Orb Location

Pilot the submarine as far as you can to the left. You'll reach a large concrete wall with a ladder around halfway up and a pair of supports extending below it. Dive under the water a short way and use a boost to have the submarine leap from the water and into the supports. Do this a couple of times until a platform falls down below the ladder.

At this point, park the submarine beneath the platform and climb on top of it. Jump to the platform and then up to the ladder. At the top of this you'll find a Secret Orb we can interact with to unlock the ‘A Tableau' Achievement.

Return to the main body of water and continue to the right. When you reach the beach, climb out and proceed up the hill until you reach a door.