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The Sinking City 2

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Follow The Sinking City 2 Silence Is Golden walkthrough to investigate Joy's Apartment, find key evidence like the bloody sewing machine, and solve the Retrocognition vision.

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Follow The Sinking City 2 Silence Is Golden walkthrough to investigate Joy's Apartment, find key evidence like the bloody sewing machine, and solve the Retrocognition vision.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Use the phone booth (a fast travel system) to travel to Advent Central.
  2. 2
    Head to the Oakmont University Library in Advent.
  3. 3
    Interact with Joy Hayden. You will have several dialogue options, including "Tell me.", "I won't tell anyone.", "Who is She?", and "I'll help you.".
  4. 4
    After the conversation, you will receive "An incident in Joy's flat" and "The key to Joy's flat" in your Casebook (your quest log).
  5. 5
    Leave the library and return to the Advent Central phone booth.
  6. 6
    Use the phone booth to travel to The Shells West.
  7. 7
    Go south on Liberty Rd and turn left onto Hawking Ln.
  8. 8
    Enter the house on the right with a crooked H-shaped sign on the door illuminated from above. This is Joy's Apartment.
  9. 9
    Head upstairs and enter apartment one.
  10. 10
    Interact with Ginger's body on the rug. Be aware that being near it may affect Reed's sanity.
  11. 11
    Interact with the bloody page on the desk to the left to find "A message in blood" (Evidence 1/7).
  12. 12
    Interact with the weird teddy bear on the same desk and examine its nose to find the "Dog skin teddy bear" (Key Evidence 1/7).
  13. 13
    Interact with the bloody symbol on the wall by the desk to find "Granny Weaver's sign" (Evidence 2/7).
  14. 14
    Interact with the sewing machine against the wall to find the "Bloody sewing machine" (Key Evidence 2/7).
  15. 15
    Interact with the poster of Joy Hayden on the wall by the bed to find "Joy Hayden: Solo Concert / Music Hall (cancelled)" (Evidence 3/7).
  16. 16
    Interact with the statuette on the nightstand and examine its nameplate to find "Joy Hayden: Golden Voice award" (Evidence 4/7).
  17. 17
    Interact with the dog bowl between the bed and dog mat to find "Pet accessories" (Key Evidence 3/7).
  18. 18
    Interact with the letter on the coffee table to find "Letter from Joy's parents" (Evidence 5/7).
  19. 19
    Interact with the camera by the boarded door and examine its lens to find the "Melted camera" (Key Evidence 4/7).
  20. 20
    Enter the Retrocognition vision (a supernatural ability to see past events) near the door to Joy's apartment.
  21. 21
    Find the four critical scenes within the vision: near the bloody symbol, near the sewing machine, near the pet accessories, and near the melted camera.
  22. 22
    Mark the scenes in chronological order: 1. near the pet accessories, 2. near the sewing machine, 3. near the melted camera, 4. near the bloody symbol.
  23. 23
    After the vision, you will receive "An uninvited guest" (Key Evidence 5/7) in your Casebook.
  24. 24
    Leave Joy's apartment. You can interact with the door to apartment two.
  25. 25
    Use Mind's Eye (another supernatural ability) to reveal omens. Follow these omens downstairs to the locked basement door.
  26. 26
    Open the basement door with Reed's lockpicking shovel and head down.
  27. 27
    Clear the basement of wylebeasts (monstrous enemies). You will gain approximately +174 XP (experience points).
  28. 28
    Look at the boxes on the shelf closest to the foot of the stairs with Mind's Eye to dispel an illusion, revealing "An iron key" (Key Evidence 6/7). Interact with it.
Tips
  • Pay close attention to the order of events during the Retrocognition vision; getting it wrong may require replaying the sequence.
  • Using Mind's Eye is crucial for finding hidden clues and progressing in the investigation.
  • Be prepared for combat in the basement; wylebeasts can be dangerous.
  • "An incident in Joy's flat" [CASEBOOK, Silence Is Golden]
  • "The key to Joy's flat" [CASEBOOK, Silence Is Golden]
  • "A message written in blood" [CASEBOOK, Silence Is Golden]
  • "Dog skin teddy bear"
  • "Granny Weaver's sign"
  • "Bloody sewing machine"
  • "Joy Hayden: Solo Concert / Music Hall (cancelled)"
  • "Joy Hayden: Golden Voice award"
  • "Pet accessories"
  • "Letter from Joy's parents" [LORE, Correspondence]
  • "Melted camera"
  • "An uninvited guest" [CASEBOOK, Silence Is Golden]
  • "An iron key" [CASEBOOK, Silence Is Golden]
  • +174 XP (estimation)

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