10. The Forgotten City Story Walkthrough: Endings 2 and 3

Ending 2: Using the Golden Bow

Talk to Galerius. You want to make sure to tell him to help everyone. If you don't, you lose out on a missable achievement. There also can't be any more time loops or you miss out on another achievement.

Return to the Magistrate's villa and try to enter the lower cistern, but Domitrius stops you first.

• "Yes, why?"
• "What did you do?"
• "That was a great story, but I'm still going down there."

You can now go through the doors. Descend the stairs, and gild the peeling statue. Make a left when you can and gild the vines leading up on the left when you reach the stairs. Gild the next vines and continue climbing. When you reach the top, turn around and gild the last of the vines. Jump and carefully climb the rest of the way. Entering the chamber resolves Water Under The Bridge. You should also unlock:

• Italian Plumber

  Enter the upper cistern in an unconventional way

  
  

You can now talk to the Captive.

• "...nobody sent me."
• "What is going on here?"

(Missing Person 4/4). This is where I unlocked:

• Sleuth

  Find all three missing persons

  
  

NOTE: I've read conflicting reports as to who you need to find for this achievement, all saying it's different characters. Here they are:

1. Naevia
2. Hermit Philosopher
3. Khabash
4. Sentilla

For me it unlocked once Sentilla said her name. It could be different for you. However, it has to be during the same playthrough.

• "Who did this to you?"
• "How has this not broken The Golden Rule?"
• "Where is the way out?"
• "What will you do if I release you?"
• "What about the others?"
• "What if I round everyone up so they're ready to escape, once The Golden Rule is broken?"
• "I'm sorry, but if I let you go, everyone else is going to die."
• "Not heartless. Just rational. Our escape isn't worth the lives of everyone here."

With ending 3 set up, save your game and talk to her again. This also resolves Vanishing Act. Now we're going for ending 2.

• "I'm letting you go. Let's get out of here together."

Sentius shows up.

• "Wait, what?!"
• "You're going to die a painful death for this."
• "'Actually, I was thinking about using this.' (Draw gun)" (BULLETS REQUIRED)
• "I'm going to put a hole in your head."
• "This is for Sentilla."

Press . You should unlock:

• Dead Shot

  Free the captive and shoot her captor with your gun

  
  

Al Worth shows up.

• "Al Worth? I came in here to find you."
• "...I was hoping you'd know who I am..."
• "'Weird. That definitely wasn't me.' (Lie)"
• "When I first arrived here in the present day, I found your corpse hanging from a noose."
• "I still have the suicide note you carved into this tablet. Here."
• "It was written by a different version of you. I changed your past, and your fate."
• "I helped Sentilla kill the man who opened a time portal and drew you back in time, preventing it from ever happening."
• "Now you're getting it."
• "Enough talk. How about we get out of this place?"
• "It's right here in the cistern. Follow me."

Updated Main Goal:

Point Of Origin

Exit through the aqueduct

Exit through the tunnel on the left.

Updated Main Goal:

Point Of Origin

Return to the river

Follow the trail until Al Worth stops you.

• "Good idea."

DISCLAIMER: I apologize, but I'm unable to get the spoiler tags to work properly. I can't figure out what's wrong with it.

You should unlock:

• The One That Got Away

  Reach Ending 2 of 4

  
  

Reload your manual save.

Ending 3: Using Duli's Key

Leave the upper cistern by either gilding the vines and carefully climbing down them, or by falling into the water. If you land on the ground, you die. However, it's entirely possible to fall in the water if you fall on the side with the vines. Leave the lower cistern, then break the Golden Rule any way you want (I gilded Domitrus for no reason, other than the fact that he was there), then follow Sentius back to the shrine and step through the portal.

Talk to Galerius.

• "The Golden Rule is going to be broken soon. I need you to quietly get everyone except Sentius ready to run into the upper cistern when the ground starts to rumble."

Now, return to the Sysiphus statue (he's the one pushing the bolder) where you met Octavia and Ulpius late in Time Loop 1. Make a left at the statue to enter the caves, then unlock the doors and enter the upper cistern. This resolves Heart Of Gold.

Talk to Sentilla again.

• "...nobody sent me."
• "I know. We've had this conversation before."
• "I've told Galerius to lead everyone here when The Golden Rule is broken, so they can escape too."

Al Worth shows up.

• "Al Worth? I came in here to find you."
• "...I was hoping you'd know who I am..."
• "Actually, that was me."
• "When I first arrived here in the present day, I found your corpse hanging from a noose."
• "I still have the suicide note you carved into this tablet. Here."
• "It was written by a different version of you. I changed your past, and your fate."
• "I helped Sentilla kill the man who opened a time portal and drew you back in time, preventing it from ever happening."
• "Now you're getting it."
• "Enough talk. How about we get out of this place?"
• "It's right here in the cistern. Follow me."

Updated Main Goal:

Point Of Origin

Exit through the aqueduct

Exit through the tunnel on the left. Updated Main Goal:

Point Of Origin

Return to the river

Follow the trail until Al Worth stops you.

• "Alright."

You should unlock:

• The Ones That Got Away

  Reach Ending 3 of 4

  
  

Next is Ending 4, the Canon ending, and the Epilogue.