AR-K: The Great Escape

AR-K: The Great Escape

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AR-K Great Escape Walkthrough and Achievements SPOILERS
By The Nothing Man
This is a quick guide on how to beat the game
and obtain all Achievements for episode 3 of the AR-K series.
WARNING SPOILERS
   
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Intro and Tips
Walkthrough
by Kaldire

General tips/Introduction

Talk about everything to everyone you meet.(I wont say this to often in the walkthrough!)
Look at all inventory items and use them on each other just like any other
point and click adventure game.

Some things can be done in a different order than listed below.
Please feel free to correct me and I will update the walkthrough.

To see achievements just go to the lowest part of this guide!

Its time for an awesome intro video!
Garbage bin/ Phase Prologue
You Start in a dark area (Trash compactor/Garbage)
Click on the PDA to talk to Franky.
Franky will throw you a bandage and wood.
Combine these in inventory to make a splint.
Use the splint on yourself.
Reach around for the robot head next to you and take it turning it on, Darn not bright enough.
Take sphere its a much better source of light
Use sphere in the head of the robot laying next to you.
Still not bright enough but you can make out a fusebox near the door.
Examine the fusebox, then pick up the robot head again to remove the sphere
Use sphere in fusebox

Let there be light! And out we go!

Waking in doctors office

Here you wake with ugh where am I!?
District 8?
You can talk about everything to the doctor(do this to everyone you meet in the game)
Look at shelves, closet, scalpel, and monitor but this isn't required, remember these for later in game.
Looking at the medicine box says Alicia will take some pills but doesn't.
Nothing more here..for now!
Exit the doctors
Welcome to District 8 and Welcome to work
Ahh work
Talk to the overseer about everything!

Achievement note:
To get the Worker achievement, stay idle in game near the box machine for
8 real in game hours!

Talk to everyone droid,franky,overseer.
Talk to the couple near the temperature valve. Left one screen from start.
Choose the Fight icon option.
Side with the woman, Side with the woman again, then side with the man to start them fighting.
This distracts them from the temperature controls.

Talk to your old pal mopping the floor Franky, the PDA becomes active for him.
Go to the big machine near the droid and press the button 3 times.
Then use the PDA and click on the boxes.
Your friend will clean them away.

Talk to the droid and ask what your job is.(1st option)
Quickly, when the droid moves toward the machine, press the button.
There goes the droid! Bye bye!

Go to the core reactor room, move all the power to the left battery.
100% left 0% right.
Take the battery out of the right by clicking remove battery.
Take the battery back where the droid was plugged in.
Insert battery into the free plug.
Take charged battery BACK to the core and put it back in.
Uh oh!!

Turn the valve near the arguing couple to make the temp in the red.
Now go back to where the droid was plugged in and grab the loose cable.
Use the loose cable on the free plug outlet to short out the plant.
Baddaaa booom! Big badda boom!

Achievement note:
Sabotage is given and is not missable for overloading the core
END OF WORK!!
Base camp/Phase 1
You start off outside grigors house.
Now is the time to pet your dog! 10 times!
Achievement note: Pet friend
Talk to everyone(Last time I will say this)
Franky will fix your PDA
Take mop laying against the house.
Right click the mop in inventory to get stick and mop head.
Enter Grigors house

Examine the wall near the bed to see the stars drawing(This is the safe code)
Examine the telescope
Examine the poster on the wall
Examine the photo under the poster
Exit the house
Use the map and head back out to the infirmary.

Get skeleton from closet in infirmary. Classic huge item fits into tiny bag!
Get scalpel from infirmary table.
Leave the infirmary via door, to unlock HUB on map.

Walk to Black market
Talk to overseer, for now not much to do here until a bit later.
Notice the purple bottle in his hand.
Talk to engineers.
Exit back to main hub.

In the distance to the far back left of the main hub,
You will see "Outside Area"
Click this and you will jump on the train and head toward the garbage and watchtower.
To the left, enter the Trash compactor area.
Take the robots head! You will need it later.
Take note of the coffee machine for later.
Use map to head back to main HUB
To the right above the train is the residential area go there.
Examine the jar/mug behind Molly to explain the drinking contest and unlock dialog.
IMPORTANT:Use PDA then click on the MUG to ask Molly if any species can play the drinking game.

Take note of the trickster for later
Take note of the hanging jumpsuit hanging on a wire to the left of the water tank.
Talk to molly at the bar.
Click on all options then the mug icon to try your luck.
UGH hangover! You will wake up at base camp(Grigors house)
Give robot head to Franky, he will fix it.
Go into Grigors house and use the scalpel on the poster!
Retracing steps/Phase 2
You now have a new coin and a strange remote control in your inventory
Exit Grigors house.
Talk to Grigor about everything and he gives you an AR-K credit.
Use map and head to the trash compactor
Use AR-K credit on the coffee machine.
Open map and go to Black Market
Talk to horn the shopkeeper. He will give you an amulet.
Talk to horn again, until you unlock the HOOK dialog, and safe dialog options.
Horn will pull out the safe, remember the drawing in the bedroom
The combination is 9-2-6
You will get Magazines, a hook, a stethoscope and a second coin Blaine coin

Achievement note:
Look at the magazines in your inventory and get,
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away achievement

Use hook on mop handle in your inventory to make a long pole with hook.
Talk to the overseer
Murder?!
Talk to Horn at Black Market about overseer
Use remote control in your inventory on the crate blocking the way.
Walk under the crate to Canal area.
Listen to the crazy guy talk once you enter the area.
Take note of the water in the canal for later use.
Use Skeleton on the chair.
Use robot head on the skeleton. Still missing something..hmm.
Before forgetting, open map and go to "Work area"
Use stethoscope on air duct to the left of the watchtower
Use map go to residential zone.
Use hook on stick to get jumpsuit to the left of the watertank
Click on the trickster.
Click on Blaine's coin to note it.
Talk to trickster, using the PLAY dialog option last.
Pick a cup, you will lose always.
Click on your PDA then click on the trickster, Grigor comes to watch.
Talk to trickster with Grigor standing there.
Click the PLAY dialog option
When the trickster starts, Grigor will ask questions.
Hover the mouse cursor over the cups to click STEAL COIN.
Take the coin.
THEN pick the LEFT cup(don't pick the RIGHT cup)
You now have 3 Blaine coins
Murder 101 & Exchange Rally/ Phase 3
Talk to the policeman in main hub
Ask about murder. Talking will stop so talk again to the policeman.
Ask about witnesses.
Talk to the child playing and ask about the teeth until EXCHANGE dialog unlocks
Question old woman next to the train about murder
Ask old woman about EXCHANGE, give her the cup of coffee and get security camera
Open map and go to Residential Area
Talk to Trickster and click EXCHANGE dialog to trade Security camera for Laser cutter
Open map and go to infirmary
Question doctor kure in the infirmary about murder
Click Exchange dialog to trade laser cutter for Rifle
Exit the infirmary through the door.
Talk to the policeman and click EXCHANGE to trade Rifle for Forklift(DON'T pick anything else)

Head to Black Market
Try to question the overseer, more needs to be done before we get his statement!
Notice the purple bottle he is holding
Talk to drunk new overseer to unlock murder as a dialog
Question the engineers in black market about overseer(not murder)
Click Exchange to trade Forklift for Reverse Transfulx Engine.
Head back to the HUB and talk to the child with the teeth.
Click the Exchange dialog to trade the engine for the teeth.
Open map and go to residential zone
Question Molly at the residential bar about murder.
Open map and go to Canal
Use Teeth, Jumpsuit, and Mop top on the skeleton.
You can now enter the Lab! Do so now!

In the lab you will see a flying robot made of hair on the left side of the screen
Take this robot when it flies back in the room.
Talk to the crazy doctor about everything.
Open map and go to Outside Grigors House.
Give robot wig to Franky(the bull)
Talk to Grigor about the MURDER
Open map and head back to Residential Zone
Use PDA and then click on the mug, Franky will come as a woman to drink.
You now have 4 Blaine coins and the mug
Open map and go to Canal,
Fill mug with canal water
Exit to the left to Black market.
Use filled mug on the purple bottle the overseer is holding
You now have a Purple Bottle in your inventory.
Open map and go to Work Area.
Look just to the right of Alicia and see the overseer leaning on the railing
above the train.
Talk to the overseer about everything AND the murder.
You now have talked to everyone about the murder.

Achievement note:
In your inventory LEFT click the STATEMENTS and listen once to each one to get Detective achievement

Time to catch the killer.
Open map and go to main HUB.
Talk to the policeman. Select SOLVE CASE. then YES "go ahead".
Now you will appear at Grigors house with many suspects.
Pick the murderer, its Gustav
Pick the motive, its Envy

Achievement note:
Pick the correct murderer and motive to get "I used to be a cop" achievement

After cutscene you will have a Stinky sandwich and 5 Blaine coins.

Open map and go to infirmary.
Use purple bottle on doctor to get a cut purple a lens.
open map and go to Grigors house(inside)
Use lens on telescope at Grigors house.
See that it says "look inside"
Click on the telescope AGAIN to open it and take the final coin!
You now have all 6 coins! Time to get that sphere.
Lets get out of sphere!/phase 4
Open map and go to Work area.
Use stinky sandwich on air duct to left of watchtower.
Use PDA and click on watchtower.
Enter the watchtower.
Take the sphere.
Achievement note:
Just taking the sphere gets you "That golden glow" achievement.
OH SNAP! Trapped! Now to escape.
Use the sphere on the window!
You have friends that care!


After getting all 6 coins head to the trash compactor.
There is a small door just to the left of the exit.
Just above the ole cleaner bot from ep1.
Insert the 6 coins into the door.
Then insert the sphere! Whew! That's a LOT of bottles!
Talk to grigor get the map.
Enter the sewer pipe.

Follow the rat!
Down the ladder first.
Up the manhole second("the cake is a lie" should be written on the wall) meme!
Far left door third.
Use amulet on laserbeams.
Watch ending!

Achievement note:
Just beating the Episode gets you "Freedom" achievement.

Wait for ep4! Congrats!
Achievements

Gato guys
Just click WATCH CREDITS in the main menu! And watch them!

Worker
must stay idle for 8 real time hours in factory!

Sabotage
Not missable leave work early!

Listener
Just click any conversation over n over again, skipping dialog works for now
or just play the game and you should get this naturally

Pet friend
Just click on your dog amber 10 times skipping the dialog once it repeats

A long time ago in a galaxy far away..
Open the safe from the black market, read the magazines!

Detective
After interviewing all witnesses, MAKE SURE to right click the inventory item
to open the recorder interface. Then just listen to each persons recording once

I used to be a cop
Just make sure you pick the correct suspect and motive
Gustav is the murderer and envy is his motive

That golden glow
Not missable story related just grab the sphere once you get in the watchtower.

Freedom
Beat ep3
61 Comments
The Nothing Man  [author] 31 Jul, 2022 @ 4:08pm 
not its just 1.
Microsoft
Either buying or partnering
MS and sony are together yes no more consoles no more wars, both companies will no longer make consoles, save tons of money, and make more selling subs IE netflix of gaming on XCLOUD
MS and google are togther
MS and zeni merge
MS and EA are together
MS and EPIC are together minus one game.. fortnite which will have its own site.
MS owns Minecraft
MS owns sierra games
MS owns everything or is partnered. EVEN COMCAST
yep
see ya soon space cowboy. xcloud is the end of all consoles and the end of gaming as we know it.
steam is also going to be trash.. like Kongregate tons of 99 cent games with NO AAA or AA devs
Ubisoft is pulling all games from steam.. already started.
Sven_Q45 31 Jul, 2022 @ 4:04pm 
QTEs... :TULATE_SAD:

And yeah all those good licences. Like EA... Buying all good IPs and studios. :LittleSis:
The Nothing Man  [author] 31 Jul, 2022 @ 3:11pm 
yeah
you CAN try to do no cloud saves and CONSTANTLY back up saves
but when you change something in episode 1 it goes until ep 4 so..
yeah... no way to replay/rewind/ or skip dialog you heard either.. which was a bad move

the games art is BEAUTIFUL though. However its more of a Dragons Lair QTE inspired game rather than KQ
anyone for MASK OF ETERNITY on UNREAL 4? ooo please
middle finger to MS who owns all of this now..
Sven_Q45 31 Jul, 2022 @ 2:43pm 
Oof 7 (or 8) times.

Thanks.
The Nothing Man  [author] 31 Jul, 2022 @ 2:37pm 
I do adore the art of the new KQ game
but NO MANUAL saves across 5 episodes = you are forced to play the entire game 7 times to get all achievements
8 if you mess one up..
cesar ruined so many people to get on top... period.
spit.

Hugs on worker!!!
oorah
Sven_Q45 31 Jul, 2022 @ 2:35pm 
Lol, I met Cesar Bittar years ago. XD

I´m not interested in movies and series so that is why the latest IPs were not of interest to me. :D Tho I´m of course happy they all existed and the genre got more attention again.
Yeah I know about the TTG KQ games. Yeah wish this would be reality. Didn´t even play the new KQ games.


Oh almost forgot: I got the worker achievement over last night. :theworld:
The Nothing Man  [author] 31 Jul, 2022 @ 1:40pm 
telltale had hard times, due to WII.. trust me there.
Getting games to be = on all platforms is what made sam n max ttg version nothing like the original.
THAT and kids today find old games INSANELY difficult and hate them for that.
Kids dont like dying
kids dont like googling how to pass a puzzle every 30 seconds.
Mark D and Dave G said they would never again add combine inventory items to others EVER
and so it was..
Its due to the players becoming stupider and stupider. And shorter and shorter attention span
and lower and lower iq. its sad
TTG HAD HEART
try wolf amoung us
also note: TTG had the Kings quest IP before activision said NOPE
so ttg made 2 episodes of KQ before shutting down and it was superior in all ways to the odd gentleman pos game pos= phoenix online studios MIDDLE FINGER TO CESAR
Sven_Q45 31 Jul, 2022 @ 1:35pm 
Yeah that is the luck with Sam and Max. Tho season 2 had the 2nd best game. XD
Yeah some stuff from 2 was taken to the episodes which is good.

Tbh I don´t liked the latest from TTG. Was interested in the LA stuff. Tho BTTF and Jurassic Park was also good.
The Nothing Man  [author] 31 Jul, 2022 @ 11:15am 
I worked on only season 1 of sam n max at TTG
so I cant account for the rest!
Sam and max 2 was totally done. Just the main title was being tossed around. Most would take place in space! starting under ground on earth!

LUCKILY steve purcell owns s&m IP not LA or DISNEY so... anything CAN happen
I await the neo telltales a wolf amoung us to see if neo telltale has heart like its predecessor
Sven_Q45 31 Jul, 2022 @ 10:58am 
That pains. Also with Sam and Max it was almost ready. At least we got Sam and Max from TTG.