Follow this comprehensive walkthrough for Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Chapter 1: What the Boy Took, detailing every step, collectible, and secret to help you progress.
Walkthrough
- 1After the opening cutscene, escape through the vent into the boiler room.
- 2In the boiler room, collect the note on the table and the hanging poster collectible (Rosmark’s Gate and Bastion).
- 3Exit the boiler room via the door after waiting for the guard to turn away.
- 4Speak with Aunt Mary and climb the ladder to the attic.
- 5In the attic, hide behind boxes as two guards enter. Wait for one guard to investigate the trap door, then sneak past him and enter the vent on the left.
- 6In the workshop, observe guard patrols from the vent. Wait for the guard near the metal grates to exit, then cross behind cover to the stairs.
- 7Navigate around the metal grates, look through the window to see the red crank, and exit into the engine room.
- 8In the engine room, hide behind the big wheel, then move to the red crank wheel. Hide behind the middle wall and interact with the crank to turn on the machine.
- 9Immediately sneak up the stairs onto the upper grate area. Use the moving boxes to reach the ladder on the right.
- 10Reach the rooftops and climb the ledge to the left.
- 11Continue down the rooftops, collect the note on the vent.
- 12Vault over the gate to the left, then onto the next rooftop and down the ladders to the ground floor.
- 13In the repair shop, walk right past the truck and down the stairs. Collect the 'Apple Gardens Travel Guide' collectible on the platform up the ladder on the left.
- 14Backtrack to the rooftops area. Past the birds, distract the guard by walking near them, then vault over the gate to the left.
- 15Grab the note on the table behind the gate.
- 16Enter the next open doorway, sprint across the yard to the left when the guard turns away.
- 17Wait for the second revolving guard's back to turn, then walk down the wooden walkway.
- 18Grab the note on the barrel near the vault gate.
- 19Climb over the gate to the left into the wine storage area.
- 20Drop down from the upper platform (or take stairs) and move toward the brick wall with the picture. Climb the ledge and enter the vent.
- 21Inside the vent, enter the warehouse and collect the note and the 'Madame Cecilia' collectible.
- 22Exit the warehouse back to the wine storage deck. Wait for the patrol, then cross toward the left where birds are on the roof.
- 23Step toward the birds to make noise, then exit the area and walk around the guards to the back right side. Vault over the gate and head toward the stairs.
- 24Grab the note on a crate at the bottom of the stairs.
- 25Choose one of the two paths to reach the objective area, both containing collectibles.
Tips
- Avoid guards at all costs.
- Metal grates make noise and can alert guards.
- Birds can be used as distractions for guards.
- Characters who are not guards are safe to walk near.
- Escape Artist Achievement: Collected when escaping to the rooftops in Chapter 1.
- Fowl Play Achievement: Collected when using birds as a distraction for the first time (First collectible in Chapter 1).
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