Follow this guide to continue the 'Breaking News' case in The Sinking City 2. Uncover clues at the hospital archive and asylum, and gather evidence at the abandoned factory.
Head to the hospital archive, directly behind Dr. Grant.
Make sure "Breaking News" is highlighted in the CASEBOOK and interact with the archives.
Choose the evidence "The Coverside Tiger" and select any three search criteria:
- SUBJECTS: Patients
- PERIOD: After the Flood
- DEPARTMENT: Asylum
- DISTRICT: Coverside
The search will result in receiving "Claude's whereabouts" [CASEBOOK, Breaking News].
Leave the hospital.
Coverside (sc18.2.1) [District]
Return to the Coverside Central phone booth and use it to travel to Coverside East. Go to the asylum.
Asylum (sc18.2.2) [Location, COVERSIDE] [Investigation scene, Breaking News]
Characters: Nurse receptionist, Claude Hamilton
Evidence (5): Pictures for Mad Claude [CASEBOOK, Breaking News], Source of scratches, Photo of wheelchair [CASEBOOK, Breaking News], Photo of the asylum boiler [CASEBOOK, Breaking News], Claude's story [CASEBOOK, Breaking News]
Casebook: The doctor's advice [CASEBOOK, Breaking News]
Reed can interact with the Nurse receptionist.
Charles Reed <-> Nurse Receptionist
Is the tiger victim here?
Goodbye.
After the conversation, you will receive "The doctor's advice" [CASEBOOK, Breaking News].
Head past the reception desk and to the right into the patient room. Interact with the man standing by a bed.
Charles Reed <-> Claude Hamilton
Claude?
Who, the tiger?
There are no animals here.
Nobody else has seen it.
Tracks?
I'll find out the truth.
After the conversation, you will receive "Pictures for Mad Claude" [CASEBOOK, Breaking News] (Evidence 1/5).
Reed can interact with the scratches on the floor by the mop bucket.
- Scratches
Go downstairs to the basement and interact with the large wheelchair at the base of the stairs.
- Source of scratches (Evidence 2/5)
Take a photo of the wheelchair.
- Photo of wheelchair [CASEBOOK, Breaking News] (Evidence 3/5)
Take a photo of the boiler in the next room.
- Photo of the asylum boiler [CASEBOOK, Breaking News] (Evidence 4/5)
Return to Claude and interact with him.
Charles Reed <-> Claude Hamilton
I'm back.
The scratches.
The roaring sound.
Can we talk about the tiger?
Tell me everything.
Goodbye.
After the conversation, "Pictures for Mad Claude", "Photo of the asylum boiler", and "Photo of wheelchair" will be removed, and you will receive "Claude's story" [CASEBOOK, Breaking News] (Evidence 5/5), "All Evidence Collected", and +184 XP [SKILLS].
Experience 216 / 2,000
Leave the asylum.
Coverside (sc18.2.3) [District]
Investigation scenes: Abandoned Factory (sc18)
Return to the Coverside East phone booth and use it to travel to Coverside Central. Go east to Landing Ave and turn right to head south on it. Follow Landing Ave past Providence Ave and turn right onto Lincoln St. The second door on the right is marked with a crooked-H shaped sign. Enter it.
Abandoned Factory (sc18.2.4) [Investigation scene, Breaking News]
Key Evidence (6): Questionable tools, Handbag vision, Padlock, Steel claw vision, Can of wax shoe polish, The Real Coverside Tiger [CASEBOOK, Breaking News]
Evidence (9): Questionable hood, Bloody dress, A warning note [CASEBOOK, Breaking News], Hiding place, Acoustic megaphone, Klansman speech plan [LORE, Documents], A weird unearthly statue [CASEBOOK, Breaking News], An otherworldly Figurine [CASEBOOK, Breaking News], Moss-covered manuscript [LORE, Mythos]
More often than not a couple pale Lethians will spawn.
- +94 XP [SKILLS] (estimation)
Experience 310 / 2,000
Reed can interact with the clothing on the couch by the door.
- Questionable robe
Interact with the fabric on the floor by the chair with a lantern hanging on it.
- Questionable hood (Evidence 1/9)
Interact with the tools on the table against the back wall.
- Questionable tools (Key Evidence 1/6)
Interact with the dress on the mattresses.
- Bloody dress (Evidence 2/9)
Interact with the handbag on the mattresses and use Mind's Eye to concentrate on the vision of the past.
- Handbag vision (Key Evidence 2/6)
Go halfway up the stairs and interact with the
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