Follow this comprehensive checklist guide for The Vanishing of Ethan Carter to find all items, inspect key clues, and solve the train car mystery.
Walkthrough
- 1Inspect Blood at Train: Locate the blood on the train car by the bridge. Align the scattered "Crank" words on screen by looking towards the large rock with the lake in the background. Hold the Sense button to reveal the Crank's location.
- 2Find the Crank: Head down the train tracks past the bridge. Find the blue rope tied to a cement piece and inspect it. Continue further down the tracks to find severed legs and then the corpse. The Crank is located on the beach near the water, on a rock.
- 3Repair the Train: Return to the train car. Use "Fix" to insert the Crank. Spam the Left Mouse Button to rotate the Crank and start the train.
- 4Position the Train: Enter the train and reverse it past the crime scene until it stops at some rocks. Exit the train.
- 5Inspect Rock Pile: Go to the left side of the train car (rock wall side). Inspect the pile of rocks and align the word "Rock" by looking left.
- 6Find and Return Rock: Locate the rock near a tree stump, back towards the murder scene. Inspect and pick up the rock. Return it to the rock pile.
- 7Inspect Oil Canister and Dried Grass: Inspect the red oil canister near the train tracks, then inspect the dried grass nearby.
- 8Position Train for Dried Grass: Move the train forward so it covers the dried grass. Use the power line post as a stopping indicator. Turn off power to the train.
- 9Initiate Chronology Vision: Go to the corpse and hold the "Touch" button. This will trigger Shimmering Lights of Hope (Pretty Sparkly Lights) to appear.
- 10Identify Chronology Scenes: Follow the Pretty Sparkly Lights to different parts of the murder scene. Ghosts will materialize at each location. Once all six are found, the word "Chronology" will appear over them.
- 11Order the Scenes: Arrange the six chronological scenes from 1 to 6. The guide provides the order:
- Scene #1: Man looking at a boy tied to train tracks (near where the Rope was found).
- 12Scene #2: Old man picking up the rock (at the end of the train tracks where the rock was placed).
- 13Scene #3: At the train itself... (The source text cuts off here).
Items:
- Crank (on beach)
- Rock (near tree stump)
Inspectable Clues:
- Blood at train
- Rope on train tracks
- Severed legs on train tracks
- Corpse near train tracks
- Rock pile at end of train tracks
- Gas canister near train tracks
- Dried grass near train tracks
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