Hell is Us

Family Reunion Walkthrough

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Family Reunion

This is a walkthrough for Family Reunion, an investigation in Hell is Us. Learn more about how to complete Family Reunion, its points of interest, and the full exploration list here!

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Family Reunion Objectives
1. Find a Way to Go to Jova Village 2. Find the Sergeant and Get the APC Keys 3. Travel to Jova Village 4. Look for the Blacksmith

1. Find a Way to Go to Jova Village

Step	Objective
1.1	Walk down the mountain then turn towards the river. Continue Southwest, and you will see a fountain in the distance. Head towards the base of the fountain and grab the Gold Medallion.
1.2	Go back to the main road and follow it to a destroyed farmhouse. Enter the Cellar and speak with Ernest Caddell, who will give you the key to the gate.
1.3	The ruins are located to the west, just outside the farm, where you will find a Scorched Bell inside a chest; you can research this item later, once the function is available.
1.4	[ After getting the Scorched Bell, follow the wind chimes north to reach the APC, you should be able to hear in which direction the chimes are. You can also use your compass to guide you north until you reach the APC. Speak with the injured soldier beside the ancient door. He will ask you for a Medkit.
1.5	Before reaching the encampment, there is a chance for you to find a pile of colored rubble, which is connected to the Caddell Family Treasure. Find all three rubles and this will give you a key and a lockbox with the Bracelet of Ecstacy - Wanton Destruction.
1.6	Follow the trees marked with a white X until you reach the encampment. Grab the OMSIF Medkit. You can also pick up a Vial of Strange Substance on the table across from the Medkit.
1.7	There is a hidden cave behind the encampment, west of the area. Inside will be a vault that will require a code to unlock. The code can be discovered later once the research function is available.
1.8	Make your way back to OMSIF-0451. He will tell you to look for the Sergeant to get the keys for the APC. Receive the Ancient mechanism and find a way to enter the dungeon.
1.9	After getting the Ancient Mechanism, climb up the ladder left of the soldier and insert the mechanism into the altar to activate the puzzle.
1.10	You can find the solution to this puzzle by going to the next room. Look up and you will see a plate with a marking that looks like a fire and an eye, the last symbol is by the ladder, it is a pick axe. Approach each column and turn it to the right symbol, Fire, Eye, and Pick Axe. After solving the puzzle, the Ancient Door will open. ▶︎The Senedra Forest Dungeon Entrance Puzzle Guide
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2. Find the Sergeant and Get the APC Keys

Step	Objective
2.1	The entrance will cave in once you enter the dungeon. Continue forward, and save your progress via the manual save point before you reach the room where you will first encounter a Lymbic Entity. After getting your new gear, defeat the entity in front of you.
2.2	After defeating the Lymbic Entity, your next goal is to open the large door locked by a puzzle. To open the door, put in Tower - Serpent - Fire. The solution can be found by entering the doorway to the right of the room. There will be three plates for you to scan. Use your drone to turn on your flashlight since the room is very dark. ▶︎Senedra Forest Dungeon Door Puzzle Guide
2.3	Once you have opened the large door, climb up the ladders in the prison area until you reach the third level. There is a cell on the left side corridor where you can pick up the Bracers of Terror - Intimidating Bulwark, before entering the door to the next area.
2.4	From this point is a very straightforward path, on the way you will encounter a corpse where you can pick up the Twin Axes. On the next flight of stairs after this will be a locked door that will require two Ram Medallions to open; this is the Secrets of the Ram. You'll find this later and will have to go back into the dungeon to open this door.
2.5	Do a manual save before you enter the next door. After three rooms from the manual save, you can pick up the Ram Head Medallion - Viridian from a pile of corpses. You will use this to open another locked door later on and complete the Secrets of the Ram Mystery Puzzle.
2.6	Continue forward until you reach the room with a lever, defeat the enemy, and pull the lever to open the door.
2.7	Upon opening the door, you will find the Sergeant's body wearing a red poncho, get the APC Keys and exit into the trenches. If you bought a deluxe version of the game, there will be a requisition note with a code here. This is the second half of a code, the first half should already be in your inventory.
2.8	Upon entering teh trenches continue forward, you will see a small table with a lockbox to your right, open it and take the Gold Watch. You can deliver this item to Ernest Caddell to complete the Good Deed - The Golden Watch.
2.9	Make your way out by going towards the bright red light. There is a save point you can use before exiting the trenches.
2.10	If you head east close to the trenches. Near the ramp heading to the Tower, you'll notice the entrance to an underground den close to the hillside. If you go underground, you will hear two women trapped behind a locked door. They will ask for your help, you will need to progress the story further until you unlock Talju to complete Forlorn Fate.
2.11	Go back the path where you came from until you reach the intersection with the broken trucks. If you look into the ruins, there is a puzzle inside the building that can't be solved yet. Obtain the Lymbic Rod - Grief, Z and the Lymbic Rod - Grief, V to open this door. If you take the path to the right, you'll go back to the APC.
2.12	On the path to the APC, there will be a dead body in the middle of the road. You can grab the Ram Head Medallion - Crimson from him. At this point, you can back track to the Ram Door to open it or proceed to the APC to go to the next area.
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3. Travel to Jova Village

Step	Objective
3.1	Once you're ready to move to the next area, follow the path down the hill until you reach the APC.
3.2	Arriving back at the APC, you'll find OMSIF-0451 under a pile of rubble. Board the APC and select your destination.
3.3	Use the Navigation Computer and select Acasa Marshes. There will be a cutscene here about the company that owns the APC you are riding.
3.4	When you arrive in Acasa Marshes, follow the dirt path until you see the mass grave. On the left side of the path, you can pick up the Box of Bronze Acorns.
3.5	A grieving father will be beside the pit. Speak with him and discover that he needs an item from his family to bury them. If you manage to give him this item you will complete the Good Deed Asunder.
3.6	Continue down the path until you reach the vandalized sign for the Village of Jova. Once you reach the end of the wooden walkway, head northwest to the Village of Jova. Be careful since the marshes are filled with Hallow Walkers.
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4. Look for the Blacksmith

Step	Objective
4.1	Speak with Captain Vaas, found near the entrance of the village. He will let you know that the blacksmith left with the ON Convoy.
4.2	On the truck behind Captain Vaas is a Fearful Fiddler, if you find music sheets and deliver it to him you can complete the Good Deed, Performance of a Lifetime.
4.3	Head Northeast from where Captain Vaas is to reach the ON Outpost. This is just behind the Blacksmith's Forge. Collect the Map of Acasa Marshes on the table to the right of the building with an ON painted on its roof. You can equip the map in your Loadout as a Usable Item. This can let you open the map without going into the Datapad
4.2	Exit the village and head Northeast, you will see a tunnel with smoke billowing out of it. Enter the tunnel and defeat the enemies inside.
4.3	After the battle, enter the maintenance room, there will be a Scuffed Young Man inside, this is Victor Gaz the Blacksmith's apprentice. He will give you the keys to Vitalis's house.
4.4	Return to Jova, and go to Vitalis's house directly in front of the Blacksmith's Forge. Use the Key - Vitalis’s Home to unlock the door.
4.5	Inside the first room on the right, pick up the picture frame inside the drawer in the child's room. In the next room, pick up the next picture from the table under the clock.
4.6	You can pick up the Keys - Car from the table on the balcony, you can use this item to find a memento for Victor to complete the Good Deed, Victor's Vigil.
4.7	Go down the stairs and there will a chest, use the Heirloom Necklace to open this. There will be a note and a picture for you to pick up. Go down the ladder after this and proceed to the room with the Locked Door.
4.8	Place the pictures on the wall. Make sure that the frame matches the outline. Enter the code 321713 on the digital lock in the basement to gain access to the locked room. The codes correspond to the numbers printed on the cars found in the family pictures you gathered, though the green car’s number is smudged. You can find the exact car in the room before descending to the basement to check the number. ▶︎Acasa Marshes Picture Puzzle Guide
4.9	Enter the room and collect the Vigil Note on the table, this contains information about The Vigil, and mentions that Vitalis was going to the Weeping Knight to meet with a journalist. There will also be a chest containing five glyphs, and a Greatsword in the corner of the room. On the table, you can pick up the Lymbic Rod - Grief, W, you can use this on the safe just outside the door to complete the Mystery, Lymbic Chest - Acasa Vitalis' Basement.
4.10	Cross the road to the Blacksmith's Forge and speak with Victor. Exhaust his dialogue options, asking about the Vigil Note will unlock the next area Vyssa Hills. After this conversation, you will be able to Craft by interacting with Victor. Behind the red drawers directly beside Victor you can grab the Lymbic Rod - Grief, Y.
4.11	Use the save point outside the Blacksmith to fast-travel to the APC. Travel to Vyssa Hills and look for the Weeping Knight Statue by following the stone path northeast of where the APC is parked.
4.12	Speak with the wounded OMSIF soldier near the statue, and she will tell you that the convoy fled further northeast. Over the hill beside the wreckage, you will find a wounded man. This is your father, Vitalis. Interact with him and you'll enter a cut scene about your family's legacy. You will receive the Keystone of Grief after the cutscene.
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Family Reunion Full Exploration List

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Senedra

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✔️	Item	How to Get
	Ancient Mechanism	Investigation Item Given by OMSIF-0451 after receiving the medkit. Used to unlock the door leading into Fort Maut.
	Baby Bottles - Filled	Exploration Item Given by Ernest Caddell. Given to Judith Karry.
	Compass	Investigation Item Acquired by default at the start of the game. Equip and use to figure out directions.
	Gold Medallion	Research Item Found near a waterfall in the beginning of the game.
	Gold Watch	Exploration Item Found in a lockbox in the trenches of Senedra Forest. Return to Ernest Caddell in the farm
	Heirloom Necklace	Investigation Item Acquired by default at the start of the game. Used to open the chest in Vitalis' basement.
	KATOCHE Datapad	Investigation Item Acquired by default at the start of the game. Use to check gained valuable information.
	Key - APC	Investigation Item Recovered from a fallen OMSIF Sergeant in the trenches of Senedra Forest. Used to unlock the APC.
	Key - Caddell Farm	Investigation Item Given by Ernest Caddell. Used to open the gate to the Senedra Forest.
	Key - Rusted (Senedra Forest)	Exploration Item Found near a red boulder atop a hill in Senedra Forest. Used to open a lockbox near a blue boulder, east of the OMSIF basecamp.
	Note - Caddell Treasure Hint	Exploration Item Found deep in Senedra Forest, south of the APC. Triggers Caddell Family Treasure mystery.
	Note - Caddell Treasure Hint (2)	Exploration Item Found deep in Senedra Forest, west of the APC. Triggers Caddell Family Treasure mystery.
	OMSIF Deployment Order - Senedra	Exploration Item Recovered from a fallen OMSIF Sergeant in the trenches of Senedra Forest. This deployment order is a hint to an access code for the Whistleblowers Mystery.
	OMSIF Medkit	Investigation Item Found at the OMSIF basecamp in Senedra Forest. Give to the wounded soldier back near the APC.
	OMSIF Report - Ram's Head	Exploration Item Found on the corpse of an OMSIF agent in Senedra Forest.
	Ram Head Medallion - Crimson	Exploration Item Found in the underground ruins inside Fort Maut. Used to solve the Secrets of the Ram Mystery.
	Ram Head Medallion - Viridian	Exploration Item Found in the underground ruins inside Fort Maut. Used to solve the Secrets of the Ram Mystery.
	Scorched Bell	Research Item Found near the Fort Maut stables, located south of the APC.
	Vial of Strange Substance	Research Item Found at the OMSIF basecamp in Senedra Forest.

Acasa Marshes

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✔️	Item	How to Get
	Ancient Censer	Research Item Found in Jova, Acasa Marshes.
	Baby Bottles - Empty	Exploration Item Found in the tunnels beneath Jova, Acasa Marshes. Give to Ernest Caddell for milk.
	Bloodied Plushie	Exploration Item Found under the Oak Tree in Acasa Marshes. Give to the Drunk Man in Jova.
	Bottle of Mead - Nearly Empty	Exploration Item Found in Jova, Acasa Marshes. Give to the Drunk Soldier in Jova.
	Box of Bronze Acorns	Research Item Found in Acasa Marshes.
	Bronze Eye	Research Item Found near the entrance to Pathem Abbey in Acasa Marshes.
	Classroom Picture	Exploration Item Given by a Drunk Man in Jova. Give to the Despondent Woman in Jova.
	Faded Blueprints	Research Item Found past the Lymbic Door in the Acasa Western Monument.
	Family Picture 1	Investigation Item Found in Vitalis' house in Jova, Acasa Marshes. Used as a clue to open the secret basement office.
	Family Picture 2	Investigation Item Found in Vitalis' house in Jova, Acasa Marshes. Used as a clue to open the secret basement office.
	Family Picture 3	Investigation Item Found in Vitalis' house in Jova, Acasa Marshes. Used as a clue to open the secret basement office.
	Key - Vitalis' Home	Exploration Item Obtained from Victor in Acasa Marshes.
	Keys - Car	Exploration Item Found in Vitalis' house in Jova, Acasa Marshes. Used to Open the Car in the Marsh
	Letter - Worried Wife	Exploration Item Found in the town of Jova, Acasa Marshes. Give to the Grieving Father in the Marsh
	Lymbic Imbuing	Investigation Item Found in the trunk of an abandoned car in Acasa Marsh. Give to Victor Gaz.
	Lymbic Rod - Grief, W	Exploration Item Found in Vitalis' secret basement office. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Grief, Y	Exploration Item Found in the blacksmith's shop in Acasa Marshes. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Neutral X	Exploration Item Found in Acasa Marshes. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Neutral, W	Exploration Item Found inside Observation Outpost 08 at Acasa Marshes Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Neutral, Y	Exploration Item Found near the Pathem Abbey in Acasa Marshes. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Neutral, Z	Exploration Item Found in the underground tunnels underneath Jova, Acasa Marshes. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Map of Acasa Marshes	Investigation Item Found at the ON Headquarters in Jova. Used to locate the Convoy in the Marshes.
	Necklace	Exploration Item Found in the trunk of an abandoned car in Acasa Marsh. Give to Victor Gaz.
	Note - Cryptic Clue (Jova)	Exploration Item Found in a garage in Jova, Acasa Marshes. Part of the access code to be used in Computer Room D at Lethe National Library.
	Note - Lymbic Locks	Investigation Item Found in a safe in Vitalis' house in Jova, Acasa Marshes.
	Note - Training Ground	Exploration Item Found at the blacksmith shop in Jova, Acasa Marshes. Used to trigger the Martial Lineage mystery.
	Notebook - Symbol Research	Exploration Item Found on a corpse in Acasa Marshes.
	OMSIF Deployment Order - Acasa Marshes	Exploration Item Found at Observation Outpost 08 at Acasa Marshes Is part of a hint for an access code for a laptop in Auriga Museum.
	Photograph - Girl	Exploration Item Found in the wreckage of the ON Convoy in Acasa Marshes.
	Sheet Music - Our Pride	Exploration Item Found in Jova, Acasa Marshes. Given to the violinist in the Village of Jova.
	Vigil Note	Investigation Item Found in the secret basement office of Vitalis' house in Jova. Show to Victor Gaz.

Vyssa Hills

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✔️	Item	How to Get
	Blue Flower	Investigation Item Found in Lake Cynon.
	Blue Flower Scroll	Investigation Item Found in Pentos Algea's tomb in the Watcher's Nest, Vyssa Hills.
	Ceramic Flower	Investigation Item Found in the Watcher's Nest in Vyssa Hills. Used to solve the puzzle in the Watcher's Nest.
	Emblem - Book	Investigation Item Found on a woman's corpse in Vyssa Hills. Used to open the Vigil's hideout.
	Emblem - Candle	Investigation Item Obtained from Tania Alver in Vyssa Hills. Used to open the Vigil's hideout.
	Ethnic ID Card - Agatha Maren	Investigation Item Found on a corpse in Vyssa Hills.
	Guardian Detector	Investigation Item Given by Gildas Brom in the Watcher's Nest. Used to locate Timeloop Guardians.
	Key - Rusted (Vyssa Hills)	Exploration Item Found on a corpse in the Mines of Vyssa Hills. Used to complete the Lucky Break mystery.
	Keys - ON Vehicle	Exploration Item Found on a corpse of an ON Soldier in Vyssa Hills. Give the keys to Atticus.
	Keystone of Grief	Investigation Item Obtained from Vitalis in Vyssa Hills. Used in the Lymbic Forge.
	Lymbic Rod - Grief, V	Exploration Item Found in Vyssa Hills. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Grief, Z	Exploration Item Found in the Watcher's Nest. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Note - Collapsing Timeloops	Investigation Item Obtained from Gildas Brom in the Watcher's Nest.
	Note - Wall Grooves	Investigation Item Found in the entrance to the Watcher's Nest in Vyssa Hills.
	Pill Bottle - Atenolol	Exploration Item Found insdie abandoned luggage in Vyssa Hills Give to Diana Kos.
	Sheet Music - Losilus Dreaming	Exploration Item Found in Vyssa Hills. Give to the violin player in Jova.

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