Episode 4: Dark Room - Life is Strange Guide - IGN (2024)

Episode 4: Dark Room begins shortly after Episode 3: Chaos Theory. You will be with alternate reality Chloe on the beach, talking about things while Max tries to deal with the consequences of her time travel.

There are many dialogue options to select here, but non are important to your long term game, so be as thorough with the conversations as you like. Eventually you will end up back at her house, where you will continue to chat, and eventually be given a chance to walk around.

You need to find her drink, which is just on a table to the right, but you can also look at several other things, to learn the differences between this Chloe, and your normal reality version of her. Again, there is nothing major to interact with here, so be as diligent as you want with your investigations. Bring her the drink to advance the story, until a point where she wants to watch a movie. You can find it by looking in the dresser under the TV. Put it in the DVD player, and sit back down to watch it with her.

When morning rolls around, there will be more talking before Chloe says she is in pain, and wants you to get her morphine. The item is upstairs in the bathroom, but you can explore the house if you want, talk to her dad who is in the kitchen, or her mom who is upstairs in the bedroom. None of these are important, but you can further learn information about this alternate reality.

Once you have the morphine from the bathroom, head back downstairs to Chloe. Give her the morphine so she feels better, and the first major choice will occur shortly after. She will want you to kill her, and you have three choices. You can delay by choosing I Don't Know, but eventually you must decide, so choose well. In the end though, Max will travel back through time and in an emotional scene, you will watch as she lets Chloe's dad die, so that the world will go back to normal.

When you come back to the present, things are back to normal and you are in Chloe's room. The first Optional Photo can be grabbed here, by looking at Chloe before talking to her. When you are ready though, speak with her and eventually you will end up having to go to the garage.

Before going downstairs though, you will see a bird flying around upstairs. Go into the bathroom and scare it once, then follow it towards the window. Before scaring it again, open the window, go back and scare then watch it fly away. You can close the window now that you are done, and head downstairs. You will bump into her step dad, but no series consequences come from it. Continue into the garage, and begin looking for clues.

There is another photo here though, so head right towards the garage door. There is a board leaning on some boxes. Move it to get a photo of a nest and some eggs, then put the board back. There is a lot of information you can read about in the garage, but ultimately you want what is inside the locker. The easiest way to get in, is to use a crowbar to snap the lock. You can then grab the item, and rewind time to before you break it so it looks like you never did. If you are more of the detective type, you can look for the code to enter into the lock.

Once you have the information, head back to the stairs and yell to Chloe that you are done. If Kate is okay, you will go visit her now, and you can talk to her to comfort her and see how she is doing. If not, you will end up at the school.

When you gain control of Max, head forward and keep and eye on the grass on the left. There will be a pile of stones, which will net you another picture. There are also several people you can talk to out here, but if you want all pictures, the important person to find is Samuel. Speak to him about the animals, and then the squirrels specifically. He will feed one, then set the food done. Interact with it to feed a second squirrel, then wait until the two stand together. When they do snap another picture.

After talking with the other students outside, which we always recommend you do, head indoors by talking with Chloe. Make sure to take a look at all of the whiteboards, and when you find Warrens, interact with it again to write on it and leave him a nice note. There is also a photo here, so walk towards the window that has toilet paper laying in front of it. Look outside to take another photo. When you are ready, head into Nathans room, which is the one that has the whiteboard talking about the Prescotts.

There is a lot of wild stuff to see in Nathan's room, so take the time to look over as much as you can. Ultimately, your goal is to look at the floor right in front of his couch. You will see some markings, that will then prompt you to move the couch and reveal a secret stash of items. Take them back to Chloe, but as you two are about to leave, Nathan shows up and threatens you. Warren will step in, and another major decision will happen, so decide carefully as it will effect Warren in the future.

A brief scene plays showing you and Chloe deciding what to do, with Warren potentially being there as well. Eventually you will end up at the beach, as you're going to visit Frank and hope to get information from him.

Before getting far, make sure to look at the whales. One of them will allow you to take a photo, snagging you another of the Optional Photos. Once you are ready, meet up with Chloe and talk to Frank. This conversation can go several ways, but the safest requires you to pick a specific series of answer. First though, you must fail the encounter once. When you rewind to try again, Max warns Chloe, and dialogue changes slightly. Once you have done this, select the following to get a non violent outcome:

• Tell Chloe Be Careful
• No Fight
• I'm Sorry
• I Love Dogs
• Rachel Photo

With those choices, you should come out on the other end with Frank giving you the information, and you and Chloe leaving in one piece.

You will be back in Chloe's room, and looking at your amassed clues. Start with Frank's info first. You will want to select his notebook on the left, and the paper in the top right corner that has all his coded names on them. Next you need to match up Nathan's name to any drug deals. There are three sheets that have Rott on them, the code name for Nathan. The three pages are in the top left, bottom left and bottom right.

Next, let's do Nathans stuff. You will want his phone, the pin card, and the small paper in the middle with several scribbled numbers. Next you will need to guess the pin for his phone. Thankfully we know it, and it's 0829. If you fail to guess it, you can also enter the back up code found on the plastic U.S.A Mobile card, 87897808.

Finally, we need to do the clues we found from Chloe's dad. The items you want here are the gps code sheet that has longitude and latitude codes on it, plus the picture of the red truck and another picture that shows Nathan punching Warren. Next you want to select the bottom right of the four longitude sheets, plus select the first photo in the top row that shows Nathan in a truck, and the bottom right photo, which shows the same truck.

Finally we must put all the pieces together. First we need to pick the text message. The one we want is in the middle, the top one, where it says Frank is going to have to deliver something with his final text saying to get the money out. Next, pick the entry on the far right, where it says Rott, boondocks 5g.

Finally, pick the photo of the barn. With these three selected, head to Chloe and she will look it all up to find out there is a barn owned by a Prescott on the outside of town, and that you two need to head there immediately.

When you arrive, you'll find the front lock. Quickly head around to the left, and you will see a bird. Snap a picture of it to get another optional photo. If it happens to be flying off, just rewind time until it returns. Now turn around and you will see a small opening the barn that you can use to get inside.

Once inside, start looking around at the various objects to learn more about the Prescotts. Your goal is to find a section on the floor that you can uncover and reveal a hidden trap door. You can't open it from here though, so climb up the nearby section, then pull down the generator and use it to help you climb higher. Once your at the very top, you can snap a picture of an owl hiding in the corner to get another of the Optional Photos.

Now that you are up top though, rewind time until the generator is up here with you. Now tie the rope to it, then look down and have Chloe tie the hook to the trap door. Push the generator and it will fall, ripping the door open. Head down there and you will find a locked door. Three numbers are worn out on the pad, so you need to guess the passcode based on those three numbers. Thankfully we know it, 542. Once inside, you can explore and find all kinds of photos and information, some of which contain Rachel. When you find the Rachel information, Chloe will leave and wait for you to follow. The two of you will head to the junkyard to find out a truth about Rachel.

When the scene ends, you will be back with Max as she is heading towards the party. There will be a few conversations before you make it to the party. When you get in the first door, you will be stopped by a fellow student for a minute, before you enter the actual party. There is a lot going on here, but before going far, take a few steps forward and turn right. Look up and out the window to get a photo of the moons.

Now head towards the other side of the pool, and you will notice Alyssa, the poor student doomed to always be hit by things. If you rewind time and warn her, she will thank you again for keeping her out of danger. Just past her and on the left is a door, head in there and you can snap the final picture of the episode.

Your main goal though, is to get behind the curtain that separates the party goers. Depending what you have done up to this point, your name will be on the guest list or not. If it is, then you simply need to talk to the girl, who will deny you access, then just turn around and go talk to Courtney, who will then let you in. If not, you will need to find other means to get back behind the curtain.

Once you are back there, you will quickly find out Nathan is nowhere to be found, but you can talk to Victoria. This conversation can go a few ways, depending on how you have treated her up to this point. If you aren't entirely happy with your outcome, make sure to rewind time and see what other options you can get!

Eventually, when you find out Nathan is gone, Chloe will show up. Speak with her and she will want to leave, but not before watching a cutscene with Mr.Jefferson and the contest. From here, you will watch a lot cutscenes, and then have to walk through the junkyard at night, ultimately ending with another cutscene and the end of Episode 4!

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