House of Ashes guide: Everyone survives full walkthrough (Theatrical Cut)

House of Ashes – Theatrical Cut walkthrough (Part 3)

This is the third part of our House of Ashes Theatrical Cut walkthrough and guide. We’ll talk about the following chapters: After the Fall, Slayer, The Truce, and Bloodbath.

After the Fall (Jason)

Assuming Eric is alive, Jason and co. will find him crying in anguish by the cliffside (he thinks Rachel is already dead). If Merwin survived his ordeal, then he’ll be left in a safe spot and Eric will watch over him. Jason and Nick will then investigate the same temple from earlier, and they’ll repair the generator.

After fixing the generator, Jason and Nick will go through a side tunnel. There’s a small room to your right with a secret/collectible.

• Premonition: Staked and Randolph’s Journal 2 – Next, if you head down the main tunnel, you’ll come across another room. You need to succeed in the QTE here to avoid the grenade tripwire. This well-lit room has several secrets, including a premonition and a journal entry.
• Important decision: Once you examine the passageway, Eric will arrive and say that he wants to lead the squad through it. Refuse the order so that Jason and Nick are the ones who head over there.

Slayer (Salim and Nick)

This is still part of After the Fall. You’re back with Salim who’s looking at the wreckage of the truck. Pick up Dar’s wallet and examine the wreckage. The creature will rise up as if it completely recovered.

• QTE – You’ll be jumping across gaps here, and you’ll also have an aim-and-shoot sequence. If you succeed, the creature will still grab hold of Salim’s leg. However, sunlight will burn its arm. Salim will discover that these monsters are weak against sunlight. This affects the Ultraviolet bearing.

Salim manages to escape, and he sees several American soldiers get mauled by the monster. Next, you’ll take control of Nick. Follow the tunnel until you see another chasm. To your left, you’ll find a well-lit cavern.

• Premonition: Surrendered and Randolph’s Journal 3 – These two are on the ground.
• Important decision #1 – This isn’t a dialogue option that pops up. Instead, you’ll simply see two tunnels off to the side. Choose to go through the dark tunnel first. Nick will pick up the medkit. This is an important item that can be used if a character gets injured. It also affects the Blood bearing.
• Important decision #2 – Head to the well-lit tunnel. Tell your companion to take it slow because Dar is there waiting for you. This leads to an aim-and-shoot sequence where you can hit Dar’s shoulder.

The Truce (Nick)

The firefight causes a cave-in. Nick and Jason are separated. Immediately after this, Salim sneaks up on Nick. He tells him about how the creatures are weak against sunlight and, from this point onwards, he refers to them as either “demons” or “vampires.” They see one of these monsters feasting on a soldier’s corpse.

• Extremely important QTE – You’ll control Nick here and I’m guessing that another player plays as Salim if you’re doing co-op.
  • The goal here is to pass all the QTE sequences until you’re close enough to the vampire. You’ll then be able to attack and kill it. The reason why we want to take it out is that it will affect the Ultraviolet and Infected bearings down the line.
  • If you fail once, it leads to a “Don’t Breathe” minigame. If you fail multiple times, the creature will escape.
• Important decision – Jason arrives after hearing the commotion. You want to convince Salim to lay down his weapons (this will affect the Semper Fi bearing).
• Possible death – If Eric is with you, then it’s possible for him to die here. There’s a combination of factors such as (a) Jason shooting the shepherd in The Raid, (b) Nick replying to Salim negatively, and (c) Nick failing the QTEs. Because of what he’s seen and how he’s been treated, Salim will have no reason to trust the Americans. It leads to a firefight where Eric gets shot.

Bloodbath (Jason and Rachel)

This is, technically, still part of The Truce chapter. Jason and Nick will bring the vampire’s corpse to Eric. Salim is also there as a prisoner (he ends up mentioning to Eric that the monsters are weak against sunlight).

• Premonition: Tripwire and Randolph’s Journal 4 – You’ll regain control of Jason. Eventually, he and Nick will find themselves in the burial chamber. This room has several secrets and collectibles, including a premonition, Randolph’s Journal #4, a bloodless corpse, and Mary’s staked corpse. You can also pick up the stake so it can be used as a weapon during a QTE sequence later.
• Important decision – The two will plant C4 explosives along the tunnel. You can either place them in the middle or off to the side. Personally, I planted them in the middle. Do remember the decision that you made here because it will come up later during a crucial moment.
• Note: There’s a short cutscene where an unknown entity approaches Merwin.

This is the actual “bloodbath.” You’ll regain control of Rachel as she finds herself in a chamber filled with viscous liquid (possibly blood). It’s a charnel pit, and she’s surrounded by bones, corpses, and there’s even a giant statue of Pazuzu nearby.

• Randolph’s Journal 5 – There are various secrets here, including this journal entry behind one of the pillars.
• QTE – Rachel will get chased by one of the creatures here. Make sure you pass the QTE checks. Eventually, you’ll encounter Clarice. It seems that she managed to survive the past few hours here, but she’s not looking good.

Back in the temple, you’ll see that Eric is trying to perform an autopsy on the vampire’s corpse. He accidentally uses the UV wand which causes the creature to burst into flame. This affects the Ultraviolet bearing and, in a way, the Infected bearing as well. Due to the commotion, Salim manages to escape.

• QTE/possible injury – Outside (in the chasm where Eric cut the rope), Nick and Jason are talking. Suddenly, a reanimated Joey pops up. This zombified version even has horns now. Pass the QTE sequence here. If you obtained the stake from the burial chamber, you can use it during the aim-and-stab sequence. Eric will arrive and burn Joey with the UV wand, causing the zombified fella to fall down the chasm.

You’ll play as Rachel once more. She and Clarice try to climb back to the top.

• Important decision – Eventually, you’ll find a rope that can be used to get across the gap. You can either help or abandon Clarice here. For this part, I chose to help her.

All right, it looks like the group will be reunited soon. Let’s go to the next part of our House of Ashes Theatrical Cut walkthrough to discuss additional chapters.