Opening walkthrough: Iván's apartment to the first fight
Quick answer
The opening takes you from the building lobby to Iván's flat on the 3rd floor, through a recipe puzzle that opens his sealed study, and ends with the first enemy fight. Open a step only when you need it. Kingy played and captured every step on 1.0.1.
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Before you start
Played by Kingy on version 1.0.1 (Steam build 26020008), Windows 11, October 19, 2026. A later patch could change puzzle details.
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Where you start
The protagonist keeps dreaming that her ex-boyfriend Iván is torn apart by creatures, and she can't reach him. She lets herself into his building, and you start in the lobby.
The steps below give the solutions. Save at the emerald fire bowl in the study when you reach it.
Walk right to the elevator and face its call button. It takes you to the 3rd floor. Door A belongs to old neighbours, so leave it. Iván's door is B, at the far right.
Knocking gets no answer. Open the inventory, select the Apartment Key, choose Use, then interact with the door again to go in.
In the living room, pick up the Old Book from the floor by the right-hand door. Only page 9 can be read. The study door is sealed with a red symbol.
Collect three things: the Developing Chemical from the kitchen fridge (there is burnt film in the oven), a Glass from the bedroom nightstand, and the Wrench from the bathroom tub.
In the bedroom, open the curtains. The window is boarded up, and the lower board is loose. Equip the wrench, aim at the board and break it to let sunlight in.
Combine the Glass with the Developing Chemical. Use it at the bloody bathroom mirror, then use it again while facing the open bedroom window. That makes Auritsatio, the recipe on page 9.
Use Auritsatio on the study door to melt the seal. The study has the first save point: save before you take the Green Candle. On our run the apartment changed after we picked it up, and the first enemy appeared.
Sources · 1Walkthrough · checked 19 Oct 2026 · Research checked 19 Oct 2026
Kingy test run: version 1.0.1, new game to the first enemy fight ↗Kingy's own playthrough of the retail game through Steam on Windows 11: version 1.0.1, Steam build 26020008, keyboard and mouse, played October 19, 2026 from a new game to the first enemy fight. The screenshots on these pages were captured from the game window during that run. Controller, Steam Deck, later areas and the 1.0.1 puzzle and finale fixes were not tested.Walkthrough ·
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