Does it worth your time?

Darkwood is a slow-paced and very challenging game. During the day you explore the map, loot everything you can while trying to progress through the story and during the night you stay at your hideout trying to survive against the incoming enemies. Combat is the hardest part of the game and unless you spend some time to master it, you will find yourself spending most of your time looking for your dead body to collect back your items. The game auto-saves when you die and during major events and that means there is only one opportunity per playthrough to unlock the majority of the achievements. Hardly anything is explained ingame, so you are left to discover the mechanics by yourself.

First Playthrough

The game gives you the option to skip the prologue, but for this playthrough do not skip it for Finished prologue Make it through the Prologue. . During chapter 1 go for the Wolf's path Give the key to Wolf. , the easiest of the two major story choices. Also go for Kill the pig... Kill the Mutated Pig inside the pigsheds. , the only missable achievement for chapter 1. Chapter 2 Make it to Chapter 2. will unlock when chapter 2 starts. At this point as you level up be aware of Sleep in the grave Go to sleep in the grave while dreaming. and No sleep for the wicked Kill the Black Chomper while dreaming. , both are missable and only one can be completed per playthrough. Trapped villagers In the swamp, trap the villagers in the quarry with the giant boulder. is connected with Kill the pig. There are two ways to end chapter 2. For this playthrough go for Insatiable hunger Eat the Mushroom Granny. which allows to do Only ashes remain Burn the Talking Tree. . Lastly for the epilogue play normally and unlock Bliss Go to bed in the Epilogue. , then load your save, replay the epilogue and unlock Burn them all Burn the Being in the Epilogue. .

Second Playthrough

On your second playthrough there should be five achievements left. You can safely skip the prologue and do not forget Sleep in the grave Go to sleep in the grave while dreaming. or No sleep for the wicked Kill the Black Chomper while dreaming. , depending on which you unlocked on your first playthrough. During chapter 1 choose the Musician's path Give the key to the Musician. . There are two achievements available because of Musician's path: during chapter 1 Willpower Do not succumb to the Doctor's trap. and during chapter 2 Entertainer Survive Wolf's ambush. , both missable. Finally you can finish chapter 2 with Merciful Complete Chapter 2 without burning the Talking Tree. .

Time Saving Resources

Achievements Guide - Darkwood [Guide completed] - Includes all achievements and how to unlock them.
Item stacks 999 - A mod to increase most item stacks to 99, so you will not have to spend half your playtime travelling back to your hideout.