UNBIRTH Complete Walkthrough

**Dubhe14** · 03-03-2016, 11:17 PM

Put on your brown pants, boys and girls, we’re gonna play UNBIRTH!

For those who may not already know, Unbirth was a small project by Thomas Grip before he co-founded Frictional Games. It's a neat little game and you can read more about it HERE, and also download it. Unfortunately, it's a buggy mess of a pre-alpha, so people usually only get 2-3 minutes into the game before it crashes and they quit - even though there is about 2 hours of content here!!

I think this will be the only guide of it's kind on the internet: a complete start-to-finish walkthrough of Unbirth. I really wish something like this existed when I started playing it, so I'm making one myself.

Download the game, then GO HERE to download EnDash's file pack, so you can start with more ammo, then go bother Plutomaniac to finish his recreation of Unbirth as an Amnesia mod (seriously, mate I would love to see this!).

After installing the game, go to the install directory, and find unbirth_test\misc\default.cfg
Here you can change the “height” and “width” values to match your monitor’s resolution (1080 and 1920 for 1080p monitors).

Now find unbirth_text\unbirth.exe - right-click -> Properties -> Compatibility Tab. The general recommendation is to run it in “Windows98” mode, but I had better luck in “Windows XP (Service Pack2)”, so try a few if you’re getting bad results.

99% of the crashes in this game are caused by using doors to enter a new area, so we’ll avoid this as much as possible by using one simple trick:

We won’t use doors.

Instead, when we come upon a door, we will use the in-game command console to teleport to where that door would have led us. This is the best way to avoid crashes in the game. This game will still crash, but it usually crashes gracefully, so a simple Alt-Tab and Ctr-Shift-Esc will be all you need. Since I'll be giving you all the area codes, it should be easy to teleport right back to where you were.

So from the main screen, don't click "Load Game" unless you're really itching to hard-reboot your PC. Do click "NEW GAME".

Well, I hope you're ready!
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You find yourself at the bottom of a basement (this area is map basement1/start for reference)

W A S D moves you, MOUSE looks around
Left CTRL makes you crouch, Left SHIFT makes you sprint
F turns on the flashlight (even though you technically don’t have one yet)
TAB opens the inventory
examine the photo (you have amnesia, sound familiar?)
exit the inventory and look at the screwdriver
Left MOUSE button examines objects, Right MOUSE button picks them up if possible.
pick up the screwdriver and the flashlight
look at the battery recycling box, open your inventory, and use the screwdriver
open your inventory, combine the batteries with the flashlight
explore a bit, then go to the door under the light
press ~ to bring up the game console and type:

map basement1/passage1

press ENTER to walk through the door
press ~ again to close the console
explore, then head to the door at the end of the hall

map basement1/passage2

examine the “Posters” and “Missing Poster”
explore, then head to the door at the end of the hall

map basement1/passage3

examine the “Lockers” and “Broken Table”
take the string
go up the steps to the next door

map house1/garden

explore, then head to the back door of the house

map house1/kitchen

pick up the magnet and knife
press Q to equip the knife (it’s invisible, I know)
while a weapon is equipped, Left MOUSE button attacks with it, you cannot examine items
pressing Q again will holster the knife
explore, examine the “Table” and “Boarded-Up Window”, then head to the wooden door near the closet

map house1/livingroom

examine the bookcase, paintings, TV, and “Newspaper”
read your new journal entry
head to the wooden door to the right of the TV
examine the door

map house1/hall

examine the doors and the “Painting”
take the stairs up to the second floor

map house1/upperhall

take the “Note to Alex” on the chair, and read your new journal entry
explore the two open rooms
in the bathroom, take the pills - these replenish health
in the bedroom, examine the bed and cabinet
go to the door opposite where you came in

map house1/bedroom

examine the “Pile of rubble” and “Ceiling”
back in the upperhall, there was a door at the end of the hallway, it leads to

map house1/workroom

examine the desk, paintings, bookshelf, and closet
use the screwdriver on the drawer on the desk
now, when you press Q to equip your weapon, you can use R to cycle between weapons
press E to reload your gun when equipped
read your new journal entry - you now know the safe combination (3-10-23-1)
open the safe
you now have a key to unlock the front door of the house in the hall, this takes you to

map street1/main

you stand in front of a red house, to your right is a white house, before you is a warehouse
explore a bit, examine the iron gate
go to the door under the red light on the side of the warehouse
you might want to have your gun equipped…

map warehouse/main

this will be the first and last time that I give you prior warning of an enemy, in this respect you are on your own from now on!
once it is dealt with, move the crate to reveal a hole
looking at the hole, combine the string with the magnet
with the key, let’s exit the warehouse and enter the white house

map mansion/hall

take the “Letter to Bill” on the cabinet, and read your new journal entry
the door opposite the bathroom leads to

map mansion/livingroom

explore a bit, examine the photo on the wall
go up the stairs to

map mansion/upperhall

the door opposite you is door3, then counterclockwise, door2 and door1
start at door1, it leads to

map mansion/toilet

not much here, but examine the toilet
door2 leads to

map mansion/bedroom1

take the “Little girl’s diary”, and read your new journal entry
examine the table and cabinet
door3 leads to

map mansion/bedroom2

examine and take the ring on the bed, you now know the gate code (1207)
take the ammo on the desk
going back to the mansion/livingroom, the door to your immediate right leads to

map mansion/kitchen

take the car battery
examine the paintings on the wall
now you can go back outside to street2/main, and around the side of the white mansion is a locked hatch
combine the car battery with the screwdriver to unlock the hatch, which will take you to

map mansion/basement

after falling in, make your way through the basement
take the keycard under the stairs
the stairs lead back into mansion/livingroom, but we’re gonna exit the house and go to the gate on the street
use the keycard on the panel near the gate, then type in the code 1207 to unlock the door
the door will take you to

map street2/main

I’ve found that this part of the game is more stable, and it’s generally safe to use doors. If teleporting via console commands has been tedious, try using doors for a while.
before you are three buildings, a yellow building on the right, a middle gray building, and a left gray building
explore for a bit
but don’t go between the gray buildings
…not…yet…
go inside the left gray building

map house3/main

there’s only two accessible apartments in this building, the first one is to your immediate left

map house3/hall1

starting from the door you came in, counterclockwise, are door1, 2, 3, and 4
door1 will lead to

map house3/toilet1

examine the toilet
take the pills
door2 leads to

map house3/childroom1

make yourself comfortable
don’t try to leave
stay here forever
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map house3/livingroom1

examine the tv, bookcase, and paintings on the wall. Are you sure you’re alright?
door4 takes you to

map house3/childroom1
map house3/bedroom1

examine the mattress, radio, and “Woredrobe”
take the notebook, and read your new journal entry
theres nothing left here, go back to the stairwell
the only other apartment is on the top floor

map house3/hall2

take the penknife on the desk
examine the desk
who keeps BREAKING THAT GLASS??
there’s nothing in the kitchen, so go to the toilet

map house3/toilet2

nothing to see here either, so take the double doors at the end of hall2

map house3/livingroom2

examine the bookshelves, TV, table, and book. In the bedroom, examine “The Eye”
walk back to the- wait…is the phone ringing?
…should you answer it?
the other pair of doors in this room lead to

map house3/diningroom2

examine the shelf, bookcases, and statue
the other door leads back to the kitchen, so let’s get out of this apartment, back to the stairwell
at the bottom of the stairs is a door to the basement

map house3/basement1

FAIR WARNING: the basement in this building is very unfinished - take a few steps forward and you’ll see what I mean…
the path splits, the left and right paths both end in dead ends. Before you is meant to be a set of stairs…how far can you go into the darkness?
there are two other areas of the basement that are meant to be accessible, so we’ll teleport there to explore

map house3/basemement2

the door behind you leads to a corridor that takes some trickery to navigate (try walking backwards at first)
the door opposite from you leads to

map house3/basement3

where you can pick up more ammo, a cassette tape, and a hammer (that looks oddly like a gun when equipped…)
from basement3, if you use the door behind you back to to basement 2, then go to the door across from you, you’ll see a clever little easter egg left by the developer! It only works if you start from basement3 and go back to basement2.
ok let’s go back to map street2/main and take the blue doors in the middle gray building

map foodstore/main

there’s nothing interesting here, so take the other door to

map foodstore/storeroom

again nothing here
take the wire on the box before leaving to street2
now let’s go inside the yellow house

map house2/main

you’re inside another apartment. I HIGHLY recommend you don’t teleport, and only use doors while inside this building
on the second floor is a door to

map house2/hall

examine the table in the kitchen, and take the iron bar
you cannot open the safe yet
take the closed door to

map house2/livingroom

examine, then use the computer
RUN!!

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now that you’re back on the street, take a stroll between the gray buildings
try not to get lost...
within this area is the tool needed to open the safe - you have to find it
once you have the tool, if you try to combine it with the iron bar, it will tell you the iron bar is too thick
wasn’t there a grind wheel in the foodstore?
with the thinner iron bar combined with the tool, head back to the yellow house and open the safe
you now have the key to the school in hand. How does one get to the school?

through the graveyard, of course

across the yellow house is a locked gate. I do not know where to find the key, but it will take you to

map cematary/main

be sure to spell that incorrectly, correctly - that’s cemAtAry
go to the shack on your right, there is an electrical box on the wall
use the wire to fix the electrical box
use the now fixed electrical box to solve a math puzzle
this puzzle can be a bit tedious so here are a few hints:
HINT 1: pi is “multiply”, sigma is “plus”, alpha is “divide”
HINT 2: fuck it the answer is: sigma alpha pi alpha pi sigma
solving this puzzle unlocks the gate on the far side
but first, go into the crypt

map cematary/crypt

there's nothing in the crypt but empty coffins, so take this time to admire the soundtrack, and remember that Thomas did this by himself!
take the far gate in the cemetery to

map street3/main

can you imagine walking through a graveyard on your way to school every day?
from this point on, the game gets very unstable, I recommend you exclusively teleport through doors
the door on the building takes us to

map school/main

there’s not much here but more doors, the door on your immediate left takes you to

map school/reception

you can explore a bit, but there’s nothing to pick up
in the main hall, take the boys’ bathroom door to

map school/boytoilet

explore a bit and take the jar of coal
the girls’ bathroom door leads to

map school/girltoilet

examine the middle, partially open stall
could the player character, Alex, actually be a girl?
come back outside and take the stairs up to

map school/corridor2

examine "The Eye" on your right
in the next hallway, the first door on your right leads to

map school/classroom3

take the “blank piece of paper” in the back on a desk
the next door on your right leads to the very eerie

map school/classroom4

examine the only desk here
the last door on this hallway takes you to

map school/storeroom

take the box of matches
examine the “Note from a Friend” by the computer, pick it up, and read your new journal entry
that’s it for this corridor, back in school/main, the last door to take leads to

map school/corridor1

ignore the staircase for now
the first door on your right leads to

map school/classroom1

take the jar on the teacher’s desk
examine the papers on the desk and the world map
the second door in the corridor leads to

map school/classroom2

examine the books on the shelves, the two pipes, and the map on the wall
the two wooden doors at the end of this corridor take you to

map school/chemestryroom

this isn’t a chemistry room, is it?
examine everything
take the jar of acid and jar of salt
activate the burner to turn it on, use the matches on it to get a flame
looking at the burning burner, combine the jar of coal with the blank paper to show the code 2519
use the jar with salt on the burner to get a jar of pure salt
combine the pure salt with the jar…
combine the coal with the jar…
combine the acid with the jar…
combine the matches with the jar…
nothing happens - I have to admit, I’m stumped, I have no idea how to solve this puzzle
somehow, you find a way past the door at the bottom of the stairs we skipped earlier - this door takes you to

map otherside/main

I’m 99% sure you’re in Hell right now - there’s no going back so follow the path
eventually, the platform will split in 3 directions…
the left path leads to a “plate” with readable text
the right path leads to a dead end, but you can jump down to a lower platform with another readable “plate”. This path eventually merges with the forward path so take it and move on.
eventually you’ll come upon a metal door that leads to

map otherside/room1

on the other side of this platform is another metal door to

map otherside/room2

at the end of this path is a panel
2519 does nothing
1207 does nothing
I don’t know what to do here
backtrack a little and you’ll see a gray platform you can jump down to
at the end of this path is a metal door that leads to

map otherside/room3

the bottomless pit does exactly what you think it does
you can pick up a piece of an amulet here
the door at the end takes you to

map otherside/room4

here you can find another amulet near the bottomless pit
as you can guess, there's a third amulet piece to find...
an unlocked door will bring you to

map otherside/room5

here you will find the last amulet piece
back in otherside/room4, find the door with a circle shape in the middle
one by one, use all the amulet pieces on the door - it is now unlocked
take it to

map otherside/room6

the door is shut behind you
there is no escape!

Alright, we made it through Unbirth!

I hope you had as much fun as I did, and I certainly hope you’ve gained an appreciation for this diamond in the rough.

I really like Unbirth, not only can you see the inception of some of the ideas that would later define Penumbra and Amnesia, but Unbirth also deals with a lot heavier of a subject matter than those two later games - dark entities kidnapping and mutilating children, an apocalyptic plague, a twisted school full of rusted metal and fetus jars....pretty heavy stuff!

I hope we can generate enough love for Unbirth to convince Frictional to turn it into another one of their masterpieces.

Alright, let's see who can last the longest inside map house3/childroom1

**Slanderous** · 03-03-2016, 11:31 PM

Kudos for the good work [Image: like.png]

**Sleepbug** · 03-08-2016, 02:50 AM

Bit random, but I got to house3/childroom1 a couple months ago and I remember that one of the paintings in that room is a cropped picture of the 'ghost kid' from that one image that was popular back in the day.

The image I'm talking about can be found at textures/detail/detail_painting15, btw.

Anyway, that unfinished basement in house3 scared the hell out of me the first time I encountered the broken walls. I felt like they were gonna come to life or something...

**Sumbum24** · 12-18-2017, 08:41 PM

Umm where the hell do I find the string in the start of the game?[/php]