Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds Achievements Walkthrough Guide

How to gain all the achievements, CGs, and codexes in Sigh of the Abyss so far. It will be updated when the game is.

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Here are some things to consider before you get started:

• حتى الآن, I have not found any of the skills make a difference. لذلك, for the purpose of this guide, I’ve gone with whatever suits the character/route.
• Do not use the scroll wheel. Unlike other dating sim games, this one does not show the log. It fast-forwards/skips dialogue and scenes. Use the specific log button when you want to reread sentences.
• It makes no difference how you treat Ornell (As of right now, على الأقل. That may change in the future). You can be mean, or nice, and still, make contrasting choices. أي, you can be nice to him and still kill him, or be mean, and still send him off on the ship. (لكن, people might like you more if you’re nicer to him, and don’t do things that upset him, generally.)
• There are many different ways to romance people. I found multiple personality types worked on the same love interest. لكن, for the interest of this guide, the achievements, and the CGs/Codexes, I will not be looking at every way. Just the “main” one that works, and is different from the other interests.

This is a work in progress. I am working on it right this second, after already unlocking everything in the past. It will be updated constantly until this disclaimer is removed today. It’s just published early so you can at least do Alpheon’s and Malec’s routes.

Unmissable Achievements

There are certain achievements you cannot miss. لذلك, they will not be included in any route’s achievement section, because they’re obtainable in all of them:

“Bond of Shadows”
You met a renegade mage.

“Bond of Coin”
You met the crafty rascal.

“Bond of Flowers”
You met the scarred artist.

Codexes

هناك 18 codexes:

1. الضوابط – Automatically unlockable starting the game
2. The Four Humors – Automatically unlockable starting the game
3. Carolise
4. The Triune Goddess – Talk to the woman in the beginning (phlegmatic?)
5. The Halls of Elevation
6. The Solstice Festival – Talk to Ornell (phlegmatic? – isn’t that what sleeping means?)
7. Banu Javidyar – Ask Ornell “Do you wish to see your family?”
8. Languages of Carolise – (confirm???) Visit Alpheon once in the tavern.
9. Songs of Carolise
10. The Four Winds
11. Coffee Houses – Go with Malec to the Rose after Ornell kills you (5th map screen)
12. The Forester’s Hide – Celebrate with Alpheon on the 4th map screen, and agree to go for a swim with him.
13. Alpheon – Talk to Ornell about someone that can help (phlegmatic?)
14. Atri – Talk to Ornell about someone that can help (phlegmatic?)
15. Malec – Automatically unlocks when you meet Malec
16. Marane – Meet Atri at the 1st map screen, then Marane at the 2nd map screen.
17. Ornell – Automatically unlocks when you meet Ornell
18. Sylas – Automatically unlocks when you meet Sylas

Malec (Mind Control 5, قوة 2 + Melancholic)

I don’t wish for you to simply haunt my dreams, no- I want you to infest my every waking thought.”

Malec, the scarred artist. Malec is our resident emo boy. He probably prefers the term empath.

For this route, I had Mind Control 5, قوة 2 and picked all Melancholic choices. I was nice to Ornell (we can be mean to him all we like on Sylas’ route) and cooperated with Malec’s research.

This route unlocks 1 CG (#2).

This route unlocks the following achievements:

“Bond of Blood”
You met the fallen admiral.

“Bond of Silk”
You met the bewitching mage.

“Death at his hands”
You forced Ornell to extinguish your spark.

“Bond that assures”
You celebrated with Malec.

Choices outside the dialogue wheel options are:

• At the first map menu: visit Atri, the hooded figure.
• Disarm the man
• Tell me the reason you’re bothering us
• Don’t say anything
• Don’t say anything – unlocks the achievement “Bond of Blood“
• See you around
• At the second map menu: visit Marane – unlocks the achievement “Bond of Silk“
• At the third map menu: visit Marane
• Prepare the drink for her
• It’s not your fault.
• Thank you for confiding in me
• I don’t want to be hurt
• One Second
• Alright
• Wait for Sylas’ plan
• Let’s go through with the fainting maiden
• … لا
• Ornell’s counting, let him talk
• How many times have you given her an extension?
• What does it look like?
• You can try
• Explain it to him
• Tell him that you do
• I will force him to kill me
• Extend your hand
• At the fourth map menu: click yourself. “Death at his hands”
• I won’t die
• Kill me – unlocks the achievement “Death at his hands“
• What you are saying is that you didn’t really kill me
• Call him over please
• Please ask him
• Why does he not want to?!
  Eradicate their worries, not their lives -deathflag
• At the fifth map menu: click Malec
• What are you doing here?
• Let him comfort you
• Don’t be
• Don’t mention him
• What’s wrong?
• Let him kiss you – unlocks a CG (#2) and the achievement “Bond that assures“
• You are
• Approach it slowly

Alpheon (Mind Control 5, قوة 2 + Phlegmatic)

“It’s time to do what I do best, and no, it’s not singing.”

Alpheon, the languid minstrel. Wooing him is fairly simple: visit him whenever possible on the map. His route has 3 CGs, all of which are obtainable without romancing him if you so wish. (#1, #4 و #5)

For my playthrough, I went for Mind Control 5 and Strength 2 and always pressed the Phlegmatic (or teardrop) option when prompted with that choice system. I was also nice to Ornell, because he is also a mage. I cooperated with Alpheon and Malec, and their research on the phenomenon every time. – I’m unsure how much of this guide is actually needed, but it created nice dialogue with Alpheon this way.

You will unlock the achievements:

“Bond of wine”
You met the languid minstrel.

“Bond that questions”
You celebrated with Alpheon.

“Death Avoided”
You found another way to break the odious spell cast on you.

Choices outside the dialogue wheel options are:

• At the first map screen, visit Alpheon instead of the hooded woman Atri
• Disarm the man
• Tell us what you were doing
• Intervene
• Threaten them
• Ask Him – unlocks the achievement “Bond of wine“
• Don’t say that
• I should not be hurt by Abyssal magic
• Let him touch you
• Are you going to see underneath?
• يقبل
• It chains Ornell to me, and vice verse
• He would die
• I don’t know what to do
• What would you do?
• At the second map screen, visit Alpheon again instead of Ornell.
• Add your coin to the pile.
• Accept the wine
• Am I? – CG unlock (#5)
• I’ll take the beef
• Accept his offer of an escort
• Let him kiss it
• It is not unwelcome
• I can’t destroy it if I can’t see it
• Endure it
• One second
• Alright
• Wait for Sylas’ plan
• Let’s go through with the fainting maiden
• I think he’s more interested in your arm
• How is it possible?
• You can try.
• Explain it to him
• Tell him that you do
• At the third map screen – Alpheon should be there. Click him
• I’d like to see him
• Perhaps
• Rough Night?
• Thank you
• I was tested and I think I succeeded
• Will Ornell feel anything?
• نعم
• What kind?
• You can do this
• Focus on the details of the scabs
• You heed Alpheon’s words and steel yourself
• The careful picking at a scab
• Destroy the spell – unlocks the achievement “Death Avoided“
• For the better?
• We broke the spell
  May you sheperd the herd. Justly. -dreamflag
• Thank you
• Will Ornell be safe?
• دعونا
• Listen to the sailors – CG unlock (#4)
• At the fourth map screen – visit Alpheon
• What do we both need?
• Count me in
• Do you go there often?
• Like you mind
• Are we taking the northern or the southern one?
• Why a natural pool instead of a bath house?
• You wish you were
• It’s beautiful
• Look
• Will you not look? – CG unlock (#1) and unlocks the achievement “Bond that questions“
• Is this your way to feel human?
• Why are you telling me this?
• It’s a very human look
• Clap
• I liked the singing, not the song
• Humour him
• I’d like to do this again sometime
• Approach it slowly

Sylas (قوة 5, Mind Control 2 + Choleric)

Sylas, the crafty rascal. For her route, we’re going full tilt. I used Strength 5, Mind Control 2, and answered everything Choleric (or fire) option when prompted with that choice system. I was also mean as heck to Ornell.

Her route has 1 CG (#6).

You will unlock the achievements:

“Bond of wine”
You met the languid minstrel.

“Bond that comforts”
You celebrated with Sylas.

“Death by your hands”
You extinguished Ornell’s flame.

Choices outside the dialogue wheel options are:

• At the first map screen, visit Alpheon instead of the hooded woman Atri
• Disarm the man
• Tell us what you were doing
• Intervene
• Threaten them
• Ask Him – unlocks the achievement “Bond of wine“
• Don’t say that
• I should not be hurt by Abyssal magic
• Let him touch you
• Are you going to see underneath?
• يقبل
• It chains Ornell to me, and vice verse
• He would die
• I don’t know what to do
• What would you do?
• At the second map screen, visit Alpheon again instead of Ornell.
• Add your coin to the pile.
• Accept the wine
• Am I? – CG unlock (#5)
• I’ll take the beef
• Accept his offer of an escort
• Let him kiss it
• It is not unwelcome
• I can’t destroy it if I can’t see it
• Endure it
• One second
• Alright
• Wait for Sylas’ plan
• Let’s go through with the fainting maiden
• I think he’s more interested in your arm
• How is it possible?
• You can try.
• Explain it to him
• Tell him that you do
• At the third map screen – Alpheon should be there. Click him
• I’d like to see him
• Perhaps
• Rough Night?
• Thank you
• I was tested and I think I succeeded
• Will Ornell feel anything?
• نعم
• What kind?
• You can do this
• Focus on the details of the scabs
• You heed Alpheon’s words and steel yourself
• The careful picking at a scab
• Destroy the spell – unlocks the achievement “Death Avoided“
• For the better?
• We broke the spell
  May you sheperd the herd. Justly. -dreamflag
• Thank you
• Will Ornell be safe?
• دعونا
• Listen to the sailors – CG unlock (#4)
• At the fourth map screen – visit Alpheon
• What do we both need?
• Count me in
• Do you go there often?
• Like you mind
• Are we taking the northern or the southern one?
• Why a natural pool instead of a bath house?
• You wish you were
• It’s beautiful
• Look
• Will you not look? – CG unlock (#1) and unlocks the achievement “Bond that questions“
• Is this your way to feel human?
• Why are you telling me this?
• It’s a very human look
• Clap
• I liked the singing, not the song
• Humour him
• I’d like to do this again sometime
• Approach it slowly

Marane (Shadow Magic + Sanguine)

Work in progress, will be up in about 3 ساعات.