Pneumata Trophy Guide

Pneumata
Unlock all of the trophies

Congratulations on surviving the horrors of Pneumata!

Spider King
Kill 10 Spiders

When you enter the Detention Centre there are some spiders within the Washrooms and Hallways that you can stomp on to kill. You will hear a loud noise of something opening and then the spiders will appear and run towards you. Some spiders can appear in the water during the part in the Caves after falling down the hole. Here you will need to use your Revolver to kill the spiders. The count of spiders will accumulate over your play throughs unless you delete your game save data for the Invincible trophy.

Spirits Aren’t Real
Use the Ouija board in the attic

Once you arrive in Milton and are able to explore the few houses after opening the locked gate, there will be a larger house on your left up the pathway a ways that will have 3 floors. You will need to go to the top level and interact with the Ouija board that is in the attic on a small table surrounded by chairs. See the pictures below for more information.

Fearless
Complete the game in under 3 hours

You should attempt the speed run of the game after you have completed the game at least once and you feel familiar with the layout of the game. During this play through you will only focus on the tasks that will keep the story progressing forward. You will be able to use the in game manual saves (cassette tap players) in the safe rooms if you like, however this will void the Invincible trophy if you are combining them together in a play through. See the videos under Stage 2 for more information.

Monster Hunter
Kill a Bloater without taking damage

You will first encounter the Bloaters in the Sewers. There is one in the water way when you are on your route to get Treatment B value handle. There are also many Bloaters that are in the front office area of the Detention Centre when you try to retrieve the Cell Key from the Admissions Office.

You can shoot the Bloater will your handgun or shotgun to kill it after many shots. You can also get close to it and run in the opposite direction so that the Bloater will stop and then explode in place. When you successfully kill it without taking any damage, you will earn this trophy.

Invincible
Complete the game without dying

You will need to play through the game without making any manual saves (cassette tap players) in the safe rooms, never quitting or closing the game. This will need to be completed in one sitting of the game. Also, you will need to erase your Game Save data after completing the game once so that you will start a New Game (no deaths ever within your game save data). The game will make automatic saves as you play through the game. If you ever die during this play through, you will need to erase your game save data and start a New Game again. Once you have completed the game without ever dying and by following the information mentioned, you will earn this trophy. See Stage 2 for videos of a no death run play through.

All of the Lights
Turn the spotlight off at the Lighthouse

It is possible when you are playing the Lighthouse part before going into the Caves, to exit the building and then go around the opposite side of the building to take a set of stairs up to the attic of the building. Go through the attic to get up on the roof of the building as you walk towards the Lighthouse. You will eventually drop down onto a platform that will have a control panel that you can interact with to turn the spotlight off at the Lighthouse. See the pictures below for more information.

Doctor’s Visit
Get caught by the Doctor

During the part when you have the video camera and have after exiting the Detention Centre fire, you will need to walk through the hallways in the Medical area. When you get past a few pigs in the hallways, you will see a monster and the doctor (who is wearing glasses) walking around. You will let the doctor catch you to earn this trophy.

Crafty
Craft your first item

You will be able to craft items directly from your backpack with the inventory items that you have collected. An easy item to craft is Bandages from combining Alcohol and Cloth that you have collected from medicine cabinets or scattered about the environment. There are other items that you can craft like a Nailed Bat from combining a Bat and Nails, however this will be further into the story.

Door to Door
Ring the Doorbell at every house on the back trails

When you arrive in Milton and after you open the locked gate, you will enter the back trails. You will need to ring the doorbell of the 6 houses along this pathway before getting to the Church.

Can’t touch this
Dodge an enemy attack

You will be to introduced to how to perform the dodge movement (L1 and circle button at the same time). If an enemy is about to lunge forward to attack you, you can immediately dodge the enemy to earn this trophy.

Faulty Hardware
Break your first melee weapon

There are a few different melee weapons in the game and they are:
1. Knife
2. Stick
3. Crowbar
4. Pipe
5. Axe
6. Bat
7. Nailed Bat (crafted upgrade)

Each of these will eventually break as you kill enemies or hit walls, doorways, or other solid objects. You only have to break one of them for this trophy and the order of durability from least to best are as follows: 1. Stick, 2. Bat, 3. Nailed Bat, 4. Crowbar, 5. Knife, 6. Pipe, and 7. Axe.

Tap Dancer
Kill an enemy with a stomp

Sometimes some of the enemies can be knocked down to the ground with a melee weapon or a shot from your gun. Once the enemy is on the ground, you will need to stomp on its head to kill it.

Karate Master
Ragdoll an enemy with a front kick

When you are looking forwards you can perform a front kick. When attempting to do this trophy, it may take you a few times to get an enemy to actually do a rag doll reaction to a front kick. The easiest enemies to use are the ones that are in the hazmat suits with oxygen tanks on their backs as they are the most unstable walkers in the game.

Prison Break
Escape the detention center

Once you have entered the Detention Center you will need to go through the washrooms, then down the hallway to the prison area to clear the enemies in this open area. Go under the bench and then up the ladder and follow the pathway around to the right where you will drop down to the floor below. Next go right and follow the hallway to the end to find a room with a computer and an escape plan on the side bulletin board. On the computer you will need to interact with Systems>On so that you can control the gates that are blocking the hallways. Proceed to where you first came out near the washrooms and find the control lock for Gate A and then go down the hallway to the right to the Admissions Office to find the Cell Key. There will be enemies throughout this entire level to fight off. Next go back down the hallway you came from and then go left and into a large room with computers at the far end and some bookshelves. In a side room is Gate B control panel to open. Go through the opening in the bookshelves and to the left to open the Solitary Cells Gate. You will need to go straight down the hallway and continue straight as shown on the escape plan. You will end up at the cell where you will use the Cell Key to open it and retrieve some Dynamite (2×2 block) which is an item that takes up a lot of space. Next go back down the hallway you came from and then hang a left and continue straight to arrive at the location to set the dynamite. After the cut scene you will go forward a little and then left through where the water is falling down in the fire.

Cave Dweller
Find the secret cave room

When you have entered the Caves, you will drop down into a flooded area of the caves and follow the linear pathway through a sealed door, then more flooded area and through an iron gate. Go up the stairs and into a narrow passageway. After exiting this passageway go straight and then drop down and go left instead of right where the rocks fall from the ceiling. To the left is very dark so just keep going straight ahead and eventually you will see a room that looks like a washroom ahead with an enemy or two. Once you get close to the “room” part, you will earn this trophy. See the picture below for more information.

In the Dumps
Enter the sewers

This story will be earned naturally as you progress to open the floor door that is hidden within Room 504 of the Clover Hill Apartment Building. You will need to have gotten the quest to get Peter’s mail and delivered it to his Room 401. You will also need to have the Handle from the only Washing Machine that you can use quarters ($1.50 in coins) in the Laundromat of the first floor. The coins can be found inside of the safe (Room 506: Left 42, Right 56), in the Laundromat (on a table), and the inside of Rooms 401, 402, and 405. Finally, you will need to go to Security on the 4th floor to find the computer to turn the System>Off.

Paid by the Hour
Complete the game after 8 hours

You will need to complete a play through where it has taken at least 8 hours to complete. There is an in game timer that you can view in the top right corner of your pause screen. Also, if you pause the game, the timer will continue to add time, but you must unpause it to then view the newly updated time that you have been playing. Otherwise you can take your time to explore and find out every route, resource, and location of items during this play through.

Reading Sucks
Listen to 5 Audio Logs

There are small black cassette players throughout the levels of the game. You will need to interact with it for it to begin playing and you will need to have listened to at least 5 of these to earn this trophy. There are more than 5 of the small black cassette players throughout the game.

Grave Digger
Find the shotgun ammo inside a grave

When you find the Church in Milton, as you walk through the first gate, go to the left and along the side, there will be a shovel sticking out of a grave. Interact with the shovel to reveal some shotgun ammo and then crouch down to pick it up to earn this trophy.

Unwanted Gift
Watch the strange VHS Tape

At the beginning of the game you will go to the front door and automatically bring the gift into your house. Next you will interact with the gift to reveal a VHS Tape. Turn around and then go through the Basement door and down the stairs. Here you will be able to interact with the VCR to play the VHS Tape to earn this trophy.

We Need a Plumber
Turn on a dirty faucet

At the beginning of the game you can enter the bathroom and turn on any of the faucets that you can interact with to turn on the water.

Smells Like Home
Find your way inside Clover Hill

After the cut scene of a person in Room 405 of the apartment building in Milton, you can go around to the right of the building and over a barrier. Next go to your left and then a slight right to find stairs leading down to a basement side door to the apartment building. As soon as you go through this door you will earn this trophy as you enter the Clover Hill Apartment Building.

Scholar
Read 10 notes

There are many pages (notes) scattered throughout the game. You will only need to interact with 10 of these notes to earn this trophy.

Animal Lover
Give Martian some pats on the head

At the beginning of the game when you are still inside your house, you can go to the kitchen area to find your dog, Martian, lying on the floor. You can interact with the dog to pat it on the head and earn this trophy.

Arms of Steel
Block an enemy attack with your arms

You can press and hold L1 to block an enemy attack. You will earn this trophy the first time that you successfully perform this block.

The Missing Texans
Place your old case files on the board

Inside of Room 502 there is a board inside the bedroom where you can place 3 photos on it. You will need to find these photos within the apartment building and then place them in the correct order. See the pictures below for more information. Photo 3 is inside Room 401.

Litterbug
Discard items from your inventory for the first time

You will earn this trophy for the first time that you discard an item from your backpack inventory. Some weapons cannot be discarded from your inventory. Consumable items can be discarded from your inventory with no issues and you can immediately pick them back up if you like.

Errand Boy
Deliver Peter’s mail to him

This is story related is part of the progress to the story. You will need to have gotten the quest from Peter who is in Room 401. You will need to go to the main floor office to get Peter’s mail (red envelope on the back shelf) and then go back to his room and place it at the doorstep as indicated.

The Private Investigator
Closely inspect a point of interest to find an item

At the beginning of the game while you are inside your house, you can interact with an item and then you will be given an option to look more closely at the object.

Head in the Clouds
Decapitate your first enemy

You will earn this trophy the first time that you decapitate an enemy. You can use either a melee weapon or a gun to do this. It is easy to use a shotgun at close range or an axe.

Finish Him!
Perform your first finisher

You will earn this trophy near the end of the game when you are doing the final boss battle in the game against the doctor. You can pick up your gun from inside the tent where the key is hanging. Then during the third round of the battle, you will weaken the doctor and this lead to a cut scene where you use your gun to shoot him and earn this trophy.

Got a Nice Spread
Kill an enemy with the shotgun

While you are in Milton, you will need to go to the gas station and inside the back garage part you will obtain the shotgun. Afterwards you can use it to kill an enemy and earn this trophy.