Welcome to our Nocturnal 2 Achievement Guide, where you can find everything you need to 100% the game.
SUMMARY
- Estimated Time to 100%: 10h
- Difficulty: 2/10
- Missable Achievements: 2 (Nothing Else Remains and Watching from Afar are mutually exclusive in a single save)
- Playthroughs Needed: 1 (with a manual save backup; otherwise, you need 3 playthroughs)
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Intro
Nocturnal 2 has 10 achievements, and none of them are particularly difficult. Most are tied to the story or to collectibles: Poems, Arcanas (Tarot cards), Cinderhearts (Brands), Abilities, and relighting every flame across Ytash. Every lit flame shows up as a white dot on the map.
The real challenge is the endgame. Once you take the blue flame (Ashflame of Balance) at the pyre in Great Hearth, the map disappears, teleporting is disabled, and you’re locked into a single path until you reach an ending. There is no chapter select.
The game has multiple endings, and the two special ones have opposite requirements:
- The True Ending needs every Poem and Arcana collected, plus a few extra steps during the final path.
- The Alternate Ending needs all of them destroyed, along with burning certain scenery.
Because of this, the minimum is 1 playthrough with a manual save backup. Without the backup, you’ll need 3 playthroughs to see every ending. Make a manual copy of your save from the game files right before interacting with the Brazier in Great Hearth.
Step 1. Story, exploration and collectibles
Play through the story and explore every area of Ytash. Along the way:
- Relight every flame to reach 100% Flame Presence. Use our map as a reference, since each white dot is a lit flame.
- Collect every Poem, Arcana and Cinderheart. After finding a Cinderheart, go to the Sun Child and choose Rekindle Brand.
- Unlock every Ability.
- Buy every upgrade from the Sun Child.
- Meet Yalda every time she appears and sit next to her: Oil Chambers, Forge of the Ardent Arts and Winged Balcony. Also sit on the bench in Fuel Forest.
- Some collectibles sit behind blue doors. To get through them, extinguish your flame first (water puts it out), then relight it afterwards.
Do not burn any Poem or Arcana yet. When everything is done and you’re about to use the Brazier in Great Hearth, back up your save. Interacting with the Brazier is the point of no return, so make the backup right before it.
After backing up your save, follow the steps for each ending in the achievement guide below:
- Watching from Afar: True Ending. See the step-by-step instructions in the achievement entry.
- Nothing Else Remains: Alternate Ending. Restore your save backup first, then follow the step-by-step instructions in the achievement entry.
Do the True Ending first, since the Alternate Ending destroys the collectibles it needs.
ACHIEVEMENT GUIDE
Reactivate the Great Lift
Story-related and can’t be missed. Rekindle both of Ytash’s Lungs (the Right Lung and the Left Lung) and the Great Lift will be reactivated, letting you ascend to the final part of the city.
Unlock every Ability
Most abilities are given to you by the story, but some are easy to skip if you don’t explore. The abilities are:
Ability #1: Flame Lift
Get it by interacting with the altar in Gates of the Doused.
Ability #2: Sun Slash
Get it by interacting with the altar in The Fireworks.
Ability #3: Blackfire
Get it by interacting with the altar in Chimney Alley.
Ability #4: Spinning Claws
Get it by interacting with the altar in Scarlet Study.
Ability #5: Blazing Dive
Get it by interacting with the altar in Fuelkeep.
Discover the secret flame
Story-related. Take the blue flame (Ashflame of Balance) at the pyre in Great Hearth. At this point (before interacting with the Brazier), manually back up your save from the game files. This is necessary if you want to get all the endings in a single playthrough.
Reach the end
Story-related and can’t be missed. This unlocks automatically when you finish the game with any ending.
Find every Brand
To get this achievement, you’ll have to find 9 Cinderhearts, then go to the Sun Child and choose Rekindle Brand.
Cinderheart #1
It can be found in The Fireworks. Interact with the altar to get it.
Cinderheart #2
It can be found in Disaster Pools. Follow the corridor to the top and interact with the altar.
Cinderheart #3
It can be found in the Oil Chambers. First, extinguish your flame to get through the blue door on the left. Then interact with the lever and go through the door that opens. Light the flame to open another door, and you'll see it right in front of you.
Cinderheart #4
It can be found in Quarters Outskirts.
Cinderheart #5
It can be found in Fuel Forest, at the top of the area on the left side.
Cinderheart #6
It can be found in Cinder Nook. First, extinguish your flame by going through the water on the left. Then drop down to the lower level, go through the door on the right and interact with the lever. Go back to get your flame, then go around the area through the upper section on the right side. Drop down again and light the flame inside the room to open the door on the right, and you'll see it right in front of you.
Cinderheart #7
It can be found in Forge of the Ardent Arts. Light the middle torch, then the one on the right, and finally the one on the left. This will reveal the secret room on the left with the Cinderheart inside.
Cinderheart #8
It can be found in Kindling Corps Quarters, at the top of the area on the left side.
Cinderheart #9
It can be found in Sunbird Promenade. Follow the only path on the left until you reach it.
Complete the Epic
To get this achievement, you need to collect all the Poems scattered around Ytash. Below you’ll find the locations of all of them.
Poem #1
It can be found in Gates of the Doused at the very start of the game. It'll be right in front of you.
Poem #2
It can be found in The Fireworks, on the left side of the area.
Poem #3
It can be found in the Oil Chambers.
Poem #4
It can be found in Log Rest.
Poem #5
It can be found in Chimney Alley.
Poem #6
It can be found in Kindling Corps Quarters.
Poem #7
It can be found in Spark End.
Poem #8
It can be found in Forge of the Ardent Arts.
Poem #9
It can be found in Fuelkeep.
Poem #10
It can be found in Great Hearth.
Poem #11
It can be found in Smothered Hotbed, accessed from the Chimney Alley area.
Complete the Arcana
You can get this achievement after finding all the Arcanas. Below you can see the locations of all of them.
Arcana #1: The Sun
It can be found in Disaster Pools. Follow the only path on the left and burn the skeleton to reveal the Arcana.
Arcana #2: The Consumed
It can be found in Fuel Forest. Climb to the upper part of the area and burn the skeleton to reveal the Arcana.
Arcana #3: The Branded
It can be found in Fireworks Outskirts. At the top of the area, you can jump to the right side to find a secret room. Burn the skeleton to reveal the Arcana.
Arcana #4: The Blessed
It can be found in Cinder Nook, at the top of the area on the left side.
Arcana #5: The Neverend
It can be found in The Fireworks, in a secret room on the right side at the top of the area.
Arcana #6: The Child
It can be found in Forge Outskirts, on the left side of the red area.
Arcana #7: The Log
It can be found in Kindling Corps Quarters, after breaking the floor.
Arcana #8: The Fear
It can be found in Fuelkeep. Follow the only path on the left to the end to find it.
Relight the entire City
Reach 100% Flame Presence by lighting every fire, torch and switch in every area.
Below you can see a map with the location of all the torches. Click or tap the map to open it at full size in a new tab, where you can zoom in on every detail.
Reach the Alternate Ending
To get the Alternate Ending, you need to meet all of these conditions before the end:
- 100% Flame Presence (see Was It Worth It?)
- Every Brand unlocked (see The Branded)
- Get all the Poems (see The Poet)
- Get all the Arcanas (see Got Any Shinies?)
After completing the requirements above, follow the steps below.
Step 1. Burn the skeletons in Disaster Pools.
Step 2. Burn the small tree in Quarters Outskirts.
Step 3. Burn the skeletons in Cinder Nook.
Step 4. In Fuelkeep, once 100% of the lights are lit, you'll be able to open the door. Interact with the altar and burn all the Poems.
Step 5. In Quarters Outskirts, interact with the altar and burn all your Arcanas.
Step 6. After completing all the previous requirements, go to Great Hearth and light the Brazier. Defeat the boss and you'll get the Alternate Ending.
Reach the True Ending
To get the True Ending, you need to meet all of these conditions before the end:
- Get all the Poems (see The Poet)
- Get all the Arcanas (see Got Any Shinies?)
After completing the requirements above, follow the steps below.
Step 1. Sit next to Yalda in the Oil Chambers.
Step 2. In Fuel Forest, climb to the upper part of the area and sit on the bench.
Step 3. Sit next to Yalda in Forge of the Ardent Arts.
Step 4. Sit next to Yalda at Winged Balcony.
Step 5. In Great Hearth, defeat The Last Firebrand and follow the only path until you get the Gift of Arsia.
Step 6. Now follow the only path and put out all the flames you lit earlier. You don't need to put them out across the whole map, only in the small area the game places you in. Very important: you'll also have to break the Sun Child statue. Along with putting out the flames, this is one of the requirements for the True Ending.
Step 7. Keep following the only path and you’ll eventually find Yalda. Sit next to her one last time (this is before you enter Smothered Hotbed).
Step 8. The last light you'll have to put out is right next to the boss door. If you put them all out correctly, an indicator will appear in the bottom left corner of your screen, showing that this step toward the True Ending was completed successfully.
Step 9. Finally, defeat The Neverending Flame and follow the only path to the beach, where you'll see a new cutscene and get the True Ending.
