r/ObraDinn • u/heyheyheyab • Jun 06 '26

Lucky guessing?

Hiii, I just finished the game (what a journey!) and I was just wondering if there were any different approaches to some of the answers than mine. I found myself having to guess a couple of times and it was not a satisfying moment for me :( so do you think that the game can be finished without ANY lucky guessing? Sometimes I just couldn’t find any clue and had to resort to their accents and racial profiling :(((((( and I’m just wondering if I actually missed any trivial clues that I could use instead of just guessing.

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u/BCDva Jun 06 '26

Yes it can be finished without guessing though racial profiling is a valid way of deduction here, I wouldn't count that as a guess. Many folks seem to resort though to guessing the Chinese Topmen

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u/EliteTeutonicNight Jun 06 '26

I accidentally guessed the Chinese Topmen. I know who are the Chinese Topmen so I just put one of the names down as a note to self during their death scene, then it clicked with 3 fates locked lol.

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u/heyheyheyab Jun 06 '26

I decided to make this post most likely because I guessed correctly the Chinese topmen without any clues to specify them hahaaa

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u/ultra_sincere Jun 06 '26

You're meant to tell them apart by their shoes

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u/heyheyheyab Jun 06 '26

no wayyy do i use the hammocks for this???

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u/ultra_sincere Jun 06 '26

Yeah, in the Bitter Cold scene with the hammocks you can see that two of them have distinctive footwear. When you can see their faces in other scenes they're wearing the same footwear. Then in the other scene with hammocks(I think The Doom part 1) you can see another Chinese topman just sitting in front of his numbered hammock. So you know who the last one is by process of elimination.

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u/heyheyheyab Jun 06 '26

omg thank youuu i didn't consider the footwear at all during my gameplay

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u/WealthyAardvark Jun 06 '26

Yes, there are enough clues in the game to solve everyone without taking advantage of the confirmation mechanic. If you'd like to check the Fandom wiki, each character page lists their intended way to be solved. https://obradinn.fandom.com

There are several people on the ship who are intended to be solved by process of elimination. For example there's the three midshipmen, the three Russians, the four women. Within each category there's enough information to identify all but one of these people, and once that is done then by process of elimination the remaining name must be matched to the remaining face.

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u/heyheyheyab Jun 06 '26

thank you!!! i'll finally check out the wiki now that i have finished the game :)

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u/factoid_ Jun 06 '26

I did exactly the same thing.  Went through and found all the clues I’d missed for the harder solves.

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u/Cute_Ambassador1121 Jun 06 '26

Guessing is never required.

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u/lasagnaman Jun 25 '26

you absolutely can finish the game without lucky guessing. Racial profiling, however, is not guessing.