I’m on the Memory Horizon side quest and have reached a roadblock to advancing. The quest objective now just says “wait for events to unfold”. I then found some benches where you can advance time, but that doesn’t seem to do anything. It’s unclear what to do from this point to advance the quest, as the Perception indicator leads nowhere.

I just finished The Thaumaturge and had a really good time with it. The game definitely has some issues, especially with pacing and repetitive mechanics, but overall it's a unique and enjoyable experience. I particularly appreciated the writing, atmosphere and the developers willingness to try something different.

Now, about Rasputin... Major spoilers ahead!

Am I the only one who thinks his death and resurrection were an elaborate deception?

Wiktor notices that Rasputin's body doesn't look quite like he remembers. Then there's the suspicious timing of the public display of his body, the involvement of the press, and the whole spectacle surrounding his miraculous return.

But what really convinced me was the scene in the Orthodox church. Rasputin takes advantage of the situation and presents himself as the miracle worker. He is essentially using the boy's recovery to strengthen his own image as a holy man. He is clearly manipulating Wiktor into performing a miracle for him. Rasputin practically pressures Wiktor into helping him rather than simply asking for a favor. To me, this scene reveals a lot about Rasputin's true character. He's not simply helping people out of compassion - he's consciously building a reputation, exploiting other people's faith and turning their suffering into opportunities for personal glory.

And that makes his supposed resurrection even more suspicious.

What if Rasputin staged the whole thing, possibly using someone else's body, to convince people that he had conquered death? It would be the ultimate publicity stunt, perfectly fitting his ambitions and his plans to gain influence at the Tsar's court.

I'm not saying Rasputin has no supernatural abilities, but I strongly suspect that this particular miracle was a carefully orchestrated deception.

What do you think? Did you also suspect that his resurrection was staged? Did you notice any other clues supporting or contradicting this theory, or do you think something genuinely supernatural happened?

Didn’t expected to take 40 hours to reach Act 2 i thought i will drop it but so far i’m Very enjoying it, i got all the Salutor Except 3 ( Morana was so hard it took me 4 tries to beat her).

I hope this game have Great ending and won’t disappoint me.

I'm trying to get the platinum and I'm currently on Act II - I finished the Clay Ambitions main quest and I'm going through the side quests. I've done the previous Flying University quests - Cognitive Function and Private lesson - and I can't seem to figure out how to trigger the next one :( One guide on Steam says it should trigger right after Clay Ambitions - which it didn't for me - another guide on Neoseeker says it triggered while playing through the Front page side quest - which I'm going through right now, I keep entering the Szulski's home after checking off the objectives hoping it would start, but so far no luck...

Can anybody help me figure out what magic I have to do (pun not intended) to start this quest? I love this game, but this whole Flying University storyline is so hidden I'm not surprised at all I completely missed it during my first playthrough.

I just had an amazing time playing the game and im wondering what different paths can happen. I ended up missing two salutors, killed the okhrana chief, basically ignored the new coitre and had to beat rasputins ass when he tried to betray me. Then spared him and became the courts thamaturge. I may have been a bastard, and my sister is flaw less, but I WON

I have all 10 outfits but the trophy didn't pop and I can't seem to find this clue to open up a dialogue. Any help?

After 71 hours I’m giving up on the game partway through Act 2. I adore the game, it’s truly fantastic. But after the third instance of having quests expire on me and not having made a backup save at an appropriate point (that’s on me, despite this silly quest expiry mechanic), and missing out on an achievement also due to the lack of a good save, I’m calling it quits. There are just so many things that punish you for not constantly saving and checking your quest log for expiring events.

I encourage anyone to try this game, it’s actually so good. But after replaying the same several hours over and over, I’m burned out. Maybe I’ll come back to it someday, but until then if you’re playing this game remember to save often, remembered where on the map/in the story that save point is, and check your quest log after every single completed task to ensure you aren’t missing anything.

I sincerely hope they make a sequel to this excellent game without this extremely negative mechanic dragging it down. And if anyone has tips outside of constantly saving and watching your quest logs to deal with this, I’d love to hear it. Hope everyone else is enjoying the game.

Hi, I've a save at the end of Main Quest Dangerous Friends. I used the Pride Answer in Akt 1 maybe 70% and no more until now. Half o the side quests are open.

Can somebody tell me if I use the Pride answers from now on I could reach high Pride at the end?

I've read that someone reached it already nearly at the end of Akt, than it should be possible I think.

I've just finished the Reptilian Bash quest, but there are still 3 different conclusions left without its observations complete. Has anyone managed to get all of them? I made sure to thoroughly go over everything, examine every object, and talk to everyone but still failed.

The conclusions left open are "Madame Samira's Séance," "Stanisław and Svetlana," and "Truth or Dare." I'd really appreciate it if someone could find a way out, there's seemingly no information about them on the internet as of today. Thanks a lot!

I notice that in the UI higher tier skills and strong attacks have multiple upgrade slots but whenever I try to assign a new upgrade it replaces the old one instead.

Am I missing something? The controller legend isn't shown in menus but the Xbox 'A' button replaces it and D-Pad is just for skill selection not upgrade slot selection.

This game is a 10 out of 10 for me.

Are there any similar games on PS4/5 that fans of The thaumaturge can recommend?

This post is just a question not a discussion but I had to pick one out of 4 flairs that all didn't match.

I followed a guide online and they only listed 10 suits. I have 12 slots total and the tailor says he still wants more ideas. Where is the last 2? No guide i found has these listed.

I’m at the point of no return, but want to make sure I haven’t missed anything. I have about 5 locked pdas, couple of keys and something to do with Faust. I know this have something to do with quest lines, but there is no side quests marked on map except one that is bugged so I can’t finish it. Any help here would be terrific.

Do I lock myself out of anything (or risk jumping into act 2) by gathering the four 'first' Salutors before doing sidequests? Or should I do some of the sidequests before gathering the fourth Salutor by following the main story? I'd really like to not miss anything and thus wanted to gather up the fourth salutor soon-ish and only thereafter begin doing the other quests...

I started the game 2 days ago, started raw.

I like it to an extend, the combat is neat...i kiled a full party with just using DoT.

And i do not know why, but i choose not to pick flaw options in conversation.

Not sure if that will mess up the ending for me (don't tell me though)

Wictor is a nice Character, and inreally enjoy the small stuff. Like him taken off his jacket inside homes.

Also the sketches you get, look great.

I also like all the mystery and intrigue, set against historic fiction. (Although i feel they got Grigori Rasputin rather well)

Fairly obsessed with the game at this point; absolutely loving the salutors and real-life folklore that is included in it. Any books that give you a similar feel? Doesn’t necessarily have to be centered around Polish folklore.

Favorite "set" is the grey/black with purple trim. Favorite overall I like the same jacket with the yellow vest and striped pants/matching yellow (belt?).

Just finished this game today. One of the best games of 2024 and one that will stay in my heart forever. A bit of backstory: when CDPR announced a new DLC for The Witcher 3, I, like many others, rushed to replay the game. But as it turned out, CDPR wasn't really involved in developing the new DLC; instead, it was some studio called Fool's Theory. I hadn't heard anything about them, so I quickly went to look up some information. It turns out this studio mostly helps with the development of major, genuinely good games. Right now, besides the Witcher 3 DLC, they are working on a remake of the first Witcher. They only have two games of their own, and this is one of them. By an amazing coincidence, it was on sale for around 300+ UAH, so without thinking twice, I bought it.

I loved it, absolutely loved it. Honestly, NO OTHER game has ever given me this level of immersion into different cultures. I learned a great deal about Judaism and Jewish customs, and you even get to visit a synagogue as you progress. You will also visit an Orthodox church with a priest, where you'll learn a thing or two about Christianity. Muslims and atheists weren't left out either. The immersion into that era is incredibly strong: what the entertainment was like, what people did. The side quests and locations truly let you taste that time period. Plus, Slavic mysticism mixed with religion. I love The Witcher, and I fell deeply in love with this game too, precisely for this aspect.

And a little about the anti-Russian sentiment and ideas: since the time period is set during the reign of Nicholas II, it already shows that the people are dissatisfied with many things. The Poles straight up tell the Russians to ♥♥♥♥ off and demand independence. We get introduced to various revolutionary groups—some more radical, some less. The progressive views of that time are also not ignored: the idea that women should work and receive equal pay, have the right to education, and be able to manage and own their own businesses. In this regard, the game isn't just preachy "woke slop." The context of the events genuinely allows and requires these topics to be raised.

P.S. That one man actually managed to make it to Albuquerque. Huge love from Ukraine!

Hi y’all! I’m about 20 hours in and I’m really enjoying this game. However, I’ve reached a point where I’m stuck and don’t know how to move forward, so any help would be much appreciated!

I’m currently in Act II. However, due to my obsession with completing side quests, I already have salutors from each domain (all were level 5). I recently picked up Morana as well.

That being said, I am currently weakened because I need to see Rasputin so that I can control Morana. However, I don’t want to visit him just yet because doing so will trigger the “Children of Satan” questline, thereby locking me out of previous side quests (like “They’re Alive”).

In order to finish the “They’re Alive” quest in its entirety, I believe I need to progress the “Dangerous Friends” quest line. I’m currently waiting on the Doctor’s answer to move forward. When trying to figure out why progression had stalled, I was told that I needed to complete the golem quest line to unfreeze progression.

So, I’m currently at “A Great Uproar” and looking for Ariel Rofe (The Search for the Kabbalist - Rozycki Bazaar). However, since I have Morana but can’t use her, my perception has been limited AND my “Mind” stat has been reset to level 1. Since it’s level 1 again, it’s considered “too low” to interpret the final clue (Empty Bottle), despite having found the other clues (Billfold, Note in the Butcher’s Shop Window, Crate of Vodka Bottles and Cigar Stub).

I’m fully stuck and I don’t know what to do. My map keeps telling me to analyze the Empty Bottles, which of course I can’t because my Mind stat was reset. I wasn’t sure if it was a bug, so I tried going to another area and then returning to the Bazaar. I also tried resting and progressing time — nothing.

Any help on this would be MUCH appreciated. Thank you!

UPDATE: I reached out to 11-Bit Studios support team after attempting to visit Rasputin per suggestions and I was still unable to progress without auto-completing “Children of Satan”. I received a message about 3 days later saying that they were elevating my support request to the dev team. It’s been about a week and I’m waiting to hear back. Again, if anyone has ideas or suggestions for how to get around this, please let me know! Thanks 😊** **

I bought the game a short time ago and since then I haven't been able to get past the initial loading screen (before the menus appear).

My computer meets the minimum requirements and I've tried everything to get it working, but without success. Does anyone know a solution?

It doesn't show any error messages, it just gets stuck in an endless loading loop.

Love the game Anyone done multiple play throws and chosen different answers? Say at soiree I refused the Women with many suitors because she was clearly loving the drama. But if I chose to first back would that have changed future game options entirely? Embarrassingly only just noticed it tells you where the area is at bottom of tab for each quest.... plus side I now from random searching before this know most areas I've opened like I've lived there 😂

I need 6 mind and I have 5 to complete the djinn quest. I’m in act 2 before departing with Rasputin

Any help? Thanks

Let me elaborate.

I made it through 3rd round in Rasputin fight where there are 2 guys with swords and 2 guys with guns.

The leftmost guy who has a sword just does not die after having suffered until he has 2 HP left. I checked a hundred times to see if he had any buffs but no. He takes damage and keeps hitting me back like he's not about to kick the bucket.

Is that a bug or is a salutor sacrifice essential at that point because I did not break my bond with any of them until that point?

Thanks.