Mara arrived in Krat with a notebook, a lantern, and a rule she refused to break: never leave Hotel Krat before the song ended. She was not chasing headlines or the next boss; she was chasing vinyl. By the time the city’s gears had ground through two full cycles, her ledger held all 16 base-game records and 8 Overture tracks — and she had learned exactly which quest timings could snap a collection in half.

The first trap was Eugénie. One late-game answer can lock out a record, while leaving Hotel Krat before a song ends wastes its humanity trigger. Mara wrote that warning in red at the top of her notebook, then built a route that secured every base-game record, every Overture track, and clean NG+ progress for Golden Melody, Memory’s Melody, and the quieter reward of a complete gramophone shelf.

Hotel Krat gramophone beside Polendina lobby counter

Base-Game Vinyl: Quest Timing Before Exploration

Mara’s first rule was simple: prioritize quest timing over exploration. Adelina, Cecile, and Antonia each carried a hard missable condition. Normal records came from quests, merchants, or bosses; the five Golden records waited in NG+.

Chapter Record Required action
2 Feel Complete Weeping Woman; lie that the puppet is a cute baby.
4 Divine Service Give Cecile the Holy Mark before the Cathedral boss, then return afterward.
5 Someday Buy from the Red Lobster Inn Wandering Merchant for 3,800 Ergo.
6 Fascination Give Adelina the Bright Red Apple before King of Puppets, then return after the boss.
7 Quixotic Give Gold Coin Fruit to Red Fox and Black Cat when prompted.
9 Why Finish Belle’s quest and lie at the station: he was killed in battle.
10 Misty E’rA Decode the Rusty Cryptic Vessel and defeat the Hermit’s Cave Elite Puppet.
11 Far East Princess Kill Alidoro; tell Eugénie he was a talented Stalker. Lie route.
11 Proposal, Flower, Wolf Part 1 Decode Alidoro’s vessel; tell Eugénie he was her brother. Truth route.
11 Memory of Beach Secure Antonia’s cure route through Giangio and Polendina; after Laxasia, search Geppetto’s room.
11 Shadow Flower After Laxasia, speak to Sophia and choose Give her peace.

Eugénie’s two records are mutually exclusive: Far East Princess and Proposal, Flower, Wolf Part 1 require separate playthroughs. Mara marked two more red flags beside the table. Do not defeat King of Puppets before giving Adelina her apple, and do not enter the Cathedral boss sequence before giving Cecile the Holy Mark. Likewise, Antonia must receive the cure before late-game progression, or Memory of Beach is lost.

NG+ Golden Records and Overture Checklist

In NG+, Mara bought or collected five Golden records from fixed progression points. They completed the base-game collection, but according to community testing they generally did not repeat humanity gains.

  • Proposal, Flower, Wolf Part 1 (Golden): Cerasani Alley merchant, Chapter 1.

  • Quixotic (Golden): Inside the House on Elysion Boulevard merchant, Chapter 2.

  • Shadow Flower (Golden): Lorenzini Arcade merchant, Chapter 7.

  • Memory of Beach (Golden): Abandoned Apartment merchant, Chapter 9.

  • Fascination (Golden): Test Subject 826’s late-game position after the Arche Abbey boss, Chapter 11.

For Overture’s 8 tracks, Mara used a separate checklist: Lisrim in Sunken Streets; Lisrim (Golden) from the DLC merchant in NG+; The Clear Blue Sky from the Clockmaker quest; The Clear Blue Sky (Gold) in Hidden Workshop NG+; Nightmare from the Hollowed One; Nightmare (Golden) by re-defeating that boss with the required amulet; Survivor near the DLC lighthouse; and Survivor (Red/Gold) from the final Cipher puzzle. Location details can shift with DLC updates, so she verified official notes for patch 1.13.1.0 before her final cleanup run.

The Gramophone Rule: Play It, Then Stay

Every newly acquired record went straight onto the gramophone beside Polendina in Hotel Krat. Mara selected the track, remained inside the Hotel until the music completely stopped, and watched for ‘You feel warmth’ or ‘Your heart is pounding.’ She could walk around the lobby during playback, but leaving through a Stargazer reset the song and could cancel the trigger.

Humanity applied only the first time a record was acquired and played in that world cycle. Carried-over records in NG+ did not grant humanity until she physically reacquired them, while Golden variants were generally collection and achievement items rather than repeatable humanity sources. For reliable routing, she played each normal or DLC record immediately after pickup instead of banking a long playlist.

The Two-Run Finish

Mara’s final route was minimal. In the first run, she collected every available quest record, chose either Eugénie outcome, and finished both base and Overture tracks she could access. In NG+, she purchased the five Golden records and selected the opposite Eugénie answer. That closed the major mutually exclusive gap while preserving cleanup flexibility. The achievement checklist still depended on quest timing and full gramophone playback — and Mara’s notebook, by the end, was less a list of locations than a story about patience, locked doors, and songs that had to finish before she could leave.

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