A Place, Forbidden

A Place, Forbidden

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A Place, Forbidden - Walkthrough + 100% Achievements
By Hanni
Walkthrough and guidance for obtaining 100% achievements!
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Introduction


A Place, Forbidden is a free and short horror puzzle adventure featuring ten Steam achievements. Press 'F' key to activate the flashlight and 'N' key to access the notepad.

Note: The game doesn't save information about already found tiny books and excerpts. Make sure to find all of them in one playthrough without restarting the game / loading a previous save.
Room 1
• Explore the library until you find a ringing mobile phone. Answer the call.
• Pick up the brass key.
• Find four pieces of crumpled paper and throw them in the garbage can:



Clean Up, Clean Up Begin your fruitless task.

• Answer the mysterious phone call.
• Quickly go back to the starting area and pick up the first piece of forbidden knowledge (1/5):



Terrible Knowledge Find a piece of that which will seal your fate.

• Also, examine the tiny book in the bottom right corner (1/6).
• Interact with the printer at the reception several times.

Very Mature The Librarian is displeased.

• Leave the first room through the door next to the printer.
Room 2
• Find the screwdriver:



• Use the screwdriver to open the vent:



• Take the second piece of forbidden knowledge (2/5).
• Read the first excerpt (1/2) - click through all pages:



• Open the box on the counter: 4102.
• Find another tiny book (2/6) in front of the windows:



• Leave the room through the window in the middle.
Room 3
• Read the second excerpt (2/2) - click through all pages:



Doomed Quite the thespian, aren't you?

• Find another tiny book (3/6) behind the desk with the second excerpt:



• Enter a secret passage through this collision-free wall:



• At the end of the secret passage, pick up the third piece of forbidden knowledge (3/5).
• Leave the room through a trap door at the end of the linear path.
Room 4
• Before interacting with the safe, find a secret passage to a trap door:



• Follow the linear passage to a room with windows. Find another tiny book (4/6):



• Approach the armchair and obtain another piece of forbidden knowledge (4/5).
• Return to the previous area through the trap door next to the armchair.
• Interact with the safe and click on "Close". Pick up all five tapes.
• Now, interact with the safe again. Solution: snake, car, bear, fire, clock.
Room 5
This room is timed (a very slow, but "deadly" dark wall will follow you)! It's highly recommended to pause the game to be able to read the next section without any pressure. Also, feel free to backup your save files (AppData\Local\Ouroboros).

• Find a tiny book behind the counter (5/6):



• Now, walk straight ahead and find the last piece of knowledge (5/5) on the left:



All the Pieces - But to What? You've found everything you need...

• Continue walking straight ahead until you collide with an invisible wall. Don't stop walking!
• After a while, the wall will disappear and you can reach the door:



No Escape You were meant to fail.
Bloody Tunnel
• The last tiny book is behind the file cabinet on the left:



Keen Eyed A fan of short fiction, aren't we?

• After the tunnel scene, find a key on one of the tables next to the printer and the reception.
• Try to leave the library through the door next to the printer.
Puzzle Area
There are 3 rooms with puzzles in this area. You can access them by falling off the map through different holes. The order doesn't matter. There's no need to follow this section step by step.

• Fall off the map through this hole:



• Find the brass key stuck in one of the columns:



• Open the door and interact with the checkerboard. Open another door.
• Pick up the card holder:



• Examine the padlock and enter: 8431.
• Leave through the door.



• Fall off the map through this hole:



• Take the small cabinet (between tapes #3 and #4).
• Pick up all five tapes and interact with the safe.
• Solution: 1, 2, 5.
• Leave through the door.



• Fall off the map through this hole:



• Take the rolodex - next to telephone #3.
• Interact with the telephones in this order: 32415.
• Leave through the door.



• Fall off the map through this hole:



• Place all three items on the table.
• Leave through the door.

A Sharp Mind You broke down every barrier in your path.
Endings
The game features two endings which are mutually exclusive. So backup your save files to avoid a full second playthrough: AppData\Local\Ouroboros.

Go through the door on the right for the first ending and through the door on the left for the second ending. The code is: I demand to know all:



A New Form Fail to find what you seek.

Librarian Gain much more than you bargained for.
28 Comments
Luko 21 Mar @ 3:15pm 
Great work, thx :-)
xcrazydave 29 Jul, 2023 @ 9:10pm 
i couldnt seem to find the last piece of forbidden knowledge, and i couldnt find the door or invisible wall you spoke of. all of these, door, invisible wall, and last piece of forbidden knowledge are in room 5. can anyone help me? i would really appeciate it, and i would also like to know how to backup my save. thanks.
TTV expLoidval DROP.SKIN 23 Nov, 2021 @ 8:36pm 
Thanks man
DeathHero® 28 Sep, 2021 @ 6:44am 
THX :D
Arlojmikk 20 Jan, 2021 @ 5:50pm 
i really didnt notice the misspellings because i automatically correct it in my mind and dont notice it
-Dare Devil/x/ 1 Nov, 2020 @ 8:35pm 
-For the Bloody Tunnel section; I didn't spot the "file cabinet on the left" and ending up dropping down which means I had to replay the game just for the tiny books achievement.

-I recommend adding an extra sentence to that section to that if you reach the "drop down hole" and didn't find the book yet; to turn around and look again.
marklar 28 Oct, 2020 @ 1:56am 
Thanks, really great guide!
CrimsonKni_ht 24 Oct, 2020 @ 1:19pm 
ah nevermind, just read the other comments, guess im just a bit slow

CrimsonKni_ht 24 Oct, 2020 @ 1:03pm 
the code for the padlock, 4201, after my comment i kept on searching but i couldn't find it, so i just looked at your spoiler
Hanni  [author] 24 Oct, 2020 @ 1:00pm 
Which one?