Transient is a short adventure game featuring 27 Steam achievements. All but one are missable.

Chapters and episodes (entries) can be replayed at any time.

A good listener
Exhaust every dialog option when talking to the Dheryal priest in Kor Shehr.
Entry 102.


Ask the priest each question once:

• Who are you?
  
• Where am I?
  
• What has just happened?
  
• What is Tehom exactly?
  
• What did you call this? A 'semi-physical plane of existence'?

Boa Constructor
Solve the Ouroboros puzzle in first attempt without resetting the mechanism.
Entry 103.


Solve the Ouroboros puzzle without clicking on the green button:





Immaculate Inspector
Find all hotspots pertaining to the dead body in the underground tunnels in Chapter 1.
Entry 104.


Inspect:

• Head
  
• Cocoons (upper right corner)
  
• Chest (sound recorder)
  
• Pocket (scarab)

Dreamsnatcher
Read all PDA logs near the terminal + examine the illustrations/documents in the cellar.
Entry 201.


PDA (7 logs):



Drawings (5):





Handheld Wonderland
Check all PDA documents at Carter's and Alice's apartments.
Entries 201 and 202.


There are two PDAs in Carter's apartment (7+2) and one PDA in Alice's apartment (2).









Dodgy Drive Demon
Collect all documents from Alice's computer by hacking it.
Entry 202.


Interact with Alice's computer and 'Engage manual hacking'. Check the map in the lower left corner and collect all yellow and white (question mark) documents. Destroy the security bots by entering the correct password (one letter is given; use LMB to pick the next letter). There's no penalty for failing.





You are my only holo
Listen to Alice's hologram in her apartment.
Entry 202.


Find a chip by examining Alice's corpse and activate the hologram. Fully listen to the message:





Countdown Conundrum
Hack the terminal and disable the alarms before the security countdown runs out.
Entry 204.


You will run into a lockdown starting a five minute countdown. Your goal is to take control of the drone, follow the cables and disable the alarm by hacking the main computer (reach the green lock symbol). If you collect all files while hacking the computer, you will also unlock 'Hack 4 Victory'. There's enough time to do so.





Hack 4 Victory
Collect all the password-protected documents from Khepra's security terminal.
Entry 204.


Find all documents while hacking the security computer during the lockdown. Destroy the bots by finding the correct password (one letter is given; use LMB to pick the next letter). There's no penalty for failing (except small time disadvantage).



Gimme a couple of minutes
Solve the puzzle located in Alice’s secret link under 2 minutes.
Entry 206.


Self-explanatory.

Bum notes
Collect all notes from the homeless people in Akeley's RCE/Starry Wisdom building.
Entry 306 and 401.


Stay left and look at the homeless man behind a fence until a monologue triggers:



In the Starry Wisdom building (Entry 401), find these homeless people and listen to them:









Electronic Eavesdropper
Listen to Akeley’s all three audio-log entries in his computer.
Entry 306.


Fully listen to all three audio logs on Akeley's computer:





Drop them undead
Kill all zombies in Eldrich.
Entry 307.

Slice for the win
Kill all zombies in Eldrich only using the knife.
Entry 307.

Live and let die
Beat Eldrich without dying.
Entry 307.


Self-explanatory.



Killin' bots by the score
Kill more than 20 robots in Eryx.
Entry 311. Replay from entry 310 to unlock the achievement.

You only live once
Beat Eryx.
Entry 311. Replay from entry 310 to unlock the achievement.

Violence the old-fashioned way
Beat Eryx only using the crowbar.
Entry 311. Replay from entry 310 to unlock the achievement.


Self-explanatory.

Cameo Collector
Find the photos of developes that are divided into two sets.
Entry 401.


Check both PDAs in the rooms at the end of floor 27-35 and 45-53 (head down the stairway).

Conductor's log
Check all log entries in the Tram Station Maintenance Terminal.
Entry 502.


Read all four logs after restoring the power (switch tab).





Transient
Fail to shut-down System Core and Trigger "Transient" ending.
Entry 505. Replay from Entry 503 to reach this ending.

Multi-Layered Reality
Shut-down System Core and Trigger "Multi-Layered Reality" ending.
Entry 506. Replay from Entry 503 to reach this ending.


Either shut-down the system core or wait for five minutes.

Forensic examiner
Inspect all examinable objects in Carter's, Alice's and Akeley's apartments.


Heroic Hoarder
Find all 10 collectible items hidden throughout the game.


Stickler for detail
Collect all documents detailing the story spread throughout the game.



Below you'll find a chronological overview of all collectibles - seven examinable objects, ten collectible items and thirteen story documents. You can track your progress by pressing Esc key.




Story Document [1/13].
Location: Entry 103 - Shortly before the Ouroboros puzzle.





Examinable Object [1/7].
Location: Entry 201 - Carter's apartment.





Examinable Object [2/7].
Location: Entry 201 - In front of the left window in Carter's apartment.





Story Document [2/13].
Location: Entry 201 - In the laboratory in the cellar of Carter's apartment.





Collectible Item - Model of the Pyramid [1/10].
Location: Entry 201 - In the shelf above the drawings in the cellar of Carter's apartment.





Story Document [3/13].
Location: Entry 201 - In the box next to the drawings in the cellar of Carter's apartment.





Story Document [4/13].
Location: Entry 202 - In Alice's apartment, in the cupboard next to the TV.





Collectible Item - A Copy of The Necronomicon [2/10].
Location: Entry 202 - In Alice's apartment, in the cupboard above document #4.





Examinable Object [3/7].
Location: Entry 202 - In Alice's apartment, next to the body.





Examinable Object [4/7].
Location: Entry 202 - In Alice's apartment, next to the body.





Story Documents [5/13].
Location: Entry 202 - In Alice's apartment, interact with the laptop.





Collectible Item - Statue of a Cultist [3/10].
Location: Entry 301 - Hidden in a corner on the path to the lever.





Collectible Item - The Elder Sign [4/10].
Location: Entry 302 - Unmissable story item.





Examinable Object [5/7].
Location: Entry 306 - In Akeley's apartment.





Examinable Object [6/7].
Location: Entry 306 - In Akeley's apartment.





Examinable Object [7/7].
Location: Entry 306 - In Akeley's apartment.





Collectible Item - A Copy of De Vermis Mysteriis [5/10].
Location: Entry 310 - At the beginning of the scene, stay on the right.





Collectible Item - Horned Statue [6/10].
Location: Entry 401 - Go to the left after entering the hall with the doughnut grafitto.





Collectible Item - Statue of the Avatar [7/10].
Location: Entry 401 - Room 22, kitchen.





Story Documents [6+7+8/13].
Location: Entry 401 - Room 22, check both computers.





Story Document [9/13].
Location: Entry 401 - Room 22, in the pocket of the body.





Collectible Item - Statue Depicting a Flying Reptilian [8/10].
Location: Entry 404 - Behind the portal.





Story Documents [10+11/13].
Location: Entry 405 - Enter the room on the right, after passing the fire area.





Collectible Item - Mask of Nyarlathotep [9/10].
Location: Entry 405 - Next to story documents #10 and #11.





Story Documents [12+13/13].
Location: Entry 501 - Read the files on the computer inside the mine.





Collectible Item - A Copy of Arcane Roots of Ethnobotany [10/10].
Location: Entry 503 - On a box in the Sanctum Biolab.

What's the rush?
Finish the game within 90 minutes.



If you already completed the game and got familiar with all puzzles, you can easily beat the game within ~70 minutes. Note, that you can skip some parts like the minigames.



The Full Monty
Manage to get every single achievement.



Self-explanatory.