4. The Forgotten City Cheat Walkthrough: Ending 3 and partial ending 4

Ending 3/4

Use No-Clip/Ghost and leave the upper cistern. We have to break the Golden Rule, so we might as well get a couple of achievements out of the way in the process. Disable No-Clip/Ghost just before the initial door, making sure it's safe to do so. Return to the Slums and talk to Aurelia, who is behind the counter in the tavern. Select:

• "And you're as charming as you are beautiful."
• "What?! You came onto me!"

You'll unlock:

• Smooth Talker

  Get rejected by Aurelia

  
  

NOTE: It doesn't matter which gender you chose at the beginning of the game. She flirts with you either way.

• "I'll be going now."

Look left to see a flight of wooden stairs. Go up the stairs now. You should use God Mode here if you're worried about the Golden Statues. Reminder of the code in case you forgot:

Xbox One/360 Controller:
Console Command (~): god

Round the corner, go through the curtain, and look left to find a desk. On the left side of the desk is a key to Aurelia's chest. Press to examine it and again to steal it, breaking the Golden Rule.

New Main Goal:

Run!

Follow Sentius back to his shrine and use his portal again

But we're not done with our crimes in this spot. If you look right, you'll find Aurelia's chest; Press to unlock it, again to search it (the camera may move), and a third time to steal her money, unlocking:

• Grave Robber

  Steal 2000 coins after the Golden Rule is broken

  
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Now, run back to the shrine and step through the portal. This should unlock:

• Looper

  Loop through time once

  
  

After taking a few steps, you complete Run!. Talk to Galerius again. Use this option:

• "The Golden Rule is going to be broken soon. I need you to quietly get everyone except Sentius ready to run into the upper cistern when the ground starts to rumble."

Run back to the lower cistern. Horatius could stop you if you're not careful. The guard (Domitus) from the previous loop will stop you just before you enter the lower cistern, however.

• "I know about your 'creature'. Don't worry about me."

Use No-Clip after going through the doors and return to Sentilla, and talk to her.

• "...nobody sent me."
• "I know. We've had this conversation before."
• "I've told Galerius to lead everyone here when the Golden Rule is broken, so they can escape too."

Sentius shows up here.

• "You're human garbage, you know that?"
• "Wait, what?!"
• "You're going to die a painful death for this."
• "I may not be armed, but I'm pretty sure she is."

Updated Main Goal:

Point of Origin

Talk to Al

Al automatically talks to you.

• "Al Worth? I came in here to find you."
• "...I was hoping you'd know who I am..."
• "Actually, that was me."
• "When I first arrived here in the present day, I found your corpse hanging from a noose."
• "I still have the suicide note you carved into this tablet. Here."
• "It was written by a different version of you. I changed your past, and your fate."
• "I helped Sentilla kill the man who opened a time portal and drew you back in time, preventing it from ever happening."
• "Now you're getting it."
• "Enough talk. How about we get out of this place?"
• "It's right here in the cistern. Follow me."

Updated Main Goal:

Point of Origin

Exit through the aqueduct

Go left, up the stairs, until the screen changes, and you're outside.

Updated Main Goal:

Point of Origin

Return to the river

Follow the path until Al stops you.

• "Alright."

Continue along the riverbed until Karen stops you. This completes Point of Origin.

• "I found him. He'll be here in a moment."
• "I discovered the ruins of an ancient underground city."

NOTE: We didn't play through the entire story. There will be more later as we progress through the game. I put the legit version of these two endings towards the end of the walkthrough for that reason.

Either listen to Sentilla's message or take Sentilla's stone tablet by pressing .

• "I'm ready. Take us home."

You should unlock:

• The Ones That Got Away

  Reach Ending 3 of 4

  
  

Credit for the idea to use No-Clip Mode to get this achievement: xDisturbedx666

Reload your first manual save.

Partial 4th playthrough

New Main Goal:

Point of Origin

Figure out how to return to your original time

Talk to Galerius.

• "...I've just come from the future."
• "Seriously, what's the date?"
• "What year?"
• "That doesn't help me. Is this before or after Christ?"
• "Your laws?"
• "No thanks, I'll make my own way."
• "Don't worry about me. I know what I'm doing."

New Main Goal:

The Golden Rule

Learn about the Golden Rule

Visit Magistrate Sentius in the Villa

Again, don't worry about these objectives unless you're playing legit.

Head left, down the stairs. Feel free to hold to run. You'll eventually pass the slums where you can pick up a couple of achievements if you haven't already. Run through the cave, taking the right fork next to the stairs on the left. Go straight, then take the left fork up the hill next to the bridge we crossed to get the second and third endings.

Head straight up the stairs to the Palace (we'll go through it later), and at the top, go right across the bridge. You run into a woman (Octavia) scrubbing the ground.

• "I'm fine, thanks."
• "I'll be going now."

We'll learn more about her later.

• "Good luck with that. I'm out of here."
• "Yes. I can't help him."
• "What happens now?"

New Lead:

A Permanent Solution

Figure out how to stop Ulpius from killing himself

Again, we'll deal more with this later, so don't worry about the objective. Save, and follow him off the ledge into the pool. You should unlock:

• High Diver

  Enter a villa with a daring leap

  
  

Reload and use No-Clip/Ghost now. Walk through the door and disable it. Speak to each Great Temple Door and answer in the following order:

1. "Pluto, Father of Riches, grant me an audience."
2. "Hades, Lord of Many, grant me an audience."
3. "Osiris, Lord of Silence, grant me an audience."
4. "Nergal, The Fierce One, grant me an audience."

Using God Mode may be a good idea since we're about to flee from Golden Statues that want to kill you. Walk forward until you see the God of the Underworld and draw your gun. Aim to the right and shoot the glass case.

New Main Goal:

Run!

Follow Sentius back to his shrine and use his portal again

Run up to where you shot the glass case, press to jump onto the platform it was standing on, and grab Proserpina's Crown at your feet. Now, in the immortal words of Al "The Shoeman" Bundy, "Run. Run hard, run now, run silent, run deep; Run like Mexican water through a first-time tourist, but the key word here is: Run." In other words, run for your life! Head back down the long hallway. No need to worry about re-activating No-Clip since the doors leading outside open for you. Now, go back to the shrine and step through the portal.

After taking a few steps, you complete Run!. Talk to Galerius.

• "...we've had this conversation before."

Press to take the Zip Line Handle Bar.

• "No problem. I have to go."
• "Thanks. I'll be going now."

You're really getting to know him. Now you can even use zip lines!

Walk to the rock on the left and press to use the zip line. Return to the temple you stole Proserpina's Crown from.

NOTE: If you take a left immediately when the stairs leading up to the entrance start, you can avoid talking to Octavia and Ulpius altogether.

Use No-Clip/Ghost to get inside, then disable it so you can speak to the doors. The correct dialogue options show up as gray. Run forward all the way and you'll get locked into a conversation with the God of the Underworld. You should unlock:

• Herculean

  Confront the creator of The Golden Rule

  
  

Select the following dialogue options:

• "'See this? It's Proserpina's crown.' (Throw)"
• "I took it from her, after I killed her, in another timeline."
• "I didn't want to kill her, but if you don't put an end to The Golden Rule, I will do it again."
• "Well? What's it going to be?"
• "We just want to return to the world."
• "Why?"
• "Let's get it over with."

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• Psycho

  Intimidate the creator of The Golden Rule

  
  

Updated Main Goal:

Point Of Origin

Talk to Al

Walk forward to talk to Al Worth.

• "Al Worth? I came in here to find you."
• "...I was hoping you'd know who I am..."
• "The Romans are crazy."
• "I'm right behind you."

Updated Main Goal:

Point Of Origin

Return to the river

Follow the path until Al stops you.

• "Good idea."

Next, keep going until Karen stops you. This completes Point of Origin.

• "I found him. He'll be here in a moment."
• "I discovered the ruins of an ancient underground city."
• "I'm ready. Take us home."

You should unlock:

• Minimalist

  Reach the best ending with the smallest number of loops

  
  

Credit for the information on using No-Clip Mode to get the Herculean, Psycho and Minimalist achievements: Zayow

Now, you can load your original manual save and go after the remaining achievements, or talk to everybody and pick up the Ending 4 achievement. Your call, but I prefer getting the best possible outcome, so I'm holding off until I get the rest of the achievements.

NOTE: To get the Canon Ending achievement, you just need to talk to Al at the end of the hallway. More on that at the end of this walkthrough.