There are several types of collectibles to find throughout the spooky world of The Midnight Walk, from film reels and music records to dolls and shellphones. There are 11 collectibles to find in the game’s first chapter, titled “The Tale of the Burnt One”. Instead of stumbling around in the dark, here is our The Midnight Walk Chapter One Collectibles Guide to light your path!
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1. Shellphone #1
You won’t have to worry about collectibles until you see the chapter’s title appear in front of you in the sky.
Follow the path where you need to light the three candles with symbols to open the door forward. Before doing this, take the rickety pier to the building on the left.
Inside, you’ll find the first Shellphone.
2. Clay Doll #1 (The Ragdoll)
Clear the way ahead using the candles and continue along he main path. You’ll get your first visit from the Dark; just wait for it to pass and carry on.
Around the corner, you’ll spot a stack of boxes with a round red door set into the top one.
Interact with it to find the first Clay Doll.
3. Clay Doll #2 (The Daughter)
Continue forward, and you’ll be introduced to more of the game’s stealth mechanics. The next collectible can be found just after a short chase sequence through a tunnel.
Once you exit to safety, you want to go down the left path towards the candle. We recommend taking a lit match to make it easier to see.
Next to the candle is a tree stump with another red door built into it.
Open it to receive the next collectible, the second Clay Doll.
4. Clay Doll #3 (The Soothsayers)
Drop down the ledge at the end of the path. From where you landed, look to the right, and use a match to light some candles if it’s too dark to see.
Locate another stump with a red door in it.
Inside is the next collectible for this chapter, and the third Clay Doll.
5. Film Reel #1
Still in the same area, there is another stump with a door on the left side of the path towards your meeting with Potboy.
Inside is your first Film Reel, and the chapter’s fifth collectible.
6. Music Record #1 (The Soulfisher’s Secret)
The next collectible is found after lighting Potboy. He’ll be scared and run away, so just follow him. Keep approaching Potboy as he tries to hide from you, and pay attention to the wall on the left side of the path.
There is a round red door built into a rock, just before the coal dispenser point.
Interact with it to find your first Music Record.
7. Shellphone #2
Once you’ve earned Potboy’s trust by feeding him some lumps of coal, he will join you on your journey through The Midnight Walk. Follow him as he clears the dark, smoky barriers, and tell him to enter the nearby tube to knock down the drawbridge.
Cross the bridge and follow Potboy down the path, and look to the right hand side once you reach a small, gnarled tree.
You’ll find your second Shellphone just before crossing another rickety bridge.
8. Music Record #2 (Mitt Happyplace nar vralden star i brand)
Cross the bridge and continue up the path towards the closed gate. The next collectible is to the right-hand side in the shadows.
Have Potboy light the candle to make it easier to see the little round door in the rock.
Inside, you’ll find the second Music Record. That’s 8 out of 11, nearly done!
9. Clay Doll #4 (Body)
Open the gate by telling Potboy to stand on one floor switch while you stand on the other one and continue onwards.
This area teaches you how to avoid enemies using the wardrobes to hide in. But we want to find the collectible here first, so don’t blink at the glowing blue eye and instead head up the stairs and turn right.
There is another rock with a round red door set into it, but it’s hiding in the shadows, and there’s no nearby candle to help.
Walk towards the rock and look out for the interact marker to pop up. You can also tell Potboy to stand near there to light up the area.
Inside is the fourth Clay Doll.
10. Shellphone #3
This next collectible is hard to miss, as it is stationed next to the path.
After using Potboy to light some more symbol candles to open a door (the room where you blink away the stalactite), continue along the path.
Approach the drop at the end of the path, and you should easily spot the third Shellphone.
11. Music Record #3 (Koket)
Drop down the ledge where you got the last collectible, and you’ll quickly come to another drop point. From here, you can see where the last collectible for this chapter is, but we need to distract the patrolling Crawler first.
Hop down and send Potboy to light the candle on your left while you hide in the wardrobe to your right. Wait in here for the Crawler to pass by and start eating the candle’s fire.
Sneak out of the wardrobe and head down the path to the right. On the left side, before reaching the T junction, is another red door in a rock. Inside is the third Music Record and the last collectible for Chapter One!
That was our The Midnight Walk Chapter One Collectibles Guide! We hope it proved helpful, and you can find more guides for this game below.
The Midnight Walk Guides
- The Midnight Walk Chapter Two Collectibles Guide
- The Midnight Walk Chapter Three Collectibles Guide
- The Midnight Walk Chapter Four Collectibles Guide
- The Midnight Walk Chapter Five Collectibles Guide
- The Midnight Walk Chapter Six Collectibles Guide
- The Midnight Walk “Shadow Work” Trophy Guide
- The Midnight Walk “Home Is Where The Heart Is” Trophy Guide
- The Midnight Walk “Mind Over Body” Trophy Guide
- The Midnight Walk “Face Your Fears” Trophy Guide
