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The Painter’s Story inLayers Of Fear (2023)has by far the most collectibles to find. Some are quite well-hidden, and it’s actually impossible to get them all in a single playthrough on account of the game’s branching paths. The Mementos are among the most important of these collectibles, as they’re necessary to unlock the Family ending.
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The Mementos you’ve collected are displayed on the wall in the studio between chapters - you don’t necessarily need to find all seventeen, but you’ll want to find as many as you’re able to to ensure that you get the ending you want!
Mementos - Chapter One
Early in the chapter, you’ll be presented withtwo paintings, choosing one to hang on the wall. Select the painting on the right, with the green background; a table will appear nearby.Collect thewedding photofrom the table before moving on.
In the next room,look to the right to collect a perfume bottle.This isn’t technically a Memento, but you’ll need it in order to get the final diary page later on.
When you finish theEmpty Frames puzzle, be sure to collect the diary page at the end of the hall beyond the locked door.
When you come to the room that repeats over and over, with the words “Going In Circles” written on the walls,look for a floral bottleto the left of the exit after passing through three times. Pick it up andplace it on the tray in the fourth room.A photo that you can collect will appear on the nearby table.
Mementos - Chapter Two
When you leave through the locked door in the hallway where you’re able to hear piano music playing, you’ll enter a brightly-lit room. There’s adiary page immediately to the left, and ahairbrusha little further ahead to the right. Like the perfume bottle, the hairbrush isrequired to get the final diary page.
In the infinite hallway, you’ll eventually have to choose whether to exit to the right or to the left.Take the left-hand exitwith the wheelchair and greenery; you’ll find a photo of the Musician in the room beyond.
Mementos - Chapter Three
When you reach the hallway where you hear a telephone ringing,turn around after you pass the phone for the first time.Make your way backward until you reach the phone again; it will materialize on the table near the railing. Answer it, then keep going backward until you reach the exit. You’ll find a photo on the table just before you leave (though the chest will still be locked).
In the hallway immediately after, move slowly forward until you see aflash of lightningand hear crying. At that point,turn around.A new door will appear behind you; open it andtake the key from the doll in the closet.Continue along the main path; in the next room, the key will open alocked chestthat contains a diary page.
When you first enter the basement after the chase in the hallways,burn the Echoon the table to the left to reveal a diary entry.
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Mementos - Chapter Four
After the crayon fire, the main path will take youdown a hallway to the right.Here, check the left side of the hall for a choker which you’ll need later, and adiary page on the right.
When you enter the hallways with “Which Dream Should I Choose?” written on the wall,repeatedly take the corridor with the green house drawn in crayon on the walls.After you’ve done so three times, a table will appear with a photograph of the Musician - collect it before moving on.
Mementos - Chapter Five
When you come to another repeating hallway with four doors leading to the same small square room,keep going down the hallin either direction. Ignore the door when it unlocks andkeep moving until you see an Echonear a chest. Burn the Echo and pull the lever behind it. Return to the open door and watch the creepy sequence inside the small room. When you come back out, the chest will be open, allowing you to collect thediary pageinside.
There are two Mementos that you may collect when you ride the elevator in Chapter Five, but you canonly get one on each playthrough.If you take the elevator down, you’ll see an open chest on the right side of the hallway when you step off;look inside for a diary page.
If you take the elevator up instead, you’ll find a room with several Echoes behind prison bars.Destroy the right-hand Echoin each cell; when you leave, you’ll get aphoto of the Musicianin the next room.
Mementos - Chapter Six
When you enter the tiled kitchen,open the oven to the left.Burn the Echo inside to get a piece of a calendar with the couple’s anniversary - the 9th of June - circled. Later, after escaping the Ghost,turn right at the forkto find a tunnel with several wooden pillars. Pull the lever on the farthest pillar toopen a passage midway down the tunnel.Inside is a chest - use combination906(the anniversary date) to open it and collect a diary page.
After the basement, you’ll find a room with a winch. Turn the crank to reveal Babyface and other failed paintings.Burn the Echo holding them up, destroying the paintings. In the next room, you’ll find aphoto of the houseon a nearby dresser.
In the long hallway,push the wheelchair all the way to the end.You’ll get a photo of the Musician with her newborn daughter stuck to the door in the next room.
In the room immediately after the wheelchair,collect the compact mirror to the left.As you proceed,keep an eye on the left.If you’ve collected theperfume bottle, hairbrush, choker, and compact, you’ll see a painting of the Musician with the final diary page attached to it.
