Slade Collins
and the Secret of Tahawus

A thief took Lucille. Go get her back.

Slade Collins walks out of a cafe in Utica, New York, coffee in hand, and catches a thief going through his Jeep. The thief runs off with Lucille, Slade's revolver, and leaves one name behind: Tony.

Chapter 1 takes you from that opening scene, through the streets of Utica, into a mob hangout called the Two Times Club, and up to Tony Two Times' office. This guide covers all of it, and Chapter 2, which follows Slade north to the iron town of Tahawus.

Getting started

The title screen has three options. Pick NEW GAME with A or Start and the chapter begins right away. LOAD GAME opens your saved files once you have some. OPTIONS lets you pick which chapter to start in: CHAPTER ONE is the same as NEW GAME, and CHAPTER TWO starts you in Tahawus as if you had finished Chapter 1, with every item, full ammunition and a few hundred dollars. Press B to back out.

The game doesn't autosave. You save by talking to Joe, who runs the counter at Cafe Cappelli. See Saving and dying.

Guide contents

• Controls & Basics Buttons, arming items to A and B, health, saving, dying and scoring. Start here if you're new.
• Walkthrough: Utica Denny and The Mule, the ignition coil, Cafe Cappelli and the Macartovin building.
• Walkthrough: The Two Times Club Every room of the club in order, both keys, the Hammer, the switch puzzle and the ending.
• Walkthrough: Tahawus Chapter 2: the Sheriff, Abby and Greg, the Dark Forest, the Graveyard Shark, the temple under the town and the ending.
• Items & Shops Weapons, the Travel Mug, keys, and what Joe and Denny sell.
• Enemies Every enemy in the chapter, where it shows up and how to beat it.
• Boss Strategies The Garage Bruiser and all three phases of Tony Two Times.
• Secrets & Extras Hidden cash, bookshelf finds, the Brackish DVD and the side stuff that's easy to miss.

Quick route

Just want to finish the chapter? Here's the short version.

1. Watch the opening scene, or press Start to skip it.
2. From where you start, go three screens north and talk to Denny Rigg beside his truck, The Mule. He needs an ignition coil.
3. Head to the Macartovin building on the east side of town. Go in the back door, east through the dark corridor to the Mail Room, and read Mrs. Romano's mailbox. The coil is inside.
4. Bring the coil to Denny. He gives you the club membership card.
5. Save with Joe at Cafe Cappelli, then walk into the Two Times Club.
6. In the club: Main Bar, Dance Floor, Kitchen, then south to the Bookkeeper's Office. Beat the Switchblade Rat and grab the small key.
7. Kitchen, west to the Stockroom, unlock the south door, then go through the Workshop to the Garage. Pick up the 3-LB Hammer.
8. Back in the Kitchen, smash a crate blocking the north corridor with the Hammer. In the Double Room, step on the same switch twice.
9. Fight your way back through the Kitchen and take the Main Bar's north door. Beat the Garage Bruiser.
10. Go west into the Security Room and take the second small key from the Pool Cue Punk.
11. Go north through the Private Landing into Tony's Office and beat Tony.
12. Grab the heart container, then Lucille. Outside, deal with the man waiting for you, then talk to Denny and answer YES.