The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes features 31 trophies, and while players will obtain a number of these achievements no matter what they do during their playthroughs, there are some that require specific actions to be taken. One such trophy is dubbed “So You’re My Technician,” and it is earned when Merwin fixes the radio. This The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes character will, of course, need to survive if he is going to perform any repairs, and this guide will help fans make sure that he does.
How to Earn So You’re My Technician Trophy in The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes
The first time that a player will need to be active in preventing Merwin’s death comes in the Underworld chapter, when the technician is cut free from some wires that he is trapped in and injected with morphine. Here, fans will have a hand over Merwin’s mouth, and they must stop pressing the QTE button to remove it. Indeed, players that do not “fail” the QTE will choke the character and ruin their chances at the So You’re My Technician achievement in The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes.
Not long after this moment, horror video game fans will be forced to decide between leaving Merwin behind or not. The correct choice for players that want to earn the So You’re My Technician trophy is the “Commanding” one, which is to not leave the character to die. With this option selected, Merwin will appear and fix the radio during the Signal chapter, and it is at that point that fans will unlock the relevant achievement.
To note, this is certainly not the only trophy that requires players to prevent a character’s death in this horror title from developer Supermassive Games. In fact, fans will need to save everyone in The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes if they hope to reach 100% completion and earn the platinum trophy. This is no small feat, though, and players that are having trouble keeping all of the characters alive may want to reference a separate guide.
There are also some achievements associated with letting certain characters die. This means that fans will need to perform multiple playthroughs of the game if they want to see everything that it has to offer, and that is a great way to extend The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes’ length. With the game clocking in at around six hours, many players will undoubtedly be glad to have this opportunity to prolong the experience.
The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.