The Forgotten City is a choice-based narrative experience that transports players to a mysterious Roman city 2000 years in the past, and tasks them with solving its ancient mysteries. Like a lot of dialogue-heavy games, it features multiple endings.
While there are many outcomes to experience there is only one 'canon' ending, and even it has its own variations. This guide will cover how to get the best ending in The Forgotten City and unlock "The Canon Ending" and "The Oracle" Trophies/Achievements. There are some slight spoilers ahead, but the exact contents of the best ending will not be revealed.
How to Get the Best Ending in The Forgotten City
To get the best ending in The Forgotten City players must make sure they complete these four essential steps:
- Gather all four plaques and insert them in the obelisk outside The Great Temple.
- Save Iulia.
- Save Fabia.
- Save Ulpius.
Once Iulia, Fabia, and Ulpius have been saved once and Malleolus' real name has been exposed for the first time, players can get Galerius to save them and expose Malleolus instead when talking to him at the start of a new loop. This focus on using dialogue as a way to achieve a satisfying conclusion is one way the full release of The Forgotten City is better than the Skyrim mod.
The correct order of events required to get the best ending is:
- Enter The Great Temple for the first time.
- Obtain a key item.
- Start a new loop.
- Give Galerius instructions to save everybody and expose Malleolus.
- Return to The Great Temple.
Building to this point will take a lot of exploring and chatting. This means getting the best ending will take players a long time to beat The Forgotten City, compared to achieving its three alternate endings.
Where to Find All Four Plaques in The Forgotten City
The longest stretch of gameplay players will encounter while trying to get the best ending is the task to collect all four plaques. Thankfully, the Roman, Greek, Egyptian, and Mystery plaques stay in the inventory once obtained. This means players only need to find them once during a single playthrough, making it one of the reasons The Forgotten City really gets time loops right.
The four plaques are located:
- In Duli's locked cage.
- Behind a locked gate in the tunnels under the tavern.
- In the Undercity (x2 plaques)
Galerius must win the election to get access to Duli's cage, and players must acquire the Golden Bow in order to climb the vines near the locked gate in the tunnels under the tavern. To gain access to the Undercity, speak to Georgius at the Market. Skyrim fans checking out The Forgotten City should find long-form quests like these familiar.
The Forgotten City is out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.