The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan – How to Let Everyone Die (Worst Ending)

In The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, you must let everyone die for the “Not a sole survivor” trophy and achievement. This is the worst / bad ending in the game where no-one survived. This walkthrough will guide you through the necessary steps to achieve the worst ending in Man of Medan.

The following points are the easiest way to have everyone killed:

• Complete the steps for trophy “The name of this vessel” – so that the military shoots you in order to protect the secrets of the Ourang Medan
  • Chapter: Danny (as Fliss): Pick up Secret #41: Medan Hat – it’s right after a cutscene where Danny (pirate guy who’s escorting Fliss), sees what looks like a sitting man. But it turns out it was only a bunch of empty sacks with a hat on them. Danny will knock off the hat during the cutscene. Afterward, Fliss can investigate that same hat.
  • Chapter: Distress Signal (as Alex): Pick up Secret #42: Ship’s Logbook – it’s found just after leaving the weather deck to climb upstairs. Then you must open a door by quickly pressing and you’ll enter the captain’s cabin. There on a table is the logbook you need. This is just BEFORE the distress signal radio (just a few rooms before it).
  • Chapter: Distress Signal (as Alex): Activate the radio now. Pick dialogue “INSTRUCTIVE” to give your coordinates. Afterward, send Julia and Brad (or whoever else is available) down the hole. Someone has to stay back by the radio, ideally Alex.
  • Chapter: Depths (as Brad / Julia or whoever went down the hole): Turn the power back on. There’s a power switch just after passing through an engine room, but before finding the rebreather. If you found the rebreather you went too far and must redo this via chapter select after finishing the story. After the power turns back on, Alex will reveal the ship’s name “Ourang Medan”.
• Let the Distributor Cap be destroyed – so you can’t leave and have to wait for the military to arrive
  • During the final encounter with Olson, make sure you mess up the QTEs to let the distributor cap be destroyed, so that you cannot escape by boat
• Pick up all weapons – allows you to get some characters killed early. With the weapons you can kill your friends during the story (seen as demons because the Manchurian Gold chemical that leaked on the ship makes you see them as scary demons). If you want to learn more about which character is represented by which demon and why, check out the Man of Medan Story & Endings Explained guide.
  • Alex can find a knife in the kitchen of chapter “Caskets”
  • Fliss can find in knife in the cargo hold of chapter “Danny”
  • Brad can find a wrench/spanner in the upper cargo hold of chapter “Finding Friends” (or whatever alternative chapter he gets will always lead there)

If you follow these steps, the military will always arrive and kill the survivors in the end. They do this because you’ve seen too much of their secret chemical weapons project “Manchurian Gold” that makes people see each other as demons, and consequently go on a killing spree or die from heart attacks. The ship you’re on is the Ourang Medan, which is the military cargo ship carrying this chemical weapon, and it leaked onto the ship (seen in cutscene during prologue), which caused people to “go mad” and murder each other. Some collectibles in the game reveal that the military intended to use Manchurian Gold to precisely target enemy infantry trenches and bunk houses to have them kill each other. Because you told them the name of the ship you’re on, they will know you stumbled upon their long-lost warfare project and to protect the secrets, all survivors will be killed. It all comes down to the radio call with the military being a big trap.

All Character Deaths

• Conrad Deaths
  • Chapter: Intrusion – tries to escape on speedboat, messes up the 4th button press and consequently gets shot by Olson with pistol
  • Chapter: Glamor Girl (*only triggers if Fliss saw Brad as a demon in “Ritual” and ran away from him) – While Conrad is being chased by the Nurse (who is Fliss), Conrad can mess up QTEs and fall down and die. At the end of the chase he can also pick the heart choice to jump down the tower.
  • Chapter: The End (final cutscene) – If you found “Secret #41: Medan Hat” in “Chapter: Danny” & “Secret #42: Ship’s Logbook” in “Chapter: Distress Signal”, then gave your coordinates over the radio in “Distress Signal”, and finally turned the power back on in chapter “Depths”, it will result in your giving the military the name of the ship over the radio (see bearing “Military Bandwith” to keep track of the progress). This makes the military shoot the survivors when they arrive on the helicopter at the end of the game. The Distributor Cap must be destroyed for this also! The reason for this is because the survivors know too much about the secret Manchurian Gold chemical weapon project, and the military will shoot all survivors to keep the secrets of the Ourang Medan safe.
• Julia Deaths
  • Chapter: Dive / Uninvited Guests – Julia finishes the dive without decompressing and then drinks alcohol during the ghost story (always pick heart choice). This makes her die from the bends during the final cutscene of the game.
  • Chapter: Intrusion – Alex puts scissors to one of the pirate’s throats, Conrad chooses to fight and picks up Julia’s knife (if she didn’t break it on door during dive, by messing up the QTE there), to attack the pirates. Alex and Conrad remain aggressive with the pirates, even after they take Conrad’s weapon. Olson (pirate leader) aims gun at Julia, shoots her by accident in the head.
  • Chapter: Junior – Julia gets shot by Junior while trying to argue with him (whoever you send down the hole after the radio call can die here).
  • Chapter: The End (final cutscene) – If you found “Secret #41: Medan Hat” in “Chapter: Danny” & “Secret #42: Ship’s Logbook” in “Chapter: Distress Signal”, then gave your coordinates over the radio in “Distress Signal”, and finally turned the power back on in chapter “Depths”, it will result in your giving the military the name of the ship over the radio (see bearing “Military Bandwith” to keep track of the progress). This makes the military shoot the survivors when they arrive on the helicopter at the end of the game. The Distributor Cap must be destroyed for this also! The reason for this is because the survivors know too much about the secret Manchurian Gold chemical weapon project, and the military will shoot all survivors to keep the secrets of the Ourang Medan safe.
• Fliss Deaths
  • Chapter: Ritual – Fliss doesn’t go backstage and lets the timer run out, then gets killed by the hooded demon (who is really Brad). To do this, Brad isn’t allowed to find the Gas Mask during Chapter “Finding Friends” but must pick up the wrench at the end of “Finding Friends”. Then Brad will be under the effect of the Manchurian Gold chemical and kill Fliss with the wrench, if Fliss messes up the QTE against the “demon”.
  • Chapter: Pressure (*only available if Fliss and Brad recognized each other in Chapter “Ritual”, meaning Fliss went backstage to get fresh air and Brad stayed unseen on the Duke of Milan boat and found the gas mask in Chapter “Finding Friends”) – if Fliss goes down the hole instead of Brad, she can drown if she tells Brad to smash the lock instead of the hinge.
  • Chapter: Glamour Girl (*only available if Conrad did not escape on Speedboat during Chapter “Intrusion”) – Conrad must still be in the game. During Chapter “Caskets” when Conrad, Julia, Alex went through the kitchen Alex must’ve found the kitchen knife and given it to Conrad. Then in Chapter “Glamour Girl” when Conrad gets chased by the nurse (who in reality is Fliss), Conrad can use the knife against the Nurse (Fliss) on top of the water tower to defend himself. This will kill Fliss (seen as a nurse demon because Conrad is under the hallucinogen effect of Manchurian Gold). Also, if you are playing this section in co-op, Fliss can fall down if she messes up the QTEs on the ladder while chasing after Conrad.
  • Chapter: Matters of the Heart (*only available Alex and Fliss stayed behind at the radio) – After Alex gets the Distributor Cap or fails to do so, there will be a scene where an imaginary rat eats through his chest. He can either stab himself with the knife or stab the demon in front of him. The demon is Fliss. So Alex stabbing the demon, kills Fliss.
  • Chapter: The End (final cutscene) – If you found “Secret #41: Medan Hat” in “Chapter: Danny” & “Secret #42: Ship’s Logbook” in “Chapter: Distress Signal”, then gave your coordinates over the radio in “Distress Signal”, and finally turned the power back on in chapter “Depths”, it will result in your giving the military the name of the ship over the radio (see bearing “Military Bandwith” to keep track of the progress). This makes the military shoot the survivors when they arrive on the helicopter at the end of the game. The Distributor Cap must be destroyed for this also! The reason for this is because the survivors know too much about the secret Manchurian Gold chemical weapon project, and the military will shoot all survivors to keep the secrets of the Ourang Medan safe.
• Alex Deaths
  • Chapter: Revenge – Alex gets killed by Olson who chases after him. To do this, you must fail all QTEs. Conrad must also be alive and block Julia on the way out, which results in Alex getting slowed down and being killed. If Conrad isn’t there to block Julia even failing all QTEs will not get Alex killed.
  • Chapter: Junior – Alex gets shot by Junior while trying to argue with him (whoever you send down the hole after the radio call can die here).
  • Chapter: Matters of the Heart (*only Alex and Fliss stayed behind at the radio) – After Olson dies in the kitchen, rats will eat his body and Alex can get the distributor cap. Let the cap get smashed. Then Alex will see an imaginary rat come out of his belly. Stab the rat (which is just a hallucination), thereby Alex actually stabs himself and dies.
  • Chapter: Olson (*In Chapter “Distress Call” Alex & Brad went down the hole. Everyone else stayed behind at the radio. Olson goes to Cargo Hold for the final encounter) – When fighting Olson, at the first chance tell Brad to lower the gate “NOW”. Then mess up the resulting QTE. This will make the gate fall on Alex and kill him.
  • Chapter: The End (final cutscene) – If you found “Secret #41: Medan Hat” in “Chapter: Danny” & “Secret #42: Ship’s Logbook” in “Chapter: Distress Signal”, then gave your coordinates over the radio in “Distress Signal”, and finally turned the power back on in chapter “Depths”, it will result in your giving the military the name of the ship over the radio (see bearing “Military Bandwith” to keep track of the progress). This makes the military shoot the survivors when they arrive on the helicopter at the end of the game. The Distributor Cap must be destroyed for this also! The reason for this is because the survivors know too much about the secret Manchurian Gold chemical weapon project, and the military will shoot all survivors to keep the secrets of the Ourang Medan safe.
• Brad Deaths
  • Chapter: Ritual – Fliss picked up the knife in the cargo hold at end of Chapter “Danny”. She does not go backstage in Chapter “Ritual” and just lets the timer run out. Then she sees Brad as a hooded demon and can kill him with the knife she found.
  • Chapter: Pressure (*only available if Fliss and Brad recognized each other in Chapter “Ritual”, meaning Fliss went backstage to get fresh air and Brad stayed unseen on the Duke of Milan boat and found the gas mask in Chapter “Finding Friends”) – if Brad goes down the hole instead of Fliss, he can drown if Fliss doesn’t smash the hinge.
  • Chapter: Junior – Brad gets shot by Junior while trying to argue with him (whoever you send down the hole after the radio call can die here).
  • Chapter: The End (final cutscene) – If you found “Secret #41: Medan Hat” in “Chapter: Danny” & “Secret #42: Ship’s Logbook” in “Chapter: Distress Signal”, then gave your coordinates over the radio in “Distress Signal”, and finally turned the power back on in chapter “Depths”, it will result in your giving the military the name of the ship over the radio (see bearing “Military Bandwith” to keep track of the progress). This makes the military shoot the survivors when they arrive on the helicopter at the end of the game. The Distributor Cap must be destroyed for this also! The reason for this is because the survivors know too much about the secret Manchurian Gold chemical weapon project, and the military will shoot all survivors to keep the secrets of the Ourang Medan safe.

Example Playthrough where everyone can die at the Earliest

1. Conrad – Chapter: Intrusion – Conrad chooses to escape on the speedboat, but fails the 4th button press , which results in Olson (pirate leader) shooting Conrad in the head.
2. Fliss – Chapter: Ritual – Fliss does not go backstage. When Brad arrives she will see him as a hooded demon. Brad must have found the Wrench in his previous gameplay scene (end of “Finding Friends”). Brad also is not allowed to have found the gas mask in Chapter “Finding Friends”. Then Brad will attack Fliss with the Wrench, if you fail Fliss’s QTE she will get killed by Brad’s Wrench. The reason for this is because Brad doesn’t have the gas mask he will see Fliss as a demon, and because he has a wrench he will attack the demon (Fliss). Fliss will see Brad as a demon because she doesn’t go backstage and outside in Chapter “Ritual” to get fresh air.
3. Julia – Chapter: Junior – Julia went down the hole in Chapter “Distress Call”. Junior shoots her in the head. As a safe alternative, Julia should during Chapter “Uninvited Guests” return from the dive without decompressing and drink alcohol during the Ghost story (always pick heart choice with her). Then she would die from the bends during the final cutscene regardless.
4. Alex – Chapter: Olson – In Chapter “Distress Call” Alex & Brad went down the hole. Everyone else stayed behind at the radio. Olson goes to Cargo Hold for the final encounter. When fighting Olson, at the first chance tell Brad to lower the gate “NOW”. Then mess up the resulting QTE. This will make the gate fall on Alex and kill him.
5. Brad / All remaining survivors – Chapter: The End (final cutscene) – If you found “Secret #41: Medan Hat” in “Chapter: Danny” & “Secret #42: Ship’s Logbook” in “Chapter: Distress Signal”, then gave your coordinates over the radio in “Distress Signal”, and finally turned the power back on in chapter “Depths”, it will result in your giving the military the name of the ship over the radio (see bearing “Military Bandwith” to keep track of the progress). This makes the military shoot the survivors when they arrive on the helicopter at the end of the game. The Distributor Cap must be destroyed for this also! The reason for this is because the survivors know too much about the secret Manchurian Gold chemical weapon project, and the military will shoot all survivors to keep the secrets of the Ourang Medan safe.

There you have it, this is how no-one survives for the worst ending in Man of Medan. It will award you the “Not a sole survivor” trophy or achievement.