A quick guide on how to obtain all the achievements in Zombie Police: Christmas Dancing with Police Zombies.
Zombie Police is a detective game where you can choose to either Inquire in order to interrogate people related to the case to find out information (called TIPS), Move to other locations, and finally Deduce what actually happened by picking the correct answers from the dialogue options. You can (successfully!) Deduce before you’ve even spoken to everybody or visited everywhere, however there’s no benefit to deducing early as there are achievements for interrogating everyone and from collecting all the TIPS. If you fail a deduction, you can get a bad ending, and there are achievements for getting all the endings in each chapter.
This guide is mainly to help anyone unsure on the deductions/finding the bad endings, since the rest of the achievements can be obtained easily by just interrogating everyone throughout the game.
Note that there are multiple dialogue options that can net you the various bad endings during the deductions, I’ve just included one example for each. Please let me know if you spot any errors in this guide and I will amend them.
Chapter 0
There are 9 TIPS in this chapter. After the initial scenes, you start off with Tip 01 and Tip 02.
Inquire: Detective Ena
Move → Plaza
Inquire: Office Staff – Tip 03
At this point the deduction button will open up, but you still have some more people to question first.
Move → Plaza
From now on there may be multiple people in the Inquire menu, and you can move back and forth between locations. There will be a tick next to their name once you’ve finished the conversation with them.
Plaza
- Reindeer Human (x4) – The first time you speak to her, you will get the achievement The Courage to Interrogate a Reindeer
- Man in Jacket – Tip 07
- Security Guard at Entrance – Tip 05
Inside Facility
- Elderly Cleaner – Tip 04
- Woman in Lab Coat – Tip 08
- Injured Man with Glasses – Tip 06
- Detective Ena – Tip 09
At this point, if you have talked to all the people above you will get the achievement Interrogation Complete for obtaining all of Chapter 0’s TIPS. You can now go ahead and Deduce.
Deduction
There’s no bad ending in this chapter–if you get the deduction wrong, you can just retry (after being scolded for your incompetence). The correct answers are:
When was the victim killed?
Inside the facility
How was the victim killed?
Poisoned
The time of death was…
After 4:00 PM
Who is the perpetrator?
Shino Nishimura
In the scenes that follow, you’ll get the achievement Detective Starts Tomorrow. You’ll also get the achievement Mock Case for Detective Promotion Exam: Solved on finishing the chapter.
Chapter 1
There are 18 TIPS in this chapter. After the initial scenes, you will start off with Tip 01, 02, 03 and 04.
Inquire: Hotel Employee
After some more scenes, you will also get Tip 05, 06 and 07, and also an achievement Butterfly Dancing in Blood.
Namino Hotel Entrance
- Doorkeeper – Tip 08 and adds Call Shino Nishimura to the list of Inquire options
- Lady with Dog – Tip 09
- Staff at Cafe in front of Hotel – Tip 10
- Field Sales Representative / Midorikawa
- Call Shino Nishimura [Initially hidden] – Tip 16
Church Grounds
- Butterflies
- Sparrow Nearby
Hallway on the 5th Floor
- Hotel Employee / Daiki Shiraishi – Tip 11 and adds Long-term Guest to the list of Inquire options.
- Long-term Guest / Umeko Akai [Initially hidden] – Tip 12
Victim’s Room on the 5th Floor
- Suspicious Man / Kotaro Kurono – Tip 13, 14 and 15. Adds Party Venue on the 2nd Floor to the list of Move options.
Party Venue on the 2nd Floor
- Cleaner – Tip 17. At this point you will get a couple of dialogue options. If you get it wrong you can try again. The correct answers are Possibly homicide → Had acrophobia. At this point you should also get the achievement Namino Hotel Interrogation Complete for getting all the TIPS in the chapter.
- Self-proclaimed King of Hotel / Matsui
Deduction
If you gathered all the relevant information, there will be an option on the menu to Reflect Before Deduction which recaps some of the information and gives a bit of a hint to the answer. If you started the deduction too early this may be locked.
If you fail the deduction 3+ times (by getting bad endings), the Angel Charm will offer to help–if you choose that option in the deduction menu, it lets you completely skip picking the dialogue options and will go straight to the next scene. You will need to do this once for the achievement An Angel in Your Pocket. You can then reload and do it normally afterwards if you want.
There are 3 bad endings to this chapter:
Bad End 1: Pick the option on the Deduction menu “It’s me who did it…”. You’ll get an achievement for that specific ending: HANNIN HA YASU1. These “it’s me who did it” endings seem to hint at how many other bad endings there are.
Bad End 2: Only make a couple of mistakes (e.g. Homicide → Was probably dead before falling → The victim made bring it in [sic] → Room 519 → Daiki Shiraishi ). This ending has you being told off for either bringing in an unrelated person/not having enough evidence to prove the crime.
Bad End 3: Make many mistakes (e.g. Suicide → Died from the impact of the fall → There is no murder weapon → Room 508 → Kotaro Kurono) This ending is where Tamura is stabbed!
To pass the deduction, provide all the correct answers as follows:
Why did he die?
Homicide
What was the victim doing just before his death?
He was called out by the culprit
The victim who fell from the hotel…
Was probably dead before falling
Where did the weapon that took his life come from?
The victim made bring it in [sic]
In which room did he die?
Room 509
The one responsible for his death is…!
Daiki Shiraishi
Assuming you collected the three bad endings first, you will soon get the achievement The Many Endings of the Fall Case, and in the scenes that follow you will also get the achievement Birth of an Unlikely Detective Duo. On finishing the chapter, you will also get the achievement Namino Hotel Fall Case: Solved.
Chapter 2
There are 13 TIPS this chapter.
After the initial scenes, you will have Tip 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 and 06.
Inside Warehouse
- Police Officer on Guard – Tip 07
- Bat in Vicinity
- Sparrow Nearby – If you have been doing all Inquire options up to this point, you will get the achievement Interrogation Skills Improved: Indiscriminate Level for interrogating all the animals.
Move → Industrial Area – receive Tip 08 on moving to the location, and also unlocks Residential Area in the Move menu.
Industrial Area
- Woman in Office Wear / Tsubomi Kosaka (x2) – Tip 09
- Man with a Stocky Build / Akira Otaki – Tip 10
- Teen Wise
- Call Detective Ena (x2)
Residential Area
- Man in Casual Suit / Arashi Nakajima – Tip 11. At this point you will get some dialogue options. If you get them wrong, it lets you try again. The correct options are Someone is lying → One or more testimonies contradict others. You will then get Tip 12. I received the achievement Common Pharmaceuticals Warehouse Area: Interrogation Complete at this point for collecting all the tips, despite not having the final tip at this point yet.
- Man in a Great Hurry
- Girl Wordly
- Midorikawa
At this point, you will have 12/13 TIPS. It’s fine to go into the Deduction now, as the final TIP comes later.
Deduction 1
There are 5 bad endings, but only 3 are during this first deduction.
Bad End 1: Pick “It’s me who did it…” in the Deduction menu. You will get the achievement HANNIN HA YASU2.
Bad End 2: Pick a couple of incorrect options (e.g. Akira Otaki → Arashi Nakajima → Tsubomi Kosaka → Akira Otaki). This ending is where Detective Zomby goes missing.
Bad End 3: Get mostly incorrect options (e.g. Arashi Nakajima → Tsubomi Kosaka → Akira Otaki → Akira Otaki). This ending is where Detective Ena dies and Tamura has an energy drink.
The correct options for progressing are:
Who arrived at the scene third?
Akira Otaki
Who arrived at the scene second?
Arashi Nakajima
Who arrived at the scene first?
Tsubomi Kosaka
The one who detonated the bomb is…!
Tsubomi Kosaka
In the scenes that follow you will receive Tip 13, which is the final tip for this chapter.
Deduction 2
Bad End 4: Correct location but a mistake in deduction (e.g. Flower → District 99 Station → Throw out the window). This ending is where Tsubomi Kosaka is found dead in the holding area and an inquiry is made into Tamura.
Bad End 5: Multiple mistakes in deduction (e.g. Drugs → Pharmaceutical Warehouse → Throw out the window). This ending is explosive!
The correct options are as follows:
What is the bomb paired with?
Flower
Where is the bomb?
District 99 Station
How to prevent the explosion?
Block incoming mail
In the scenes that follow, you will receive the achievement Prevent the Bombing of Station 99!. Assuming you got each of the bad endings, you will also then receive the achievement The Many Endings of the Bombing Case. Finally, on reaching the end of the chapter you will receive the achievement Common Pharmaceuticals Warehouse Bombing: Case Closed.
Chapter 3
There are 18 TIPS in this chapter.
After all the initial scenes, you will have Tip 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 and 06.
File Storage Room 1
- Detective Ena
- Ueno-kacho
Note both of the above were pre-ticked and just repeated their dialogue from the earlier scenes.
Hallway
- Shino Nishimura – Tip 07
- Veteran Detective, Div. 1 – Tip 08
Holding Area
- Senior Detective, Div. 1 – Tip 09
It’ll then jump straight into a Deduction, though it doesn’t matter what you pick for the answers. After this, you’ll receive the achievement Resolve of a True Partner. You will also get Tip 10 during the scenes.
File Storage Room 1
- Detective Ena – Tip 11
- Elderly Forensic Officer – Tip 12
Hallway
- Ueno-kacho – Tip 13
Holding Area
- Police Officer on Guard – Adds Solitary Cell 01 and Solitary Cell 08 to the Inquire options.
- Police Officer in Cell
- Solitary Cell 01 [Initially hidden] – Tip 14
- Solitary Cell 08 [Initially hidden] – Tip 15
Division 1
- Shino Nishimura – Tip 16
- Veteran Detective, Div. 1 – Tip 17
- Senior Detective, Div. 1 (x3) – Tip 18. If you’ve been following along with this guide, at this point you will get the achievement 99 Station: Interrogation Complete for obtaining all the TIPS in this chapter.
- King of the Hotel? – If you’ve interrogated everyone else, at this point you will get the achievement Interrogation Skills Improved: Human Level for interrogating every human.
Deduction
There seems to be 4 bad ending in this chapter.
Bad End 1: Pick “It’s me who did it…” in the Deduction menu. You will receive the achievement HANNIN HA YASU3.
Bad End 2: Accuse Shino Nishimura (e.g. The room wasn’t actually locked → Still hiding in Storage Room 1 → The culprit becomes enraged → Shino Nishimura). This ending is where Tamura is lectured about bombs.
Bad End 3: Accuse Sumiyuki Ena (e.g. The room wasn’t actually locked → Still hiding in Storage Room 1 → The culprit becomes enraged → Sumiyuki Ena). This ending is where Detective Ena gives you some wise words and quits.
Bad End 4: Accuse the correct person, but make a mistake in the deduction (e.g. The room wasn’t actually locked → Still hiding in Storage Room 1 → The culprit becomes enraged → Eita Ueno). This ending is where Tamura is reassigned, and Kabane is not found.
The correct options for the deduction are as follows:
Why couldn’t she leave the room?
The Victim shut her in
What was the victim’s condition? [Only asked this if first question was correct]
Cognitive abilities were impaired
Why did she fall into that state? [Only asked this if first question was correct]
She had her insulin pen taken away
How did she try to protect herself? [Only asked this if first question was correct]
Entered the chemical storage
What endangered her life? [Only asked this if first question was correct]
Extreme cold
Why did Akemi Kabane disappear?
Left the station before the incident
Where can I deduce Akemi Kabane is?
Church
The culprit has a characteristic…
The culprit is lying
What lie is the culprit telling? [Only asked this if previous answer was correct]
About the key
What’s the lie related to the key? [Only asked this if previous answer was correct]
About the number of keys
What’s the name of the culprit?
Eita Ueno
Assuming you got all the bad endings first, in the scenes that follow you will receive the achievement The Many Endings of the Locked Room Mystery. After the credits, you will then get the achievement Christmas Dancing with Police Zombies. Once the chapter is finally over, you will receive the achievement 99 Station Storage Room Locked Mystery: Solved, and assuming you got all the other achievements at this point, you will get the final achievement Merry Christmas!! at the same time.
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