Steps[]
- Enter the gateway
- Investigate the area
- Enter the gateway
- Talk to the Illusia
- Talk to the Illusia
- Talk to the strange white cat
- Investigate farther ahead
- Defeat the enemies
- Investigate farther ahead
- Investigate the cabinet
- Further investigate
- Talk to the strange white cat
- Defeat the enemies
- Explore farther ahead
- Enter the gateway
- Defeat the enemies
- Enter the gateway
- Talk to the Illusia
- Defeat the Fractsidus
- Explore farther ahead
- Defeat the Fractsidus
- Talk to the Rover and the strange white cat
- Enter the gateway
- Defeat the enemies
- (Optional) Talk to Changli
Dialogue[]
- (Enter the gateway)
- Changli: ...Interesting.
- Changli: It reminds me of the Hongzhen in my memories.
- (Approach the destination)
- Changli: In that year, a peculiar incident occurred.
- Changli: A parent lost their only child, and despite extensive searches around Mt. Firmament, no trace of the missing boy was discovered.
- (Enter the gateway)
- (Talk to the Illusia)
- Uneasy Father: Please, help us find our son...
What was he doing before he disappeared?- Uneasy Father: We were having lunch together, just two days ago.
- Uneasy Father: Later, I went up the mountain to fetch spring water. When I got back, he was gone...
- Did your wife see him after you left home?
- Uneasy Father: She said Jing was out playing with his friends... but he never came home.
- Uneasy Father: I've been worried sick ever since, unable to eat or sleep... Jing, where are you now...
- (Talk to the Illusia)
- Desperate Mother: Jing, my poor boy... Please come back home...
- Did Jing have any close friends?
- Desperate Mother: Yes...
Did any of them happen to see him?- Desperate Mother: Jing had been increasingly withdrawn, preferring to stay home. He stopped playing with his friends.
- Desperate Mother: But that day, he said he wanted to play with them. It seemed odd, so I ask those kids later, but none of them had seen Jing...
- Desperate Mother: ... Oh, how can I go on without my Jing...
- (Talk to the strange white cat)
- (Fight the monsters)
- Changli: Beyond the wolves' howls, there's another sound lurking in this storm.
- Changli: Hehe, if you truly are the untamable beasts you claim to be, then why have you let yourself to be so easily at someone's disposal?
- (Explore farther ahead)
- (Dialogue from Xinyi's and Changli's past Illusias)
- Xinyi: There's more to this case than meets the eye...
- Changli: How about we start by investigating the missing person's home?
- (Enter the gateway)
- (Investigate the cabinet)
- (You cautiously inspect the wooden cabinet and discover something strange.)
- Changli: All of the boy's clothes since his infancy are neatly folded...
- Changli: Except for... his pajamas.
- Changli: Hmm... the board is set, but the final move is yet to be made.
- (Further investigate)
- (Talk to the strange white cat)
- (Defeat the enemies)
- (Dialogue from Xinyi's and Changli's past Illusias)
- Xinyi: Now that we know who the real culprit is, it's time to act.
- Changli: Madam, let's not be hasty. The time hasn't yet come.
- (Enter the gateway)
- (Defeat the enemies)
- (Dialogue from Xinyi's and Changli's past Illusias)
- Changli: Finding the culprit is simple. The real challenge is capturing them all at once.
- Xinyi: Fully prepare and wait for the right moment—that's a wise strategy, Changli.
- (Enter the gateway)
- Uneasy Father: Did you find Jing?
- Desperate Mother: Where is he? Please tell me...
- You'll never see him again.
- He's gone.
- Uneasy Father: What?
- Desperate Mother: No... my child... Who did this? Why would someone do this?
- Stop pretending, Fractsidus.
- You're the one who killed him.
- Desperate Mother: W-what are you talking about? I don't understand...
- Uneasy Father: How did you find out!?
- I'm afraid you'll never know the answer.
- (Defeat the Fractsidus)
- (Explore farther ahead)
- (Enter the gateway)
- (Defeat the Fractsidus)
- Changli: Ah, a defensive move?
- Changli: Not bad, but the game is already finished.
- (Suddenly, a thunderous sound erupts from the other side.)
- (Talk to the Rover and the strange white cat)
- Rover: You don't seem surprised to see me.
- It's as I expected.
- Rover: How did you know they killed Jing?
- Mt. Firmament is always covered in snow.
- Changli: No child would go in thin pajamas in such freezing conditions.
- Rover: So you realized it was orchestrated by the Fractsidus...
- Yes, it was Xinyi who solved this case.
- The Fractsidus were lurking in Hongzhen, concealing their true identitites.
- Rover: You know this is a dream, right?
- Certainly.
- Rover: Then why didn't you try to escape?
- Changli: To win a game, you must first play it.
- Changli: Besides... someone who knows they're dreaming is more dangerous, don't you think?
- Rover: Making yourself part of the game... that's something you'd do.
- Rover: I need you right now, Changli.
- (Enter the gateway)
- (Defeat the enemies)
- Changli: Hehe, he's not the same as the one we faced before.
- Rover: If they lost back then, they'll lose again today.
- Changli: Don't worry. While my flames can't destroy this Somnoire, they're more than enough to handle these pests.
- (Leave the Somnoire)
- (Quest returns to When the Night Knocks)
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
 English | A Study in Snow |
 Chinese (S) | 雪地研究 |
 Chinese (T) | 雪地研究 |
 Japanese | 雪の中の研究 |
 Korean | 눈 속에서의 연구 |
 French | Une étude dans la neige |
 German | Eine Studie im Schnee |
 Spanish | Un estudio en la nieve |
Change History[]
Released in Version 1.4