How To Finish 12 Minutes

A 12 Minutes walkthrough will help explicate this frustratingly obtuse puzzle game and all the endings or achievements yous can get. The all-star cast hides a basic point-and-click adventure that buries its clues and makes progression an accented needle in a haystack hunt. Combined with the fourth dimension loop mechanics that can often crave repeated playthroughs just to reach the point where you desire to attempt an idea, it's non a simple matter to get through. This guide will encompass all the things yous demand to do to move the story forth and ultimately break the loop. This guide is, bar the things you actually have to practise, spoiler-costless up to loop 7. Fifty-fifty and so you won't run into any of the story or plot in this guide until it's impossible to progress without mentioning something.

When an catastrophe tin can be triggered we'll mention information technology. But skip to the bottom to run across what you demand to exercise.

12 Minutes intro

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Yous'll kickoff the game in a corridor. Check the pot plant to detect a faux rock with the primal to get into your flat.

12 Minutes Loop 1

You can trigger the the 12 Minutes Listen ending right at the offset so skip to the end if y'all desire to exercise that. Otherwise, explore the apartment, talk to your wife and if the evening goes well you'll have desert and she'll give you a present. When the cop turns up don't say or do anything - permit the loop play out.

Whenever you get the chance in this loop or any of the following ones, brand sure to talk to your wife near the book she's reading when you get a spare moment. Information technology'south useful for one catastrophe, which we'll encompass when we go to it.

12 Minutes Loop two

This time, get into the closet and close it before your wife comes out of the bathroom. She won't know you lot're in that location so when the cop turns up you'll learn more than about what's going on. Once all the events accept unfolded, reset the loop by leaving the flat.

12 Minutes Loop 3

Based on the information uncovered in the concluding two loops you'll now accept the details you need to progress things.

Talk to your wife and pick the 'Show the day is restarting' option. Yous can then select the window to tell her information technology'south going to thunder. You lot'll have to wait until it does.

Next, go the present from the drawer and evidence her.

This will let you talk about her father and the watch just she virtually always gets angry and storms out the front door, then follow her to reset the loop.

12 Minutes Loop iv

You'll be able to question your wife more about the by now you lot have the information from the previous loop.

Outset though, become the watch by examining the vent nether the medicine cabinet and opening it with your keys. Close the door outset though equally your wife tin can storm out if she sees what you're doing.

Now question your wife about the past, and tell her you know the watch is in the vent.

Now testify yous're in a time loop again, and she should admit to everything that happened in the past, and eventually tell you the story behind the Polaroid on the fridge.

At this signal you can let the loop play out or reset by leaving the flat.

12 Minutes Loop 5

With all the info you at present have, grab the Polaroid from the fridge and talk through the new options for questioning your wife about the the past

Y'all'll know when yous've covered everything as you'll have nothing new to talk about and sinister string music will start playing. Your wife volition go along talking about not being able to take the silence and eventually leave.

Reset the loop.

12 Minutes Loop half dozen

You should at present accept enough to progress the loop significantly, so go prepare to practice a off-white bit. You tin can as well trigger the 12 Minutes Coward Achievement here and then skip to that below if the name sounds like something you desire to do. Be warned, it's probably the worst possible thing to accomplish in the game.

Equally soon as you lot beginning, grab the Polaroid and the 2 mugs.

When your wife comes out of the bathroom, get in in that location and, out of sight, get the pills, combine them with the mug and then apply it on the sink to fill the mug.

Give the drugged water to the wife and before it takes result brand sure to plough the light in the bedroom on. When the pills take effect your married woman volition become to bed and turn the switch off, which will prime number it to assassinate the next person to touch information technology.

Arrive the closet, close the door and await.

When the cop arrives he'll search the flat and, when he finds your wife in bed, he'll electrocute himself when he goes to check on her. For what comes next you'll need to be fast, although you lot still might take to repeat this loop to get everything done.

Search the cop while he's unconscious and take everything. Use a set of zip ties on him and apply the gun to shoot him in the leg. If you don't he won't cooperate and if he gets the take chances he'll become up and headbutt you lot unconscious, resetting the loop.

Exhaust all the dialogue options with the cop. You might take the choice to talk about a nanny from previously talking to the married woman, but to be certain, show him the Polaroid which should dislodge whatsoever remaining dialogue options.

Once there'southward cypher left to say, bank check the telephone and call the number for Bumblebee y'all tin can detect in the messages to memorize it for later. Practice that first before checking the messages in instance you lot run out of time and the loop resets. If you still have time you lot tin ask him about his daughter's disease after learning about it from the messages on his phone just he won't say anything.

As I said, there's a lot to exercise here so be prepared to repeat this loop if y'all tin't get information technology all washed in 1 go.

12 Minutes Loop vii

Once you accept Bumblebee's number you can trigger the 12 Minutes Groundhog Day achievement so skip to that catastrophe below if y'all want to meet it.

Go directly to your wife and choose the option to prove to her the day'south restarting. And then tell her about the cop and choose the choice to explain the cop'southward connection to her father.

Now go to the previous topic, choose to talk nigh her past and then tell her that the Polaroid proves she didn't impale him.

Talk to her about her past over again, ask about her male parent's matter, so how her female parent found out virtually information technology. And so inquire about the nanny, and the nanny's child, where the brother could exist now, and, finally, who killed her father. At that place volition be some other conversion options, some you lot've covered, some yous haven't, but they aren't important at this point.

That'south all you can actually do at this point. The cop will turn up and you'll get some slightly unlike dialogue this time.

12 Minutes Loop viii

Grab the phone while your married woman is in the bath and and so prove the twenty-four hours is restarting which volition epitomize everything, including the fact that your wife didn't kill her father, and the arrival of the cop.

At present use the phone to phone call Bumblebee and tell her that her father is going to arrest your wife and that she'southward innocent. That volition get her to agree to call her dad. Talk to your wife almost the cop and expect for him to arrive.

Don't do anything at this point. Expect for the cop to arrive and you lot'll hear him take a telephone telephone call in the hallway.

Let the scene play out and your married woman will prove she's innocent of the murder with the Polaroid. The cop will explain what he's up to, your wife will requite him the lookout man, and eventually mention the name 'monster'. This will prompt your wife to explain that it was a nickname for the brother.

Unfortunately, while it seems like a good determination, it'due south not over nonetheless.

12 Minutes Loop 9

At present you tin can repeat the process of proving the 24-hour interval is restarting but with the knowledge of the brother. Tell your wife the twenty-four hours is repeating, talk nigh the brother and cycle through all the conversation.

At present call Bumblebee once more and tell her your wife is innocent so she'll call the cop.

Talk to your wife and you'll have the option to find out more about the brother existence the killer. Now you tin can go back to a previous topic and tell your wife why the cop wants the spotter and and then wait for him to get in.

At present when the cop arrives yous'll get through the aforementioned conversation as before merely this fourth dimension you'll exist able to talk almost the nanny. That will reveal she had a flowery proper name offset with 'D' just earlier the loop restarts.

12 Minutes Loop x

Grab the babe clothes from the drawer and then prove the day is restarting. Call Bumblebee and say your wife is innocent. Talk to your married woman again about waiting for the cop to arrive. Allow the chat play out simply this fourth dimension when the nanny is brought up, show the cop the baby clothes.

Allow the scene play out.

12 Minutes Loop 11

You'll be in a new location. Permit this play out and you'll be sent dorsum to the apartment whatever happens.

12 Minutes loop 12

You'll be back in the apartment. Let this play out equally well.

12 Minutes Loop xiii

At this point you lot tin access the 12 Minutes Lone ending, and the 12 Minutes Blissful Ignorance ending. The starting time will permit you go along and start again with your progress intact, just the 2d will fully complete the game and crave y'all play from the offset, then exist conscientious almost picking that ane. You tin as well trigger the 12 Minutes Confessed accomplishment.

From this signal it's all endings and achievements so only read on if you desire to know how to trigger these events.

12 Minutes Listen ending (Can Go on)

Do cypher in the offset loop. Let everything play out and the game will end. The wife will allude to some past events simply that she wants to tell you somewhere else and you'll leave the apartment.

12 Minutes Lonely ending (Can Go along)

Go into the bathroom, get the pocket watch and wait at information technology. Y'all'll spotter the easily going backwards and find yourself back in the other place. If yous chose the option that 'Maybe it's ameliorate that we aren't together' you'll trigger the Solitary catastrophe. Say you want to stay together to render to the loop.

12 Minutes Blissful ignorance ending (can't proceed, full restart)

Return to the other place past looking at the watch in the bathroom. When you're there click on the red volume you saw your wife reading earlier to activate new dialogue. Ignore the option to change your mind and just expect for the catastrophe to trigger.

12 Minutes Keep ending

When you hit continue after whatever of the endings that allow it, information technology volition take yous to a corridor much like the 1 the game started in. However it'll exist lacking any doors other than your own and you'll already have the cardinal. Head inside and you'll find the flat empty, However the watch is still in the bath vent. Go it and click on the large hand and move information technology and then it'south at ii minutes earlier 12. When the silver mitt reaches it you'll be taken back to the other identify where you tin chose the choice to be with her and she doesn't need to know to return to the loop.

12 Minutes achievements

12 Minutes Coward achievement

When you lot accept the cop unconscious on the floor accept one prepare of zip ties and handcuff him, don't take annihilation else or this catastrophe won't piece of work. When the cop wakes up, tell him you're innocent and when he says he tin help say okay. He'll become up and untie his hands so inquire for the watch. Tell him you lot know where it is and go to the couch when he asks. He'll then shoot the wife and ask for a telephone. If yous haven't got information technology, get the wife's phone from the closet and let everything play out.

12 Minutes Groundhog Mean solar day accomplishment

Telephone call Bumblebee and tell her that her begetter is trying to go the watch to assist with her illness. When he gets the call this time he'll leave and non even come up to the door. Now let the loop unfold much similar the first time, say information technology's fourth dimension for desert and when she give you the present tell her what you recollect and say it's going to exist swell. When she asks to dance say yes and when she says you seem unlike, tell her how much you love her. She'll go to bed and you lot can bring together her until the loop resets.

12 Minutes Confessed achievement

Get through the options to prove the solar day is restarting and and then call Bumblebee and tell her your married woman is innocent. Now talk to your married woman about the past and either tell her either that you are her blood brother, or that you killed her father.

Next, choose to say it's your error, and that y'all'll confess. Grab the sentry from the vent and look for the cop to arrive. Your wife and the cop will talk until the conversation turns to you. Say you didn't practise anything, ask about his daughter'due south illness and so tell him that you killed her father and that your wife is your sister.

Finally cull the option to say information technology was your fault and give him the sentry. Permit everything else play out from there for the Confessed ending.