Launch the boat, reach the trading post, and restore the forks
To launch your first boat in DREADMOOR, take the red fuel can from the Church Settlement hut marked with white crosses, fuel the generator, and lower the trawler with the crane. Continue through the river gate and the Angler Brothers' cabin to Betsy & Sons, then complete the tuning fork objectives at the signal tower, Ghoul Tower, and Father Matthias' hilltop shrine.
Get the Hook Gun and reach Church Settlement
- Take the Hook Gun from the dead ghoul in the abandoned house to obtain the tool needed for the obstruction.
- Use the Hook Gun to move the crane obstruction and clear your way onward.
- Follow the objective to Church Settlement, where you can prepare the boat launch.
Find fuel and lower the boat
- Take the red fuel can from the hut with white cross marks above its doorway in Church Settlement.
- Pour the fuel into the generator to prepare it for starting.
- Complete the generator's starter pulls to get it running.
- Operate the boat crane to lower your trawler into the water.
- Use the radio to contact Gill before departing.
- Retrieve your floating chest before leaving Church Settlement.
Open the first river gate
Use the sequence below when the gate panel starts green-green-red. Identify the sluices by their symbols, then operate them in the listed order. The separate gate-opening control comes after the sluice sequence.
- Operate the sluice marked with three circles to begin the sequence.
- Operate the sluice marked with crossed lines and a dot.
- Operate the three-circle sluice again to repeat the opening part of the sequence.
- Operate the crossed-lines-and-dot sluice again to finish the sluice sequence.
- Press the separate gate-opening control to open the river passage.
Reach the Angler Brothers and Betsy & Sons
- Sail through the opened route to the Angler Brothers' cabin.
- Take the axe from the ghoul at the cabin to obtain the tool for the barricade.
- Break the barricade with the axe to continue the cabin objective.
- Sleep until 10 AM before continuing toward the trading post.
- Follow the objective to Betsy & Sons Trading Post to reach the next opening checkpoint.
Gather supplies for the tower repairs
- Collect Bug Slime from the blue creatures on the water using the Grappling Hook Gun.
- Search wrecks around the Trading Post and floating barrels for Metal Plates.
- Gather Cable through salvage for the electrical repair at Ghoul Tower.
- Keep Coral Fibers for the signal tower's damaged upper cable, and remember that the tower generators also need attention.
Restore the signal tower fork
- Start the signal tower's generator as part of restoring its fork.
- Repair the damaged upper cable with five Coral Fibers and three Bug Slime to complete the signal tower repair.
Repair Ghoul Tower and fuel its generator
- Clear the barricades at Ghoul Tower to continue through the location.
- Clear the ghouls at Ghoul Tower so you can continue the repair objective.
- Repair the upper Electric board with four Cable and three Metal Plates.
- Fuel Ghoul Tower's generator separately from repairing the Electric board to finish the generator requirement.
Keep the board repair and generator fuel as separate checks when working through Ghoul Tower. The fork objective involves both jobs. Before leaving, check that you have attended to the generator as well as the upper Electric board.
Install Father Matthias' Fork before the body parts
Father Matthias asks for three whole Bloodgills. Keep the fish intended for his request intact rather than processing them. Bloodgills can be found around Ghoul Tower during daytime or dusk.
- Deliver three whole Bloodgills to Father Matthias to progress his request.
- Retrieve the Fork from Father Matthias' shed using the shed key he provides.
- Install the Fork at the hilltop shrine before attaching any of the scattered ghoul parts.
- Attach the scattered ghoul parts after installing the Fork to continue the shrine objective.
- Speak to Father Matthias after completing the shrine actions.
Report the completed fork objectives to John
- Report all three completed tuning fork objectives to John after finishing the signal tower, Ghoul Tower, and Father Matthias' shrine.
Finish a stuck Father Matthias objective
- My Father Matthias tuning fork quest is stuck after placing the body parts. How do I finish it?
- Check around the shrine and fence for an overlooked ghoul body part, and make sure the large Fork from Matthias' shed has actually been installed. Install that Fork before attaching the body parts for Hymn to Ugliness. If you placed parts before the proper quest stage and remain blocked, consider returning to a save from before that interaction; players suggest this as a workaround.