Finding a gun in Scorn is harder than you might expect.

The game gives you zero guidance, explanation, or standard tutorial.

Its almost Myst-like in its opacity… just less sunny and inviting, and more relentlessly bleak and slimy.

Head down the hall to the left of the inoperable door to get started.

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Keep going until you reach a platform overlooking a large area below.

Stick your arm in the device to get the key.

Stick your arm in the machine to your left to have a grotesque key implanted in your arm.

Toggle to the left to fire up the latch, then toggle right to slide the door open.

You will now find yourself standing in the large room that the previous platform overlooked.

Head down the hall to your immediate right after getting through the door.

Look to the left to find the elevator.

Insert your hand into the controller to get to the second floor.

Claw puzzle

Head down the hall and onto the platform.

Starting arrangement of the claw puzzle

There is no one right way to accomplish this task.

Time to go meet your new friend!

Dismembering the creature

Take the elevator back down to the first floor.

With the solo glowing orb free, you can move it to the upper-left slot to have the claw break it.

leading into the room), and the other two are closed (i.e.

continuing the loop around the room).

Now, head back down to find the creature.

Make sure the bottom right rail is leading into the room, and the other two are continuing the loop around the room.

You’ll see him in an opening on the ceiling, facing the center of the room.

Time to take him on a ride!

Push the cart the creature is sitting in along the track.

Poor guy!

Eventually, you’ll come to a stop in front of the surgical gadget in the elevator room.

Use the outer contraption to pick up the creature and place him in the chair of the surgical gear.

Then hop on the surgical machine’s control panel.

Use the claw to get the creature into the surgical chair.

Pick it up, and head out the door back into the main room.

From here, continue along the perimeter, and into the other room you haven’t yet explored.

Here, you will find another hand machine, just like you used on yourself earlier.

Grab the arm and take it to the arm machine in the adjacent room.

Stick the creature’s arm into the left unit.

This will unlatch the locking contraption, and allow you to use the right rig to launch the door.

However, he moves at a snails pace, and is ultimately a sad sight to behold.

Step on the platform to access the rifle!

Better to just put him out of his misery and spare yourself the time and… well, scorn.

However, before venturing into them, head to the far end of the corridor.

Stand on the platform to unlock the rifle.

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