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There are several endings inAtomfall, but arguably, the most arcane, mysterious, and downright pagan is Mother Jago ending. The Druids can all hear something called The Voice In The Soil, and by following Mother Jago’s instructionsthrough to the end of the game, you, too, will become one with The Purpose and The Voice and discover a way to escape the Zone.
To get the Mother Jago ending,Atomfallplayers must follow a series of specific steps, make specific choices, andfollow the Leads offeredby Mother Jago until she offers an escape from the Quarantine Zone. This completeAtomfallMother Jago and Druid ending walkthrough offers step-by-step instructions that guide players to this otherworldly folk horror ending, which also unlocks the ‘At One With The Soil’ achievement.
This guide contains major spoilers for the ending ofAtomfall, or at least for the Druid & Mother Jago ending. If you want to keep the details a mystery, return to thisAtomfallMother Jago escape guide if you have a hard time locating certain Lead objectives.
How To Start Mother Jago & Druid Ending In Atomfall
To unlock the Mother Jago ending,Atomfallplayers must, of course, first locate Mother Jago herself. There are several characters who will give you hints at Mother Jago’s location, and in Casterfell Woods, you can interact with any note labelled “Lost Your Way?” to pick up a Lead that guides you northward.
Inthe far north of Casterfell Woods, you willfind Mother Jago at the Old Mine at coordinates 27.2E, 92.2N– a location a short walk to the east of the northern tip of the path that splits the zone vertically.
Talk to Mother Jago and she will ask you to retrieve her book that was stolen by the local Druids.
Where To Find Mother Jago’s Book
Mother Jago’s Book can be foundwithin the castle at theDruid Camp, in the far southwest of Casterfell Woods at coordinates 20.0E, 84.2N. The Druid Castle is a well-fortified area, rife with cultish followers of The Voice (not the one on the phone), so be sure to bring plenty of ammo, a strong melee weapon, and lots of healing methods ormaterials to craft Bandageson the fly.
Grenades are very useful here. Hide in some tall grass, toss a grenade at a pack of Druids, and you’ll thin out the herd, as it were, without revealing your location. You can also easily stealth past most enemies in this area thanks to the sheer number of hiding spots, tall grass, and other sneaky pathways through the base camp.
Mother Jago’s Book can be found within the Druid Castle itself. You can also find the Strange Tonic Recipe in the castle.
Either way, once you get behind the fireplace,look in the side rooms connected to the overgrown secret courtyard. Mother Jago’s book can be found on a table surrounded by candles in one of these rooms – despite being surrounded by candles, it’seasy to miss this if you don’t explorethe environment.
Take The Offering To The Speaking Cave
Bring Mother Jago’s book back to the Old Mine and she will make you an offer:bring an Offering to the Speaking Caveto connect with The Voice In The Soil that all of the Druids can hear. If you take the Offering from Jago,Druids within the Speaking Cave will not be hostilewhile it is in your inventory.
The Speaking Cave is located a short ways to the east of the Druid Castlein the middle of the zone at coordinates 23.8E, 86.3N, below the main path and south of a Sewer Entrance. Enter the cave, navigate to the central Altar room, and place your Offering into the bowl.
You will speak with The Voice directly, then head back outside to find Mother Jago has moved to the standing stone circle.
Collect The Growth Serum From Medical
Talk to Mother Jago outside the Speaking Cave and she will tell you your next steps –you must collect a special serumthe boffins at Windscale were working on that could, theoretically,growOberon instead of destroy it.The Voice In The Earth wants you to ‘Feed Oberon’ with this Growth Stimulant, which can only be found in thedepths of the Medical Cavesbelow the Interchange.
To unlock this area, youmust restore power to Data Store Charliewithin the Interchange with an Atomic Battery. You mustalso get Dr. Holder’s Keycard to access the lower level of Medical. Dr. Holder is locatedbelow St. Katherine’s Churchin a secret cellar, which can only be opened with the Church Cellar Key.
Look for this key on the upper floor of Medical, then return to Dr. Holder and promise to pick up Sample One for him. This unlocks another ending, but we only want Holder’s Keycard.You can also kill Dr. Holder to get his keycard.
Return to Medical and use this keycard to access the lower level.
Look for the Auditorium in the lower Medical area, which contains Sample Onenext to a cadaver on an operating table. Walk past this area andinto the back room to find a tunnel that leads into the Medical Tunnels.
There may be another method to access the lower levels of the Medical bay in the Interchange. However, getting Dr. Holder’s keycard to find the Growth Stimulant location is not difficult – it just requires a bit of backtracking.
Bringplenty of Strange Tonic, or the materials to make them, and plenty of ammo as you delve deeper into this Infection-ridden area. Eventually, you willfind a cave systemthat leads to a scientist’s body.The Growth Stimulant can be found next to this scientist’s body. Leave the Medical Caves – but youdon’t have to return to Mother Jago just yet.
Unlock Access To Oberon
Once you have the Growth Serum, you are almost ready to unlock the Mother Jago ending inAtomfall. Now, youjust need to open the way to Oberon, the final area of the game.
To do this, you mustuse four Atomic Batteries to power up the Interchange’s four data stores, thenuse the Signal Redirectoronswitches beneath the Central Processor roomto power up the processor itself.
Once the Central Processor has appeared,the way to Oberon will open. Save the game, as this is the point of no return.
When you’re good and ready, enter the Windscale Plant.
How To Feed Oberon With The Growth Serum (Finale)
Once you enter the Windscale Plant, continue forward through the multiple zones, taking care to avoid (or defeat) Thralls and Ferals along the way, until youfind the door labeled “Oberon Dig Site.“Open the door –take a moment to appreciate the beautiful, alien horror of Oberon itself– then turn left and head upward into the Oberon control rooms.
There are a few Thralls in here, notably one that is so fixated on Oberon that it won’t even notice you are there.Use Takedowns to quickly deal with any hostile Thrallsthat haven’t already seen you, and continue through to the other side of the facility.
On one of the upper levels, just outside the main control room, you willsee a slot marked “Fire Safety”. Hover over this slot,insert the Growth Serum, and it will load the Serum into the two fire-extinguishing valves on either side of Oberon.
To feed Oberon,Atomfallplayers must get to the ground level and turn on both Fire Safety System Valves. These are directly next to the Oberon crash site on either side, but areheavily guarded by three B.A.R.D. Robots.
Using your strongest guns, or a Sticky Grenade,shoot the face of the machine gun B.A.R.D. Robots and the canisters on the ones wielding a flamethrower. This will overheat the robots' systems, allowing you toextract an Atomic Battery and shut them down.
Once you are safe from the robots,activate each valve, then return to the main control room. In here, look for a lever labeled “Fire Safety System.“If you have inserted the Growth Serum and have activated both Foam Cannons, pull this lever and watch the magic happen.
After this, without spoiling the ending specifics,things start to getweird– you will want to experience this ending for yourself.
After witnessing what happens, you must make it out of the Oberon facility andescape the Interchange. Once you get to the Central Processor, take the exit to Casterfell Woods, and return to the pit beneath theCastle Ruins cavernstofinish the Mother Jago ending and beatAtomfall.
