How to save Nick in The Quarry

Every step you have to take to ensure the camp counselor survives.

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Want to find out how to save Nick in The Quarry? Supermassive’s newest narrative horror game is a minefield of choices and knock-on events that can often lead to the unforeseeable and gory deaths of its cast. Working out how to save any specific character is a challenge, let alone trying to work out how to get them all through the night.

In this guide, I’ll walk you through the key choices and actions you need to take in order to save Nick. As you’d expect, there are going to be a lot ofspoilersin here, so if you are still planning to play the game blind, I’d leave now. It’s also important to note that you’re going to have tosave Kaitlynin order to save Nick, so it’s worth making sure you know how to do that, too.

How to save Nick

There are five things you have to do if you want to keep Nick alive in The Quarry. Here’s what they are and when they’ll happen:

After you kill Silas as Laura, the curse will be broken, and Nick will transform back into his regular self.

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