If you’re aiming to fully complete The Weeping Swan, you’re not just playing through a story—you’re mapping it. This game is built around branching failures, repeated choices, and layered outcomes, and most of what you unlock comes from making the “wrong” decision first. So instead of treating this like a traditional walkthrough, think of it as a structured route map to every ending, achievement, and hidden condition.
Everything below covers all 27 endings, all major death outcomes, and every achievement trigger—nothing skipped.
The Weeping Swan Walkthrough & Ending Guide – Achievement
Total Endings: 27
Careful Planning (Achievement)
Follow this exact sequence:
- First distribution → No money
- Second → Three taels
- Third → Refuse to give money
- Fourth → Lock eagle demon in left room and escape
Unlocks:
- Careful Planning
Eagle Demon Sequence
This section contains multiple required death endings before progression.
Death Ending: Strange…
- Choose → Stab with razor and run
- Result: Death by eagle demon
Death Ending: My blade has never been ineffective
- Reload → Stab again
- Result: Death by second eagle demon
Death Ending: Waiting and holding on…
- Reload → Do nothing
- Result: Death by wolf demon
Progression Path
- Choose → Lock eagle demon and escape
Unlocks:
- Escape from the Fangyuan
Chapter 4
This chapter contains multiple branching death outcomes.
Death Outcome: Dongcheng District
- Choose → Return to East District
Death Outcome: Training Ground
- Choose → East-West Main Road → Training Ground
Death Outcome: Zhangjia Lane
- Choose:
- South Alley → Zhangjia Lane
- Then → Go deeper
Death Outcome: Guanyin Statue
- Conditions:
- Did not give money earlier
- Took Zhangjia route
- Choose → Hide behind statue
Chapter 5
Death Ending: Direct Combat
- Choose → Confront demon soldiers
Death Ending: Failed Bribery
- Choose → Bribe demon soldiers
Death Outcome: Continued Escape
- Choose:
- Escape
- Do not enter house
Progression Path
- Climb over → Enter house
Chapter 6
Death Outcome: Helping
- Choose → Help
Death Outcome: Desperate Struggle
- Choose → “It’s me”
Progression Path
- Choose → “…”
Chapter 7
Death Ending: Quick Escape
- Choose → Quick escape
Progression Path
- Choose → Crawl
Story Progression Achievements
Unlocked through normal progression:
- Childhood Memories
- Twenty-Four Bridges
- Madness
- Live Well
Chapter 11 – Gate Decision
Death Ending: Suddenly…
- Choose → Small North Gate
- Result: Drowning
Chapter 14 – Ambush
Death Ending: Ambush Failure
- Choose → Ambush demon soldiers
Chapter 15 – Combat Choice
Death Ending: Vertical Slash
- Choose → Vertical slash
- Result: Death by child soldier
Special Achievement – Unyielding
Triggered by collecting multiple key death endings, including:
- Eagle demon deaths
- Demon soldier combat death
- Helping death
- Desperate struggle death
- Ambush death
- Child soldier death
Chapter 18
This is the primary split for all endings.
Death Ending
Horse
- Travel with Master Liang
- Mount from behind
Normal Endings
Seeking Adventure
- Mount from side
- Choose farewell
Far Away
- Follow Liang
- Sail east
Become a Monk
- Accept illusion
- Become monk
New Dynasty
- Reject illusion
- Follow others
City-Based Endings
Crying at the Temple
- Stay in city
- Leave → Suzhou
Tonghai
- Same route → Nanjing
Ashes of Will
- Choose → Accept fate
Suicide Pact
- Stay in city
- Choose death
True Endings
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
- Final choices:
- “…”
- Farewell OR Stay
Dream of the Red Chamber
- Choose → Farewell
One-Life Completion
- Avoid all death endings
- Reach any ending
Unlocks:
- One Life to Complete the Game
Extra Chapter Unlock
After completing any ending:
- Access bottom-right of main menu
- Complete extra story
Unlocks:
- Fertile Fields Full of Ears of Grain
Final Completion Achievement
Lament: Ten Days After the City’s Fall
Requirements:
- All endings completed
- All death outcomes collected
- Extra chapter finished
CG Collection
All pages must be unlocked:
- Page 1 → Page 12
Completion Notes
- Some achievements depend on specific prior choices
- Missing one early decision may lock certain death paths
- Reloading saves is the most efficient way to track all endings
- The flowchart can help, but manual tracking is faster for 100%