Return of the Obra Dinn

Return of the Obra Dinn is a 2018 horror mystery indie game created by Lucas Pope. The game is set in 1807 with the player assuming the role of insurance inspector for the East India Company. The Obra Dinn, a merchant ship missing for five years, has reappeared off the coast of England with no one alive aboard. The player is dispatched to the ghost ship to perform an appraisal, reconstruct the events of the voyage, and determine the fates of all sixty souls aboard, providing a cause of death for those deceased or a probable current location for those presumed living. Investigation is accomplished through the use of the "Memento Mortem", a pocket watch capable of transporting its user to the moment of death of any corpse located.

The deaths below are listed chronologically.

Victims[]

Chapter I: Loose Cargo[]

Seaman Samuel Peters - Crushed by falling cargo due to a snapped rope.
Unnamed Stowaway - Died from impact when the barrel he used to hide hits the ground.
- Total - 2

Chapter II: A Bitter Cold[]

Seaman Soloman Syed - Died from pneumonia he caught from the lascar house.
Seaman Renfred Rajub - Died from pneumonia he caught from the lascar house.
Cow - Struck through the brain by midshipman Thomas Lanke and throat slit by butcher Emil O'Farrell for its meat.
- Total - 3

Chapter III: Murder[]

Passenger Nunzio Pasqua - Stabbed by Second Mate Edward Nichols with a knife who caught him attempting to rob the Formosan chest.
Passenger Hok Seng-Lau - Sentenced to death by Captain Robert Witteral via firing line by seamen Aleksei Toporov, Patrick O'Hagan, John Naples, and Henry Brennan at the command of gunner Christian Wolff after he was framed by Second Mate Edward Nichols. Everyone but Henry Brennan missed.
Topman Timothy Butement - Shot by Second Mate Edward Nichols with a gun when attempting to expose the mutiny.
- Total - 3

Chapter IV: The Calling[]

Topman Li Hong - Stabbed with a spear thrown by one of the mermaids on the mutineers' escape to the Canary Islands.
Seaman Patrick O'Hagan - Stabbed in the neck with a spear thrown by one of the mermaids while rowing to the Canary Islands.
Seaman Alarcus Nikishin - Clawed and drowned by one of the mermaids pulling him overboard.
Second Mate's Steward Samuel Galligan - Stabbed in the neck by passenger It-Beng Sia with a knife for kidnapping him.
Seaman Aleksei Toporov - Clawed and drowned by one of the mermaids pulling him overboard.
Passenger Bun-Lan Lim - Bled out after being clawed and strangled by one of the mermaids.
Passenger It-Beng Sia - Right hand burned off upon putting the shell into the Formosan chest's top compartment to subdue the mermaids, while also poisoned and electrocuted from it.
Second Mate Edward Nichols - Shot by passenger Chioh Tan with a gun as revenge for the mutiny.
- Total - 8

Chapter V: Unholy Captives[]

Passenger Chioh Tan - Stabbed with a spike shot from one of the mermaids.
Seaman Hamadou Diom - Stabbed through passenger Chioh Tan with a spike shot from one of the mermaids.
Cook Thomas Sefton - Neck slashed by one of the mermaids' tail when attempting to grab her shell.
Seaman William Wasim - Fell down a flight of stairs where his neck was crushed between a barrel and mermaid in a stretcher after losing footing from cook Thomas Sefton's demise.
Seaman John Naples - Bled to death after captain's steward Filip Dahl cutting off the lower half of his right leg in an attempt to kill the mermaids.
- Total - 4

Chapter VI: Soldiers of the Sea[]

Topman Huang Li - Electrocuted by a bolt of lightning.
Topman Nicholas Botterill - Stabbed by one of the crab riders with a spear.
Carpenter's Mate Marcus Gibbs - Stabbed with three spikes shot from one of the crab riders.
Surgeon's Mate James Wallace - Clawed and strangled/decapitated by one of the giant crabs.
Topman Jie Zhang - Clawed and strangled/decapitated by one of the giant crabs.
Giant Crab - Burned to death from a lantern thrown by midshipman Charles "Charlie" Hershtik.
Unnamed Crab Rider - Burned from a lantern thrown by midshipman Charles "Charlie" Hershtik and stabbed by midshipman Peter Milroy with a sword.
Midshipman Charles "Charlie" Hershtik - Burned and impaled by one of the crab riders with a spear while also possibly stabbed through the crab rider by midshipman Peter Milroy with a sword.
Butcher Emil O'Farrell - Succumbed to his wounds when stabbed with three spikes shot from one of the crab riders.
Ship's Steward Zungi Sathi - Accidentally shot through the port walk's wall with a stray bullet by bosun's mate Charles Miner while hiding after being stabbed with a spike shot by one of the crab riders.
Giant Crab - Shot by carpenter Winston Smith with a blunderbuss.
Unnamed Crab Rider - Shot by carpenter Winston Smith with a blunderbuss.
Carpenter Winston Smith - Clawed and stabbed by one of the crab riders with a spear after previously being stabbed with a spike shot from one of the crab riders.
- Total - 13

Chapter VII: The Doom[]

Seaman Lars Linde - Clubbed in the head by seaman Nathan Peters as revenge due to blaming him for the accidental death of seaman Samuel Peters.
Artist Edward Spratt - Crushed and strangled by the Kraken in the middle of relieving himself.
Seaman Abraham Akbar - Crushed with a cannon by the Kraken.
Gunner Christian Wolff - Shot by the Kraken with a cannon lit by seaman Abraham Akbar.
Seaman George Shirley - Shot by the Kraken with a cannon lit by seaman Abraham Akbar, the explosion blasting him overboard out the porthole where he was either drowned or eaten by the Kraken.
Third Mate's Steward Roderick Andersen - Crushed by a cannon caused by the Kraken when the Obra Dinn suddenly tilts to starboard.
Midshipman Peter Milroy - Accidentally blown up by a cartridge bag he was holding that exploded when he was grabbed by the Kraken.
Topman Omid Gul - Drowned when he fell overboard from the starboard side rigging during the Kraken's assault.
Topman Maba - Torn apart by the Kraken.
Purser Duncan McKay - Fell overboard when the Kraken throwing up the lifeboat where he was drowned by it.
Seaman Alexander Booth - Fell overboard when the Kraken throwing up the lifeboat where he was drowned by it.
Seaman Nathan Peters - Fell overboard when the Kraken throwing up the lifeboat where he was drowned by it.
Passenger Abigail Hoscut Witterel - Crushed by falling rigging caused by the Kraken.
Helmsman Finley Dalton - Grabbed by the Kraken which he was either drowned, eaten, crushed, or torn apart by it.
Topman Wei Lee - Grabbed by the Kraken which he was either drowned, eaten, crushed, or torn apart by it.
Bosun's Mate Charles Miner - Torn apart by the Kraken off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 16

Chapter VIII: The Bargain[]

Captain's Steward Filip Dahl - Burned/poisoned/electrocuted by the quicksilver-like substance in the Formosan chest while attempting to steal the shell from the top compartment.
Unnamed Mermaid - Shot by Captain Robert Witterel with a gun for calling the Kraken and not withdrawing it.
Unnamed Mermaid - Stabbed by Captain Robert Witterel with a sword for not calling off the Kraken.
Third Mate Martin Perrot - Succumbed to his injuries from when he was spiked by the panicked mermaid while trying to set her free.
Henry's Pet Monkey - Shot by Surgeon Henry Evans to takes its paw so the lazarette could be accessed with the pocket watch as the key was gone.
- Total - 5

Chapter IX: Escape[]

Bosun Alfred Klestil - Died of blood loss after his left arm was torn off by the Kraken.
First Mate's Steward Paul Moss - Stabbed by topman Leonid Volkov with a sword for attempting to abandon ship with the last lifeboat.
Topman Leonid Volkov - Shot by passenger Emily Jackson with a gun when he attempted to stop them from leaving the ship.
Gunner's Mate Olus Wiater - Face blown off by Fourth Mate John Davies with a gun during their scuffle in response to his stabbing of midshipman Thomas Lanke.
Fourth Mate John Davies - Clubbed in the head by seaman Henry Brennan with a club who mistaking him for deliberately shooting gunner's mate Olus Wiater and being a part of the mutiny.
Midshipman Thomas Lanke - Died of his injuries after getting stabbed multiple times by gunner's mate Olus Wiater with a knife for exposing his attempted mutiny.
- Total - 6

Chapter X: The End[]

First Mate William Hoscut - Shot by Captain Robert Witterel with a gun for attempted mutiny.
Seaman Henry Brennan - Throat slit by Captain Robert Witterel with a knife when attempting a mutiny.
Topman Lewis Walker - Clubbed in the head by Captain Robert Witterel with an oar during an attempted mutiny.
Captain Robert Witterel - Committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a gun before he could succumb to his wounds from the mutiny attempt.
- Total - 4

Epilogue[]

Surgeon Henry Evans - Succumbed to unknown illness, if less than 30 fates were correctly deduced then it is specifically because of his disheartened regret from the incomplete book that he is unable to recover.
- Total - 1

Deaths[]

Total - 66
- 58 Humans
  - 56 Men
  - 2 Women
- 4 Monsters
  - 2 Crab Riders
  - 2 Mermaids
- 4 Animals
  - 2 Giant Crabs
  - 1 Cow
  - 1 Monkey

Kill Counts[]

The Kraken - 15 (Alive)
Captain Robert Witterel - 6 (Deceased)
Second Mate Edward Nichols - 2 (Deceased)
Seaman Henry Brennan - 2 (Deceased)
Carpenter Winston Smith - 2 (Deceased)
Midshipman Charles "Charlie" Hershtik - 2 (Deceased)
Passenger Emily Jackson - 1 (Alive)
Gunner's Mate Olus Wiater - 1 (Deceased)
Topman Leonid Volkov - 1 (Deceased)
Passenger It-Beng-Sia - 1 (Deceased)
Captain's Steward Fillip Dahl - 1 (Deceased)
Seaman Nathan Peters - 1 (Deceased)
Passenger Chioh-Tan - 1 (Deceased)
Fourth Mate John Davies - 1 (Deceased)
Bosun's Mate Charles Miner - 1 (Deceased)
Surgeon Henry Evans - 1 (Deceased)
Butcher Emil O'Farrell - 1 (Deceased)

Notes[]

Various animals are seen as cargo onboard the Obra Dinn, which were presumably consumed by the crew or otherwise perished during the events of the journey.
Chapter VIII: The Bargain's different parts take place from after Chapter VI: Soldiers of the Sea to before Chapter IX: Escape.
Some fates were updated after release to include more valid options, potentially indicating the ones in the original release as being more "accurate" or "correct".