Symbiosis Walkthrough + FAQ


Walkthrough


1. Where is the storage room?
I didn't expect so many people to get stuck in here, I'm so sorry. 
There's a door behind the stairs and that's where the storage room is! The key is in one of the shelves. 


2. How do I get ending A/B? 
To get ending A, you have to remind Mint not to trust strangers. This will affect his trust on the last intruder and how much he blabbed on to her, influencing her opinion on Magnolia.
There's two ways of doing this:
1) Tell Mint to not show mercy to intruders when you read him the three little pigs. (Third option) 
2) Get caught with the dead body before you can dispose of it. 

To get the B ending, avoid both of those things. 
You can also hide the dead body under Magnolia's bed or the crates in the balcony.

Ending B is longer but neither of these endings are exactly the "true ending".

3.What is the password to the diary/door?
Magnolia and Mint uses each other's birthday as their passwords.
- Mint's diary's password is Magnolia's birthday, you can find it on the card in Magnolia's room.  (411)
- Magnolia's basement's password is Mint's birthday, you can find it in the last page of Magnolia's journal. (313)

Full Walkthrough

1) Hide in the cabinet.
2) Look at Mint's drawing so you can see the scribble I drew at 4am.
3) Bring Mint to his room on the second stairs, read him the book.
4) Choose the third option if you want Ending A.
5) Go out and check the leftmost door. 
6) Go down to the storage room behind the Living Room stairs, the key is on the shelves in the middle row.
7) Go back up, confront the second intruder in the bathroom.
8) Just get caught by mint and walk towards him if you're going for Ending A, then go to the basement. 
If you're going for Ending B, hide the body under Magnolia's bed or the crate in the balcony. 
9) Go to the library and chase the third intruder.
10) Go up to Mint's room and find him missing.
11) Go down to the basement to find the books messy.  
12) Go to the balcony and confront the final intruder. 

Ending B
13) Check the bookshelves for the journal.
14) Open the basement using the code in the last page. 

Lore Faqs (Spoilers ahead!)

Why does Magnolia want to make a homonculus?
 Long story short, it's for the pursuit of knowledge and her pride as a researcher. She had always been interested in ancient alchemy and their validity since her college days...and as she said, she wants to see things through and prove she is capable of finishing the homonculus project. 

There's a sprout on Mint's head?
He is a homonculus created from a Mandrake, the "body" is the plant's root so the leaves bloom on top. I simplified it to a little sprout for cute factor...although, I get a lot of feedback saying he is creepy. Haha.  


What's the full extent of Magnolia and Dove's relationship?
They were married but after Dove pressed her too hard as she's suspicious of Magnolia's research, they keep arguing about it and gets a divorce. They do still care for each other but knew that they are fundamentally too different, and it's for the best that they're not together anymore.

Magnolia also knows Dove's character enough to trust Mint with her, she's the goody-two shoes type. 

Why does Magnolia still need blod in the ending? She no longer needs to feed Mint?
It's for another research. With the homonculus project wrapped up, she is up to other 

Magnolia's a really awful person? Even though she does it for Mint, she's still a mass murderer? 

She is. 

Why did Magnolia leave Mint?
She is self-aware that she is an awful person and he doesn't want her son to end like her.
Because of her fugitive status, she also has to constantly be in hiding and that interferes with Mint's social life. 

I wish this game is longer. 
Damn, me too. I am working on that, in fact. 

Let me know if you have any more questions, I'll be happy to answer them! 

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Apr 04, 2022
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Apr 02, 2022

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wait what do we need Magnolia's password for in the basement?

nvm i got ending b

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Who was the one Mangolia left behind in the lab incident?

you should make an outside area, i would love to see what mint plays with out there, or what it would even look like out there

this game is so nice! magnolia kinda reminds me of jean from genshin impact.

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How old was Magnolia when she first created Mint? and how old would he (Mint) be in ending b?

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- How old is Mint during the B ending?
- How did Magnolia manage to survive?

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Here's a list of question I want to ask..

1) What is Dove's gender? Is Dove a male or female?

2) [Removed] [Reason: Inappropriate, I guess]

3) [Removed] [Reason: Inappropriate, I guess]

4) What really happend to Dove in that room? Dove were saying something like, "I don't want to die" and there was blood hand print on the glass door.

5) How old is Dove?

6) How old is Mint?

7) Why is this game so SHORT?

8) Why there is a naked "Homonculus" girl in the Journal? It was fricking awkward because I was playing with my sis. ~.~

9) What year did this event happend?

10) How old did they become in the B Ending?

11) How is she a witch? She was experimenting (and still experimenting in the B ending)  and she knows Biology and Chemisty and also has intrests in Ancient Chemistry or maybe Alchemy. So like how is she a witch? Shouldn't she be a Mad Scientist or something? Even Dove said something like that.

12Do Magnolia Loves Mint or she think of him as a test subject or something like that?

13) Is there a True Ending? Will there be an update that includes True Ending?

14) Will there be a Sequal? I'm hoping so.

Note: I found a glitch. If you go to basement with the dead body and leave it there then when you go to "Magnolia's bed room" and check the bed then you'll get the same messege when hiding the body under the bed. Same for the crates in the Balcony. It doesn't really metter because it's still works tho. But ruins the experience.

This game is quite good actually and the art style is Cute and Beautiful (Including the Pixel Art). 

I'm still confused Why did you make him look like a girl lol. When we first saw him we were like, "Aww~ What a cute girl and she even have cat ears"

After that, we were just shocked lol AND HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CAT EARS.

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Question 2 and 3 are so inappropriate...

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I'm just curious. I'm serious. Seriously, mint looks like a girl. Im sorry.  And actually, I don't find those 2 question inappropriate.. It's better than that naked homunculus.

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Just because you don't find them inappropriate doesnt mean they're okay to ask. The characters are that way because the dev what's them to be. End of the story.

I'm sorry.  I am just curious and confused. I wanted to know more about the characters that's why...  Some of the stuff are confusing actually.  If you find it inappropriate then I guess I'll just remove it. In return you have to answer those questions.

Just kidding. You don't have to.  <3

Why do I get this feeling that you got offended by that? I am not being rude or anything..... Can you tell me why you find it inappropriate?

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No, not offended. Just annoyed to see some people oblivious to queer coded characters. 

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i actually always thought mint was male

last thing, Dove is female

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when in doubt about gender, you can try looking out for what pronouns are used, like when magnolia uses "he" and "him" for mint; and other gendered terms, like when magnolia calls herself a mother, or dove refers to herself as magnolia's ex-wife.

i don't want you to think it's always wrong simply to ask. it's just that queer people get questioned on our gender and relationships very often, particularly right after it was made really obvious, and it's exhausting. sometimes homophobes and transphobes even do it on purpose to make us feel isolated. so it can be quite a sore topic!