Somerville’s First Contact achievement instructs players to make some friends, and it centers around the sentient orbs that fans will encounter during their playthroughs. More specifically, players must have interactions with these orbs in 10 different locations, and this guide is here to provide full details on those locations and help fans earn the First Contact achievement inSomerville.
Somerville: All Orb Locations for First Contact Achievement
Chapter 3: Checkpoint 3
After loading this checkpoint, players should climb over the fence and crawl under the downed tree. Fans ofindie gamesshould then push the nearbybale of hayforward to trigger the interaction.
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Chapter 4: Checkpoint 4
There is adowned treejust to the left of this checkpoint. Players should crawl under it to enter an alcove where the second orb interaction occurs.
Chapter 5: Checkpoint 2
Walk to the right and climb over the knocked-over portable toilet to reach ared car. An orb interaction is triggered by opening the trunk of this vehicle.
Chapter 5: Checkpoint 4
There is an orb behind agatejust past the two semi-trucks at the beginning of this checkpoint. Push the wood pallet that is leaning against the right side of this gate to reveal an opening and then approach the orb.
Chapter 5: Checkpoint 6
Go to the left after sliding down the ramp at the start of the checkpoint and open theportable toiletthat is shaking to release several orbs.
Chapter 6: Checkpoint 4
After climbing the ladder at the beginning of this checkpoint, players will find themselves in atunnel. There is aholein the back wall near the start of this tunnel, and fans ofsci-fi video gamesshould enter it and move to the left to encounter an orb.
Chapter 6: Checkpoint 7
Upon reaching thetop of the shaft, players should use their red ability to harden the surface of the material that they just swam through. Fans ofadventure gamesshould then walk across this surface to reach the right side of the room and shimmy along the back wall to enter an alcove with another orb.
Chapter 6: Checkpoint 8
Once players solve the puzzle at the beginning of this checkpoint, they should pass through the newly-opened door. Fans ofcinematic gamesshould then follow the path forward andpass by the ladderon their left to reach an alcove where two orbs can be encountered.
Chapter 9: Checkpoint 1
Proceed through this chapter to reach the end of a hallway that is flanked by tables with candles. There is ametal carton the left side just beyond this hallway, and fans should move it out of the way, pass through the door that is now accessible, and interact with the moving box.
Chapter 10: Checkpoint 1
There is aflashing traffic lightnear the beginning of this chapter, and players should pass the truck that is just beyond it. Fans should then immediately go right and use their blue ability to reach a door. All that is left to do now is open that door and encounter the final orb in thisatmospheric video game.
Somervilleis available for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
