There are 29 Relics of the Darkness that are spread out through the single player campaign that will nab you the Relic Hunter Achievement/trophy. Each of the relics that you discover have a long history behind them that are read to you by Jonny and explain just what each of the relics purpose was in history.
You do receive some extra essence for each of the relics you find, but the backstory alone is worth the trouble of searching for them. If you have the Limited edition of the game you can purchase and equip the relic hunter ability which makes finding them a bit easier, but not nearly as easy as we have made it for you!
Payback
Mansion
Q and A
Strong and Silent Type
Deal With The Devil
Home Invasion
Saying Goodbye
Fun and Games
Rat in a Maze
Homecoming
Last Stand
Heart of Darkness
1. Just after meeting your Darkling for the first time, he will give you a gun and then head out into the alleyway. When you go through the door to get outside, the Roanoke’s Bane relic will be directly in front of you on the ground.
2. Once in the subway, go down the stairs to the track floor and make a U-turn at the bottom. The YHWH’s Lament shell relic will be against the wall there.
3. When in the mansion, go up the stairs and make a quick left. Follow the corridor to the open door and enter the large bedroom. Go to the left side of the room and on the table there will be the True Revelations book relic. This can be a tricky one to spot since it isn’t lit up with candles like the rest. It can also be grabbed any time you visit the mansion.
4. When you are inside the pool hall, enter the doorway on the right and in the corner of the small room with the arcade machines there will be the Sister of Light relic.
5. After exiting the bar and entering the junk yard, the Darkman relic will be to the left of the bus that you encounter before going over the fence to the next area and also nab the achievement/trophy for finding 5 relics..
6. After the battle with Swifty and his crane, hop up the debris and enter the small trailer located to the right of the gate you need to go through to find the Trinity relic.
7. When you enter the warehouse, destroy the electrical box to enter the second area. Once inside, there will be a small room to the right which houses the Graven Image relic.
8. In the warehouse, after opening the second door, you will come to another large room. In the center, up the stairs to the left will be another small room with a computer as soon as you enter with a half-naked girl. After you’re done looking at that, go to the left to find the Chime of Deliverance.
9. As soon as the chapter starts, make your way to the right and go up the small set of stairs. The Brothers of Men relic will be in front of the loading bay and behind the truck in the corner.
10. Once you are back in control of Jackie after using the Darkling, exit the office with the board of pictures and directly ahead will be the Key of Mictlan relic on a table to the left in the next room.
11. As soon as you regain control of your actions and pull yourself up, the Thumb Screws relic will be in the corner, to the left of the rack you were strapped to.
12. Once you escape the burning brothel and make it to the fire escape, hop down to the roof tops and head for the stairs on the right. Go up the two small sets of stairs and down the next. While going down, look to the right to see the Fool’s Phylactery sitting on a balcony.
13. When in the parking garage and you reach the entrance that leads to the elevator, take a left and destroy the door on the right. Inside the control room there will be the Winged Demon relic.
14. Once you get inside the mansion, stick to the right side and there will be a room that you can enter with a fireplace. The Blinding Sun relic will be in the left corner.
15. When you are in the cemetery and have finished talking to Vinny, walk forward until you come to Frankie on the right. Turn right there, and continue walking straight to the very end where there is a statue. Look behind it to find Cain.
16. When you are battling Bragg in the cemetery, you will come to gate that you can tear off once you destroy the generator to the left of it. When you then go through, at the end of the path, there will be a large building that has the Engraved Skull behind it.
17. Once you exit from under the boardwalk and enter the carnival grounds, take the left path and follow it up a few steps till you reach the popcorn stand. Make a right there and just ahead of you on the right will be the Lantern of St. Anthony.
18. Once the van crashes and you open the metal gate to enter the next area, take a couple steps forward and make a right around the corner. Go all the way to the back corner to find Af and Hemah there.
19. After the second carnival game flashback, there will be a rush of enemies that come into attack. Once they are all down, enter the doorway that is directly to the left of the shooting gallery game you just played to find the Abysmal Maw sitting inside.
20. When you reach the clown gate that you need to throw the propane tank at, go to the alley down the left side of it and enter the doorway. As soon as you enter, there will be bars there and the Crescent of the Sun relic will be on the table behind them.
21. Once you clear the generators from the roof, you will need to find a more powerful explosive that happens to be in the form of a truck. When you enter the building the truck is in, look to the rear of the truck to find the Siddhartha’s Tears relic.
22. Once you enter the Haunter House, take a peek over the counter of the ticket booth directly ahead of you and you can see the Mark of Cain on the ground. Use your tentacle to snag it easily.
23. When you are the darkling, and after you have climbed the pipe to view where Jackie is, make a right through the small corridor. When you exit it, take out the couple enemies there and the Pope John XII relic will be in the room on the right near all the lights.
24. Once Jackie is free from the Iron Maiden, follow the darkling to the office where there is a rifle on the wall. Snag the rifle and the Reliquary of the Blessed Blood relic will be on a table in the corner to the right of where you entered.
25. Now that you have some semblance of darkness back, you will be on the hunt for Victor through a dilapidated building. Once you get up the set of stairs, you will need to pull down a wall to cross a gap. Before you cross, enter the hole you created and find the Silent Night relic to the right in the room.
26. After the large battle against Victor’s goons, head through the open door and head up the stairs. When you reach the top, go to the left and cross the boards over the hole in the floor. When on the other side, look through the opening in the wall to see the Deceivers Grasp relic.
27. During your battle with Victor, you will follow a corridor and eventually come to a doorway that you need to slash through. Once you do, The First relic will be just inside this room, down the small set of stairs and to the right.
29. When you leave the Asylum by choosing the right option, you will enter the next area along a broken stone path. Take a few steps forward and then make a right down the walkway through to find the Prism of the Brothers relic.
28. Follow the path up and around, killing the enemies that appear, and you will eventually come to a dead end that you need to destroy to continue. Before you do, go to the right to find the Ashes of the Unnamed relic just sitting there and get your Relic Hunter achievement/trophy.