Similar to other titles from Supermassive Games’ horror collection, The Casting of Frank Stone presents a complex narrative driven by your key decisions and quick reflexes, which can significantly alter the story and determine who survives. Successfully navigating the story while ensuring the survival of the main characters can unlock deeper elements of the narrative. However, pinpointing the right choices can be challenging. Our guide for The Casting of Frank Stone is designed to help you rescue (almost) all the characters, achieve difficult milestones, and explore the full extent of the storyline.
Please note that this guide contains spoilers, so we suggest playing through the game first to experience how your decisions shape the story, as that’s a key part of the enjoyment in Supermassive games.
How to Save Everyone in The Casting of Frank Stone
While it’s technically impossible to save every character in Frank Stone, some are destined to die regardless of your actions. This guide focuses on saving the five main characters: Sam, Madi, Jaime, Linda, and Chris. Following the guide will also help you unlock the “Entity Displeased” achievement.
You’ll need to carefully follow each character’s section to ensure their survival, as many steps overlap, with actions in one character’s story affecting critical moments for the others.
How to Save Jaime
Jaime is the first character at risk of dying, and a single wrong decision in Chapter 5 could lead to his permanent exit from the story. Although generally easy to keep alive, you must focus on choices that build his relationship with Chris by aligning with her to avoid fatal outcomes.
Chapter 3: A Curiosity on Main Street
Obtain $20 from Bonnie When Bonnie enters the garage as the characters discuss the camera, select the empathetic dialogue and then ask her for $20. This extra money will be important soon.
Chapter 3: Opt for the Drugstore
First As Chris, you’ll be walking down Main Street and faced with a choice between the drugstore and the curiosity shop. Choose to visit the drugstore.
Inside, select dialogue options that prompt Jaime to use his acting skills for bargaining. He’ll use some of the money to buy firecrackers, which will be vital later on.
Chapter 5: The Phantom of Cedar Mill – Confront Frank Stone with Firecrackers or Flee
When Chris and Jaime encounter the ghostly Frank Stone, Jaime can be saved in two ways. The simpler option is to flee, though this will harm his relationship with Chris. If Jaime confronts Frank Stone, he’ll die—unless he has the firecrackers. With them, a successful skill check will ensure his survival.
Chapter 13: Murder Mill – Save Jaime with the Camera
In the furnace room, while playing as Linda, Frank Stone will knock Jaime down. Use the camera to keep Frank away from him. Unfortunately, there’s no way to save Bonnie.
Chapter 13: Free Jaime from the Hook or Head Directly to Linda
If Jaime is alive and Chris has returned to 1980, you can find them both in the storm drain’s side tunnels while playing as Sam. Enter through a grate to reach Jaime.
Finding him earns the “Escape Artist” achievement, but you’ll need to fight off Frank Stone with the camera. Failing this challenge will result in Jaime’s death; succeeding will allow him to survive the rest of the story.
How to Save Chris
In the middle of the story, Chris jumps from 1980 to 2024 through time travel. She can make it through the narrative in either period. Throughout the journey, it’s crucial to make decisions that align with Jaime and build their connection, as this can be vital for their survival in key moments.
Chapter 10: In the House of Madness – The Decision to Return or Stay
Returning through the horologium offers a simpler way to save Chris, though you’ll need to complete a skill check to send her back successfully. If successful, Chris will survive until the end of the story in 1980. On the other hand, she can remain in 2024, but this requires a series of decisions in Chapter 14 to ensure her survival.
Chapter 10 – Rescue Stan from Being Crushed
If Chris stays in 2024, there’s a critical moment with Stan. He will be crushed by the rings of the horologium unless you pass a skill check to save him. Stan’s survival is crucial now so he can fulfill his role later.
Chapter 14: The Massacre of Gerant Manor – The Choice to Stay
With Chris remaining in 2024, follow specific steps to save Madi, Linda, and Sam. Once they escape, Chris will find herself at the projector screen. Choose to leave instead of pushing through the screen, allowing Chris to survive the story and join the others at the campfire.
How to Save Sam
While Sam may face severe injuries early in the game, which could complicate his chances of survival later, his real danger lies in the final two chapters.
Chapter 1: The Burning Man – Free Yourself from the Hook
Sam can’t die during Chapter 1, but passing all the skill checks here is essential to impacting the story’s future events.
Chapter 13 – Confront Frank Stone
In this chapter, you’ll encounter several skill checks to defeat Frank Stone using the camera. Although not overly difficult, these require quick reflexes. You’ll need to defeat Frank twice in the storm drain and twice more in the room where you encounter Linda.
Chapter 14 – Let Stan be Consumed
Unlike other characters, Stan’s death is inevitable. The key to saving others lies in controlling when and how he dies. When Frank Stone grabs Stan through the screen, fail the skill check to pull him free.
This will trigger a choice for Sam to either sacrifice himself or retreat. Choose to back away and let Stan be consumed by Frank.
Chapter 14 – Complete the Skill Checks
The rest of Sam’s journey through Chapter 14 consists of skill checks as he evades Frank Stone. Successfully passing these will allow Sam to escape and eventually reach the campfire.
How to Save Linda
Like Sam, Linda faces off against Frank Stone multiple times, but her life is only truly at risk in Chapters 13 and 14, where success relies heavily on skill checks.
Chapter 13 – Defeat Frank with the Camera
In the final room, if you fail to zap Frank with the camera, he’ll kill Linda. However, passing the necessary skill checks ensures her survival in this last confrontation.
Chapter 14 – Repair the Generator Quickly
After Stan is taken by Frank, Linda and Madi find a generator that needs to be fixed to power a nearby elevator. Locate the two generator parts in the room and complete the repairs quickly by passing the skill checks, or Frank will catch up.
Chapter 14 – Choose to help Madi
When returning to the elevator, Frank will burst into the hallway, knocking Madi down. Choose to help her rather than fleeing. Stan will intervene, saving both Linda and Madi.
How to Save Madi
Madi’s survival depends on an early, subtle choice and various skill checks that she must pass to make it through Chapter 14.
Chapter 8: Mystery Manor – Complete the Puzzle
Upon reaching the horologium chamber with its spinning rings, solve the puzzle and complete the skill check to activate the final switch, ensuring Madi’s safety.
Chapter 12: Closing the Noose – Avoid the Locket
After escaping the horologium, you’ll find a locket on a bedside table while solving a puzzle. Avoid touching it, as this can trigger Madi’s demise. If picked up, hand it to Stan, but do not let Madi keep it.
Chapter 14 – Reject Augustine’s Offer
After escaping via the elevator, Augustine will appear in the horologium. Reject her offer. If Madi still has the locket, Augustine can hypnotize her. To avoid this, ensure Madi doesn’t have the locket.
Chapter 14 – Escape with Sam’s Help
The final part of Madi’s story involves a lengthy escape sequence from Frank Stone. You must pass several skill checks to survive. In the end, Sam will appear, giving you a choice: flee or help. Follow Sam’s advice and flee; otherwise, Frank will catch Madi and kill her.
By following these steps, Madi will make it to the campfire and reunite with Sam, Linda, and Chris, assuming she didn’t return to 2024. Though they survive, they’re still trapped in the Entity’s trials.
This concludes our guide to saving every main character in The Casting of Frank Stone. Follow these steps, and you’ll unlock that achievement in no time!
