Cuphead: Detailed guide for the achievement “A horrible night to have a curse”

To obtain the achievement “A horrible night to have a curse”, we first need to travel to Island 4, the new island accessible through the DLC “The delicious last course”, once there, we head to Porkrind’s shop to buy an item called the “Broken Relic”, as this item is essential to start the process leading to the achievement.

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After acquiring the “Broken Relic” and equipping it, we must go to the cemetery located on Island 4. Here, we will see a group of three NPCs talking about their participation in a race. It is crucial to carefully read what each NPC says, as they will provide key clues about the order in which they finished the race.
These clues are important because they will determine the order in which we need to interact with the tombstones in the cemetery. The cemetery has several tombstones aligned in rows, and our task is to interact with them in the correct order based on the positions the NPCs mentioned. It is important to carefully follow the clues they provided, as the exact placement of the tombstones may vary between playthroughs.

The logic behind solving the puzzle is as follows:

1- The position each participant occupies on the podium will provide us with the clue as to which place that tomb occupies in the sequence. For example, the participant in the first-place position will indicate which tomb will be the first.

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2- To determine which tomb each character refers to, we must stand at the central tomb, which would be tomb 5 in the image, and from there move in the directions indicated by the keywords in their respective dialogues.

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TOP 1

● 1) As a winner, I never gave up! Left ‘em looking foolish – Up left
● 2) I can’t believe I’ve won! Things are looking up! – Up middle
● 3) Leave it to an upright citizen like me to win the whole thing! – Up right
● 4) There’s no way the others could have caught me! I left ‘em in the dust! – Middle left
● 6) I’m the winner and all is right in the world – Middle right
● 7) I was the first to the top, and those losers were left down at the bottom – Bottom left
● 8) I may have won but I don’t look down on anyone for trying to compete – Bottom middle
● 9) I always win! I am downright awesome! – Bottom right

TOP 2

● 1) If the judging was left up to me, I wouldn’t be in second place! – Up left
● 2) Second place? I’ve had it up to here with second place! – Up middle
● 3) I got up right at the crack of dawn just to come in second! – Up right
● 4) Second place! The only thing left to do is get better for next year – Middle left
● 6) I may of gotten second place but I think I did all right – Middle right
● 7) I left downtown in a hurry and forgot my gear, I’ll settle for second – Bottom left
● 8) I’ve been down all morning, but this second place finish has me mmiling! – Bottom middle
● 9) Second place just ain’t right! down one place from last year – Bottom right

TOP 3

● 1) All I can do is throw my hands up, left to wallow in third Place – Up left
● 2) They think they’re better than me? They can stick it right up their nose! – Up right
● 3) Third place? I guess things can only go up from here – Up middle
● 4) I thought I had left behind being a bum, third Place! What a joke – Middle left
● 6) It ain’t right! I trained too hard only to come in third! – Middle right
● 7) My pals cheered me on but I let them down, left the race in third – Bottom left
● 8) Worse than last year! Down to third place – Bottom middle
● 9) It’s downright criminal they let these other jokers compete – Bottom right

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Once we have interacted with the tombstones in the correct order, a secret boss called “Angel and Demon” will be revealed, which we can face by “taking a nap”. To face this secret boss, it is not necessary to have the “Broken Relic” equipped.

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Once we defeat the boss, it will change to the “Cursed Relic” and later to “Divine Relic”, which is an artifact that randomly alternates our shooting mode among the types of shots we have unlocked each time we stop shooting.

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To defeat this boss, I recommend using the “Crackshot” weapon, which is a DLC weapon, as this boss can only be damaged in the head, allowing us complete freedom to just focus on dodging.

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Why this one and not the “Chaser”?

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Well, because both have a “fast” firing rate, but the “Chaser” deals 2.6 damage per projectile, while the “Crackshot” deals 6.7 after redirecting.
Another important thing is to equip “Super I” and the “Smoke Bomb” for easier handling.

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I also recommend facing the part of the boss that is farthest from us and turning our back to the part that is closest, due to the level’s mechanics, which will allow us to completely ignore the damage from the part we’re facing away from.
And that’s all you need to know for this achievement. Thank you very much for reading, and good luck getting it! ❤