3 → 9
Finished the three sisters?
+6 relatives. First major story trigger.
BASE GAME WALKTHROUGH
The Roottrees Are Dead Complete Walkthrough
Start with the number shown in your game, then tell us what you've already solved. We'll take you to the next useful investigation step without revealing later branches.
Where are you now?
9 → 18
My client just returned
+9 relatives. New evidence bundle.
COMMON STUCK POINT
18 → 33
Reached 18 but nothing happened?
+15 relatives. Next event is the phone.
33 → 49
Final family-tree stage
+16 relatives. Late-game branches.
FINAL STAGE
49 / 49
Family tree complete
Continue into the Top Secret mystery.
Find Your Next Move
Tick what has already happened at your current number, then jump to the next unresolved lead.
What have you already done?
The phone call
Finish the office evidence
Lauren's diary
The 5Pieces
The Next Generation
The Full Investigation Route
Tutorial · The Three Sisters
3 solved
Rhayna Roottree
Carly Roottree
Rhiley Roottree
EARLY GAME
3 → 9
+6 relatives
- Notables
- Build the first Roottree branches
- Your client returns
NEW EVIDENCE
9 → 18
+9 relatives
Your client returns with four clues that open the next family branches.
COMMON STUCK POINT
18 / 33
Reached 18 but waiting for the next event?
If your progress now shows 18/33, your previous answers were accepted.
PHONE
FINAL BRANCHES
33 → 49
+16 remaining relatives
Only missing a few relatives?
Story Progression
3
Tutorial complete
9
Your client returns
18
Phone story event
33
Final investigation stage
49
Top Secret unlocked
Story progression uses the 49 main blood-relative chart points.
Need a different kind of answer?
I know who I'm looking for
I don't know what to search
I have a clue but don't know what it unlocks
How this walkthrough is organized
The Roottrees are Dead lets you investigate several family branches in parallel. What stays fixed is story progression: new events trigger when you reach 9, 18, 33 and finally 49 correctly identified main relatives.
This walkthrough follows those milestones instead of forcing one artificial clue order. Choose your current number above, then use Family Tree, Search Terms or Evidence whenever you want help with one specific branch.
The Roottrees are Dead Walkthrough FAQ
Those numbers are the story gates on the progress meter. This guide follows the same milestones instead of inventing chapters the game does not use.
If the meter changed to 18/33, your previous answers were accepted. The next story beat is tied to the phone, not another ordinary visitor. Continue the 18 → 33 Walkthrough →
You are in the last 16 blood relatives. Work by family cluster — Madsen, Rafferty, Miracle, Gwynn / Ronald, Roottree Motors, Cousins — instead of scanning the whole tree. Open the Troubleshooter →
No. Partner and non-blood slots complete the family tree, but story milestones count the 49 main blood-relative chart points.
Completing 49 main relatives opens the Top Secret mystery. If nothing happens, that is a progression issue, not proof that a name is wrong. Open Top Secret →
Yes. Several branches can be researched in parallel. What stays fixed is the story: new events trigger at 9, 18, 33 and 49 correctly identified main relatives.
No. Each stage shows a reliable route, while the game lets several investigation branches overlap. Anything you have already solved is skipped when you pick your next step.
Route progress and the game's lock batch do not move one entry at a time. Newly entered relatives can wait for the next batch before the meter changes. Check what is still pending →
Yes. Relatives you have placed, evidence you have collected and search results you have opened all carry over, so the next step skips work you have finished.
No. It only changes what this guide shows you. Your save file is never read or written.