In Shift at Midnight, the Marionette is a ghost-like enemy that’s hard to kill, for sure. You should fail to rewind the Jack-in-the-Box music box and let the song play through three times to make the Marionette spawn. If you get him to spawn and kill him, you’ll also unlock the secret achievement called Last Performance, worth 100 Gamerscore.
In this guide, I walk you through how exactly to do that to make him spawn and what’s the best way to take him down. With that said, let’s begin the hunt.
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How to Spawn the Marionette in Shift at Midnight
Right off the bat, the Marionette becomes a threat from Night 8 in Story Mode. At the start of the night, you get a notice that a Jack-in-the-Box has appeared near the entity.
Once the hunt begins at the end of the day, that Jack-in-the-Box is active in the level. Just do what the notice says you shouldn’t: fail to rewind it, which means interact with it and release the button halfway. Let the song play through three times to make the Marionette spawn.
Why the Marionette Is Dangerous
Maybe getting him to spawn wasn’t that much of a big deal, but certainly you shouldn’t underestimate him. The Marionette is like a ghost that floats around. This is one tough son of a gun that won’t go down easily. I’ll give him that.
So you should bring extra firepower, since bear and explosive traps won’t work on him. Your best option is to keep moving and keep your distance. While you’re doing all that, you should shoot at him until he dies (imagine yourself as the Doomguy, that helps).
Deal with the Entity First
Before the actual fight, when the Entity’s Patience, the eight-legged creature, spawns, divert all your attention towards it first. Don’t think about anything else. Lay bear traps and explosive traps on its routes, like the supermarket aisles. Don’t forget to barricade doors. Don’t forget to equip your automatic weapon from the Emergency Weapons Arsenal in the storage room.
That’s where you’re going to fight it the most since there are two doors here.
How to Beat the Marionette in Shift at Midnight
To kill the Marionette, you should keep shooting at him. It’s simple. But you have to understand that since the Marionette always floats, then bear and explosive traps aren’t going to do you any good.
When there’s like 20% of the entity’s health left, try to fail to rewind the Jack-in-the-Box and let the song finish three times to get the Marionette to spawn. Once the entity has been taken care of, there’s a message at the top of the screen that says, “The entity has left. Eliminate remaining creatures to reach safety.”
Just run around and keep your distance and throw everything you have at him. Shoot him from the storage room door to the supermarket, then when the Marionette closes the distance, retreat to the other side of the supermarket through the other door and repeat this.
While doing it, make sure to jump over those bear traps of yours. Just saying. A flamethrower could also be useful. I burned the unholy monster into ashes with that one.
Pro tip: If you’re fighting him with a group of your friends, it makes the entire encounter much less painful. Focus on the spider first, then go ahead and finish this miserable, ugly Marionette creature.
