Changes: Cistern

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The Cistern is the location of the drainage pipes. It is accessible from the Cistern Entrance.

Amnesia review dark room — The Cistern with the water tank in view.

The Cistern contains a huge tank from which a faint murmur can be heard. As the tank starts to fill with water, the murmuring becomes louder and after the tank has been completely filled the murmuring stops. It is never made clear whether this is real or another hallucination, i.e., the water bubbling into the tank is mentally changed by Daniel into actual human murmuring.

A flashback occurs near the entrance of the Cistern where Daniel can be heard talking to Alexander about the usage of the water from the spring.

The Cistern has four valves, three of which are for redirecting the sewer water. The fourth one is for stopping steam from blocking a path. A doorway leading somewhere else can be found but cannot be accessed due to an earlier cave-in.

Amnesia map cistern by hidethedecay-d46btgi

Each time a valve redirecting sewer water is turned, torches in the nearby area are blown out, the ground trembles, and the music starts to go eerie. If Daniel has low sanity after spinning the last valve, which usually occurs if the player has completed the Morgue beforehand, the Shadow will roar and manifest near the entrance. It awakens a normally quiescent Kaernk in the area as well.

Trivia

The Shadow will block the original route of escape with its fleshy residue; however, it will create a bridge on the other side that enables Daniel to escape the Cistern and the attacking Kaernk. Walking on the bridge does not hurt him, so it is unknown whether the cosmic nightmare meant to help the young man's progress or its creation of the bridge was purely accidental.

On occasions, fish can be seen swimming through the murky water.

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 '''The Cistern''' is the location of the drainage pipes. It is accessible from the [[Cistern Entrance]].[[File:Amnesia_review_dark_room.jpg|thumb|400px|The Cistern with the water tank in view.]]
-The Cistern contains a huge tank from which a faint murmur can be heard. As the tank starts to fill with water, the murmuring becomes louder and after the tank has been completely filled the murmuring stops. It is never made clear whether this is real or another hallucination, i.e., the water bubbling into the tank is mentally changed by Daniel into actual human murmuring.
+The Cistern contains a huge tank from which a faint murmur can be heard. As the tank starts to fill with water, the murmuring becomes louder and after the tank has been completely filled the murmuring stops. It is never made clear whether this is real or another [[hallucination]], i.e., the water bubbling into the tank is mentally changed by [[Daniel]] into actual human murmuring.
+A [[Flashbacks|flashback]] occurs near the entrance of the Cistern where Daniel can be heard talking to [[Alexander of Brennenburg|Alexander]] about the usage of the water from the spring.
 The Cistern has four valves, three of which are for redirecting the [[sewer]] water. The fourth one is for stopping steam from blocking a path. A doorway leading somewhere else can be found but cannot be accessed due to an earlier cave-in.
-'''[[File:Amnesia_map_cistern_by_hidethedecay-d46btgi.png|thumb|272px]]'''
+[[File:Amnesia_map_cistern_by_hidethedecay-d46btgi.png|thumb|272px]]
-Each time a valve redirecting sewer water is turned, torches in the nearby area are blown out, the ground trembles, and the music starts to go eerie. If the player visited the [[Morgue]] before, or wastes too much time trying to navigate back to the Cistern Entrance, the [[Shadow]] will roar and manifest. It awakens a normally quiescent [[Kaernk]] in the area as well.
+Each time a valve redirecting sewer water is turned, torches in the nearby area are blown out, the ground trembles, and the music starts to go eerie. If Daniel has low [[sanity]] after spinning the last valve, which usually occurs if the player has completed the [[Morgue]] beforehand, the [[Shadow]] will roar and manifest near the entrance. It awakens a normally quiescent [[Kaernk]] in the area as well.
 ==Trivia==
-*The Shadow will block the original route of escape; however, it will create a bridge that enables Daniel to escape the Cistern and the attacking Kaernk. Walking on the bridge does not hurt him, so it is unknown whether the cosmic nightmare meant to help the young man's progress or its creation of the bridge was purely accidental.
+*The Shadow will block the original route of escape with its fleshy residue; however, it will create a bridge on the other side that enables Daniel to escape the Cistern and the attacking Kaernk. Walking on the bridge does not hurt him, so it is unknown whether the cosmic nightmare meant to help the young man's progress or its creation of the bridge was purely accidental.
 *On occasions, fish can be seen swimming through the murky water.