Into the Shadows · Challenge 1
Into the Shadows Challenge 1 Guide
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Quick answer
Timing
The Short Answer
During Into the Shadows, Use Blackout to disable 2 cop flashlights at once. The required state is At the same time.
Your Attempt
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What Challenge 1 Requires
- Chapter
- Into the Shadows
- Goal
- Use Blackout to disable 2 cop flashlights at once.
- Condition
- Blackout · two flashlights
- Scope
- Single moment
- Target
- Police
- Required state
- At the same time
Before You Start
Know the named conditions
Target: Police · State: At the same time
Know the required Story route
Open the Into the Shadows walkthrough for the required objectives. This page does not copy that sequence in full.
Open Into the Shadows Walkthrough →
How to Complete Into the Shadows Challenge 1
Each step comes from the Challenge wording plus named weapons, executions or places. This page does not invent a path the game does not name.
Step 01
Play Into the Shadows
What to do. Challenge 1 only registers during this chapter.
Into the Shadows walkthrough →Step 02
Wait for the i18n.atthesametime.3eba08 state
What to do. Use Blackout to disable 2 cop flashlights at once.
Step 03
Target: Police
What to do. Use Blackout to disable 2 cop flashlights at once.
Doesn't count
- Disabling them one at a time.
Step 04
Check that the Challenge registered
What to do. Mark it complete on this page or in the Challenge tracker — both read the same saved state.
What Counts for Challenge 1?
Counts
- ✓ Use Blackout to disable 2 cop flashlights at once.
- ✓ Required state:At the same time
Not required
- ✓ No specific weapon
- ✓ No named environment execution
What Fails Challenge 1?
Definitely
- Disabling them one at a time.
Why Didn't Challenge 1 Count?
1. Did you complete the named action?
No: this Challenge only registers when the official wording is met.
Yes: continue.
2. Did you meet every named condition?
Check the numbered Challenge, the named target, place, weapon, execution or state. A weapon cinematic is not an environment execution.
3. Did you start from a clean chapter attempt?
If you resumed from a checkpoint or partial run, use a fresh Into the Shadows attempt as a controlled retry.
4. Everything looked clean but still no credit?
Then a tracking problem remains possible — after the requirement and a clean retry, not before.
Possible tracking issue
Patch 1.0.2 improved Singleplayer Challenge tracking, but IllFonic says it is continuing to monitor Challenge issues. If you've checked the requirement and a clean retry still does not register, a tracking problem remains possible.
Into the Shadows Challenge 1 was among the tracking fixes named in that patch.
Tracking info checked against Patch 1.0.2 · Sep 15, 2026
Where Challenge 1 Fits in Into the Shadows
Available during Into the Shadows.
Open Into the Shadows Walkthrough →When to do this
Keep active throughout
This condition spans the chapter rather than a single Story objective.
Do this before
Before you commit to an escape
Handle the police flashlight, Cop Pitchfork, Wallace House police stalk, and police-car Challenges while you still have room to set them up.
Keeps the same state as the Challenge tracker. This does not read your in-game progress.
Into the Shadows Challenge 1 FAQ
- What is Into the Shadows Challenge 1?
- Use Blackout to disable 2 cop flashlights at once.
- Which Story chapter is Into the Shadows?
- Into the Shadows is a Story Mode chapter, so players may also refer to this as Into the Shadows Challenge 1.It comes after The Babysitters.
- Do I need a specific difficulty?
- No difficulty requirement is listed in the Challenge objective.
- Why didn't the Challenge unlock?
- Work the diagnosis above: finish the chapter, meet the named conditions, retry from a clean attempt, and only then consider a tracking problem. Open troubleshooting ↓
Guide status: gameplay requirement based on the in-game Challenge objective. Tracking notes reviewed against current official patch information. Last checked:Sep 15, 2026.
Challenge1○ Incomplete
Didn't count?