There are 55 sketches in The Thaumaturge, and you need every one of them for the Sketch Artist achievement. Most are Points of Interest you can sketch on the spot, while others only appear after you solve an Urban Secrets quest or reach a certain point in the story.
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All 55 Sketches by District
- Mirow – 5 sketches
Candy Stall, Orange Seller, Challah Stall, A Game of Bridge, The Beauty of the Night Sky - Northern Srodmiescie – 13 sketches
Cognac Lounge, Musician with a Hurdy Gurdy, Ice Cream Cart, Chess, Unusual Instrument, Exotic Ceremony, Game of Carom, Botanical Treasures, Discussion about Art, Brutal Therapy, Oriental Themed Party, Quince Liqueur, Cup of Cocoa - Port Praga – 6 sketches
Exotic Fruit, Fishing, American Delicacy, Illegal Humor, The Real Fireworks, Fragrant Tasting - Powazki Cemetery – 5 sketches
Chocolate Lounge, Fiddler, Live Photography Demonstration, Lesson in Trendy Dance, Gentlemen’s Club - Powisle – 8 sketches
Colonial Store, Balalaika Player, Dumpling House, Secret Fighting Ring, Night of Divination, Fights in the Dungeon, Football, Hoop Rolling - Praga – 1 sketch
Accordionist - Rozycki Bazaar – 5 sketches
Beerhouse, Soda Stall, Book Stall, Secret Library, Ten Wagging Tails - Southern Srodmiescie – 12 sketches
Doughnut Patissery, Organ Grinder, Absinthe, Abaurycy Niedzic, Exotic Bird Exhibition, Soirée, Theatrical Pandemonium, Crystal Elevator, Visit to the Bathhouse, Lesson in Drawing, Tales of Warsaw, Exhibition to Lift Hearts
Total: 55 sketches – 3 missable (Quince Liqueur, Fights in the Dungeon, Soirée)
All 55 Sketches A to Z
- A Game of Bridge (Mirow)
- Abaurycy Niedzic (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Absinthe (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Accordionist (Praga)
- American Delicacy (Port Praga)
- Balalaika Player (Powisle)
- Beerhouse (Rozycki Bazaar)
- Book Stall (Rozycki Bazaar)
- Botanical Treasures (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Brutal Therapy (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Candy Stall (Mirow)
- Challah Stall (Mirow)
- Chess (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Chocolate Lounge (Powazki Cemetery)
- Cognac Lounge (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Colonial Store (Powisle)
- Crystal Elevator (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Cup of Cocoa (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Discussion about Art (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Doughnut Patissery (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Dumpling House (Powisle)
- Exhibition to Lift Hearts (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Exotic Bird Exhibition (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Exotic Ceremony (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Exotic Fruit (Port Praga)
- Fiddler (Powazki Cemetery)
- Fights in the Dungeon (Powisle)
- Fishing (Port Praga)
- Football (Powisle)
- Fragrant Tasting (Port Praga)
- Game of Carom (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Gentlemen’s Club (Powazki Cemetery)
- Hoop Rolling (Powisle)
- Ice Cream Cart (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Illegal Humor (Port Praga)
- Lesson in Drawing (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Lesson in Trendy Dance (Powazki Cemetery)
- Live Photography Demonstration (Powazki Cemetery)
- Musician with a Hurdy Gurdy (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Night of Divination (Powisle)
- Orange Seller (Mirow)
- Organ Grinder (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Oriental Themed Party (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Quince Liqueur (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Secret Fighting Ring (Powisle)
- Secret Library (Rozycki Bazaar)
- Soda Stall (Rozycki Bazaar)
- Soirée (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Tales of Warsaw (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Ten Wagging Tails (Rozycki Bazaar)
- The Beauty of the Night Sky (Mirow)
- The Real Fireworks (Port Praga)
- Theatrical Pandemonium (Southern Srodmiescie)
- Unusual Instrument (Northern Srodmiescie)
- Visit to the Bathhouse (Southern Srodmiescie)
How Sketches Work in The Thaumaturge
Sketches: 55 sketches in 8 districts
Achievement: Sketch Artist – Sketch all local landmarks
Every sketch you collect is added to your Belongings. There are three kinds:
Points of Interest are marked on the map, like a soda stall or a street musician. Interact with them to get the sketch right away. Some only appear at a certain time of day.
Urban Secrets quests start when you pick up one of three documents in a district. Find all three, draw the conclusion, then go to the location, often at a set time of day.
Main quest sketches are tied to story locations like the Szulski Family Tenement House, The Imperial Hotel or the Dungeon.
Missable sketches: 3 sketches can be missed if you move on with the main story. Get them before you finish the quest:
17 – Quince Liqueur (The Mermaid City’s Son)
35 – Fights in the Dungeon (To Dust, You Shall Return)
49 – Soirée (The Reptilian Bash)
Mirow – 5 Sketches
1 – Candy Stall
Type: Point of Interest
Buy some candy at the stall on the northern market of Mirow.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Candy Stall
2 – Orange Seller
Type: Point of Interest
Buy some oranges from the seller near the western tram stop in Mirow.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Orange Seller
3 – Challah Stall
Type: Point of Interest
In the northwest of Mirow, buy some challah at the Challah Stall.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Challah Stall
4 – A Game of Bridge
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest A Game of Bridge. Find all of them on the map below:
Photograph (Red)
Letter (Blue)
Okhrana Agent’s Report (Yellow)
Head to the Gambler’s Den. Inside is a table you can interact with to join the other players for a game of bridge.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
A Game of Bridge
5 – The Beauty of the Night Sky
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Night
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest The Beauty of the Night Sky. Find all of them on the map below:
Sketch (Red)
Announcement (Blue)
“The World around Us” (Yellow)
Go and see Eisenbaum at night.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
The Beauty of the Night Sky
Northern Srodmiescie – 13 Sketches
6 – Cognac Lounge
Type: Point of Interest
Drink some cognac at the shop in the east of the district.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Cognac Lounge
7 – Musician with a Hurdy Gurdy
Type: Point of Interest
Time of day: Daytime
During the day, relax in Green Square park in the center of the district and listen to the musician play.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Musician with a Hurdy Gurdy
8 – Ice Cream Cart
Type: Point of Interest
Time of day: Daytime
Also during the day, buy some ice cream at the cart northwest of Green Square.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Ice Cream Cart
9 – Chess
Type: Point of Interest
Time of day: Late afternoon
In the late afternoon, play a game of chess in Green Square park.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Chess
10 – Unusual Instrument
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Night
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Unusual Instrument. Find all of them on the map below:
A Letter of Recommendation (Red)
Bill (Blue)
Invitation (Yellow)
Then go to the southwest of the district at night to experience the Unusual Instrument yourself.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Unusual Instrument
11 – Exotic Ceremony
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Exotic Ceremony. Find all of them on the map below:
Daring Photograph (Red)
Partly Damaged Brochure (Blue)
Bigot’s Diary (Yellow)
Then attend the Exotic Ceremony in the west of the district.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Exotic Ceremony
12 – Game of Carom
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Night
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Game of Carom. Find all of them on the map below:
Note (Red)
List of Errands (Blue)
Challenge to a Duel (Yellow)
Then join the Game of Carom at night.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Game of Carom
13 – Botanical Treasures
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Afternoon
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Botanical Treasures. Find all of them on the map below:
Press Advert (Red)
Postcard (Blue)
Botanical Handbook (Yellow)
Head to the east of the district in the afternoon. Before you can go in and see the Botanical Treasures, you have to fight some thugs.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Botanical Treasures
14 – Discussion about Art
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Afternoon
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Discussion about Art. Find all of them:
Complaint
Newspaper Article
Poster
In the afternoon, go into the Patisserie in the northeast of the district and join the people at a table to discuss art.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Discussion about Art
15 – Brutal Therapy
Type: Urban Secrets quest: Brutal Therapy Session
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Brutal Therapy Session. Find all of them on the map below:
Poem/Note in a Satirical Magazine (Red)
Complaint to the Watchman (Blue)
Letter (Yellow)
The place to get a massage is in the northeast of the district, next to the Patisserie.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Brutal Therapy
16 – Oriental Themed Party
Type: Urban Secrets quest: Oriental Party at the Count’s
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Oriental Party at the Count’s. Find all of them on the map below:
Instructions for the Courier (Red)
Bigot’s Diary (Blue)
Lost Invitation (Yellow)
The party takes place in the east of the district.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Oriental Themed Party at Count Orkowski’s
17 – Quince Liqueur
Type: Main quest: The Mermaid City’s Son
Location: Szulski Family Tenement House
Missable: Yes
After your father’s funeral, you go to the Szulski Family Tenement House. Before you go up to his study on the first floor to read the will, talk to Uncle Voronin in the kitchen. He asks you to fetch a bottle of liqueur from the cellar. When you bring it back, choose Have some Liqueur and immortalise the memory in your notebook.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Quince Liqueur
18 – Cup of Cocoa
Type: Main quest
Location: Szulski Family Tenement House
After the reading of your father’s will in his study, go back downstairs. In the lounge next to the kitchen, you can have a cup of cocoa.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Cup of Cocoa
Port Praga – 6 Sketches
19 – Exotic Fruit
Type: Point of Interest
Buy some exotic fruit in the center of Port Praga.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Exotic Fruit
20 – Fishing
Type: Point of Interest
Go fishing in the southwestern corner of the port.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Fishing
21 – American Delicacy
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest American Delicacy. Find all of them on the map below:
Plate (Red)
Lost Sticker (Blue)
“Fly” Magazine (Yellow)
Then take part in the cola tasting.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
American Delicacy
22 – Illegal Humor
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Illegal Humor. Find all of them on the map below:
Poster (Red)
Okhrana Informant’s Report (Blue)
Letter (Yellow)
Then head to the satirical evening at The Dive bar.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Illegal Humor
23 – The Real Fireworks
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest The Real Fireworks. Find all of them on the map below:
Fireworks Advertisement (Red)
Smashed Bottle (Blue)
Crate Label (Yellow)
Find the warehouse and, after the cutscenes, defeat Krampus.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
The Real Fireworks
24 – Fragrant Tasting
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Fragrant Tasting. Find all of them on the map below:
Advertisement Poster (Red)
Letter (Blue)
Note for a Servant Girl (Yellow)
Then take part in the tasting.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Fragrant Tasting
Powazki Cemetery – 5 Sketches
25 – Chocolate Lounge
Type: Point of Interest
Near the tram stop in the south of Powazki Cemetery is a café. Interact with it and choose Drink a Hot Chocolate.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Chocolate Lounge
26 – Fiddler
Type: Point of Interest
Time of day: Early morning
Early in the morning, listen to the fiddler playing the violin near Powazki Cemetery.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Fiddler
27 – Live Photography Demonstration
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Afternoon
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Live Photography Demonstration. Find all of them:
Poster
The Warsaw Gazette
Notes from a Sermon
Once you have all three, draw the conclusion and go to the location below in the afternoon.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Live Photography Demonstration
28 – Lesson in Trendy Dance
Type: Urban Secrets quest: Lesson in Trendy Dancing
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Lesson in Trendy Dancing. Find all of them:
Notes from a Sermon
“Ivy” Magazine
Dancing Handbook
Draw the conclusion and go to the place that gives dancing lessons. It is in the northwest of the map, near the carriage stop.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Lesson in Trendy Dance
29 – Gentlemen’s Club
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Available: Chapter II
The documents for this quest only appear from Chapter II. Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Gentlemen’s Club. Find all of them on the map below:
Note for the Delivery Boy (Red)
Torn Letter (Blue)
Bigot’s Diary (Yellow)
Once you have them, visit the Gentlemen’s Club.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Gentlemen’s Club
Powisle – 8 Sketches
30 – Colonial Store
Type: Point of Interest
South of the carriage stop in Powisle, buy a cigar at the Colonial Store.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Colonial Store
31 – Balalaika Player
Type: Point of Interest
In the center of Powisle, listen to someone playing the balalaika.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Balalaika Player
32 – Dumpling House
Type: Point of Interest
In the center-east of the map, between the two paths that lead down to the river, buy some pierogi.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Dumpling House
33 – Secret Fighting Ring
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Night
Picking up any of these documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Secret Fighting Ring. Find all of them on the map below:
A Receipt (Red)
An Announcement Poster (Blue)
A Pharmacy Gauze Package (Yellow)
Watchman’s Report (Green)
After you have scanned all areas, draw the conclusion and find the entrance with the Point of Interest marker at night. Go inside to get the sketch.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Secret Fighting Ring
34 – Night of Divination
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Night
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Night of Divination. Find all of them on the map below:
Letter (Red)
Police Report (Blue)
Brochure (Yellow)
After picking up all three, draw the conclusion and visit the tarot reading at night.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Night of Divination
35 – Fights in the Dungeon
Type: Main quest: To Dust, You Shall Return
Missable: Yes
In the main quest To Dust, You Shall Return, you look for Javier in Powisle and run into Ariel Rofe, another thaumaturge, who takes you to the Dungeon. After the fights in the arena, the owner takes you to an employee area. When you leave it, the sketch hangs as a poster on the wall right next to the door.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Fights in the Dungeon
36 – Football
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Afternoon
Available: Chapter II
The documents for this quest only appear from Chapter II. Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Football. Find all of them on the map below:
Announcement (Red)
Piece of Paper on a Tree (Blue)
The Sports Gazette (Yellow)
Wait until the afternoon to talk about football at this location.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Football
37 – Hoop Rolling
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Afternoon
Available: Chapter II
The documents for this quest only appear from Chapter II. Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Hoop Rolling. Find all of them on the map below:
Complaint (Red)
Writing on a Wall (Blue)
Watchman’s Report (Yellow)
Wait until the afternoon, then go here and watch them play.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Hoop Rolling
Praga – 1 Sketch
38 – Accordionist
Type: Point of Interest
Time of day: Daytime
Listen to the accordionist during the day.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Accordionist
Rozycki Bazaar – 5 Sketches
39 – Beerhouse
Type: Point of Interest
Have a beer at the bar At Berk Rotblitz’s.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Beerhouse
40 – Soda Stall
Type: Point of Interest
Buy some soda at the Soda Stall in the center of Rozycki Bazaar.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Soda Stall
41 – Book Stall
Type: Point of Interest
Read a poetry book at the Book Stall in the southeast.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Book Stall – Reading a Poetry Book
42 – Secret Library
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Night
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Secret Library. Find all of them on the map below:
Lost Parcel (Red)
Patriotic Brochure (Blue)
Letter (Yellow)
Visit the Secret Library at night.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Secret Library
43 – Ten Wagging Tails
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Ten Wagging Tails. Find all of them on the map below:
Postcard (Red)
The Warsaw Courier (Blue)
Letter (Yellow)
Then visit the four-legged family.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Ten Wagging Tails
Southern Srodmiescie – 12 Sketches
44 – Doughnut Patissery
Type: Point of Interest
In the north of Southern Srodmiescie, near the northern carriage stop, buy a doughnut.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Doughnut Patissery
45 – Organ Grinder
Type: Point of Interest
Near the entrance to Vienna Station in the northwest of the map, listen to the barrel organ player.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Organ Grinder
46 – Absinthe
Type: Main quest: Bastards of the Night
Location: Elysium bar
Behind the London Bar, a staircase leads down to a smaller bar called Elysium. Abaurycy Niedzic takes you there in the main quest Bastards of the Night. Order an absinthe to get the sketch with the same name.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Absinthe
47 – Abaurycy Niedzic
Type: Main quest: Bastards of the Night
Location: Elysium bar
This one is in the same place as the Absinthe sketch. Keep following the main quest and have a drink with Abaurycy to get another sketch.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Abaurycy Niedzic
48 – Exotic Bird Exhibition
Type: Main quest
Location: The Imperial Hotel
You can enter The Imperial Hotel when you accompany your sister to the soirée. Once inside, inspect the birdcage on the ground floor.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Exotic Bird Exhibition
49 – Soirée
Type: Main quest: The Reptilian Bash
Location: Suite 237, The Imperial Hotel
Missable: Yes
Suite 237 is the room in The Imperial Hotel where the soirée of the main quest The Reptilian Bash takes place. Before you finish the quest, have some cognac in the northwestern corner of the room.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Soirée
50 – Theatrical Pandemonium
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Afternoon
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Theatrical Pandemonium. Find all of them on the map below:
Theater Repertoire (Red)
Traveller’s Letter (Blue)
Damaged Poster (Yellow)
Wait until the afternoon to go to the theater performance.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Theatrical Pandemonium
51 – Crystal Elevator
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Crystal Elevator. Find all of them on the map below:
Postcard (Red)
Architect’s Sketches (Blue)
Letter with an Order (Yellow)
Go to the Grand Hotel to see a technological marvel.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Crystal Elevator
52 – Visit to the Bathhouse
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Visit to the Bathhouse. Find all of them on the map below:
The Daily Courier (Red)
Brochure (Blue)
Letter from a Capricious Reader (Yellow)
Then go to the bathhouse.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Visit to the Bathhouse
53 – Lesson in Drawing
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Afternoon
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Lesson in Drawing. Find all of them on the map below:
Denunciation (Red)
The Warsaw Courier (Blue)
Note (Yellow)
Join a drawing lesson in the afternoon.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Lesson in Drawing
54 – Tales of Warsaw
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Daytime
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Tales of Warsaw. Find all of them on the map below:
The Daily Courier (Red)
Note (Blue)
Letter (Yellow)
Head to the Vienna Passage during the day.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Tales of Warsaw
55 – Exhibition to Lift Hearts
Type: Urban Secrets quest
Time of day: Afternoon
Picking up any of these three documents starts the Urban Secrets quest Exhibition to Lift Hearts. Find all of them on the map below:
Instruction for an Assistant (Red)
Denunciation (Blue)
Invitation (Yellow)
See the art exhibition in the afternoon.
Unlocks Belonging – Sketch:
Exhibition to Lift Hearts
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About The Thaumaturge
Release: March 4th, 2024 (PC), December 4th, 2024 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S)
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S
Developer: Fool’s Theory
Publisher: 11 bit studios
Official Website: https://11bitstudios.com/meet-the-thaumaturge/
