Welcome to Into Indie Games’ Zero Parades: For Dead Spies Walkthrough.
From the creators of Disco Elysium, ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies drops players into a tense, surreal espionage RPG full of political intrigue, broken alliances, and psychological chaos. You step into the shoes of Hershel Wilk, a disgraced operative dragged back for one last assignment in the decaying city of Portofiro, where nearly every conversation can spiral into danger. Like its spiritual predecessor, the game leans heavily into dialogue, skill checks, and player choice, but adds new systems built around mental pressure, dramatic encounters, and spycraft. This walkthrough will guide you through the game’s investigations, choices, puzzles, and branching outcomes while helping you survive its strange and often overwhelming world.
Table of contents
Backways
After you are done with the Miracle Line, go to the right and up and you will see a vending machine.
You can find Jefa: Red and Black Blend Special Edition with a couple of 3 Sols. Next, speak to the Gravel Eyed Pilot on the left, sitting on the table with two other old men. He will thank you for getting rid of the man on the Miracle Line earlier. Speak to them to find out more about the man. You will also learn about EMTERR and its money-laundering schemes. Learn about the history of these pilots as well. Ask them about Pseudopod and Miracle Line. You will learn the line is always active and that the Duchess is always there to answer the call. Eventually Pigeon will offer you a task, A Gift for Duchess.
You will also gain the item, Critical Wolf Pup. You need to get it to the Duchess’s Kids, who are in the Housing Campaign, northwest of the Party Alley in a houseboat. Speaking on the Miracle Line and the specific kinks of the pilots. Head out of the conversation and back towards the entrance of the Backways. Near the entrance, turn right at the phone box.
Old Docks
Check the flyer on the wall and the bird cage in the junk. You can pick up the poster to get the item, Bagman Poster. Next, speak to the cop on the left. He is the Bazaar GM. Speak to Officer Maurito about the Bazaar, about security, and his neck. Apparently, there is a boar infestation. There have been thefts around the place as well. You will also learn about Petre, the music vendor, as well. You can also ask him about the band, Blood Golem. Step away from him and head south. Go down the stairs and check the vending machine near the lost cat poster.
Keep going south past the tin shacks and you will find a crate with a Wisnia Brand Schanpps next to a ladder. Climb up the ladder to get on a crane platform, check the trash to find a Rumba Iced Coffee. Head back down. Go north up the stairs to find yourself in Bootleg Bazar.
Go up the stairs on the left and around and exit Backways for now. We will come back to Bootleg Bazar later.
Party Alley
Head north from the entrance to Backways. You will find a giant made of concrete as you make your way up the stairs. This has a pack of Suprema 100s. Further up the stairs is a bookstore. Inspect it thoroughly to find the The Wang Guide to Improvised Firearms, Vol 2. This will give you the loose end, that you need to make your own firearm. You can also pick up the comic, Ombre Hombre for either a hit to your anxiety or 3 Sols. Past it is a trash can, and on the right is a blockade due to the swine infestation. Check the trash can for a pack of cigarettes, Sturdy Pony and the trash can on the right for a Jefa Black and Red.
Further up is a poster on the wall, you will discover a thought, Latest Synthetic Thoughts. Investigate the poster thoroughly. You will now gain the item, Intriguing Coffee Poster. Go up and left and you will see another payphone. Go past the people here to find a bottle of Perro Pale and a Mesh Bodysuit.
There is a can of Rumba! Canned Coffee in the vehicle below. In the center of the plaza you will find a tree. Inspect it. There is a hard Records check here, that you will most likely fail if you try.
If you check your thoughts, you will see you can condition yourself to get various status effects.
You can also check the map for White Checks where you are stuck for now.
Head down south and enter the bar, The Fogged Mirror.
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