Lies of P: Deluxe Edition: How to Access Overture and Plan a 100% Run

To start Overture in Lies of P: Deluxe Edition, you do not pick it from a separate menu. The current access consensus is simple: the DLC must be installed on the save you want to use, you must progress that save through the Chapter 9 gate, receive Star’s Chrysalis, then return to the Path of the Pilgrim Stargazer and interact with the newly enabled route. If you are looking for a standalone DLC button, the game will feel bugged even when it is working normally.

That access rule matters even more if you want a clean 100% route. Overture behaves less like a tiny side area and more like a compact second campaign with its own collectible pressure, key-locked progression, hub returns, and several reward types that are easy to miss on a blind sprint. The safest approach is to treat the first entry as a planned collectible run, not a disposable preview.

The exact gates you need to unlock Overture

• The DLC must be installed and available on your platform.
• You must reach the Chapter 9 progression gate on the specific save you want to use.
• At that point, the game grants Star’s Chrysalis, which is the functional unlock item tied to DLC access.
• You then warp back to the Path of the Pilgrim Stargazer.
• Interacting with the newly opened route there starts the Overture handoff sequence.

The confusing part is the map logic. The unlock happens late, but the entry point is tied to an older Stargazer location rather than a fresh menu prompt. In practical terms, that means you clear the Chapter 9 requirement first, then backtrack to a Chapter 5-area Stargazer to begin the DLC. That odd handoff is why many players waste time checking fast-travel lists, title-screen menus, or post-credit states instead of simply revisiting the correct Stargazer.

Current guide coverage also agrees on one detail that matters for planning: access is save-based, not account-wide. If one save has reached the Chapter 9 gate and another has not, only the progressed save can enter. In New Game Plus, the route is reactivated by reaching that Chapter 9 requirement again on that same cycle.

Pick the right save before you enter

If your goal is only to see the DLC, any eligible save works. If your goal is full collectibles, trophy cleanup, or a low-stress completion route, the save choice matters a lot more than it first appears. Because access is not shared across saves, a bad choice can force you to replay the main game to Chapter 9 again just to reopen the DLC on the file you actually care about.

• Use the save with the build you are most comfortable piloting through exploration and boss fights.
• If your platform allows manual backups or cloud save management, keep one backup before entering and another before the final DLC push.
• Do not assume a fresh save will inherit DLC access just because another file already unlocked it.
• If you know you will do NG+ cleanup, keep that same save as your long-term completion file instead of splitting progress across multiple characters.

This is the first big fork in a 100% plan: either you commit to one master save and build the DLC route around it, or you accept that any miss later may require another full march to the Chapter 9 gate. For most players, the master-save approach is far less annoying.

The safest first-run route for a missable-aware 100% clear

1. Enter Overture with a checklist, not a “clean up later” mindset

Walkthrough material consistently treats Overture as a full collectible route, not a straight boss tunnel. The categories most worth tracking are Quartz, Legion Caliber, gesture rewards, documents, and costume-related items. If you only play by memory, the easiest things to lose are the rewards that do not come from obvious mandatory chests.

Before you step through the DLC entry, make a simple note with those categories and update it area by area. You do not need a giant spreadsheet. A plain text checklist is enough, because the real danger is not difficulty; it is forgetting which side room, hub return, or NPC interaction you left unresolved after a death or boss attempt.

2. Sweep every side branch before pushing obvious story doors

The safest rule in Overture is to treat boss approaches, large elevators, and one-way drops as potential state changes. Even when the game eventually lets you move around again, the player habit of saying “I’ll grab that later” is exactly how documents, side rewards, and optional pickups get left behind. Clear short branches before long branches, and clear dead ends before you cross anything that looks like a commitment point.

• Open every visible side room before the main path boss gate.
• If a ladder, lift, or shortcut feels like the intended route forward, turn around and finish the side wings first.
• Pick up documents immediately instead of planning to read them later from memory.
• After any unusual NPC interaction, keep talking until dialogue repeats so you do not miss a follow-up state.

This works because the DLC’s missable pressure is mostly about sequencing. You are less likely to lose raw combat rewards than you are to lose the small, easy-to-forget things attached to optional corners or evolving NPC states.

3. Return to the DLC hub more often than the level flow suggests

One of the most useful planning details in current walkthrough coverage is that Overture includes a gold coin tree / hotel-style hub progression inside the DLC. That is a major signal for completionists. In games built like this, rewards often do not all fire the instant you pick up the related item. They can be tied to hub visits, fresh dialogue, or the next step in a small side sequence.

In practice, the best rhythm is to return to the hub after every major boss, after any major named key item, and after story scenes that clearly feel like chapter transitions. Do not trust the game to drag you back at the perfect time for every reward. Force the check yourself.

• Exhaust every available NPC dialogue line.
• Check for gesture rewards and costume-related handoffs.
• Use your recent area clear to verify whether you found expected upgrade rewards like Quartz or Legion Caliber.
• Look for newly relevant interactions tied to hub progression rather than assuming the next field area is always the best next step.

This single habit prevents a huge percentage of blind-run misses, because hub-based rewards are the ones players most often delay until the game state has already moved on.

4. Handle the Black Rabbit Hole Key sequence as soon as it becomes relevant

Walkthrough material also points to a Black Rabbit Hole Key door sequence inside the expansion. The important planning lesson is not the exact door layout; it is how you treat keys. Do not leave that business for “post-area cleanup.” Key-gated rooms are one of the easiest places to lose track of progression because the key arrives in one stretch of the DLC and the door sits in your mental backlog while you keep moving.

When you obtain a named key, stop and resolve that chain while it is fresh. If the door is nearby, clear it immediately. If it is farther back, note the exact location before you continue. For 100% routing, named keys should move to the top of your priority list, because they frequently guard the kind of optional content that does not show up in a straight critical-path run.

What you are most likely to miss

Without turning this into a spoiler dump, the missables that deserve the most attention are the ones tied to NPC follow-up states and return trips, not the obvious mandatory milestones. Current guidance repeatedly points toward the same trouble spots.

• Gesture rewards: easy to miss if you do not revisit the hub or fully exhaust dialogue after a state change.
• Documents: often skipped in side rooms after a death, a boss runback, or a quick shortcut activation.
• Costume-related items: vulnerable to the same optional-room problem as documents.
• Quartz and Legion Caliber: these are high-value pickups, so any unexplored branch or locked room deserves attention before you move on.
• Key-door content: especially anything tied to the Black Rabbit Hole Key sequence.

The good news is that many misses are better described as expensive rather than permanently impossible. The bad news is that the cleanup cost is unusually annoying because you must reopen DLC access by reaching Chapter 9 again on the save you want to continue using.

How to structure NG+ cleanup without wasting a cycle

If you finish Overture and later realize you missed something, the cleanest recovery plan is to keep the same completion save, roll it into NG+, then progress the main story back to the Chapter 9 gate so Star’s Chrysalis becomes available again. Once that happens, return to Path of the Pilgrim and reopen the DLC route on that cycle.

The important mistake to avoid is splitting objectives across unrelated saves. If your first file handled most collectibles and your second file handled alternate choices, you can easily end up replaying the Chapter 9 unlock more times than necessary. A better structure is this: use the first eligible run for your broad collectible sweep, then use NG+ on that same save for anything branch-sensitive or forgotten.

• Keep one long-term “master” save for all Overture cleanup.
• Reopen DLC access in each new cycle by reaching the Chapter 9 gate again.
• Use backup saves before major end-of-DLC decisions or final stretches if your platform supports them.
• Do not start a new file unless you specifically want a fresh run, because it will not inherit your earlier access progress.

Common access and planning mistakes

• Looking for Overture on the main menu instead of revisiting Path of the Pilgrim.
• Trying to access the DLC on a save that has not reached the Chapter 9 gate.
• Assuming one unlocked save grants access to every save on the account.
• Rushing forward after bosses without checking the DLC hub for new rewards or dialogue.
• Saving named key-door content for “later” and then forgetting the exact return point.
• Treating the first DLC clear as a throwaway run when you actually want 100% completion.

Practical wrap-up

The reliable plan is straightforward: unlock Star’s Chrysalis on the save you actually intend to keep, warp to the Path of the Pilgrim Stargazer, and enter Overture as if it were a second campaign rather than a bonus room. Sweep side branches before boss doors, return to the DLC hub after every major step, resolve the Black Rabbit Hole Key sequence promptly, and keep your cleanup on one master save. That turns Overture access from a confusing gate into a controlled 100% route with far fewer costly misses.