The Quarry: What Happens if You Refuse a Tarot Reading?

Choosing your adventure in The Quarry can be a risky option at times, and every choice can have drastic implications, as well as banal ones. One of the most intriguing possibilities in the game is to meet with a mysterious stranger who uses tarot cards, a popular occult fortune-telling device from the Enlightenment era, to divine your destiny. You get to choose whether or not you want to see a possible future when you meet with them, but should you? Continue reading to find out what happens if you refuse a Tarot Reading in The Quarry!

What Happens if You Refuse a Tarot Reading in The Quarry?

There are no serious implications if you skip a tarot card reading, but you will miss out on seeing a probable vision of the future, so it's not the best option. You'll have to re-play the chapter to see the visions for the cards you uncover, and since the fortuneteller only lets you choose one of up to four cards per chapter, denying isn't in your best interests. It irritates the fortuneteller if anything. There may be spoilers ahead.

You've been warned if you're still reading. The visions you see are at first faint views of various futures that appear to be minor mishaps that you may avoid, but some futures are visions of incredibly terrible deaths for any of the major cast, and the fortuneteller is attempting to warn you. Observing them can help you plan your activities down to the items available to each character.

However, seeing these visions does spoil the plot a little, so if you want a pure, completely blind first run of the game, it can be entertaining to try out or recommend to a friend. Eliza, the fortuneteller, is played by Grace Zabriskie, who has polished her horror chops working with David Lynch on countless films and Twin Peaks, so each interaction is a pleasure.