Beholder 4 Patrick Guide: Tuition, Emigration, and Endings

This Beholder 4 Patrick guide covers the choices that determine whether Patrick stays in university, emigrates, joins the New Tomorrow Movement, becomes brainwashed, or dies. The available source is a community guide for Beholder; a separate Beholder 4 identity is not independently confirmed in the supplied material. The guide reports that Patrick first needs $15,000 to remain in school and later may require $20,000 or cruise tickets to leave the country. Comprehensive Guide to Beholder

Patrick’s early requirements

Patrick’s major storyline begins alongside the Schimmer family quests. Klaus has a set of textbooks for Patrick, and the family’s chain of requests can eventually create substantial financial pressure. The key early cost is Patrick’s education:

• Pay $15,000 to keep Patrick in school.
• If you do not pay, later choices can leave him without a university path.
• If the university closes because of the Fulfledle incident, paying the tuition does not prevent every negative outcome.
• Cruise tickets can later replace the need to pay Patrick’s emigration cost in some circumstances.

The guide also warns that family quests can have hidden timers. Delaying too long may cause quests to fail, so avoid accepting important family tasks and then leaving them unresolved for an extended period.

How to keep Patrick in university

The safest route is to pay the $15,000 tuition before the university is disrupted. However, the university can close if you give Fulfledle Brukich the strange box connected to George Danton’s quest. According to the community guide, Fulfledle and other revolutionaries then attack a professor, causing a shooting and shutting down the university.

That outcome also forces Patrick onto a different path: he becomes a miner even if his tuition was already paid. Therefore, paying his tuition is not enough by itself. If preserving Patrick’s education is your goal, avoid giving the box to Fulfledle.

Patrick’s emigration choices

Later, Patrick needs a way to leave the country. The guide lists several outcomes:

Pay $20,000

If Patrick remains in university and is ready to leave with his girlfriend’s family, giving him $20,000 allows him to reach a better country. This is the direct money-based option.

If Patrick is no longer in university, giving him the money can send him to another authoritarian state instead. He may still be reunited with the family in the ending, but the guide reports that he will not be able to help later.

Give Patrick cruise tickets

Giving Patrick cruise tickets sends him to a better country regardless of his university status. The guide treats this as the strongest option when available because Patrick can then help the family during the endgame.

Cruise tickets may come from Alloisius after resolving his story. They can also be obtained from the box left behind after certain Alloisius or Sarah outcomes. If you plan to rely on tickets for Patrick, avoid selling them.

Refuse the money or tickets

If Patrick does not receive either $20,000 or tickets, the consequences depend on his circumstances. When he cannot continue his education or emigrate, the guide reports that he attempts to rob a bank and dies. This also creates additional financial consequences, including funeral and bank-related costs.

What happens if you refuse Patrick?

Refusing Patrick’s emigration request causes his girlfriend’s family to be shot at the border. Patrick becomes radicalized and joins the New Tomorrow Movement. He then hangs revolutionary posters in the family’s apartment, which must be removed with a tool from the office desk.

Afterward, the Ministry demands that you turn Patrick in. The guide describes this as a major branching point rather than a harmless refusal, because the resulting chain can lead to Patrick’s indoctrination.

Brainwashed Patrick choice

When the Ministry demands a suspect, you can either refuse to hand over Patrick or accept his indoctrination.

If you refuse, the Ministry asks you to identify another suspect. The guide suggests that the game allows you to plant the relevant fabric evidence on someone else and report that person.

If you accept, Patrick is taken to the Ministry and brainwashed into becoming a loyal citizen. He can still read books, but this route prevents his positive family ending. The guide reports two especially severe consequences:

• You cannot emigrate with brainwashed Patrick because he reports the family for treason, resulting in their execution.
• If the family stays, Patrick signs up for the war and eventually goes missing on the front lines.

For a favorable Patrick outcome, refuse to surrender him and avoid the brainwashing route.

General Airel Johnson and Patrick’s death

Patrick can also die indirectly during General Airel Johnson’s storyline. If Patrick is brainwashed, remains in the country, and Johnson survives, the New Tomorrow Movement attempts to assassinate the general at his rally. Patrick is present and dies in the resulting chaos.

To prevent this specific outcome, the guide says Johnson must either be killed or warned about the assassin. This is separate from Patrick’s tuition and emigration decisions, so keeping track of Johnson’s quest matters even after Patrick’s main requests appear complete.

Best Patrick route

For the most favorable reported outcome:

1. Pay Patrick’s $15,000 tuition.
2. Avoid giving Fulfledle the strange box if you want Patrick to remain in university.
3. Save $20,000 or obtain cruise tickets.
4. Give Patrick the cruise tickets if you have them; otherwise pay the required emigration cost.
5. Do not refuse his emigration request.
6. Refuse to let the Ministry brainwash him.
7. Ensure the General Johnson storyline does not leave Patrick exposed at the assassination rally.

The source guide notes that the exact interaction between some late-game choices can vary, so the outcomes above should be treated as community-reported guidance rather than official documentation. The game version and platform for this specific Beholder 4 search are not independently confirmed.