It may be a reference to Stray and Little Kitty, Big City, but there's no real explanation given as to why there are cats wandering around Cronos: The New Dawn and how they managed to survive The Change.
Listen for the meows of each cat above the noise of the Orphans' groans and cries. These feline friends not only intrigue the Warden, but they're here to keep the trophy hunters busy and your inventory full for conflict areas and boss fights.
Here is where to find all cats in Cronos: The New Dawn to unlock The Catfinder achievement.
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Cronos: The New Dawn cat locations
The reason to find the 10 cats littered around New Dawn's past and present is not only because they count towards an achievement, but also because each drops a valuable item. From Cores to Keys, the Cronos cats are here to help you in more ways than one. Acting as a breath of fresh air and a break away from pure survival, your feline companions wait for your arrival and reward you upon patting their heads.
Here are all Cronos cats, found in chronological order.
Berówka
- Area: Underground Station
After picking up the Shop Key and defeating the hardened Orphan, you unlock the door and head downstairs. The first cat, Berówka, is waiting at the bottom of the stairs to offer you a Shell Patch (Small). The Underground Station safe room is behind this cat.
Mela
- Area: Hardware Store
Don't head back to the apartment elevator when you pick up the Bolt Cutters. Instead, leave the Hardware Store after you defeated the first large Orphan and acquired the Bolt Cutters, and turn onto the path to your right. Use the Bolt Cutters on the door at the dead end to find Mela. Then use the Traveler's Seal Key inside the Block 34 Outpost (apartment building safe room) to get a Core and other supplies to prepare you for the first boss fight upstairs.
Karol
- Area: The Shelter
Head to the playground when you're returning to The Shelter after picking up the key. You can follow the cat most of the way, but Karol will be waiting at the kids' playground in case you missed her.
Cynamon
- Area: Station A Outpost
Go into the now-unlocked room opposite the train after restoring power to the generators. This is when the objective is to 'head to the Steelworks' to extract Artur. The tram has a Predecessor inside with the Essence, Lidia Marcel. Check the room opposite the tram before you leave. You must restore both generators to unlock the door and reach Cynamon.
Merlin
- Area: The Isolation Zone
Use the Gravity Boots to reach the Furnace Control Room so you can begin your ascent to the Dive Point in The Isolation Zone. You should see Merlin run into the small building, and you need to jump down and follow him.
Balbina
- Area: Underground Station
After finding the Switchgear so you can launch the Ascendance Sequence to talk to Artur (or Gabriel), head back to where you came from (rather than returning to the Terminal). Enter the locker room that now has a green light above the doorframe. Balbina is in there.
Gus
- Area: Sector A-0
Defeat the Orphans inside the conflict area when the objective is "head for the hospital in Sector A-0." Use the Gravity Boots to get through the floating building until you need to shoot off two wooden planks to reach the next platform. This will take you straight to Gus.
Bebola
- Area: Operating Theater
Get the Access Card from the left side of the Administration in A-0 Unity Hospital. Use the card on the Operating Theater door, near Administration (downstairs leads to the Morgue). Go to the end of this corridor where multiple Orphans attack you, avoiding or shooting them, to then pass through a knocked-over filing cabinet at the dead end. This will take you to Bebola and to one of the Chalices you need for the Hospital puzzle.
India
- Area: Kiosk
Head to the Shopping Center from Station B Outpost, using the Bolt Cutters on the locked door opposite the conflict area. The cat in question is inside the Station B Outpost safe room, inaccessible on this side. You need to make your way around and defeat the two large Orphans that spawn near the Kiosk door. An armored Orphan breaks down the door opposite the Kiosk, revealing a room with a generator you need to restore power to. This unlocks the Kiosk, where squeezing through the gap leads to India, giving you the Toy Shop Key as a reward.
Freya
- Area: Cemetery
Head to the Cemetery from The Abbey safe room, and unlock the tomb with the Bolt Cutters (before you approach the Orphan horde hallucination). There's a hole you can squeeze through on your immediate right, taking you directly to Freya, who'll drop Father Wojciech's Office Key. You can then get the Bell Tower Key to unlock the final weapon in Cronos.
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