Achievement hunters chasing the Storyteller trophy in Batman: Arkham City face a familiar but newly urgent problem in 2026: the calendar has moved, and the game’s internal clock does not care about convenience. Calendar Man waits beneath the Solomon Wayne Courthouse in Park Row, and the 12-visit achievement still demands precise dates, clean autosaves, and a little patience. Miss the autosave, use a moving holiday’s wrong date, or change the system clock mid-conversation, and the calendar wall refuses to update. Finish all 12 murderous monologues, however, and the cell’s unsettling empty finale is theirs.
? Where to Find Calendar Man and How Storyteller Works
Players enter the Solomon Wayne Courthouse basement in Park Row and speak to Julian Day through his cell. Calendar Man in Arkham City checks the console or PC internal clock, so the Storyteller achievement can be completed offline by changing the date, visiting him, leaving to force an autosave, then repeating. Do not rely on online or server features; the loop is local. Keep the visit short and confirm the dialogue triggers before exiting.
The non-negotiable loop is: hear the holiday dialogue, leave the courthouse, and confirm the calendar-wall page has disappeared or been crossed off. If the wall does not change, the autosave did not register the visit; reload and try the same date again. Avoid changing the clock mid-visit, and do not stack multiple holidays without an autosave check.
? All 12 Calendar Man Dates Dialogue: 2026 Holiday Checklist
Use this chronological checklist and match moving holidays to the correct year— Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving are the main failure points. The 2026 dates below differ from the original 2011 reference dates, so a generic holiday calendar can break the Storyteller chain. Dialogue identifiers are short tags, not full transcripts.
| Holiday | 2026 date (2011 ref) | Dialogue identifier |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Midnight young couple murder |
| Valentine’s Day | February 14 | Poisoned chocolates |
| St. Patrick’s Day | March 17 | Green beer drowning |
| April Fool’s Day | April 1 | Explosive gifts |
| Mother’s Day | May 10, 2026 (May 8, 2011) | Murdered mother |
| Father’s Day | June 21, 2026 (June 19, 2011) | Murdered father |
| Independence Day | July 4 | Fireworks deaths |
| St. Roch’s Day | August 16 | Diseased dogs |
| Labor Day | September 7, 2026 (September 5, 2011) | Workers’ deaths |
| Halloween | October 31 | Pumpkin ritual killing |
| Thanksgiving | November 26, 2026 (November 24, 2011) | Poisoned shelter feast |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Garrote-light killings |
?️ Secret 13th Date, Catwoman Lines, and the Empty Cell
The optional December 13, 2004 date is a Rocksteady founding-date Easter egg, not a Storyteller requirement, and it triggers Calendar Man’s cryptic Arkham Knight foreshadowing. Players should visit it only after they understand the normal 12-date loop, because it will not advance the achievement. Treat it as a bonus monologue for lore hunters.
After each valid visit and autosave, calendar pages disappear or get crossed off beside the cell. Once all 12 dates are complete, players return to find the cell empty, with a hanging thug or Riddler henchman in place and the Storyteller achievement popping. This is the confusing empty-cell finale, not a bug.
If players visit as Catwoman, the dialogue shifts because Julian Day has a Harvey Dent and Long Halloween history. That alternate interaction is worth checking for calendar man dates dialogue variation, but it is not needed for the 12 visits. Use a manual save before changing the clock to December 13, 2004 so a clean Storyteller run is not overwritten.
?️ Best Version for a Clean 100% Run
Players should play the version they already own: PC GOTY Edition, Return to Arkham on modern PlayStation/Xbox, or Arkham Trilogy on Switch, since Storyteller remains offline-obtainable and does not depend on discontinued WBID features. On PC, verify the GOTY Edition build before clock manipulation; on Return to Arkham, use v1.02+ to avoid old remaster quirks. For timing, price trackers show GOTY often drops to $3.99 on Steam, while Return to Arkham appears at $4.99–$9.99 in console promotions.
A neutral release-history reference can help players decide whether the wider collection is worth it for the full Arkhamverse run and DLC. If they only want the 12 Storyteller visits, a cheap GOTY or Return to Arkham copy is enough. The three-game collection is for completionists who plan to continue into Asylum and Knight.
