Murals

Murals are images that you can find scattered throughout Journey. If a player activates one, it will show a piece of Rythulia's history. Many of these overlap with the tapestries shown in during Confluence. Others will give some extra details.

Murals can be activated by either walking close to the markers next to them, or by chirping at said markers.

On the Playstation versions, finding all ten murals will earn you the History trophy.

You can see which murals you've collected in the Chapter Select hub; to see whether you've collected the mural(s) for a level, just walk into the room that'll take you to that level. Any murals that you've already collected will light up, showing the image of the mural in question.

Chapter Select
To find the mural in the Chapter Select level, simply follow the schools of fish leading away from where you find your first symbol. After the last group, there will be some ruins. Enter the ruins, and the mural will be right in front of you.

Broken Bridge
The Broken Bridge mural can be found on the east side of the level, on the wall opposite the entrance (closer to the shrine), under a symbol, behind a sandfall, in what's known as Headbonker's Cave.

Pink Desert
Both the Pink Desert murals can usually be found just by following the dolphins.

The first mural is found on the eastern side of the desert, north of a set of ruins with a symbol and a carpet that you can release, but south of Shooting Star Ruins.

The second mural is more on the western side, and is right by a carpet that you can release.

Sunken City
The first mural in the Sunken City level is found in the "rest stop" area, opposite of where you enter it from, near a group of flyers. Chirping at the flyers should help you to reach it. It's in a room past a set of ruined stairs.

The second mural is found after you fall into the dark area at the end of the level, to the left of the Shrine.

Underground
The mural in the Underground is found in the room where a group of flyers get eaten by a war machine, directly to the left of the entrance, as part of the wall.

Tower
The Tower mural can be found in the room that the whale comes out of.

Snow
The first mural in the Snow level can be found in the lantern shelter. You can either fly up to the ledge that it's on, or chirp at the flyers that come from above.

The second mural - and the last in the game - is in a cave at the end of the first field that war machines patrol. You can find the cave either by hugging the left wall from the entrance of that field, or by going to the end of the field and looking to the left.

Prophecy Murals
There are five murals in the Tower level that are an integral part of the story, and difficult to avoid. The game will automatically switch between standard and single-player murals, depending on whether you met another player in the level in question.

Even though the murals are out of order, the game will show you with the right companion for the right chapter; for example, if you didn't meet a player until you got to the Underground, only the third Tower mural will show you with a companion.

Unused Murals
There are two unused texture files, leftover from the beta, that each show an alternate set of murals/visions. These files give some clues on how the story developed before the game was released. They include images that give better details on how the war machines work, how the land got covered in sand, and even the six Ancestors with their name symbols showing.

There is also an unused Tower mural. This mural has a mix of dark and light colors (suggesting that it might be unfinished), and shows different terrain that what is used in the final version.

There's also another unused mural which you can actually find in the tower OOB area.

Videos
How to find all the murals. https://youtu.be/ylYwaG5Qr_I

In the Beta
Instead of murals, players would find small, bird-like statues with markers around them. Activating the markers would trigger a short vision, and an image would be revealed beneath the wayfarer(s)' feet. One of these statues is still in the terrain of Level 09, on top of the small tower, though the game will crash before the player gets close enough to the tower to use it.

Did You Know?
In both the Murals and Confluence, living things will usually have a little square by their 'heart' (or 'root') with a little dot inside, representing their 'light' (life energy, spirit, etc.). However, murals and history lessons showing dead things will show that box without the little dot, showing that their 'light' has gone out.