This is an adventure game, inspect everything.
Use items from your inventory to interact with the environment.
Hints below are sorted by location and put in spoiler blocks.
The numbered hints go from general clues at the low numbers to direct instructions at the high numbers.
If you have finished exploring and just want a walkthrough for all endings, visit the walkthrough tab.
Bedroom
I can barely see a thing in here
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Is there a better light source?
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What's the book good for?
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I'm locked in the bedroom
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The wardrobe is locked
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What is the coin for?
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East Wing Landing
I hear noises
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How to escape
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How to pass
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Front Hall
How to open the door on the northwest?
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How to open the door on the northeast?
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How to open the front door
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Dining Room
Where do i get fuel?
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I lit the fire, now what?
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Anything else here?
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Kitchen
The power keeps going out
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The back door is locked
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Sitting Room
Where do i get fuel?
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I lit the fire, now what?
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The TV is off
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The TV is on
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There is a ghost here
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There isn't a ghost here
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Bathroom
The bath drain is blocked
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West Wing Landing
I hear noises in the dark
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I hear noises in the light
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Laboratory
The drawers are locked
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The console isn't working
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Can I defeat the monster?
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Use items from your inventory to interact with the environment.
Hints below are sorted by location and put in spoiler blocks.
The numbered hints go from general clues at the low numbers to direct instructions at the high numbers.
If you have finished exploring and just want a walkthrough for all endings, visit the walkthrough tab.
Bedroom
I can barely see a thing in here
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I need some kind of light source
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Florian smokes
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Open your inventory and use the lighter
Is there a better light source?
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Yes, but not here
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Search each room thoroughly, or fix the electrics
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Search the dining room
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Check the left side of the sideboard near the kitchen door
What's the book good for?
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Use the book on various objects to unlock alternate endings
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Something is odd with the mirror
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Use the book on the mirror to escape through the mirror
I'm locked in the bedroom
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You need a key, and you need to use the key on the door
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You won't see the key in the dark
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The key is on the dressing table
The wardrobe is locked
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The key is in another room
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The key is in the bathroom
What is the coin for?
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Try using it
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Heads is lucky
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Flip the coin until it rolls away to unlock an ending elsewhere
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Talk to the ghost in the living room after losing the coin
East Wing Landing
I hear noises
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It's dangerous, you could step back
How to escape
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Run!
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Into the bedroom, the door will buy you some time
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Find a hiding place
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Under the bed
How to pass
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Monsters like the dark
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You need to fix the lights
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The fuse box is in the kitchen
Front Hall
How to open the door on the northwest?
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It's bolted, not locked
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Find a way around
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Open the door from the kitchen, under the fuse box
How to open the door on the northeast?
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A bronze lock needs a bronze key
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The key is in another room
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The key is in the bedroom wardrobe
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Search both sides of the wardrobe after unlocking it
How to open the front door
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It needs a yale key
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This key is in another room
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This key is in the west wing upstairs
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The key is in the laboratory area
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... but you could also escape with sorcery
Dining Room
Where do i get fuel?
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The fireplace needs coal
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There's a coal bucket in the understairs cupboard
I lit the fire, now what?
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You're a sorceror
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Use the book on the fireplace for an alternate ending
Anything else here?
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Search thoroughly
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There's a torch in the sideboard beside the kitchen door
Kitchen
The power keeps going out
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Notice the sparks when you turn the main fuse on?
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Water and electricity don't mix
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You need to mop it up
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There's a mop in the upstairs bathroom
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But there's a monster in the way
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You can turn on the main fuse if the downstairs circuit breaker is off
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Turn off the downstairs circuit, turn on the east wing circuit, reset the main fuse. The lights will now be on in the east wing and the monster is gone.
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After mopping the floor under the oven, you can safely turn on all the circuits
The back door is locked
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It needs a chubb key
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This key is not in the kitchen
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This key is not in the house, you need to escape another way
Sitting Room
Where do i get fuel?
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The fireplace needs coal
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There's a coal bucket in the understairs cupboard
I lit the fire, now what?
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You're a sorceror
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Use the book on the fireplace for an alternate ending
The TV is off
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You need to fix the electrics
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There is a fuse box in the kitchen
The TV is on
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Try watching it from up close
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You're a sorceror
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Use the book on the TV for an alternate endinge
There is a ghost here
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Try talking to the ghost
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A one time offer means she will leave if you leave the room
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You're a sorceror
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Use the book on the ghost for an alternate ending
There isn't a ghost here
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The ghost only appears to lucky people
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You need a lucky talisman
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A lucky coin is charged by flipping it
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Flip the coin until you get heads three times in a row and it rolls away
Bathroom
The bath drain is blocked
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You'll need something to unblock it with
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Plumbers tools are usually kept close to where they might be used
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There's only a mop here and that won't fix this
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There's plumbing in the kitchen too
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Search under the kitchen sink to get a plunger
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Use the plunger on the bath to unblock the drain
West Wing Landing
I hear noises in the dark
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Noises = danger
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There's no bedroom to escape to
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Stay clear until the lights are fixed
I hear noises in the light
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Noises = danger
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Better not go into that door without a distraction
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There's a way to distract behind the other door
Laboratory
The drawers are locked
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The key is in the laboratory
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But the monster is in the way
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You need to distract the monster
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The console dispenses food for the monster
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Specifically the table at the back of the lower lab has the key, you can search it when the monster is eating
The console isn't working
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Robert wasn't the best at maintenance
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The electric box to the left is labelled motor controls
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It's screwed shut, you need a screwdriver
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The screwdriver is in the understairs cupboard
Can I defeat the monster?
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There are some tools on the table in the lower lab
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The monster is distracted not blind
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You're a sorceror, not a warrior
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Using the hammer on the monster gets your face eaten
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Use the book on the monster from behind for an alternate ending