Acknowledgments and thanks to all at Gremlin Interactive for producing a 'best of breed' game.
In particular to Antony Crowther whose games have always been crafted to a very high standard.
About this guide
Please feel free to distribute the guide, but please no commercial reproduction without my
consent. I would be grateful if you distributed it as written, if for no other reason than I will be
able to understand any queries :-)
Special thanks to JAv for walking the walkthrough and to Ted for the map of the House.
It is highly likely that this guide is not 100% complete, I certainly found a few new things
when I went back through the game to write it up. That said, I don't believe that I have
missed anything of great significance. If I have, please let me know and feel free to mail me
if you have any other corrections, comments, additions, or just need more help.
Realms is a superbly atmospheric game that blends adventuring, puzzle solving, action and
a movie based plot almost perfectly. To maintain this I have tried not to reveal too much
about the story line and have not revealed anything about the locations of where you will
encounter the many creatures that inhabit the game (unless it is unavoidable). The main
purpose of this guide is to assist you in getting around when stuck without spoiling the unveiling
of the plot, nor the many 'jumping out of your boots' surprises that appear throughout the game.
There are some locations and puzzles that are almost impossible to describe without
resorting to some fairly serious mapping. The in-game maps are very helpful, so I have not
attempted to do any further mapping here. The approach that I have taken with these
locations or puzzles is to provide an overview of what you need to do and the whereabouts of
important items or areas that must be explored so that you can progress to the next Chapter.
General stuff
The game is best played in one of the Vesa resolutions. Once you have initially set up the
game for Vesa you can toggle resolutions using F6. If you have some trouble replacing save
game names in the Vesa resolution, just toggle to one of the other resolutions , save the
game and toggle back to your preferred res.
One gripe. It is a great shame that the keyboard keys for slide left and right are not the same
as for almost all the other games that use this type of engine, i.e. ALT and left/right arrow.
Because of this I completed the game without using the slide keys.
Some items (particularly in the early Chapters) are rather tricky to spot. Use the
tilt up/down and the crouch keys when looking for potentially 'hidden' items.
If the guide says 'click' on something, it assumes that your cursor has lit up green, i.e. you
can operate/place/open something.
Should you play the game with 'easy item selection' on or off? If you go for the more difficult
option the game clearly will take longer, however the game's usage of items is generally very
logical, so not too many frustrations there. One advantage of going for the easier option is
that you get to know very quickly if you are missing the appropriate item, avoids going though
all of them one by one just to be sure. There are a couple of places in the game where even
easy item selection does not help - take care.
If the guide says 'left or right of X' in describing a direction to move to, or the location of an
item it assumes that you are facing X.
Many of the Chapters can be solved by a number of routes. If you veer off the route that I
have given you are likely to be fine, just keep checking the guide to ensure that you have
visited all of the important locations.
It is crucial to keep returning to your inventory and inspecting items again and again,
especially after you are joined by Rebecca.
You do not have to slay all the creatures you encounter, however none of them are
particularly difficult to sort out.
You may like to experiment with the choices offered in the Film clips to see further footage, but
do save first.
The main locations in the guide are numbered. The numbers relate to locations within that
Chapter. If a reference is given to a location in another Chapter it will be written as
IV(2) i.e. location 2 within Chapter IV.
The Game
Chapter I - Shadows
This is a short chapter and the game manual provides a walk through of most of it. Here it is
again for completeness.
1. You start in the Front Hall facing a double door with other doors to your left and right.
These doors and others in the house are marked with protective wards and at this stage in
the game you are unable to open any door with a ward on it.
Inspect everything you can in the Hall and pick up the book (Look Homeward Angel) and the
Colt ammunition from the table directly to the left of your start point.
2. Go left from the start point and enter the lit room directly ahead of you. The typewriter will
start to type when you enter the room, rather odd, since it has no ribbon - spooky or what!
Items to find: Colt ammunition on the table under the window
The Colt pistol on the table with the typewriter
The page that the typewriter produced
A scrapbook containing an article on Crop Circles
3. Exit this room by one of the doors to the left or right of the typewriter table. You can't enter
the rooms with wards on the door yet, so go up the stairs and light the two candle sticks on
the landing by the window. Turn down the passage, check the door - it is locked. Go to the
end of the passage and light the two candles, take care with the second one , so stand to the
side to avoid the fireball trap. The picture slides away revealing a key, pick it up, you can now
open the door and enter the Study (Sarcophagus Room) and:
Chapter II - Sign and Portents
1. The Study
Turn on the lights with the switch by the door and explore the room well. Pick up all items and
inspect all objects.
Items:
4 Gold coiled serpents
A sword (the left one of the 3 in the rack)
A shield with a dragon motif
Letter (on the floor near the shield)
3 masks (under the large picture)
Colt ammunition (on writing table)
3 letters (on writing table)
Also:
The clock - note down the time when it chimes!
Creepy sounds from the wind up record player
The Sarcophagus - can't open yet (you need all the Gold serpents)
Hint:
Always keep 1 Gold serpent with you
The entrance to the main part of this Chapter is a secret door in the bookcase nearest the
writing table.
2. Follow the passage to the platform from which you can see the molten river. Don't worry
about the rock fall that seals you in!
Take note of the square recess to the left of the large shields.
Leave by the only onward exit and go to the chamber with a pool to find some ammunition
for the Colt and leave by the only onward exit and follow the passage to:
3. Room with Pentegram in the centre
Items:
Metal Orb (used to open the door with the Orb recess)
Ammunition for the Colt (under Orb shelf and in case)
Ammunition for a shotgun (in case)
Exit through the opening in the wall with the Orb door, follow the passage over the bridge to:
4. Circular Room
Items:
A shotgun
Ammunition for shotgun
2 healing potions
Return the way you came to (3) and use the Orb to open the Orb door. Go into:
5. Small study with fireplace
Items:
Healing potion
A Sketch (the door opened by the Shrive)
Map of the Mausoleum (this complex)
Go back to (3) - take the Orb if you like and exit by the opening to the left of the alcove where
you found the Orb, to:
6. The top level (entrance platform) of the Chamber with 2 large Horned Statues
If you now decide to go down the stairs you will not be able to get back up them. This is not a
problem, the complex can be explored a number of ways. If you choose a
different route to the one I describe, just keep checking that you have visited all the locations.
Go through the only door on the platform to:
7. Room with Red Pentegram and Tomb
Find the secret panel behind the tomb. (This is the way in to here if you ever need to come back
from the main statue hall. It also takes you to the Throne Room - see below)
Go through the door up the small flight of steps - it is opened with the lever to:
8. Store Rooms
This is a self contained area.
Go into the main store room (the one with bars) and carefully search the crates for shotgun and
Colt ammunition. Climbing up on a crate and looking down helps locate some of items. Find the
lever next to the bars. The door it opens can be seen from here but it is timed, so be quick when
running round to it. In this room you can find more ammunition, spooky sounds and a key. This
key opens a door in the main Statue Hall, don't use it (unless you want to see a different Film
clip) until you have visited the Throne Room. Return to (7) and go through the other door with a
lever to:
9. Run the Gauntlet
The denizens here will keep regenerating until the puzzle is solved. The aim is to press all
4 hand panels. There are 2 on the wall opposite the entrance, 1 in the room where the
creatures come from and the fourth (only visible after the other 3 have been pressed) is in
the little side room. After all 4 have been activated the creatures will disappear and you can
now read the writing on the wall and use the teleport pad to take you into:
10. Hall with 2 Statues
You arrive (if via the teleport pad in (9)) facing one of the statues. The statue can be moved
to reveal a passage. Click on it and say the words learnt in (9). Don't do this yet if
you are following my route. Walk up to the door to the left of the statue (check health first).
It will explode and you are dropped down into:
11. Dripping room with Chains
Open the portcullis (3 attempts required) and find the shotgun ammunition. Go up
the stairs and you will see on your right the entrance to the Throne Room. Before going in
explore the rest of this area. In the room with writing on the door there is shotgun
ammunition and get more ammunition in the other store room. The stairs going down take you to
the Statue Hall, the stairs going up take you to (7). Now go back to the Throne Room:
12. Throne Room
You will have to sit on the throne to progress. You can now go safely through the locked door
with the lever in the Statue Hall. This passage leads you to:
13. The Temple with Winged Statues
This is a self contained area, explore it all and you will find the Shrive and Staff, some healing
potions and learn some more of your destiny. Now go back to (10) and
move the statue out of the way. Go through the opening to:
14. Your first encounter with Florentine
You have to talk to him and go with the flow, save before going in! After this encounter is
over go through the double doors and continue to the next double doors. Use the Shrive to
open them and go into the:
15. Mausoleum
Search all crypts and alcoves for ammunition and the essential Gold Coiled Serpent. Avoid
going too near the altar at the end of this area until you have completed searching and have
saved the game. Now approach the altar to meet Aelf for the first time. Once this clip has
completed you can get the healing potions that are on the altar - you may need them :-) When
you are ready (you will see why!) make your way all the way back to the Study (1). The rock fall
ion the way is avoided by using the Shrive in the square recess in (2). When you get back to the
Study you will have the pleasure of meeting:
16. Rebecca
Rebecca adds here eyes and ears to your own. She will pass comment on items in the
inventory and will often divulge very useful information. Don't forget to re-inspect inventory
items now, especially in the 'Information' section.
Chapter III - Keeper of Time
Once again there is no single route though this Chapter, just ensure that you explore all the
crucial areas. The route I present may seem a bit odd, but it worked!
Leave the Study and go down the stairs, turn left and go through the first door on the left to:
1. Green Hemisphere
Inspect the green hemisphere, you can't use it yet though. Go out, turn left and continue down
the passage and through the door at the end to:
2. Dormitory
Turn on the light and explore the room. Make sure you move the chest to open a door
'somewhere else'. In retrospect this could be the Locker room. Leave by the door opposite the
fireplace and open the door on your left by clicking on the sword. Go up the stairs and go
through the right hand door to:
3. Armory Room
Watch the Film clip: Gaul - 'Coming Events....' and sort out the result! You can then find
some ammunition, hear creepy sounds and find the Incomplete Map of the Tower. The latter is
on the top of the bookcase in the corner of the room. I always thought there was more to this
room but couldn't find anything. Now go out and turn right up the stairs and through the door to:
4. Mantel Stone to the Tower
Step near or on the gateway and listen to the advice, you realise that you are not properly
equipped yet to use the Stone. Go back down the stairs, go to the end of the passage and turn
right. Follow it round to the left where there are two doors. Take the one straight ahead to:
5. Frames but no Pictures
Inspect the frames and the Knights Helmet, get the Helmet. When it is in your inventory 'Use' it
to see a Film clip. Exit via the double doors and go into the Front Hall. Turn right and go to the
Typewriter room and leave by the door straight ahead of you. Turn right down the passage and
go through the second door on the left to:
6. Locker Room
Just inside and to the right is a different coloured flagstone. Click on it and a door will open
revealing a small room containing the House Map. (Thanks Ted - wish I found that Map first
time around :-) ) Now leave the Locker Room and take the door on the opposite side of the
passage. Go through the little room back into the Typewriter room and take the first door on the
left to:
7. Room with table and chair
Take the map of the Caverns from the table and exit by the other door to:
8. Room with Roaring Fire
Note that the map on the wall is of the Earth, but the map calls it Heled, this is an arcane
name for the Earth i.e. where we are now. The fire will blaze up to reveal a green crystal.
Collect the crystal and return to the room with the green hemisphere (1). Put the crystal
in the hemisphere and meet Gnarl who will ask you to take a test. Accept the test and get
the two masks from the balcony, it is the one with the view of the pyramids. The masks are
'travel permits' to and from the Tower. Make your way to the Mantel Stone room (4) and start:
Chapter IV - Tales of the Tower
Stand on the Mantel Stone and 'Use' the masks and meet Raphael who will tell you more of
your quest and divulge some details of the Tower. Step into the Tower and follow the only path
(carefully) until you see paths leading to two blue shimmering portals. Take either portal and
walk to the Way Stone (there are 2 here). If you click on the glowing sigil (Heled) you will be
given some healing. Follow the path until you find another Mantel Stone, step on it to go to:
1. Central Courtyard
As soon as you move you get a Film clip. Explore and inspect the courtyard and find three
doors. One is locked, one is barred and the other is ..... Find a key in the round pool to open
the locked door and to get the Guide to Runes. Sort out the event if you like, then go back to
the Mantel Stone and use the masks to go back to the Tower where you start:
Chapter V - The Offering
Go back through the Tower to where you first arrived (where the fire with the spit-roast is).
Use the Mantel Stone to return to the Mantel Stone at III(4). As soon as you step off the Stone
the runes on the door will explode and a glowing hand appears on the wall. Press the hand (this
lowers a stone that would otherwise block progress) and go through the door that can now be
opened. Follow the passage (you can't go right it is blocked) down the stairs and inspect the
red zone rune. Face the wall and look carefully at the red/orange device painted on the wall.
There is a clue here that will help you to slay the axe demons (not yet though). Go through the
door to the left of the red/orange device to:
1. Floating Key Chapel
Go to the far end, look down to see a gold plate with a Gold Serpent engraved on it. In front of
you is a sunken platform and above you is an unreachable key. To get the key; stand on the
sunken platform and place one of the Gold Serpents on the plate. (Hope you hung onto one,
else it is back to the Study at II(1) to fetch one.) Up you rise and the key can now be
reached. DO NOT forget to take the Gold Serpent before moving on. Leave by
the entrance and go straight ahead into:
2. Axe Wielding Demons
Inspect the carpet and take note of Rebecca's advise. When you go round the corner to the
next part of this room you will soon see the demons. A breathing space can be found by
running back and standing on the carpet to collect your thoughts. Now all you have to do is
to kill the demons :-) OK, head off around the corner and stand on the bottom of the stairs
facing the red/orange device. Fire at the device (use the Colt) when a demon stands on the
zone rune, and up goes the pillar and squish goes the demon. Repeat until all demons are slain.
Return to where the demons came from and go through the door straight ahead of you ('Use'
the key from the Chapel). Operate the lever to move the crates away from the other door in this
area and then go though it to the passage. Follow this to:
3. Cavern of the Imprisoned Spirit
Go in and walk diagonally to the far right of the cave where you will meet the spirit. Now exit by
the passage opposite to the entrance to:
4. Main Cavern Area
This took me a fair while to do and it would be rather tricky to try to walk it through
completely, the map in your inventory helps a lot. It would seem that the only crucial item is
the red crystal, however I have not yet tried to leave without the two blue ones either.
Here goes:
Whilst avoiding (better to slay) the pesky beasts turn immediately right as you enter and
descend the steps. At the bottom hug the right wall all the time until you find a blue crystal.
Keep hugging the right wall and you should find you way back to the steps again. Go up,
pass the entrance (on your left) continue along the raised walkway and go over the wooden
bridge. Turn left onto a cobweb encrusted platform and turn right down the passage. Go right
again and then another right into the side passage leading to a teleporter. Use the teleporter to
get to the small chapel. At the base of the teleporter in the chapel is ammunition and a healing
potion can be found on the altar. Teleport back take a left after leaving the cave and then the
next right. Follow the walkway through the torches to find a cave containing the red crystal.
Retrace your route over the walkways back to the passage. Go straight ahead and take the first
left turn, then go past the teleporter cave (should be on your right). More walkway now. You are
aiming for the squatting devil at the bottom left of the Cavern map. Go along the walkway, take
the first left over the wooden bridge, left again over another bridge, follow the wooden floor and
look left for an alcove containing another blue crystal. Keep going. Take a right at the next
intersection and then left at the next. Follow the path until you meet the guardian. Approach the
guardian and eventually you have to make an offering. Take care here (the easy item selection
option won't work) The guardian wants the red crystal and you can progress to:
Chapter VI - Journal of Evil
Cross the newly created walkway and follow the passage to the stone door, it will open for
you. Here is the first bit of platform action, the tilt down or crouch keys can help you with
your accuracy. Kill or not to kill? That is up to you. On the other side another stone door
opens, follow the passage to:
1. Vaulted Cellar
You get trapped in here by a rock fall behind you. Find the Breastplate and meet Aelf
again. There are two healing potions in a candle lit alcove and a small planked door leading
to a room containing a dysfunctional Mantel Stone, note the green staff shape on the
wall. Leave the cellar by the other stairs (the one not blocked) to:
2. Florentine's Living Quarters
You arrive in a room with 2 crates in it. Inspect/read the black writing. There are a number
of possible routes here, just explore all the rooms. Exit by the door opposite the one
you entered by and go across the corridor, through the door and into a dark room to find some
healing potions in the crates. Go out the way you came in, turn right and then left at the
intersection, pick up some ammunition from the crate. Go down the corridor and enter
the first door on the right to:
3. Room with Suits of Armor
Turn on the lights and look for more black writing.
Items:
Map of Raquia Maze (on table)
Magnifying Glass (on chest of drawers)
Sketch of a Sword (on chest of drawers)
Leave by the other door to:
4. Bedroom
Look for even more black writing.
Items:
Healing potions (in chest on the floor)
Florentine's Staff (under the bed)
Note the locked cupboard in the wardrobe
Note the dead rat covered Mantel Stone in the little room (never got it to work)
Exit by the door to the left of the table, turn left and follow the corridor up the stairs to:
5. Temple of the Stars
Turn right (left is a dead end!), turn the lights on as you go up the short flight of stairs and
explore the room.
Items:
2 Maps of the Solar System
Quill and Ink
Florentine's Journal (with hidden key)
Inspect the journal from your inventory to get the key and to unravel more mysteries. Now
return to the Bedroom (4).
6. Use the key from the journal to open the cupboard in the wardrobe and get the last Gold
Serpent. Now head back to the Vaulted Cellar (1) and go through the small plank door and 'Use'
Florentine's Staff on the outline in the wall. Hey presto the Mantel rises, step on it to return to the
Study and:
Chapter VII - Beyond the Gate
Time to use those Gold Serpents to open the Sarcophagus. Go down the ladder and follow
the passage until you reach the:
1. Huge Clock
Climb the stairs to the clock control platform and set the time to 6 o'clock. Place the Dragon
Shield in you hand and press the button behind you. Now go out of the door opposite and
continue to a crossroad. On the left and right are fountain rooms which contain chalices. Get
them and fill then from the fountains (click on fountain when a chalice is in hand). Go on from
the crossing to:
2. Chamber of the Angel Mosaic
Walk in and inspect the mosaic in the centre and then step on it to speak to Hawk - the
trapped spirit. He will tell you about the Key of Tears which will release him. Ahead of you is
a opening leading to stairs and a locked door. Just in front of the opening is the keyhole for
the Key of Tears. The other two walkways lead to doors embellished with fish engravings. Each
door is opened by throwing a full chalice of fountain water at them. Each room has a weapon
inside, but the one you want is the door to the left of the opening where the keyhole for the Key
of Tears is. Feel free to try the other, but save first. Once you have Aelf's Dagger you will meet
Belial for the first time (when you get to the mosaic in the middle). Just go with the flow to reach:
Chapter VIII - The Mark of the Beast
Head back the way you came to the Study - II(1) and feel free to run!
Go out of the Study and make your way to the Front Hall - I(1). When you arrive the rune of
warding on the door opposite your entrance will explode and allow access to more of the
house. Before you leave the Front Hall pick up the card by the front door, it was dropped by
Gaul earlier - don't know what (if anything) it is used for.
The next area to explore is again non-linear, ensure you get the important items and use the
House Map that I didn't have when I wrote this bit!
Go through the door and follow the passage. Go through the door in front of you to:
1. Pentegram and Candles
Inspect the pentegram, light the candles and sort out the event you have triggered. Now
collect the small statuette. Whatever else you do in this area you MUST get the statuette.
2. Leave via the door opposite the windows. Go up the stairs on your left to find ammunition
and a healing potion in a small cupboard by a blocked off area. Go back down the stairs, left at
the bottom and go through the door ahead of you. Go through the door on the other side of the
corridor. Take a left down the stairs to more rubble and a cupboard containing ammunition
and a die (Don't know what it's for though). Go back up the stairs and turn left. Go through
the door and the one opposite into an empty room. Leave by the other door to:
3. Refectory
Take the 3 healing potions from the table (jump up on the table). Find the ammunition in the
corner by the window and leave by the other door. Now turn right and go through the door on
your left, follow the passage and go through the door at the end. Now turn right, go to the end
and through the right hand opening. Turn on the lights (just to the left near the armor) and go up
the steps and out of the door to:
4. Inner Courtyard
Find the healing potion to the right of the large chained gates and then go through the door to
the left of the chained gates to:
5. Blunderbuss Room
Do the deed to reveal an alcove containing the rechargeable Blunderbuss. Now leave the
room and go up the stairs to the right of the ordinary double doors. You may wish to hang
about here a bit first for some action! Open the door to a dysfunctional Mantel Stone and leave
by the other door. Cross the corridor, through the door opposite you and turn on lights. Now
head to the end of the corridor where there is a door that needs the statuette to open it. 'Use'
the statuette to open the door (be SURE to take it back) and start:
Chapter IX - Seven be Bound
1. Florentine's Library
Don't panic, stand your ground and deal with what happens. Leaving the library as soon as
you are able and then going quickly back in is what I did.
Items on tables:
Parchment on historical Cornwall
Hand written parchment
The Complete Map of the Tower
Healing potion
Another hand written parchment
Read and inspect the paper work from your inventory, then retrace your steps down the corridor
and take the door on your right to:
2. Small Inner Courtyard
Hear the spooky voices and when you approach the Mantel Stone you see .........?
The Stone doesn't work. Go back up the stairs and through the door. Now turn right and go
through the door (statuette one), turn right down the stairs. At the bottom turn right at the next
opening and keep going until you see a door that also needs the statuette to open it (you did
keep it!). Open the door and go along the passage, take the door on the left to:
3. Cellar Maze
Here are the moves to get through, you may like to see if I missed anything else though.
Starting at the bottom of the stairs:
Left by the candlesticks
Right by the puddle
Left when faced by rubble and down the stairs
Follow the passage and then take the first right
Follow the (squishing!) passage and then take the first right to:
4. Pool and Pillars
Go through and check out the two locker rooms on the left and right. Did you find anything?
I didn't. Now go through the double doors, watch Gaul and start:
Chapter X - The Key of Tears
1. Temple with Green Crystal Stone
Take a crystal (only one is allowed) and then go up the stairs to the altar. Inspect the Angel
picture. The door to the left of the picture is opened by a lever on the side of the altar which
faces the Angel. Open the door, go in and use the Mantel Stone to:
2. The Tower Again
You are in a different part of the Tower now and it is becoming more dangerous to move
about! Use the Complete Map to discover the sigil for Raquia. The Stone you need is the
one located in the area at the top left on the map. You are presently standing in the area
with 3 platforms (top/middleish of the map) one platform has the Heled sigil, the other two are
Way Stones. Make your way to the blue portal and use the map to find the route to the
Raquia Mantel Stone. Take care with the last bit. Use the Mantel Stone and go to:
3. Start of Raquia
Follow the path away from the Stone and go over the bridge. When the path runs out turn
right up the grass steps to pick it up again. Take either direction and follow the path until you are
opposite where you started. Cross the grass and pick up the path again. Take either direction
and follow the path. Now go up the steps and through the tree lined avenue, head for the tower
you see in the distance. When you get to the arch you will meet the Spirit of Raquia - listen
carefully. Now go on into:
4. Raquia Maze
Use the map to find the right route to each location. You should get ALL the Maze items before
entering the tower. The locations of the items are:
The Ring (down a bit and left of the tower)
Ear Plugs (bottom left of the map)
Jeweled Meat (to the right of the Ear Plugs)
Pan Pipes (bottom right of the map)
Most of these items are guarded by a puzzle or some platform action.
5. The Jeweled Meat
The pillar with the meat on top of it is lowered by pressing the switch which is hidden at ground
level behind the bench.
6. The Ring
Use the tilt or crouch keys to help with accuracy when lining up for your next move. Watch
out for quick saves on platforms - they don't always work properly!
Take the moving platform to the middle. Be patient and get onto the horizontal
one. Now move onto either vertical platform to get to the bench and the ring. Inspect the
ring and take note of it's situation. Go back the way you came. If you are impatient you can jump
in the water and quickly go across and get out via the underwater steps. Health is lost though.
7. The Pan Pipes
You just need a couple of well timed jumps to get across. I found that the jumps are easier using
'run mode'.
8. The Ear Plugs
No puzzle, they are on the far side of the fountain.
9. The Tower Courtyard
Go through the gates and quickly give the beast the Jeweled Meat! The tower is a bit of a maze
but a good route is as follows:
Open a portcullis and take the central corridor. Take the first right up the stairs and go
straight over and up the stairs ahead. Follow the passage ignoring the left turn and go past the
windows (on your right I hope). Continue along the passage to:
10. The Bell Chamber
All you have to do here is to reach the door opposite without making the bell ring. Use
tilt/crouch and run mode to assist your accuracy and jumping. You do get a couple of
chances, so use one and head down the steps to your left of the entrance. Hug the left wall
and aim for the rising/lowering pillar. Jump up onto the steps nearby and go to the end.
Jump onto the immobile square, turn right and jump onto the moving square. Jump off onto
the rippling steps and go to the end. Turn left and jump onto the moving square. Swivel left
and jump off onto the steps running along the wall. About half way along is a lever in
the wall which starts/stops the bell ringing. Leave it alone. Got to the end, turn left and jump
onto the moving square that heads towards the door opening. Jump off at the end of it's traverse
and enter:
11. Sounds of Silence Puzzles
Here we have many minor puzzles that have to be completed in order to lower the large pillar
you see in front of you. The 7 rooms are a) to g) in a clockwise order as you face the pillar
from the entrance door.
a) Musical Door
Go to the door and use the Pan Pipes to get in. Get the Spectacles and the Flask of Oil. Go
to:
e) Library Door
Wear (use) the Spectacles and use the Flask of Oil to silently open the door. Jump over the
first beam (invisible without the Specs) and maneuver your way round the other two beams to
reach the Spirit parchment on the table. Retrace your steps to:
g) Face Door
The word of passing is of course Spirit. Carefully get the Warm Flask and go to:
d) Ice Room
Use the Warm Flask on the floor, cross and get the Armulet of Silence (groan), then to:
c) Siren Room
Wear the Ear Plugs, go in and click on the floating Siren to get the Silver Key, go to:
f) The Chapel
Use the Silver Key to open the door. Go to the window at the far end and grab all the (7)
gems (the Red one is at the top of the window). Look down at the 7 pointed star and place
the correct gem on the corresponding point. Note that the easy item selection mode
won't work here. The Red, Orange, Green and Yellow ones are easy. The three bluish
ones are harder. The lightest one is the Blue, the darkest is Violet and the other one is
Indigo. Take the Rainbow Key and go to:
g) Nightingale Floor
Put on the Armulet of Silence, open the door, cross the room, open the door and get a
healing potion and the Rainbow Gem from the cupboard. Now go to:
12. Central Pillar
Put the Rainbow Gem in the recess to lower the pillar, step on and cross the ethereal bridge
to the door at the end of the passage. Go into:
13. Exploding Spheres
Good to save now. Using crouch make your way to the far left corner where you will find a
gem attached to the wall. Use the gem with the ring, the spheres rise up out of the way.
Approach the double doors, they will open. Step on the plinth and use the completed ring to
get the Key of Tears and start:
Chapter XI - Captive Angel
Here is some bad news. You now have to go all the way back to the Study the way you
came (I couldn't find another route). Head back through the Bell Chamber, out of Raquia
Tower, through the Maze, across the Gardens to the Mantel Stone. Use the Stone to get to
the Tower, head back to the Mantel Stone that takes you back to the Temple. Go out and
back along the Cellar Maze and make your way to the Study. Phew!
Now go down the ladder inside the Sarcophagus and head past the Huge Clock - VII(1) and back
to The Angel Mosaic Chamber - VII(2). Walk into the opening by the Key of Tears 'keyhole' to
meet Hawk and be given lot's of information, which conveniently Rebecca will remember for us.
This starts:
Chapter XII - St. Michael's
Go up the stairs in the air and through the door and onto the Mantel Stone. This takes you to St.
Michael's Church and the Rectory (where Adam's father lived and preached). Once again there
is no fixed order and I am sure I left with an unused key (bronze coloured) and a few
unanswered questions! Anyhow, even though you can move on from here without visiting some
locations, I include all I saw.
Go to the Rectory first and approach the front door slowly, you will see why. Go through the
door to:
1. Front Hall
Turn left and face the door. Open the cupboard to get the Torch of Ward Seeing. The Torch
exposes invisible wards (green ones) and as a tip always make sure it is 'in hand' at all times in
the Rectory. Watch out for it being 'exchanged' with other items, especially in easy item
selection mode. Now lift the Welcome mat to reveal the rechargeable Wand of Ward Disruption.
Most doors, hidden or otherwise, have wards, use the Wand to disperse them. Aim well and
stand back a bit! Go down the hall and take the right hand door to:
2. Cellars
Turn on the lights and go through the other door and then straight down. At the bottom turn right
and look left and right. On the right (opposite the ornate doors) is a candle which can be lit. You
need a key for the ornate doors. Carry on round (away from the stairs), disperse the ward and
go through the door. Follow the passage and through the door at the end to:
3. Laboratory
Turn on the lights and turn left to find the Floral Key on the floor. There is a healing potion on
the lab bench opposite the bookcases. Inspecting the bookcases here suggest that you may find
something else, I didn't. Now go back the way you came and check out the rest of the cellar
area before going through the ornate doors. What is that creature doing there? Is it significant?
Any ideas? Now go and open the ornate door with the Floral Key and discover another mystery!
Now go back up out of the cellar and disperse the red ward you see as you come back into the
hall. Go through the door to:
4. TV Room
Another bizarre location that yielded very little for me. Inspect everything, note the locked door
and then leave and go back to the hall. Step back and disperse the green ward (left of the exit).
Open the door that is revealed and go to:
5. Kitchen
Inspect and open the refrigerator. Inside is a bronze coloured key - the one I think I never used.
Blast the two wards and take either door - they both go to:
6. Empty Room
Go out by the other door and head up the stairs to your right. Follow the landing and take the
second door on the left (disperse the ward first though) to:
7. Empty Room
Disperse the green ward and go through the door to:
8. Bathroom
Be sure to inspect the fittings and then disperse the ward to go to:
9. Clean Bedroom
Go in and get the silver coloured key from the bedside table. Leave by the way you came in and
go back down the landing towards the stairs. Disperse the ward on the first door you see and go
to:
10. Dirty Bedroom
Find the wardrobe and open it. Now stand back and disperse the green ward. Go through the
wardrobe to:
11. Hidden Room
Disperse the green ward and open both cupboards. One contains a modern looking key and the
other provides a view into another bathroom. If you want you can go back the way you came and
continue down the landing, through the end door and check this out from the other side - it
yielded nothing for me. Next go back down the stairs and open the door on your right to:
12. Lounge
This has caused some people a problem. When you inspect the chairs Rebecca keeps
suggesting you look again.. This is because the bookcase in the corner contains 3 books, not 2.
The third is brown coloured and is a bit difficult to spot. Get all the books and be sure to inspect
the brown one via your inventory so as to get the key for the Church Tower. Now head for the
Church.
13. Church Porch
This is an exception to my rule about not revealing surprises. When you have slain the beast in
the porch make sure you pick up the coin it has filched from the collection box. You can use the
Holy Water, but I am not sure what it did for me. Put the coin in the collection box to open the
Church door and go into the:
14. Church
Head up to the altar and go into the pulpit to get a Notebook. Now approach the stained glass
window behind the altar to be given a feather. The door to the side chapel is locked, the key is
in the:
15. Church Tower
Go up to the first landing to get the Tiara (on the table) and then up to the second landing for the
key to the Lady Chapel (on the block in the corner). Go back down and use the key to open the
door to the:
16. Lady Chapel
Inspect the statuette and the wall painting. Now place the Tiara on the statuette and put the
feather in the statuette's wooden base. With luck the painting will open to reveal Aelf's helm and
the start of:
Chapter XIII - Dragon Sword
Pick up the 2 healing potions that are now in the cupboard and go back to the Mantel Stone
outside the Church. Use it to go back to the Tower. Find the Mantel Stone for Argua (bottom left
of the Complete Map) and make your way to it. Again the Tower is dangerous, so save. Use
the Stone to transport to:
1. Entrance to Argua
First of all don't worry, you get your stuff back when you leave here. First look at the scroll that
has appeared in your inventory and then make your way to the house. This whole world is just
one large puzzle and quite a simple one at that. I suspect most people will never have to get
help on this one, but for completeness this is a way through it:
The lower floor only contains two useful features. A red and a white teleporter. The red one
takes you up to the next floor and the white one up there brings you back down again. Use the
red one to go up to:
1. Four Rooms and a Fountain
Around the fountain are four plaques - a cloud, a watery wavy line, a flame and a gold square.
There are 4 rooms containing your ingredients.
There are 2 small teleporters - the Chalice and the Eye.
Use the Eye telepoter to get the Magnifying Glass. Just climb as high as you can and you will
find it. Then find the teleporter to return.
Use the Chalice teleporter to get the Chalice! On arrival follow the steps down and to the left
until you get to the gap in the wall. Now turn left and keep going until you get to another gap.
Go up the stairs to find the Chalice, now retrace you steps to the teleporter and return.
The 4 force fields blocking off the rooms are removed by filling the Chalice from the Fountain
and throwing (used like a weapon) the liquid at a door. Open them all.
When you combine items by 'using' one with the other the original items are removed from your
inventory and are replaced by the combined item. So:
Use the Magnifying Glass to reveal the words hidden on the panels you can't yet open
Get the Cylinder and the Flint, combine them to create the Cylinder/Flint!
Get the Pestle and Mortar, combine them to create the Pestle/Mortar! (it gets better)
Click on the GRIND panel to reveal the Hookah Pipe
Get the Red Powder and Black Powder, combine them to create the Snow
Get the Fan
Open the panel that had no writing on it (you can now) and get the scroll
Use the Magnifying Glass on the Scroll to move the scroll into the correct part of your inventory
Use the Scroll with the Cylinder/Flint to give access to the BURN panel to yield the Tinder
Use the Tinder with the Cylinder/Flint to create the Fire
Use the Snow with the Cylinder/Flint to hear a BONG, open the BONG panel to get the Amber
Use the Amber with the Pestle/Mortar to create the Incense
After all that running about go to the fountain and:
Place the Fan on the cloud plaque
Place the Incense on the gold square plaque
Place the Snow on the wavy line plaque
Place the Fire on the fire plaque
Assuming Rebecca tells you it is now time to combine the ingredients, do so by using the Snow
with the Hookah, then the Incense, then Fire, and finally the Fan. Now approach the fountain
and give (click) the offering. Smoking incense - that's weird! You get the Dragon Sword and
start:
Chapter XIV - Vengeful Souls
Use the white teleporter to go back to the lower floor and make your way back to the Mantel
Stone and go back to the Tower. Slaying creatures is rewarding. Head back to the Mantel
Stone you arrived by, use it and go with the flow to start the:
Prisoner
Have a look around and get some of the notices of the board. After a couple of interruptions you
will be rescued - aaaah! - then start:
Chapter XV - Where the dead lie
Grab the rest of the notices and leave by the door Rebecca opened. Turn left, the first room on
the left is empty. Now go into the second room on the left to acquire :
Healing potions, ammunition, Map of the Graveyard and Part 3 of Florentine's Journal. Leave
the room, turn left and follow the passage up the stairs into the tomb. Go through the door into
the Graveyard (explore if you like - I found nothing) and head straight along the path to the
House. The door ahead and to the right with a green rune on it can't be opened (or can it?).
Turn right a go to the flaming blocks. Use Florentine's Journal on each of the blocks to lower
them and to open the door to the right of the blocks. Go through the door and head down the
path to start:
Chapter XVI - The Gate
Follow the path along and through the tunnel. The Graveyard Maze is straight down the path
ahead of you. I never explored the Maze very well so there may be something in there of use -
perhaps a Brain Map! Use the map to locate the Mantel Stone in the centre of the maze and
head off there. Use the Stone to go to a new area of the Tower. You arrive in the area at the
bottom right of the Complete Tower Map and you need to aim for the area with the drawing of a
devil's head and the Sheol sigil. The Mantel Stone won't work - you are missing the Dragon
Sword. Notice that across from the Stone is a platform leading to an area not depicted on the
Complete Tower Map. Jump across and go through the blue portal to recover the Shrive and the
Dragon Sword. Now go back to the Mantel Stone and use it to go to:
1. The Keeper of the Abyss
Go to the ethereal arch and have a chat with the keeper. Now go through the arch to be
transported to the:
2. The Brain Puzzle (aka a pain in the ....)
The chances are (unless I missed something) that you will be here without Rebecca (you have
only one green crystal).
Surely there must be a map for this place. If you found anything to help here let me know and I
will put it into a new version of the guide.
As you step onto the circular floor it rises to form a stepped pillar. You have to go down the
steps and solve the puzzle to get the pillar to sink again before you can leave. Go to the
perimeter of the 'cave' and find the Brainometer. You need 16 brains and they have to be placed
in the hole at the base of the device. There is 1 brain in front of the contraption and 1 hidden
behind it. You should then find 3 more around the perimeter of this 'cave'. The others are
hidden within the maze of passages that I guess is the Brain. Sorry you will have to find them on
your own, but here are some hints:
There are 4 brains in dead-end passages.
There are 4 'caves' each has three entrances and a heart on top of a pillar. Three of these
'caves' yield 2 brains, the fourth just 1.
You can 'do things' with the hearts but it seemed to have no effect on the game.
Feed the Brainometer with the 16 brains, go back through the Gate to get a surprise!
2. Mirror Puzzle
Inspect the form in the red light and speak to him (click on him). Note the stone throne and the
three exits from the cavern. The puzzle is pretty simple. You have to find 16 mirrors and
carefully break them with one of your weapons. Find 12 mirrors through the small exits leading
to the two concentric tunnels, the last 4 are through the wide exit. Head back to the stone
throne, it will sink to reveal the Gate which you should enter to see how tough friend Hawk is!
Now start:
Chapter XVII - Father of Lies
Go back though the gate to the:
1. Octagonal Puzzle Room
Step into the room to be trapped in here by fire. You have to solve 8 different puzzles which will
then allow you to the solve the ninth puzzle which will release you from here.
Each of the 8 rooms contains a recess containing a dial with 8 positions, each is initially
protected by a force field. You open the door to a puzzle room by clicking on the force field .
After the puzzle is solved the force field disappears and the dial's top position is lit up red.
As you will no doubt discover some of the solutions to the puzzles are very difficult to describe.
These ones will have to be solved by trial and error. Let me know the solutions to these if you
find them and I will put them in the next edition of the guide.
a) Traverse the Floor
The room needs to be crossed by the correct route, which is:
Whilst facing the far side, stand in front of the third tile (a dark one) from the left. Now go
forward, forward, forward, forward, left, left, forward, forward, right, right, right and then in to
press the hand. Now turn round, run over the slime and whilst running shoot the force field to
remove it. Puzzle completed.
b) Mirror Maze
Sorry, it's a trial and error one, or perhaps a trail and err one!. Firstly find the hand and press it,
then find the way back out and the puzzle is completed.
c) Floating Spheres
The spheres need to be rotated so that when you press the button the resultant fireball goes
though the opening in the top left of the room. You may have to send more that one fireball
through it to raise the wall and solve the puzzle. Look at the controls. Each of the 12 dials has 8
positions, assign 1 to the top position (12 o'clock) and count them clockwise to 8. Rotate the
dials to replicate the setting below, then press the button a couple of times to complete the
puzzle.
1 1 5 1
3 6 1 8
1 8 8 7
d) Five Hands and a Maze
The 5 hands on the wall are switches. On the top row press the right-hand hand, on the bottom
row press the left-hand hand. Go to the maze and find the plinth, press the button to complete
the puzzle.
e) Gem Shoot
Reveal the gems by shooting at the wall. Now it is easy, just move the weapon on the plinth
using the rotate controls and destroy all the gems to complete the puzzle.
f) Find the Gaps
The task here is to move the blocks around using the 7 levers to first expose a clear path at the
bottom and then fire (press button) the gun until the bottom force field disappears AND the top
gun starts to fire. Then repeat the exercise to make a clear path for the top gun to fire and
destroy the top force field to complete the puzzle. Sorry folks it's trial and error time again - it
shouldn't take too long though.
g) Shoot the Mirrors
In this room are 4 recessed pulsating mirrors, all but one protected by a force field. Find that
one and destroy it to remove another force field. Repeat until all 4 are smashed. You can then
go into the area opposite the entrance and stand on the plinth to lower it and complete the
puzzle. However the whole room is guarded by a series of fireball traps which you have to
avoid. The best way is to jump over problem squares, especially by jumping from corner to
corner. Save often and this is an easy one.
h) Make a Path
You have to move the blocks to create a walkable (you can't jump from block to block) route to
the opening in the far left corner of the room. All the blocks but the nearest one can be moved
one position forwards/backwards and also left/right. The nearest one can be moved all the way
to the left or right. Use the control panel to shift the blocks, it's easy. Once across you press
the hand to complete the puzzle.
2. Quenching the Flames
It is now time to use the 8 dials. When the red lit spot is at the bottom the recess darkens. I
know there is an optimal number of moves to solve this, but I just ran around the room rotating
any undimmed recesses to the bottom position. You will hear a giggle when you have
succeeded. Sort out the resulting problem to get The Perdition Protection Scroll. Now go
through the Gate and then back through it again to a:
3. Meeting with Belial
Go over the bridge and through the gateway into the inside of the castle area. Turn left and
follow the wall to get some healing potions. Now head for the centre and meet Rebecca again.
Decide what to do with her and then do what needs to be done. The large stone is a useful
shield. Go and explore the tower to find a familiar tree and a healing potion at it's base. Head
back to the Green Hemisphere and use Eternity on it to go to:
Chapter XVIII - Threads
This part of the game is linear. Step off the Mantel Stone, make your way across the cave to the
healing potion. Now follow the path through the caves, over the river and along the wooden
walkway. Continue along the walkway, past the river, head upwards until you get to the wooden
bridge. Cross over, follow the path to the next cave to find a healing potion. Continue through
the cave (it gets dark - watch your footing) and follow the walkways to the Mantel Stone. Save
first, then use the Stone to start:
Chapter XIX - The Gathering
Play it as you see fit and start:
Chapter XX - Devil take ....
You have to be quick here because the house is disintegrating around you. Make your way
through the house and go to the Front Hall where eventually you can open the door to freedom!
