Below are some sections + subsections. Because of the size limit on sections on the steam guides, some sections are broken down further or rearranged by topic instead of location.

All the books that I originally had have been moved to Mount Holly Library

• Permanent Unlocks - details on all the things that can be permanently unlocked
  
• Red Letters - a list of all the red letters in the manor and how to find them
  
• Emails - a list of all the emails found within the various terminals of the manor
  
• Blackbridge - a list of admin logs and user info found in the Blackbridge grotto
  
• Classrooms - a list of all the worksheets from grades 1 to 8 + final exam
  
• Mailroom - a list of all letters from Randolph and Dad
  
• Shrine - has details on the blessings + monk blessing interactions
  
• Trade Post - has details on what can be traded for what
  
• Workshop - shows the list of contraptions that can be built
  
• Rumpus - All Alzara's fortune transcripts + accompaniment screenshots
  
• Mora Jai Box - list of rule pages found
  
• Colored Memos - a collection of colored memos found throughout the manor
  
• Blue Tent Memos - a collection of blue tent memos found
  
• Stamps - a zoomed-in view of all the stamps found in the manor
  
• Foreman logs - a list of foreman logs found in the manor

Below is a table of all the rooms with either notes/photos

• Music sheet puzzle - details on the music sheet found throughout the house
  
• Paired Painting puzzle - details on the paired art found throughout the house
  
• A New Clue puzzle - Analysis of the clues hidden in the book, A New Clue.
  
• Chess puzzle - details on all the chess pieces found throughout the house
  
• CASTLE puzzle - details on the secret CASTLE message found in the chess room
  
• Inner Sanctum Sigil puzzle - details on how to solve the sigils in inner sanctum
  
• Angels puzzle - details on the 8 angles found throughout the house
  
• Royal Scepter puzzle - details on how to get the royal scepter
  
• Family Core puzzle- details on how to get to the family core and Atelier

All the books that I originally had have been moved to Mount Holly Library as this guide was getting increasingly difficult to organize.

Please see section A New Clue puzzle for analysis of all the clues in that book.

Below is a list of books I currently have:

• The Red Prince (Original Manuscript) - Can be found in the Catacomb when solving the angel statue puzzle using the secret order found in Herbert's will
  
• The Red Prince - can be checked out from the library, there's also another one in the master bedroom
  
• A New Clue (Original Manuscript) - Can be found in the Catacomb when solving the angel statue puzzle using the secret order found in Herbert's will
  
• A New Clue - purchaseable in the bookshop for 50 coins, can be checked out from the library
  
• Swim Bird - can be checked out from the library
  
• The History of Orindia (First edition) - purchaseable in the bookshop for 50 coins, can be checked out from the library
  
• The History of Orindia (Second edition) - can be checked out from the library
  
• Realm & Rune - purchaseable in the bookshop for 20 coins, can be checked out from the library
  
• The Fixed Stars: the stargazer's companion to constellations - can be checked out from the library, there's also another one found in the observatory.
  
• A Signtseer's Guide to Reddington - can be checked out from the library
  
• Drafting Strategy Architectural Digest (Vol. 1) - found in the dormitory
  
• Drafting Strategy Architectural Digest (Vol. 2) - found in the drafting studio
  
• Drafting Strategy Architectural Digest (Vol. 3) - can be checked out from the library
  
• Drafting Strategy Architectural Digest (Vol. 4) - purchaseable in the bookshop for 8 coins, then checked out from the library
  
• Drafting Strategy Architectural Digest (Vol. 5) - purchaseable in the bookshop for 8 coins, then checked out from the library
  
• The Curse of Black Bridge - purchaseable in the bookshop for 40 coins, then checked out from the library
  
• Gardener's Logbook - Found in the orchard
  
• (The original) Gardener's Logbook - found behind a hidden wall in the green room, requires a power hammer to access it
  
• Her Ladyship's Sleep Diary - Found in her ladyship's chamber, the key is hidden in the tomb (see section for more details)
  
• Mount Holly scrapbook - Found in the far corner of the upper floor of the library

6 known fixtures of the manor can be permanently unlocked:

• The Orchard - adds 20 extra steps (see the Darkroom section for more details)
  
• The Gemstone Cavern - start each day with 2 gems - requires you to solve the utility room puzzle (see section for more details)
  
• The West path - gain access to the outer rooms (see the Garage section for more details)
  
• The Blackbridge grotto - gain 1 free use of any terminal from another terminal (see the Laboratory section for more details)
  
• The Blue Tent - adds blue memos to rank 8 of blue rooms (see Gift Shop section for more details)
  
• The Satellite Dish - gain access to advanced laboratory experiments + staff announcements (see A New Clue section for more details)

Below is a list of shortcuts that can be opened with various items

• shortcut to open up the precipice - see the precipice section
  
• shortcut from foundation to basement - see foundation section
  
• shortcut from ground to basement - see sealed entrance section
  
• shortcut from abandoned mine to the precipice - see abandoned mine section
  
• Hidden entry into rotating gear - see reservoir section
  
• elevator to precipice - see precipice section
  
• hidden greenhouse entrance - see greenhouse section
  
• tomb to abandoned mine - see tomb section

There are also additional permanent resources/items that will help navigate through the manor.

• Upgrade disk - these permanently upgrade various rooms, I recommend the Cloister of Draxxus (great source of dice), nursing room (allows you to abuse experiments when you get the -10 steps when opening the map experiment)
  
• Allowance tokens - add +2 coins (cumulatively) to the envelope in the entrance. There are many ways of getting allowance tokens, but the most renewable is from the laboratory experiments.
  
• Stars - can be used to gain powerful buffs/items from the observatory, see Observatory section for more details. multiple ways to gain stars, but the easiest way is from the laboratory experiments.
  
• Chess buff - see Chess room puzzle section
  
• Royal Scepter - see royal scepter section
  
• Treasure Trove - Each time you visit the treasure trove, you add +5 coins to the room
  
• Books - whatever you purchase from the bookstore shows up on the checkout catalog in the library
  
• swim trunks - permanently add 2 chests to the pool room (see gift shop section)
  
• lunch box - add a lunchbox to the dining hall that gives you +10 steps when you reach rank 5 (see gift shop section)

There are 7 numbered red letters hidden throughout the estate + 1 that's missing (see Red letter #3). Each letter is locked behind a safe or a gate and requires a security code to unlock. The security code can be deduced using the hidden message found by solving the paired painting puzzle (see section), plus clues found within the room it's in. There are also additional hints from the frozen letter inside the freezer.

Note that for 6 of the letters, there's also a red gem next to them. These gems are from the crown of Fenn Aries, which originally socketed 8 gems; the other 2 gems have already been discovered outside the manor. (see red letter #7)

Located on the upper level of the rotating gears, accessible through the underpass. The letter is behind a red door which requires activating the red rectangular box in the boiler room to unlock. The letter is behind a gate to the left, locked by a 4-pin combination padlock.


The code to the lock is MAY8. This can be deduced by the fact that all passcode for the red letter has to be a date, and the only possible date that can be made is May 8, as 8 is the only digit on the padlock. Another solution to this lock is that "Small Gate" in Erajan is "MAYAIT" = May AIT/Eight.





This letter can be found in the safe in the study. The code is 1208, the hint for this is the position of the queen (i.e. D8 = Dec 08 = 1208)


Note: There was a "closed exhibit" floor plan on top of this blueprint

The Great Alzara mentioned (see Rumpus Room section, transcript #2), we will only find 7 of the 8 letters. This letter was likely housed in the orchard and stolen by the original gardener, Denny Revane. The reason is that we see a gem holder in the log cabin associated with the red gems. The orchard is accessed by unlocking the small gate with a date, which fits with how the other letters are acquired.

This letter is found in the safe in the Boudoir, hidden behind the dressing screen. The code is 1225, the hint is the photograph by the mirror, which shows Christmas decorations.

The letter can be found in the tiny safe in the drafting studio. This requires a magnifying glass to use. The code is 1108 11 from the calendar and 8 for the 8 small gates found on the calendar. Note also that this letter does not have a red gem.

The letter can be found in the safe inside the drawing room. The safe is hidden behind a painting that can be accessed by turning the candle handle (alluded to by Herbert's painting).
The code to the safe is 0415. This is alluded to by the "count small gates" hint and "gates/gaits" found on a page of "A New Clue". There are 4 paintings of women taking small steps and 15 paintings of men taking small steps, combining them we get 0415


The letter can be found in the Shelter's time-locked safe. You would need to enter the current date/time (+ 1 extra hour) in the terminal for the safe to open. You can use the checkout cards on the checked books in the library. Or add the current day to the starting date (Nov. 6 see drawing studio calendar), or the calendar in the vault.

Note that patch 1.0.4 updated the second paragraph from "...deeper involvement in those events 6 years ago." to "...deeper involvement in those events four years ago."



The letter can be found in the hidden safe in the office. There's a dial inside the desk drawer. The code is 0303. The hint is the book title Count on March. In the Foyer there are 6 busts of prominent figures and one of them is Count Isaac Gates (notice also his last name is Gates). You can find 3 busts of the Count throughout the room. March + 3 busts = 0303.

Found in the security room
Note: Under the "RED MEMOS = LIES" it says "unless written by hand" (readable with a magnifying glass)


Found in the Darkroom


Pinned in the security room


Found in the commissary


Found in the conference room


Found in Hallway


Found in the Laboratory


Found in the Weight room


Found in the Locker room

Found in the Breakroom (upgrade of the billiards room)


Found in Servant's Quarters

Found in Randolph's 13th letter

Blue Tent memos start to appear in the 8th rank of blue rooms once you get the blue tent (see Mount Holly gift shop section). Below is a table of room/location/memo. Thanks to Tiny Umbreon for the help finding some of the memos.

The memos were broken up into two sections due to word limits.

Mora Jai boxes are locked puzzle boxes with a 3x3 grid of tiles. The goal of the box is to match the colors of the corner tiles to those of the corner symbols by moving the tiles using the tile's special effects. Different colored tiles contain different effects. The table below lists these effects.

I've made a Mora Jai box simulator here[kkawabat.github.io] that allows you to play around with the boxes.


Found in the master bedroom


Found in Orindia's inner sanctum room


Found in Arch Aries inner sanctum room


Found in Fenn Aries's inner sanctum room


Found in Eraja Arei's inner sanctum room


Found in Corarica inner sanctum room


Found in Mora Jai inner sanctum room


Found in Verra inner sanctum room


Found in Nuance inner sanctum room


Found in the throne of the blue prince, likely from Mary.

The tables below list all the Mora Jai boxes I've found, as well as their solution (if provided). The numbers in the solution correspond to the order on the numpad (i.e.,1 in the bottom left and 9 in the top right) in which you would need to press the tiles in. Note, I haven't gotten around to adding all the solutions yet. If you find a solution, please feel free to let me know!

Again here is the Mora Jai box simulator here[kkawabat.github.io] If you want to solve them or create your own.

These Mora Jai Boxes are found in the rooms listed below each box contains an allowance token.


These boxes are found in the Inner Sanctum rooms behind the underpass. Each room is locked and requires an inner sanctum key. To access the box, the correct sigil design for the room will also need to be set (see inner sanctum section). Each Mora Jai Box contains an allowance token. There is also a note next to it.

The unknown is accessible through the chess room in the precipice after a certain condition is met. See the Chess puzzle section for more details. The boxes are numbered from the leftmost box in the room, going clockwise. Each box contains a piece of a message used to open the crypt in the middle.

These Mora Jai Boxes are found in the Mount Holly Blueprints, which can be accessed through the Atelier (see section). Each box contains a word that can be used to solve the blueprint maze.

These emails below can be accessed from the respective terminals found in the manor. In order to access them, you will need to know the password "Swansong" which shows up as a hint through the manor. Most accessible of which is probably that found in security room or commissary (requires a magnifying glass to see).

The Staff announcements and Synka Experiment Update also require access to the satellite dish (see A New Clue section for more details)

• Shelter
  
• Office
  
• Security
  
• Laboratory
  
• Blackbridge
  
• Staff announcements
  
• Synka Experiment Update

After adding the satellite, you gain two new emails from the office terminal.

These messages are only accessible after turning on the satellite dish (see A New Clue section on how to unlock this). This requires burning of the sundial base in Orchard, then rotating the base so the grooves line up.

Stamps can be found throughout the letters found within the manor. There are 8 designs in total, each representing a realm. When viewed under a magnifying glass, it's saved to the scrapbook in the library. The stamps themselves contain useful clues on the characteristics of the realm they depict. For example, from the Verra stamp, we can see people traveling on a turtle back, a hint at their transportation system.

See the Abandoned Mine section


The aquarium can be drained through the pump room. When done so, we see hidden markings next to some of the furniture.

See the Archive section

The Armory is a shop floor plan that can only be accessed when you have the knight buff from the chess room (see chess puzzle section)

The shop contains 4 items, of which only three are available per draft.

Found in a suitcase above the stairs to the right, this is related to the Home Surveillance System (see Security section for more details)
Not sure if this is significant, but a swan is a motif in the game.

Music sheets #6 and #7 can be found here (see Music Sheet Puzzle section for more details)

The basement can be accessed through the sealed entrance, which requires using a power hammer on the planked wall south of the grounds.

Notes were found on the desk tucked away in the upper right corner.


If you happen to have a treasure map that points to the bedroom, you can dig up a secret message. The easiest way to do this is to get the treasure map first, then try and draft the bedroom where the x is using rerolls.

The answers are:

• in MAT e
  
• m ART ini
  
• NOT ary
  
• mol TEN
  
• not ICE
  
• in SECT

The week's solution is - MANTIS

The Billiards room contains a dartboard puzzle that, when solved, offers a couple of keys or 1 special key (silver key, keycard, etc.). The puzzle starts relatively simple, but gets more complicated the more you solve it.
The dartboard has four 4 rings divided into 20 sections, (1 for each of the numbers 1-20)
Each section on a ring can be highlighted by 4 different colors, each color indicating different arithmetic operations:

• Blue = Addition
  
• Yellow = Subtraction
  
• Pink = multiplication
  
• purple = division

Below are additional rules for the dartboard puzzles.

• square bullseye - square the result of any ring with the same colored section as the bullseye before moving on to the next set of rings
  
• diamond bullseye - reverse the digits of the results of any ring with the same colored section as the bullseye before moving on to the next set of rings
  
• wavy bullseye - round to the nearest 1, 10, 100 for 1, 2, or 3 waves present.
  
• 2 red dots near the numbers - double the action for the slice
  
• x near the numbers - ignore the slice
  
• / near the numbers - halve the slice number
  
• A thin middle slice of the section is colored - divide the number by a third

To solve the dartboard puzzle, click on the number corresponding to the final answer when applying all the rules. For example, in the board above we would click 5 for ((13 - 3) * 5) / 10

Note that the Billiards room can be upgraded to the Speakeasy, which makes the dart game much easier, as well as adds a few interesting details.
Note from Christoph relating to their moonshine operation behind the trade post (see section)

The billiards room can be upgraded to a breakroom, adding a bulletin board containing a couple of memos (see Memo Section), a staff notice message from Mrs. Babbage (the same notice in the maid's chamber), and a staff notice message about passwords (the same notice in the security room)
Additional notes on the dartboard chalkboard.

This is a reference to the speakeasy blackboard.

See the Blackbridge section

The boiler room contains a central boiler that requires steam from three tanks to power. Once powered you can direct the power out of the room to power certain rooms for special effects, such as powering the garage door.

The room also contains a red rectangle which, when powered, can help open the red door (see underpass section) and the blue door (see blue room section)

In one corner of the room, there are metal grids that is blocking access to a tank valve that can be rotated upward by supplying steam. Each grid consists of 4x4 rectangles in two shades. While we don't know if the shading has any significance below is a list of shading pattern found.

• 01. 0000 1000 0000 0011
  
• 02. 0011 0100 0000 0000
  
• 03. 0000 0000 0000 0000
  
• 04. 0000 1100 1000 0000
  
• 05. 0000 0010 0010 0010
  
• 06. 0100 0000 0001 0000
  
• 07. 0000 1000 1010 0000
  
• 08. 0000 0010 1000 0010
  
• 09. 0000 0000 0000 0000
  
• 10. 0000 0100 0100 0100
  
• 11. 0011 0001 0000 1000
  
• 12. 0000 0110 0000 0000
  
• 13. 0110 0000 0000 0001
  
• 14. 0000 1000 0100 0000
  
• 15. 0000 0000 0000 1000
  
• 16. repeat from 1

The bookshop is a shop that can be drafted immediately after the library. Note that the hallway pass makes it a lot likely to draft this room.

Note that this article was updated on patch 1.0.4. Previously, it says "comes only four months after the distressful report of the author's mysterious and unexplained disappearance."

Could this be Mora Jai Box related?
There's some speculation that the corner of the bookshop might contain a hidden alcove. However, we currently don't have any concrete evidence of this besides the suspicious corner on the icon.

Only two VCR tapes have legible text.

Herbert's Journal was found on the side of the bed. Contains writing from his brother Simon in red.

The casino is a floor plan that's obtained through the drafting studio. The room contains slot machines, a roulette table in the center, and ~15 coins on one of the corner tables.
The slot machine takes one coin to spin, and 3 additional bonus spins to reroll the individual reels for 1 coin each. The machines are EV positive, meaning that if played correctly, you are more likely to make money than lose it, albeit slowly. In general, it's better to respin instead of using bonus spins unless you are likely to get a good payout.
Below is a rough odds table, not sure if there are hidden mechanics behind the probability.

There is one out-of-order gold slot machine that can be fixed with the broken lever; the fix is not permanent and resets the next day. The payout is the same as the other machines, but you get 5 extra spins instead of 3.
The roulette table can be spun once a day with a wager of 5/20/100 coins; a higher wager gives better prizes. Below is a table of possible winnings.

The catacomb can be accessed by activating the 7 statues in the tomb in the correct order. (see Angels puzzle) In it, you see a statue of Draxus that you can activate by pulling on its scythe. Depending on the order in which you activate the 7 statues, you can unlock a secret passage to the abandoned mine or a secret room containing the original manuscript for the red prince and a new clue.
If you activate the Draxus statue, it unlocks a secret passage to the abandoned mine.

The table before the statue also contains a piece of a map. The other two pieces of this map can be found in the circular room in the abandoned mine and behind the breakable wall in the Weight room. Combining it together, you can see a message "the eighth angel points to our dreams"
This is a hint that, if you activate the statue, the scythe points to a particular location on the map where you will find a trunk with a sanctum key.

The walls of the chapels contain stained glass murals of the 8 angels. This is related to the angle puzzle in the tomb (see Angle puzzle section)
The chapel also contains two lightable candles that, when lit, raise the podium to reveal a piggy bank which when broken return all the gold you lost to the chapel, Note that this can only be done once the next time you return to the chapel the podium is lowered and the candles are already lit.


Not sure if these statues are important, but added just in case

See the classroom section

The inner courtyard can be accessed by clicking the bottom of the pillars facing the Orinda statue (see Solarium note).
The markings behind the statue are for the CASTLE puzzle (see section)

It's possible to upgrade Cloister with an upgrade disk. Here are those upgrades:

See Clock Tower section

The closed exhibit is a black print that can be found in the red letter inside the study safe.
Note that the backside closest to the crown shows a security panel that can lower the barrier and disable the security system for 10 seconds. Giving you access to the red crown. Note that you can reset the alarm to give you 60 seconds if you triggered the alarm.
If you accidentally trigger the security, it locks the crown up. You can reset the panel again through the security panel.

Not sure if it's significant, but you can see numbers in the back of the room.
The coat check slip seems to have some symbols underneath the numbers. We can zoom in on the symbols by looking at the Mount Holly scrapbook in the library. There doesn't seem to be any clue as to whether this is a cipher of some sort; this vaguely looks like the symbols found on the reflection of Trinsdale in the outer room entrance (see shrine for more detail).

The commissary is a shop that sells various items (salt shaker, shovel, running shoes, etc.) or resources (keys, gems, bananas)
The commissary also contains a bulletin board with a staff notice with the terminal password (same as one seen in the Security room), as well as two memos (see Memo Section)


There's also a red memo on the table (see Memo section)

This room allows you to set the rarity of 3 randomly chosen floor plan when drafted. The blueprint for this room can be found after completing the music sheet puzzle. (See Music Sheet Puzzle section)

By default, when you enter the darkroom the lights turns off. To prevent this you can use the shelter room buff that negates any negative effect of red rooms. Or turn the light back on by flipping the switch in the utility closet.






Note that Hartley is the longest serving servant in the manor, and his room is likely referencing the servants' quarters.



The dining room contains a random food item that you can eat after reaching rank 8. Once rank 8 is reached, a small bell chime gets played notifying you that dinner is ready.

If you bought the lunchbox from the gift shop, you will find it on the dining room table. On pickup, you gain half the steps from the meal once you reach rank 5.

Note that the Lemon Glazed Salmon will always be the meal on Day one when the dining room is drafted.


If you obtain the chef's blessing from the Shrine, you are able to gain additional meals in addition to the main course above if you are able to spread a resource corresponding to the meal.

Note in the description for the key lime pie, the letter "S" is missing in "dessert".

You can find the draft strategy vol. 2 book on the desk (see Mount Holly Library for more details)

Banner for Cornarica University, a hint for the inner sanctum

The dovecote is a blueprint that can be added through the drafting studio. It allows you to rotate floor plans if it's within the drafting drawing.

In one of the alcove, there's a box containing additional letters from Mary.




Note there's a small safe in the diorama that can be opened with a magnifying glass (See red letter section).

The walls of the drawing room are covered in paintings of men, women, children, and horses.


There is a picture of Herbert S. Sinclair in the center. Notice that the left candle stand is crooked. This is a hint that the candle stand is a lever. When pulled, it reveals a safe behind one of the paintings. The safe contains red letter #6 (see red letters section for details).


The entrance is the first room accessed through the manor. The entrance contains a table with a letter from Herbert, the blueprint that gives you drafting ability, as well as allowance, if any is available. On the far wall, there's a symbol of Mount Holly and a bust of Baron Tomas Sinclair and Lord William Epsen.
When you first get an allowance for the first time, you get a note explaining what it is.

The entrance will contain a new letter once you reach the 46th room for the first time.

If you used a monk's blessing on the foundation, you receive this letter the next day and a repellent spray can that can remove a room for a week.

The foundation is a room that, when drafted, will be permanently set in that location for future runs. To remove it you need to draft it in the outer room using the monk's blessing (see shrine section). Which will add a repellent spray at the entrance the next day. This item can remove the foundation for a week.

The foundation contains an elevator that can be lowered by sliding the lever from the back of the foundation room. This requires another room leading to the wall of the foundation.




When the freezer is drafted, it freezes all your coins and gems, making them inaccessible on the current day however you will have them available the next day. You can unfreeze your assets by stepping into the furnace room or sauna. Note also that you are not able to draft the freezer on consecutive days.


The item encased in ice (except for things within the mini freezer), as well as the ice wall in the freezer, can be thawed in the following ways.

• using a burning glass on the iced objects
  
• Having the freezer close (at most 2 rooms away) to the furnace or sauna will melt the ice (thanks @RuneCrypt The One for the info)

There's a letter by Herbert encased in ice in the mini freezer. You need to melt the ice with a burning glass to get it out. There might be a puzzle involved with the dots on the servers; these are likely from the blackbridge grotto (see section).






There is also an ice wall to the left side that can also be melted, revealing two server racks and a letter from Denny Revance.


The furnace is a red room that increases the odds of finding more red rooms during drafting. If you place the furnace close to (< 3 rooms away from) a freezer, it will melt the ice found within the freezer (except for the inner cooler).

The furnace can also be powered by a power source, which generates a key. Disconnecting and reconnecting the power source will generate additional keys.

See the Gallery section.

To open the garage door, you would need to either connect power from the boiler room to the garage. Or turn on the power to the garage through the utility closet (the easier method IMO), once open, you are able to gain access to the outer room as well as permanently unlock the west path to the outer room for future runs.


Note: found inside the car, requires a car key to open, which can sometimes randomly be found in the manor. The keys can also open the trunk, revealing an upgrade disk the first time and a couple of items the next time.

The Gemstone cavern is a permanent unlock that can be accessed by solving the VAC indicator in the utility room (see section), once opened it provides 2 free gems at the start of each day.

A jackhammer can be used on the Gemstone Cavern to generate more gems, however doing so reduces the integrity of the cavern. Each gem extracted increases the likelihood of the cavern collapsing, removing the permanent +2 gem a day benefit. There is currently no known benefit of collapsing the cavern.

Music sheet #5 can be found here (See Music Sheet puzzle section for more details)
There's a broken Antichamber lever here that can be activated with a broken lever.
There is also a secret breakable wall to the left of the room that can be broken with a power hammer. This will reveal a secret logbook of the old gardener, which can be read in the Mount Holly Library


At the south end of the grounds, you will encounter a dark tunnel. If you go deep into it, there are two lightable torches that, once lit (burning glass), you gain access to the tunnel floor plan and the clipboard. The crates here can also be removed with advanced experiments (see the Laboratory section)


Once you have the option to perform advanced experiments (see laboratory section), you have the option to "remove a crate from the Tunnel." If you perform enough of this, you gain access to a door to the Unknown (see section) as well as a filing cabinet for the abandoned mine (see section).

-From Guess Bedroom upgrade



There's a locked diary that can be opened by finding the key in the Tomb (see Tomb section for more details)
To read the diary head to Mount Holly Library

This note seems to be a reference to the numeric core puzzle (see Atelier section for details)
I believe the "coincidence" is referring to the fact that ((45*2)/9)-2 = 8, which is a prominent number. The operation is based on the color (similar to the dart game).
Note, you can also find the valve for one of the blue flames needed to unlock the precipice (see section)

See the Inner Sanctum section

Note, this is a secret for the CASTLE puzzle (See CASTLE puzzle section)

You can purchase food from the kitchen, which will add steps. Some common food items are:

• 2 coins - Banana (+3 steps) - there's always 5 bananas available for purchase
  
• 8 coins - Chef Sandwich (+15 steps) - always available
  
• 8 coins - Bacon & Eggs (+10 steps and adds morning room to the draft pool) - not always available
  
• 5 coins - Tomato soup (+5 steps for every red room) - not always available

Note the kitchen also has a working faucet, it requires water to be pumped from the pump room (see Pump Room Section). This allows you to refill the watering can with additional water.

The laboratory contains a terminal that allows you to run experiments as well as check emails (See emails in the email section for additional information)
The terminal can be further upgraded with the satellite dish (see A New Clue puzzle section)

Note the temperature note is in reference to the freezer, which can be thawed by placing the room close to (< three rooms away) the Sauna or the Furnace. Zooming next to the "complete thaw" line shows the words "cooler is unaffected". This is referencing the cooler found in the freezer requires a direct heat source to thaw.


If you order the chemical symbol in the order shown by the other table's numbers, you get the message.

Pu S H Th Re Eu Pa F Te Rn I Ne -> Push three up after nine

A clue to the machines with the handles in the corner of the lab. In order to activate the machine, you will need to direct power from the boiler room to the lab room, then if you pull the 9 lever after the 3, you gain permanent access to the Blackbridge Grotto.
Number on a box, not sure if it's significant.
Notes on a wall, not sure if significant.

The laundry room allows you to exchange different resources for a small coin fee:

• 5 coins - Spin cycle - swap all gems with all coins
  
• 5 coins - Wash & Dry - swap all keys with gems
  
• 10 coins - Fluff & Fold - swap all keys with coins

There's also an additional washer that can be powered up with the power from the boiler room, which allows you to exchange more advanced resources:
5 coins - Shoe Shine - swap all steps with gems
5 coins - Star Treatment - swap all Stars with Allowance Tokens
5 coins - Die cleaning - Swap all dice with keys

Note there's also a dig spot in front of one of the dryers (hinted at in the aquarium) that reveals a filing cabinet key which can be used in one of the filing cabinets in the archives.


This is where you can order books from by filling out the catalog card. The book will arrive the next day. On the second floor, there are also two books, one is just filled with various statistics about your game, and another shows additional details such as stamp collections, number of contraptions you built, etc.

The empty shelves on the second floor turn to windows when the library is next to the outer wall.

Note: likely from the original gardener
First time seeing a green apple in one of the lockers, idk if it means anything, the room was powered by the boiler if it makes any difference.

A piece of sigil can be found on the shelf (a hint for the inner sanctum)

Occasionally you can see a Mila statue (see angels puzzle) on the shelf as well.

Anagram of Denoted In Verse, Does It Never End, etc.

A clue for the numeric core puzzle for the atelier C=3, L =12, U=21, E=5; (((3 * 12) - 21) / 5) = 3

Note this was previously "true=3" but was updated in one of the patches.

clue for the angels puzzle in the tomb (see angels puzzle for more details). Note sometime the angel doesn't appear not sure what the condition is for this.

See the Mailroom section


Note: This text was changed from "Clara's font" to "Mary's font" in patch 1.05


Found in the typewriter, my guess is that Herbert died while writing the letter. It may also be a hint about a missing letter.
Part of Daniel's hand is cut off, making it look like Simon's face was pasted on.
The coat of arms, the same one can be found in the wine cellar. required to open vault 53 (see Vault section)


Once you reach the 46th room, the gift shop becomes a draftable location. The shops sell various items



The lunch box, once acquired, will show up in the dining room in future runs. Picking the box up in the dining room will add 10+ steps once you reach rank 5 of the house. Also note that the box contains a hint to the Angels puzzle (see section)


Blue Tent can be purchased for 400 coins after acquiring at least 8 trophies. Once purchased, you are able to find new blue memos in blue rooms on rank 8 of the manor (See Memo section for more details)


Postcards on the carousel


The music room contains 4 music sheets (see music sheet section for more details) as well as a note hidden behind a music stand in the music room.

Note, this area also provides an inner sanctum key (see inner sanctum for more info)

Zooming in on the book shows hints to the billiard dart rules as well as the message "Sinclair has many rare(?) secrets that he will take to his Grave(?)"

See observatory section



The office contains a terminal that you can activate to spread coins to the rest of the manor. The terminal also provides access to some emails (see email section for more details).

In the desk drawer, you see a switch (not sure if the color means anything here) for a hidden safe (see red letter for more details)

This is located behind the campsite (outside the manor). The combination for the padlocked is 1128, the combo can be found through one of the darkroom images.

There is a valve that turns on one of the flames for precipice elevator.
The shed in the back contains the gardener's logbook (See Mount Holly Library in the books section).
Interestingly, there's also a gem stand in the corner of the room.
The sundial in the back can be activated by scorching the base with burning glass and then turning the base so that the grooves match. This activates the satellite, which is required for advanced experiments + staff announcements. Hints to this can be found in A New Clue (see section).

Once you open the metal sealed entrance in the Blackbridge Grotto (see section), you will see a winding steps to an old stone ruins.


At the center of the ruin is a slab of stone that has the throne blueprint resting on top.

In the distance, you can see a castle, I believe this is Featherfall Keep from the Sightseer's Guide to Reddington book.

There's part of a secret message hidden in this note. See "A New Clue Puzzle" section for more details.

You will find a casket in the parlor room if it's upgraded to the funeral parlor.
Next to the casket is a new poem. I'm wondering if this is a clue to "call it a day" under a certain condition as a solution to some puzzle? (E.g., have a sleep mask, in the last room drafted, with one roll of a die left, etc.)

Note, there's a filing cabinet key for a cabinet in the archive that is buried in front of the grill. Hints of this can be seen in the aquarium when drained.

The planetarium floor plan is hidden within the telescope in the Observatory (see section).


Note, if you have the telescope item, you can gain a permanent buff to the planetarium by using it in the room.

Drafting the pool allows you to draft the Sauna, Pump room, and Locker room. Once the pool is drained using the Pump Room, you can find some coins at the bottom of the pool. You can also purchase a pair of swim trunks from the Gift Shop, which will add two trunks to the bottom of the pool in future runs.

To access the precipice, you would need to open four valves that reveal an elevator on the grounds. The four valves can be found in the Schoolhouse, Hovel, Orchards, and Gemstone Mine.

Taking the elevator down, you will find the chess room (see chess room section for more details). There is also a hidden entrance to the "Unknown" (see the Unknown section for more details)

A worn-out copy of Realms and Runes is also in the far corner.
The locked door can be accessed from the other side by lighting the candles in the circular room in the abandoned mine.


Note that in the chess room of the precipice, there is a cracked wall that can be broken with a power hammer, which reveals the below. See the CASTLE puzzle section for more details.

The pump room is added to the draft pool once the Pool is added. This room allows you to change the water level in various rooms, each with its own benefit.

Additional details on how to operate the pump can be found in the EPCW guide book from the library (See Mount Holly Library)

Some of the rooms are:

• Fountain (level 0) - Drains the fountain in front of the manor. This gives you access to a basement door (requires basement key to open), which gives you access to the south side of the abandoned mine.
  
• Reservoir (level 13) - allows you to move the boat from the south of the underground (abandoned mine) to the north (the reservoir)
  
• Reservoir (level 6) - gives you access to the saferoom. Requires the boat to be on the reservoir side.
  
• Reservoir (level 0) - gives you access to the chests at the bottom of the reservoir, which contain an inner sanctum key (see Inner Sanctum section). Note, in order to drain the reservoir fully, you would either need to fill the reserve tank in the pump room (by supplying power from the boiler room) or by using an advanced experiment (see Laboratory Section)
  
• Aquarium (level 0) - draining the aquarium reveals some hidden clues (see Aquarium section)
  
• Kitchen (level 3) - Working faucet to refill the watering can
  
• Greenhouse (level 5) - Working irrigation system, required for gem flowers to bloom
  
• Pool (level 0) - reveals the bottom of the pool, which contains coins or trunks (if swim trunks are purchased from the gift shop)

See Reservoir section

See Room 8 section.

Note, if you zoom in on one of the roots, there's a faint writing of "Simon P. Jones", and the message "besoiled chil(d?)"
Note the x y z a b c written faintly at the bottom. The message here is a clue for some puzzles found in "A New Clue" (see section).

See the rumpus room section

See saferoom section

This is likely just texture, but there are some symbols below the XII on the clock hanging on the wall. Same symbols can be found on one of the den's clock.

Sauna can also unfreeze your account if you walked into the freezer (see section)

Found as one of the outer rooms.

A valve for one of the blue flames



The sealed entrance is located south of the manor entrance at the bottom of the stairs leading to the precipice elevator. To open it, you would need a power hammer (see workshop) to break the plank.
Inside, you would find a foreman's log and a patent for a high pressure condenser, a hint to how to unlock the red door in the underpass. In the far end, you can break the brick wall to open up the passage to the basement.

The secret garden is a room that spreads fruit throughout the estate when drafted. The garden can be accessed by unlocking a door to a side room (west or east wing) with the secret garden key. The key can sometimes be found as a reward in the billiards room, a major key in the music room, a special key in the locksmith, etc.
On the far side of the garden, there's a weather vane with a swan on top and 3 valves (one hidden behind a breakable wall) that rotate the three arrows on the vane.

Turning the valves until all three arrows align will rotate the alcove to the pointed cardinal direction:

• North - Rogue Moon
  
• East - east antechamber lever
  
• South - Orindian sigil
  
• West - Western antichamber lever

The secret passage contains 5 colored books, each of which corresponds to a room type. When one of the books is selected, the passage will lead to the chosen colored rooms. Note you might get a "special cost bypassed" for the first room if all the rooms cost gems to prevent softlock when you have no gems.
On the back of the bookcase to the secret passage you can see some marking, this is related to the CASTLE puzzle.
Lastly, the secret passage is also required for late game progress (see the shrine section).

See the Security section

The servant's quarters contain a key for every bedroom drafted. I tried drafting all the rooms associated with each bell, but it didn't seem to have an effect.
Note, in the darkroom, there's a picture that says green memos found in Hartley's room (i.e., this room) is always false. However, due to the darkroom tint, it's difficult to tell if this is a lie or not.
Not sure what is considered major keys, below are possible candidates.

• the 8 sanctum keys
  
• Room 8 key
  
• Secret garden key
  
• Major Nicolas Key IV (from Foyer)
  
• The "We seek what's in the shade of truth" sign in the safehouse
  
• Basement key
  
• Silver key
  
• Keycard
  
• Prism key
  
• 3 filing cabinet keys
  
• 3 deposit box keys

The shelter contains a letter, a safebox and a terminal. The safe box can be opened by entering the current ingame time (+ 1 extra hour ahead) in the terminal interface. The safe contains red letter #7 (see red letter section).

The terminal can also be used to measure radiation level in the house, when level exceeds a certain threshold it open all locked doors within the manor. The traditional threashold can be exceeded by performing 3-4+ laboratory experiments (see Laboratory section)
The keyboard is missing an I for some reason.

Noticed a crescent moon on the ceiling, not sure if there's any significance.
Shaded region within one of the window panes, again, not sure if significant.

Note this room contains a safe with a red letter (see Red Letter section) as well as major hints for the paired painting puzzle (see Paired Painting puzzle section)

Saw a statue from the Terrace outlook with a boat nearby. East wing, rank 4, I think.

See the Tomb section

See the Trade Post section

See the Treasure Trove section

The tunnel is a floor plan that can be found in the dark tunnel to the south of the grounds. To access it, you will need to light the two torches on either side of the crates blocking the way, revealing the floor plan on the crate. Also note regarding the grounds tunnel, the crates can later be removed with an advanced experiment (see Laboratory section)

Note, if you were to put the tunnel in the manor and it reaches all the way to the edge of the manor, you are able to find a Morai Jai box.

See the underpass section

The utility room contains a fuse box, shown below. At the top is a breaker switch that turns off all the key access. This is useful if the keycard system is set to unlock in the security room.
The following switches can be turned off or on for various benefits

• Garage - when turned on, allows you to open the garage door, which gives you access to the west path
  
• Gymnasium - when turned off, negates the -2 steps debuff when travelling through that room
  
• Darkroom - the darkroom lights turn off when you enter the room; you will need to flip this switch back on to reactivate the room lights.

The next section shows VAC indicator lights. There are hints in the mailroom and the office on how to solve the VAC system. You need to turn the lights to [Off] [Blue] [Green] [White] [Red] [Purple]
This can be done by:

• turning all lights to green
  
• Turn lights 1-5 to blue
  
• turn 6th light to red
  
• Repeat the previous step for light 5 to 1 until every light is purple
  
• make 4th light WHITE.
  
• make 6th red
  
• make 5th red (turns 6th purple)
  
• make 3rd light green
  
• make first light off

Once this is done, the wall opens up to reveal a lever to open the gemstone cavern, which gives you +2 gems for all future days.

Occasionally, you will encounter vault keys within the manor. This can be used within the vault to open certain deposit boxes, specifically:
Found in Vault 233
Found in Vault 149 (Note: Samantha Hayes was changed from "Clara's font" to "Auravei's font" in patch 1.05)


Found in Vault 304. Note that Mary uses "Jean Ribbon" as her alias during the crown heist, and her name appears in the pump manual checkout slip as well as an admin key for the BlackBridge terminal.


Found in Vault 370 along with an inner sanctum key

Opening vault 53 with the room 8 key (see gallery) reveals a letter. The number 53 is the family core and can be derived from computing the numeric core (foreman's office in the abandoned mine) of the family crest (Found in the master bedroom and the wine cellar).
This secret code is a clue to the Atelier (see section). Note, the "additional material for use in the creation of a cryptography" is in reference to the numeric core page found in the foreman's secret office (see abandoned mine). This is also referenced in the letter found in grade 2 classroom's desk drawer.


The wine cellar contains 3 gems in front of the family crest. Note that the crest shows that of "Marigold" instead of that of Sinclair.
The Roman numeral on the bottom spells 1213. This, combined with a secret letter found in the foreman's office (see abandoned mine section) and blue memo notes found throughout, gives you clues on how to open a specific vault (see vault section)

There is a breakable wall behind one of the punching bags that can be opened up with a power hammer. There is a memo, an antechamber lever, and a piece of a map (two other map pieces can be found in the abandoned mine and the catacomb)

See workshop section

Part of a map piece that is found on top of the sigil table in the circular room with candles. Another piece can be found in the Weight Room and the catacombs.
In the dark tunnel south of the grounds, if you clear the crates by performing the advanced experiment, you will gain access to a file cabinet key on top of a coffin.
This allows you to unlock a filing cabinet in the room hidden on the SW tooth of the rotating gear. which reveals the letter below.

Found in the shortcut tunnel leading to the precipice from the circular room (requires lighting the candles in the room)

Scrapbook
Note that the date was changed from Feb 21 - '87 to Feb 22 - '87 in patch 1.0.4.


Found in the bottom drawer of one of the cabinets (key is in front of the grill and requires a shovel, see aquarium "x")

Found in the middle drawer of one of the cabinets (key is in front of one of the dryers in laundry room see aquarium "x")

There are 6 large server panels surrounding the walls of the room. Each panel consists of 3 rows of 9 subpanels. Each subpanel consisted of 2 rows of blinking lights with 6 possible positions. In case there's a message hidden in the lights, I've made the table below showing the blinking light position in binary. starting from the first rack on the left, going clockwise.
Monitor #1 and Monitor #2

Blackbridge Grotto is a cavern to the east of the grounds that can be accessed once you solve the machine puzzle in the laboratory (see section for more details)

In it, you see a podium with microchip slots. Once all the chips are collected (see A New Clue puzzle section for details), you will open up a passage to the Orindian Ruins (see section).

You also see a terminal that requires an admin key, the keys are in the form XxxxY, where X is the first 4 letters of the last name and Y is the first letter of the first name.

Found on the side of the wall in the cavern, a clue for the CASTLE puzzle (see section)


Note: these logs are when you are logged in as LeeB




You get a hint to RibbJ and WithP in the checkout slip for the book "EPCW Pump System User Manual" (see book section for more details)

Each time a classroom is drafted you go up a grade. after grade 8 you get to take a final exam. Note the sideways 8 which is a hint to a gallery puzzle.
In a drawer of the teacher's desk, there's a letter. This is likely a reference to the numeric core page found in the foreman's hidden office, as it's numbered 36 in the corner. CBE is referencing the Central board of education, same one that sensored the history of orindia book.


Grade 4 contains two large maps that contain a lot of details about the world.
Note the paired art in the back spells: NOT CLUE



The day after you finish the exam, you get your test result back. If you aced the exam, you are rewarded with a trophy.

Clock tower is one of the draftable floor plans from the drafting studio.

Note that the first letter of each line spells out "SACRED", alluding to the phrase "sacred hour" which appears in the blue tent memo and in the king's tomb behind the chess room. Also note that the word fourth is misspelled, unsure of the significance of this.
If you are at the top of the tower when the clock strikes 1:30 a secret passageway opens up to reveal 8 clocks with memos contained in each clock.


The goal is to set the correct time for each clock based on the memos provided.

• #1 - Blue (True) - Each of these clocks should be set to a different time
  
• #2 - Blue (True) - Five of these clocks should be set to a time ending on the hour
  
• #3 - Red - Set this clock to a time containing all different numbers
  
• #4 - Blue (True) - This clock's neighbors should both be set to a time containing a 7.
  
• #5 - Red - This clock should not be set 'on the hour' (ending in :00)
  
• #6 - Blue (True) - None of these clocks should be set to times that contain the number 1,2,3 or 4
  
• #7 - Blue (True) - This clock should be set to a time that contains the same three numbers of another clock here but in reverse order
  
• #8 - Handwritten Red (True) - The clocks are positioned so that their times will go up in ascending order

Here is how I solved it through logical deduction:

• Since #4's neighbors must have a 7 and #5 has to be on the hour, it has to be 7:00.
  
• Since 1,2,3, and 4 can't appear in any of the clocks, that only leaves hours 5-9 and minutes 00,05-09,50,55-59 as possible clock time.
  
• since there are only 5 possible hours and 5 clocks have to be on the hour, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 have to appear on the clocks.
  
• since all the clocks are ascending and there are only three clocks after 7:00, and it's impossible for #7 to be on the hour, #6 and #8 have to be 8:00 and 9:00, respectively
  
• since 5:00 is the lowest time and 5:00 has to appear on the clock,s #1 needs to be 5:00
  
• only 5:57 contains a 7 and has at least one same number,r so #3 has to be 5:57
  
• #4 has to be 6:00 since it's between 5:57 and 7:00
  
• By process of elimination, the only times that are still available are 8:05 and its reverse, 5:08 for #7 and #2, respectively.

Solving this reveals another sanctum key.

The goal of the Gallery is to guess the names of the 4 paintings that are hung on the wall.

There is a small hint in Herbert's will (behind the map in the 46th room) that reveals the first letter of each painting (T, P, R, R)


Another hint in the glossary of terms that can be found on the terminals. If you look in the room directory for Parlor (room 5), Billards (room 6), Gallery (room 7), Room 8 (not accessible until after solving the gallery) you will see the answer to the puzzle hidden in the descriptions.



Hints:

• starts with T (Herbert's will)
  
• thin K
  
• no clue what the chains and flying hand mean

Title: Think


Hints:

• Apple, rose, stop sign, wagons are all red things
  
• The stop sign the P is on is mirrored (RED | DER)
  
• P on DER

Title: Ponder


Hints:

• Actual Objective -> Real eyes
  
• VERI table
  
• Genu wine -> genuine

Title: Realize


Hint:

• fINs, pINs, sINs, animal skIN rug, bINs
  
• (room IN) eight (I'll admit I'm reaching a bit)

Title: Ruminate

Once each of the titles is solved, it opens two chests in the middle of the room, one containing the keys to room 8 (see section)

Fun fact: the gallery is actually made by a real artist, Christopher Manson. He created the book MAZE which was a large inspiration for this game.

The inner sanctum, found at the end of the underpass, contains eight locked doors, one for each in-game realm, and a lever to Room 46.
The center of the room contains the Mount Holly Crest with the words "Ovinn Nevarei" ("to new beginnings/look towards the future" In Erajan) underneath and the core of the 8 realms bordering above it, each corresponding to their respective locked room..
I don't know if it's significant, but there look to be two hidden doors on the sides of the entrance to the inner sanctum.
Each door unlocks with an inner sanctum key and leads to a device that modifies the sigil on the far wall by adjusting its border, rays, and motes. To solve the inner sanctum puzzles, match each core with its correct sigil design. Full instructions are in the Realm & Rune book (see Mount Holly Library). Solving the puzzle unlocks access to both sides of the room: the left leads to a Mora Jai Box, the right to a realm mural, postcard, and souvenirs.

The postcards are clues used to solve the 8 realms in 8 months puzzle, see section for details.

Due to the size constraint, the solutions as well as the clues used to derive the sigil designs are moved to the inner sanctum sigil puzzle section.





The phrase "Lorja Yenna, Ajlor Lune" translates to "Goodbye land, hello water".

A hint to the utility closet VAC indicator system, can be used to open the gemstone cavern.
Note that some of Randolph's letters had stamps that were hidden from view, which you are able to see when moving the magnifying glass to the edge of the screen. I don't think there's any significance to these stamps, they are just placeholders that were not meant to be seen.


You can run experiments in the laboratory that deliver these letters to the mail room. Below are the letters I've received so far from Randolph.

Note the 9^3^ is the solution to the laboratory power needed to access BlackBridge
Note: 5 memos came with this letter; these can be found in the memo section.
Thanks, HappyFaceSpider, for the screenshot!
If you are able to get 20 or more dead ends in the manor, you will receive a trophy and 200 coins the day after in the mailroom.


A screenshot of the packing slip you get when getting items delivered, the items will be different every time you get a package.

Note there's a hidden floor plan for the Planetarium inside the head of the telescope; you can access it by rotating the telescope counter clockwise, raise it parallel to the floor, then clockwise until it reaches face level.




When the sail constellation is observed (first one @15 stars), posters can be found throughout the manor.

When you reach 50 stars, you get the ink well constellation, which allows you to use stars as dice.


At 100 stars, the spiral of stars constellation appears. Each time it's activated, a new word is added.


Below is a list of constellations found for various star counts. Not really sure what the exact pattern the stars appear in.

• 35 - Florealis, sail,
  
• 39 - Clavis, Farmer's apple, Diamondus minor, Florealis
  
• 44 - Twin, Slice, Diamondus minor, Farmer's apple, clavis, Florealis
  
• 59 - ink well, diamondus minor, southern cross

The full map can be found in one of the teeth of the rotating gear room.

Note: there's also another map split into three pieces that can be found hidden in the weight room, abandoned mine, and the catacombs. The map here is photoshopped together of those three pieces. Note the message "the eighth angel points to our dreams" is a hint to the sanctum key (see catacomb section)

If you have the magnifying glass, you can also see a hidden 10. Digging at that spot reveals the "lost and found" floorplan.


From the pump room, you have the ability to fully drain the reservoir fully which gives you access to the trunks at the bottom. Each trunk is locked, colored (black/red/blue/white) with a symbol (sun/moon/wave), and a colored note (green/blue/red).





The upper levels of the rotating gear room can be reached from the Red Door on the way to the north lever. The door requires steam power to open the rectangular box in the boiler room.

Accessible with the room 8 key from the Gallery (see Gallery section). The puzzle here is to place all 8 animals in the right bins.

• Bear: If we spend a min or ten lounging in the den, you’ll know which bin I’m often in
  
• Dog: You won’t find my bin in between sin, for I deserve to be in a bin down on the end
  
• Elephant: To my chagrin, my neighbor’s sin is written thin to fit it all in
  
• Lion: To first begin, place me within a bin with an “N” within its sin
  
• Monkey: The bin I tend to wind up in is near the bend in the tail of the skin
  
• Penguin: The sum of my sin, as it is penned, is a number within the room we are in
  
• Rabbit: I share a trend with my neighbor’s sin: a letter and its twin appear on each bin
  
• Swan: I recommend you think again if I am ever in a bin far from the fin

Answer in order of solving for me.

• Penguin: GLUTTONY - only sin with 8 letters
  
• Monkey: HUBRIS - bin next to the tail of the rug
  
• Dog: MUNDANITY - only bins that are not between bins are hubris (taken by monkey) and mundanity
  
• Bear: SLOTH - closest sin relating to "lounging", bears also hibernate in a den.
  
• Elephant: WRATH - the neighbors of GLUTTONY are sloth (taken by bear) and wrath
  
• Lion: ENVY - only other sins with N's are mundanity (taken by dog) and gluttony (taken by penguin)
  
• Swan: LUST - only two bins are next to the fin painting, and ENVY has already been taken.
  
• Rabbit: AVARICE - Only words with the same letters are neighbors are avarice and mundanity. Since the dog is in mundanity, the rabbit is in avarice

Once all the animals are placed, an alcove opens up that reveals an allowance coin and a trophy.

And, as it was foretold,
I am awakened by at the sound of a dropping coin.
You find yourself
face to face with the great Alzara.
And... I suspect you wish me
to look into your future.
The image is becoming clear...
I see a boy,
a boy standing on a shore of white sand.

He is looking for something...
...something he was told he would not find.

I see a black cat tied to a red flag.
I hear the wind blowing
but the flag does not stir.

I see...
a door marked by a rogue moon
a door that is always locked...
yet it has no key
It is the door that you have been searching for
yet it will not find
a lost room beyond the dark waters...
Commentary: The vision of the door looks like the entrance to the safe house (see the Safe house section)
what you have heard here has been foreseen
by the great Alzara.
Until the dawn of the following day.
I will have nothing more to say.

And, as it was foretold,
I am awakened by at the sound of a dropping coin.
You find yourself
face to face with the great Alzara.
And... I suspect you wish me
to look into your future.
I see the darkened cloud of ruin,
now decrepit, rundown and in disrepair.


I see eight red envelopes
resting upon eight pedestals.
And in these eight envelopes
I see eight letters penned by eight different hands.
Eight letters of which you will only ever find and read
seven.
Commentary: The missing 8th letter is marked #3; the letter was likely in the orchard at some point but stolen by Denny Revane the former gardener
Just like the art hanging on the walls of these rooms,
there is a letter missing...
what you have heard here has been foreseen
by the great Alzara.

And, as it was foretold,
I am awakened at the sound of a dropping coin.
You find yourself
face to face with the great Alzara.
And... I suspect you wish me
to look into your future.
Yes...
...the fog is clearing.
I see a shadow in the doorway.
Commentary: This shadow looks a lot like mine... (Detective Bon Margle)
Silent footsteps in the hallways...

An unlatched gate, you did not open...

A missing item, you did not take...
Commentary: From the vision, it looks like a bird and a lantern is missing. This could also be a reference to the missing red letter #3 or the red gem? Note also that the lantern in the entrance look a lot like the one found in the safe house.
I see a young boy watched from afar,
a young boy who once was brave,
but now...
...afraid.
what you have heard here has been foreseen
by the great Alzara.
Until the dawn of the following day.
I will have nothing more to say.

And, as it was foretold,
I am awakened at the sound of a dropping coin.
You find yourself
face to face with the great Alzara.
And... I suspect you wish me
to look into your future.
The image is becoming clear...
I hear the pattering steps of children
running in the forest.
The joyful echos of laughter in the courtyard.
I see an old man
an old man sitting in an even older chair.
A seat that has served many generations.


each with their own stories...
each with their own secrets...
each with their own endings.


But all...
...in the same chair.
What you have heard here has been foreseen
by the great Alzara.
Until the dawn of the following day.
I will have nothing more to say.

And, as it was foretold,
I am awakened at the sound of a dropping coin.
You find yourself
face to face with the great Alzara.
And... I suspect you wish me
to look into your future.
Faintly in the mist...
I see a figure.
A statue cradled in a courtyard of sentinels.
Commentary: This looks like the statue from the Fenn Museum (see museum map in the safe house)
You will find yourself one day wandering these paths.
Walking in the footsteps of the past,
wandering...
...and waiting.
Searching for a shadow that will never be cast.
Longing for the day to end...
...the hours to pass.
What you have heard here has been foreseen
by the great Alzara.
Until the dawn of the following day.
I will have nothing more to say.

And, as it was foretold,
I am awakened, for one last time,
By the sound of a dropping coin.
You find yourself face to face with the great Alzara.
And I suspect you wish me to impart to you
one final vision...
Commentary: Vision of metro behind the safe house


Commentary: a mix of reference to the crypt behind the chess room (statues) and the room 8
Commentary: Vision of room 8 and bridge from the black bridge

in the dim,
Commentary: Looks like the halls of atelier, it can also be the grounds tunnel since it's dim

I see cavern walls of stone...
Commentary:a reference to the gemstone cavern?

A hollow, lit by a sea of a thousand burning stars...
Commentary: This might be a reference to the Atelier lanterns

I see a treasure, buried beneath the cliff rocks...
A black mirror, hidden...
...among the memories of falling sands.
View of the balcony to the precipice
And within the black mirror...
I see a figure...
a figure standing in sullen snow.
Commentary: This looks like the chest that houses the stone effigy (see shrine section)
All of what I have told you my young baron,
I wish you to now know.
Until we meet again some distant day,
I will have nothing more to say.

To get to the safehouse, you would need to ride the boat into the hole on the side of the reservoir. Hints to this can be seen behind the red door (see underpass section). These are the steps required:

• Drain the reservoir by 1 level from the pump room
  
• Move the rowboat from the south side to the north side
  
• Drain the reservoir to level 6 from the pump room
  
• get on the rowboat

Interestingly, the entrance to the safehouse looks like a vision found in the Rumpus room (see section)



The sketch seems to match the monitors in the security room. Zooming in on the "A" monitor shows footage from the archive. This is a hint on how to access the Home Surveillance System (see satellite dish puzzle section)



The map here shows a hint on how to get the paper crown in the closed exhibition.



This is a hint to the Home Security System (see A New Clue puzzle section for more details)


Note, this is a hint to the breakable chess room wall. See CASTLE puzzle.

Note: the scribbled-out password is "Swansong," which can be seen with a magnifying glass


A note in the saferoom and in the attic points to a secret message in the monitors in the Security room.

When taking the first letter of each room that appears in the monitors, it spells out `Swansonghss`

This is a password to the home security surveillance system, which can be accessed through the security terminal.

This brings up a directory of camera footage by year; however, only 1993 and 1987 have any footage.

1987 gives you access to 3 footage.


One labeled library shows footage of presumably Herbert and Mary in the library


The one for the entrance shows Herbert moving a vase (a hint at one of the microchips)


The one in security shows Mary holding what looks like a standing cat.

This is a reference to the train station map, an alternative clue used in solving A New Clue puzzle (see section)

Opening year 1993 shows various cutscenes that you have acquired so far (e.g., Alzara cutscenes, intro, etc.). Note that there's a curious blank spot between BB Grotto and 4th Rumpus Room. Not sure what the significance of this is.

The shrine is a room selectable from the Outer Room. In it there's a statue of a monk where you can offer it coins to get a certain blessing. The coin cost and blessing type can be found in the table below. A blessing changes every two additional coins. Note the order of the blessing seems to be in the same order EXCEPT for Chef and Tinkerer on Day 3 cost for some reason.


Note, you will be cursed when you take the money from the shrine after being blessed.

There is also a cursed coffin that appears in the room if you purchased it from the Mount Holly gift shop. You will also be cursed if you open the coffin and grab the stone effigy inside.

The monk blessing allows you to draft the room that you called it a day on the previous day to the outer room. Below are some unique interactions. Note you can also draft a room outdoors if you use the berry picker blessing outdoor.
Doesn't seem anything special, the vase can be broken for allowance, any experiment results with "adding a small chess to the entrance hall" also apply here.
There seems to be some weird glitch with the reflection of the paintings. Words are ineligible
The center podium reveals the basement key and allowance (if you have the Quest bedroom), the note, however, is changed to "So close, yet so far away."
The side doors (if opened) are blocked by rubble, but the far door reveals the shrine with a note showing a clue on how to reclaim the throne room (see throne room section).
If you place the garage, opening up the garage door will also reveal the same shrine room found in the antechamber, with the same message on reclaiming the throne.
The treasure trove looks the same except for a unique locked chest with three Oriandia symbols on top. This chest can be opened using the Key of Aries (see Royal Scepter puzzle)
Nothing seems to have changed with regards to the 46th room, except the blue crown is missing and has been replaced with the deed to the manor. The map compartment only shows the will.
You can find the lunchbox if you pursed it from the gift shop although it doesn't seem to activate. The dinner also doesn't seem to get served even if you reach rank 8.
The secret passage looks similar however, there is now a new white book on the shelf. see Atelier section for more details on this.
Secret passage normally.

The throne room is a blackprint that can be obtained from the Orindian Ruins (see section). This requires the gathering of the three microchips (see microchip puzzle section)

The room costs 5 gems to draft, and you will find a lever to open the 46th room behind the throne.

The following note can be found when drafting the antechamber in the outer room, using the blessing of the monk from the shrine (see shrine section)

This note is a clue on how to reclaim the throne. To do this, you need:

• The blue crown - found in the 46th room
  
• The royal Scepter - see Royal Scepter puzzle section
  
• The cursed Effigy - found in the shrine room after purchasing it from the Mount Holly gift shop

The easiest way to gather all the items is by getting the cursed effigy into the coat check in an early run. Then on another day, with the scepter in hand (this item stays with you between days if you follow the item's condition) reach the antechamber to get the blue crown, draft the throne room, and the coat check close to each other to have all three items together while visiting the throne room.

Reaching the throne room will open a cutscene and upgrade the throne room to the throne of the blue prince. Which is a necessary precondition to open the blue door (see blue door puzzle section)

Once converted to the blue throne, there's a new mora jai box with blue tiles.

The tomb is one of the rooms that can be selected from the Outer Room slot. This room contains a secret passage to the Catacomb, which leads to the abandoned mine underground. (see Angle puzzle section for more details)


Deep in the tomb, you can find a letter from Herbert:

There are two hidden chambers that can be accessed by lighting the candles on the ruby candle stands using a burning glass. One contains some allowance/upgrade disk.

The other contains a secret passageway to Clara Epsen's Coffin. Clara's area contains a note written in a different language.
The letter can be translated to English with the information from grade 6 classroom as well as some small clues in the treasure trove memos.
Ov-eld-aj-iris,
Ul-eld-dau, ul-eld-nai, ul-eld-mora.
Ov-ul-el-gift eld-hew ov-iss. Nev-dau uld-arei-le.
Nev-dau eld-arei-lu. Aj-el-bid ul-heed eld-lor: Ul-odd-iris.
Hew-sinclair-lu. Hew-epsen-lu... Forget uld-ein inn.
Uld-jor-jeari. Uld-arei ov-iss fenn-vo. Uld-ein-joro-vo.
Ov-eraja. Ov-iss nev-arei.

Lor-ja eld-iris,
Uld-jora
Toward-my first-child(?),

You-mine-day. You-mine-night. You-mine-world.
Toward-you-I-gift my-house toward-south. New-day your-future-my-absence.
New-day my-future-your-absence. First-I-"bid" you-"heed" my-word: you-high(?)-child(?).
House "Sinclair" your-absence. House "Epsen" your-absence... "Forget" your-dream(?) north.
Your-name-"jeari".. your-future toward-south "Fenn"-away. Your-dream(?)-father-away.
Toward-"Eraja". Toward-south new-future.

Last-word my-child(?),
(Your-mother)
To my first child,

You are my day, you are my night, you are my world.
To you I gift my house in the south. Tomorrow you'll be without me.
Tomorrow I'll be without you. First I bid you heed my word: You are a princes.
You are not House Sinclair, you are not House Epsen... Forget your dreams north.
Your name is Je Ari. Your future is south, away from Fenn. Away from your father's dream(?)
Toward Eraja. A new future in the south.

Goodbye my child,
Your Mother

There is a diary key for Clara's diary (in Her Ladyship's chamber) hidden behind the portrait. The key is hinted at in Herbert's will (See 46th Room section)

Trade Post is one of the Outer Room. Where you can exchange items for another one.

Below is a list of trading exchanges I encountered, not sure what exactly determines what they will offer, but I found some patterns:

• Some items are grouped, for example, car keys, silver key, and coupon book often cycle between themselves.
  
• The trader will only trade you things you don't have and will refresh the offer if you gain the item. For example, if a lockpick trade with car keys and you happened to get a car key some other way, it might turn into a silver key.

• Basement Key - Prism Key, Keycard, Gear wrench
  
• Battery Pack - 2 gems, magnifying glass, 1 key
  
• Blue Crown - Cannot be traded
  
• Broken Lever - Battery Pack, salt shaker, magnifying glass, 2 gems, 1 die
  
• Burning glass - lock pick, hallpass, lucky rabbit's foot
  
• Car Keys - salt shaker, compass, magnifying glass, coupon book, coin purse
  
• Chronograph - Keycard, 4 dice, hallpass
  
• Compass - Car Keys, salt shaker, Magnifying glass, 2 gems, coupon book, battery pack
  
• Coin purse - car keys, coupon book, 2 dies, compass
  
• Coupon Book - Compass, magnifying glass, car keys, 2 ivory dice, coin purse
  
• Cursed Effigy - Allowance token
  
• Detector Shovel - hallpass, prism key,
  
• Electro Magnet - Gear Wrench
  
• Emerald Bracelet - Upgrade disk, allowance token
  
• Filing cabinet key - untradable
  
• Gear wrench - Prism key, telescope, Secret garden key, lock pick,
  
• Hallpass - Silver key, lock pick, gear wrench
  
• Jackhammer - 4 ivory die
  
• Keycard - Silver Key, coupon book, 3 ivory dice, car keys, 2 gems, lucky rabbit's foot, compass
  
• Knight's shield - Silver Key, lock pick, keycard, lucky rabbit's foot, running shoes,
  
• Lock pick - Keycard, silver key, car key, 1 key, coupon book, metal detector
  
• Lucky Purse - Gear wrench
  
• Lucky Rabbit foot- Gear wrench, keycard, running shoes, coupon book, lock pick
  
• Magnifying glass - 2 gems, salt shaker, sleeping mask, 1 ivory dice, 1 key
  
• Master key - 5 ivory die
  
• Metal detector - coupon book, lock pick, lucky rabbit's foot, coin purse, running shoes, silver key
  
• Moon pendant - Keycard, Car keys,
  
• Ornate compass - Upgrade disk, Allowance token,
  
• Prism Key - Metal Detector, telescope, lock pick, hallpass, secret garden key, gear wrench, running shoes
  
• Powered Electromagnet - secret garden key, hallpass, prism key, gear wrench,
  
• Power hammer - hallpass, gear wrench,
  
• Rabbit foot - Car keys, 1 key, compass
  
• Running shoes - 3 ivory die, coupon book, lock pick, coin purse, car keys
  
• Salt shaker - 2 gems, 1 key, magnifying glass, battery pack
  
• Secret Garden Key - Gear Wrench, prism key, hallpass
  
• Shovel - Car Keys, coupon book, salt, coin purse, compass
  
• Silver key - Keycard, 3 ivory dies, lock pick, car keys, 1 key, Coin purse
  
• Silver Spoon - Keycard, Car keys,
  
• Sledge Hammer - Coin purse, Magnifying Glass, 2 dies, coupon book, car keys, compass
  
• Sleeping mask - 2 gems, magnifying glass, 1 ivory dice, 1 key
  
• Telescope - 4 dice, silver key,
  
• Treasure map - 2 gems
  
• Upgrade disk - Gear wrench, prism key, lock pick,
  
• Vault key (370) - Car keys
  
• Watering can - Hallpass, gear wrench, prism key
  
• Wind-up key - car keys, 2 gems

There's also dynamite in this room on the left side. When blown up (i.e. ignited with a burning glass), you get access to a room with a moonshine distillery, 40 coins, and a letter from Denny. Note that the distillery is important later to progress to the atelier (see section)

Below is a table of memos found in Treasure Trove. The Treasure Trove is required to access the royal scepter. Please see the royal scepter puzzle section for more details. Note that if you lose the royal scepter, it will now appear in this room regardless if the room is drafted inside or outside.

The underpass is the section that can be accessed behind the rotating gears of the underground section.



This location leads to the inner sanctum, there's also a little nook (on the right) that leads you to a red door. To open the door, you would need to power the red box in the boiler room.


This red door will lead to the upper level of the rotating gear. There are two paths, on the left it leads you to a locked gate where you can get red letter 1 (see red letter section for code) as well as a view of the black castle and a clipboard.



On the right path, you can see a hint about the water levels in the reservoir as well as another clipboard.


Interestingly, the rivets on the structural ring in the underpass do not seem to be uniform. There might be a hidden message here? I've created a table below, each ring has 8 positions where a rivet can be on both the front side and backside (e.g., B3 means backside, 3rd position from the left).

Note also that the corner rivets (B1 and B8) on the backside are marked slightly differently

At the southern end of the grounds, there's a dark tunnel. This tunnel can be lit up (with a burning glass) to reveal the tunnel floor plan. The rest of the tunnel is blocked by crates. Later on, you also gain access to an advanced experiment in the laboratory (see laboratory section) that allows you to remove one crate from the tunnel. If this experiment is conducted multiple times, it will reveal an entrance to a door.

Opening the door with a regular key reveals a basement door.
Opening the basement door with a basement key reveals a keycard door.
Opening the keycard door with a keycard reveals a room with a breakable wall to the right.

Breaking the breakable wall with a power hammer reveals a steam-powered door.
Opening the steam-powered door by providing power to the red box in the boiler room (see the boiler room section) reveals two lightable candles. (Note this door does not stay unlocked and will always require the red box powered in the boiler room in order to stay open.)


Lighting the candles with a burning glass will reveal a room with microchip slots
Inserting the microchips from Blackbridge Grotto (or the sundial) will reveal the blue door. (Note for some reason the chips do not stay on this pedistal it resets to the blackbridge grotto the following day for me)

To open the blue door, you must first reclaim the throne room (see the throne room section), then draft 8 blueprints consecutively to unseal this door.

In the blue room are three parlor boxes.

The left contains a copy of The Blue Prince; see Mount Holly Library to read the book.


The one in the middle is empty.


Opening the one on the right shows a cutscene of a disappointed Simon opening the empty box.





Note there's an unusual spiral within the box.


Also if you are curious, opening all three boxes on the same day did not do anything special. Believe me, I tried...

Note you can find music sheet 8 on the table (see music sheet puzzle for details)

• Burning Glass = Magnifying Glass + Metal Detector -> Can ignite certain surface and light candles.
  
• Detector Shovel = Shovel + Metal Detector -> Greater chance of finding Coins and Keys. Much greater chance of finding Coins and Keys while digging.
  
• Dowsing Rod = Shovel + Compass -> While drafting, points toward rooms that may contain more items than usual.
  
• Electromagnet = Compass + Battery Pack -> You are more likely to draft Mechanical Rooms while drafting. Automatically collects Coins and Keys when entering a room.
  
• Jack Hammer = Shovel + Battery Pack + Broken Lever -> Vastly increased rewards from mining Dig Spots.
  
• Lucky Purse = Coin Purse + Rabbit's Foot -> Doubles the amount of Coins gained.
  
• Pick Sound Amplifier = Lockpick + Metal Detector -> Has a greater chance of picking high sensitivity locks.
  
• Power Hammer = Sledgehammer + Battery Pack + Broken Lever -> A stronger Sledgehammer that can also knock down weak brick walls.

Once you reach the 46th room (the second time), you will see a blue crown on the desk. I've heard online that if you already have the blue crown in your inventory, the red paper crown from the closed exhibition will show up, but I have never verified it. Also, note that if you somehow have both the blue crown and the paper crown, you don't get anything. I encountered this myself :(

In the corners of the room are busts of the family heads. Marigold's missing for some reason. One interesting detail is the symbols on the crest. Each generation is a combination of the parents' heritage. Jones seems to be a treble clef.
Note about hints to the keys to the 8 inner sanctum rooms (see inner sanctum section for more details)
Note: likely written by the old gardener. Evidence is behind the hidden wall in the greenhouse (see section for more details).

There's a map with the words 8 realms in 8 months with numbered pins. This is a puzzle for the postcards you find in the inner sanctum, where you are supposed to pin the location that Sinclaire traveled to based on the details in the postcards. Once all the pins are correctly placed, it opens up to reveal two documents.


Found in room 46 behind the map

The atelier is the room before the Mount Holly Blueprints and can be accessed with the secret passage in the outer room by solving the family core puzzle (see section).

In the center of the room is a letter written by the baroness.

Opening the door at the opposite end will open up the Mount Holly Blueprints (see section)

Beyond the Atelier is the Mount Holly Blueprints, an enormous area that contains a grid of rooms (5 columns and 9 rows). The rooms are separated by corridors, and each face of a room has a colored lantern hanging above it.

Each room contains a mora jai box with a word in it and a pair of paintings. Each room is a replica of one of the rooms in the room directory, covered in blue texture.

A map of the Mount Holly Blueprints with the name of each room
A map of the blueprints with the painting words and the missing letters.
A map of the blueprints with the message in the Mora Jai box found within the room. The message is color-coded by the realm buttons (e.g. Violet corresponds to Eraja)

By collecting the messages found in Mora Jai boxes we are able to reveal a riddle.
> Through lantern light in sketches cast, a tint of truth to find our path.
Start from the blue light (color of true memos)
> A hue of wisdom to turn us right.
Turn right when we encounter orange lanterns (orange is the color of the Mora Jai box where we found the word wisdom, it's also the color of Corarica the academic realm)
> A shade of rain to pass the light through, lantern light in Shadow past.
continue straight "pass" when encountering violet light (one of the planet Veia has the description Dark Shadow, see planetarium, rain is also associated with Eraja, which is violet)
> We seek what's left of the lies we cast.
Turn left when encountering red (lies = red memos) lights.

In simple terms:

• Start from the pantry (on the side with the blue light)
  
• Turn left into the gallery
  
• Turn right, then into the library
  
• Turn left into the observatory
  
• Go straight into the music room
  
• Turn right into the ballroom
  
• Go straight into the spare room
  
• Go left until you reach the furnace.

Following these instructions will lead you to a blue door that was previously where the furnace entrance was.

There is also an alternative way to derive the right path.
In the safe house there's a phrase written on a board "we seek what's in the shade of truth". There's also a blue tent memo in the music room: "There is a major key hanging on a wall in the safehouse."

If you look at the blue words from the Mora Jai boxes, we can see that the same words from the safehouse phrase create a path through pantry -> gallery -> Library -> Observatory -> Music Room -> Ballroom -> Spare room -> Furnace, which happens to be the solution to the maze.

One interesting detail of the gallery in Mount Holly blueprints is that each of the title tiles is prefilled with a letter, spelling out "MOON".

Interestingly, the solutions to the titles are the anagrams of painting letters of the rooms through the 4 paths. For example, if you look at the painting, the letters that make up the correct path it spell out "SWANSONG".


Additionally, if we look at the letters from the rooms named on the Atelier door, it contains the letters for "ROSEWARY," a clue found in the still watered book in the library.

Inside, you will find the blueprint version of the 46th room on the desk is a mora jai box that contains the word "blue", and in the map alcove, you will find the will of Baroness.

There are a total of 8 music sheet which can be found in the following rooms

• Music Room — Pages 1, 2, 3 and 4
  
• Green House — Page 5
  
• Ballroom — Pages 6 and 7
  
• Workshop — Page 8

When examining the sheets closer you can notice that each sheet contains a bolded word. Piecing them together, you get the phrase:

"First words on the sheets are true message"


Taking the first word in each music sheet you get another phrase: "Find among the white trees under two stones"
There is a location behind the campsite with two stones surrounded by a bunch of white bark trees. Digging this spot with a shovel will reveal a hidden conservatory blueprint.

In each room of the manor (besides the antechamber, outer room, and 46th room), you are able to find 2 paintings. The painting depicts objects where one is an exact spelling of another with an additional letter. For example, a stage is a stag with an extra e.

If you were to record each letter in the 44 rooms, it spells out the message. IF WE COUNT SMALL GATES EIGHT DATES CRACK EIGHT SAFES

This is a clue to the locked safe boxes you can find throughout the manor.

Minor note: the foundation also has a pair of paintings, but you need to take the elevator shaft down below to find it.

A new clue is a book written by Marion Marigold (see full book in Mount Holly Library)

On one of the pages, you notice faint numbers next to some of the words
Using a magnifying glass, you are able to see the numbers more clearly. Putting the words next to the numbers in order, it spells out the sentence: "all checked corner case rooms, had a low case clue found in the rooms."
This message is a hint at another page with a list of corner rooms with checks next to them. Specifically, Patio, Nook, Office, Pantry.

Looking through the notes in each room, you will find words that are written in lowercase. Putting them all together, you get the message "Buried Beside West Bridge". Using a shovel by the bridge connecting to the outer room, you are able to find one of the microchips.

Later in the book, there's also a collage of pictures and notes.

The collage has several clues, "the suspect is A. key" with a picture of the terminal network above. this is a hint to the A(dmin) Key in blackbridge terminal.
The other clue is "THE SUSPECT IS MINOR", earlier in the book, there's a suspect list with a list of names/ages, three of which are minors.

• Bo Lee, Age 16
  
• Sandra Dillon, Age 14
  
• Richard Scott, Age 12

Lastly, there's a note that says "ma|jor" which in Erajan means small name. referring to Bo Lee.

When using Bo Lee's name in the Blackbridge terminal using the admin key format "LeeB", you will gain access to the terminal (see Blackbridge section for more details).

On one of the pages, there's a message, "seen all the signs?". There are signs found throughout the book; collecting them together, you get the following.
In the safehouse, there's a map of the metro. Following the instructions from above with the map, you get the following path through the stations. We will keep this in mind for later.

• 8 - Royal Station
  
• 7 - Angel Tower
  
• 3 - Aries Crossing
  
• 10 - Tanner Fork
  
• 1 - Oris Train Hall
  
• 13 - Dead End.

Note, there is an x next to 8th station which is a small hint to the x -> y -> z -> a -> b -> c puzzle below

Also note that a similar hint can be found for the train route in one of the recordings in the home surveillance system (see Security section).

On the page with the stop sign you can zoom in to the page to see some cryptic clues.

x y z a b c with "dead end" pointing to C. This gives you another hint to map the train route to the letters.
These clues alludes to the fact that the covers are anagrams for the true books.

• Tender Cipher -> Red Prince
  
• Lunar Renamed -> Realm and Rune
  
• Uncle Awe -> A New Clue
  
• Draft the Sixes -> The fixed Stars

The zoomed-in book depicts a page earlier in the book. Recreating the red highlights, we see that "covers" is underlined and "the way" is pointed to "x->y->z->a->b->c"

The "covers" refers to the book covers, and "the way" refers to the subway stations.

Putting all the clues together, you know to map the train stations to xyzabc.
"8->7->3->10->1->13" to "x->y->z->a->b->c"
Substituting the book title and the letters we get the message

• Red Page A Word X -> Red Prince Page 10 Word 8 -> Turn
  
• Green Page C Word A -> Realm and Rune Page 13 Word 10 -> Scorched
  
• Violet Page B Word Y -> A New Clue Page 1 Word 7 -> Sundial
  
• Blue Page Z Word X -> The fixed Stars Page 3 Word 8 -> Base

Note also that the page contains two cuckoo clocks, which can also be found in the 46th room. These clocks are also set at the "sacred hour" (see royal scepter puzzle section).
Lastly, the page also contains a photo of Simon/Clara Sinclair (found in the ballroom) and a photo of Mary, Calab Manning, and Philip White(?) (found in the safehouse). Not sure if significant.
"Turn Scorched Sundial Base".
The message here is telling you to burn the base of the sundial in the orchard. This can be done with a burning glass and when done so the base is able to rotate. Aligning all the grooves in the base will open up slots to insert the microchip. Inserting the chips from the Blackbridge grotto will activate the satellite dish.

This dish allows you to gain access to advanced experiments done in the laboratory, as well as additional staff announcements in the terminals.

In various rooms within the manor, sometimes you encounter a chess piece. Below is a list of chess pieces found in each room.

Pawn Rooms

• Bedroom
  
• Bunk Room
  
• Den
  
• Dining Room
  
• Drawing Room
  
• Drafting Studio
  
• Freezer
  
• Guest Room
  
• Lost and Found
  
• Nursery
  
• Parlor
  
• Secret Passage
  
• Solarium
  
• Storeroom
  
• Walk-In Closet

Rook Rooms

• Clock Tower
  
• Conservatory
  
• Nook
  
• Vault

Knight Rooms

• Armoury
  
• Observatory
  
• Security
  
• Treasure Trove

Bishop Rooms

• Attic
  
• Bishop
  
• Bookshop
  
• Chapel

Queen Rooms

• Her Ladyship's Chamber
  
• Study

King Rooms

• Office
  
• Throne

Within the Precipice, there's a room with a chessboard in the shape of the manor and 6 pieces lying next to it. To solve this puzzle, you would need to activate each chess piece by placing them on the board corresponding to a room within a manor that you have the corresponding piece in.

For example, if you placed an office (which contains a king piece) in the top right corner of the manor, then placing the king on the chessboard in the same position will light it up.


Once all pieces are activated, the wall in the back opens up, revealing large chess pieces. You are able to obtain the power of one of the chess pieces, the powers are listed below.

• Pawn: When you reach Rank 8 each day, you may choose Knight, Bishop, Rook or Queen. Gain the power of that piece until the end of the day.
  
• Knight: Add the Armory to your draft pool.
  
• Queen: Each time you draft a room on the Queenside (West Wing) of your house, lose 5 steps and gain 1 key.
  
• King: Each day, you may choose a color. Rooms of the chosen color are more likely to be drawn while drafting.
  
• Bishop: You do not have to pay tithes. Instead, gain 30 gold the first time you enter the Chapel each day with this power.
  
• Rook: You may draw floor plans up to 4 times when drafting the 4 corner rooms of your house.

Once obtained, you are able to keep the power permanently, unless you want to switch to a different piece you will have to reactivate the board again on a different day.

This room also leads you to a secret hidden room Unknown (see unknown section for more detail)

In the precipice (an underground area accessible once you light the four blue flames) there's a room with chess pieces. There's a crack on the left side of the room that can be broken with the power hammer, revealing the image below


Around various parts of the manor, you can also see various letter markings

Kennel

Secret Passage - behind

Cloister - behind the statue of

Locker room - in one of the lockers

Vault - in safety box 149

BlackBridge

Grade 7 Classroom (thanks to Каспей on the Blue Prince discord)


If we stack all these letters on top of each other, we get the following.



This is part of the clue needed to solve puzzle for the the Royal Scepter (see section)

Clues to solve the sigil appear throughout the manor. For example, stamps from letters found throughout the game, such as Randolph’s mail in the mailroom, the freezer, and the tomb, contain details of the realms. Note stamps examined with a magnifying glass will later appear in the Mount Holly scrapbook (see Mount Holly Library).

Treasure Trove memos also include various clues (see Treasure Trove section), books, broken sigil pieces, etc.

The design of Orindia Sigil can be discovered in the secret garden by pointing all the weather vane arrows south.

The Fenn Aries design can be found throughout the manor, There is an example of it in the back of the Realm & Runes book, as well as on each of the passports in the vault (see section).




Once all the sigil puzzles are solved, a trophy appears in the main room.

Throughout the manor, you see references to 8 angles. Each angel has a name and holds a particular object which we are able to pair by finding clues from various locations (Drafting strategy book, statuses throughout, notes, etc)

In the Tomb, there are statues of these angels with movable arms. By moving each angel's arm in a certain order, you are able to access a couple of secret areas. There are two numerical orders for these angels. One can be found by looking at the stained glass windows in the chapel (see the chapel section for more details). The other order is from Herbert's will found behind the map in the 46th room. (thanks to @spookybroom for the tip!)

The table below shows the angel's name, item, and orders.

Credit to Lu for some of the details.
Note that all the names can also be discovered through upgrading the Cloister (see section) to their specific angel variant.

When activating Draxxus (in the catacomb), you either open up a passage to the abandoned mine (using the chapel order) or to the original manuscript of the red prince and the new clue (using the order in the will)

To access the royal scepter you will need to activate the King's power followed by the Rook's power or visa versa (see chess puzzle for more detail on how to activate the pieces). This swaps the two pieces performs the casting move in chess which reveal a hidden corridor to the Unknown room.


In the center of the room is a coffin and surrounded by statues holding Mora Jai Boxes. And a portrait of an old man in the back.


When solved, each box contains a cryptic note.









The hint implies that you need to go back to this crypt at 1:30 (sacred hour) without any items or resources (empty arms without gifts nor gold nor mannered charms) and with the southern cross installation activate from the observatory (a sullen cross as five stars align)

Once all the conditions are met the crypt rises up to reveal an adjustable clock.



Using the clues from the CASTLE puzzle (see section) you would know to set the clock to 1:09 (CIX=109 in roman numeral) then to 1:15 (ADD SIX) and finally rotate counter-clockwise (TOR in Erajan) the minute hand to the word east (LOR ETT in Erajan)

This will reveal the Key of Aries.


This Key can then be used to open the treasure trove chest, revealing the royal scepter

This item is needed for the Throne room (see section for more details)

Interestingly, each color has its own symbol.

If you ever lose the scepter, you can find it back in the treasure trove

The clues needed to open the family core can be found in the Mechanarium, Wine Cellar, Vault, Blue prince throne room.
The wine cellar note (The numerals below the coat of arms are four different numbers, not one.) and Mechanarium note (On the coat of arms, the first number is one numeral. The rest are each two numerals.) Indicates that the number MCCXIII should be broken down to M CC XI II -> 1000, 200, 11, 2. Applying the numeric core operation we learned from the foreman's office (see abandoned mine) we dervie the family core as ((1000 / 200) x 11) - 2 = 53.
From the Throne Room note (The family core is kept in the family vault) we can deduce that the family core is in deposit box 53. From the Vault note (The family core is unlocked only by the sum of its digits) this clue alludes to the fact that we need to use the key 8 (5+3=8) on the deposit box 53.


Opening the vault we see a letter from Herbert Sinclair talking about the secrets that his mother left behind. At the very end of the letter contains a cipher.

Converting each letter to a number using alphabetic order (A=1, B=2, ...), then applying the numeric core algorithm (see hidden letter from abandoned mine), then converting the resulting number back to the alphabet. (Note that we are applying operations left to right, not PEMDAS)


Converting the number to alphabet using the alphabetical order reveals the following message.

This message has two parts. "The STILL WATER" is referring to the copper still found hidden within the trade post, a clue that can be found within the original gardener's logbook.
"The BLANK BOOKS" refers to the blank books found in the library. To use this clue, you would need to fill an empty watering can with the water found in the still, then use it on the blank books in the library. Revealing hidden messages in the books.
The next step to this puzzle is hidden in the message "The waters of the west spring shall reveal more secrets than these mere passages."
Looking at the words through a magnifying glass, you can see the words "west spring secret passage" slightly bolded. From this text, you get a hint that the next step requires the use of the secret passage. Specifically, you will want to set the outer room to the secret passage using the monk's blessing (see section)
Using the distilled water on one of the books, which will turn it from white to blue. I'm not sure if there's a better hint to doing this, as "west spring" seems like a very weak hint to using the secret passage in the outer room with still water. If anyone has a better explanation, please let me know.
Pulling the blue book will reveal the atelier room.