The House of DaVinci 3 Written Walkthrough Guide – Simple Text Only

updated 1/21/2023 –Complete

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Quick Jump

1. Catacombs (Sacra di San Michele 1508)
2. Villa of Luca Pacioli (Northern Tuscany 1508)
3. The Bald Lady (Rome 1508)
4. Pope’s Chambers (Vatican 1508)
5. Villa of Luca Pacioli (Northern Tuscany 1508)
6. Secret Passage (Central Apulia 1508)
7. Castle del Monte (Central Apulia 1508)
8. Ancient Temple (Palestine? ~????)

Catacombs (Sacra di San Michele 1508)

• Follow the tutorial instructions
• Get Partially Folded Tool > Tool
• Use Tool on lock, rotate
• Pull lever on wall
• Get Lever Socket
• Get Metal Shaft + Lever Socket = Lever
• Use Lever, move down to III
• Get Damaged Oculus Perpetua
• Lift up on handle, attach hook, turn crank, lift up handle
• Get Notebook
• Get Screwdriver, read letter
• Go to passageway winch near repaired lever
• Use Screwdriver on screw
• Get Bent Rail
• Change workshop flattener to square
• Use Bent Rail, pull lever
• Get Rail
• Use repaired Rail, turn crank
• Get Incomplete Oculus Cover and Bent Cogwheel
• Change workshop flattener to circle
• Use Bent Cogwheel
• Get Cogwheel + Incomplete Oculus Cover = Oculus Cover
• Get Oculus Perpetua Lens
• Use Damaged Oculus Perpetua, Oculus Perpetua Lens, and Oculus Cover on sphere vise
• Get Oculus Perpetua, use it
• Open column door
• Get Chronicle of Ordo Iustitialis
• Read letter
• Move door latch
• Solve puzzle with Oculus Perpetua
• Go to back of lectern
• Read letter
• Get Letter Opener
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Use Letter Opener

Villa of Luca Pacioli (Northern Tuscany 1508)

• Open door
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Solve 3 puzzles
• Interact with dragon
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Solve simple puzzle, pull handle
• Turn crank
• Open door
• Use Chronicle of Ordo Iustitialis
• Read letter
• Get Strangely Shaped Crank
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Leave, use Strangely Shaped Crank
• Solve puzzle
• Get Ironbound Disc
• Solve simple inkwell puzzle
• Get Cart Model
• Read letter
• Read another letter
• Use Cart Model, spin
• Get Ornamental Lever Part + Ironbound Disc = Ornamental Lever
• Use Ornamental Lever on column
• Get Cross-Shaped Key, use on desk
• Solve puzzle using Oculus Perpetua
• Get Belfry Model, use on table
• Get Wooden Plate with Protrusions
• Get Bell Model > Small Key
• Use Small Key on Cart Model, spin, pull
• Rotate circle, spin gear
• Get Wooden Frame
• Solve simple puzzle
• Use Wooden Frame
• Get Full Magazine
• Go into garden
• Use Wooden Plate with Protrusions
• Get Lion Statue, use on pillar near beginning
• Go upstairs
• Read letter
• Get Mechanism Part with Wooden Handle
• Go across and up, turn handle
• Go down stairs, use Oculus Perpetua
• Use Full Magazine & Mechanism Part with Wooden Handle
• Pull handle
• Solve ballista puzzle (Need all 9 shots, can reload in present time)
• Get Ring with Ornamental Handle > Tool with Ornamental Handle
• Use Tool with Ornamental Handle on mill door
• Read letter
• Get Wooden Folder > Sketch of Windmill
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Get Clapper from garden, use on wooden cart
• Use Sketch of Windmill on writing desk
• Solve puzzle with Oculus Perpetua
• Get Archimedes Screw, use on Cart Model
• Get Part of Windmill Model, use on windmill
• Get Round Key, use up the stairs
• Get Metal Crank, use in garden above wooden cart
• Solve puzzle
• Go up stairs
• Return to cart
• Get Ringed Screw, use on pedestal on ground next to mill
• Get Cogwheel, use behind writing desk
• Get Hand Plane, Cutter, & Handle in Metal Frame > Metal Crank Part
• Use Cutter on metal door
• Get Tool with Cross-Shaped Handle, use on wooden cart
• Solve puzzle – (Cart > Tree > Flower > Wagon Tracks)
• Get Ornament + Hand Plane = Hand Plane Handle
• Use Hand Plane Handle on lever on pillar next to writing desk
• Get Ornamental Lever Part, use on pedestal near cart
• Use Tool with Cross-Shaped Handle on wooden cart
• Use Metal Crank Part
• Get Massive Weight
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Use Massive Weight
• Pull lever
• Read letter
• Get Part of Bronze Chalice, use in first room
• Get Chronicle of Ordo Iustitialis

The Bald Lady (Rome 1508)

• Interact with door lock
• Interact with door
• Cutscene
• Go into house
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Turn wheel
• Get Handle with Two Protrustions
• Turn wheel
• Use Handle with Two Protrustions
• Go up fireplace
• Interact with painting
• Read letter
• Get Coat of Arms, use above ladder
• Solve puzzle with Oculus Perpetua
• Get Lock Pick, use on floor
• Get Oil Lamp, use near ladder
• Get Tool with Rotary Handle, use on machine gun’s side
• Turn weapon
• Push button
• Get Bead Screw, use on chest
• Get Metal Card, use on apparatus on table
• Solve simple puzzle
• Use Metal Card on gun
• Pull levers, pump bellows
• Solve easy puzzle on wall
• Go upstairs, get Bent Wire
• Read letter
• Solve memory puzzle
• Get Key in Resin, place in boiler near stairs
• Get Metal Part, use on kettle under stairs
• Get Metal Lattice
• Use Bent Wire on shelf
• Get Impure Charcoal Powder & Switch
• Use Switch on gun
• Pump bellows
• Get Flacon of Gunpowder, use on shelf
• Get Container of Gunpowder, use on device on worktable
• Get Incomplete Filter + Metal Lattice = Filter
• Use Filter on device
• Note separated units of powder
• Get Iron Weight
• Use Impure Charcoal Powder
• Get Charcoal Powder
• Rotate left cylinder on worktable to Roman numeral I
• Use Iron Weight
• Get Rotary Switch
• Note numbers
• Pick up Iron Weight
• Use Rotary Switch on wall near boiler
• Solve simple puzzle – (5R, 3L, 4R)
• Solve easy puzzle
• Get Winged Nut & Powder Flask
• Use Winged Nut east of the right cylinder on worktable
• Rotate right cylinder to III, use Iron Weight
• Read crumpled letter
• Rotate cylinders to II and IV to get another letter, Sulphur Crystal, and Small Hook
• Take Iron Weight
• Use Small Hook & Iron Weight on scale
• Get Metal Symbol, use on glass dome
• Get Saltpeter Crystal and Strange Key
• Use Saltpeter Crystal on mortar, get Saltpeter Powder
• Use Sulphur Crystal in mortar, get Sulphur Powder
• Use Strange Key on device behind mortar
• Solve the math puzzle – (Correct ratio: 3:1:5 = Sulphur: Charcoal [Carbone]: Saltpeter [Nitre])
• Place correct unit measures on shelf
• Use Powder Flask
• Get Full Powder Flask, use on boiler
• Get Ornamental Key, use on glass chest
• Solve puzzle box – (alternate buttons and dial, purple, green, white, red)
• Get Special Key, use

Pope’s Chambers (Vatican 1508)

• Cutscene
• Get Bookmark, use on door
• Use Oculus Perpetua, use Bookmark
• Get Stone Rosette > Stone Rosette with Protrusion, use on Roman bust
• Read letter
• Get Part of Rider Figurine, use on horse
• Go upstairs
• Get Model of Tower, use on basilica model
• Solve 3 puzzles (Hint: move pieces onto different colored portion)
• Use Oculus Perpetua, solve simple puzzle
• Get Chess Piece
• Note floor from balcony
• Go down, use Chess Piece
• Solve chess puzzle (Hint: Utilize 2 oddly colored squares)
• Interact with SPQR banner
• Solve wall puzzle
• Read letter
• Get Metal Key
• Solve simple puzzle
• Use Metal Key
• Get Metal Cylinder with Arms > Censer Base
• Inspect northwest portion of bureau
• Get Metal Shrine Model + Censer Base = Censer
• Use Censer on statue
• Solve puzzle on gold cylinder
• Get Sprinkler Part, use on top of gold tower
• Get Relic of St. John
• Open font panel, use Relic of St. John
• Get Shiny Shell, use on picture
• Get Medallion of Dawn, use on wall under windows
• Cutscene
• Solve pillar puzzle
• Get Ceremonial Plate
• Interact with wooden box
• Use Ceremonial Plate
• Solve simple puzzle
• Get Disc with Red Stone, use on side of clock
• Rotate clock hand
• Get Medallion of Noon, use under windows
• Cutscene
• Solve pillar puzzle (use either hints or see detailed walkthrough for solution)
• Interact with bottom of bust
• Get Stone Bowl
• Read letter
• Get illustration
• Solve puzzle on rightmost table object
• Get Red Stone Bust, use on red stone box
• Use Stone Bowl
• Get Medallion of Dusk, use on wall under windows
• Cutscene
• Lower handle
• Solve easy puzzle – (eye, people, sword, arch, heart, pope)
• Pull lever
• Get Grandmaster’s Amulet

Villa of Luca Pacioli (Northern Tuscany 1508)

• Watch cutscene
• Go upstairs and out into garden
• Optional: approach Borgia and Marco for a small cutscene
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Rotate top part of pillar to loosen ropes
• Push wooden cart backwards
• Pull lever on pillar
• Open lid on wooden cart
• Turn handle
• Watch cutscene

Secret Passage (Central Apulia 1508)

• Solve simple puzzle on rock with cross on it
• Get Lever with Folded Handles > Rotary Lever
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Use Rotary Lever
• Solve puzzle – (uncover the sideways square)
• Cutscenes
• Get Dagger
• Read scroll
• Push crane, lower sack onto bridge
• Go down stairs
• Solve puzzle with Oculus Perpetua – (Do 1 & 2 separately, and 3 & 4 together)
• Get Metal Shaft with Handles
• Spin wooden wheel
• Go upstairs
• Get Wooden Plank near iron door
• Use crane on trapdoor
• Use Wooden Plank
• Use Metal Shaft with Handles
• Unlock iron gate door
• Get Arquebus Support near skeleton
• Use on broken chute downstairs
• Push crane towards bridge but not over it
• Move hook to the far right and lower it
• Go downstairs
• Use Metal Shaft with Handles on sluice gate I
• Use Dagger on sluice gate II
• Turn wooden wheel
• Change chute funnel to the other number
• Turn wooden wheel
• Attach crane hook to now-uncovered sack
• Raise hook, move to middle position
• Push crane across bridge
• Lower sack
• Cutscene
• Get Bent Rail east of entrance
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Get Mace from midair, use on track controls
• Turn to far left position
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Get Key
• Use Bent Rail
• Get Rail
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Move lever to middle
• Use Rail
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Get Stepladder, give to Leonardo
• Get Bent Metal Shaft, use on machine
• Get Metal Shaft, give to Leonardo
• Get Tongs
• Use Key
• Use Tongs
• Get Oil Lamp, give to Leonardo
• Cutscene

Castle del Monte (Central Apulia 1508)

• Watch cutscene
• Pull brick
• Open door
• Cutscene
• Cutscene
• Cutscene
• Pull lever
• Open bottom of cage
• Get Hexagonal Prism, use on top portion
• Solve puzzle
• Pull top, open door
• Get Metal Key, give to Leonardo
• Cutscene
• Get Faceted Ruby, use on painting
• Read note
• Solve date puzzle, use Oculus Perpetua for hint – (1194)
• Turn wheel
• Solve puzzle (Hint: Place far end pieces first, then focus on one color)
• Pull lever
• Get Wooden Handle, use on painting
• Move stepladder
• Get De Sole et Luna, use on hidden room
• Get Falcon Medallion, use on wooden structure near window
• Get Falconry Bell, use on falcon
• Press button
• Get Falconry Hood, use on falcon
• Press button
• Get Venandi cum Avibus, place in hidden room
• Open dome on table
• Solve puzzle, use Oculus Perpetua on model for hint
• Solve puzzle, use Oculus Perpetua on model for hint (Sudoku-type)
• Get Liber Augustalis, use in hidden room
• Get Ladder
• Move stepladder
• Use Ladder
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Get Plain Metal Key
• Use Oculus Perpetua
• Use Plain Metal Key
• Get Part of a Wheel
• Get Broken Wheel + Part of a Wheel = Reinforced Wheel
• Use in machine
• Spin wheel to position cart
• Go down, pull lever
• Pull gold handle
• Get Handle, use
• Push button (x2)
• Solve color puzzle (3 rounds)
• Get Small Golden Key, use
• Get Eagle Relief
• Push button (x2)
• Solve colored light puzzle (3 rounds)
• Get Capricorn Relief
• Push button (x2)
• Solve rope cutting puzzle (Hint: match characters from the cardinal direction points across the ordinal direction points – Lute Player, Man in Orange Shirt, Red Queen Lady [both N & E], Executioner)
• Get Lion Relief
• Push button (x2)
• Solve navigation puzzle (3 rounds – [N, W, N, W, NE]; [N, NE, NW/NE, N]; [NN, N, W, NE, W])
• Get Bull Relief
• Place all 4 Reliefs in double door
• Cutscene
• Read letter
• Turn handle
• Push stone
• Get Metal Rail, use on track
• Push stone
• Pull lever
• Cutscene
• Solve throwback boiler puzzle – (4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 6)
• Cutscene

Ancient Temple (Palestine? ~????)

• Move forward
• Use Grandmaster’s Amulet
• Solve puzzle (Hint: use journal for help)
• Cutscene
• Push handle
• Press button
• Cutscene

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