writ­ten 12/8/25, updat­ed 2/2/26

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• Pub­lished: Lega­cy Games
• Plat­form Played: Nin­ten­do Switch
• Price: MSRP: $14.99
• Rat­ed: E10 (Fan­ta­sy Vio­lence)
• Genre: Adven­ture
• Date Released: Novem­ber 14, 2025

This is a writ­ten walk­through for Ice­bound Secrets: The Frost­wood Bane played on the Nin­ten­do Switch. While there are some puz­zle solu­tions, I tend to skip puz­zles I don’t enjoy

Game Start

Watch intro cin­e­mat­ics

Tutorial: Part 1 — Arrival in Town

• Inspect the car and take the Car Brush
• Look at the pile on the ground, use the Car Brush, then take the Hotel Key
• Back out and take the King Stained Glass Shard from the snow
• Inspect the hotel door, read the note, then use the Hotel Key
• Go inside
• Inspect the fire­place and take the Pok­er
• Inspect the win­dow, move the pot, then take the Coin
• Read the paper
• Inspect the desk, read the note, take the Pli­ers
• Go back out to the entrance
• Look at the gate and watch the cut scene
• Inspect the gate lock, use the Pli­ers
• Take the Chain Lock­et
• Open your inven­to­ry, check out the Chain Lock­et, click on the paper­clip to undo it
• Take the Yin Lock­et and Chain with Hook
• Inspect the foun­tain basin, use the Pok­er, and take the Coin
• Go back into the hotel
• Look at the pile on the ground, use the Chain with Hook on the crack, then take the Cameo
• Use the Chain with Hook again, and get a Coin
• Back out at the entrance, look at the pile on the ground, and use the Cameo on the purse
• Take the Lighter and Coin
• Inspect the red machine next to the foun­tain
• Use the Lighter, then Coin x4, get a Mag­a­zine and Gear
• Back inside the hotel, use the Mag­a­zine, Lighter, then Pok­er in the fire­place
• Get a Yang Lock­et
• Inspect the win­dow, use the Yin Lock­et and Yang Lock­et on the box
• Take the Gear, then watch the cutscene
• Go back out­side

Oh no! Every­thing is extra frozen now! And the skull in the snow! Omi­nous!

• Look at the pile on the ground and inspect the gate. It’s frozen sol­id
• Go into the hotel, look at the fire­place, and use the Pok­er to get a Hot Pok­er
• Use it out­side on the frozen gate lock
• Use the Gear x3

Gate Lock Puzzle

Move the green locks and move the met­al pieces to unlock all 4 locks

I dis­like this type of puz­zle, the con­trols are ter­ri­ble, and it does­n’t make sense. SKIPPED!

• Talk to the female and take the prof­fered Small Knife
• Take the Skele­ton Stained Glass Shard from above the door on the east
• Inspect the lad­der
• Inspect the space between the build­ings; Take the Fence Rods and Coin
• Use the Fence Rods on the bro­ken lad­der
• Go up

Hidden Object Puzzle — Bedroom

• Go back to the town entrance, and use the Small Knife on the Hose in the foun­tain
• Inspect the pile on the ground, and use the Small Knife on the suit­case
• Take the Square Tile, Douche (Bulb Syringe), and Coin
• Inside the hotel, use the Square Tile on the large armoire
• Solve the mini puz­zle

• Take the Boots, Can­is­ter, Fur Coat, and Coin x2
• Back out­side, inspect the car
• Open the gas door, unscrew the cap, use the Can­is­ter, Hose, then Douche
• Take the Gas
• Com­bine Lighter + Can­is­ter + Douche
• Use the Coin x4 on the red machine for a Med­ical Jour­nal
• Back at the fire bar­rel, use the Fire­wood Bun­dle, Med­ical Jour­nal, Lighter, then Gas
• Take the Knit­ting Nee­dles back to the town entrance and use them on the Gloves in the pile on the ground
• Take the Tapes­try Tas­sel back into the hotel and use it on the tapes­try

Number Balance Puzzle

Move the num­bers so that none repeat in num­ber or col­or

I tried real­ly hard for a long time and could­n’t fig­ure it out. SKIPPED!

• You get an Emer­ald and the last of the Warm Clothes
• Go back and give the Warm Clothes the needy girl
• You learn her name is Chris­tine, and she gives you the Phar­ma­cist’s Key
• Use it on the west­ern build­ing, then go in
• …or try to. You’re blocked by ice
• Go over to the space behind Chris­tine and take the “Crow­bar” which is just a bro­ken part of the met­al land­scape bar­ri­er
• Bring it over to the phar­ma­cist build­ing and use it on the ice block­ing the door
• Great. Now you can go inside
• Inspect the bro­ken floor, to get a Nail Puller and Plank
• Inspect the green cab­i­net, read the note, and take the Fever Pill
• Inspect the counter, use the Med­ical Jour­nal, then look at it
• Go back to the hotel, look the at win­dow, and take the Mint Leaves
• Inspect the armoire and use the Nail Puller on the back for Planks x3
• At the town entrance, use the Nail Puller on the wood­en sign in the foun­tain for Planks x2
• Go to where Chris­tine is, look at the scaf­fold­ing, and use the Planks x6

Scaffolding Puzzle

Move the pieces of wood around to make a path. Three times.

Found it too dif­fi­cult, so I SKIPPED!

• Inspect the gar­goyle above the scaf­fold­ing, and take the Gin­ger
• Go to the phar­ma­cy and inspect the counter
• Use the Lighter, Fever Pill, and Mint Leaves
• Use the Gin­ger, then Small Knife
• Click on the ingre­di­ents to add them
• Take the Decoc­tion (def. method of extrac­tion usu­al­ly in herbal med­i­cine by boil­ing to dis­solve chem­i­cals of the mate­r­i­al)
• Give it to Chris­tine who gives you a List and Amulet Bagel (looks more like a pret­zel to me…)
• Use the Amulet Bagel on the east­ern door

Vehicle Puzzle

Move the vehi­cles until they rest in the appro­pri­ate­ly col­ored cir­cle

• Go inside
• Look at the dis­play case, and click on the snow on the low­er left por­tion of the glass until you get a Ruby
• Inspect the bro­ken shelf, take the Screw­driv­er
• Inspect the green box, take the Can­dle
• Look at the bro­ken stool
• Go back to the town entrance, look at the pile on the ground, and use the Screw­driv­er for Screws and a Wheel
• Go to the gar­goyle above the scaf­fold­ing, and use the Emer­ald and Ruby
• Take the Pro­vi­sions Lock­et and Christine’s Back­pack
• Use the Can­dle on the fire bar­rel
• Go into the phar­ma­cy and use the Burn­ing Can­dle on the green cab­i­net
• Take the First-Aid Kit
• In the store, use the Pro­vi­sions Lock­et on the green box
• Take the Crack­ers and Stale Cheese
• Use the Wheel, Screws, and Screw­driv­er on the bro­ken stool
• Wheel it over to the shelf, then use the Stale Cheese
• Take the Sling­shot and Cere­al x2
• Use the Sling­shot on the bro­ken shelf
• Take the Water Bot­tle and Canned Food x3
• Com­bine List + Back­pack + Cere­als + Canned Food + Water bot­tle + Crack­ers + First-Aid Kit = Sur­vivor’s Kit
• Give it to Chris­tine

Welp…

Part 2: The Investigation Deepens

• Inspect the crate and take the Bro­ken Snow­shoes, read the note, and take the Caduceus Amulet
• Go into the phar­ma­cy and use the Caduceus Amulet on the green cab­i­net door
• Take the Coal, Thick Nee­dle, and Twine
• Back at the hotel, use the Coal on the pad of paper on the counter, and take the Book Code
• Inspect the pile of books on the ground and move them aside to get Book Vol 1.
• Use the Book Code on the box, and take the Amulet Snowflake and Leather Straps
• Com­bine Bro­ken Snow­shoes + Thick Nee­dle + Twine + Leather Straps = Snow­shoes
• Use them on the path next to the phar­ma­cy
• Go for­wards deep­er into town
• Click to watch a cutscene
• Inspect the book on the ground near the win­dow for a dia­gram and a Glass Cut­ter
• Take the King Stained Glass Shard from above the win­dow
• Inspect the door to the library and click on the snow
• Take the Round Glass
• Go back­wards to the store and use the Glass Cut­ter on the dis­play case
• Take the Glass and Tech­ni­cal Oil
• Com­bine Glass + Round Glass + Glass Cut­ter = Glass Pieces
• Go to the library door and use the Tech­ni­cal Oil then Glass Pieces

Library Door Puzzle

Refer­ring to the dia­gram from before, solve the puz­zle

• You’re in!
• Use the Sur­vivor’s Kit on the man who gives you a Fire Hatch­et
• Look at the door to the left, take the Torch
• Look at the stove, take the Hook
• Look at the book­shelf to the right, take the Suit­case But­ton
• Go back to the hotel, inspect the phone, and click on the phone’s Wire (cord) until you take it
• Go back to the fire bar­rel and use the Torch to get a Lit Torch
• Look at the box behind the fire bar­rel, and use the Fire Hatch­et on the side of it
• Take the Fire­wood
• Go to the Phar­ma­cy, use the Fire Hatch­et on the hole in the ground
• Take the Wood Chips, pull the suit­case out with the Hook, then use the Suit­case But­ton
• Take Book Vol 2
• Go to the square in front of the library
• Use the Fire Hatch­et on the store win­dow
• Take the Fire­wood
• Go into to the library and use Book Vol 1 & 2 on the book­case to the right
• Take the Oven Code, read the let­ter, and take the Tree of Life Amulet
• Use the Oven Code on the stove
• Solve the minipuz­zle

Some of the detail is fad­ed over time. In my sec­ond playthrough, dif­fer­ent discs were fad­ed, not the same as this image below

• Use the Fire­wood, Wood­chips, then Torch in the stove
• Get the Elec­tric Pan­el Key from the man
• Use it on the box next to the door, take the File
• Back out to the square, and use the File under the stairs for a Light­ning Amulet
• Go back to the store
• Use the Light­ning Amulet on the work­bag for a Wheel Key (Tire Iron), Coin, and Fus­es
• Go back to the Library
• Use the Wire and Fus­es on the elec­tri­cal box
• Take and use the Librar­i­an’s Key (this man is start­ing to get on my nerves. Why not give me all the tools I need right away instead of piece­meal? Clear­ly just using me to do work he could do him­self…)
• Use the Torch and go inside

Library Maze Puzzle

This is real­ly straight for­ward and easy. All you do is go through, look for items, then use them. There’s no way to fail.

I was going to go through the maze but acci­den­tal­ly hit the skip but­ton. Oh well. Like I said, it’s real­ly easy.

• Give the man the Book of Leg­ends
• Take the Tree of Dark­ness Amulet
• Go up the stairs and use the Light and Dark Amulets on the book
• Take the Ruby Hair­pin
• Use it on the red tool­box in the store win­dow near the car for a Jack and Machine Screws (which look like lug nuts)
• Use the Jack on the red car
• Go back to the Town Entrance
• Use the Jack, Oil, and Wheel Key on the green car (I’m hon­est­ly not sure this would work as well as it looks in this game)
• Take the Car Wheel and use it on the red car, fol­lowed by the Machine Screws, Oil, and Wheel Key

Part 3: The Seer

• Click on the house ahead
• Take the Skele­ton Stained Glass Shard from the trash­can in front of the store
• Take the Wood Pat­tern from the win­dow sill of the store
• Inspect the bicy­cle and take the Rope from the bas­ket
• Inspect the man­nequin in the snow and click twice to remove the snow
• Take the Librar­i­an’s Ring
• Inspect the mail­box and poke the white raven to make it drop the Raven Medal­lion
• Go back to the libary
• Inspect the desk and use the Wood Pat­tern on the box
• Take the Dove Medal­lion and Librar­i­an’s Ring
• Go out­side of the library, and use both the Raven and Dove Medal­lions on the bag beneath the stairs
• Take the Crack­er, Mag­net, and Incense Stick
• Com­bine Mag­net + Rope = Mag­net on Rope
• Back in front of the seer’s house, use it on the bro­ken win­dow to get the Ice Ax (ice pick)
• You’ve prob­a­bly already guessed you need to use it on the seer’s house door (click 3x)
• Use the Ruby Pin to break into the house

What in the… Ah. I guess she’s the real deal?

• Click on the win­dow to open it and ven­ti­late the room
• Take the Aro­ma Stand and Coin from the draw­ers
• Take the Iron But­ton from the man­tel
• Take the Gold­en Mail Horn and Match­es from the table
• Head back to the phar­ma­cy and use the Iron But­ton on the first aid kit in the cab­i­net
• Take the Ammo­nia and Coin
• Before going back, vis­it the Town Entrance and use the Coin (x4) on the red machine for a Lizard Amulet and Misty’s Jour­nal
• Inside the seer’s house, use the Lizard Amulet on the green box for a Half Amulet Owl and Runes
• Use the Ammo­nia on the seer

Watch the weird cutscene where you dri­ve her to the library in the truck only for her to ran­dom­ly appear from behind the stove?

• The man gives you a Sil­ver Mail Horn (again, why not just give me use­ful things right away? He’s def­i­nite­ly manip­u­la­tive…)
• Back in front of the seer’s house, use the Crack­er on the white raven, then the Sil­ver and Gold­en Mail Horn on the mail­box
• Take the Pack­age, inspect it in the inven­to­ry, then open it, for a Librar­i­an’s Ring and Div­ina­tion Cards
• Back in the library, go up to the stat­ue and use the Librar­i­an’s Ring x3

Statue Ring Puzzle

Place the rings in order using the clues under­neath

• Get a Crys­tal Ball
• Inspect the table with the seer. There is a cloth there telling you what to put and where
• Place the Crys­tal Ball, Aro­ma Stand + Incense, Div­ina­tion Cards, and Runes
• Use the Match­es on the incense

Divination Puzzle

Move the runes so that they cor­re­spond to the Tarot cards

• Watch the cutscene, then give the seer Misty’s Jour­nal
• She gives you the Lion’s Head which you need to use on the draw­ers in her house
• Take the Aro­ma Oil and Town Map
• Back out to the front of the seer’s house and use the Aro­ma Oil on the man­nequin in the snow
• Take the Back­pack and Han­dle (foun­tain pen)
• Back in the library, place the Town Map and Han­dle on the desk, so that the invis­i­ble seer some­how mag­i­cal­ly turns it into a Road Map (she’s miss­ing from my game dur­ing this)
• Use the Road Map on the red truck out­side, then head for­ward to the Old Bridge
• Take the King Stained Glass Shard from the stairs of the bridge
• Take the Han­ker­chief([sic] hand­ker­chief is the cor­rect spelling) from the car
• Take the Witch Fig­urine from in front of the tent
• Inspect the red box on the ground
• Note the puz­zle solu­tion in the urn
• Use the Han­ker­chief on the bro­ken glass
• Use the Sharp Glass on the tent ties

Hidden Object Puzzle — Tent

• Get a Gas Cylin­der for your trou­ble
• Inspect the door under the bridge for a Lion Ring
• Go back to the front of the seer’s house
• Use the Sharp Glass on the man­nequin’s vest for a Witch Fig­urine and a Cat’s Hat
• Inside the seer’s house, use the Cat’s Hat on the cat on the man­tel for a Pick­lock Cane
• Use the Pick­lock Cane then Lion Ring on the draw­er
• Place the Witch Fig­urine x2

Witch Figurine Puzzle

Press the switch­es to move the witch­es into their cor­re­spond­ing col­ors

Sol­id SKIP on this puz­zle

• Take the Red Crys­tal and Amulet Skis
• Com­bine Back­pack + Amulet Skis
• Take the Fur, then use the Gas Cylin­der
• Use your new Gas Burn­er on the door under the bridge
• Take the Pic­ture Frag­ment, then open the door
• Go back to the seer’s house, look at the man­tel, and use the Pic­ture Frag­ment on the por­tait
• Take the Paints
• Back at the bridge loca­tion, use the Paints on the dif­fer­ent clear crys­tals (Car and Tool­box) to get the Green and Blue Crys­tals
• Use the Red, Green, and Blue Crys­tals on the door

Crystal Light Puzzle

Refer­ring to the clue found ear­li­er in front of the red tool­box, solve the light puz­zle

• Go inside
• Take the Spear and Amulet Car from the fall­en thing
• Take the Spat­u­la (Put­ty Knife/Scraper) from the winch
• Take the Car Key from the lock­er
• Back out at the bridge, use the Spear on the red lad­der
• Go up
• Take the Stool and Wrench
• Use the Car Key on the trunk of the taxi
• Take the Winch Lever and Amulet Car
• Over at the red tool­box near the tent, use the Amulet Car x2
• Take the Iron Han­dle and Screw Nut
• Back inside the Mine Entrance, use the Iron Han­dle on the lock­er for a Winch Belt, Iron Cup, and a news arti­cle
• Use the Winch Lever, Screw Nut, then Wrench on the winch, fol­lowed by the Winch Belt
• Use the Stool on the ground under the hook on the ceil­ing, then click the rope on the winch
• Click on the fall­en box thing, con­nect the clasp hook, then turn the winch han­dle
• Click on the rub­bish pile

Rubbish Puzzle

Match iden­ti­cal pairs of items in the cor­rect order to solve the puz­zle

• Go through the door to the Old Mine
• Take the Pick­axe from the wall relief
• Take the Screw­driv­er from the mine cart and read the news­pa­per clip
• Take the Key Num­ber 3 from the table
• Take the Bas-Relief Part from the foun­tain
• Go back out to the bridge and use the Screw­driv­er on the lamp on the bal­cony
• Take the Light­bulb (WHY is there a noose behind the lamp?!?!)
• Use the Pick­axe on the locked box in the tax­i’s trunk
• Take the Bas-Relief Part and the Archae­ol­o­gist’s Brush
• Inside at the Mine Entrance, use the Key Num­ber 3 on the lock­er
• Take the Adhe­sive Tape and Ham­mer
• Back in the Old Mine, use the Adhe­sive Tape on the bro­ken wire on the table, then the Light­bulb
• Replace the lamp­shade and turn on the light
• Click on the book to watch a cutscene about the events that tran­spired there
• Take the Wedge
• Use the Wedge and Ham­mer on the iced elec­tri­cal box over the table
• Open it and pull the lever

Okaaaay…

• Take the Amulet Snowflake and Bas-Relief Part from the new glow­ing pedestal
• Use the Wedge + Ham­mer com­bo again on the relief in the back of the room to knock off sand? Ice?
• Use the Archae­ol­o­gist’s Brush and Bas-Relief Part x3
• Take the Ancient Pyra­mid, then use it on the glow­ing pedestal

Ancient Runes and Shapes Puzzle

Re-order the spheres, cubes, and pyra­mids so that their designs match those on the pedestal

Hidden Object Puzzle — Floating Orb

Spin the orb and find all the sym­bols

You can’t skip it, but it’s not hard aside from the clunky con­trols

• Now that the door’s open, go into the Sar­coph­a­gus Hall
• Take the Skele­ton Glass Shard
• Take the Ruby Skull and Christine’s Mit­ten off the top of the sar­coph­a­gus, then remove the chain
• Take the Ice Knife from the side of the sar­coph­a­gus
• Take the Sap­phire Skull from the table
• Use the Spat­u­la and Iron Cup on the top of the sar­coph­a­gus for Glow­ing Frost
• Back out in the taxi trunk, use the Ruby and Sap­phire Skull on the box for an Amulet Snowflake
• In the Old Mine, use the Ice Knife on the 2 flow­ers for a Flower Bud and Frosty Flower
• Go to the Sar­coph­a­gus Hall and use the Amulet Snowflake x3 on the side of the sar­coph­a­gus
• Place the new Fire Recipe on the work­table, fol­lowed by the Ice Knife, Flower Bud, Frosty Flower, and Glow­ing Frost
• Click on the scepter for a Frost Flame, and use it on both the bowls sur­round­ing the sar­coph­a­gus

Clock Puzzle

Super easy puz­zle where you need to assem­ble the Roman numer­als to fin­ish the clock

• Go through the door into the Ice Chapel
• Take the King Stained Glass Shard
• Take the Icile ([sic] They mean ici­cle) from the ground mosa­ic
• Use Christine’s Mit­ten on the pedestal for a Frosty Crys­tal
  
• Use Christine’s Mit­ten on the grave­stone for Key Frag­ments
• In the inven­to­ry, inspect the Key Frag­ments
• Use the Spat­u­la on the can­dles for a Wax Piece
• Go back the Sar­coph­a­gus Hall
• On the work­table, take the Iron Cup
• Go back to the fire bar­rel from the begin­ning
• Use the Iron Cup and Icile for a Cup of Water
• Com­bine Key Frag­ments + Cup of Water + Wax Piece + Frosty Crys­tal = Ice Key
• Use it and Christine’s Mit­ten on the book under the giant stat­ue
• Take the Book of the Dead and Round Papyrus
• Head back to the library to present the Book of the Dead to the old peo­ple
• The seer gives you an Ener­gy Trap
• Use it to get Ghost Ener­gy x3 at the Fire Bar­rel, Sar­coph­a­gus Hall, and Ice Chapel
• Use the Ghost Ener­gy x3, then Round Papyrus on the sar­coph­a­gus

Sarcophagus Coloring Puzzle

The instruc­tions are super unclear, and I have no idea what you’re sup­posed to do. How are you sup­posed to restore col­or to an already col­ored pic­ture? I kind of just poked at stuff until the high­lightable things were high­light­ed

2/2/2026: As point­ed out by Alexan­dra, this is a spot the dif­fer­ences puz­zle! Makes a lot more sense now!

• Watch the cutscene
• Click on the fur coat, then take the Gold­en Key back to the seer’s house to open the locked cab­i­net
• Move the books aside to take the Ice Can­dle, Warm­ing Potion, and Amulet Drop
• Go back to the library where the old man will tell you the fire needs to be stronger and then gives you a Crow­bar (because that could­n’t have been use­ful ear­li­er?!?!)
• Go to the Old Mine, and use the Amulet Drop on the foun­tain to get a Buck­et
• Use the Crow­bar on the minecart, then take the Switch and Mosa­ic Piece
• Pick up the Shov­el from next to the table, then use it and the Buck­et on the minecart for a Buck­et of Coal
• In the Sar­coph­a­gus Hall, use the Ice Can­dle on the burn­ing bowl on the table for a Can­dle of Mem­o­ry
• Go back to the library and give Chris­tine the Warm­ing Potion
• Use the Buck­et of Coal and Shov­el on the stove
• Watch the cutscene

City Model Puzzle

Replace the pieces into their prop­er loca­tions

Sor­ry if my solu­tion is a bit con­vo­lut­ed

• Get the Old Town Map for your trou­ble

Part 4: The Castle

• Go to the front of the seer’s house and use The Old Town Map
• Go to the Funic­u­lar Plat­form (Def­i­n­i­tion: A funic­u­lar is a rail­way for steep slopes uti­liz­ing haul­ing cables)
• Look at the cas­tle
• Take the Knob from the con­trol con­sole
• Take the Skele­ton Stained Glass Shard from the roof of the booth
• Take the Ice Wolf from the can on the booth sill
• Take the Wood­en Chip from the tree
• Take the Mosa­ic Piece from in front of the robot
• Go back to the Old Bridge and use the Knob on the draw­er on the bal­cony
• Take the Pow­er Unit (Bat­tery), Ice Fox, and Wood­en Chip
• Go to the Ice Chapel
• Use the Ice Fox, Ice Wolf, and Can­dle of Mem­o­ry on the grave­stone
• Take the Mosa­ic Piece, Glow­ing Mush­room, and Mys­te­ri­ous Box
• Back at the Funic­u­lar Plat­form, use the Glow­ing Mush­room inside the tree hol­low
• Take the Wood­en Chip and Amulet Owl Half
• Com­bine Mys­te­ri­ous Box + Amulet Owl Half x 2
• Take the Wood­en Chip
• Use the Wood­en Chip x4 on the side of the booth

Funicular Booth Puzzle

Match the ani­mal tokens with their cor­re­spond­ing habi­tats

• Take the But­tons and Knight Fig­urine
• Look at the con­trol con­sole
• Use the Switch, But­tons, and Pow­er Unit
• Flip the lever, then ride on over to the Cas­tle
• Take the King Stained Glass Shard
• Take the Mosa­ic Piece from the door
• Take the Car­bine ([sic] Pret­ty sure they mean cara­bin­er) from the bro­ken rail­ing
• Take the Amulet Eye from the front left boy stat­ue
• Go back to the Funic­u­lar Plat­form
• Use the Amulet Eye on the robot­’s box to get a Cook’s Ladle and Restor­er’s Set
• Head back to the Cas­tle and use the Restor­er’s Set on the front right stat­ue to get the Page’s Hat
• Use the Page’s Hat on the boy stat­ue for a Chimera Scroll
• Use the Restor­er’s Set on the mid­dle stat­ue
• Take the Jester’s Hat and place it on the front right stat­ue
• Use the Restor­er’s Set on the final stat­ue
• Swap the Exe­cu­tion­er’s Axe with the Cook’s Ladle
• And, final­ly, restore the Exe­cu­tion­er’s Axe to the appro­pri­ate stat­ue
• Now that the lights are all lit, use the Chimera Scroll on the door

Castle Door Puzzle

Using the clue from the scroll, depress the prop­er but­tons to solve the lock puz­zle

• Go into the Main Hall
• Take the Mosa­ic Piece from the far-right dis­play
• Take the Ice Pen­dant from the glass dis­play
• Take the Dol­lar from the left dis­play
• Take the Rake Han­dle from the foun­tain
• Go back to the Ice Chapel and use the Mosa­ic Piece x4 on the ground

Ice Chapel Mosaic Puzzle

This is a 2‑part puz­zle where you need to cor­rect­ly col­or the image by swap­ping the crys­tals and then set the time on the clock

• Take the Ice Ghost
• Go to the Funic­u­lar Plat­form
• Insert the Dol­lar into the robot, then take the Excur­sion Play­er and Rake Base
• Go back to the Main Hall, and use the Excur­sion Play­er, Knight Fig­urine, and Ice Ghost on the right­most exhib­it
• Take the Wood­en Pegs
• Com­bine the Rake Base + Rake Han­dle + Wood­en Pegs = Rake
• Go out to the Cas­tle Entrance
• Use the Rake on the rocks below the bro­ken part of the rail­ing

Castle Entrance Stone Puzzle

Direct the stones to the square on the bot­tom by click­ing the square oppo­site of where you want the stones to go

There are oth­er ways to do this. I just did it this way in 32 moves

• You will get Peb­bles, Amulet Scroll, and Rub­ber Piece
• Go back into the Main Hall
• Use the Amulet Scroll on the left­most exhib­it in exchange for the Ancient Scroll
• Com­bine the Ancient Scroll + Restor­er’s Tools = Restored Scroll
• Give it to the old man in the library who will give you yet anoth­er use­ful item out his end­less jack­et pock­et: Amulet Repair
• Use on the wall box next to the robot on the Funic­u­lar Plat­form for Sealant and a Screw­driv­er (Was it always snow­ing…?)
• Go into the Main Hall
• Use the Rub­ber Piece, then Sealant on the bro­ken pipe in the foun­tain
• Use the Peb­bles

Castle Fountain Pebble Puzzle

Ohh… Anoth­er one these… Move the water lily with the key on it by “throw­ing peb­bles” at it the same way you moved the rocks ear­li­er in the last puz­zle

Thank­ful­ly, this one is easy and quick… though I’m not sure if they meant for you to solve it the way I did in 7 moves, heh heh…

• Use your new Show­case Key on the glass exhib­it
• Take the Torch Scheme, Scroll of Sum­mon, and Incin­er­a­tor Torch
• Watch the cutscene
• Go back to the library and give all 3 new items to the seer

Part 5: Unraveling the Mystery

• You’ve trav­eled to the Indus­tri­al Zone
• Take the Amulet of Infin­i­ty from the back of the truck
• Take the Blue Wire from next to the door
• Take the Mono­gram C from the well
• Take the Men’s Bag (Man’s Bag) from the fork­lift
• Take the Buck­et from the bay doors, then use the Amulet of Infin­i­ty on the lock

Hidden Object Puzzle — Storage Room

• Use your new Well Han­dle on the well, along with the the Car­bine (Cara­bin­er) and Buck­et
• Take the Artist’s Paint­brush and Mono­gram K
• Com­bine the Men’s Bag + Mono­gram C + Mono­gram K
• Take the Loader Key and Insu­lat­ing Tape
• Use the Loader Key on the fork­lift
• Go into Burn­ing Hall

Oh! Chris­tine! Con­ve­nient­ly after you’ve already done all the work

• Talk to Chris­tine
• Take the Eagle Fig­urine from the con­trol con­sole
• Take the Ham­mer from the lock­er
• Go out­side and use the Ham­mer on the back of the truck
• Take the Red Paint and Red Wire
• Back inside, use the Blue and Red Wire, and Insu­lat­ing Tape on the con­trol con­sole
• Hit the red but­ton

Trash Fan Puzzle

Guide the flail through the maze until you reach the oth­er side (Great time to skip)

• Chris­tine gives you a List of Paints
• Take the Nar­row Spat­u­la from the rub­bish
• Go out­side and use the Nar­row Spat­u­la on the yel­low stained por­tion of the well
• Take the Dog Fig­urine and Artist’s Key
• Use the key to enter the tow­er
• Lift up the rug, take the Scoop
• Take the Duster
• Take the Spoon from the rock­ing chair
• Take the Glow­ing Liq­uid from the shelf
• Go back to the Burn­ing Hall
• Use the Scoop and Duster on the rub­bish pile for a Tri­an­gu­lar Key and Ash
• Use the Tri­an­gu­lar Key on the lock­er
• Take the Vac­u­um Clean­er, Blue Paint, and Fire­proof Liq­uid
• Use the Vac­u­um Clean­er on the rub­bish pile
• Back in the Artist’s Tow­er, look at the artist’s table
• Use the List of Paints, Red Paint, Blue Paint, Ash, Fire­proof Liq­uid, Spoon, and Glow­ing Liq­uid
• Solve the mini puz­zle

• Take the Three Paints
• Give them to Chris­tine along with the Artist’s Paint­brush

Burning Hall Light Rune Puzzle

Try to align the col­ors to cre­ate the shapes in the clue

• Go back to the library and talk to the seer (now a prophet­ess??)

Cast a Protective Spell

You’re sup­posed to move the balls around to cre­ate the runes the puz­zle shows you, but I moved them around a lot and could­n’t fig­ure it out, so SKIPP

• She gives you back the Torch Scheme and Incin­er­a­tor Torch AAAAND you’re pow­ered up with some defense and spe­cial vision!!
• Go to the Main Hall and you should see a stair­case that was not vis­i­ble before

It does­n’t real­ly make sense because these rooms have exhibits for patrons that are oth­er­wise inac­ces­si­ble???

• Go into the Hall of Nat­ur­al His­to­ry
• Take the Mars Lay­out from the red table
• Take the Cat Fig­urine from the green table
• Take the Sat­urn Lay­out from the rep­tile enclo­sure
• Place the Incin­er­a­tor Torch and Torch Scheme on the desk
• Take the prof­fered Dag­ger back to the Indus­tri­al Zone and use it in the back of the truck
• Take the File and Flam­ma­ble Resin
• Go into the Burn­ing Hall and use the File on the lock­er for a Mouse Fig­urine and Rag
• Go into the Artist’s Tow­er
• Use the Cat, Eagle, Dog, and Mouse Fig­urine on the ground
• Use the Room Key stashed there on the green door

Hidden Object Puzzle — Artist’s Tower Part 1

Hidden Object Puzzle — Artist’s Tower Part 2

• You get a Stargaz­er Fig­urine
• Go back to the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Hall and use the Stargaz­er Fig­urine on the plan­ets table
• Take the Ice Pen­dant and Amulet Flower
• Remem­ber that bicy­cle in front of the seer’s house? Use the Amulet Flower on the bas­ket to get a Pick­lock and Fleu-de-lis ([sic] So many typos. They mean Fleur-de-lis)
• Back in the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Hall, use the Pick­lock on the green table
• Find and take the Torch Parts x4
• On the work­table, place the Torch Parts x4, Fleu-de-lis, Rag, and Flam­ma­ble Resin

Assemble the Incinerator Torch!

Fol­low­ing the instruc­tions on the schemat­ic, put the torch togeth­er. It says you need to do it in order, but you real­ly don’t

I apol­o­gize, I went to press back­wards and acci­den­tal­ly pressed SKIP instead. I’m sure the rest isn’t hard to fig­ure out. In fact, I think I made the exact same mis­take the first time I did this puz­zle

• Go to the Burn­ing Hall
• Use the Incin­er­a­tor Torch
• With the ghosts destroyed, go back to the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Hall
• Open the door in the back that was orig­i­nal­ly cov­ered in ice
• Take the Medal and use it on the green table
• Take the Plan­et Venus
• On the plan­ets table, use the Sat­urn and Mars Lay­out and Plan­et Venus (it’s like 3 dif­fer­ent peo­ple named these)
• Take the Anti-Cor­ro­sion Agent and Open­er
• Look at the met­al door, and use the Anti-Cor­ro­sion Agent and Pick­lock
• Go into the Boil­er Room
• Look at the green tool­box, remove the lid, and take Fire­proof Mit­ten and Can of Beans
• Com­bine Can of Beans + Open­er = Fire Beans
• Use the Fire Beans and Fire­proof Mit­ten on the rep­tile enclo­sure

Reptile Puzzle

Using the beans, trap the lizard (I thought it liked the beans…?). Do this 3 times. It’s not hard.

• Back in the Boil­er Room, toss the Sala­man­der on the frozen boil­er valve and turn it
• Take the House Medal­lion from the pipe across from the boil­er and use it on the green tool­box
• Take the Steel Ties (Hose Clamps), Wood­en Stem, and Met­al Saw
• Go back to the Artist’s Tow­er
• Use the Met­al Saw on the floor where you found the key
• Take the Steel Pipe back to the boil­er room, use it on the pipe, and then use the Steel Ties and Screw­driv­er
• Turn the valve again
• Go to the now-melt­ed Spi­ral Stair­case
• Take the Fig­ure Skat­ing Fig­urine from the gar­goyle, go back to the Artist’s Tow­er, and use it on the shelf

Figure Skater Ice Puzzle

Use the two arrow keys to spin each side of the puz­zle to map out a route for the fig­ure skater. When you’re done, press the tri­an­gle to test it out.

I got to about here, then could­n’t fig­ure it out. Good Luck! Skip time!

• Take the Wood­en Rose and Ring with Jasper
• Use the Wood­en Stem and Wood­en Rose on the rock­ing chair for Acid and Bro­ken Ring
• Go out­side to the truck and use the Acid on the box
• Take the Mala­chite Ring, Jew­el­ry Ham­mer, and Jew­el­ry Tongs
• Back in the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Hall, use the Jew­el­ry Tongs on the plan­ets table to get a Moon­stone
• Com­bine Bro­ken Ring + Moon­stone + Jew­el­ry Tongs + Jew­el­ry Ham­mer = Moon Ring
• Go into the Spi­ral Stair­case and use the Moon Ring on the gar­goyle

Gargoyle Puzzle #1

Slide the tracks around to guide the ball to the goal

• Swap the Ice Pen­dant for the Jasper Ring at the next gar­goyle

Gargoyle Puzzle #2

Move the tiles around with the arrows so that the heads drop onto the cor­rect ani­mal

Hint: Cat is the eas­i­est

• Use the Mala­chite Ring on the next gar­goyle

Gargoyle Puzzle #3

Slide the tracks around again to guide the ball to the goal

• Click on the first gar­goyle again

Gargoyle Puzzle #4

Yet anoth­er puz­zle

• Click on the 2nd gar­goyle again

Gargoyle Puzzle #5

Aaaand anoth­er guide-the-ball puz­zle

• Aaand, you guessed it: click on the 3rd gar­goyle again

Gargoyle Puzzle #6

Last one. I hope.

• FINALLY, head into the Throne Room
• Take the Amulet Dinosaur Skull and Tail from the King and Skele­ton stained glass win­dows, respec­tive­ly
• Take the Archae­ol­o­gist Bag from the skele­ton
• Inspect the stained glass to the left of the room
• Go back and take the Duster from the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Hall, then use it on the dusty stained glass in the Throne Room

Hidden Object Puzzle — Stained Glass

• Get a Stone Drum
• Go back to the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Hall
• Open the Archae­ol­o­gist’s Bag for a cutscene, Amulet Dinosaur Ribs
• Use the Amulet Dinosaur Head, Ribs, and Tail on the locked door
• Inside the Archae­ol­o­gy Hall, take the Raven Head from the chair and note the draw­ing there
• Take the Raven Wing and King Stained Glass Shard from the big table
• Back in the Throne Room, use the Raven Head and Wing below the throne

Raven Coloring Puzzle

Refer­ring to the clue from before, prop­er­ly col­or the relief

• Take the Ice Reed Pipe and Skele­ton Stained Glass Shard
• Back in the Archae­ol­o­gy Hall, use the Ice Reed Pipe and Stone Drum on the wall

Music Memory Puzzle

Using tri­al and error, fig­ure out the cor­rect order to press the pan pipe

• Get the Ancient Gear and King Stained Glass Shard
• Back in the Throne Room, use the Ancient Gear on the skele­ton’s box
• Take the Scheme Paper and Skele­ton Stained Glass Shard
• Use the King Stained Glass Shard x6 on the left win­dow
• Use the Skele­ton Stained Glass Shard x6 on the right win­dow
• Go into the Icy Tree’s Hall (last loca­tion!!!)

Stage 6: End Game (END)

• Take the Bro­ken Cam­era and Ice Pen­dant
• Inspect the tree to the right of the skele­ton, and use the Ice Pen­dant x4
• Take the Snake Fig­urine and Spades Leather Medal­lion
• Back in the Throne Room, use the Spades Leather Medal­lion on the skele­ton’s pock­et
• Take the Spare Film and Ship Fig­urine
• Go to the Castle’s Main Hall and inspect the elec­tron­ic play­er for a Bat­tery
• In the Archae­ol­o­gy Hall, use the Snake and Ship Fig­urine on the table

Figurine Map Puzzle

Place the fig­urines in their prop­er posi­tions

• Take the Objec­tive Lens
• Com­bine Bro­ken Cam­era + Spare Film + Bat­tery, then Objec­tive Lens = Cam­era
• Go back to the Icy Tree Room and use the Cam­era

Huh. I guess he does­n’t like his pic­ture tak­en?

• Hur­ry back to the seer and show her your Snap­shot (did­n’t real­ize that kind of cam­era was an instant print­ing cam­era…)
• Take the Ancient Coin to the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Hall and place it into the red table
• Take the Sil­ver Bar to the Artist’s Tow­er and give it to Chris­tine
• She hap­pens to have a Bag of Sand
• Go to the Archae­ol­o­gy Hall and use the Bag of Sand and Scheme Paper on the table under the instru­ments

Rune Schematic Puzzle

Fol­low the instruc­tions on the paper to draw the rune

The first time I did this, I some­how man­aged to be a line off and it did­n’t count

• Take the Rune Draw­ing and Grip­sack Key (grip­sack is a British Eng­lish term for small bag)
• Go back to the Icy Tree Room and use the Grip­sack Key on the skele­ton’s grip­sack
• Take the Jew­el­ry Burn­er
• Give Chris­tine both items and she’ll mag­i­cal­ly cre­ate 4 Runes

I sense the end of the game upcom­ing!

• Go to the Icy Tree Room, use the Runes, and pre­pare for a bar­rage of puz­zles!

Rune Puzzle #1

Arrange the laser beams to make all the ice cubes glow

Rune Puzzle #2

Press on the skulls to make them all glow

Some­times I’m good at these, some­times I’m not

Rune Puzzle #3

Slide the cubes and place them in their prop­er loca­tions

Rune Puzzle #4

Move the snakes so that they inhab­it the white squares only

Rune Puzzle #5

Anoth­er light the skull puz­zle

Rune Puzzle #6 (Last Puzzle of the Game!!)

And we end with anoth­er laser cube puz­zle

The End!!

Extra Puzzle

To unlock it, find all the mor­ph­ing items in the game

Morphing Items List (96 Total)

Extra Puzzle

It’s the library maze. When you fin­ish it, you’ll be treat­ed to some beau­ti­ful scenes allud­ing to poten­tial sequels for this series

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