General Gameplay Hints
Generally, you use many objects in the mission as "tools", that is, you use them on other objects.
For example, to light the fire, you should find the matchbox and then frob the fireplace log with it.
On Expert, you'll want to find the rope arrow as soon as possible to make getting into the rafters and up
on the roof easier (although the mission can be completed on Expert without the rope arrow!)
| Rope arrow location: | Stuck on the pantry wall in the kitchen, to the left of the fireplace. To get to it, go up the ladder, walk to the edge, look down and grab it. |
Cheats Table
This table gives the location of key items for each difficulty. Highlight a cell to reveal the spoiler.
| Normal | Hard | Expert | |
| Front Door Key | Window sill by front door | Inside grandfather clock in living room |
In rafters, far NE corner to the right of the window |
| Back Door Key | N/A | On window sill behind Xmas Tree | Tool shed, in the bucket on the left shelf |
| Broom | Pantry/storeroom off kitchen | Tool shed | On the roof, leaning against the western chimney |
| Dustpile #1 | Kitchen by fireplace | Kitchen by sink | In kitchen panty/storeroom |
| Dustpile #2 | Kitchen by doorway leading to north end of living room |
By front door | Under plant on front porch |
| Dustpile #3 | Near back door | On front porch | Kitchen under vine window (by fireplace) |
| Dustpile #4 | By fireplace/Xmas tree | By Xmas tree | Back porch (porch) |
| Dustpile #5 | In small sitting area by bookshelf | Under plant to left of fireplace | Behind Xmas tree |
| Dustpile #6 | N/A | Up above pantry (go up ladder) | Out front at path intersection |
| Matches | On table to left of fireplace in living room |
In lower left cupboard in kitchen |
Under the back porch next to the house |
| Victrola Records |
Next to victrola and on table by it |
On table in crawlspace above storeroom |
In rafters at south end (above library) |
| Ruby | N/A | Under apple on kitchen counter | Behind logs in living room fireplace, AFTER lighting fire |
| Emerald | N/A | Behind plant in corner of living room left of fireplace |
Inside cabbage (cut with knife) |
| Diamond | N/A | Outside on wall east of house | On edge of roof above back porch |
| Painting #1 | N/A | N/A | In crawlspace above storeroom |
| Painting #2 | N/A | N/A | Up in chimney in kitchen |
| Painting #3 | N/A | N/A | Behind shelf in SE corner of library |
| Painting #4 | N/A | N/A | East rafters above tree |
| Painting #5 | N/A | N/A | Under east end of back porch |
| Painting #6 | N/A | N/A | On roof of shed in back yard |
| Cookie #1 | On the counter by the sink | On the counter by the sink | On the back of the large tree in the dark corner of the back yard |
| Cookie #2 | On the counter by the sink | On the counter by the sink | On the ground outside the main gate opposite the front door |
| Cookie #3 | On the counter by the sink | In the kitchen cupboard with the goblets |
On a rafter beam above the kitchen island |
| Cookie #4 | On the counter by the sink | In the pantry on the top shelf in a corner |
On a rafter beam above the living room (fireplace end) |
| Cookie #5 | On the counter by the sink | Behind the victrola | Atop a bookshelf in the small sitting area |
| Knife | Kitchen counter by the cabbages | In the shed, stuck in the wall | Stuck in the frame above the large doors leading off the property, if you turn left when leaving through |
| Wine Carafe | N/A | In the kitchen fireplace | On the roof, atop the living room chimney |