Castle Adventure Hints

Answers to questions are printed in white-on-white; select them to reveal their content.
Even reading the questions to these hints may reveal some spoilers.  Consequently, some of the questions (and even one of the headings) have words that are white-on-white, too.  The questions have been designed so that, if you are stuck, you can look at the next question (and answer) without also seeing later questions and thereby receiving more clues than you need at that point.


Getting into the Castle

1.    If you can’t get into the Castle...

You need to find the secret passageway.

2.    If you can’t find the secret passageway...

It is located in the caretaker's hut.

3.    If you can’t find the key to the caretaker's hut...

It is located in the cave with the partially blocked entrance.

4.    If you can’t get into the cave...

You need to find something that will make you grow smaller.

5.    If you can’t find something to make you grow smaller...

Eat a mushroom.

6.    If the magpie is bothering you...

Hide the shiny object inside something else.

7.    If you can’t open the secret passageway...

Read the caretaker's piece of paper before the gnome steals it.

8.    If you lost the paper...

It read, 'Rake, Kettle, Ladle'.

9.    If you still can’t open the secret passageway...

Pull rake, pull kettle, pull ladle

10.    If you can’t find the torch in the dark...

Just keep trying!

Locating the Princess

1.    If you can’t get past the dog...

Throw the dog something it would want to chase.

2.    If you can’t find something the dog would like to chase...

There is a smoked sausage in the mess hall, in the middle of the barracks.

3.    If the dog comes back...

Restore a save game and try throwing the sausage in a specific direction.

4.    If you can’t find the entrance to the labyrinth...

It is located in the cellar under the kitchen.

5.    If you can’t find something to put in the socket...

Pay attention to the ghost.

6.    If you can’t open the mysterious panel...

You will need something thin and strong, like a knife.

7.    If you can’t find the knife...

It is located in the weapons store.

8.    If you get lost in the labyrinth...

The tapestries in the dining room (visible from the balcony) show the way.

9.    If you missed the tapestries...

They said, 'esw', 'ene' and 'wns'.

10.    If you can’t get past the guard...

Leave him a bottle of wine and see what happens!

Escaping with the Princess

1.    If you can’t get out of the labyrinth...

Sorry, there are no shortcuts or hints. Maybe you should have made a map.

2.    If the princess runs off...

Get rid of the reason she ran away.

3.    If you don't know how to move the ghost...

The ghost is fixated on the tiara, so move the tiara.

4.    If you can’t find the princess after she runs away...

Look for her at the highest point in the castle.

5.    If you can’t open the drawbridge...

Find the winching mechanism.

6.    If you can’t find the winch...

It is located above the guardhouse which is above the drawbridge.

7.    If you can’t get the winch to work...

Listen to the princess.

8.    If you still can’t get the winch to work...

Kick winch.

9.    If you want to experience the happy ending...

Be nice to the magpie!

10.    If you want to be nice to the magpie...

Let it have the key after you unlock the caretaker's hut door.