Complete checklist for The Vanishing of Ethan Carter's second murder scene. Find all clues, items, and solve the chronology puzzle to progress.
Walkthrough
- 1Inspect Blood in Graveyard: Located near the Witch's Hut, labeled "Blood Stain."
- 2Inspect Graveyard Area: Find and inspect blood on the wall (labeled "Sigil"), and a "Wheelbarrow."
- 3Go Underground: Find a lever and a crow statue. Note that the crow statue is missing another piece.
- 4Solve Word Alignment Puzzle: Align the puzzle to point towards the graveyard.
- 5Find Crow: Locate the crow near a grave, furthest from the church. A tree may obstruct the view from the church.
- 6Return Underground: Place the crow with the statue to create a lever mechanism. Pull the lever to activate a light and reveal a corpse on a coffin.
- 7Inspect Corpse Area: Inspect the "Crow Dagger" in the corpse and the corpse itself. Do not use "Touch" yet.
- 8Inspect Tree Stump: Find the tree stump with a blood bucket to the right of the underground entrance. If you inspected this before getting the dagger, you'll get a "???" alignment pointing to the corpse.
- 9Fix Dagger on Tree Stump: Use the "Fix" action to place the dagger on the tree stump.
- 10Find Oil Lamp: Inspect the rock with the green oil can and matches across from the tree stump. Align letters to find the Oil Lamp in the Church tower.
- 11Retrieve Oil Lamp: Enter the church from the graveyard side and go to the tower. Pick up the Oil Lamp on the ground.
- 12Fix Oil Lamp: Return to the rock and use "Fix" to place the Oil Lamp. A scary noise indicates completion.
- 13Touch Corpse: Return underground and hold "Touch" on the corpse to spawn Shimmering Lights of Hope.
- 14Solve Chronology: Head to each spawned scene and determine the order (1-5).
- Scene #1: Woman and bearded man on the path behind the Church.
- 15Scene #2: Three people near the underground entrance; bearded man back, other man cowering from woman.
- 16Scene #3: Woman overlooking a man crouched on the ground, next to Scene #2.
- 17Scene #4: Graveyard, in front of the Church; man strangling another, woman with crow dagger pointed at strangler.
- 18Scene #5: Behind the church, off the path; woman with lamp and a younger man.
- 19Visualize Final Scene: After setting the chronology, visualize the final scene, which involves a man and a boy talking underground. The boy mentions going into the mines, indicating the next destination.
Tips
- The crow statue puzzle in the underground area requires finding a physical crow in the graveyard and returning it to complete the mechanism.
- The dagger placement on the tree stump is a key step that affects a subsequent word alignment puzzle.
- The Oil Lamp is found in the Church tower and is necessary to complete the murder scene investigation.
- Solving the chronology puzzle is crucial for progressing the story and unlocking the next area, "The Mines Murder."
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