The Great Unknown: Houdini's Castle: Section Three - To Finale

With our The Great Unknown: Houdini's Castle Walkthrough, finding your way through Houdini's sinister tests and traps will be a snap. This custom Houdini walkthrough comes complete with step-by-step instructions on what you need to do in order to beat this mysterious and challenging hidden object game. We've also included tons of screenshots, marked with key item locations, as well as solutions to all the puzzles and mini-games you'll encounter during gameplay.

General Information and Hints
Section One - To The Dungeon Door
Section Two - To Houdini's Room
Section Three - To Finale
Collector's Edition Bonus Level

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  • Enter Houdini's Room
  • Examine the book to the right
  • Pick up the Screw
  • Examine the cage
  • You need a saw

 

  • Do the Hidden Object Scene
  • Receive Pumpkin

 

  • Return to the Torture Room
  • Place the 2 Screws
  • Pull 1, 4, 5, and 6
  • Pick up Hacksaw

 

  • Return to Houdini's Room
  • Use Hacksaw on Cage
  • Pick up Isolator
  • Do Hidden Object Scene
  • Receive Revealing Spray

 

  • Return to Ticket Booth
  • Do the Hidden Object Scene
  • Pick up Shovel

 

  • Return to Torture Room
  • Use the Revealing Spray on the Wall
  • Press the bricks in order
  • Enter the Mine Entrance

 

  • Examine the Boiler
  • You need Coal and a Sensor
  • Examine the box on the wall
  • You need something to cut the chain
  • Examine the box on the floor
  • Pick up the Bucket
  • Note you need something to remove nails

 

  • Enter the Mine Shaft
  • Examine the Ore Cart
  • Note you need a jack
  • Pick up the Crowbar
  • Examine the coal pile
  • Put the Bucket next to the pile
  • Use the Shovel twice
  • Pick up the Bucket with Coal

 

  • Return to the Mine Entrance
  • Examine the Box
  • Use the Crowbar on the nails
  • Pick up the Dynamite
  • Head left
  • Note the Generator needs a Filter and Belt
  • Pick up the Jack

  • Return to the Mine Entrance
  • Examine the ore cart
  • Use the Jack on the cart
  • Pick up the detonator
  • Place the Dynamite on the back wall
  • Place the Detonator and use it
  • Head to the Scarecrow
  • Examine the Ladder
  • Pick up the Stone Leaf
  • You need a plank
  • Examine the Scarecrow
  • Place the Pumpkin in the Basket
  • Pick up the Nippers

 

 

  • Enter the Cockpit
  • Do the Hidden Object Scene
  • Click on the button and pick up the Radio Wave
  • Receive the Hammer

 

  • Enter the Cemetery
  • Examine the Gravestone
  • Note the Number
  • Place the Stone Leave and Stone Flower
  • Pick up the Filter

 

  • Examine the coffin
  • Use the Hammer on the lid and open it
  • Do the Hidden Object Scene
  • Receive Fire Extinguisher

 

  • Return to Mine Entrance
  • Examine the Box on Wall
  • Use Nippers on the chain
  • Pick up Ax
  • Return to the Airplane
  • Do the Hidden Object Scene
  • Receive Gloves

 

  • Use the Ax on the branches
  • Enter the Airplane Cargo Door
  • Use the Fire Extinguisher on the fire
  • Pick up the Coat of Arms and Monument Part
  • Examine the Suitcase
  • Enter the code from the gravestone to open it
  • Pick up Wire
  • Exit the Airplane
  • Examine the engine
  • Use the Wire and pick up the Parachute Part

 

  • Return to Cemetery
  • Do the Hidden Object Scene in the coffin
  • Use the corkscrew on the cork and get the Green Gas
  • Receive Wooden Plank

 

  • Reach up in the Wall
  • Use Gloves
  • Pick up Handle
  • Examine the Statue
  • Place the Monument Part
  • Pick up Generator Belt
  • Return to Scarecrow Ladder
  • Place the Wooden Plank
  • Use the Belt
  • Enter the Tree house
  • Place the Crank and turn it
  • Pick up the Sensor and Pendant
  • Return to the Mine Entrance
  • Examine the Boiler
  • Place the Coal and Sensor
  • You can crush something here now

 

  • Return to the Doors and examine the generator
  • Place the Filter and Belt
  • Enter the room to the right
  • Examine the Armor
  • Need 2 Coats of Armor
  • Examine the gears to the right; need to stop them
  • Examine the box under the stairs

  • Solve the puzzle
  • Pick up the Amber

 

  • Go to the boiler
  • Place the Amber
  • Press the button
  • Receive a Gear Block
  • Return to the stairs
  • Place a Gear Block to stop the gears
  • Head up the stairs to the Gargoyle
  • Pick up the 5 colored glass pieces
  • Examine the Gargoyle
  • Pick up the glass piece
  • Note that the gargoyle has a missing ear

 

  • Head upstairs to the fire in the floor
  • Examine the pipes; note the hole in the pipe
  • Examine the skull in the wall
  • Note you need something to break open the mask
  • Pick up the Pickaxe

 

  • Return back to the Gargoyle
  • Use the Pickaxe on the lit up portion of the floor
  • Pick up the Eye Symbol
  • Return downstairs past the Knight
  • Place the Eye Symbol on the wall
  • Pick up the Wrench and Gargoyle Ear

 

  • Examine the Gargoyle
  • Place the Ear on the Gargoyle
  • Pick up the Gas Damper
  • Return upstairs and place the Gas Damper in the pipe
  • Head up the stairs to the end of the stairs
  • Examine the Window
  • Pick up a Coat of Arms and Matches
  • Examine the wall box; need a key.
  • Examine the Door; need a handle

 

  • Return downstairs to the Knight
  • Place the 2 Coats of Arms
  • Pick up the Door Handle
  • Place the Door Handle on the Observatory Door
  • Enter the Observatory
  • Examine the electrical box on the left
  • You need a Switch
  • Examine the laser machine
  • Pick up the Transistor and Acid
  • Examine the Mirror
  • Place the Pendant and 2 Transistors

 

  • Head down the hall to the stained glass window
  • Use the Acid on the skull
  • Pick up the Key
  • Head up to the locked box
  • Use the Key on the Box
  • Pick up the Switch and Thread and Needle
  • Return to the Observatory
  • Place the Switch and flip it
  • Pick up the Burner for the hot air balloon
  • Return to the Hot Air Balloon
  • Examine the balloon
  • Place the Parachute Part and Needle and Thread
  • Place the Gas Tank and the Burner over the basket
  • Use the Matches to finish.

General Information and Hints
Section One - To The Dungeon Door
Section Two - To Houdini's Room
Section Three - To Finale
Collector's Edition Bonus Level

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