Rescue Clara | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Jessalyn asks Nancy to decide to save her mom or not. Clara is in Charlotte's bedroom.
Agree to help.
Automatically be in Charlotte's bedroom.
Talk to a hysterical-angry Clara.
The clocks were reset and the secret passage is closed.
Take the antique key from right side of the mantle and insert into lock under the mantle.
Turn the 5 clocks to stop at 12 o'clock at the same time.

 Save game before doing the puzzle.

Find out how fast each clock runs.
- Set all to 12:00. Then pull lever. When the clocks stop; note how much time they moved from 12 and adjust for it.
Numbering left to right 1-5:
#5 stopped at 12:00.
#1 stopped at 3:00.
#2 clock stopped at 7:30.
#3 clock stopped at 4:30.
#4 clock stopped at 6:00.

There are 2 ways that you can solve this puzzle:
1. Continue from the testing of the clocks above and adjust the difference.
Set the clock from left to right: 9:00, 4:30, 7:30, 6:00 (as is) and no change.
2. Go back to a saved game prior to touching the puzzle and now know how fast the clocks move.
Set the clock from left to right: 11:00, 9:30, 10:30, 10:00 and 8:00.
Pull the lever. See that the large painting at right wall swing opens. Just in time!

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Open the safe | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Remove the panel to show a slider puzzle. Study the contents of the paper from the locket.
Align the notches to the outside levers:
The tiles should be placed so that the levers shown by the clue can be attached.
The notches of the tiles should match to the levers only on the periphery.
The numbers on the picture below are that of the squares-location NOT the tiles. Follow the solution by clicking on the squares-location itself.

Amateur  

Click on: 2 5 8 7 4 5 6 3 2 1 4 7 8 9 6 5 8 7 4 5 6 9 8 5.

Master

Click on: 15 14 13 9 10 11 12 8 7 11 10 9 5 6 7 8 4 3 2 6 5 1 2 6 7 3 2 6 7 8 4 3 2 1 5 6 7 3 4 8 7 6 5 1 2 6 7 8 4 3 7 8 4 3 2 6 7 3 4 8 7 6 10 11 12 8 7

11 10 14 15 16 12 11 7 6 10 11 7 6 5 9 10 14 13 9 5 6 7 11 10 6 7 8 12 11 15 16 12 8 7 11 15 14 10 11 12 16 15 14 10 9 13 14 15 16 12 11 10 14 13 9 10.

The safe is opened. Read and then take the Codicil to Last Will and Testament of Charlotte. Charlotte changed her will to make Harper her heir.

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Generator | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Get the generator working:
Check the generator that Jessalyn was working on.
The aim is to get the ball bearing to enter the hole-shaft at top middle area.
The gates swings several ways depending on the way it is hit.
The first step is to open the gate of the hole-shaft. Then bring the ball bearing to the shaft.
Move the ball using either mouse or keyboard arrows.
There is a reset button at bottom left.

Move: 7 rights, 1 down, 1 left, 5 down, 1 right, 1 up, 1 down (open gate), 1 left, 2 up, 1 right, 1 down, 1 right, 2 down, 4 left, 4 up, 2 left, 3 up, 2 right, 2 left (open gate), 3 down, 2 right, 4 down, 4 right, 2 up, 1 left, 1 up, 1 left, 2 up, 1 right, 2 up, 3 left, down to hole.

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Locket | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Find a way to open the locket:
Study Charlotte's sketch. It has a label for the buttons on the perimeter of the locket.

The clues are Mom, 1867 and -right.

Charlotte's mother is Marianna.
The pink camera and the family tree show that Hiriam T was born the year 1867.

-right looks like Wright. The only Wright in the family tree is Emeline.

Enter the 3 names in order using Charlotte's sketch as guide for the alphabets of the buttons.

Enter Marianna, Hiriam, Emeline. After each correct entry of the names, some central buttons are depressed.
That's it. The locket opens. Jessalyn reads the note inside and said that she will talk to her mom.

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Clara's briefcase | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Find a way to help Jessalyn:

Jessalyn explains her need for proof about her mother. 

She needs the necklace that Clara hides in her briefcase.

Jessalyn gives the briefcase clue.

Unlock Clara's briefcase before she returns:

Go to the parlor via the secret passage in Charlotte's bedroom.

Go down to the eye slot panel and hear the eerie singing. This scared Clara enough to leave the parlor.

Go through the panel to the parlor.

Open the briefcase:

Amateur: turn on 2, 5, 1, 4 and 6 on the left digit. Turn on 10, 14 and 13 on the right digit.

Master: turn on 3, 5, 2 and 4 on the left digit. Turn on 9, 13, 11 and 14 on the right digit.

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Metal Door in Cellar | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Find a way to unlock the door in the tunnels:
At the cellar, enter the tunnel right of Harper and left of the generator.
Open the panel of the metal door.

Amateur:    Each of the 4 edges is equal to the plaque's first and seventh numbers side by side

Using the clue on Franklin's memorial, arrange the numbers to add up to 18 on all sides.

Master:    The top and bottom edges are equal to the day of Franklin's death, the day of his dedication equal to either side. Franklin died on the 25th and the dedication was on the 15th.

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Clocks in Charlotte's bedroom | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Figure out the code within the clocks in Charlotte's bedroom:

Go to the fireplace and use the antique key dropped by Wade on the lock at right side under the mantel. This unlocks the clocks.
Press the lever that is at middle of fireplace. See that all 5 clocks turns in different speed.
The clue from the jewelry box states to get them to stop all at the same time at 12 o'clock.

set the first clock to 11:00

set the second clock to 10:00

set the third  clock to 11:30

set the fourth clock to 11:00

set the fifth  clock do 11:30

Pull the lever. See that the large painting at right wall swing opens.

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Flower Sketch | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

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Master

Go back to the crypt.

Using the drawing on the flower note as guide, click on the second from right middle row coffin.

Place the flower plate from soil box on the coffin frame. Look close and see that the flower sketch is automatically placed.

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Buried box | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Figure what is inside the buried box:

Go down to the cellar and enter through the secret passage right of the wine rack. Go under the porch.

Use the small key from the jewelry box on the box in the soil.

The box opens to show arrows similar to Ethel's grave drawing. It needs numbers to unlock.

Amateur:    Remember that Ethel died: January 13, 1933.

      Move the numbers to form: 1131933.

Click arrows: left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right.

Master:    Remember that Ethel died: March 14, 1933.

    Move the numbers to form: 3141933.

Click arrows: right, right, right, left, right, left, left.

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Charlotte's Jewelry Box | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Explore Charlotte's bedroom
Look around. Turn left and look close at the writing table left of bed.

Diary:    Read the leather bound diary right side of writing table. Learn that Charlotte is worried about someone close to slipping off the edge (maybe Harper). Charlotte kept her papers in a safe place. The first door of that safe place is opened by a clue from Franklin's Memorial.
Amateur:    Each of the 4 edges is equal to the plaque's first and seventh numbers side by side
Master:    The top and bottom edges are equal to the day of his death, the day of his dedication equal to either side.

(Take the clock phone charm hanging on the candlestick.)
Jewelry box:   Open the top of the jewelry box.
Invitation:    Read the Masquerade Ball invitation. Charlotte's 21 years old birthday party is to be held on 30th of October.
Check the menu at the other side of the invitation. Yum... Grilled shrimps, fried chicken and pork tenderloin.
Take the small key.

Panel:    Look close-click at the panel in front of the box at left side of the writing desk. Something is missing.
Use colored tile on the tile puzzle. Nancy says to trace a path from top left corner to top right corner.
Remember the sequence of the colored tiles on Beauregard's headstone.

Amateur:    Click on the colored tiles in sequence: purple, green, dark blue and light blue and make a path from top left to top right.

Master:    Click on the colored tiles in sequence: purple, light green, dark green, dark blue and light blue.

 

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Charlotte’s Bedroom Lock | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Find a way to enter the room at end of the hall

Colton:    Talk to Colton on the way to the house.

Clara:    Enter the parlor and hear Clara shriek. Talk to Clara.

Go to Charlotte's bedroom. Use the repaired key on the lock.

Colored tiled puzzle on lock:  

The numbers taken from the bird coffin tangram is automatically placed on the sides.

Review Charlotte's note given to Wade to solve this puzzle.  

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Beauregard Thornton | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

The importance of the name Beauregard:

Exit the crypt and look for the headstone of Beauregard Thornton.

Beauregard is at left end of Charlotte's headstone row. Left closest to gate when facing the statue.

See the 4 squares at bottom part of headstone. Use the colored tiles on the squares to get a sequence of colors:

Amateur: purple, green, dark blue and light blue.

Master: purple, light green, dark green, dark blue and light blue.

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Star Sketch | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Find a way to use the star design

Examine the coffins.

See that bottom row second from right has a star plate. Press the square button to take the star plate.

Coffin:    Recall the clue seen after the stacking puzzle at the ruins. Two handles pull out the box to which the star belongs. From the middle it shines, rising above them all.

From the clue, the coffin should be on top row and has 2 handles in front.

Pull out second from left top row coffin. Place the star plate on the frame.

Look close at the star plate. The star sketch from the ruins is automatically placed over the square at right.

Amateur

Master

Star tangram: This is a tangram puzzle. Arrange the geometric shapes inside the bird sketch.

Pick up a shape from left and drop it inside the shape on the sketch at right.

Right click to rotate or turn the shape.

The coffin opens. Take a part of a locket.

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Snake Sketch | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Find a way to use the snake design:

Recall the clue left under the snake sketch on the ivy covered column:  first of its kind across the bottom.

Pull out the coffin at second from left bottom row. Place the snake plate on metal frame.

Look close at the snake plate. The snake sketch from column is automatically placed on the square at right.

See geometric shapes at left above the snake icon.

This is a tangram puzzle. Arrange the geometric shapes inside the snake sketch.

Pick up a shape from left and drop it inside the shape on the sketch at right.

Right click to rotate or turn the shape.

The coffin opens. Pick up a key part to automatically join with the broken key to make a repaired key.

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Bird Sketch | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Find a way to use the bird design:

Look close at the bird plate. The bird sketch is automatically placed on the square at right.

See geometric shapes at left above the bird icon.

This is a tangram puzzle. Arrange the geometric shapes inside the bird sketch.

Pick up a shape from left and drop it inside the shape on the sketch at right.

Right click to rotate or turn the shape.

The coffin opens. Pick up numbers that look like the ones at side of the colored tile variants (like the one at the fountain in the ruins).

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Stained Glass Window | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Figure out what's hiding in the stained glass window:

Take a wilted rose from the ledge under the stained glass window.

Click on the stained glass window and Nancy states to place similar colored glasses adjacent to one another.

There are unmovable colored glasses already. Use them as starting point.

Pick a colored glass and click it on another glass you want replaced.

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Ruins Stacking Puzzle | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Watch the movie again in the workshop to see a masked Charlotte.

Go back to the ruins and see Charlotte. Nancy faints.

Look at the wall seen in the movie.

Stacking puzzle:    See rectangular, square, octagonal and triangular items at top left.

Stack these items to reach the drawing hidden on the top floor.

Be sure to center the placed items so that they are balanced.

There are several of these items. Use the wooden rectangular plank first on the center post.

Then stack the other items on top.

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Fountain Puzzle | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

 Look close at the panel on fountain edge.

See orange and blue colored numbers at left and right. This is a nonogram variant.

Read Charlotte's paper that she gave to Wade.

The numbers shows the amount present of that colored tile in that row or column.

Use the colored tiles taken from the barrels at the cellars on the squares. 

See that they are entered in those colors: orange and blue.

The place to enter those 2 colors can be horizontal or vertical.

No 2 adjacent tiles should be of the same colors.

Click on the placed tiles to cycle them to rotate colors, be blank or have an X on them.

The blank or X means that it is not of either color. The arrow resets the puzzle.

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Wine Rack | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

The graph on the ghost note looks familiar.
Go to the cellar and turn right. Go forward to the wine rack at the corner.
Decode the ghost clue:    Study the clue on the ghost note.

Amateur:    E immediately before O -  EO.
                  L is third. I sometime before E but sometime after B
                 Solution -  BILEO.

Master:  C before I before K;
              I is third; N immediately before B and K after N - makes K last.
              F neither first nor fourth - makes C first and F second.
              Solution -  C F I N B K

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Cotton Seeds Scale | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Find some cotton seeds:
If you haven't yet, take the bag of cotton from the right hallway upstairs.

Place the bag of cotton on the bin of the cotton gin.

Take the cotton seeds from the slot at right of the gin. Done, that's all of the seeds.
Using all of the cotton seeds, find a way to balance the scales:

Go to the scale right of the Cotton Processing door.
The cotton seeds are automatically placed on the bin below the scales.

Place seeds on the 4 scale platforms to balance the scale.

Amateur:    At left arm of the scale; place 1 seed pan 5, 3 seeds in pan 2 and 1 seed in pan 1.

At right arm of scale; place 3 seeds in pan 6.

Master:    At left arm of the scale; place 3 seeds pan 6, 2 seeds in pan 3 and 4 seeds in pan 1.

At right arm of scale; place 2 seeds in pan 2, 2 seeds in pan 5 and 2 seeds in pan 7.

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Cotton Gin | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

 Amateur

Master

Fix the cotton gin:

Go to the cotton gin at workshop. It is now active.

See discs with holes. Place the discs on the rods at left in the correct order so that all fits.

Slide the disc to the left end of the rods and then release it. Note that some discs add plastic rods on the holes.

Insert discs 1-7. Fixed it!

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Harper’s Note | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Meet Harper:    Nancy is dragged somewhere by someone. Answer anyway you like.

Talk to Harper. Take the note.

After being dismissed by Harper, read the note.

Solve the riddle in the note to find Harper again:

Read the portrait note:     To find me again, look to the portraits.

Turn around from the door and the deadly sickle falls to the floor.

Ancestor portraits:    Go to the different portraits and use the cleaner soaked napkin on them.

- Exit the workshop and look close-click at Beauregard T. Use the cleaner soaked napkin on portrait. See letters that is automatically entered on the note.

- Go to parlor and look close-click at Jeb T above the fireplace. Use the cleaner soaked napkin on portrait. See letters that is automatically entered on the note.

- Click on Sarah Emma Wakeman above the fireplace. Use the cleaner soaked napkin on portrait. See letters that is automatically entered on the note.

- Look close-click at Hiriam T on wall. Use the cleaner soaked napkin on portrait. See letters that is automatically entered on the note.

- Go upstairs and click on Franklin T (one that was inserted on blank frame). Use the cleaner soaked napkin on portrait. See letters that is automatically entered on the note.

- Go to sitting room and click on Jackson T above the covered sofa. Use the cleaner soaked napkin on portrait. See letters that is automatically entered on the note.

- Go to left hallway and click on Marianna T. Use the cleaner soaked napkin on portrait. See letters that is automatically entered on the note.

Decode the note:     Click-hold a letter and slide it on the other letter you want replaced.

Each line is one word.

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Ethel's Grave Note | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Find out the message hidden in the coded note:

Draw a path to spell the name of one of the four colors seen behind the letter without drawing over the same path twice. You must end at *.

The only color possible is yellow. Blue, green and purple are blocked.

Click on arrows to move forward. Follow the red lines in the picture.

Find Ethel's grave:

See another puzzle. Click on arrow to draw a path through all the yellow squares.

Nancy notes that Ethel's grave must be connected to the square at top left of the paper.

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Jessalyn’s Phone Password | Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Jessalyn's phone:    Go to workshop and take the now charged cell phone. It wants a password.

Call Addison using Nancy's cell phone. Addison says that Jessalyn left clues in the gravestone part of the scavenger hunt. This was in case something happened to Jessalyn.

Gravestone epitaph! (W, L): W means the word and L means the letter.

Jessalyn’s Phone Password

Amateur: VWRMYFITS

Master: PRDRYRIW

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