Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's the Pit and the Pendulum Walkthrough

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Walkthrough Menu

• General Tips
• Chapter 1: Pendulum House
• Chapter 2: Betrayal
• Chapter 3: On the Chase
• Chapter 4: The Artifact
• Chapter 5: The Pier

General Tips

• This is the official guide for Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum.
• This guide won't tell you when to zoom into a location; the screenshots show each zoom scene.
• Hidden-object puzzles are referred to as HOPs. Only the locations of the HOPs will be shown.

Chapter 1: Pendulum House

• Read letter (A).
• Look (B).
• Talk (C).
• Take FEATHER (D).

• Place FEATHER; take CRYPTEX. Look through window. Take VALVE 1/2 (E).
• Take CRYPTEX CODE and VALVE 2/2 (F).
• Open compartment; take STATUETTE 1/4. Place and turn VALVE (G).

• Collect 5 CRYPTEX CHIPS (H).
• CRYPTEX CODE and CRYPTEX CHIPS on CRYPTEX; solution (I).
• Take RAVEN 1/2 and MEDALLION INVITATION (J).
• Show MEDALLION INVITATION; go (K).

• Talk (L).
• Play HOP (M); receive MEDALLION 2/3.
• Talk.
• Move curtains and drag latches (N).

• Take FIRE SYMBOL 1/2 (O).
• Take FIRE SYMBOL 2/2 (P).
• Place FIRE SYMBOL; take EXTINGUISHER (Q).
• Use EXTINGUISHER (R).
• Go (S).

• Talk (T).
• Look (U).
• Talk; take CHEST KEY (V).

• Take WINE, KEY CARD and CODE (W).
• Place CODE; solution (X).

• Enter 3-4-7 (Y); take 8 BROKEN MASK pieces (Z).
• Take GLUE (A).
• Walk down.

• Use CHEST KEY. Use magic wand (1), move elephant (2)(B).
• Take piece (3); use hammer (4). Take piece (5), use coins (6)(C).
• Move star (7), take two pieces (8)(D).
• Enter code (E).
• Take LIGHTER and MASKS 1/3 (F).

• Take RAVEN 2/2 (G).
• Go (H).

• Place RAVEN (I). Take UMBRELLA; move coats (J). Take BUTTON (K).
• Place KEY CARD and BUTTON; solution (L).
• Take MASKS 2/3 (M).

• Restore BROKEN MASK; take MASKS 3/3.
• Place MASKS (N).
• Casual solution (O).
• Hard solution (P).
• Go (Q).

• Fight (R).
• Take MECHANICAL BIRD (S).
• Take BREAD and STATUETTE 2/4 (T).

• Take FLOWERS 1/2; place MECHANICAL BIRD (U).
• Find 5 pieces and use GLUE; take STATUETTE 3/4 (V).
• Take LAMP with UMBRELLA (W).

• Open LAMP; take FLOWERS 2/2 and use LIGHTER.
• Place FLOWERS (X).
• Play HOP (Y); receive STATUETTE 4/4.
• Place STATUETTE. Solution (Z).
• Go (A).

• Take map (B).
• Talk to ghost (C).
• Find keys (D).
• Use keys; take diamond (E).
• Give diamond to ghost; take pick (C).
• Use pick (F).
• Take gold key (G).
• Use gold key (H).

Chapter 2: Betrayal

• Talk.
• Take CARABINER (I).
• Find 8 ROCKS (J).
• Use ROCKS; receive SHOES (K).

• Place SHOES, BREAD and WINE; receive AX (L).
• Use AX (M).
• Place CARABINER and use UMBRELLA (N).
• Go (O).

• Use LIGHTER (P).
• Play HOP (Q); receive BOOK 1/2.
• Look; take BOOK 2/2 (R).
• Place BOOK; solution. Take BISHOP'S AMULET 1/2 (S).
• Take BRACELET (T).
• Walk down.

• Place BRACELET; take BISHOP'S AMULET 2/2 (U).
• Go left.
• Place BISHOP'S AMULET (V).

• Solution 1: W-Z-Y.
• Solution 2: Z-Y-Z-W-Z-W.
• Solution 3: Z-W-X-W-X-Y-Z.
• Solution 4: Ax3-B-A-B-A-B-Ax3-Cx2-A-C-A.
• Take KEYS (D).
• Use KEYS (E). Select F.
• Go (G).

• Throw UMBRELLA; look (H).
• Use LAMP (I).

• Fill bar and move spears (J).
• Use KEYS (K); select L.
• Take TOOLBOX KEY (M).

• Move crates (N).
• Take SYMBOL 1/2 (O).
• Find 6 CRYSTAL EYES; (P1-3) take SYMBOL 2/2 (Q).

• Place SYMBOL; take SKULL (R).
• Place SKULL and CRYSTAL EYES; select skulls in random order given. Go (S).
• Go (T).

• Take DUPIN'S HAT (U).
• Take HORSE 1/3; use KEYS (V). Select W.
• Put items back; take SCEPTER 1/2 and STONE KEY (X).
• Use STONE KEY; take HORSE 2/3 (Y).
• Walk down twice.

• Use TOOLBOX KEY; take OILER (Z).
• Go forward twice.
• Remove drape.
• Use OILER; solution (A).
• Use LAMP; take HORSE 3/3 (B).
• Walk down and left.

• Place HORSE; casual and hard solution (C).
• Take EVIL FACE (D).
• Go (E).

• Place and turn EVIL FACE as shown; take SCEPTER 2/2 (F).
• Go (G).
• Place SCEPTER; pull 1 and 2 (H).
• Go (I).

• Solution (J).
• Go right.
• Solution 2 is random.
• Go forward.

• Solution (K).
• Go forward.

Chapter 3: On the Chase

• Open curtain; talk (L).
• Take LEVER (M).

• Take FLOWER 1/3 and GEAR 1/3 (N).
• Take MECHANISM INSTRUCTIONS (O).
• Take GEAR 2/3. Place LEVER and MECHANISM INSTRUCTIONS (P).
• Place levers as shown; turn handle (Q).

• Take FLOWER 2/3; look (R).
• Take FLOWER 3/3 (S).
• Place FLOWER (T).
• Play HOP (U); receive CLOWN SYMBOL.

• Take GEAR 3/3 (V).
• Turn lift handle; place CLOWN SYMBOL (W) and GEAR (X).
• Pull rope (Y).
• Go (Z).

• Talk (A).
• Talk; take MEDALLION 3/3 (B).
• Go (C).

• Place MEDALLION; play random game. Take BREAD BOX KEY (D).
• Go left, up and forward.
• Play HOP (E); receive FRUITS.

• Use BREAD BOX KEY; receive COIN 1/3 (F). Move items; place FRUITS, use pestle, pour into glass and take JUICE (G).
• Walk down twice.

• Offer JUICE; talk (H).
• Offer DUPIN'S HAT (I).
• Select 'Yes, let's go!'

• Take EMBLEM 1/2 and CODE 1/2 (J).
• Take EMBLEM 2/2 (K).
• Take JACK and LEVER 1/2 (L).

• Take COIN 2/3 and SOLUTION; place EMBLEM (M). Take LEVER 2/2 (N).
• Place LEVER; move both levers (O).
• Go (P).

• Take KEY and move two tokens (Q).
• Take SCRAPER (R).
• Scroll left; use KEY (S). Take COIN 3/3 and CODE 2/2 (T).

• Scroll right twice; place CODE (U).
• Enter 4-9-3-0 (V).
• Take BUTTON and HELMET EMBLEM (W).
• Scroll left; place HELMET EMBLEM (X).
• Take BOLT and SIGNPOST (Y).
• Walk down.

• Place COIN and BUTTON; select down button. Take RAILWAY CARRIAGE 1/3 and TOOL CHEST EMBLEM (Z).
• Go (A).

• Place TOOL CHEST EMBLEM. Move tokens, block and handle. Take SIEVE (B).
• Move token and use file (C).
• Move figurines and symbol (D).
• Move figurine (E).
• Take WRENCH (F).
• Walk down.

• Use SIEVE; take RAILWAY CARRIAGE 2/3 (G).
• Place SOLUTION and SIGNPOST and use WRENCH. Solution. Take WHEEL (H).
• Go (I).

• Place and use JACK; remove block and place WHEEL and BOLT. Use WRENCH (J).
• Take RAILWAY CARRIAGE 3/3 (K).
• Place RAILWAY CARRIAGE (L). Solution: (4-3)-(8-2)-(9-5)-(7-9)-(11-7)-(2-11)-(1-10)-(5-1)-(10-5)-(3-10)-(7-3)-(10-7).

• Play HOP (M); receive FUEL BRIQUETTES.
• Place FUEL BRIQUETTES (N).

• Casual and hard solution: Qx2-O-Qx3-P-Qx5-P-Qx2-P-Qx2-P-Qx4-P-Qx5.

Chapter 4: The Artifact

• Take MAIL EMBLEM 1/2 (R).
• Remove poster; take SYMPHONY 1/3 and MAIL EMBLEM 2/2 (S).
• Place MAIL EMBLEM; take RING 1/3, SIGNET and NUMERAL KEY 1/2 (T).

• Remove handle; take NUMERAL KEY 2/2 (U).
• Take GOLD PEN 1/2. Place NUMERAL KEYS (V).
• Solution: 2-1-4-3-5-2-3 (W).
• Go (X).

• Take FIRST AID KEY 1/3 (Y) and PICTURE 1/4 (Z). Use SIGNET and take EMBLEM HALF 1/2 (A).
• Take GOLD PEN 2/2 (B).

• Take TWEEZERS and PICTURE 2/4 (C). Place GOLD PEN; take RING 2/3 and HOTEL EMBLEM 1/2 (D).
• Walk down.

• Use SCRAPER; take HOTEL EMBLEM 2/2 with TWEEZERS (E).
• Place HOTEL EMBLEM; take EMBLEM HALF 2/2 (F).
• Go (G).

• Place EMBLEM HALF (H); take TURNING WHEEL and TIARA (I).
• Walk down.
• Place and turn TURNING WHEEL (J).
• Play HOP (K); receive RING 3/3.
• Go (L).

• Place TIARA and RING; move arm x2 (M1) and select bracelet x2 (M2).
• Take SAFE KEY (N).

• Use SAFE KEY (O); take PICTURE PART 1/3 and find 8 CHIPS (P).
• Place CHIPS (Q).
• Casual solution: 6-7-9-10-12-7-4-4-12-2-1-1-1-14-17-17-13-9-2-16-19-14-7.
• Hard solution: 14-17-17-4-15-17-17-13-9-9-9-2-19-19-12-7-7-7-14-1-19-3-19-5-7-4-4-19-12-8-11-4-9-12-12-17-2-10-15-9-17-4.
• Go (R).

• Take KNIFE (S).
• Take PICTURE PART 2/3 and FIRST AID KIT (T). Use KNIFE; take SPRING (U).
• Take ROD (V).

• SPRING on FIRST AID KIT; take STETHOSCOPE.
• Use ROD; take FIRST AID KEY 2/3 (W).
• Place STETHOSCOPE (X).
• Solution: Zx3-Y-Zx2-Y-Z; Yx2-Zx2-Yx2-Z; Zx3-Yx2; Yx2-Zx4-Yx2.

• Talk; take TABLE KEY (A).
• Use TABLE KEY; take FIRST AID KEY 3/3 (B).
• FIRST AID KEY on FIRST AID KIT; move four corners. Take AMMONIA and BANDAGE.
• Offer AMMONIA (C).
• Take BROKEN HOTEL CARD and JIM'S RING (D).

• Use JIM'S RING; take PICTURE PART 3/3 and PICTURE SOLUTION (E).
• Place PICTURE PART and PICTURE SOLUTION. Select 1-6; take ELEVATOR KEY and CLOCK (F).
• Place ELEVATOR KEY, push button and go (G).

• Place CLOCK; take BELL (H).
• Walk down.
• Place and push BELL (I).
• Go (J).

• Talk. Offer BROKEN HOTEL CARD; take SYMPHONY 2/3 (K).
• Take SYMPHONY 3/3 (L).
• Take SEA EMBLEM 1/2. Place SYMPHONY. Move buttons as shown. Take PIANO CODE (M).
• Walk down and left.

• Place PIANO CODE; enter 7-3-4 (N). Take PAPERS (O).
• Go down and right.

• Offer PAPERS (P).
• Take ROOM KEY (Q).
• Scroll right x3. Enter ROOM KEY; pull handle (R).
• Play HOP; receive PICTURE 3/4 (S).
• Receive DESK KEY.
• Walk down and left.

• Use DESK KEY; take MUSICIAN (T).
• Walk down and right.
• Place MUSICIAN; take PICTURE 4/4 (U).

• Place PICTURE. Solution: (2-5)-(1-2)-(5-6)-(2-5). Take UNIVERSAL KEY (V).
• Place UNIVERSAL KEY; pull handle (W).
• Play HOP (X); receive PAPER 1/2.
• Walk down.
• Talk (Y); let's go!

Chapter 5: The Pier

• Take ORNAMENT 1/2 (Z).
• Take THERMOMETER 1/3 (A).
• Take SEA EMBLEM 2/2 (B).

• Take NAMEPLATE 1/4. Place SEA EMBLEM (C).
• Remove items in pairs; take CROWBAR (D).
• Use CROWBAR x5; open door (E).
• Go (F).

• Talk; use BANDAGE (G).
• Remove items; take BELT and THERMOMETER 2/3 (H).
• Use CROWBAR; take CANE (I).

• Take ORNAMENT 2/2 (J).
• Take CANNON (K).
• Walk down.

• Place ORNAMENT; take HANDLE and WEAPON SYMBOL 1/3 (L).
• Go (M).
• Use HANDLE; take THERMOMETER 3/3 (N).
• Walk down.

• Place THERMOMETER (O).
• Casual solution: Sx2-R-S-Px2-Rx4-Q-Px2-S-P-Qx2-S-Rx2-Qx2-Px3-Rx3-Sx3-R-Sx2-P-Qx2-R-Q-Px2.
• Hard solution: Rx2-S-R-S-Px2-Rx2-Sx3-Px4-Qx2-Rx2-Q-R-Qx2-Px2-Sx2-R-S-Px2-Rx2-Q-Rx2-S-P-R-Sx2-P-Qx2-R-Q-Px2-R-Sx3-Px3-Qx2-R-Qx2-S-Rx2-Qx2-Px3-R-Sx3-R-Q-Rx2-Sx2-P-Q-R-Q-Px2.
• Play HOP (T); receive ANTIBIOTIC SHOT.
• Go (U).

• Give ANTIBIOTIC SHOT (V).
• Take JOKER (W).
• JOKER on CANE; take PAPER 2/2 and JOKER KEY.
• Use PAPER; take ROUTE SOLUTION (X).

• Use JOKER KEY (Y); take CANNON 2/2 and WEAPON SYMBOL 2/3 (Z).
• Walk down.
• Place CANNON; take HACKSAW (A).
• Go left.

• Use HACKSAW (B).
• Go (C).

• Take NAMEPLATE 2/4 (D).
• Take LION RING and NAMEPLATE 3/4 (E).
• Remove all boxes; take WEAPON SYMBOL 3/3 (F).
• Walk down.

• Place WEAPON SYMBOL; solution (G).
• Take GUN, ELECTRIC MOTOR 1/2 and SKULL EMBLEM (H).
• Walk down.
• Use LION RING; receive BALL (I).
• Go left and forward.

• Place BALL; take ROLLER DISK (J).
• Place SKULL EMBLEM; take ELECTRIC MOTOR 2/2 (K).
• Place ROLLER DISK, BELT and ELECTRIC MOTOR (L).

• Play random mini-game (M).
• Take NAMEPLATE 4/4 (N).
• Walk down.

• Place NAMEPLATE and ROUTE SOLUTION; solution (O).
• Take CODE (P).

• Place CODE. Enter 9 4 - 8. Take PIER KEY (Q).
• Go (R).
• Use PIER KEY (S).
• Go (T).
• Congratulations, you have completed Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum.

Created at: 2018-05-04