The Clockwork Man: The Hidden World Walkthrough

Welcome to the The Clockwork Man: The Hidden World Walkthrough! Miranda Calomy and her robot Sprocket are setting off on an adventure! Help find Miranda’s parents who mysteriously disappeared! Whether you use this document as a reference when things get difficult or as a road map to get you from beginning to end, we’re pretty sure you’ll find what you’re looking for here. This document contains a complete The Clockwork Man: The Hidden World game walkthrough featuring annotated screenshots from actual gameplay! We hope you find this information useful as you play your way through the game. Use the walkthrough menu below to quickly jump to whatever stage of the game you need help with. Remember to visit the Big Fish Games Forums if you find you need more help. Have fun! This walkthrough was created by Chie, and is protected under US Copyright laws. Any unauthorized use, including re-publication in whole or in part, without permission, is strictly prohibited.

General Tips

From the main menu you can look at cut scenes, the credits, adjust options like full screen and sound, and manage your profiles.
The hidden objects in the game are somewhat randomized. You may see different objects when you play the game.
The INVENTORY OBJECTS that you find are not randomized however.
There are three different types of cursor icons.
The hand icon (1) shows that you can pick up something.
The gears icon (2) shows that something can be interacted with. Sometimes you will need to do other steps first before you can interact with this object.
The magnifying glass icon (3) shows that you can investigate this area further. It usually brings up a new scene.
Some scenes in the game are zoomable or scrollable.
You can click and drag to zoom or scroll the screen. Also you arrows at the bottom of the screen to move around (4).
Hidden objects may be spread out between multiple scenes in a zooming scene and in a scrolling scene they may be hidden behind objects in the foreground.
There is a map in the bottom right corner that you use for movement.
Beside the map is your journal. Most of the puzzles can be finished by looking in this book for clues.
Also inside the journal you will see outlines in red of the objects that you need to interact with next.
Above the journal is the list of tasks that you are currently working on.
The inventory in this game is at the top of the screen.
There are hint buttons on the left side near the robot’s head.
The top button is used during hidden object scenes and finds one object for you.
The second button is also used during hidden object scenes and shows you the shape of an object.
The third button is used for hints during the rest of the game and the mini-games.

Prologue: The Mine

Click on the journal in the bottom right corner to get a hint at what you need to do next.
Pick up the CROWBAR (A).
Use the CROWBAR on the area circled (B).

This scene is zoomable.
Zoom in by clicking in the middle of the screen or the button at the bottom (C).
Click on the train (D).
Click on the empty coal bin and take the PAIL to get your next task (E).

Return to the first scene and find all of the hidden objects.

There will be some objects in the middle scene as well.
The objects may be randomized in your playthrough.
You will receive a MATCHBOOK and some COAL. These will not be randomized.

Use the PAIL under the pump (D).
Pump the pump to fill the pail and the handle will fall off (E).
Take the PAIL again.
Go to the next scene with the map to the left of the journal (F).
Click on the Village Stream.

This scene is scrollable to the left and right.
Find the hidden objects in the scene.
You will receive an IRON BAR and a LANTERN.

Use the PAIL on the water in the middle of the scene (H) to get the PAIL WITH WATER.
Return to the mines.

Zoom in on the scene and use the METAL BAR on the control panel (I).
Pull the levers and the bar until they look like the screenshot. This will unblock the train’s path.
Enter the train (J).

Use the PAIL OF WATER on the water tank to the left (L).
Use the COAL and then the LANTERN on the inside of the coal burner (M).
Use the MATCHES to light the furnace (N).
Close the doors (O).
Pull the brake lever to take off (P).

Chapter 1: London, England

Enter your Parents’ House on the map.
Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive a journal and a photo in your journal.
Click on the rug to see some loose floor boards.
Use the map and go to your Parents’ Attic.

This is a scrollable scene.
Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive a HAMMER.
Go back to your Parents’ House with the map and use the HAMMER on the boards under the rug.
Click the treasure chest.

Use the map to go to the Cemetery.
This is a scrollable scene.
Find all the hidden objects.
You will receive a bunch of FLOWERS.

Put the FLOWERS between the graves (B).
Click on the left grave (C) then click on the 9 in the date on the grave (D).
Solve the puzzle by clicking the buttons in the correct order so that all of them stay down (E).
Then click the 9 to spin it so that it says 6 instead.

Return to your Parents’ Attic with the map.
Find the hidden objects.
You will receive a HEART SHAPED OBJECT.

Return to the Cemetery.
Click on the statue in the middle (F).
Use the HEART SHAPED OBJECT on the hole in its chest (G).
Take the KEY from the other grave (H) when it pops out.

Return to your Parents’ Bedroom.
Use the KEY on the chest in the floor (I).
Take the CYLINDER and the NOTES (J).

Use the map to go to the Professor’s Office.
Find all the hidden objects.

Investigate the pieces of paper on the floor.

Arrange the puzzle pieces to create a postcard.
Click and drag a piece to move it around.
Drop it near other matching pieces to stick them together.
Use the edges of the puzzle at first to help you put it together.
See the screenshot for the complete puzzle.
You will receive the postcard once you put it back together.

Click on the safe in the background.

The postcard in your journal should have all of the clues you need to finish this puzzle.
There is a list of books and a number on the card.
Use the numbers with the list of books to find out what symbols need to be turned to in the correct order to open the safe.
The correct order is Whale, Monkey, Cross, Trojan horse, Rabbit and then Raven.
Take the 3 OBSIDIAN SCROLLS and the letter.

Chapter 2: Ballyscath, Ireland

Enter the Village Square.
Click on the man sitting (A).
Use the map (B) to go to Farmhouse.

This is a scrolling scene.
Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive a WOODEN CAGE, a TROWEL and a TRUMPET.

Use the WOODEN CAGE on the squirrel (C). It will be placed in the scene.
Travel to the Village Stream.

This is a scrolling scene.
Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive a PILE OF ACORNS.

Use the TROWEL on the dirt pile to the right.
Collect the ANIMAL BONE.

Return to the Village Square.
Use the ANIMAL BONE on the dog (D).
Take the BALL OF YARN.
Use the BALL OF YARN on the cat and receive the STRING (E).
Take the WOODEN STICK from where the cat was.
Go back to the Farmhouse.

Use the STICK on the cage (1).
Then use the STRING on the cage (2).
Then use the ACORNS on the cage (3).
Lastly, once the squirrel is inside the cage, pull the string to catch it (4).

Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive a CUP OF TEA.

Return to the Town Square.
Use the TRUMPET on the sleeping man (F).
Use the TEA on the man once he has awakened (G).
Click on the fishing pole to start the next hidden object scene.

Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive the FISHING POLE.

Use the FISHING POLE on the tiny scarecrow in the tree.
Take the TINY SCARECROW and go to the farmhouse.

Use the SCARECROW on the CROW (I).
Take the RUSTED KEY from its roost (J).
Take the RING that falls from its mouth off the ground (K).
Use the RUSTED KEY on the drawer to the very right of the screen (L).

Find all of the hidden objects inside the drawer.
You will receive a FISH HOOK.
Go to the stream scene again.

Use the FISH HOOK on the FISHING POLE in your inventory.
Use the FISHING POLE on the stream to get another OBSIDIAN CYLINDER.
Go to the Town Square.

Give the RING to the man sitting on the bench.
You will receive MARTHA’S CHARM.
Return to the Farmhouse.
Give Martha her CHARM.

Chapter 3: Underground

This is a scrolling scene.
Scroll all the way to the right and use the CROWBAR to open the chest.
Look inside the chest.

Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive a BRUSH and a PICKAXE.

Scroll all the way to the left.
Use the PICKAXE on the ice multiple times to free the relief.

Find all of the STONE DISKS circled in red in the scene.
There is one STONE DISK in the chest as well (A). Read the note behind the disk.
Look at the mosaic (B).

Use the BRUSH multiple times to dust off the mosaic.
Find all of the MOON SHAPES in the mosaic.

Return to the relief on the left.
Arrange the MOON SHAPES in the correct pattern around the edge of the puzzle.
The correct order is small, medium, and then large in a repeating pattern.
Start at the dark grey shapes, because they cannot be moved.
After placing the moons you can place the large DISKS.
Place them in the correct position and the click on the edge of the disk to rotate it.
Clicking on the middle will pick it up again.
See the screenshot for the correct solutions.

Click on the winch to end the chapter (D).

Chapter 4: The Lost World

This is a scrolling scene.
Find all of the hidden objects.
You will find a BONE KNIFE and a LADDER.
Go to the Forest area.

This is a zoomable scene.
Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive WOODEN TWEEZERS.

Zoom in and use the LADDER on the tree to the right (A).
Take the SLINGSHOT from the top of the tree (B).
Take the MUD from the ground (C).

Zoom out and take the STONES from the basket (D).
Go to the desert area using the map.

This is a scrolling scene.
Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive a MORTAR and PESTAL.

Use the TWEEZERS on the cactus to collect its NEEDLES (E).

Travel to the Rainforest area.
Click on the door (F).
Use the SLINGSHOT on the beehive (G).
Enter the door.

This is a scrollable scene only vertical instead of horizontal.
Find all of the hidden objects.
You will receive BAMBOO POLES and a DRINKING CUP.

Scroll to the very top of the screen.
Use the BONE KNIFE (H) on the STRANGE PLANT to collect it (I).
Use the STRANGE PLANT on the MORTAR AND PESTAL to get the poison (J).
Cut the BAMBOO POLES (K) with the KNIFE.
Use the MUD (L) on the NEEDLES (M).

Return to the Tundra.
Use the CUP (O) on the ICICLES (N) to collect them.
Go to the Desert.

When you enter the Desert the ICICLES will turn into WATER.
Use the WATER CUP (Q) on the MORTAR AND PESTLE (P).
Use the DARTS (R) on the MOTAR AND PESTLE.
Use the DARTS on the BLOWGUNS (S) made from bamboo.
Go back to the tundra.

Chapter 5: Total Eclipse

Travel to the Desert.
Take the DISK.

Travel to the Tundra.
Take the DISK.

Travel to the Woodland.
Take the DISK.

Travel to the Jungle.
Take the DISK.

Travel to the Overlook.
Click on the stone outcropping.
Use the 4 DISKS on the puzzle.
To solve this puzzle you must connect the symbols from the outside ring to those on the inside ring with lines.
All the symbols must connect and there cannot be any dead ends.
Start from the outside and line up the lines with the symbols. There should only be one way this lines up correctly.
Then work in from there to the rings on the inside. There is only one answer.
See the screenshot for the correct positions.

Travel to the Jungle.
Inspect the panel (A).
Use the CYLINDER on the top of the panel to open it (B).
Click on the panel (C).

Click on the air sign circled in red to start the air blowing.
In your parent’s notebook there is the solution to this puzzle, by the air glyph.
Click on the areas circled in green to switch the height of the two columns on either side.
Match the columns with the heights in the drawing.
See the screenshot for the final solution.

Take the AIR SYMBOL and the METAL SPHERE.

Travel to the Woodland.
Inspect the panel.
Use the CYLINDER on the hole above the panel then click on the panel.

This is the earth contraption. Use the notes from your parent’s book to solve it.
Use the METAL SPHERE on the contraption to add one more sphere.
Click the spheres to pick them up and place them so that the number of spheres in each column matches the notes from your parents.
Next use magnets to change the location of the spheres in the column.
A magnet on the bottom top will make the spheres travel to the top.
A magnet on both sides will make them stop in the middle.
A magnet on the bottom or no magnet will make them stay on the bottom.
Arrange the magnets so that the spheres match the positions on the note.
See the screenshot for the correct solution.
Take the EARTH SYMBOL from the panel once finished.

Travel to the Desert.
Inspect the panel.
Use the CYLINDER on the hole above the panel then click on the panel.

This is the water contraption. Use the notes from your parent’s book to solve it.
Click on the buttons with the water symbols on them to send water into the middle.
If there is no tile in the junctions, the water will stop there.
If there is a tile with an opening where the water is coming from the water will travel through the tile.
Line up the tiles in a way that it will draw the pattern in your parent’s notes.
Use the tiles like in the screenshot and click the button circled in red to finish the puzzle.
Take the GLASS PIECE and the WATER SYMBOL.

Travel to the Tundra.
Inspect the panel.
Use the CYLINDER on the hole above the panel then click on the panel.

This is the fire contraption. Use the notes from your parent’s book to solve it.
Use the GLASS PIECE on the puzzle to start.
When a glass piece is placed on the board it will glow brightly and the squares touching it will glow faintly.
If two pieces are next to a space it will glow brightly.
Make all of the squares except for the middle one glow brightly to finish the puzzle.
See the screenshot for the answer.
Take the FIRE SYMBOL once finished.

After the cut scene use the LADDER under the small hole.
Click the hole to inspect it.

Place the SYMBOLS from your inventory in the correct order to finish the last puzzle.
The order is hinted at in the text of the large note you found much earlier.
The correct order is EARTH, AIR, FIRE then WATER.

Enter the building and then click on the stairs on the inside.
Congratulations you have finished The Clockwork Man – The Hidden World!

Created at: 2011-08-17