Clues and Hidden Secrets

Documents

There are 37 documents in the game. 11 of them have clues and needed to be read to proceed in the game. The rest give deeper insight into the game’s plot. To be able to underline some of the hidden clues you need to set underlining to always in the "difficulty options" menu of the game. Also not all words can be underlines straight away, sometimes you must progress further through the game or underline other words before being able to underline the word you are aiming for.
Here is the list of all the documents found in the game (bold represents the ones with additional clues and those in italic are required to advance in the game. 8,9,13,15,17,26,28,29,30,32,33,34,36 and 37 have these clues):

1 ) Alchemy Room Cuttings 1 (In Clark Field’s locked Alchemy room in a box on the shelf)
2 ) Alchemy Room Cuttings 2 (In Clark Field’s locked Alchemy room in a box on the shelf)
3 ) Alchemy Room Cuttings 3 (In Clark Field’s locked Alchemy on the shelf)
4 ) Alchemy Room Letter 1 (In Clark Field’s locked Alchemy room in the card box)
5 ) Alchemy Room Letter 2 (In Clark Field’s locked Alchemy room in a box on the shelf)
6 ) Children of Dis (In Edward Braunbell’s mansion’s Tower room, in the locked chest)
7 ) Clark’s Notes Part 1
8 ) Clark’s Notes Part 2 (In Clark Field’s living room, on the armchair)
9 ) Clark’s Notes Part 3 (In Clark Field’s living room, in the briefcase)
10 ) Clark’s Notes Part 4 (In Ivar Bergen’s cabin’s galleries, in the prison room)
11 ) News Article in Clark’s Dining Room
12 ) Homicide Report for Clark Field
13 ) Clark’s Letter to Jonathan
14 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 1
15 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 2
16 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 3
17 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 4
18 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 5
19 ) Last Quatrain of Edwin Pickman
20 ) Loath Nolder’s Letter 1 (In Edward Braunbell’s mansion’s Tower room, on the floor)
21 ) Loath Nolder’s Letter 2 (In Edward Braunbell’s mansion’s Tower room, on the floor)
22 ) Loath Nolder’s Diary (In Cabin’s upper secret room, behind the veil near the bed)
23 ) Map and Pointers Notes (In Cabin’s loft in the first locked drawer)
24 ) Mixture and Wooden Sculptures Notes (In Cabin’s loft in the first locked drawer)
25 ) Newspaper in Loath Nolder’s Office
26 ) Edwin Pickman’s Poem Book
27 ) Psyche Diary (In a the purse which is on the table in Clark’s house’s second floor hall)
28 ) Register of Death (In Howard’s Office on his table)
29 ) Cemetery Registers P (New)
30 ) Cemetery Registers P (Old)
31 ) Soul Metamorphosis Book (In Clark’s bedroom, on the bed)
32 ) Symbol List (In Loath Nolder’s Office, in the drawer)
33 ) Sound Recording Notes (In Clark’s Library)
34 ) Summoned Ones Note (In Cabin’s upper secret room, on the table)
35 ) Timebore (In Cabin’s upper secret room, on the chair near the window)
36 ) Cemetery Watchman’s Notes
37 ) Myths and Legends of Wellsmoth (In Loath Nolder’s Office)


List of Normal and Secret Clues

1 ) Alchemy Room Cuttings 1 (No Clues)
2 ) Alchemy Room Cuttings 2 (No Clues)
3 ) Alchemy Room Cuttings 3 (No Clues)
4 ) Alchemy Room Letter 1 (No Clues)
5 ) Alchemy Room Letter 2 (No Clues)
6 ) Children of Dis (2 Secret Clues)
a. “eye-like symbol” 2nd paragraph
b. “musical instruments” 4th paragrath
7 ) Clark’s Notes Part 1 (1 Secret Clue)
a. “strange smells” on 03/24/2011
8 ) Clark’s Notes Part 2 (1 Normal, 2 Secret Clues)
a. “wide chamber” on 05/17/2011
b. “statues” on 05/07/2011
c. “a piece of the ladder to be broken off” on 05/17/2011
9 ) Clark’s Notes Part 3 (2 Normal Clues)
a. “secret meeting place” on 06/07/2011 1st paragraph
b. “my digital organizer” on 07/18/2011 1st paragraph
10 ) Clark’s Notes Part 4 (1 Secret Clue)
a. “I have noticed some great changes in the behavior and appearance of Ivar”
11 ) News Article in Clark’s Dining Room (No Clues)
12 ) Homicide Report of Clark Field (1 Normal Clue)
a. “packet”
13 ) Clark’s Letter to Jonathan (3 Normal, 1 Secret Clue)
a. “bought a house”
b. “the police”
c. “Clark”
d. “Address: North End Street No: 43 Northwood”
14 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 1 (1 Secret Clue)
a. “police friends”
15 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 2 (1 Normal Clue)
a. “28-11-2011”
16 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 3 (No Clues)
17 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 4 (2 Normal Clues, 2 Secret Clue)
a. “"EB"”
b. “kd78gt8”
c. “little building in the garden is under our control”
d. “old fool”
18 ) Letter at Cabin’s Loft 5 (No Clues)
19 ) Last Quatrain of Edwin Pickman (No Clues)
20 ) Loath Nolder’s Letter 1 (No Clues)
21 ) Loath Nolder’s Letter 2 (1 Secret Clue)
a. “wooden sculptures”
22 ) Loath Nolder’s Diary (1 Secret Clue)
a. “My body is becoming contorted and deformed.”
23 ) Map and Pointers Notes (No Clues)
24 ) Mixture and Wooden Sculptures Notes (2 Secret Clues)
a. “wooden sculptures that Mr. Curwen obtained from Africa”
b. “sculptures”
25 ) Newspaper at Loath Nolder’s Office (No Clues)
26 ) Edwin Pickman’s Poem Book (5 Normal Clues)
a. “they're eighteen”
b. “Six children have died”
c. “mirrors”
d. “-XI-”
e. “1699”
27 ) Psyche Diary (No Clues)
28 ) Register of Death (2 Normal Clues)
a. Clark’s Birth Date
b. Clark’s Death Date
29 ) Cemetery Registers P (New) (No Clues)
30 ) Cemetery Registers P (Old) (1 Normal Clue)
a. “Poer”
31 ) Soul Metamorphosis Book (1 Secret Clue)
a. "Dversahe"
32 ) Sound Recording Notes (3 Normal, 1 Secret Clue)
a. “I was just 22 years old”
b. “Cassette No: 01”
c. “Ivar's”
d. “Christopher T. Dreaden”
33 ) Summoned Ones Note (2 Normal, 1 Secret Clue)
a. “"things"”
b. “the crypts below a tomb”
c. “Samuel William Poer”
34 ) Symbol List (4 Normal Clues)
a. Symbol 1
b. Symbol 2
c. Symbol 3
d. Symbol 4
35 ) Timebore (1 Secret Clue)
a. “Pleiades”
36 ) Cemetery Watchman’s Notes (3 Normal Clues)
a. “a ring inscribed with a snake figure”
b. “registers”
c. “secret section”
37 ) Myths and Legends of Wellsmoth (1 Normal Clue)
a. “the town was changed to Windlapse”


List of Hidden Thoughts

There are 23 hidden thoughts in the game, which give you greater insight into the mind of your character Howard E. Loreid.
It also depends on your game progress if combinations can be made. If it doesn't work, try combining thoughts at a later time in the game.

1) Warning about the Police
2) Clark Field's Packet
3) Children of Dis' Symbol
4) Serpent Hall Statues
5) Wooden Sculptures
6) The Packet from Clark Field
7) No messages
8) Ivar Bergen killed Clark Field
9) Wooden Sculptures
10) Police Friends
11) Magical description.
12) Old Fool
13) Needed things.
14) The prisoner may be Edward Braunbell
15) Mr. Curwen
16) Arthur may be one of them
17) Clark Field's Death
18) Someone dug somewhere
19) Christopher T. Dreaden
20) Clark Field also hallucinated?
21) Someone Made the Ceiling Collapse
22) Did Ivar try to hide something?
23) Hallucinations?


Hidden Thoughts and Story Secrets

These thoughts are discovered in various situations and are explained here. There are also some story secrets, which award extra points to your final score and are obtained as you uncover each chain of thought.

Howard's Residence:
1. No Messages
• After getting #1, Arthur can be called and asked about the messages.

Howard's Office:
2. ”packet” should be underlined in Clark Field’s homicide report. This requires “Senior Detective” Mode or setting underlining to “Always”.
3. Clark’s Death date can be underlined to trigger a thought.

Clark Field's Residence:
4. Wet muddy shovel
5. Collapsed mold in the tunnel
6. Strong scent
7. Harmal smell
8. Something in the Air
9. Someone dug somewhere
10. Intended Collapse
11. Ivar’s Intentions
12. Hallucinations
13. Clark also hallucinates
14. Christopher T. Dreaden
• Combining #7 + #8 + #9, unlocks #13
• Combining #3 + #5, unlocks #10
• After getting #10, underlining “wide chamber” (Clark Notes #2) unlocks #11
• After getting #11, underlining “I have noticed some great changes in the behavior and appearance of Ivar” (Clark Notes #4) unlocks #12 (STORY SECRET)
• After getting #13, underlining “strange smells” (Clark Notes #1) unlocks #14
• Getting #15 enables “You left that note?” answer to the strange man in the cabin’s hall. (STORY SECRET)

NOTE: The Alchemy room in Clark’s Residence is also a STORY SECRET. In order to open the door to this room, use the key you found in Clark’s jacket on the locked door in the living room of the residence.

Loath Nolder’s Office:
15. Don’t go to the police
16. Clark’s Packet
• Taking envelope in the frame gives #17, if #2 is taken.

Ivar’s Cabin:
17. Mr Curwen
18. Wooden Sculptures
19. Ivar Killed Clark
20. Braunbell Enslaved
21. Police Friend
22. Old Fool
23. Athur can be one of them
24. Needed Things
25. Magical Description
• Underlining “wooden sculptures that Mr. Curwen obtained from Africa” in mixture notes gives #18
• Underlining “sculptures” in mixture notes gives #19
• Combining Clark’s Dining Room Key with Clark’s Notes Part 4 gives #20
• Talking the prisoner and getting #20 then underlining “little building in the garden is under our control” in 4th letter in the shelf gives #21
• Getting #21 and talking to the prisoner again gives a different dialog by Howard. He says something like “Mr. Braunbell, is that you?” (STORY SECRET)
• Underlining “old fool” in 4th letter after learning about the phone number from Arthur gives #23
• Underlining “police friends” in 1st letter if #16 is present, gives #22
• Combining #22+#23+(Arthur’s Phone Number Dialog) gives #24 (STORY SECRET)
• Underlining “"things"” in Summoned Ones Notes gives #25
• Underlining “Pleiades” in Timebore, gives #26

Residence of Edward Braunbell:
26. Cult Symbol
27. Wooden Sculptures
• Underlining “eye-like symbol” in Children of Dis gives #27
• After getting #27 and clicking the eye symbol in Cabin’s Galleries makes Howard say something about the cult.


Info Thoughts

Clark Field's Notes:

Genius loci
A term meaning the special atmosphere of a place. But in Roman mythology, it was used to mean the protective spirit of a place and was often depicted as a snake.

Asdanoite
As da noite means "The Night Ones" in Portuguese and also the name of a deep-rooted mythical belief about the presence of the dead in the world of the living.

Franz Mesmer
I think here, Mr. Clark had mentioned Dr. Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer, an Austrian physician who was infamous for inducing a hypnotic and trancelike state in human beings as a curative remedy.

Nyx
Nyx was the primordial goddess of the night in Greek mythology.

Faun
Half man, half goat creatures from Roman mythology.


Unlocking Hidden Features

1) Clicking 3 times on the graffiti on the wall in the first nightmare. Howard makes a detailed comment on the graffiti, which hints at a dual personality.
2) In Howard’s nightmare when he’s in his residence, look at the clock after hearing knocking on the door for the second time. The clock suddenly begins to turn backwards.
3) Entering dates 31.05.37 or 08.20.90 into the organizer (H.P. Lovecraft’s birth and death dates) will reveal a picture in the organizer.
4) Clicking 5 times on the raven in front of Braunbell’s residence’s door will bring up a line from Edgar Allan Poe's poem “The Raven.”
5) After completing Braunbell’s mansion, go back home and check the answering machine. There is 1 message waiting, which includes strange noises.

The Scoring System

• The game begins with 6000 points. (6.00 score or 6 Big Stars)
• Looking at a hint loses 100 pts. (27 Hints total)
• Viewing the counters in a document loses 50 pts.
• Using the Research Pages Button loses 100 pts.
• Getting a secret thought gives 50 pts. (23 Total)
• Finding a secret clue in a document gives 50 pts. (17 Total)
• Finding a document gives 25 pts.
• Finding a STORY SECRET gives 250 pts.
• Finding and unlocking a Hidden Feature gives 50 pts.
• Finishing game in 0-6 hours gives 1250 pts.
• Finishing game in 6-10 hours gives 550 pts.
• Finishing game in 10-16 hours gives 250 pts.
• Secret Thoughts and clues are used to build up total “Hidden Clues” (40) on the results screen
• Each 100 pts left from 1000 points means 1 Little Star, for example: 6550 pts gives 6 Big, 5 Little stars.