Antrim Escape Walkthrough

UPDATE: Game Hive released Antrim Escape v2.0 that contains an alternate exit. Read the original walkthrough before you go onto the alternate exit walkthrough.

Finally solved Antrim Escape. I have to say this is one of the best iPhone games I have played so far. And one of the best room escape game. The graphics just kick ass. And some puzzles are very well thought out and make good use of iPhone's hardware features.

I thought I would write a walkthrough for those of you that are stuck. But the amount of satisfaction from trying and trying and then being able to solve it is just undescribable.

I labeled the four walls according to the direction of the compass.
Each wall begins with items that you can pickup right away without solving any puzzle. They are marked "item" under each wall. The other objects are puzzles.

IMPORTANT: many of the codes and numbers you get in the game is different each time!  So the combination to the scrollbox is different for each person and different each time you RESET the game (in the welcome screen).

North Wall

1. Balcony Key (item)

2. Candle (item)

3. Pendant (item)

4. Plant

5. Clock

6. Left Drawer

7. Middler Drawer

8. Right Drawer

9. Map

East Wall

1. Silver Faucet Handle (item)

2. Fake Door

3. Painting

South Wall

1. Hammer Handle (item)

2. Cloth (item)

3. Coin inside the car (item)

4. Left Cabinet

5. Middle Cabinet

6. Right Cabinet

7. Drawer Handle

8. Crystal Ball

9. Music Box

West Wall

1. Balcony Door

2. Mirror

Balcony

1. Music Box Missing Piece (item)

2. Sink

Walkthrough

1. Tilt the iPhone upside down and you will see the chandelier on the top. Pretty sweet use of the iPhone’s feature!! Pickup the Yellow Gem.

2. While in the chandelier view, shake the iPhone to make the Red Key drop.

3. Use the Red Key to open the Right Cabinet on the SOUTH WALL and grab the rope inside.

4. Pickup the Balcony Key on the NORTH WALL and open the Balcony Doors on the WEST WALL with it. Also pickup the Candle and Pendant.

5. Pickup the Hammer Handle, Cloth, Coin inside the car and the Drawer Handle on the SOUTH WALL.

6. Pickup the Silver Faucet Handle on the EAST WALL and use it on the faucet head outside in the BALCONY.

7. In the sink, there is another Coin after you drain the dirty water.

8. Fill the sink with fresh water and soak the Cloth into the water.

9. Pickup the Music Box Missing Piece in the BALCONY and apply it back to the Music Box in the SOUTH WALL.

10. Play the tune of the Music Box: 1,3,5,5,2,4,4. You will get a Blue Key inside. (Update: in version 2.0, it is 1,3,5,5,4,3,2)

11. In the SOUTH WALL, use the Blue Key to open the Left Cabinet and pickup the Hammer Head inside.

12. Double tap the Hammer Head in the inventory to bring up the detail view. Then highlight the Hammer Handle and apply it to the Hammer Head.

13. Use the soaked Cloth to clean the Crystal Ball, and then BAM, break it with the hammer. Pickup the Coin and take note of the written time on the paper.

14. Use the time written on the paper to solve the Clock puzzle. A bird will mouth a Golden Key.

15. Use the Drawer Handle found in the SOUTH WALL to open the Right Drawer on the South Wall.

16. Inside is a compass, the code to open it is N.E.W.S. The Red marker is North. Turn to North, hit the button, then East and hit button, then West, and finally South.
(The N.E.W.S. message comes from the foggy Mirror on the WEST WALL by putting the Candle under the mirror – there’s a candle holder under the mirror)

17. Once you opened the compass, there is a paper with numbers written on it. Look carefully. They are numbers to open the Scroll Box.  Do NOT open the scroll and read in between the top&bottom lines and focus on the empty space between the black lines.

18. In the NORTH WALL, use the Golden Key to open the Left Drawer where the Scroll Box is inside. Use the numbers found in step14 to unlock it to get a Green Key and a Screwdriver inside.

19. Use the Green Key to open the Middle Drawer to get another Coin and a Letter Knife that is used to open the Pendant.

20. Use the Screwdriver to unmount the painting on the EAST WALL (click on the screws with the Screwdriver).

21. On the NORTH WALL, tap the vase of the plant a few times to find the two ‘X’ markings.

22. In the brick walls behind the painting, use two fingers at the SAME time to tap on 2 bricks – same ones marked with the ‘X’ on the plant vase. This reveals the coin box.

23. Up to this point, the Candle should have melted. There is a coin hidden inside.

24. With all 5 coins you found, put them into the coin box according to this:
- the years in each coin correspond to one of the books in the SOUTH WALL on the top middle bookshelf.
- once you match the year to the book, then use the book's color to match the position of the marbles in the SOUTH WALL small table. Make note of the position.
- Do this for all 5 coins and insert them into the coin box to reveal a sword.

25. Now we need to find the last gem – the white gem. Have the Pendant opened with the Letter Knife and make note of the Date on the lower right corner of the letter inside. This date corresponds to the (x,y) coordinates on the MAP on the SOUTH WALL. In this case, the "x" is the vertical bars on the map and "y" is the horizontal ones.  Tap the correct coordinates about 10 to 15 times to get the White Gem.  The reason to tap many times on the same spot is to prevent people from RANDOMLY TAPPING on the map. The game requires you to think, not go random. Every puzzle has a clue leading to the next.

26. Insider both gems into the Sword sockets and use the Sword to cut the 2 curtains.

27. Now, in the BALCONY, attach the Rope found in step3 to the handrail. Then attached the 2 curtains. And Voila.

AWESOME Game. Once of the best room escape I have played. Definitely good use of iPhone’s feature.