Murder Mystery/Quick guide

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Details[edit | edit source]

Start point	The Sinclair Mansion, north along the path between Seers' Village and Camelot. Talk to one of the guards around the mansion. Show on map
Official difficulty	Novice
Description	Old man Sinclair has been found dead in his mansion! Unfortunately, the local authorities are having some trouble figuring out who's the guilty party. Maybe the unbiased eye of a passing adventurer will be of help.
Official length	Short
Requirements	None
Items required	Pot
Recommended	16 empty inventory spaces Weight-reducing clothing
Enemies to defeat	None

Walkthrough[edit | edit source]

Talk to the guard out front of Sinclair Mansion and agree to help. ( 1)…
1 Sure, I'll help.
Go north-west and investigate the sacks in the shed, take 4 flypapers.
Go inside and take the pungent pot and criminal's dagger.
Investigate the smashed window on the eastern side for the criminal's thread.
Search the barrels in the bedroom owned by the following two suspects to get 2 silver items.
- If the thread is red, search the barrels belonging to Bob and Carol.
- If the thread is green, search the barrels belonging to Anna and David.
- If the thread is blue, search the barrels belonging to Elizabeth and Frank.
Go to the kitchen and fill your pot with flour from the barrel.
Use flour and flypaper to dust each silver item and the dagger.
Use the silver items' prints on the dagger's print until you get a match. Remember who it is.
Talk to Gossip outside the front gate of the mansion and ask who he thinks is responsible. ( 2)…
2 Who do you think was responsible?
Talk to the poison salesman in the Seers' Village pub, ask who he sold poison to. (Select Murder Mystery quest) (Be sure to not select the Fremennik Trials option.) ( 2)…
2 Who did you sell Poison to at the house?
Talk to the person whose prints matched, ask why they bought poison. ( 4)…
4 Why'd you buy poison the other day?
Search the item they say they used the poison on.
- Anna - Compost heap
- Bob - Beehive in cow pen
- Frank - Family Crest, east of the front door
- David - Spiders' nest, upstairs between the two rooms with three beds each in them
- Carol - Kitchen drain, west of the front door
- Elizabeth - The fountain
Drop the silver necklace before talking to the guard if you want to keep it, you can't get it back afterward.
Talk to a guard. ( 3)…
3 I know who did it!
Congratulations, quest complete!