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Walkthrough in PDF.

Complete walkthrough for The Colonel's Bequest

Table of Contents

Introduction
Asking around
ACT 1
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
ACT VI
ACT VII
ACT VIII

Introduction

This walkthrough is written to help you to really find and learn all there is to learn in Sierra's The Colonel's Bequest. It describes all you need to go through, all you need to think of, and most important: all you need to achieve a maximum rank (score).

This is the HTML (Internet browser-friendly) version of our walkthrough. We also have a PDF version available in our download section. We recommend that version if you want to make a hardcopy of this document

All commands you need to type in the command line interface of the game, will be shown in boxes, like this:

All actions will be preceded by a small header indicating the location where to execute them. These will be presented like:

Bathroom

Refer to our maps if you need help finding a location.

This walkthrough will help you through the game as good as achievable, but do not forget to look around yourself as well. There is a lot to see and enjoy in this game... a lot to wonder and let your mind wander about :-)

Sidenotes:

• Timing: In some phases of the game, timing is very important. Most actions can be performed during a whole act, sometimes even longer. However, if you choose your moment badly, you might miss out on clues or events partially or completely. We will try to help you as thorough as we can in this, but:
• The sort-of famous �gSave early, Save often�h Sierra quote really goes for this game as well. Try to keep savegames of each Act, and at least one or two savegames extra within your current Act. You could easily miss out things, or even lose your game in this :-)

Asking around

Although we have prepared everything for you to cheat your way through the game, we have left you one thing to do yourself :-). In several occasions, you will have to question one or more characters in the game, to learn enough about the secrets of them and the others. We want to encourage you to ask them all, even if not all of them are absolutely necessary to "win"�the game with a maximum rank. It however will help you to understand all about every character, which ought to help you to enjoy the game plot.
The answers characters give can differ every act (!), so keep on asking around and hearing people out about their opinions on others. In this walkthrough, we will refer to this section as 'perform full conversation'. If you encounter this, we expect you to:

• Talk to <person> (where <person> is the character you see in the game at that point).
  Keep repeating this, until you run out of conversation with this character.
• Ask <person> about <character>
  (Whenever there is more than one other character in the room, you really have to add this. Otherwise ask about <character> really ought to be enough. Example:
  
  You can 'tell' everybody about all the same subjects as you can ask one about, however, we will specify these when absolutely necessary. Feel free to try a bit yourself though.
• List of all characters and/or objects to ask/tell about:
  • Celie
  • Clarence
  • Henri
  • Wilbur (Doctor)
  • Ethel
  • Fifi
  • Gertrude (Gertie)
  • Gloria
  • Jeeves
  • Laura (You :-P)
  • Lillian
  • Rudy (Rudolph)
  • Sarah
  • Doctor's Bag
  • Estate
  • Beauregard Blaze
• Make combinations! For example:

• Full list of useful combinations:
  • Colonel and Fifi
  • Rudy and Clarence
  • Celie and Lillian
  • Gloria and Clarence
  • Gloria and Gertie
  • Rudy and Fifi
  • Colonel and Lillian
  • Gloria and Rudy
  • Wilbur and Clarence
  • Clarence and Gertie

ACT 1

Ethel's bedroom

Full conversation list (see the "Asking around" section above)

Look hanky Look glass Look Ethel

Note:
If you didn't get a chance to do this, restart your game. You'd miss out on vital information in the end.

Lillian's Bedroom

Look painting Look at eyes Open door (chute) Look in chute Close chute (to leave)

Bathroom

Look Lillian (twice) Look in basket
Wait until Lillian leaves

Lillian's Bedroom

Look Lillian and Ethel Look glass Look hanky
Full conversation List (Lillian)

Hallway upstairs

Open cabinet (right) Move cabinet (at painting) Look through hole (spy on Lillian and Ethel) Smell

Henri's room

Full conversation list (Henri)
Look cannon Look in cannon Look painting Look eyes Look cigar Ask about cigar

Wilbur's room

Look bed Look bag (close bed)

Hallway

Move cabinet (left) Smell Look through eyes (spy on Henri and Fifi)
Note: If Fifi isn't with Henri, you're too late :-)

Parlor

Full conversation with Gertie
Full conversation with Clarence
Look decanter Look cigar Ask about bag Look glass

Downstairs hall

Move mirror Look through hole (spy on Clarence and Gertie) Billiard Room Look cigarette
Full conversation with Gloria
Full conversation with Rudy

Hallway

Move clock Look through hole (spy on Rudy and Gloria)

Library

(watch conversation, no spying)
Look magazine Full conversation with wilbur Look painting Look at eyes

Dining room

Look painting Look eyes Open door (chute) Look in chute

Kitchen

Talk to celie (full conversation isn't necessary) Open icebox

Gertie and Gloria's bedroom

See Gertie sleeping

ACT II

Hallway

Gertie and Gloria's bedroom

Look out window Look painting Look eyes

Study Room

Look cabinet (both) Look glass case

Kitchen

Ask lillian about rudy Ask lillian about jeeves

Outside Billiard Room

Find Gertie dead Look body Search body

Kitchen

Tell Lillian about gertie Show hanky to Lillian

Outside Study Room

See Clarence and Wilbur chatting
Follow Clarence and Wilbur

Hallway

Move mirror Look through hole (Spy on Clarence and Wilbur)

Outside Kitchen

Throw bone Look in doghouse Open door (cellar) Cellar Get crackers

Bar

Look decanter Look glass Give cracker to polly
(Give just one cracker, but repeat this every Act! (yes, we'll notify you :-) ))

Rudy and Clarence's room

See Fifi kiss Rudy
Look glass Full conversation with Rudy Tell about Gertie

Hallway

Move clock Look through eyes (Gloria and Clarence)

Library

Conversation with Wilbur

Hallway

Move clock Look through hole (See Wilbur reading)

ACT III

In one of the secret passageways, Henri's cane lies for the grabs.

Library

Look floor Get Poker Look at feathers Look chair Read magazine

Barn or Chapel

See Wilbur dead
Look body Search body (get monocle) Inspect poker with monocle Inspect hanky with monocle

Carriage House

Get crowbar (in carriage) Get oilcan

Bar

Hallway upstairs

Move cabinet Look through hole (spy on Henri)

Henri's bedroom

Full conversation with Henri

Wilbur's bedroom

Look bed Look bag

Rudy and Clarence's bedroom

Look cigar Look glass

Hallway

Fifi's room

Watch Fifi and Rudy fight Inspect decanter with monocle Inspect glasses with monocle Look in glasses (walk right to the changing section) Search clothes

Hallway

Oil visor Open visor (and get the valve handle automatically)

Dollhouse

Open door Look Lillian Talk to Lillian

Bell Tower

Tip: Save your game now!
Climb stairs Oil bell Pull ring with cane Look bell Get crank

Church

Walk over pulpit until a message appears about a sagging floorboard
Use crowbar to open floorboard Look in hole Get bible

Cemetery

Sometimes, while entering the cemetery, the spirit of Sarah Crouton appears. However, there is no way you can achieve a better gaming rank by seeing this, I couldn't resist to add this :-)

Celie's shack

Knock on door Give necklace Sit at table Get carrot
Full conversation with Celie

Hedge garden

Put valve in shaft Turn valve Turn statue

Henri's bedroom

(if the elevator doesn't appear, re-enter the room)
Get key (cannon) Put key in control Up

Attic

Read newspaper (go south) Look in trunk Look boots Look insignia Look gloves Look cape

Billiard Room

Full conversation with Gloria
Re-enter room Look floor Look footprint Look feathers Get record Inspect record with monocle

ACT IV

Gazebo / Well

(The body of Gloria can sometimes be found in the well, turn handle to discover)
Find Gloria dead
Look body Search body Look boa

Bar

Upstairs passageway

Get cigar butt Look cigar

Henri's bedroom

Show cigar butt Show cane

Outside

Find Rudy or Clarence and follow the one you've found. Talk to Rudy/Clarence (before they're fighting)

Outside

Find Ethel walking around (often in the North or West areas around the house) Look Ethel Talk to Ethel
Re-enter the home, make sure you do NOT cross the study room.

Dining room

See Fifi and Jeeves kiss

Hallway

Move mirror Look through hole (spy on Fifi and Jeeves)

Study

See Lillian's special interest in weapons Look Lillian Full conversation with Lillian Open cabinet Show cigar butt Show cane

ACT V

Henri's bedroom

Full conversation with Lillian

Hallway

Move cabinet (left) Look through hole (spy on Lillian and Henri)

Fifi's bedroom

(While she's changing clothes:) open door (only one chance :P) show cigar show hanky
full conversation with Madamoiselle Fifi

Bar

Full conversation with Clarence
Show cigar Show cane Feed Polly to cracker

Near Barn and Carriage House (south west)

Get rolling pin Examine rolling pin with monocle Look footprint Examine footprint with monocle

Carriage House or Rose Garden

Find Ethel dead
Look body Search body

Barn

Feed carrot to horse Pet horse Open gate Get lantern

Upstairs secret passageway

Dining room

Watch Rudy eat
Full conversation with Rudy

Cellar

Notice Jeeves washing up
Look at flowers Look at Jeeves

Henri's bedroom

ACT VI

Attic

Look in trunk Look boots Look gloves Look cape

Fifi's bedroom

Find Fifi and Jeeves dead
Look bodies Search bodies Look bodies Look flowers Look decanter Inspect decanter with monocle

Bathroom

Look in basket Look bottle Inspect bottle with monocle

Lillian's room

Hallway

Move cabinet (right) Look through hole (spy on Lillian) Look through hole (spy on Clarence)

Clarence's bedroom

Talk to Clarence Look Clarence

Bar

Look glass Examine glass with monocle Give cracker to Polly

Study

Look cabinet Look dagger

Outside study

See Rudy pet Beauregard

ACT VII

Study

Look glass case Look derringer

Bar

Clarence and Rudy's room

Look floor Look chair Look blood Read notebook

Lillian's bedroom

Open suitcase (Lillian's bed) Get diary Read diary Inspect diary with monocle

Bathroom or Wilbur's bedroom

Note: If Clarence is found dead in the bathtub, the command "Take shower" will respond with 'what a morbid thought!'.
However,if you just type 'wash' it gets better :-) Save your game first though!
Find Clarence dead
Look body Search body (get matches)

Upstairs passageway (right/left differs)

Look floor Look bootprint

Hedge garden

Basement

Look bodies Put crank in hole Turn crank

Vault

Look at plate (all four of them)<br> Use crowbar to open vault (Ruby's vault is all you need) Look in vault Get pouch Look in pouch Close vault Remove bar ( to get out )

Chapel

See Celie praying
Talk to Celie (if you feel like it) Pray

Outside,near church

Dollhouse

Look Lillian Look board Talk to Lillian

Lillian's Bedroom

ACT VIII

Bar

Give cracker to Polly Leave house through frontdoor Look dog Pet dog Read note

Hedge Garden

Find Lillian Dead
Look body Search body (get skeleton key) Get bullet Get gun Load gun

Henri's room

Look bag Look in bag

Attic