"SKULLDUGGERY" step-by-step solution by pjg

"SKULLDUGGERY" step-by-step solution by pjg
For game release 3.1
Takes about 380 moves.
Comments and points/total points are given in ()

The brief solution overview
1) Darkness: Start a fire in the kitchen with the logs and the sulfur or hay.
Use the flint and iron to start it.
2) Read the parchment from the cellar to find out the ingredients for the
potion. The nine ingredients needed and how to get them are as shown
below.
3) Ashes: Use the crowbar from outside to pry open the marble coffin lid.
Get Charles' body and put it on the Ouija board. When in Hades, put
Charles' body on the altar. Get the ashes and put them on the ouija board.
4) Hair: Move the slab in the mausoleum. Use the knife to cut the hair of
Lord John.
5) Blood: Drink the wine or brandy to have a dream about secret passages.
Turn the moulding in the billiard room to reveal the secret passage.
Go up to the attic and get the stake. Get the shovel and a bottle.
Go to the grave yard and dig up Henri's grave. Kill him with the stake.
Put the blood in the bottle.
6) Spider: Turn the moulding in the conservatory. Go up and get the spider.
7) Finger bone: After getting the spider, go down to the smuggler's lair.
Enter the dungeon cell. Cut the finger with the knife or cleaver.
Use the finger bone to unlock the cell door.
8) Old bones: After getting the finger bone, head east to the cliff
overlooking Hades. Use the torch and the candle to provide light in
adjacent rooms. In a "leapfrog" manner, transfer the bones and the light
sources N, W, S, and U. Transfer the bones to the kettle. This is best
when done during the day.
9) Black skull: During the day, move the black skull from the master bedroom
down into the kitchen kettle.
10) Beast soul/heart: Take the knife or cleaver and go wander in the east
forest. Eventually you will fall into an animal trap pit. Cut the heart
from the wolfdog.
11) River water: When in Hades, open the pocket and get the gold. Sit in
the boat and give the gold to the boatman. While crossing the river,
get the jar, open it, and fill it with water. Put the jar on the Ouija
board.
12) Put all nine of the ingredients in the kettle. Put the potion in the jar.
Take the shovel, crowbar, and jar to the lonely grave. Dig up the grimy
skeleton and take it to the mausoleum using the secret forest trap door.
Pry open the granite coffin lid. Put the skeleton inside and pour the
potion on it. This will unlock the ship cargo hold trap door and give
you a gold key.
13) Go to the ship on the beach. (Turning the ship's wheel opens the powder
locker) Open the cargo door, go down and unlock the chest. Open the
chest and then enter it for the surprise ending.
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Read the SKULL.DOC file for some background information first.

Multiple commands are given on one line, even the the game only accepts
one command per line.

Gates and doors will randomly close, open them as needed.
If the front gate blows shut **before** you have entered the estate
then you must restart the game. You can't win if you are stuck outside.

You can be killed randomly, restore a saved game to avoid this.

The Grim Reaper will sometimes appear too early. Restore a saved game
if you have not put the ashes and the water jar on the ouija board.

Do not have more than 1 "quantity of water" at any moment in time.
(database gets confused)

Do not put objects into the burning fireplace.
(you end up carrying the invisible "burned" object)

Drinking the brandy and the wine will show you 2 of 4 dreams.
Restore a saved game and redrink until you see all 4 of them.
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(you start with 1 point already)