Dire Grove

Stairway

• Enter the Hotel again and proceed up the stairs. This time, instead of proceeding into the Hallway, enter the Bathroom on the left.

Bathroom

• Use the Sledgehammer on the cracked portion of the floor to break it open and create an opening to the Manager’s Office.

• Once the hole has been made, water will burst from one of the pipes. Time to find a way to stop the water flow. Proceed back to the Garage outside.

Garage

• Click on the sparkling area inside the Garage to enter another hidden object area.

Hidden Object Area: Garage

• Find the objects listed at the bottom of the screen. Objects are randomized, but one will be added to your inventory upon completing the area. This inventory object is circled in red.

• Upon completing the area, the Crowbar will be added to your inventory.

• Proceed back outside.

Outside

• Outside the Garage, click on the steel cover on the ground for a closer look.

• Use the Crowbar on the steel cover to move it aside, then use the Valve on the pipes to shut the water off.

• Now that the water’s turned off, proceed back to the Bathroom inside the Hotel.

Bathroom

• The water’s shut off. Use the Mattress on the gap in the floor and click it a few times until it falls through, then proceed down through the hole into the Manager’s Office.

Manager’s Office

• Inside the Manager’s Office, click on the sparkling area over the desk to enter a hidden object area.

Hidden Object Area: Manager’s Office

• Find the objects listed at the bottom of the screen. Objects are randomized, but one will be added to your inventory upon completing the area. This inventory object is circled in red.

• Upon completing the area, the Iron Key will be added to your inventory.

• There’s nothing more to do in the Manager’s Office at this time. Exit and proceed to the Main Room (left).

Main Room (Left)

• Click on the sparkling area next to the fireplace to enter a hidden object area.

Hidden Object Area: Main Room (Left)

• Find the objects listed at the bottom of the screen. Objects are randomized, but one will be added to your inventory upon completing the area. This inventory object is circled in red.

• Upon completing the area, the Phone Charger will be added to your inventory.

• Proceed upstairs to the Romantic Room.

Romantic Room

• Click on the bed at the far end of the room to enter another hidden object area.

Hidden Object Area: Romantic Room

• Find the objects listed at the bottom of the screen. Objects are randomized, but one will be added to your inventory upon completing the area. This inventory object is circled in red.

• Upon completing the area, the Saw will be added to your inventory.

• Now that you’ve completed this area, proceed back outside, to outside the Garage

Outside

• Standing outside the Garage again, proceed forward into the distance, to the left of the Garage.

• There’s nothing to do in the next screen/wooded area except to examine a few things at your leisure. Be sure to pick up the Tape lying in the snow, shown and circled below before proceeding forward again.

• Now outside the Boathouse, use the Iron Key from your inventory on the lock to open the Boathouse and proceed inside.

Walkthrough menu:
• General Tips
• Chapter 1: Welcome to Dire Grove
• Chapter 2: Dire Grove Hotel
• Chapter 3: Accessing the Manager’s Office
• Chapter 4: He’s the Fisherman
• Chapter 5: Going Into Town
• Chapter 6: She’s the Hunter
• Chapter 7: He’s the Blacksmith
• Chapter 8: She’s the Farmer
• Chapter 9: Restore Power to the Hotel
• Chapter 10: Accessing the Ruins
• Chapter 11: The Fifth Element
• Bonus: List of Achievements
• Bonus: Tape Transcripts
• Bonus: Morphing Objects
• Bonus: Golden Felix Quest