Hood: Episode 3

1. You begin at the Town's Edge, with the weathermage on your left and the town elder on the right. Interact with them for the fun of it.

2. Click the back button toward Shadetale's Center to find two more characters to talk to: the alchemist (whom you'll recognize from episode two) and Ettlethorne. Again, talk to them both to uncover more details of the story.

3. Now let's find someone else to talk to. More specifically, go to the Fithling Scientist's cave (along the way, don't forget to stop to look at everything)

4. Move forward twice to Dark Swamp.

5. Choose the top left arrow to go Deeper Into The Swamp,

6. Then click the top right arrow to "some strange stones and small cliff.

7. Now go left, to "some kind of door built into the stone cliff."

8. Click the forward arrow again to Enter.

1. Ask the Fithling about a magical tracking tool.

2. He tells you about a magical drill and...

3. relates an important clue in the form of a riddle:

   "There two stood, with one is dead.
   Two are hollow and both then said,
   'Next these two, had best fled!'
   Or next those two, they be dead.
   Then you'll see, what tree fed."

4. Time to find that tree and see what it contains. (Perhaps a magical drill, eh?)

5. Before you leave, make sure you "borrow" the Fithling's SHOVEL; it might come in handy sometime.

6. Make for the tree.

7. Back out of the scientist's cave.

8. Then, select the down arrow again to get back to the strange smooth stones.

9. Click the top forward arrow to continue into the swamp; here you'll be facing some trees with some stone tags tied about their trunks...

10. grab the SMOOTH ROUND STONE from the third tree on the left.

11. Go right twice past dozens of small shrines until you come to a Strange Lone Tree.

1. Now at the "Strange, Lone Tree", having picked up a SMOOTH ROUND STONE along the way (see above spoiler), you're ready to put your riddle-busting skills to the test.

2. Everything you need to know about opening this tree is in the riddle the imp told the Fithling Scientist.

3. If you need more help figuring it out, open the next spoiler:
   HINT:

   In the riddle, "There stood two, with one is dead" refers to the outermost ring of the tree puzzle...

   Which markings on the ring look like two standing and one dead? Turn the ring so those markings are at the top (where there's a barely distinguishable arrow, under the arcane lettering, above the circles).

   Now work out which markings correspond to the other parts of the riddle.

   SOLUTION:

   • Outermost Ring: two vertical lines followed by a horizontal line.

   • Middle Ring: two hollow circles.

   • Innermost Ring: two parallel horizontal lines.

   • Screenshot

4. When you get the tree open, there inside you'll find the: RUNED DRILL. Take it.

5. Now head back to the Fithling Scientist to find out what to do next.

6. Go left three times.

7. Then left to the door.

8. Then "enter"

1. Talk to him and he'll call you a smart Fenrirr then explain how to work the DRILL (found in the strange, lone tree) and SMOOTH STONE (which was tied to the trees just left of all the small shrines).

2. Seems you need to find a powerful place to do the drilling....

1. From inside the Fithling Scientist's place, back out twice.

2. Then, move south of the gravestones (down arrow) heading one step toward the town.

3. Here is some funny wooden idol and three directions you can go...south to town, right back to the scientists, or left toward many stone statues... GO LEFT TOWARD MANY STONE STATUES.

4. Go left two more times until you're standing in front of a broken statue that's tangled up in some twisted, thorny vines (like in the image at the top of this review).

1. Now you have found a place of power (see above spoiler) and this seems like the perfect spot to drill.

2. Put your SMOOTH ROUND STONE on the smooth round platform (the top of the broken statue) in the center of the screen.

3. Next, select your RUNED DRILL and use it on the stone.

4. Take the HOLE in the SMOOTH STONE.

5. Cool, you can look through this thing. You want to find some things to look at?

6. Try looking at everything--turns out there are magical markings everywhere:

   For example, look at the gravestones outside of the scientist's cave, at the broken statue, at the weathermage, and so on.

   But do they mean anything? Maybe not. Wander around a bit more and maybe you'll find something new -and- also useful:

   • From by the gravestones, move forward once.

   • Hold the SMOOTH ROUND STONE up between the trees (the ones with tags around their trunks, where you first found the smooth round stone).

   • Here you'll find new direction you can travel, a PURPLE ARROW seen only through the hole in the smooth round stone.

7. So you follow the new route which your Hole-Drilled Round Stone has revealed (see the above spoiler).

8. At this point, you can put your stone away and enter the cave.

1. Keep heading left, deeper into the cave, until you reach a button and a metal bar with some markings on it.

   • If you'd like, toy with the buttons a bit...Does anything happen?

   • Perhaps try waiting here a while, just staring at the screen (because, you know, waiting and staring at a computer screen when asked has always resulted in happy rewards before!)

2. Continue left to a Large Metal Door...

3. Playing around with it, you can push the red button to change symbols and pull the lever to fill vials with green liquid.

4. More information is needed to solve this, though.

5. Head left toward "something in the corner of this cave."

6. Here is a poor dead little fellow. Pick up his FLUTE.

7. Look at the markings on the wall:

The rectangular shapes represent how full each tube should be.

8. Go right again, back to the Large Door. Using the information from the corner of the cave (see above spoiler) you're ready to get it open...

SOLUTION:

• Each vial can hold 4 units of liquid. Fill each accordingly, from left to right:

• 2 units -- 3 units -- 2 units -- 3 units -- 1 unit -- 4 units

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9. When all the vials are filled to the proper level, the door opens. Enter it (large red arrow in middle).

10. Continue forward until you exit the cave. You arrive at a clearing surrounded by stones and trees. The dirt looks like it's been disturbed. Now what?
    HINT:

    Using the Hole in the Round Stone will provide the clue for what to do here.

    SOLUTION:

    Use your SHOVEL (found in the Fithling Scientist's cave) in various places on the ground to dig up:

    • a Lethean Coin from the ground in front of the largest rock.

    • and a Drainstone a little to the right of the far left stone.

11. Now, with a Drainstone in your possession (see above spoiler), you're ready to operate the "Strange Stone Ring" and end this chapter of the story.

12. Return to trees where you found the new path (go back twice and then keep heading right).

1. From the trees where you found the new path, if you'd like, go right toward the shrines and drop the Lethean Coin into one of them.

2. Continue back towards the beginning of the dark swamp (left, then down three times).

3. Turn right on "a small path heading north" and then continue forward up the path, past the scrap of red cloth.

4. When you arrive at the Strange Stone Ring, click on the panel to the left of it.

5. Insert the DRAINSTONE... it fits perfectly.

6. Step back. The portal is now active.

7. Step through the gate and enjoy the ending scenes.

The outer ring should be two vertical lines followed by a horizontal line, as follows: ||-
The middle ring should be two hollow circles, as follows: oo
The inner ring should be two horizontal lines, as follows: --

The cat is the symbol for the first tube, the Aries symbol is for the second, and so on. You will need to match the tubes to the bars at the bottom of the wall's heiroglyphics. So, the tubes should have this sequence: 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 4.