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Hollow Hill Manor guide

Hollow Hill Manor walkthrough: every chapter, step by step

Each chapter of Hollow Hill Manor has one ghost to help. Below are the fewest steps for each, the same route the game's own hints follow. The steps are folded away, so open only the chapter you need.

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Chapter 1: The Butler's Last Evening

Hollow Hill Manor has stood empty since the storm of 1923. Tonight the lights in the hall flickered, and somebody left a torch on the porch bench.

Show the steps (17)
  1. Take the torch from the porch bench.
  2. Tip the flowerpot back.
  3. Take the key from under the flowerpot.
  4. Choose the front door key, then tap the front door.
  5. Take logs from the log store on the porch.
  6. Look in the tailcoat's pocket on the coat stand.
  7. The sampler says the house was built in 1887.
  8. Turn the desk's dials to 1 8 8 7.
  9. Use the pantry key on the pantry door in the back hall.
  10. Take the matches from the pantry shelf.
  11. Take the silver from the cutlery box.
  12. The ledger says: fork left, knife right, spoon above, glass top right.
  13. Choose the logs, then tap the fireplace.
  14. Choose the matches, then tap the fireplace.
  15. Fork left, knife right, spoon above the plate, glass top right.
  16. Wind the clock and set it to quarter past nine.
  17. Tap Mr Pike in the front hall.

Chapter 2: The Unfinished Song

Clara Hollow was fifteen in 1923 and played the piano every evening. Her song was never finished. Tonight, from the music room, one note at a time, someone is trying.

Show the steps (12)
  1. Use Miss Clara's key on the music room door.
  2. Take the first page from the music stand.
  3. Open the piano stool and take the torn page.
  4. Read Clara's diary on the window seat.
  5. Straighten Clara's portrait on the landing.
  6. Pick up the scrap under the portrait.
  7. The birds say E, C, G.
  8. Pluck E, C, G on the music box.
  9. Choose one page of music, then tap another.
  10. Use the silver key from the music box on the piano.
  11. Play C E G A G E D, then G E C.
  12. Tap Clara at the piano.

Chapter 3: The Professor's Riddle

Professor Edmund Hollow loved riddles more than anything except his family. He spent his last evening in the library hiding something, and he won't rest until someone clever enough finds it.

Show the steps (9)
  1. Use the library key on the library door in the music room.
  2. Take the spectacles from the library mantel.
  3. Use the spectacles on the notebook on the lectern.
  4. The answer is STARS: pull S, T, A, R, S.
  5. Take the UV lamp from the secret cupboard.
  6. Take the blank map from the secret cupboard.
  7. Choose the UV lamp, then tap the blank map.
  8. Use the map on the reading table.
  9. Tap the professor.

Chapter 4: Cook's Birthday Cake

Mrs Agnes Bramble ran the kitchen at Hollow Hill for thirty years. On the night of the storm she was baking Clara's birthday cake, and it never came out of the oven.

Show the steps (12)
  1. Use the kitchen key on the kitchen door in the pantry.
  2. Take the torn recipe from the kitchen table.
  3. The NURSERY bell is swinging: the first floor.
  4. Set the dumbwaiter dial to 1 (the nursery's floor).
  5. Choose one half of the recipe, then tap the other.
  6. Take the flour from the pantry shelf.
  7. Take the sugar from the dresser.
  8. Open the trapdoor in the kitchen.
  9. Take the eggs and butter from the cold slab in the cellar.
  10. Butter and sugar, then eggs, then flour, then the tin.
  11. Set the range's dial to gas mark 4.
  12. Tap Cook.

Chapter 5: The Night-Blooming Flower

Tom Ashby grew a moonflower for Mrs Hollow. It blooms only one night a year, and only by moonlight. On the night of the storm, the clouds never parted.

Show the steps (10)
  1. Use the conservatory key on the glass door in the boot room.
  2. The notebook says: rainwater, bonemeal and moonlight.
  3. Take the watering can.
  4. Use the watering can on the rain barrel.
  5. Use the full watering can on the moonflower.
  6. Take the bonemeal from the shelf.
  7. Use the bonemeal on the moonflower.
  8. Wind the roof crank to open the vent.
  9. Turn the first two mirrors to lean right, and the last to lean left.
  10. Tap Tom.

Chapter 6: Hide and Seek

Peter and Polly Hollow were seven, and they were playing hide-and-seek on the night of the storm. Nobody ever came to find them.

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  1. Use the nursery key on the nursery door on the landing.
  2. The chalkboard says: count, then come and find them.
  3. Open the wardrobe.
  4. Use the UV lamp on the chalkboard.
  5. Take the hook pole from the toy cupboard.
  6. Use the hook pole on the attic hatch on the landing.
  7. Turn the padlock's wheels to P O L L Y.
  8. Tap Polly or Peter in the nursery.

Chapter 7: Aunt Meg's Star

Dr Margaret Hollow, Aunt Meg to the children, built the observatory tower herself. On the night of the storm she was watching for a star in Cassiopeia, and the clouds came over before she could find it.

Show the steps (6)
  1. Use the study key on the study door at the top of the stairs.
  2. The logbook says: trace Cassiopeia's W from west to east.
  3. Turn the dials to 1 9 2 3.
  4. Use the eyepiece on the great telescope in the tower.
  5. Tap the five bright stars of the W, left to right.
  6. Tap Aunt Meg.

Chapter 8: A Lantern on the Hill

Eleanor Hollow kept a lantern burning in her window on stormy nights, so her husband's ship could find the harbour below the hill. On the night of the storm the lantern went out, and her locket, a gift for his homecoming, was hidden by the children.

Show the steps (10)
  1. Use the bedroom key on the bedroom door on the landing.
  2. The letter says the clock knows where the locket is, at midnight.
  3. Set the mantel clock to twelve o'clock.
  4. The portrait lists everyone from oldest to youngest.
  5. Professor, Eleanor, Clara, the twins.
  6. Take the lamp oil from the boot room shelf.
  7. Use the lamp oil on the lantern.
  8. Take the tinderbox from the nursery mantel.
  9. Use the tinderbox on the lantern.
  10. Tap Eleanor.

If you're stuck

The game's ✦ Hint button gives a nudge first, then points at the right thing, then says the answer. Things you pick up go in your pockets at the bottom: tap one, then tap where to use it, or tap another thing to put them together.

Questions

How many chapters does Hollow Hill Manor have?

Eight, one ghost each: The Butler's Last Evening, The Unfinished Song, The Professor's Riddle, Cook's Birthday Cake, The Night-Blooming Flower, Hide and Seek, Aunt Meg's Star, A Lantern on the Hill.

How do you set the hall clock in chapter 1?

Read the card in the tailcoat's pocket on the coat stand: the guest arrives at a quarter past nine. Use the clock key from the desk on the grandfather clock and set it to 9:15.

What is the answer to the professor's riddle?

Stars: "I come out at night without being called". Pull the books S, T, A, R, S on the tall bookcase.

What opens Peter's trunk?

His sister's name, POLLY, which the UV lamp shows on the nursery chalkboard.