Hobbies And Interests
General Hints and Tips
Each scene in the game has its own set of hidden objects. However, many objects are pieces of a bigger object, and some of those pieces are scattered across many scenes. Other items won't be visible until you have located all the objects in that scene and put together scattered pieces and place them in their correct spot in the scene. You receive in-game hints during each scene that will help you locate well-hidden objects. Save these hints until you really need them. If you get stuck, you can continue on via the game map and return to previous scenes at another time.
Using the Cursors
When playing "Mortimer Beckett and the Secrets of the Spooky Manor," use the cursor to find and move objects. When searching, a magnifying glass will be your cursor, and it will light up when you discover a hotspot in a scene. These hotspots indicate where in a scene a completed object will go. If you click too many times in a scene, ghosts will appear on the screen to distract you, but they won't affect game play.
Object Locations
When you have found and put together all the broken pieces of objects, you will need to place those objects in their correct spot and in the correct scene. Give the ghost in the kitchen scene the piece of cake, and the final piece of the empty bucket will appear. Once you have put the empty bucket back together, you can take it to the running tap water in the kitchen and fill it with water. Take the full bucket to the guest saloon and use it on the roaring fire. Use the skeleton key on the locked chest in the broiler room, and a piece of the starter for the ghost machine will appear for you to take. Give the top hat to the hatless ghost in the lobby for the last piece of the hacksaw. The clock opener goes with the clock to reveal the last piece of the razor. The pinchers go on the nailed plank in the homestead for the last piece of the window.
Other Puzzles
The game features other puzzles in which you must take objects to another scene to use in order to receive other objects that you must in turn take to yet another scene in the game. Take the key that you found in the bathroom to the study and unlock the toolbox. Once opened, you will find some tools that you must take to the corridor room to use on the stuck attic door. Give the sabre to the colonial ghost in the Indian room and receive a brooch that you must take to the nanny ghost in the nursery.