Introduction:
Of Light and Darkness is a unique adventure game. It does not really
contain "traditional" puzzles as other adventure-type games do. The main
thrust, or goal of the game is to Redeem the Apparitions. And the game is
not linear; you don't have to redeem the Apparitions in any particular order.
Reading the manual that comes with the game - Book of the Damned -
should give you some insight as to what is expected. At the end of this
walkthrough, you will find a list of all the Apparitions, their Artifacts, and
their Sin. But basically, to redeem an Apparition, here is what you must do :
You must know which Artifact goes with which Apparition; which Color Orb
goes along with the Apparition; and you must know what Sin the Apparition
is guilty of so that you may go to the appropiate room to redeem them. So,
it is thus:
Apparition
Artifact
Color Orb
Sin (Sin Room)
For the most part, it's fairly easy to find out who an Apparition is, and what
color Orb goes along with them. This can be done by first reading the
manual, and then by also going to the Mask Room - which is Underground.
The Mask Room is very helpful, especially in determining which Color goes
with an Apparition. Going to the Mask Room should be your first order of
business upon entering any Level. There is a Map that comes with the
game; familiarize yourself with this so you know where various places are.
Mask Room
In regards to the Mask Room, this is how you get to there: upon starting the
game, click forward till you reach the Clock; then turn slightly to your right,
and click forward down that "street". You will now be facing the Hall of Pride.
But, just to the left of the Pride, you will see revolving doors; click towards
these. Once inside the tunnel, turn to your right and click forward; when
you're facing the giant Mask, your cursor should become the "grasping
hand". Click on the giant Mask and then you will be transported to the Mask
Room. The thing to do in here is to click on the colored stars that you see
around the room. Upon clicking a colored star, you will see three
Apparitions appear. The "Color" star that you clicked corresponds to those
three Apparitions. (Now upon going on to Levels 2 & 3, some of the
Apparitions "colors" stay the same, but, sometimes they do not, so pay
careful attention). You may then click upon each of the Apparitions faces
when your cursor turns into the Victrolla/Phonograph icon. You may in this
way learn more about each Apparition ( Note: there is also a "Black" star in
this room which is a little difficult to see above a doorway; but this particular
star does not come into play until the second and third levels ).
Villiage: Orbs and Trans-Portals
Now, when travelling through the village itself, pick up all the Orbs and
Trans-Portals that you come across. Throughout the game, whenever you
have to use the Orbs to blast an Apparition, the Orbs themselves will
constantly re-appear in more or less the same places where you originally
found them; though there is some variation among the three Levels ( There
are also "Black" Orbs, but these also do not come into play until the second
and third Levels ).
Mastering the Trans-Portals is very helpful; using these will transport you
instantaneously to a given spot. This is very advantageous when you are
"pressed for time" with the impending Apocalypse. With the Trans-Portals,
just remember where you were when you used it; it will be in that same
exact spot when you come back to retrieve it.
So keep your inventory stocked with Orbs and Trans-Portals; you're going to
need them frequently. With the Trans-Portals, examine their "appearence" in
your inventory; highlighting them will help to view them better. Then, use the
Map supplied with your game to match them up; this way you can see
which Portal will take you where.
Another feature in this game that is useful is using the "Pause" button that
is located on your keyboard. This will "freeze" the game and stop the clock.
Remember, you are racing against time and the impending Apocalypse.
Pausing is handy for when you want to stop and think something through, or
maybe to jot down some notes from something you just learned in the
game. This way, the clock isn't running.
Orbs Litany
Besides the Black, there are three "colored" Orbs : Red, Green, and Blue.
You will need to combine these three in different ways for the various
Apparitions. Some just require a single Orb, a Red, a Green, or a Blue. But
for the other colors, here is the combination of Orbs you must use :
Yellow = Red & Green
Magenta = Red & Blue
Cyan (Light Blue) = Blue & Green
Dealing with Aparitions
During gameplay, if you hear the voice-over say, "Attention ! You have one
minute to send an Apparition back to the Dark Isle using White Light. If you
do not, the Apocalypse will soon be upon you"; In order to create White
Light, you must combine Red, Blue, and Green Orbs in your inventory and
then use them. But to do this when you hear the announcement, an
Apparition must be within your sight. Sometimes they are actually present
in the Village; but if they are not, you must then go to a "Device" room and
find them. You may then blast them with White light. You cannot just blast
the White light without having an Apparition present; it will just be a waste of
your Orbs.
Inventory Care and Feeding
As for the inventory itself, this is how you access it : click on the right
mouse button; this brings up the inventory. While still holding down on the
right mouse button, slide the mouse cursor over the desired item you want
in your inventory, and then click the left mouse button; this will highlight that
item (remember all the while to still be holding down on the right mouse
button). Remember with the Orbs, while holding down with the right mouse
button, you can left click on more than one orb for certain combinations,
e.g. Red & Green = Yellow. This also applies when redeeming an Apparition
: besides clicking on the appropiate Orb(s), you must also click on the
Artifact that belongs to the Apparition. So, after selecting what you want
from your inventory by highlighting it/them, exit inventory by letting go of the
right mouse button. Then, hit the Space Bar on your keyboard; this will
cause the items to be used that you had selected in your inventory. This will
be, for instance, if you made some "White Light" to blast an Apparition back
to the Dark Isle, if you selected a Trans-Portal, or if you're redeeming an
Apparition.
Starting New Game or New Levels
When you first start the game (or another Level), you'll notice that most of
the Device Rooms are empty; there will not be Apparitions or their Artifacts
in the rooms. When they do appear, you can click on the Apparition's faces
and they will speak, or you can put your cursor over the Artifacts
themselves until the cursor turns into the Victrolla/Phonograph icon, click,
and then you will hear more information. But remember, you CANNOT take
an Artifact while the Apparition is still in the room with it !
During gameplay, you may notice periodically "flashes" of different colors;
this means that Apparitions that correspond to that color have entered the
village. This also means that their Artifacts are now available - unguarded -
in their Device Room. You can also do this yourself if you desire a certain
Artifact; you can "force" an Apparition. Here's how : if you are in a Device
Room, and the Apparitions are there with their Artifacts, make some "White
Light" from your inventory and blast them. But, you will notice that this
banishes them as well as their Artifacts. Then quickly, go back out to the
village and go to the Clock; but, make sure that your back is towards the
Famine Room when you are facing the Clock. Now, tilt your view upwards
so you can see the stars on the Clock. Move your cursor over to the now
darkened star that corresponds to the color of the Apparitions that you just
blasted with White Light; your cursor should now turn into the "grasping
hand". Click now on this star and you will see the appropiate color "flash".
Those Apparitions have now been forced out. You can now go quickly back
to that Device Room and the Apparition's Artifacts will be there but the
Apparitions themselves won't be. You can now take the Artifacts. Also, you
can take an Artifact out to the Clock, and, highlighting that Artifact in your
inventory, left click when your cursor turns into the Victrolla/Phonograph
icon underneath of the Clock; this way you can learn more about the
Artifact, it's owner, it's Sin, etc. And try to make efficient use of taking
Artifacts. Say, for instance, you notice that two Artifacts are both redeemed
in the same Sin Room; then take both and act accordingly.
Now, there are Rooms and there are hidden Rooms. By this it means that
certain Rooms are accessed by clicking on a certain something. This
certain something turns out to be a star, but not a "colored" star like on the
Clock, for instance. Here are the Rooms that have these stars : In the
Radiation Room, turn to your left and you will see a star; click on it and you
will be taken to the Hall of Lust. After you've entered The Office, click on the
star on the desk and you'll be taken to the Hall of Anger. When in the War
Room, turn to your left and look for the star on the wall; click on it and you'll
be taken to the Hall of Accidie (Sloth). When you first enter the Earth Shifts
area, click forward one more time, and then look very carefully over at the
wall on your left; there's another star which will take you to the Hall of
Avarice (Greed). When you are in the "street" and facing the Hall of Pride,
turn to your right and you will see another star; this will take you to the El
Dorado Room.
You will notice while in the first Level, that certain areas are not accessable
to you yet. You'll notice that when you move your cursor over these areas,
the cursor becomes the "walking feet" icon, but, with a red slash mark going
through them. If you were to click on it anyway, the voice-over would say,
"Not this Level".
Level 2
Then, in Levels 2 & 3, you'll notice that areas that were previously
accessable to you in Level 1, are now not available, they are now "Locked".
By this, it means that when you move your cursor over that Doorway, your
cursor now becomes a little black Padlock. If you click on this, the
voice-over will say something like, "The Mirror", "The Guitar", or "The Cigar".
This means that you must search for that item, that Artifact, which is now
also the "Key" that you need to unlock that little black Padlock. Once you
have found the requested "Key", stand in front of that Doorway, highlight the
Key/Artifact in your inventory, exit inventory, and then left-click your mouse
button (in this instance, DO NOT hit the Space Bar). This will open the
"locked" door. It would now be a good idea to get rid of that Artifact/Key in
your inventory, lest the Apparition that owns it comes after you. Once you've
opened a locked door, you don't need that Artifact for now, that is until later
when you want to redeem that particular Apparition. So, after you've opened
a locked door, make sure that item is still highlighted in your inventory, then
hit the Space Bar on your keyboard. This will get rid of the item in your
inventory and send it back to the Device Room where you got it. Once a
locked door has been un-locked, you can come and go back through it as
you please; you only need the Artifact/Key that one time to open it.
At the end of Level 2, after you've redeemed the 21 Apparitions, you have to
go down to the Hall of Mirrors and attempt to solve the Orb puzzle; you will
see a pyramid rise out of the ground with receptacles around it to place the
Orbs in. But don't worry, it's not meant or supposed to be solved now. No
matter what you try, it will not work; Gar Hob supposedly does something to
switch them around just to thwart you. You will just go on to Level 3.
Level 3 and the Orb puzzle
Now, in Level 3, you are going to notice some Artifacts in particular. These
will be Skulls with colored eyes. These are Artifacts that you do not - I
repeat, DO NOT - want to hold onto for too long. These Artifacts belong to
Dark Lords, and if they catch you with them, you will be punished severely.
Some of the things they will do to you are depleting your inventory, or (God
forbid), put a CURSE on you ! So, to avoid any and all such things, just
don't keep these items in your inventory until absolutely necessary. For
instance, you need a Skull to open one of the locked doors; get the Skull,
use it to open the locked door, then immediately get rid of it from your
inventory ! Other than that, save all three Skulls till the end, till the last
(Note: if you do happen to get caught by one of the Dark Lords with their
Artifact, and they punish you in some evil way of theirs, it's best to just go
back to a previous Saved Game. But, if you don't want to do this, refer to the
Quick Reference Card which came with the game; this will tell you what you
must do, for instance, to "purify" yourself).
Also, other areas in Level 3 which will become available to you are The
Abyss, which is to the left in the tunnel when you first enter the
Underground from the revolving door; also The Nightly News, which is to
your left when you are in the Plague Room.
So, in Level 3, after you've redeemed all of the Apparitions except for the
ones with the Skulls, you need now to go down to the Hall of Mirrors again
and solve the Orb puzzle. But this time, you will have clues as to how to
solve it. When you click on those Skull Artifacts when your cursor turns into
the Victrolla/Phonograph icon, they will say things like, "Blue is before
red....", or something akin to that. Clicking on each of the three Skulls is
giving you clues as to the order in which to place the orbs. It will be different
each time you play the game. Listen carefully to these clues, and Save
Game before attempting to solve the Orb Puzzle (Note: the word "Before"
means "to the Left of").
After you've solved the Orb Puzzle, click towards the pyramid; you will now
be taken to the Dark Isle. Then, enter the main doorway of the Dark Isle;
once inside, click up the spiral staircase. At the top, turn slightly to your
left, and notice the oval mirror. When you place your cursor over it, you will
see the little black Padlock. Click on it, and it will tell you what Artifact/Key
that you need to open it. Actually, that item should still be in your inventory,
just in case you haven't noticed it already. This is regardless of the fact that
you may have already redeemed that particular Apparition which owned that
Artifact. So, in your inventory, highlight the Artifact/Key that the oval mirror
with the Padlock asks for, then left click on it; this will open up this new
Mirror Room. This will be the room in which you will redeem the three dark
Lords that are left. This will be the tricky part; you must be "sly", and quick.
This is going to be a very opportune time to use one of the Trans-Portals;
namely, the Hall of Mirrors Trans-Portal.
(Note: make sure you have plenty of Orbs in your inventory; you are going to
need one of each - Red, Green, Blue, & Black - for the last Orb Puzzle in
order to defeat Gar Hob. Because if you reach the part of the game where
you are going to face the last Orb Puzzle, and you don't have the proper
Orbs in your inventory, there is no "going back" to the Village; so stock up
NOW).
Now, make your way back to the Village, and go to one of the Device
Rooms where you know one of the Dark Lords is with his Skull Artifact; it
would be best to Save Game before attempting this. If the Dark Lord is not
there and his Artifact is, then good, just take the Artifact. But if not, use the
White Light trick to banish him, go to the Clock , click on the appropiate
star to "force" him, then go back to the Device Room and get the Skull.
O.K., don't panic ! You need to waste some time here on purpose, believe it
or not. If you want, you can go to the area just in front of the Hall of Mirrors;
wait there. BUT, here's what you must do: access your inventory, and
highlight just the Hall of Mirrors Trans-Portal. Now you will have to "listen"
for something. The Dark Lords announce themselves when they are getting
near you; this may be something such as an evil laugh, heavy breathing,
what- have-you. So as you are standing there, when you "hear" the Dark
Lord, immediately hit your Space Bar on your keyboard, and the
Trans-Portal that you had highlighted will take you directly to the Hall of
Mirrors. Now also very quickly, keep clicking forward to the pyramid, Dark
Isle, up spiral stairs, through oval Mirror, and then when you are inside of
here, access your inventory, highlight the Skull and the appropiate colored
Orb, exit inventory, then hit the Space Bar on your keyboard. This will
redeem the Dark Lord. You must now do this again for the two remaining
Dark Lords. And as I mentioned before, it's a good idea to Save Game
before attempting to redeem any of the Dark Lords. Also remember to go
back and get your Hall of Mirror Trans-Portal; it will be right where you left it
when you just last used it.
The Throne Room and another Orb Puzzle
After you've redeemed the three Dark Lords, the Throne Room will now be
accessible to you. The Throne Room is located just to the right of the oval
Mirror where you just redeemed the three Dark Lords. In the Throne Room,
you will have one more Orb Puzzle to solve (As mentioned earlier, you
should have stocked up on Orbs, so now you have at least one Red, one
Green, one Blue, and one Black). Before you enter the Throne Room, go
back into the oval Mirror room where the three redeemed Dark Lords are;
you will be able to get clues from them on how to solve the last Orb Puzzle
to defeat Gar Hob. Click on the faces of each of the Dark Lords. Sometimes
you'll get lucky and each of them will give you a different clue; other times,
each of the Dark Lords will give you the same clue. It's basically the same
as earlier with the pyramid Orb Puzzle; e.g., "Red is before Blue, but not
next to Black". And again, it will be different each time you play the game,
even if you go back to the same Saved Game just before this puzzle. So
when you've gotten your clues from the Dark Lords, enter the Throne Room.
Inside, turn around and face Angel. She will give you one final clue on how
to solve the final Orb Puzzle. The clues that you have received may seem
contradictory, or cryptic, but carefully think about them, and they will make
a certain sense. When you think you've got it figured out, place the Orbs in
their respective receptacles. If you've figured it correctly, Gar Hob will leave
Angels body; but, if you've figured incorrectly, Gar Hob will have some bad
news for you.
So, if you want to figure out the Apparition's Sin and Artifacts yourself, read
the Book of the Damned manual on each Apparition; when in the Mask
Room, click on each of the faces; when in a Device Room, click on the
Apparition's face; when in a Device Room, click on an Artifact; when you
have an Artifact in your possession, take it out to the Clock and click it
underneath of it (doing this under the Clock has the Apparition's victim tell
you something). Doing all of these things will give information on who a given
Artifact belongs to, and information on what Sin a given Apparition is guilty
of (so you know what Sin Room to go to). But if you still can't figure it out
after all of this, look below and you will find a list of what you need; it will be
listed in the order of Apparition, Artifact, & Sin :
Apparition, Artifact, & Sin Table
Mani
Yin-Yang
Pride
Ivan the Terrible
Sword
Pride
Aleister Crowley
Cross
Pride
Dagmar Hirt
Scalpel
Pride
Osira
Flower
Anger
Tiplotezca
Heart
Anger
John Wayne Gacy
Clownface
Anger
Tirinia
Rope Noose
Lust
Anka
Jolly Roger (Cross Bones)
Lust
Wa-No-Te
Horse
Lust
Serguis Orata
Oyster
Gluttony
Xuanchiquel
Spoon
Gluttony
Man of No Name
Abacus
Avarice/Greed
Droessus
Necklace (Wreath)
Avarice/Greed
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen
Cannon
Avarice/Greed
Raj
Branding Iron
Envy
Shaamra
Chisel & Stone
Envy
Zanazca
Mirror
Envy
Jimmy Ray Christian
Guitar
Accidie/Sloth
Koobooragong
Round Stone
Accidie/Sloth
Piankhy
Square Stone (Plans)
Accidie/Sloth
Heung Po-Chi
Silk Square
Accidie/Sloth
Caligula
Dagger
Nightly News/Plague Room (Level 3 Only)
Carlos Marcello
Cigar
Nightly News/Plague Room (Level 3 Only)
Marie Antoinette
Money Purse
El Dorado Room (Level 3 Only)
Shakem Ben-Jamin
Sheep Hide
El Dorado room (Level 3 Only)
Cain/Dark Lord
Skull
Abyss/Mirror Room Dark Isle
Quechua/Dark Lord
Skull
Abyss/Mirror Room Dark Isle
Alexander the Great/Dark Lord
Skull
Abyss/Mirror Room Dark Isle
Amratus I/Dark Lord
Skull
Abyss/Mirror Room Dark Isle
Admah-Najeh/Dark Lord
Skull
Abyss/Mirror Room Dark Isle
Saman, Druid Priest/Dark Lord
Skull
Abyss/Mirror Room Dark Isle
( Extra Tip : Whenever you go to Save Game or Load Game, that Robot will
appear. If you don't feel like listening to him go through his whole routine
everytime, then just as he is about to turn around to face you, Left-click on
your mouse button and it will skip his repetitive sequence; because after a
while, this gets tedious ! )
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