Once you finish a case in The Rise of the Golden Idol, you’ll gain a better understanding of the overall story. Clues will start to connect, various motives will become clearer, and the mystery will gradually unfold. After wrapping up each chapter’s cases, you’re required to summarize all the events you’ve observed.
In the first chapter, titled "The Curse," the puzzles aren’t very difficult, but there are several spots where you might get stuck or need a bit of guidance. Fortunately, we’re here to assist you.
This guide was created using the Extended Demo of the game, and it will be revised and updated when the full version is released.
To complete this section fully, make sure you’ve finished specific cases first. With those done, you’ll have a solid understanding of what happened. The words around the gaps and the colors of the missing words should provide enough hints, provided you’ve been attentive.
Most clues will require you to check the new information displayed in the case selection screen, including:
After you solve the first Story, you can move on to the second one. This is shorter and focuses on the initial victim’s death and its aftermath.
This part requires you to look at clues from two different cases to piece together the story:
As a significant lead, before his demise, Isaac Nowak went to meet someone at the Steelside warehouse. Days later, an associate tied to the Steelside warehouse pressured Elizabeth Nowak into bribing Sebastian Walsh, resulting in a halt to the investigation into Isaac Nowak’s death.
