Guide for Chapter 1: House in the Woods

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+ One of the toughest if not the toughest VR escape puzzle out there right now
+ 3 hours to solve this puzzle alone

-Tons of bugs and glitches that sometimes force you to reset the room since resetting props doesnt fix it

This guide will feature 2 parts. The first part is a general hint guide that will help those who are trying to solve it on their own but are frustrated by whatever puzzle or issue they've run up against. It will simply guide you in the right direction.

The second guide is a more detailed guide that will give you direct hints on what you should do in what order or where to look with items specifically called out. Everything will be in spoilers.

Part 1 - General Hints

1. The cabinet labeled Mine can be solved immediately with some math
   
2. You can find three keys at the very beginning and use two of them early on
   
3. Use the flashlight to reveal clues in the dark
   
4. At this point you have enough clues to open the luggage lock on the dresser as well as the contents inside
   
5. Use the blacklight to reveal hidden clues on the walls
   
6. Combine with other clues to open closet
   
7. Obtain all possible clues from closet to solve locked box and obtain several new clues
   
8. Solve luggage lock on wooden cubby by using the newest clue from closet as well as a clue observable when you first start the room
   
9. Use two more older clues to solve wooden cubbyhole
   
10. Use another closet clue and cubbyhole clue to obtain combo code
    
11. At this point you should have obtained enough clues to go for the last of the three keys needed to open a box in the file cabinet
    
12. Use remaining clues to obtain combo sequence for MOM cabinet
    
13. You should be home free at this point

Part 2 - Detailed Walkthrough

1. How to open MINE cabinet: Take the picture of the clock that reads 10:15 and add it with the current clock on the wall nearby that reads 9:10. 10+9 = 19. 15+10 = 25. Thus the combo is 1925.
   
2. Obtain 3 keys at the start. Bathtub, Sink, Keyholder on wall. Sink key opens a cabinet that reveals a battery. Bathtub key is used much later. Key on the wall is used on the box found inside MINE cabinet.
   
3. Flashlight on dresser reveals 4 symbols. The table key for those symbols is above the bathtub. Circle, Squiggly, Man, Squre gives you 7231, which unlocks the dresser.
   
4. The paper under the sink is the combo code (7, 22, 14) for the locked box inside the dresser. Use it to obtain a bulb. Combine the blacklight with battery and bulb.
   
5. The blacklight will reveal clues at the corners of the room except for the south directions which are near the table. These directions are N (R,L), S (D,L), E (U,U), W (R,D).
   
6. Above the closet is a D-Pad that has clues on the order of the cardinal direction inputs. W,N,S,E is the direction order. That means Right, Down, Right, Left, Down, Left, Up, Up is the correct code. Open the closet
   
7. The crossword puzzle has some words on it. You should have found 3 definitions with 1,2,3 them in the room. The first one is in the cabinet labeled SIS. The second one is under the couch. The third one is in the left dresser drawer. If you google these definitions you will get the following words: Empathy, Stigma, Anxiety. If you look at the crossword puzzle, Empathy = 22, Stigma = 5, Anxiety = 27. Put the definitions in order as the paper displays them and you get 22, 5, 27. Obtain red Y. Use key on dresser to obtain Red J.
   
8. The lock box that had Red Y also has a clue **SD on the inside top of the box. If you write down the luggage lock on the cubbyhole, you will find that SD are possible matches. If you look around the room you will see a file cabinet with BL on it. Also notable is the calendar that has matching astricks at the start with B as the first letter and L at the end of the month. Thus the ?? SD solution for the luggage lock is BLSD. If that doesnt work try BTSD. Not sure if this is bugged as a lot of things are buggy.
   
9. The wooden washboard near the bathtub on the ground has numbers, use that to match the correct directions (R U L U D U L R D) which is used on the pad near the sink. This gives you the SUN disk. Use the key from the beginning to open the lock on the bottom of the cubby and obtain the third Red O. Now you have Red J Y O. These used with the calendar give you the numbers 18 28 9. The correct order is 18 9 28 to open the left combo lock cabinet.
   
10. Inside this cabinet is the 2nd key for the triple locked box and the bible which isnt used for anything.
    
11. Use SUN disk on the planet drawing chart to match the correct planets. Use the day hour chart from the BL cabinet to obtain matching hours. Its Earth, Jupiter, Neptune and thus 24 10 16 in that order.
    
12. Use 24 10 16 on the MOM cabinet and use the key on the triple locked box obtaining the final key.
    
13. Use the final key and escape!