Escape: The Brother's Saloon - Walkthrough + 100% Achievements

In order to obtain all the achievements, a single playthrough is sufficient if you are fast enough to complete the game in under 30 minutes.
Otherwise it's probably better to do the speedrun in a separate playthough, after you have familiarized yourself with all the puzzles and item locations.

This guide is meant to act as a full walkthrough, listing all the item locations and puzzle solutions. It also contains a speedrun video (completed in ~18 minutes, with both possible endings).

Attention: this guide is spoiler-heavy!

Lights puzzle

Click the lights in the following order:


Pick up the chess piece from the slot that opens on the door.

Solved!

Complete your first puzzle

Vases puzzle

Locations:
1 x main room, desk
1 x main room, between the bookshelf and the fireplace
1 x main room, chess table
1 x main room, cabinet with 9 drawers (a clock)
1 x entrance, first table
2 x entrance, table with a plant

Arrange them symmetrically, like this:


Pick up the clock piece from the drawer.

Clock puzzle

The hint is the picture on the table.
Set the time to 9:10 and the weights according to the picture.


Pick up the pipe segment.

A secret room!

Open the furnace room area

Pipes puzzle

Locations:
1 x main room, unlocked after the clock puzzle
1 x furnace room, right side of the chest
1 x furnace room, in a corner between the chair and the music box table
2 x furnace room, left side of the music box table
3 x furnace room, around the furnace



On the right side of the furnace a container is opened and you can pick up a book.

Bookshelf puzzle

Locations:
main room, desk
main room, couch
main room, right corner of the bookshelf
main room, chess table
main room, table with the radio
entrance, first table (top)
entrance, first table (bottom)
furnace room, on top of the chest
furnace room, on a chest
furnace room, unlocked after the pipes puzzle



A small container is opened on the left side of the bookshelf; pick up the boar figurine.

Fireplace puzzle

Locations:
deer, moose - placed initially on the fireplace
bear - entrance, table with a plant
wolf - furnace room, compass table
alligator - furnace room, on the music box table
boar - main room, unlocked after the bookshelf puzzle

Arrange the animals in the following order:
Deer - Bear - Boar - Wolf - Alligator - Moose

Another secret room?!

Open the bar room area

Sliding puzzle

In the bar room under the compass table you'll find the last piece of the mosaic.
When the puzzle is complete, pick up the knife and the plate with the picture date.

The Bird

Complete the sliding tile puzzle

Globe puzzle

Activate the following locations: London, Shanghai, Hawaii, Mexico:

Chess puzzle

Locations:
main room, desk (black knight)
main room, chess table (white knight)
main room, table with the radio (black rook)
main room, right drawer, unlocked after the globe puzzle
entrance, first table (white bishop)
entrance, door slot unlocked after the lights puzzle



One of the 3 drawers is opened. Pick up the billiard ball.

You're a Wizard

A chess wizard, that is

Radio puzzle

This puzzle can be skipped on the second playthrough, during the speedrun.

Locations:
3 x main room, table with the radio
furnace room, potted plant
bar room, on top of the piano
bar room, on the compass table
radio button - bar room, couch edge



You can listen to the following radio frequencies (optional):
710
870
930
1020

Bar room display case puzzle

Locations:
Shark Tooth - bar room, in the display case
Dagger - furnace room, unlocked after the sliding puzzle
Pirate Hat - main room, hanger next to the radio
Pistol - bar room, on the floor behind a couch
Baseball - bar room, in the display case
Glove - bar room, couch corner
Spyglass - bar room, on the left of the chest

You need to add the following items to the display case, from left to right, in this order:
Shark Tooth - Dagger - Pirate Hat - Pistol - Baseball -Gloves - Spyglass



A small container on the left side opens. Pick up the billiard ball.

Furnace room - chest code

Inset the following code: 633141 (this is created by combining all the digits heard in the radio broadcasts).

Piano puzzle

Press the keys in the following order:
A - B - A - D - D - E - E - D

Maestro

Complete the piano puzzle

Music box puzzle

Move the ballerina in the following order:
right, (change direction), left, turn left, up, left, left, turn right, up, (change direction) right, down

(you might need to make sure first that the moving direction is the correct one).

Scale puzzle

Locations:
furnace room, unlocked after the music box puzzle
bar room, behind the bar on a shelf
bar room, on the table with the scale
bar room, on the floor, left side of the display case
bar room, in the potted plant next to the piano

Bar room chest

Left puzzle:
Fill left side
Transfer left side to the right side
Empty right side
Transfer left side to right side
Fill left side
Transfer left side to right side
Empty right side

Right puzzle:
right to top
top to left
right to top
top to left
left to right
top to left
right to top
top to left

Compass puzzle

Locations:
2 x furnace room, on the billiard table
3 x furnace room, compass table
1 x bar room, on the bar counter

Which way again?

Complete the compass puzzle

Pictures puzzle

Mar 13, 1977 - Furnace room, on the left wall from the entrance
Nov 12, 1984 - Bar room, right wall
Feb 5, 1989 - Bar room, left wall, further away from the entrance
Jun 29, 1991 - At the end of the entrance corridor
Dec 3, 1997 - Main room, on the wall with the radio
May 30, 1999 - Bar room, left wall, close to the entrance
Jan 22, 2004 - Furnace room, on the right wall from the entrance
Aug 08, 2009 - Main room, next to the vases

Letters puzzle (on top of the bar)

Locations:
2 x bar room, on the bar counter
1 x bar room, couch
2 x bar room, unlocked after the piano puzzle

Billiard puzzle

Locations:
1 x main room, desk
4 x furnace room, on the billiard table
1 x bar room, on the bar counter
1 x bar room, under the table with the scale
1 x bar room, unlocked after the display case puzzle
1 x bar room, unlocked after the letters puzzle
1 x bar room, unlocked after the weights puzzle
1 x bar room, unlocked after the chest puzzle
1 x furnace room, unlocked after the chest puzzle
1 x furnace room, unlocked after the compass puzzle
1 x furnace room, unlocked after the pictures puzzle
1 x main room, middle drawer, unlocked after the chess puzzle

Escaped?

Complete the game

Secret puzzles

You can solve secret puzzles only once you solver the billiard puzzle, entered the room behind that door and you checked the letter on the table.

Globe puzzle

A hint for this puzzle can be seen on the left side of the chess flyer.
Activate the following locations:
London
Oregon (US West coast)
Bermuda (North-Atlantic Ocean)
Malaysia

Music box

A hint for this puzzle can be seen on the piano keys sheet from the trash bin.
Move the ballerina in the following order:
Left
Left
Turn Left
Down
Turn right
Down
Right
Right

Piano keys

A hint for this puzzle can be seen on the letter next to the chair in the bad ending.
Press the following keys:
B A GSharp A C D C B C E

Clock

A hint for this puzzle can be read in the hunting book (last entry).
Set the time to 5:30 and the weights according to the picture.

Furnace room chest

A hint for this puzzle can be seen on the billiard sheet (on the bar). The symbols represent the Aries and the Howl. The radio frequencies corresponding to those are: 930 and 870.
Insert the code: 930870

Escaped!

[HIDDEN] Complete the game and solve the secret puzzles

Speedrun

In order to finish the game in under 30 mins, some puzzles can be skipped. Here's a 17mins speedrun while all puzzles and secret puzzles are solved:

Speedrun!

[HIDDEN] Complete the game in under 30 minutes

[Zhareg]

EmilieHA , when you return to solve secret puzzles, a new box appears on the pool table. Complete 5 secret puzzles to open this box and press the button. You will have access to a new hallway with a door in it. Come out and get the achievement!

[JustKallisto]

I can't seem to get the Escaped! achievement. I complete the main game, go into the room with the chair and read the paper before I go back and do the secret puzzles, but even if I get a sound and the puzzles save, nothing happens after. :(

[Look]

esc dont paused/stop the timer for a speedrun?

[🍒 Lilly (🌸◠‿◠)]

@[d20]Gresman: yes, it's in the trash can on the left of the piano.
@narutouzumaki999: the hint is on the billiard table, and you can see it solved in the speedrun video 10:39 - 10:49.

[narutouzumaki999]

How do you solve the chess puzzle?

[[d20]Gresman]

Additionally there is a compass rose on a table in the bar area which shows which direction north is.

Is there a hint for the music box puzzle in the game?

Thanks for the guide.

[JayCArrow]

Thanks, Lilly for the answer. I will try :-)

[🍒 Lilly (🌸◠‿◠)]

@JayCArrow: Thanks for the correction! The compass puzzle is a bit tricky indeed and the solution is based on which side of the room the symbol is located. For example, if you consider the north as being the direction you step in from the entrance, you'll find the symbol you put in the lower part of the compass as being located on the southern wall of the room (except that it's upside down).

[JayCArrow]

I don't get the compass puzzle... I found all four symbols (circles) in the different rooms but I don't know how to put the black coins on the table. The red "N" does not help...

[JayCArrow]

A little correction for the secret puzzle: Musikbox

LEFT (was missing)
Left
Turn Left
Down
Turn right
Down
Right
Right