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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Hints

Where can I find some explosive powder?

  • 1 of 9: Go back and search the main hideaway cavern.
  • 2 of 9: Near the skeleton that's hanging down near the ground is an area with several barrels and boxes.
  • 3 of 9: There's also a couple of long wooden planks forming a ramp up onto a large boulder.
  • 4 of 9: Use the planks to get up onto that boulder, then look up to find a hotspot near a barrel that's on an upper rocky ledge.
  • 5 of 9: When you click on that spot, Holmes just says that there's something there.
  • 6 of 9: Perhaps it's too dark up there for him to see what it is.
  • 7 of 9: After the ledge is lit, you can return to the large boulder and click on the hotspot to find that the barrel is the item of interest.
  • 8 of 9: However, you still can't reach it.
  • 9 of 9: Once your "ladder" is in place, you can click on the barrel to find that it's a powder keg. Just what you needed!