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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Hints

Where can I get a hook?

  • 1 of 9: Do you know of someone in the wharf area who has a hook?
  • 2 of 9: The drunk guy in the pub has a hook, and is really sick of it. He'd gladly give it up if only the artificial hand he'd ordered would arrive.
  • 3 of 9: It's up to you to see that the hand arrives.
  • 4 of 9: If you've fully investigated the moonshiners, you'll have the parcel that the deliveryman lost.
  • 5 of 9: Why not open it and see if it's the hand that the guy in the bar has been waiting for?
  • 6 of 9: You'll find that the parcel does indeed contain a fake hand.
  • 7 of 9: Return to the pub, then click on the fake hand in inventory to select it before talking to the guy at the bar.
  • 8 of 9: He'll be so overjoyed at getting his new hand that he'll carelessly leave his hook lying on the bar.
  • 9 of 9: All you have to do is click the hand cursor on the hook, and it's yours!