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Secrets of the Ark: A Broken Sword Game Hints

Trying to get upstairs

  • 1 of 5: You need to get upstairs to Anna Maria's room, so look around the scuzzy hotel lobby to find the way to the stairs.
  • 2 of 5: Run to the back (left part) of the lobby to find some big security doors near a grandfather clock and a vending machine.
  • 3 of 5: However, when you click on them, the rude desk clerk will inform you that you need a hotel key card to open the doors.
  • 4 of 5: Go up to the security doors and use your new key card on the card reader. (It's on the doors' right side.)
  • 5 of 5: That'll open them, and you can click on the stairs past them to move on to the "Getting into Anna Maria's Room" task.