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Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express Hints

How do I collect fingerprints from things?

  • 1 of 14: You've watched CSI or similar on TV; how do they do it?
  • 2 of 14: They have fine black or white powder in a device that puffs the powder onto the area; once the fingerprint shows up, they collect it with a piece of adhesive tape. So we need powder, a puffer of some kind, and scotch tape.
  • 3 of 14: You might be thinking of flour, but it's not ideal; it packs and is too hard to see. Think of something black that's in good supply.
  • 4 of 14: Say, we have a whole car full of coal, don't we? Maybe Tayyip, the engineer, could be talked into sparing a lump.
  • 5 of 14: Once you have the coal, you need to pulverize it to a fine powder. Some sort of pounding tool would seem in order here --
  • 6 of 14: -- like that fine hammer the engineer has.
  • 7 of 14: Combine hammer and coal in inventory to get an endless supply of powder. Now for a puffer.
  • 8 of 14: Something like a giant eyedropper would work.
  • 9 of 14: Like for example a turkey baster, maybe. Have you been in the kitchen yet?
  • 10 of 14: The turkey baster is in the drawer to the left of the refrigerator. Combine turkey baster and coal powder to get a fingerprint puffer.
  • 11 of 14: Now all we need is some tape. Check the staff areas of the train for this item.
  • 12 of 14: It's not in a logical place, so I'll just tell you that it's in the salon car, in the drawer behind the bar.
  • 13 of 14: To collect a fingerprint from the environment (like a doorjamb), click to zoom in on the spot, then use the puffer on it. When the fingerprint shows up, use the tape on it to collect it.
  • 14 of 14: To collect a fingerprint from an object in inventory, combine the object and the puffer, then combine the object and the tape.