Nancy Drew 21: Warnings at Waverly Academy Hints

I saw Rachel out of her room! How do I follow her?

  • 1 of 8: In the middle of the second night, after you finish in the locked classroom --
  • 2 of 8: -- Nancy will see Rachel out of her room and follow her. Get into her locked room the same way you got into Leela and Izzy's room: use the ID card to jimmy the lock.
  • 3 of 8: When you enter Rachel's room, you'll see a panel of the wall sliding into place. That's pretty weird ...
  • 4 of 8: Zoom in close on the pattern on that portion of the wall, and you'll see a vaguely star-shaped pattern in the wood. Clearly we have to do something here, but it's not immediately obvious.
  • 5 of 8: The game here is to move the little marble at the center of the star around to all of the other points of the star without taking the same path twice. Read to the end of this hint for a screenshot showing one way to do this.
  • 6 of 8: To start, click on the place where you want the marble to go. The stars you touch will turn green to show that you've hit them, but you'll have to remember which paths you've taken.
  • 7 of 8: Don't forget you can go around the outside of the circle as well. And you don't have to use every possible path, just the ones you need.
  • 8 of 8: There are probably lots of ways to solve this puzzle, but here's how I did it: