Download Hints

Get quick and convenient access to just the hints you need for Nancy Drew: Danger By Design, without staying on our website. Just download a free trial version of our UHS Reader software and a copy of these hints. You will get the same gradual hints you see here -- unlike ordinary cheats or a walkthrough that can spoil your game.

You can also buy the full version of the UHS Reader for Windows or macOS. For just $14.95, you get full access to hints for hundreds of games and 1 year of free updates. You can also search, decode, or print an entire game's worth of hints at once.

Ask the Author

If you have questions about a puzzle that aren't answered anywhere in these hints, you may contact the author.

Nancy Drew: Danger By Design Hints

How do I get the decoder?

  • 1 of 6: This is the one item in the flea market that you can't buy with euros. What does the vendor want instead?
  • 2 of 6: He says he wants a bottle of "Mouton Fouetté 1968." In real life that translates into "The Whipped Sheep," but in the context of the game it's a bottle of very rare wine.
  • 3 of 6: You can't go to a wine shop, and in any case you don't have enough money to buy something this rare. You're going to have to find one.
  • 4 of 6: Someone you talk to on the phone will mention the Mouton Beverage Company --
  • 5 of 6: -- or more specifically, the tunnels under the Mouton Beverage Company. That means you need to search in (da da DAAAAAA) --
  • 6 of 6: -- The Catacombs.