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Sinking Island Hints

The game's final stage...

  • 1 of 8: The game's final section is not presented hugely well and you will simply need to explore to find another hidden compartment in the library on the 21st floor.
  • 2 of 8: The books on the fourth shelf from the top on the door next to Walter Jones' are the key here, but there is no direct instruction in the game to do so.
  • 3 of 8: The books on this shelf can be pushed and pulled, and doing so in a correct order will open a hidden compartment.
  • 4 of 8: Again, there is, from what I can tell, no direct clue or instruction on what to do here, and I came upon the solution purely by accident.
  • 5 of 8: You need to pull the books out of the shelf in an order so that the surnames of the authors spell out the word WALTER.
  • 6 of 8: Pull them in this order:
    "Deep Ocean Tragedy" by W. Sean Kimer,
    "Human Destiny and Violence" by Amartya D. Sunny,
    "Plan8: A Planet in Trouble" by Lester J. Jackson,
    "Drop" by T.C. Richter,
    "Le Quotidien Est Une Douleur" by Eric Royon,
    "Les 40emes Rugissants" by R. Daniel.
  • 7 of 8: Upon pulling the books in the correct order, a secret compartment containing bottles of alcohol will be revealed.
  • 8 of 8: Inexplicably, you need to take the bottle of water from this cabinet in order to open yet ANOTHER secret compartment on the other side of the room, which contains one final document you will need to solve the game's final mandate.