~ NANCY DREW: SHADOW AT THE WATER'S EDGE GUIDE ~ [1] Introduction ........................................... [inters] Welcome to my guide on how to complete Nancy Drew's 23rd mystery, Shadow at the Water's Edge, currently exclusive to computers. To search for a term in this guide, press the ctrl and f buttons on your keyboard at the same time and then enter a search term (see the table of contents below). To contact me or suggest improvements to my guides, email me at guide.benlyd@gmail.com. Only email me if: you find a mistake or something I missed in this guide OR if you want my guide to be hosted on your site. Do NOT email me otherwise, mkay? (^.^) [1] Introduction ........................................... [inters] [2] Walkthrough ............................................ [wlkthu] [2.1] A Walk Around the Ryokan ............................ [jipans] [2.2] Bento Boxes! ........................................ [bintos] [2.3] Midnight Mischief and the Pachinko Parlor ........... [puchin] [2.4] Secrets Get Shown ................................... [shonee] [2.5] Guess Who? .......................................... [endins] [3] Version History ........................................ [yeayea] [4] Legal Stuff ............................................ [legalz] [5] Credits ................................................ [cradit] [2] Walkthrough ............................................ [wlkthu] This walkthrough is designed for the Junior Detective difficulty mode of the game. Does this mean it doesn't work with the Senior Detective mode? NO. The only differences in the difficulties are a couple of puzzles (and I don't think the checklist and hints are available in Senior mode, either..)! Also, this guide doesn't cover the story or anything, but there will likely be minimal spoilers littered throughout. The game comes in two discs. After you install both of them click on the flower icon on the desktop to begin. Oh, one more thing. This is one of the longer, harder, and creepier Nancy Drew games, so be ready for anything.. [2.1] A Walk Around the Ryokan ............................ [jipans] You begin in Nancy's room. If this is your first Nancy Drew game, you should read the "How to Be a Detective" book. You can play with the stuff on her desk and read about her past mysteries, but when you are ready to start the game, click on the [CASE FILE] to read the story's premise. Click on the [PLANE TICKET] and choose the difficulty level and then you're off to Kyoto! After the scene, you get the [ROOM 24 KEY]. Talk to Miwako fully. Then look at the board to see the other guests' names. Turn right and read the book about rock gardens. Look at the fire pit on the other side of the room. Read the ghost story book beside the door. (Now would be a good time to walk around and get a feel of the ryokan's layout, as it can be confusing at first. You don't have to though, because I'll take you around it anyway..) Go through the door left of the fire pit. Answer your phone, it's Bess and George. Talk to them all that you can. Go upstairs and use your key on room 24. Go inside and check the green box on the floor. Read the teacher exchange program flyer and the student biographies. You can grade the assignment, (and subsequent assignments that appear throughout the game) but all you get for it is a star at the end of the game. Look at the cards with the Japanese calligraphy. Open the hotel folder. Read everything in the folder and take a note of the envelopes. Get up and turn left. Open the closet and then the suitcase. Take the [TRAIN PASS] and the [JAPANESE DICTIONARY]. Exit the room. Go down the stairs and halfway down this hall. Try to go into the bathroom, but you bump into Rentaro. Talk to him fully. Turn right and go forward. Then go left and you'll be in the lobby. Head left to the garden. Walk around, but enter the shed afterward. Talk to Rentaro here fully. You get a [PUZZLE BOOK]. Go to it in your inventory. You have a Nonogram to do. Here's the solution. X is shaded, O is clear. X O X X X X X O O X X O X O X X O O X O X X X X X Talk to Rentaro and now you have to do Sudoku. You should know how to do this, so do it. (HINT: Do several more Sudokus and Renograms, as they reappear and are much harder later in the game.) Talk to him one more time after you solve the Sudoku to get a Renogram. Solution: 09 08 41 40 37 36 35 33 07 10 42 39 38 01 32 34 11 06 46 43 44 02 31 22 12 47 05 45 03 30 21 23 13 14 48 04 56 20 29 24 50 49 15 54 55 19 25 28 51 52 53 16 17 18 26 27 Show this to Rentaro and you're done with those puzzles! Go to the lobby to hear a customer complain. (If this does not appear, you may have to sleep.) Look at the board that shows the guests. Not many left. Talk to Miwako completely. Then, head right from her desk and go down the hall to the cultural room. If it isn't open, sleep until it is. If it is, go inside and talk to Takae for a lesson on Katakana. Write Nancy's name in Katakana. Not too hard. (unless you use a trackpad, like me..) After the lesson, open the top drawer of the the box left of Takae and read the calligraphy book. Exit the room. Head to the hot spring room where you first met Rentaro. If the curtain is blue, you'll need to sleep until the next day and then it will be red. When it is red, go inside. Look through the baskets at the far side of the room. You get a [PACHINKO CARD]. Read the Haunted Tours flyer. Look in the mirror. Go through the door left of the sink. Look at the tiles to the right in this room. Go into the water to take a bath. Head back to the front desk and talk to Miwako fully. Go to the garden and then Rentaro's shed. Talk to him completely and then click on the picture. You need to make it so no wires overlap. It helps to put the dots with a lot of wires connected to them in the four corners. When you finish, open it up to read a certificate. Take the [NEWSPAPER ARTICLE]. Talk to Rentaro fully. Don't talk to him (or anyone else for that matter) about translating the article, as they will get angry and you risk a game over. Go to your room (24 if you forgot) and sleep until 1:00 AM. Go behind the front desk and talk to Suki. Say "Suki, tate." Look at the brown box. Look at the computer that needs a password. Look at the machine to the left. One keycard is missing. Read the pages on the clipboard. Go back to your room and sleep until 7:00 PM. In the night, a scene occurs. Open the balcony door and go out onto the balcony. Go back to sleep now. When you awaken, exit the room to get a call from Bess and George. (You may have gotten this earlier. You may get a lot of the phone calls in this game earlier or later than I mention them in this guide.) Talk to them completely. Go to the front desk and talk to Miwako fully. Visit Takae for your next lesson. Check the box's second drawer for a book on Oragami if you need help. Not too hard of a puzzle. Finish the lesson and then exit the room to get another phone call from Bess and George. Talk to them completely. Go to Rentaro's shed and talk to him fully. Now head back to the lobby. [2.2] Bento Boxes! ........................................ [bintos] Exit the ryokan. Use your dictionary on the sign at the left. (If I tell you to look at something and it's in Japanese, go ahead and translate it.) Head left. Look at the map to the left. Select the Misawa station on the sign above. Continue from station to station, going through Nagoya, Otsu, Aomori, Kochi, Tochigi, Seto, Niigata, Fuji, Iga, and Matsue stations. At the Matsue station, [PUZZLE BOX PAPER]. Then exit the station. Read the sign to see that expo tickets are sold out. Look at the robocat display. Turn right and head forward. Talk to Yumi to get a puzzle. You need to make a Bento box based on the instruction. Not too hard. When you finish, talk to Yumi completely. You get an [APARTMENT KEY]. Head back to Matsue station. Take the train to Iga, Kobe, Miyazaki, Urawa, and then Kurume station. Exit the station. You get a cell phone message. Use the key on the rightmost apartment door. Enter and take the [BENTO BOXES] at left. Turn right. Take the [DVD] from the closet. Look at the sewing kit and read the name of the dyes. Go to where the TV is and look above it at the frogs. Examine them to read a letter. Look under the right frog to see a lock. Read the book under the TV about shadow puppetry. Put the DVD in the DVD player and watch. Click the avatar icon that needs a password. You recieve another cell phone picture about now. Read the book on the bed. Note the phone number, which is now in your phone. Call Savannah on the cell phone and talk to the person, who hangs up. Call again and get hung up on again. Call Bess and George now. Talk to them completely. Head all the way back to the bento shop now. Yumi's shift may be over. If she isn't there, go back to the ryokan and sleep. When she is there, talk to her fully. You get a [PHONE CHARM]. You have to do another bento puzzle during the conversation. Complete it to get a [PASSWORD PAPER]. Head back to Yumi's apartment to get a phone call. Enter the apartment. Go to the avatar password page on the TV. Look at the password sheet Yumi gave you and select the colors and shape the sheet says. Put the shape near the center. Make an avatar for you phone and send it to your phone. You can send it to other people if you like making them, but it's not neccesary. Make sure to install them on your phone under options once you make them, though. You get a phone call from Bess and George. Call Savannah and talk to her completely. You get a picture sent to you from Yumi and them Logan calls. Talk to him fully. Head all the way back to the ryokan. [2.3] Midnight Mischief and the Pachinko Parlor ........... [puchin] Pick up the [LETTER FROM GEORGE] at the front desk. Head to Nancy's room. You get a scene on the way. In the Ryokan Hiei folder, pick up the [ENVELOPE]. In your inventory, put the news article you found after the puzzle in Rentaro's shed into it. Talk to Miwako several times, giving her the envelope with the article inside of it. Now solve the puzzle George sent you, which is Master Sudoku. This is reallyyy hard, mostly beacuse of the way you have to input the numbers, but just stay dedicated and it will go down after awhile. Go to your room. Get another [ENVELOPE]. Put the Sudoku puzzle into it. Give the envelope to Miwako. You now get a message from Logan. Read it to see it's a translation of the article. Go to Takae's room. If she doesn't have a lesson, sleep until 7:00 PM. When she does, complete the easy puzzle. All you need to do is click the "?" icon and then memorize a couple things she says and label those items. Repeat until it is complete. Talk to her twice more. You get a call from George when you exit. Exit the ryokan and go to the train station. Take the trains in this order: Misawa, Nagoya, Otsu, Aomori, Ube, Sakai, and then Kure. Exit the station. Enter the parlor. Look at the prize booth, specifically the comic book. You need to win this with the Pachinko card we found a long time ago. Turn around and insert the card on one of the machines and play Pachinko. Each time you play, more balls are added to your [BAG]. When you get enough, go to the prize booth and buy the [COMIC BOOK]. Read it. Call Savannah. Talk to the person who answers completely. Now call again and talk completely. Now go to Yumi's apartment. Make an avatar and send it to Savannah's phone. You get a message on your phone if you did it right. Go to the ryokan, and then Nancy's room. Examine the floor. Call Logan and talk to him all that you can. Go to Rentaro's shed and talk to him fully. Go to the front desk and talk to Miwako completely. Now go talk to Rentaro again, all that you can. Go to Nancy's room and set the alarm for 1:00 AM. Go to the area behind the front desk. Give Suki the mate command to make her fall asleep. Read the flyers behind Suki. Pick up the box for a puzzle. Solution: 1. Click on all the pieces to make the light up. Move them all down. 2. Make it so that only the middle piece is lit and move it left. 3. Make them all light up and move them all up. 4. Highlight only the bottom piece and move it to the right. 5. Make it so that only the middle piece is lit and move it left. 6. Highlight the top right piece only and move it to the right. Take the [TILE PIECE] and [PASSWORD ENVELOPE]. Translate the envelope. Read the letter in the box. Go to sleep until 7:00 PM. You get a phone call from Bess and George. Go to the cultural room and talk to Takae completely. Note that the teapot is in the cupboard to the left. Go to the hot spring room if it is available. If it isn't, go to sleep. In the hot spring room, check the tiles at the right. Put the tiles together so they make a diamond and then look through the hole. Go to the front desk. Talk to Miwako completely to get a [BOOK]. Read the book. Call Savannah and talk to her fully. Go out to the garden to get a new picture on your phone. Talk to Rentaro completely to get a [RECORDER]. Go behind the cherry tree and record there. Face the fire pit in the lobby and record there. Face the mirror in the bathroom and record there. Use the recorder in the hot spring room. Use the recorder beside Nancy's room. Go to the hallway above the cultural room and record there. Sleep until 1:00 AM. Go to Rentaro's shed and put the recorder in the machine to the right. Listen to everything you recorded. Exit the shed and cross the bridge. Turn right twice and go forward to be in the water. Pick up the [ROOM 18 KEY]. Look at the big rock to the left. Go to the stone bench and look by the lantern to pick up a [ROCK]. Go to the large lantern by the entrance to the lobby and pick up another [ROCK] by its base. By the cherry tree there is another [ROCK]. By the lantern on the left side of the shed there is a final [ROCK]. Go under the bridge to the large rock. Using the book about rocks you read in the lobby, place the stones to get the [LETTER TO MARYANNE]. Go to the cultural room and enter using the key. Pick up the [RED CARD] on the right side of the room. Take the [TEAPOT] and the [KEY] from the left chest. Use the key to open the locked section of the chest. Read the letter there. Read the Origami book. Select these steps: 1. Mountain fold 2. Fold to front 3. Fold to front 4. Fold unfold 5. Fold to back 6. Push/invert Go to the garden now and go to the water bamboo thing by the bridge. Look closely at the bamboo post to the left. Go to Rentaro's shed. Pick up the [SCREWDRIVER] beside the recorder stand. Use it on the bamboo post to get a [NONOGRAM PUZZLE]. Go to the fire pit. Hand the teapot over the fire. Put the password envelope in the steam to open it. The password is ta ka ka wa. Go to the cultural room and read the Japanese Writing book and go to the Hiragana page. Write down the characters for ta, ka, and wa. Go to the front desk computer and type in ta ka ka wa enter. Read the guest info. Go to the cabinet left of the desk afterwards. Read the instructions and the clipboard and complete the puzzle. Take the [ROOM KEY] here. Go to sleep until 7:00 PM. Win the [COLLAR] at the Pachinko parlor. Go to the bento booth and talk to Yumi completely. Go back to the ryokan and talk to Miwako and Takae fully. You may need to talk to Takae several times. Call Savannah and speak with her. Go to Rentaro's shed. Talk to him completely. Take the [KEYCARD] he leaves behind. Now go talk to Miwako fully. Go to room 39 and open it up. Look at the closet to see a star panel. Use the keycard to go to room 37, then again to be in room 35, and then 33, where you get trapped. Look at the balcony door and solve the puzzle. The goal is to make it a mirror image of itself. This puzzle is timed. Go out on the balcony and you'll jump off of it and be in the garden. [2.4] Secrets Get Shown ................................... [shonee] Go back to room 33 using the method we used earlier. Click on the bird carving. Go down the passageway that opened up. Look at the pool, the closed up entryway, and the note on the table with a lantern. Look at the carving above the portrait of Kasumi. You should have seven pictures sent to you by Yumi. If you don't, walk around and they'll appear. Go to the Pachinko parlor when you have all seven. Go to the booth at the right. Print all seven photos. Click on one of the pictures in your inventory for a square sheet to pop up. Put the pictures in this order: Yumi glasses Bess bunny ears Yumi and Rentaro Yumi bananas George hairbow Yumi and Bess Bess and George Now go talk to Yumi. You have to fill another Bento order. Now go to Yumi's apartment. Go to the rightmost frog statuette. Enter the symbols seen on Yumi's pictures (when put together). Get [NONOGRAM PUZZLE]. Set the alarm for 7:00 PM. Open the window during the night for a scene. Go back to the secret bath in the ryokan. Complete the nonogram puzzle here. You know you are doing it right if a fox starts to appear. When you finish, a compartment opens up. Read the letter and take the sword. Turn around to get a puzzle. This puzzle is timed! And you don't get that much time, either! Take the sword and cut the ropes so you can escape. You need to make six cuts. When you finish, examine the arm and the head of the..thing. Now go talk to Takae twice. Go to Rentaro's shed and take the [SECOND RECORDER] that is in the holder. Examine the work table. Read the notes and take the [DOOR-O-MATIC]. Go to the hallway above the cultural room. This is the point of no return. Finish anything you haven't finished yet and save your game. [2.5] Guess Who? .......................................... [endins] Go into room 33. Use the door-o-matic immediately. Pick up the second recorder when it is dropped. Click a button. You can choose the way the ending plays out. When asked, you can let the culprit run free or be sent away. [3] Version History ........................................ [yeayea] 1.0 - (5-14-11) - Complteted guide. - Submitted to GameFAQs the first time. [4] Legal Stuff ............................................ [legalz] This guide may only be showcased on GameFAQs.com. It is illegal to show it on any other website without my permission. You may print this for home use and show it to your friends and stuff, but it is illegal to sell this FAQ for a profit or put it off as your own work. [5] Credits ................................................ [cradit] Thanks to: - GameFAQs, for hopefully accepting this guide. - You, for reading my guide. - Her Interactive, for making these awesome games. - Want to be part of this section? You'll have to contact me via email (guide.benlyd@gmail.com) and contribute new info (spelling errors, something I missed, things you'd like to see in a future update of this guide). Thanks for reading! Hope it was useful!