Sanitarium FAQ

Chapters

Chapter 1: The Tower Cells
Chapter 2: The innocent abandoned
Chapter 3: The courtyard and chapel
Chapter 4: The circus of fools
Chapter 5: The laboratory
Chapter 6: The hive
Chapter 7: The morgue and cemetery
Chapter 8: The lost city
Chapter 9: The gauntlet

About this FAQ

Although it has the format of a FAQ it can almost be used as a walkthrough if you perform the answers in the given order.
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Chapter 1: The Tower Cells

Q: How do I get the towel?
A: From the room next to the right of the room you start in.

Q: How do I get to the control tower?
A: Use the towel on the power cable. This must be done from the upper level.

Q: How do I open the drawers in the control tower
A: Turn on the VCR. Red cable in Red hole, Yellow-Yellow, Black-White. Now you can get the key.

Chapter 2: The innocent abandoned

Q: How do I get into the hide and seek game?
A: Talk to the kids until you figure out your name. Then talk to the girl sitting on the bench in the cemetery (Eileen). Then talk to the boy close to the entrance (Dennis).

Q: How do I get the crowbar?
A: Inside the shed on the right side of the cemetery.

Q: Where can I find all the hiding kids?
A: In the house on the other side of the bridge to the north of the statue. In the tree between the church and the town hall. In the church. The school (you need the crowbar to open the door). In the first barrel located to the south of the shed to the south of the statue.

Q: Where do I find this secret weapon?
A: Talk to Dennis (now near the statue) after finding the 5 kids. Then get the shovel from the girl sitting close to the statue. Use the shovel to dig up the "C. Driscoll"-grave in the cemetery (close to the entrance). Then talk to Dennis again to get the key to the general store.

Q: How do I get over the broken bridge?
A: Ride the pig (the middle one) located on the right side of the statue. Then get the pig and throw it in the hole in the broken bridge.

Q: What is the lock combination to the pumpkin patch?
A: 451

Q: How do I kill the crows?
A: Use the scythe leaning on the tractor. Then left-click on the crow to kill it.

Q: How do I kill the scarecrow?
A: You must first destroy all the pumpkins..

Q: How do I get the wrench?
A: Enter the barn after the scarecrow and talk to mother until she gets mad and throws you out. Then you can get it.

Q: How do I get the empty gas can?
A: Use the key to enter the general store (located to the east of the statue).

Q: How do I get the rubber hose?
A: Use the wrench to get the rubber hose in the fountain located to the north of the statue.

Q: How do I fill the empty gas can?
A: Go to the car located to the south west of the statue. Open the gastank. Put the rubber hose in the gas tank. Put the empty gas tank in the other end of he rubber hose.

Q: How do I get the fishing rod?
A: Throw the stone located in front of the church at the church bells. Then go to the beach (where the car was) and get the fishing rod.

Q: How do I get the metallic cross?
A: Go to the bridge north-east of the statue and use the fishing rod to get the metallic cross.

Q: How do I get the jumper cable?
A: Get it from the tractor in front of the barn mother was in.

Q: How do I start the generator?
A: But the gas in the generator and pull the lever.

Q: How do I kill mother?
A: Put the jumper cable in the generator. Put the metallic cross in the greenglowing rock. Connect the jumpercable to the metallic cross.

Q: Where do I exit this chapter?
A: Go into the light on the other side of the bridge to the north-east of the statue.

Chapter 3: The courtyard and chapel

Q: How do I get the holy symbol?
A: Put on the record "Belladonna in a flat". Then go to Skippy (the dancer) and get the holy symbol.

Q: How do I get the ?
A: Go to the chapel doors and talk to the woman sitting infront of them. When she moves go inside the chapel and talk to Preacher Bob.

Q: How do I get water to the fountain?
A: Use the old broom to open the control box. Next turn the wheels so that all the water goes into the third pipe at the bottom. Then pull the chain on the right side. After that you should go talk to the fountain.

Chapter 4: The circus of fools

Q: How do I get the free pass to the squid squash?
A: Talk to the ringmaster when he sleeps in the beginning of the level.

Q: How do I get the needle?
A: Talk to the kid (Sean) to the east of the tent. Then visit the tattoo wagon and talk to the owner. Then talk to Meano Geno and to convince him to get a tattoo. Now go to the tattoo wagon and get the needle.

Q: How do I learn to breathe fire?
A: Talk to Inferno inside the circus tent. When go to the tattoo wagon and talk to the owner. He'll give you some rubbing alcohol. Then go back to the circus tent and talk to Inferno.

Q: How do I get tickets?
A: Use your free pass to the squid squash (located to the south of the tent). Play until you got atleast 11 tickets.

Q: How do I get the bowling pin?
A: Play the "knock down" game to the left of the squid squash. Get the bowling pin that fell on the ground.

Q: How do I get the red ball.
A: Give the bowling pin to the clown juggling inside the tent.

Q: How do I get into the Fun House?
A: Get the oil can near the houses to the east of the circus tent. Go to the  beach to the south of the tent. Use the oilcan on the lever to the merry-go-around. Then pull the lever. Get into one of the carts of the merry-go-around. Give the red ball to the clown. Give the tickets to the main to get into the Fun House. You'll get the broken mirror inside. Then go talk to Lady Ivana inside the tent.

Q: How do I get the hole dug?
A: Enter the freak beach. Use the needle to open the blue freakwagon. Then go to the hole next to the kid to the east of the circus tent and jump in!

Q: How do I kill the squid?
A: Use the mirror to light the fire. Then light the baton on the fire. Breathe fire on the squid when you see it.

Q: How do I set the clock?
A: Go to your parents bedroom on the 3:rd floor. Get the key. Now go to the clock on the 2:nd floor, use the key to open it, and set it to 6:00.

Q: How do I get the dolly?
A: Get the silver key and the videotape in your fathers readingroom to the north of the clock. Go to the tv room to the south of your parents bedroom on the 3:rd floor. Watch the videotape with the VCR. Use the silver key to open the door to the attic on the 3:rd floor. Go up to the attic get the key from the stuffed bear and then use the trampoline to get over the junk. Use the gold key to open the chest with toys and get the dolly. Go to your sisters bedroom on the third floor and give her the dolly.

Chapter 5: The laboratory

Q: How do I get the pipe valve?
A: Go to the office to the right. Get the pipe valve from behind the painting.

Q: How do I turn on the machine?
A: Go upstairs to the machine and use it in the hexagonal hole in the pipe junction. Then turn the pipe valve.

Q: How do I operate the machine?
A: The objective is to release all the claws at the same time.You can accomplish this by turning the wheel one step at a time and pull the lever between each step.

Q: How do I get into the back lab?
A: Go downstairs to the lab. Listen to the tape at the corner of the desk. Click on the black board to the left. Click on the first letter in every sentence. Then make a up a word or words of the letters. The word on the first board is "salvation". The words on the middle board is "the youth" and the words on the right board is "key hides to". Now talk to the panel to the left of the door to the back lab and form the sentence "youth hides the key to salvation" out of the words. Now open the door.

Chapter 6: The hive

Q: How do I get through the security barrier?
A: Get the mechanical harness from the dead bug at the point which you start the level at.

Q: How do I shut down the furnace?
A: Go talk to Garvin in the pod to the left. After that go to Garvins pod to the down-right.Get the sledgehammer and the tools. Then go up to the pod with the furnace. Hit the fixed pipe with the sledge hammer. Pump the bellows to the right. Get the mechanised arm. Now operate the controls in the middle of the screen. The controls are abit tricky. Use the green buttons on the back of the fly to control the fly's wings. This will change the images displayed. Turn the big buttons on the left side of the fly to control the colours. This will also change the images. Change the colours and the wings to match two of the images close to the lever on the left hand side of the control. When both images match pull the lever into the matching position and press both buttons bellow the fly. This will make the furnace to close a bit and the matched images to become green. Repeat this until all the images are matched and the furnace is completely shut.Go back to Marvins pod.

Q: How do I get the new ID harness?
A: Go to the Cybernetics pod to the left. Talk to the robot. Go back to Marvin and talk about authorisation. Get the insectiod pincer on the upper side of the room.Use the mechanical limb (taken in the furnaceroom) in the hole next to the screen on the left side of the screen about mid height.

Q: How do I get the evidence Marvin asked about?
A: Go back to the starting point. With your new ID you can enter the pod to the right. Use the insectoid pincer to cut down one of the bottles. Go back and talk to Marvin. Follow him. Try to open the door. Then talk to him.

Q: How do I get the sound generator?
A: Search the bed for the key. Then open the cabinet over the bed with the key. Get the sound device.

Q: How do I get the first part to the great machine?
A: Go back to the room with the bottles. Use the sound device on the tunnel to the right. Use the control device next to the door on the left hand side of the screen. The correct combination is left-right-right-down left-up-down right. Use Marvins tools to stop the machine on the middle of the screen. Then get the part with your hands. Go upstairs using the rope to the left. Look at the white spheres. Then go back to the place outside the cybernetics pod. You should see Marvin from here.Throw the piece of machinery to Marvin.

Q: How do I get the second part?
A: Go back to the 3:rd floor where you saw the white spheres. Now get the piece of machinery located on the back of the queen.

Chapter 7: The morgue and cemetery

Q: How do I operate the door?
A: Try to open the door. You'll succeed the second time. Turn the wheel on the top-right until the wheel to the right is at the top. Now pull the lever under the top-right wheel to the right. Repeat this three times and then turn the middle wheel.  Now pull the handle below the mid-wheel. Now repeat the same thing but pull the lever to the left and turn the mid-wheel the other way.

Q: How do I turn up the heat?
A: Go to the right into the office. Get the brass urn on to the left. Get the matches and the iron bust from the desk.  Throw the iron bust at the broken wall twice. Walk outside. Get the pipe U-joint. Turn the pipe valve. Go back into the hall and then to the up-right into the room with the big oven. Get the wrench located at the right of the screen. Go back to the hall. Use the wrench to disconnect the pipes. Now replace the two pipes with the pipe U-joint.

Q: How do I get the glass eye?
A: Go into the room with the big oven. Turn the oven on with the switch on the right side. Now open the oven. Get the big body in the middle. Get the glass eye. Use the brass urn to get the ashes from the bench.

Q: How do I find out what to say to the tree?
A: Go to the room you started in. Check locker 7. Use the matches in the locker. Then use the glass eye to read the scratchings.

Q: How do I move the tree?
A: Go outside to the cemetery. Use the brass urn filled with ashes on the grave which you cannot read on the left handside of the cemetery. Now look at the grave.

Q: How do I get into the house?
A: Go over to the talking tree on the upper right side of the cemetery. Talk to it. Now get the crystal heart. Place the crystal heart in the light infront of the house. Go inside the house. Operate the Aztec calendar. Change the images to this order from the left Twin mountain, Sunrise, Small circle, Eye wide open.

Chapter 8: The lost city

Q:How to I get to the water temple?
A:Go to the mountain where Quetzalcoatl stands and push the statue to the right of you.

Q: How do I get the pod of might?
A: Go and talk to to man the west of the spot where people got sacrificed. Then talk to all the spirits, get their name and their position in battle. Talk to the spirit guarding the big totem pole to the south near the village. Now enter the village and talk to the woman in the middle part of the house. Talk to the mansion in the east part of the house. Get the empty copper bowl outside the house. Now go back to the big totempole and talk to the spirit. Walk to the temple and move the boulders infront of the entrance and enter. Talk to the mason about the rite. Enter the lava and get the pod of might from the tree.

Q: How do I get the Jaguar totem?
A: After getting the pod of might talk to the man to the  west of the spot where people get sacrificed. Talk to the dying man. Use the copper bowl to get the mans blood. Enter the hut which the man lived in. Get the crystal heart. Go to the Jaguar temple to the south of the mans hut. Place the blood in the left bowl and the crystal heart in the right.Now enter the temple and turn the stone wheels in the following order from the left: cow, moon, a lying eight, skull, star, fish, circle with cross. Now get the totem.

Q: How do I get the Water totem?
A: Go to the Water temple to the east of the lava lake. Look at the symbols on the west wall. Numbering them from the left 1 to 6 press them in the following order: 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, 4. Do it again and then enter the Water temple. Get the Water totem.

Q: How do I get the Wind totem?
A: Enter the Wind temple to the south of the village. Play the gongs beginning with the biggest and ending with the smallest. This will break the crystal. Get the wind totem.

Q: How do I enter the maze?
A: Place all the totems on the place where there used to be a big statue of Quetzalcoatl to the east of the place where people got sacrificed.

Q: How do I move the block to the left of my starting point?
A: Pull the arm on the statue to the right of the starting point.

Q: How do I open the bridge to the right of my starting point?
A: Use the release switch on the right of the starting point. Turn on the outer lights and then press the button on the right.

Q: How do I open the gate?
A: Pull the lever on the path to it.

Q: How do I keep the gate open?
A: Pull the next lever (close to the gate).

Q: How do I get the mask?
A: Go beyond the gate (we are talking about the gate to the west of the entrance of the room with the mask). The entrance looks like a mouth with a orange glow inside. Enter the mouth and get the mask.

Chapter 9: The gauntlet

Q: How do I get the head of the statue?
A: Turn into the Aztec figure (since he is the only one who can walk on thorns). And go towards the pumpkins. Press the pumpkins in the following order: mid right, bottom left, top right, top left, mid left, bottom right.Get the human skull. Look at the tombstone of Jeddah Driscoll. Give the skull to the headless figure. Turn into the four arm figure and open the coffin. Get the head.

Q: How do I get the left wing?
A: Turn into the Aztec figure. And walk on the thorns to the south. Change into the four armed figure and to the strength test. Turn into the Aztec figure and play on the clowns teeth. Play on the following teeth counting from the left: 2, 9 , 6, 4. Now turn into the little girl and climb the clowns nose. Get the wing and get back to the front of the clowns face.

Q: How do I get the right wing?
A: Go through the chapel and let the little girl walk on the spiders web. Turn into the Aztec figure and step on the following stone plates: 2, 5, 3, 1, 4. Now turn into the four arm figure and push the statue. Now lower all the 6 bodies and get the right wing.

Q: How do I get the torso?
A: Continue the route to the chapel and go east to the pod which reminding you of the buildings on "The hive"-level. Get the insect mandible from the top-right honey comb.Change into the four armed figure and operate the machine. Remove the grate. Change into the little girl and jump in.Change to the Aztec figure and walk north on the thorns. Use the insect mandible to cut the cord. Go back and get the torso.

Q: How do I exit this level?
A: Go back to the chapel and put the torso, left wing, right wing and head back. Go upstairs and enter the portal.

Q: How do I play "Morgans last game"?
A: The objective of the game is to destroy all the three orbs. The green slang which your sister is holding indicated the remaining time. When the slang is all green you have to start over. You have to move on the checkerboard without moving in any black sludge.


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