Mystery Stories: Mountains of Madness Walkthrough

Welcome to the Mystery Stories: Mountains of Madness walkthrough on Gamezebo. Mystery Stories: Mountains of Madness is a Hidden Object/Adventure game played on PC created by Cerasus Media. This walkthrough includes tips and tricks, helpful hints, and a strategy guide on how to complete Mystery Stories: Mountains of Madness.

Mystery Stories: Mountains of Madness – Game Introduction

General Information

You can play this game on two difficulty levels:
Casual – with visible clues (look for purple sparkles)
Expert – without visible clues
Gameplay is pretty straightforward for experienced hidden object game players. The cursor is normally shaped like an arrow, but changes to the following symbols when over an interactive area:
Hand – grab an object for your inventory
Speech bubble – talk to someone
Magnifying glass – have a closer look at something
Gears – interact with something by using an inventory item on it
The cursor will also change into a different shaped arrow when you can move to the next scene.
In the bottom left is your journal, which keeps track of the storyline for you. But there is never any need to refer to the journal for clues or codes as everything you need will be on the screen.
There is also no need to get lost or stuck at any point during this game as the hint and advice system is really good. To the right of the inventory is the advice panel, which normally just shows the next objective (for example: find a way to listen to the sound reel). When you click the advice panel once, you get a little bit more information (for example: listen to the sound reel on the plane). If you really don’t know where to go next, click the panel a second time for a detailed tip (for example: find the headphones in the sleeping tent).
If that wasn’t enough to keep you going, there is also a hint button, which will indicate the item you need to find or the direction you need to go with a white swirly light. The hint button is inexhaustible – it can be used as often as you want, at any time you want. There is no need for it to recharge.
There are two different types of hidden object scene in this game. The first is a standard HOS where you get a list of items you need to find at the bottom of the screen and you have to find them on the description only. At the top of the list it will tell you how many items you need to find, and how many you have found. New items will appear on the list until you found the required number. Note that you can only find the items once they appear on the list. So even if you know you’re looking for a certain item, and you have found it on the screen, you can’t take it until it is on the list.
For the second type of HOS you get a list of black and white images that you need to find on the screen. This makes it quite easy to find things. The only little thing with this system is that sometimes the images are rotated, so they will not appear in the scene exactly as shown on the list.

Walkthrough – Chapter 1

Find the Expedition Team

Pick up the SNOW SHOE
Click on the bag to find a KNIFE
Use the KNIFE on the tent and enter the tent

Move the tarp from the dead man on the floor
Pick up the second SNOW SHOE
Back out of the tent and talk to Dyer. You need to inspect the second tent, but you need to dig it out first
Move to the back, to the excavation site. Looks like we used the snow shoes for that, as they’re gone

Pick up the SHOVEL BLADE
Open the crate and take out a SCREWDRIVER
Use the SCREWDRIVER on the tripod structure and pick up the WOODEN HANDLE
Combine the WOODEN HANDLE with the SHOVEL BLADE to get a SHOVEL
Move the tool belt on the right and pick up the CHISEL
Go back to the camp and use the SHOVEL to dig up the second tent
Enter the laboratory tent for your first HIDDEN OBJECT SCENE

You will find a SOUND REEL, HAMMER and SOAPSTONE
Leave through the back of the tent and talk to Dyer again. Give him the shovel

Find a Way to Listen to the Sound Reel

When Dyer has gone, zoom in on the block of ice, put the CHISEL in the ice and hit it with the HAMMER
Find a JEWEL HALF
Go back into the sleeping tent and find the HEADPHONES where one member of the expedition used to lie
Back out to the camp and go left to the plane

Open the electrical socket, pick up the wire and plug and plug it into the socket
Put the SOUND REEL on the player and plug in the HEADPHONES
Hit the red button and listen to the recording

Look for Clues Pointing to Gedney

Go back to the excavation site

Use the SHOVEL to dig beside the ski pole on the left
Put the CHISEL in the locked box and hit it with the HAMMER
Read what’s in the notebook and pick up GEDNEY’S GLOVE
Back out to the camp and give GEDNEY’S GLOVE to the tracking dog, then follow him back to the excavation site
Dig in the snow where the dog is sitting and find a note with a KEY
Go back to the sleeping tent and open the locked box with the KEY
Find another note and the second JEWEL HALF
Go back to the excavation site and click on the orange glowing device on the right
Put the two JEWEL HALVES in the device

Chapter 2: The Frozen City

Attend to Danforth

Pick up 9 RUNGS and a bottle of MORPHINE (green)
Pull down the tarp on the right to find 3 more RUNGS
Talk to Danforth, but he won’t take the morphine just like that
Back out to the landing site

Open the first aid box to get a SYRINGE
Combine the SYRINGE with the MORPHINE to get the ANESTHETIC
Go back into the plane and give the ANESTHETIC to Danford

Find Your Way into the City

Back out again and put the 12 RUNGS on the rope ladder hanging from the plane, and pick up the ROPE LADDER
Hang the ROPE LADDER over the edge of the cliff and move down to the city boundary

Pick up 6 pieces of a LENS and put them at the top of the statue
Click the symbols on the device on the left as shown on the door on the right, and a blue light will shine on a tower in the distance and a star shape will appear at the base of the statue
Put the SOAPSTONE in the star shape at the base of the statue
Click on the star again for a puzzle. You need to rotate the pieces to connect all 5 corners with the energy source in the middle. Note that you don’t need to use all blocks, just enough to connect all corners. There are many solutions possible, below is one of them

Walk to the tower base in the back

Climb the Tower to Find Traces of Gedney

Pick up the GREEN PRISM and the three GLASS FRAGMENTS
Click on the ice ramp up to the tower (you have to do this to unlock the next hidden object scene)
Go back to the plane for a hidden object scene

The CLIMBING BOOTS, LIGHTER and EMPTY OIL LAMP will be added to your inventory
Go to the outside of the plane and put the EMPTY OIL LAMP on the petroleum can to get an UNLIT OIL LAMP
Obviously, you need to light the UNLIP OIL LAMP with the LIGHTER to get a LIT OIL LAMP
Go back to the tower base and climb the ice ramp to the tower (this will use the CLIMBING BOOTS)

Find a Way to open the Tunnel at the Tower Base

In the map room, find all 12 map FRAGMENTS and another GLASS FRAGMENT (green)
Click on the map in the center of the floor
To solve the puzzle, place the 12 map FRAGMENTS on the puzzle, then put the fragments in the correct places to complete the image as in the picture below. You can rotate fragments by clicking on the red dot in the center

Notice that there’s a continuous blue line from the blue shape on the left to the center of the map
Go back to the tower base, and follow the energy line through the door on the left to the bridge tower

Find Gedney’s Book

Pick up 2 more GLASS FRAGMENTS and a BLUE PRISM
Enter the door on the left to the camp in the tower for another hidden object scene

Items that will be added to your inventory are: 2 TENT POLES, 4 CLIMBING HOOKS and a KEY
Back out to the bridge tower, put the 2 TENT POLES together to get a STAFF and poke the book with it
Go back to the tower base and pick up the book

Solve the Mystery of the Ring Map

Also pick up a RED GEM (which was under the book) and another note
Back out to the city entrance and unlock the crate with the KEY
Inside are a ROPE and a RED PRISM
Go back to the bridge tower and put the CLIMBING HOOKS in the ice
Put the ROPE on the climbing hooks
Grab the RED GEM from the ledge
Go back to the map room at the top of the tower, zoom in on the city map on the floor and place the two RED GEMS in the slot on the right
Turn the rings to connect the orange lines with the gems

Click in the center of the map to remove the stone disc, and again to receive the GATE SYMBOL

Find a Way to Enter the Tunnel

Go back to the tower base, place the GATE SYMBOL on the gate to the right and enter the tunnel

Pick up the WHITE PRISM
Put the RED PRISM, BLUE PRISM, GREEN PRISM and WHITE PRISM in the lamps of the same color
Dyer will take the backpack and Lynn will go on by herself, carrying nothing but the knife
Touch the glowing star above the tunnel and enter

Chapter 3: Descent

Call Dyer on the Radio Apparatus

Zoom in on the dog sled on the right for a hidden object scene in which you get shape clues rather than descriptive ones. Note that the shapes may be rotated

A SPEAKER, CONTOL PANEL, MICROPHONE and ENERGY CRYSTAL are added to your inventory

In the main cave, repair the RADIO on the right with the MICROPHONE, CONTROL PANEL and SPEAKER

Activate the Ramp in the Dome

Place the ENERGY CRYSTAL in the socket at the base of the pillar at the front to charge and then put the charged crystal in the socket on the opposite wall
You’re taken back to Dyer in the tunnel
Click the ramp mechanism on the right
To solve the puzzle, click on ramp pieces to move them into place (up). Some pieces affect others, so you need to find out the right order. The order appears to be different in each game

Get to the Door in the Dome

Zoom back in on the dog sled for another hidden object scene

You will get 4 BOARDS (yellow), 2 SKIS (green) and 2 BOX LIDS (blue)
In the main cave, place the 4 BOARDS in the gap in the middle and the 2 SKIS in the gap on the right. Then place the 2 BOX LIDS on the skis

You can now go to the dome in the top right
Inspect the door mechanism on the left, you need to find some missing pieces
Pull the lever – the mechanism has no energy

Open the Gates to the Underground Labyrinth

Now we’re taken back to Dyer in the tunnel, where the WARM SOAPSTONE will have fallen from the star shape above the arch. Pick it up
Also pick up the backpack Lynn left
Go back to the map room and place the WARM SOAPSTONE in the hole in the ice on the right
Go on to the labyrinth map and place the 6 GLASS FRAGMENTS in the empty spaces
Turn the squares to make the energy flow from the top left to bottom right. One of the many possible solutions is shown below

Cross the Labyrinth

You’re now back with Lynn, who can activate the stairs to the labyrinth by pulling the handle on the left, which is now glowing orange
Go back down to the dome hall and down to the labyrinth

Pick up the SCRAP OF PAPER and go back to the dome hall
Go back to the dog sled for another hidden object scene and get PLIERS, which are leaning against the sled behind the jerry can
Back to the dome hall, zoom in on the locked case and put the SCRAP OF PAPER on the torn note to get a code
Pull the wire on the right out with the PLIERS
Enter the number of dots on the paper to open the case (23745)

You get a bottle of DEFROSTER
Go back down to the labyrinth, put the DEFROSTER on the handle on the left and pull the handle
Go through the newly opened door to the geyser on the right

Light the Dark Corner

Pick up another note from Gedney and two PLATFORM PIECES
Move to the ruins in the back for a hidden object scene and get a METAL SAW

Back out to the geyser and go to the left to the labyrinth, and use the SAW to take the LAMP off the wall
Go back to the geyser and use the LAMP on the puddle of glowing organisms to the left of the circular door to get a SHINING LAMP
Put the SHINING LAMP on the dark stone on the left and click on the stone
You’re taken back to Dyer

Translate Glyphs and Dot Signs

Take Dyer back to the plane to talk to Danford the pilot
Go back to the bridge tower and into the camp

Find the 12 SCRAPS OF BOOK PAGE
Place the 12 SCRAPS OF BOOK PAGE on the opened book and complete the jigsaw to get the NECRONOMICON PAGE

Back all the way out to the plane and give the NECRONOMICON PAGE to Danford
Go to the bridge tower and click on the two wall carvings of elder things
Go to the map room and click on the elder thing on the wall
Zoom in on the floor map and click on the center of the circle
Back out to the tunnel and click on the carving in the bottom left of the screen for the last dot code

Open the Round Door

You’re taken back to Lynn in the labyrinth

Zoom in on the piece of paper stuck in the rock, which now has all the dot codes on it. Find the one for entrance or enter
Enter the dot code for entrance/enter into the stone, then click on the glowing glyph above the door until it shows the glyph for entrance/enter

Chapter 4: Beneath the Mountains

Cross the Sulphurous Pond

Pick up the first PART OF DOOR MECHANISM and back out to the geyser
Use your PLIERS to get another PLATFORM PIECE from the hot water
Go back to the ruins in the back and pick up 3 more PLATFORM PIECES

Go back to the geyser and right to the ice shaft. Place the 6 PLATFORM PIECES on the platform to complete the pentagon. You can rotate the pieces by clicking on the red dot in the center

Click on the platform again to go down the elevator to the ice cave

There are 5 large STONES you can just pick up (yellow)
Click on the stone behind the icicle (blue) to activate the next hidden object scene
Go into the hole on the left to the dead elder thing

Play the hidden object scene to get an ICE AXE, OXYGEN MASK, GOGGLES and another PART OF DOOR MEHCANISM
Go back to the ice cave and use the ICE AXE to get 3 more STONES (blue and orange)
Also pick up the ICICLE after you’ve chopped it down
Place the 8 STONES in the sulphurous pond
Combine the OXYGEN MASK with the GOGGLES to get a MASK
You can now cross the pond to the underground oasis

Free Gedney

When you’re at the oasis, first go right into the alcove

Use the KNIFE to cut through Gedney’s ropes (any of the ropes on his body will do)
Play the hidden object scene to get BATTERIES and a SPOTLIGHT CASE

Put the SPOTLIGHT CASE on the tripod on the right and put the BATTERIES in it
Go back to the underground oasis (left) and back to the ice cave
Go back to the dead elder thing to find a CROWBAR (which is in the crate – you need to lift the lid), POT and MATCHES

Go back to the underground oasis and put the POT on the spirit burner on the left
Put the ICICLE in the pot and light the burner with the MATCHES
Pick up the POT WITH WATER and go back to Gedney in the alcove
Pour the POT WITH WATER over his arm to get the acid off
In the next hidden object scene, find the third PART OF DOOR MECHANISM, which is behind the rope
Back out to the underground oasis and use the CROWBAR to find the last PART OF DOOR MECHANISM and another note (see image of oasis above, inset)
Go back to Gedney

Chapter 5: Up to the Light of Day

Escape from the Ice Cave

Pick up the KEYSTONE FRAGMENT that has just fallen down
Back out to the ice cave
Go back to the dead elder thing one last time to find the other KEYSTONE FRAGMENT and put the two KEYSTONE FRAGMENTS together to get a KEYSTONE
Back out to the ice cave, put the KEYSTONE at the base of the elevator and click on the elevator to get out
Go back to the geyser

Cross the Broken Bridge

You’re taken back to Dyer, who is in the plane
Take him to the bridge tower and take the ROPE you left there earlier
Go into the camp and find the GRAPPLING HOOK

Combine the GRAPPLING HOOK with the ROPE to get a ROPE WITH HOOK
Back out to the bridge and use the ROPE WITH HOOK on the back of the broken bridge
Back all the way out to the plane to get the CLIMBING BELT

Go back to the bridge tower and use the CLIMBING BELT on the rope to cross the gap

Clear the Escape Route for Lynn and Gedney

Put the CHISEL in the slot to connect the energy line
Go to the dome gate
Play the exploding blocks game until there are no blocks left, and click on the orange button. One way of clearing all the blocks is by clicking on them in the following order:

All the yellows
The two blocks of two purples on either side
Green at the top, green on the sides, green at the bottom
Purples at the top
All the blues
All the purples
All the blacks

Open the Door to the Dome Room

You’re taken back to Lynn
Take her to the labyrinth and pull the lever, which breaks
Put the CROWBAR under the door (click on the rock by the door to get it in the right place) and click on the door
Go back to the geyser and to the ruins to find the THREADS, PARTS OF A BENCH VICE and a HAND CRANK

Combine the THREADS with the PARTS OF A BENCH VICE and then combine that with the HAND CRANK to get a BENCH VICE
Go back to the labyrinth, click on the door again and put the BENCH VISE under it before it drops back down
Click on the vice again to crank open the door even more and exit to the dome hall

Fix the Door Mechanism

Go up to the dome and click on the large spotlight until it shines on the smoke
You’re taken back to Dyer
Back out to the dome roof
You need to click on the mechanism on the right until both lights are on. I honestly have no idea how this worked, but I just kept selecting the colored blocks at the top and then pulling the ropes until they were both on
Back with Lynn zoom in on the gate mechanism on the left
Place all 4 PARTS OF DOOR MECHANISM in the right places, then hit the orange button
Turn the mechanism parts until the energy lines are connected: left x2, right x2, top left x3, top right x3. Then hit the orange button again