The Rise Of The Golden Idol: All Solutions For Garden Retreat

After completing the first chapter of The Rise of the Golden Idol, you'll be thrust back a few years to witness some events that led up to the mysteries you've already solved. All of this begins with the events witnessed in Garden Retreat, which tells a wonderfully chaotic story.

As with previous cases, it's up to you to figure out exactly what happened here, and to whom. This is the game ramping up in difficulty, though, so you'll need to think extra hard about the logical deductions you're being forced to make. Luckily, we're on hand with hints and solutions for you!

All Word Locations

There are 47 words to collect in this case.

Location

Words

Left Screen

Radio

Rock, Rug, Hit, Pulled, Kiss, Fell

The woman

Stolen, Property, Asset, Seizure, Someone's, Death, Nervous, Breakdown, OPIG, Branch

Right Screen

Telephone

Ex-husband, Return, Artifact, Exchange, Forgiveness, Auditor, Rob, Colleague, Dragonfly, Inn

Calendar

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0

Poster

Historian, Harmony, Foundation

Open drawer

Hair, Pepper, Drawer, Spray, Sprayed

All Overview Solutions

This small panel has you figuring out three things: where the case takes place, the date, and the end result.

• As for the location, there are strong clues as to whether the sole person here is relevant to the building. What would that mean?
• A single day of the week is repeated consistently throughout the clues in this case.
• The calendar has some pretty blatant clues that will help you narrow down the specific date. Look to thesky.
• What is the woman doing? At this time of night? There can be only one reason.

Solution

The events that took place at the Harmony Foundation on August 17, 1974 resulted in someone's death.

All Event Solutions

In this case, you'll need not only to deduce some answers based on dialogue clues but figure out the sequence of events based on the words you've gathered and the precise setup of the scene itself.

• There are four individuals mentioned throughout this case's clues. The woman's identity is outright handed to you, but the identity of the other person involved is a little trickier to work out.
• The woman is crying. This implies a great sadness over what happened this night. An emotional connection of some sort.
  • Would you be sadder if an ex, an auditor, or a colleague died?
• All three message-leavers mention a specific item. Look for context clues to see which are here and which are not.
  • Remember, a person who says they'll bring something might not actually follow through.
• The safe is open and a suitcase is next to it. Why?
• There's a can on the ground. Why?
• What are the dots on the rug on the ground? What shape do they remind you of?
• Think carefully about what types of words fit in each space.

Solution

'Colleague' visited 'Historian' to exchange an artifact for money.

During the meeting, 'Colleague' suddenly tried to rob 'Historian'.

In response, 'Historian' sprayed 'Colleague' with hair spray and then pulled a rug.

As a result, 'Colleague' fell and hit a rock.

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