Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Bells Walkthrough

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General Tips

This is the official guide for Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Bells.
This guide will not mention each time you have to zoom into a location; the screenshots will show each zoom scene.
Hidden-object puzzles are referred to as HOPs. This guide will not show HOP solutions. It will identify the location of the HOP and the inventory item acquired.
This guide will show solutions for non-random puzzles. Please read the in-game instructions for each puzzle.
In this game, you will sometimes have to select the new scene to trigger dialog, cut-scenes, or tasks prior to interacting with the scene.

Chapter 1: Street

Select (A); read note.
Select (B).
Talk (C).

Play HOP; earn LION (D).
Select LION; solution (E); take 1/2 LION.
Take 2/2 LION (F).

Select; take GLOVE (G).
Restore pieces (H-I).
Place LION; take 1/2 UMBRELLA and 1/3 FEATHER (J).
Use GLOVE; select 3x; take 2/3 FEATHER (K).
Select; take CODE (L).

Select (M); place CODE (N).
Solution (O).
Select the handle until the blue bar is full (P).
Play HOP; earn 3/3 FEATHER (Q).
Place FEATHER; solution (R).
Go forward.

Talk; take 1/3 EYE (A).
Open cabinet; take 2/2 UMBRELLA (B).
Take BAG; place UMBRELLA (C).
Play HOP; take 1/4 TYPEWRITER KEYS and 1/2 KEY (D).

Take 1/6 TICKET (E).
Select frame; select up arrow (F).
Select pairs (G).
Take 1/2 BUTTERFLY (H).

Take BAG TILE; select journal (I); play HOP; earn 2/2 BUTTERFLY.
Take CODE (J).
Select BAG; select (K); place BAG TILE (L).

Casual solution (N).
Hard solution, part 1 (O).
Hard solution, part 2 (P).
Hard solution, part 3 (Q).
Take 2/2 KEY.

Select (A).
Place and select KEY; take 1/2 ELEPHANT and 2/3 EYE (B).
Place BUTTERFLY; take 3/3 EYE (C).
Place CODE and EYE; solution (D).
Select (E).
Talk (F).
Go right.

Select (G).
Take 2/4 TYPEWRITER KEYS (H).
Take CROCODILE (I).
Take WINDING KEY (J).

Select; take 3/4 TYPEWRITER KEYS (K).
Place CROCODILE; take 1/2 DISC and 1/2 BEAR (L).
Use WINDING KEY (M).
Play HOP; earn 4/4 TYPEWRITER KEYS (N).

Place TYPEWRITER KEYS (O).
Select S-I-L-V-E-R-B-E-L-L-S (P).
Take 1/2 ENVELOPE and 2/2 BEAR (Q).
Place BEAR (R); play HOP; earn SAW.
Place SAW; drag left and right to cut wood (S).
Go forward.

Take LAMP (T).
Take 1/2 BRACELET (U).
Use LAMP (V).
Play HOP; earn 2/2 BRACELET (W).
Place BRACELET; take 1/3 SCISSORS (X).

Take 2/2 DISC (A).
Take 1/2 HOURGLASS (B).
Take 2/2 HOURGLASS (C).
Place DISC (D).

Solution (E); select Play.
Take 2/3 SCISSORS (F).

Place HOURGLASS; play HOP; take 3/3 SCISSORS (G).
Place SCISSORS (H).
Go forward.

Chapter 2: Factory

Select (A).
Open flap; take BUTTON (B).
Move (C-D).
Place BUTTON (E); select up arrow.
Play HOP; earn TIARA (F).

Take WRENCH (G).
Take CUTTERS; use WRENCH; take 1/2 CRANK (H).
Use CUTTERS; take HAND (I).
Place TIARA and HAND (J).

Solution (K).
Take 2/2 CRANK (L).
Select; place CRANK (M).
Select until the meter fills with blue (N).
Go right.

Take CLOUD (O).
Take 2/6 TICKET (P); select door.
Talk; take 3/6 TICKET and COIN (Q).
Take HANDKERCHIEF; place CLOUD; take 1/2 KEY (R).

Use COIN; select pairs (A).
Select; take 4/6 TICKET (B).
Use HANDKERCHIEF; select (C).
Solution (D).
Read note; take 5/6 TICKET (E).

Talk; take 6/6 TICKET (F).
Place TICKET (G).
This mini-game is randomly generated: find the ball three times (H).
Take 2/2 KEY (I).
Use KEY (J).
Go forward.

Talk (A).
Talk; take DETECTIVE ID (B).
Take 1/2 WEIGHT (C).
Take 1/2 SECATEURS (D).
Walk down.

Select (E).
Talk (F).
Go left.

Select; take BAG TOKEN (G).
Talk (H).
Take 2/2 ENVELOPE (I).
Take 1/4 EMOTION TOKENS (J).

Take 1/2 CAGE TOKEN (K).
Place BAG TOKEN; use (L-M).
Use (M-N).
Use (N-O); take 1/3 DOOR CHIPS.
Walk down.

Place ENVELOPE; take DIADEM (P).
Go forward.
Place DIADEM; take 2/2 SECATEURS and ALBERT'S BAG (Q).
Walk down, left.

Use SECATEURS; play HOP; earn 2/3 DOOR CHIPS (R).
Talk; take 3/3 DOOR CHIPS (S).
Select (T).

Place DOOR CHIPS on device.
Casual solution Bx2-Ax3-B-D-C-Ex3-Dx2-B-C-B-Ax3-Ex2-Dx2-E-Dx3-E-Dx2-E.
Hard solution A-B-C-D-B-C-D-C-B-C-D-C-A-B-A-Ex3-D-Ex2-D-E-B-C-B.
D-Ex3-D-C-Dx3-Bx2-Ax2-Bx3-Ax3-Bx2-C-Bx3-Dx2.
Go left.

Chapter 3: Police Station

Talk; give DETECTIVE ID (F).
Take 1/2 STATUETTE (G).
Talk; take LIGHTER (H).
Talk (I).
Select (J).

Read recipe (K).
Use LIGHTER (L).
Move (M-N)-(O-N)-(P-N)-(Q-R).
Take HOT TEA (R) and 1/2 IMAGE PART (S).
Give HOT TEA; take 1/3 EVIDENCE and 2/2 WEIGHT (T).
Return to Town Hall.

Place WEIGHT; take FILM TOKEN (A).
Place FILM TOKEN (B).
Select (C).

Solution (D).
Look at photos; take PHOTO.

Talk (E).
Go to Police Station.
Give PHOTO; take BAG INITIALS (F).
BAG INITIALS on ALBERT'S BAG; play HOP; earn 2/2 ELEPHANT. Take BLOODY LETTER.
Return to Town Hall.

Place ELEPHANT; take CADUCEUS (G).
Place CADUCEUS; open wallet; take PASS (H).
Walk down, left.
Select; use PASS (I).
Go right.

Talk; take CHEST KEY (J).
Talk (K).
Take 1/2 DROP (L).
Take MEDICAL BOX (M).

Take THREAD; use CHEST KEY (N).
Play HOP; earn 2/4 EMOTION TOKENS (O).
Talk; take 3/4 EMOTION TOKENS (P).
Take 2/2 DROP (Q).
Take DRAGONFLY from MEDICAL BOX; place DROP. Play HOP; take 4/4 EMOTION TOKENS.

Place EMOTION TOKENS on door.
Solution D-C-B-A-E-D-C-B-A-E-F-D.
Go left.

Talk (G).
Take GENTLEMAN STATUE (H).
Place GENTLEMAN STATUE; take GEMSTONE (I).
Open lid; take PIN (J).
Pan up (K).
Take RULER (L).

Place GEMSTONE; take EYE (M).
Take 1/2 PICTURE PART (N).
Walk down.
Place EYE; take ROSE (O).
Walk left.

Place ROSE; select 1-6; take FISHING ROD (P).
THREAD and PIN on FISHING ROD.
Use FISHING ROD (Q).
Select 1-5 (R), earn FISH.
Walk down 2x.

Use FISH; take HEART (A).
Go right.
Open shirt; place HEART; take MOON (B).
Go left.

Place MOON; take 2/2 PICTURE PART (C).
Walk down.
Place PICTURE PART; take CLOSET KEY (D).
Go left.

Use CLOSET KEY (E).
Take DISK (F).
DISK on ALBERT'S BAG; solution (G).
Select and open LOCKET; take 2/3 EVIDENCE and LOCKET (H).
Give LOCKET; take RAVEN (I).
Walk down.

Place RAVEN; take 3/3 EVIDENCE (A).
Walk down, left.
Give EVIDENCE (B).
Play HOP (C).
HOP mini-game; turn dial to 8-5-6 (D); earn KEY.
Use KEY (E).
Go forward.

Chapter 4: Archive

Talk (L).
Take PALETTE (M).
Take TAPE and POWDER (N).
Take 2/2 IMAGE PART; use RULER; take 2/2 CAGE TOKEN (O).
IMAGE PART on MEDICAL BOX; take 1/2 REAGENT.
Take 1/2 FIRE (P); place CAGE TOKEN; take LENS.
Walk down.

Place DRAGONFLY; take 2/2 STATUETTE (Q).
Go forward.
Place STATUETTE; take ATOM (R).
Place ATOM; take 2/2 REAGENT (S).
Go to Chamber.

Place PALETTE; take BRUSH (D).
Go to Town Hall.
Place POWDER and BRUSH (E).
Place TAPE (F).
Use (F-G); take FINGERPRINTS.
Return to Archive.

Place BLOODY LETTER (A) and REAGENT (B).
Select 1-2-3-1-4.
Select (C).
Take BLOOD TYPE (A).

Place LENS and FINGERPRINTS; select (H).
This mini-game is randomly generated.
Select chains of 3 or more (I) to complete the requirements (J).
Use the arrows (K) to change levels; there are five hard levels and one casual level.
Take TEST RESULTS (L).