The House of Da Vinci 

2018: Walkthrough by Dick Leeuw

Text and screenshots by Dick Leeuw.  Lay-out and web design by Louis Koot

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Chapter 6: The Armory.  

You enter the arsenal and you see Da Vinci's tank in front of you, look around in this room.

To the left of the tank you see a small stair, above the stairs on the top of the tank you see an elongated plate.  

Zoom in on it and pull your magic lens upwards, you will now see the lock mechanism.  

You have to put a few pawls aside here.

Solution lock

  • Slide pin 1 in circle B, turn B and then slide 1 under bracket D. 

  • Turn back B and turn circle A. Slide pin 2 into A, turn A back and then move pin 5 in circle B. 

  • Turn circle C and now move pin 6 to C, turn back C. Turn B 45 degrees and now slide pin 5 under bracket F. 

  • Turn back B. Now slide pin 2 from A into B, turn B 45 degrees and now slide pin 2 under bracket E.  

  • Turn back B and now move pin 6 from C to B, now turn A and C back.

  • Slide pin 4 into circle C and then slide pin 3 into circle A. 

  • The valve now comes loose.

Or if you have had an update of the game, you should probably also put pin 1 in circle B.  

Open the lid, inside you will see a mechanism. You cannot do anything with this yet.

Zoom out and turn to the left, zoom in on the small table against the wall.  

To the right of the table is a metal cross, take this cross.  

On this table and on the doors above you see lock mechanism, you will come back later. Zoom 2x out and turn slightly to the right, behind the tank in the corner is a table.

Go there and zoom in on the table, pick up the cube that is there.  

Zoom in on the wad of paper and click on it to read the letter, then click it away. Click in your inventory on the cube, you have to search to find the first one but on one of the strange shapes you your cursor changes into a hand. Pull this part out, on the surface to the left of it you get a hand again, also pull this part out.  

In this way you have to pull all the parts outwards, then a tube with a key comes up, pick up the key.  

You are still zoomed in on the table, under the table you see a cupboard hanging. If you have just read the letter you have to zoom out once to see the box.

Drag the metal cross here and pull the front down, here you will find a small steering wheel.  

Grab this wheel and click it to your inventory, then look under the table. On the back bar you see drawing, 3 points separated by 2 hares. Make a note of this.  

Zoom out and zoom in on the board at the back in the corner, this is a slide puzzle. You have to bring the green stone to the right, only turn the circles when you are through it.

At the bottom of the board is a lever with which you can reset the puzzle.  

You can try to solve it yourself, it is not that difficult, but here is a solution.  

On the right you can take out the button with the emerald.  

Zoom out to the table, turn around and go to the window in the wall, at the bottom of the windowsill you will see a button.

Drag the steering wheel towards it, turn the wheel clockwise and the windows open.  

Zoom out and go to the other side of the tank, on the slanted bottom you will see a drawing again. Zoom in on it.  

This is the second indication for a puzzle, together they form the indication: skull-hare-skull-hare-skull.

  Zoom out and turn to the left, you will see 5 shields hanging in a niche. There are 4 rotating wheels in front of it.  

Number these pivot wheels from left to right 1 to 4 and the shields A to E.

1 turn A and C, 2 turns A and B, 3 turns D and E and 4 turns C and E.

  Turn 2 forward until you have a hare on B, then turn 3 forward until you also have a hare on D.  

Then turn back 1 until you have a skull on A.  

Then turn 4 backwards until you have a skull for the second time on E.  

If you are just turning, you already have a skull but you have to continue until you have another skull on E.

Now turn 1 further back until you have a skull on A and C.  

The iron gate sinks down, go through the gate and then down. You see a fence, with a box behind the fence. Right in the wall is a puzzle.  

Zoom in on the puzzle with 5 rings, you have to twist the rings so that there is an opening at the front.  

Number the rings from top to bottom 1 to 5, then turn first ring 2. Then turn ring 1 until it is right, then ring 3, 4 and 5.  

Pull the door open and take the wooden handle and click it to your inventory. Zoom out and turn to the fence, zoom in on the lock and then click on the second brick above the lock.  

The lock opens, then push the gate open. Zoom in on the lock of the box.  

Left and right is a ring, on each ring is a keyhole. Now turn those rings until the 2 key holes coincide. First turn the right ring and then the left otherwise you will not see where the keyhole is. Now you can drag the key from your inventory to it, turn the key anticlockwise and the box will open.

Lift the lid, zoom in on the inside of the lid.  

At the 2 middle stars you see scratches, slide the upper to the left and the bottom to the right. Pull both doors completely open, inside you will find a wooden handle. Take this handle.  

Zoom out of the lid and zoom in on the box, where you will find a richly decorated dagger.  

View the dagger in your inventory, at the top is a ring with red and green stones. Turn this ring until the top part folds open, now you can take the button with the red ruby.  

Zoom out and go up again, you are back at the turn wheels. Turn to the left and zoom in on the table on the left against the wall.  

On the window sill you see a gear with shields on it, these all have different colours. Turn the gear to the right and you have a shield with red and green.  

There are 2 wheels in front of the gear, now drag the green knob to the middle of the left wheel. Then drag the red button to the middle of the right wheel.

Turn the left wheel 90 degrees anticlockwise and the right wheel 90 clockwise, the slots in the wheels are now left and right.  

Now push the left lever forward, then push the right lever forward.

You can see that the 2 metal clamps that were in front of a drawer are now pushed away, pull the drawer open further.  

In the drawer is a metal head, view it in your inventory. You see that something has to be added. Drag the wooden handle towards it and pull the handle into the head, turn the handle clockwise. This is now fixed in the head, you now have a lever with a metal head.

  Zoom out until you are in front of the tank again, zoom in on the hatch that you have previously opened. Now drag the lever with the metal head towards it and then pull the lever down.  

The tank opens, go inside and zoom in on the letter to the right of the stairs, read this letter.  

Zoom out and then zoom in on the cannon on the right, now drag the lever to the bar on the right of the cannon. Pull the handle to the left, the cannon balls roll down.  

A bag of gunpowder is hanging in front of the gun, click on the gunpowder and hold down your mouse button. They are actually 3 guns, 1 is up with the opening above. Let the gunpowder fall into the cannon. Do this also with a cannonball, then pull the lever on the right of the gunpowder.

The guns are now exchanged and the loaded gun is now facing out.  

Zoom in on the loaded cannon. On the other side you can see 3 stone pots hanging. You have to shoot these pot, you have a hand as a cursor. By moving with the pressed left mouse button you can aim the cannon.  

If you think the gun is in aimed correct, pull the lever on the left of the cannon. Bingo? Then you see that something happens at the window in the wall. If you have missed you have to shoot again and aim better.  Zoom out of the cannon and load the next cannon, drag gunpowder to the barrel and then drop a ball into it. Then pull the lever on the right of the gunpowder, the gun is turned upwards. Zoom back in on the cannon and aim it at another stone pot.  

A hit? Then you will see something coming down in the window again. Zoom out again, load the next cannon and pull the handle on the right.

Zoom in on the cannon and aim at the last stone pot, if this is broken you will see a plateau coming down in the shaft behind the window.  

Zoom out of the cannon and continue to reverse until you are outside the tank. Then zoom in on the window. There is now a chest, pull it out and zoom in on the lid.  

You see in the middle 5 sliders that have to be moved to the left or to the right. These are now stopped by metal blocks in slots, 2 slots on each side. You have to move the blocks so that all the bolts can be moved away. Number the sliders from left to right 1 to 4. Then slide the block into slot 1 such that there is a block at latch 2 and 4. Slide the block in 2 all the way up and slide the blocks in 3 and 4 all the way down.  

Now you can move all latches aside, pull the lid open and take the metal handle.  

Zoom out to the tank and go inside, go up the stairs to the platform. Drag the crank to the mechanism in the middle, turn it until the pointer is at the far left.  

Release and the platform turns out to be a lift, you go all the way up. You come to a round window / door, you have to open it and you come in the next chapter:  

Chapter 7:The Tower

Upstairs you step out of the elevator, you stand in front of a round window or it is a door. Zoom in on it and slide the 2 bows to the left and to the right.

Then slide the other 2 arches up and down, the fence comes forward.  

Pull the gate completely open and step inside. Take a look around, as usual there is a lot to see.  

Immediately on the right is a device, here you cannot do anything for the time being. A device with a wheel hangs from the ceiling.  

This part of the tower is still whole, the explosion has been on a lower part.  

Go down the stairs to the first floor, here you see a disk with suns and moons and strange signs to the left.

Next to the disc stands a cupboard against the wall, walk past it and turn to the middle.  

There is a device with a wheel and behind it a cylinder with half symbols, zoom in on that.

By rotating the wheel, the cylinder also turns, you have to continue until you see a 6-angle and a diamond shape.  

The upper part of the stairs turns to the middle, walk to the stairs and pull open the door.  

Go to the platform and turn to the wall, you will see 4 buttons there. Left and right 1, 1 in the middle at the top and 1 on an iron bar.

By turning the buttons left and right you have to place the button on the bar at the top of the button at the top.  

Automatically you zoom out and turn around, you see that the device on the ceiling is now in position.

You can now reach this via the stairs. Go there and take the ring that is hanging diagonally in front of the device.  

This part is not complete yet. Zoom out and turn to the right and go to the cupboard you see there.

Zoom in on the circle, turn the gray ring 90 degrees. Two buttons are now sliding in the middle.  

Now turn the yellow outer ring, the grey and the yellow ring will turn but not in the same way.  

You have to keep turnning until the openings in the grey and yellow rings are both above and below. Two more buttons are inserted.  

The 2 grey buttons are connected to each other, turn the rod with the grey buttons until you cannot go any further. Also the 2 yellow / golden buttons are connected to each other, turn this ring until you cannot go any further. Now turn the grey rod horizontally and then turn the yellow circle until the 2 knobs are vertical.  

Now turn the ball in the middle until the drawing on the ball is in the middle and connect to the circle and the square on the yellow disc, the sphere opens.

Inside you see a square medallion, take this.  

You then see 2 clamps move aside and the hemisphere opens, there you see a wheel turning.  

Zoom out and turn to the left, go to the other cupboard and zoom in on it. Press the button in the middle, turn the star 45 degrees to the left.

The plate opens in the middle, slide both halves to one side.  

You see a large box with 10 x 8 squares, most squares have a cross. This is how the rest should be.

In the middle you see a box with 3 holes, drag the square medallion here.  

Below the large area you see 4 buttons, with this you control the medallion. You just have to make sure that you do not blocked yourself because then you have to start over.

The first is very easy, the medallion does not have to end in the middle.  

If you have solved this you will get puzzle 2, you have to change more boxes here.

You also see 2 colours, light brown and 2 yellow boxes. You have to come 2 times on the yellow boxes.  

Also this is not too difficult, on to puzzle 3. More yellow squares, here you have to be careful because you can easily block yourself.  

Also solved this then comes puzzle 4, here you have to pay more attention otherwise you will be locked up.  

If you have solved this, the doors will close and the top will open. You see a number of papers lying with a gear on top, there is also a wad of paper.

Zoom in and grab the gear, click on the wad of paper and read the letter.  

Then pull up your magic lens and move the papers. On a sheet of paper you find 4-characters, take a note of it. 6-angle, circle, diamond and a square.  

Zoom out and go back to the other cupboard with the yellow disk, zoom in on centre again. There still goes a gear, drag the gear from your inventory to it.

The sphere closes and the disc opens, behind it a mechanism starts to rotate.  

The 2 doors on the left of the yellow disc slide to the right, the upper part also opens. You see there the 4 symbols only they are not in the right order.  

Place the symbols above in the right order, below you will see 4 hourglasses with a lever on the left.

Pull the handle down and see what happens, you see a gear roll from side to side when the symbols are in the correct order.  

The cupboard closes and you now see a drawer, which you can now pull open. Here you will find a disk and a strange gear, take these objects.  

Then click in your inventory on the disc / gear that you have takenfrom the large wheel on the ceiling.

Then drag the strange gear towards it, push it together and turn the top to the left. You now have a dial.  

Now go up the stairs to the wheel and drag this dial to the center of the wheel. You will also see 4 round discs there, you can turn the outer rings and thus display moon phases.

Now find out which positions you should have.  

Go down to the round disk with the moons and symbols. Drag the disk from your inventory to the middle of this disk, a lever will now appear on the left side. You also see 4 rounds moving.  

Pull down your time lens and trace the figure. Now slide the button to the right until you see that the 4 circles are under each other at the top of the disc.  

Now turn the middle disk until you see that the real circles are the same as silver / white circles. Then pull the lever on the left, the circles will rotate and in the middle of the disc4 clamps go loose.

There is also a hatch open and there you see a key, take this key.  

Click the time lens away and turn to the right, zoom in on the side of the cupboard.  

You can slide a block down there, there is a keyhole.

Drag the key there and turn it around, a hatch opens. Take the lever that hangs there.  

  Then look at the big disk again and look at the circles, you see that the circles are numbered. In the circles you see moon phases, note which moon phase is in each round.  

Then go up the stairs to the wheel, the 4 round discs are numbered 1 to 4. Then turn the outer ring to get the correct moon phase, also the color should be good, in each disk.  

Then zoom in on the dial in the middle, if you have the correct moon phases then the dial is lit.

Along the edge are all letters and symbols, regularly a number of letters are white.  

You now have to use the pointer on these white letters and you have to follow these white letters with the pointer. It is difficult to explain how to do it, sometimes you have to wait for the white letters. If this succeeds, the light in the dial will become brighter, you automatically zoom out and you can see the wheel turning. Go down the stairs and walk to the bottom of the wheel, you will see a pin there. Drag your handle towards it and turn it around, the bottom will slide open.  

Take the key / strange key out and go back to the big disk with the moons, Zoom in on the middle and drag that foreign key towards it, turn the handle around. You see the circles rotate over the disk.  

Pull the time lens down and draw the figure and slide the button to the left. Scroll until you see that the handle is turned and the 4 rounds are again under each other, slanting downwards.  

You can now no longer run with the middle disk, but nowyou can drag the circles under the silver / white circles. Click away the time lens and pull the lever on the left, you will see the circles go round on the disc.  

  Zoom in on the bottom of the big disk, there is a little round disc turned around. You see a star-shaped button there now, take that button. Then look at the circles and note the moon phases at each round.  

Then go back to the 4 disks at the large wheel, turn the rings again to set the correct moon phases on each disk. Then again with the pointer follow the white letters in the dial until you zoom out again and the wheel starts to rotate.  

Go down and zoom in on the bottom of the wheel, slide the 2 latches to the center. Then pull the drawer down further down, take the wooden round disc.  

Then turn to the device in the middle, with the wheel and the cylinder with signs. Turn the wheel again until you see 2 other figures, the stairs turn back to the wall.  

Go up the stairs to the place where  you entered the tower, then zoom in on the device on the right. Drag the star to the front and then drag the wooden disc to the opening on top.  

The device starts to turn and you see that a piece of the floor is being lifted.  

You can now go further down. You come to a bad part of the stairs. You try to jump over it but you will fall through the stairs.  

You fall down and you look up and you see a number of figures in red clothing.  

You are now in the next chapter:  

Chapter 8: The Time Machine

2018: Walkthrough by Dick Leeuw

Text and screenshots by Dick Leeuw.  Lay-out and web design by Louis Koot