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Part 3
The Messenger

Part 3

Follow this guide to The Messenger Part 3 to decipher planetary symbols, use keys, collect items like the gas mask and red seeds, and escape a guard.

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Follow this guide to The Messenger Part 3 to decipher planetary symbols, use keys, collect items like the gas mask and red seeds, and escape a guard.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Find 7 planetary symbols mixed with a message.
  2. 2
    Jump to Floor 0 Courtyard using the map.
  3. 3
    Go left, then straight, then find a raised walkway to the upper right.
  4. 4
    Use the hook launching crossbow on the walkway.
  5. 5
    Turn right and zoom in on the door.
  6. 6
    Press buttons in the sequence of decoded planetary symbols. If unsure, use the sequence: outermost ring, third ring, second ring, sixth ring, innermost ring, fifth ring, fourth ring.
  7. 7
    Use the silver key on the lock.
  8. 8
    Go straight and zoom in on the chest in the first alcove to the right.
  9. 9
    PUT IN: decoded royal manuscript. TAKE OUT: gas mask, red seeds.
  10. 10
    Enter the alcove with the pyramid domed chest two alcoves to the right.
  11. 11
    Zoom in on the pyramid domed chest and use the gold key to take the ruby from the scepter.
  12. 12
    Back up, go right, and enter the alcove with the tapestry on the left.
  13. 13
    Zoom in on the tapestry and use the ruby in the right eye of the horse/lion creature.
  14. 14
    Back up, go left, zoom in on the throne, and open the left armrest to pick up the Daemon statue.
  15. 15
    After closing the inventory, a guard will be ordered to arrest you.
  16. 16
    QUICKLY enter the first alcove to the right of the guard and go through the door on the right (opposite the tapestry).
  17. 17
    Turn around, zoom in on the fire, and use the red seeds on it.
  18. 18
    QUICKLY use the gas mask. Your ghost mentor sends you on your next mission.
  19. 19
    Pick up the antimony tablet below the pillar to your left.
  20. 20
    Go right, zoom in on the chest to your left. TAKE OUT: rope, hook, crossbow, torch, knife.
  21. 21
    Combine hook, bow, and rope.
  22. 22
    Go left, go straight, and exit through the window on your left.
  23. 23
    Turn around and pick up the rock to your left on the ground.
  24. 24
    Turn around and use the rock on the cart to the right of the guard.
  25. 25
    Go left, zoom in on the window for a cut scene.
  26. 26
    Use the knife on the window, enter, go straight, zoom in on the door to the right, and left-click to close the window.
  27. 27
    Pick up the key for the service lift.
  28. 28
    Back up, turn around, and go straight across the room to the armoire.
  29. 29
    Open the armoire to your right, take the dress, use the torch on the darkened bottom of the armoire, and pick up the side board key.
  30. 30
    Back up, turn around, look down, zoom in under the table, and take the gun.
  31. 31
    Back up, go straight across the table, and exit the window to the courtyard.
  32. 32
    Go straight, then straight again, bearing left of the barrels, then go straight again.
  33. 33
    Turn around, zoom in on the barrels, take the hemlock, back up, go left, and enter the door.
  34. 34
    Go right, enter the alcove to the left of the statue pillars, and search the floor beneath the window to find and use a loose brown tile.
  35. 35
    Turn around, look up, and use the hook launching crossbow on the raised platform above the pillars.
  36. 36
    Turn around and enter the secret passage on your right.
  37. 37
    After the cut scene with the alchemist, zoom in on the flask on the table to your left.
  38. 38
    Use the antimony tablet and then the hemlock on the steaming cauldron, and pick up the green potion (neutralizing solution).
  39. 39
    Back up, pick up the general purpose formula to your right.
  40. 40
    Use the map to jump to the Floor 0 Caryatid room.
  41. 41
    Go straight, then straight again to see a cut scene.
  42. 42
    Talk to the Queen on your right.
  43. 43
    Go right, use the sideboard key on the door to your left.
  44. 44
    Go up the stairs to the right, turn around, and zoom in on the service lift to the right of the steps.
  45. 45
    Use the key for the service lift on the service lift, use the lever, then take the basket of laundry.
  46. 46
    Go left, use the green potion on the guard, zoom in on the bed to the left, pick up the signet-ring, and back up.
  47. 47
    Go left, zoom in on the closed shutters to the left, and left-click to open them.
  48. 48
    Zoom in on the window, left-click on the right of the screen, and use the hook launching crossbow on the window in front of you.
  49. 49
    Use the map to jump to Floor 1 King’s bedroom.
  50. 50
    Zoom in on the chest to the left. PUT IN: torch, sideboard key, key for service lift, knife, gun. TAKE OUT: gas mask, bolt.
  51. 51
    Separate the hook launching crossbow, and combine the crossbow with bolts.
  52. 52
    Turn around and zoom in on the cabinet to your left.
  53. 53
    Left-click to open the cabinet, zoom in on the top right-hand drawer, and take the royal note revealing a secret passage.
  54. 54
    Back up, zoom in on the middle right-hand drawer, and take the holy water.
  55. 55
    Back up twice, and open the chest to the right. PUT IN: holy water, hook, rope, royal note revealing secret passage. TAKE OUT: knife.
  56. 56
    Use the map to jump to Floor 1 Library and exit through the cabinet doors behind you.
  57. 57
    Pick up the hammer and chisel to your left.
  58. 58
    Use the map to jump to Floor 1 King’s Portrait gallery.
  59. 59
    Go right, go straight, zoom in on the chest to the left, take the log, back up, use the log on the fire to the right, zoom in on the fireplace equipment to the right, take the tongs, back up, turn around, and zoom in on the back of the chair, then back up.
  60. 60
    Go straight (slightly to the left of the chair).
  61. 61
    Look left, zoom in on the right-hand portrait of Louis XI, and use the signet-ring on the H at the bottom of the portrait.
  62. 62
    Go right, look left, zoom in on the right-hand portrait of Francois I, and use the signet-ring on the H at the bottom of the portrait.
  63. 63
    Zoom in on the left-hand portrait of Charles VIII, and use the signet-ring on the H at the bottom of the portrait.
  64. 64
    Go right, look left, zoom in on the right-hand portrait of Francois II, and use the signet-ring on the H at the bottom of the portrait. A secret door opens.
  65. 65
    Go right, go straight, enter the passage on the right, and use the general purpose formula on the stone door in front of you.
  66. 66
    Go straight twice, go left under the scaffold, zoom in on the fabric to the left, use the knife on the fabric, and use the crossbow with bolt on the guard in the distance.
  67. 67
    Zoom in on the purple eagle to the left and use the Daemon statue on the niche.
  68. 68
    QUICKLY use the gas mask.
  69. 69
    Zoom in on the red eagle to the right and pick it up.

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