submachine-walkthroughs/Submachine 1 – the Basement/submachine-1.md

Submachine (extended versions) Walkthrough

Note: If you’re playing later versions of the game, you’ll start one room left of the starting position of this walkthrough. Before following the instructions, head right once.

1. You start off in a room with doorways to the left and right, and a ladder. Head up, then pull the switch. Go back down and left all the way, then go up, grab the valve, and pull the second switch.

2. Head down, right twice, then down twice. Pull the third switch. You can also pick up the optional diary page if you want.

3. Go down and memorize the positions of the three bolts in the middle of the metal box in the corner.

4. Head right and click on the bells in the following order:

   • first
   • second
   • fourth

   Grab tile D.

5. Head back left and up twice. Go left and down. Pick up the coin / ancient coin (depending on the version of the game) lying on the ground.

6. Go up and all the way right, then down and right. Hover your mouse over the rightmost button on the radio, which will slide out one of the drawers. Grab the spoon.

7. Head left, up, left, down all the way and left again. Click on the keypad next to the electronic box.

   • The code can be found by looking at the coin.

8. If you entered the correct code, you should hear the box unlock. Look inside it and grab the fuse.

9. Go back right, up twice, then left. Click on the knobs on the pistons to turn them, matching the pattern on the metal box.

10. Go right, up and left. Place the valve in the slot on the pipe, then turn it by clicking on it. You’ll hear an explosion if the pistons are in the proper positions.

11. Keep heading right and down alternately until you get into a room with a broken pipe. Pick up the pearl.

12. Head back up and left. Place the fuse in the empty slot.

13. Head up, left, up, then left all the way. Place the pearl on the string on the odd-looking clock. Grab tile B.

14. Head right all the way. Pull down the lever on the transformer.

15. Head left twice, down, right, down and right until you reach the room with the radio. Head up. If you pulled all three switches scattered around the rooms, you should see tile C spinning in the machine. Pick it up.

16. Head down, left, up, left, up, then right twice. Place the spoon on the sparking insulators on the transformer to short it out, then grab tile A when it blows open.

17. Go left twice, down, left, then down. Pull the lever on the blown-open panel and you’ll hear a ladder drop.

18. Go up, right, up, right, then up twice. Grab the wisdom gem.

19. Head down twice, then left. Place all four tile pieces in the corresponding slots. Click on the elevator’s doors to open it, then go inside and click on the upper button. When the elevator finishes moving, click on the lower button to open the door, then go outside.

    • If you’re playing version 2 of the game, you’ll get a choice between two doors. Going through the left door gets you to the original ending. The right door gets you to a Submachine 2 teaser. The switch is interactive, click on it to turn on the light!