Upon completing a case inThe Rise of the Golden Idol, you’ll have a clearer vision of the full picture. More clues will fall into place, more motivations start to make sense, and the complete mystery is unravelled, piece by piece. Once you complete a chapter’s cases, you must then complete a full summary of the events you’ve witnessed.

As the first chapter in the game, Chapter 1: The Curse isn’t too tough to figure out, but there are more than a few places where you may easily trip up or require a helping hand. Luckily for you, we’re there to be that helping hand.

The construction chapter in The Rise of the Golden Idol.

This guide was written using the Extended Demo of the game and will be checked and updated upon the game’s full release.

All Story I Solutions

You will need to have completed the following cases to be able to complete this panel entirely:

With those done, you should already have a good grasp of the series of events. Thewords surrounding the gapsand thecolours of the missing wordsshould give you enough to go on as long as you’ve been paying attention.

The paper airplane in The Rise of the Golden Idol.

Only a few clues require you to read the new clues provided on the case selection screen.

Solution

During a construction yard accident, the body ofLuke Brownwas found in asewage pipe, afflicted by a strange condition that police named theRed Curse.

A year later, the famous scientistIsaac Nowakwas discovered by theBagmancouple.

After being contacted by someone,Elizabeth Nowakworried that everyone would thinkIsaac Nowakhad been adrug user.

A few days later,Elizabeth Nowakoffered to fundBrandon Bagman’s tuition in exchange for confidentiality about the fact thatIsaac Nowakhad had theRed Curse.

The second chapters in The Rise of the Golden Idol.

Hours before the conference,Sebastian Walshwas offered a similar deal and took it.

However, the laboratory investigation foundzero evidencethat eitherRed Cursevictim had been adrug user.

All Story II Solutions

Once you solve the first Story, you’re able to tackle the second. This is a shorter one that deals specifically with the first victim of the chapter and how their death kicked off events.

This panel is notable for forcing you to delve into clues across two separate cases to figure something out.

Shortly before his death, Isaac Nowak went to meet someone at theSteelside warehouse.

A few days later, someone connected to theSteelside warehouseprovokedElizabeth Nowakinto bribingSebastian Walsh, who stopped the investigation intoIsaac Nowak’s death.