All Murders on the Yangtze River guides
Chapter 1, Unexpected Misfortune, opens with a scholar dead in a locked study. It doubles as the tutorial, but a few answers still trip people up, and the wardrobe lock has an achievement for getting it right first time.
Chapter 1: Unexpected Misfortune Walkthrough
Section 1: Fatal Evening Visit
Open the menu and change an outfit once right away to unlock A Change of Attire.
Crime Scene Investigation
Check the knife, the victim’s body, the blood spatter on the floor and the blood on the coat sleeve.
- “This evidence will …”: present the Bloodstained coat. Your first correct presentation unlocks Here’s Proof.
Section 2: Locked Room Secrets
Desk
Examine the drawer contents, both piles of books, the candle, the window frame, the calligraphy brushes and the inkstone.
External Autopsy
Look at the chest, limbs, body, collar, lips and hair. Finishing the autopsy unlocks Coroner’s Apprentice.
Wardrobe Lock
When you open the wardrobe with Afu, the combination from left to right is 1 2 4 3. Get it right on the first try for Master Locksmith.
Inside, examine the strip of cloth in the clothes pile, the black spot on the clothes and the floor of the wardrobe.
- Doubt (peculiar woodchip), “Perhaps the woodchip came from this place”: present the Front door.
Section 3: Flaw in the Plan
This is the first real deduction sequence. If you are stuck, think about the door latch: if it was broken all along, someone could have entered before it was kicked open.
- “If the person in the wardrobe …”: present Lo Pei.
- “What is the reason …”: answer It was not of his own will.
- “You got any evidence …”: the wardrobe smells of camphor wood, so present the Autopsy report.
- “Please have a look …”: present the Woodchip.
- “The person who murdered …”: present Lo Shih-wen.
- “What could be missing …”: answer Handwritten manuscript.
- “Point out the location …”: the room was already searched, so point to Lo Shih-wen himself.
- “Point out the exact location …”: point to the manuscript in his hand.
Closing the case unlocks Unexpected Misfortune.
Endings and Optional Achievements in Chapter 1
- Ending #1 Life in Prison: run out of health while naming the murderer.
- Ending #2 Both Imprisoned: run out of health on the “What could be missing” question.
- Ending #3 Accusing a Chicken: pick the black chicken as the murderer.
- The Detective’s Sacrifice (1 of 8): accuse Shen Chung-ping when naming the murderer. This hidden achievement needs Shen accused at all eight culprit questions in the game.
Every bad ending is listed in the all endings guide, and the full achievement list is in the 100% achievement guide.
Next up is Chapter 2: Lady in the Wardrobe. Back to the Murders on the Yangtze River walkthrough for every chapter.