Tips and tricks for new players in The Wife Next Door.
The Wife Next Door: Beginner Tips and Tricks
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Risk Level
You can take items from the MILF’s house and resell them in the Gentleman’s Shop to earn money, but be careful not to get too greedy. If you exceed the risk level, things can get tricky. If you accidentally steal too much, you can open your bag and return the stolen goods.
Alert Value
In addition to watching the NPC’s eyes (blue perspective), moving around them (green circle) will cause them to notice you, even if you’re not in their line of sight. As long as you’re within a certain range of the NPC (green/red circle), the alert value will increase, and the closer you are, the faster it rises. If the alert value reaches 100, it’s game over. Moving away from the range will slowly decrease the alert value.
Keys
After making progress in the game, the upper right corner will display the keys you can obtain at your current level and their locations. Keys can be found in various areas of the house:
- Storage Room Key – On the floor near the sports equipment.
- Bathroom Key – In the corridor; after entering the living room, go left to the end and open the door to the corridor.
- Study Key – In the flower pot in the living room; enter and walk straight to the bottom to find it in the left pot near the bookshelf wall.
- Kitchen Key – In the drawer behind the TV wall; use a hairpin to open the lock and obtain it.
- Dressing Room Key – In the dining room, located at the left end after entering the kitchen.
- Bedroom Key – Obtained during the main storyline (while training with Karlyn at home).
If you’re having trouble finding the keys, you can buy a master key at the Gentleman’s Shop to unlock them directly.
Pinhole Camera
You can install cameras at various locations, each offering videos with three quality levels: low, medium, and high. The camera’s color indicates its status:
- Purple means the camera is not installed.
- Yellow means there are videos that haven’t been recorded yet.
- Green means all videos have been obtained.
Once you obtain a video, other versions can only be unlocked via commissioned restoration. If you replace a camera at an installed location, the new camera’s quality will determine the videos obtained afterward.
Tips: Install low-level cameras at the entrance for progress, and buy high-level cameras for other locations for the best results.
Video Unlocking
As you progress in the game, you’ll unlock more videos from your cameras. There are 28 cameras and 138 videos in total, distributed across different locations. Here are some details on the number of cameras and videos you can unlock at each location:
- Entrance: 3 cameras, 3 videos each.
- Living Room: 5 cameras, 5 videos, 2 days required to unlock.
- Storage Room: 3 cameras, 3 videos, 2 days required to unlock.
- Kitchen: 3 cameras, 3 videos.
- Study: 2 cameras, 3 videos.
- Dressing Room: 2 cameras, 3 videos.
- Bathroom: 6 cameras, 2 days required to unlock.
- Bedroom: 4 cameras, 2 days required to unlock.
Dolls
As you progress in the game, you’ll collect more dolls to decorate shelves in the house. Here are the dolls and where you can find them:
- Zylora – On the floor near the ladder and flower pots in the entrance.
- Veylon – In the grey bucket on the floor of the storage room.
- Cairwyn – On the right side of the bookshelf near the TV wall in the living room.
- Nymera – In the upper right corner of the cabinet next to the sofa in the entertainment room (from the kitchen).
- Solren – In the upper right corner of the green cabinet next to the desk in the study.
- Teralith – In the upper left corner of the cabinet after entering the dressing room.
- Quinthera – On the toilet tank in the bathroom, next to the living room.
- Aldorin – On the wooden basket in the bathroom, next to the bedroom.
Costume Box
The boxes you collect in the MILF’s house can be opened in your backpack at home for a chance to obtain costumes. You can change your costume in the secret memories section of the game.
Unlock Shop Items
Several items can be unlocked as you progress:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Locksmith Skill | Triggered after exploring Karlyn’s house; purchase it after selling stolen goods in the Gentleman’s Shop. |
| Hairpins | Available once the plot progresses. |
| Normal Pinhole Cameras | Available once the plot progresses. |
| Time Remote Control | Available when your shop purchase authority reaches LV.1. |
| Advanced Pinhole Camera | Available when your shop purchase authority reaches LV.2. |
| ProMax Pinhole Camera | Available after further progress. |