Darkestville Castle
Game Details: Comedy, 2017
Steam Achievements: Completed (44/44)
Links: Moby Games, Steam, Adventure Gamers
Walkthrough Updated: 1/18/2025
Suggested Listening: Where There's Smoke (Ash 25)
Prelude: Old Enemies
Castle
Click on the hint button at the top right of the screen Wimp.
Pick up the cane from the corner of the room, then head downstairs to the hall. Take the bicycle chain from the bicycle and the old coat that is hanging on the wall. Try to take the painting (1/3), then look at Domingo (1/14). Next search the drawers to get a multi-bit screwdriver without any bits. Approach the door to the yard, and you will see Dan Teapot is just outside. Talk to him about everything, and you will end up with the basement key 147 times. Back in the hall, use this key on the basement door, then go through.
Pick up the bathroom key and screwdriver bit from on top of the old wardrobe to the left. Go back upstairs and combine the screwdriver and bit in your inventory, then use this to remove the horn from the bicycle. Go back upstairs to your bedroom. Use the bathroom key on the bathroom door, then head inside. Try to open the medicine cabinet, but it is glued shut. Pick up the non-abrasive soap from the floor. Use your bicycle chain in the bathtub to get a lubed chain, then return to the bedroom. Use your screwdriver on the old clock to the left, then take the cogs from inside.
Go all the way back down to the basement. Look at the broken trap door mechanism, then use your lubed chain and cogs to fix it Repair guy. Go up to the hall and use the trap door lever to the left of the front door to capture Dan Sworn Enemy.
Chapter 1: The Fish in Distress
Castle
Head down the basement and look at Dan (2/14). Go back upstairs and out to the yard. Search the trash cans (1/5) to find an iron rod and a biology book. Examine the biology book in your inventory and read all the way to the end Honorary Biologist. Now leave this area.
Town Center
Walk to the right and look at the blind tourist (3/14), then talk to him. Go left and search the garbage can (2/5), then enter the tavern. Search the trash can (3/5). Take the peanuts from the table. Look at Bernard (4/14), Walrus (5/14), Gerard (6/14) and Giovanny (7/14). Talk to Walrus about Dan (1/3), then leave the tavern and return to the world map.
Mayor House
Look at Mrs Johnson (8/14). Try to take the blue painting (2/3) and the orange painting (3/3) Secrets fan. Search the liquor cabinet on the left and you will take a bottle of whiskey.
Town Square
Look at Jeffrey Badsock (9/14). Talk to Jeffrey, then give him your whiskey and take his bottle of glue solvent. Look at the suspicious bench to the right, then put your peanuts on the bench. Pick up a feather after the explosion.
Castle
Go inside, upstairs and into the bathroom. Use your glue solvent on the medicine cabinet, then take the toilet paper and sleeping pills from inside.
Town Center
Give the toilet paper to Martin, and you will end up with his cup.
Castle
Go up to the bathroom again and use your cup on the tap to fill it with water. Combine this with your sleeping pills.
Town Center
Enter the tavern on the left. Give your cup to Walrus Romero, then search him to get his key and a rabbit's foot Lullaby for Walrus.
Town Alley
Look at Ruffo (10/14). Try to close the door on the kennel, then use the cane to close it. Use your iron rod on the door to keep it closed. Now you can walk to the right and search the medium size trash can (4/5). Further to the right, search the wooden trash can (5/5) Old habits - you will end up with a giant chicken leg.
Pick up some sugar cubes from next to the horses, then look at the horses (11/14) and Pedro (12/14). Look at the hotdog sauces and the ink sauce, then talk to Pedro and ask for some of his ink sauce. Give him your old coat and you will get the ink sauce. Combine this with the feather in your inventory.
Graveyard
Look at the Weird Little Guy (13/14). Look at all 7 of the tombstones Death is fun. Use your giant chicken leg on the puddle of mud, and your non-abrasive soap on the wooden ramp. Now talk to the Weird Little Guy (Mongoose) about Dan (2/3). Keep talking to Mongoose and you will convince him to enter the crypt. Pick up his wallet and you will also get his key Big Pie Raptor.
Mayor House
Talk to Mrs Johnson, who will not let you in to see the Mayor. Use the bicycle horn on Mrs Johnson, then pick up the Mayor's agenda. Use your quill and ink on the Mayor's agenda to modify it, then give it back to Mrs Johnson. Talk to her again and you will be allowed in to see the Mayor. After you are kicked out again, look at Foxy Romero (14/14) Sid's personal friends Club. Talk to Foxy about Dan (3/3) There's Something About Dan. Tell her that she looks pretty Pickupartist. Give her the rabbit's foot and Mongoose's wallet, and she will leave. Search her backpack to get the last key Hell gate Keymaster. Use the keys on the demon chest. You will automatically make your way back to the castle.
Castle
Talk to the demon inside the castle Vengeful Spirit.
Interlude: Oh My, The Irony
Castle
Use your screwdriver on the metal plate inside the cell. Try to repair the complicated mechanism here, but you will break it some more. Now use the hidden lever to your right and a cable will drop down. Take the cable and combine it with your cane. Use this on the hole directly above you, then climb out Freedom!.
Chapter 2: Expect the Unexpected
Castle
Look at each of the weird little demons (3/11). Talk to them about the "good stuff" Gismo!.
Graveyard
Enter the crypt and talk to Foxy and Mongoose about everything. Search the box on the right to get some mushroom fertilizer and a party horn. Return outside and look at the giant vegetable monster (4/11), then talk to it to receive Little Timmy Nam Flashbacks. Take a bone from the pile here before leaving.
Town Center
Look at the ugly female fly (5/11) and the werewolf (6/11). Talk to the werewolf about everything Know your rights. Give him the bone and pick up the green lizard tail that he brings back.
Mayor House
Look at the giant pig (7/11). Talk to the giant pig, Mr Piglenton about everything Bureaucrat. Enter the Mayor's office on the far left. Take the llama tongue on the left, then talk to the Mayor about everything. Pick up the anti-gullibility pills from the table after your conversation. Use your green lizard tail in the barrel of ink to the right before leaving.
Town Alley
Go right and look at Pedro (8/11). Talk to Pedro about everything to end up receiving a hot dog card.
Castle
Give your hot dog card to the demons. Use your mushroom fertilizer on the mushroom garden to the left, then grab some spores from the mushrooms.
Town Alley
Pick up the piece of bread from the ground, then combine it with your llama tongue to make a tongue sandwich. Go and talk to Pedro, who will give you a free sausage.
Town Center
Enter the tavern and look at the smiling demon (9/11) and the classy looking demon (10/11). Talk to the demons - offer your sausage as a wager with the demons, then use your sugar cubes on the table and you will win a lot of money Cheater.
Give Giovanny a lot of money, then talk to him about a recipe, for which you will need to find 4 ingredients. Head outside and talk to the ugly female fly about everything. Examine your biology book (in particular Biology Lesson 9). Use the mushroom spores on the fly, then talk about everything again Language barrier. You will you receive a soufflé. Grab the fly to get some hairs. Talk to the "something fishy" in the river and you will get some piranha scales.
Town Square
Look at the sailor demon (11/11) Demonologist. Talk to the sailor demon to get a paper boat Imagination.
Town Center
Enter the tavern again and give Little Timmy, the piranha scales, the anti-gullibility tablets and the paper boat to Giovanny. You will receive the coffee EL CAFE DE LA MUERTO!. While you are here, talk to Giovanny again and order both something vegetarian to eat (salt) and something to drink (fernet). Also ask him for some tyrannosaurus Who's there?.
Graveyard
Enter the crypt. Give the coffee to Walrus, then talk to him. Now give Foxy Romero the purple lizard tail, fly hair and bowl of salt Medic! Medic!.
Mayor House
Give the worm soufflé, glass of fernet and tongue sandwich to Mr Piglenton Strike. You will automatically head to the graveyard.
Graveyard
Enter the crypt and talk to Foxy Romero, then you will automatically follow the Romeros around town, ending up back in your castle Double-Face.
Interlude 2: To the Other Side
Dan's Basement
Talk to Dan, then look at the door on the right and note the serial number is 4134. Talk to the door and you will get the password incorrect. Talk to the door again and try each of the available incorrect passwords ACCESS DENIED. and select the following options:
- I'd like to contact customer support!
- 1
- 1
- I want a plan that adjusts to my daily needs!
- I would like to go back to the previous menu.
- 3
- I'm not Agent Purple Cobra. This sounds really irregular. I should probably call the police or something!
Talk to the door again and this time select the following options:
- I'd like to contact customer support!
- 2
- My dimensional gate isn't working properly.
- I don't know... it doesn't do anything...
- It's grey
- I will enter the number.
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 4 (your new central number is 2431)
- I'd like to contact customer support!
- 3
- Of course!
- De La Morte.
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- Mr. Sabado (your new password is "latinlover200") Thank you for your call
- I want to input my password!
- Latinlover200
You will automatically go through the door Small Time Con Man.
Chapter 3: A Brave New World
Portal Room
Search the dead explorer on the left to find a "Survivalist" magazine. Examine this in your inventory to find a discount coupon, then examine it a second time Survivalist. Continue left to leave this room.
Castle
Talk to the guards and the imp.
Market
Enter the bar on the right. Approach the bar and take the dish towel when the bartender's back is turned. Back outside, take the old book from on the far left. Examine the ghosts book in your inventory and read to the end Bookworm. Move the wagon and climb down to the sewers.
Head left and pick up the ID card from the path. Pick up the letter from further to the left. Examine the ID card and the letter in your inventory. Now look at the door and try to open it, then use your dish towel on the door. Go through the door into a suspicious room Terror of the Hell.
Talk to Dark Alberto about everything, then look at the chalk board. Pick up some nails from on the table, and a snake from the jar. Head back up through the sewers to the market. Talk to the giant spider humanoid and you will find out that he has a broken VHS player and remote control to sell.
Lavafall
Talk to Vulture Man, then show him your ID card and give him your few gold coins - you will receive a lucky cat.
Market
Enter the bar and talk to the worker, whose name is Beto. Use your party horn on him, then pick up his hammer. Talk to Toad Man, then use your lucky cat on the toy drum on the table. Next talk to the bartender and order a diamond vodka to drink, then pick it up. Repeat this twice more so that you end up with 3 diamonds. Order each of the other drinks 1 time Connoisseur of drinks. Head back outside and give your discount coupon to the giant spider humanoid, then give him your 3 diamonds and you will get the broken VHS player and remote control Huckster.
Lavafall
Walk out to the bridge in the background. Combine your hammer and nails, then use this combination on the broken bridge to repair it Handyman. Walk left to reach a beach (which is now accessible from the map).
Beach
Talk to the three-eyed barman and order a drink, then go and use it on the pelican to the left to get an empty glass. Look at the crab on the ground here and then pick it up. Now talk to Gill-Man in the deckchair and he will eventually turn off the radio. Steal the radio, then combine it with your remote control. Grab the coconut tree to shake it, then pick up the coconut from the ground.
Market
Climb down to the sewers and take some red hair from the dead giant wild boar. Use your empty glass with the sewer water coming out of the grating to the left.
Beach
Give the sewer water to the pelican and pick up the dead fish.
Lavafall
Use your device on the cascade of lava Burglar. Go through the opening into a cave. Look at the map on the wall, then grab it and pull the lever that is revealed. Pick up a rhinoceros picture from the pile of photos, and take an evil juice bottle from the nearby box. Head through the next cave opening. Talk to the Romeros about everything, then pick up the dead rat that Mongoose throws out of the cell. Go back outside.
Beach
Use your dead rat in the lava sea to make it carbonized.
Market
Dip your rhinoceros picture in the glue bucket, then stick it to your letter.
Castle
Give the rhinoceros love letter to the rhino guard. After you are forced to leave, come back and pick up the metal horse from the ground on the right. Show the imp scout your ID card and ask for a vanilla cookie.
Portal Room
Use your giant wild boar red hair, coconut and vanilla cookie on the dead explorer. After talking to Ghostly about everything, show it your plush snake and it will turn blue Hi there!. Grab Ghostly and you will end up with some ghostly ectoplasm.
Lavafall
Give your ghostly ectoplasm to Vulture Man, trading it for the voodoo bear.
Portal Room
Combine the dead fish and metal horse, then insert this combination into the seahorse shape slot. Put your voodoo bear into the bear shape slot, then the carbonized rat in the rat shape slot Family ties. Pick up the potassium chloride and detonator, and add your rubber crab and evil juice bottle to make explosives.
Lavafall
Enter the cave and go through to the room with the Romeros. Use your explosives on the padlock Evil Without Frontiers.
Final Act: Cid's Payback Time
Vigo is constantly chasing after you during this chapter, so you must do specific actions in each room quickly become he comes in and chases you out. There is an achievement for having to run away 3 times Catch me if you can.
Treasury
Grab the golden medal from the pile of gold on the left, and use your screwdriver on the ruby eye of the gargoyle on the right.
Laboratory
Put your big ruby into the laser on the left, and take a walnut pie from the refrigerator on the right.
Library
Take a cat hairball from the couch on the right. Now use the cat hairball, walnut pie and golden medal on the mounted zombie bear on the left. Talk to the cute ghost bear and say "GROAR!" to scare it, then grab it to get some ectoplasm.
Laboratory
Use the super computer on the left, then use your ectoplasm on the chicken mutagen drums in the background. Watch through the final scenes The Best Villain.