HAUNT — Complete Walkthrough

  HAUNT is a 1979 CMU text adventure set in the haunted mansion "Chez Moose." Your goal is to collect treasures, drop them on the lawn, and
  escape alive via a truck. Max score: 440 points.

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  Phase 1: Getting Inside

  1. wait — bus arrives at the bus stop
  2. enter bus — you have tokens from the start
  3. exit — you're outside the estate wall (east=5, north=2)
  4. e, e, e, n, n, n — navigate to the driveway gate (east=8, north=5)
  5. hi — the speaker opens the gate, you enter the grounds, it closes behind you

  Phase 2: Enter the Mansion

  6. w, w, w, s, s — walk to the front door (east=5, north=4)
  7. knock — someone asks "ouvre?"
  8. ouvre — the front door opens
  9. n — enter the foyer (the insanity timer starts now! You have ~370 time units before death)
  10. get candy — pick up the candy (you'll need this for the monster)

  Phase 3: Get the Wetsuit & Explore Ground Floor

  11. w — closet. get wetsuit, wear wetsuit
  12. e, n — main_hall. get chair (treasure)
  13. w — dark_hall
  14. w — smelly_room. get painting (covered in ugly paint, treasure later)
  15. e, e — back to main_hall
  16. e — library. turn bust — bookshelves slide open
  17. e — secret_stairs. d — wine_cellar. get corkscrew (treasure). u, w, w — back to main_hall

  Phase 4: Kitchen & Upstairs

  18. n — stairs (still whole). u — upper_hall
  19. n — dull_room (explore). s — back
  20. s — dark_room (Dracula sleeps here; don't disturb him). n
  21. e — try pushing/moving the brick wall to find the secret_room. get marijuana (treasure, but don't leave on lawn!)
  22. w — upper_hall
  23. u — laboratory. pull lever — the monster comes to life!
  24. give candy — monster eats it, walks through the west wall, opens a passage to the bar
  25. w — bar. get bottle (contains turpentine). e
  26. d — upper_hall. w — long_hall. s — forces through boards to bedroom

  Phase 5: Mattress, Bathroom Puzzles & Orchid Prep

  27. get mattress — pick it up
  28. n — balcony. drop mattress — it floats to the lawn below. jump — safe landing on mattress!
  29. You're on the lawn (east=5, north=6). Now go back inside via ivy: climb — back to balcony
  30. s — bedroom. e — bathroom. get soap
  31. sit on toilet, flush — toilet swivels to backroom. get jade (treasure)
  32. flush — back to bathroom
  33. Turn on bathtub water: turn on water. While holding soap, the water + soap reveals a gem (treasure). get gem
  34. Fill the bottle with bathwater: fill bottle (bathwater)

  Phase 6: Grow & Eat the Orchid (Cure Insanity)

  35. Go back outside to the lawn. Navigate to the garden at (east=3, north=7):
  36. pour — pour the bathwater on the garden. An orchid sprouts!
  37. get orchid
  38. eat orchid — cures the insanity. (You may need to have given your name earlier when prompted.)

  Phase 7: Clean the Painting

  39. If bottle still has turpentine (or refill): while holding the painting and bottle, clean painting or pour turpentine on painting —
  reveals a Rembrandt! (treasure)

  Phase 8: The Laboratory Dome & Ring

  40. Go back to the laboratory (upper_hall, then up)
  41. If there's a football, kick football — breaks the glass dome
  42. Wait until morning (realtime reaches 600+). Sunlight streams in and shrivels the bat — drops a ring (treasure)

  Phase 9: Drop Treasures on the Lawn

  43. Carry all your treasures to the lawn and drop them (+5 per treasure on the lawn)
  44. DO NOT leave the cube or marijuana on the lawn — massive score penalties!
  45. Treasures to drop: chair, candlesticks, jade, gem, corkscrew, gold, painting (cleaned), bone, ring, diamonds, chest, coins

  Phase 10: Dig the Grave & Trigger the Truck

  46. Navigate to the grave at lawn (east=8, north=8):
  47. dig — grave goes from "undug" to "dug". Pick up the bone (treasure)
  48. dig — grave goes from "dug" to "deep". A pipe with a lever is exposed
  49. pull lever — "Ummph!" Oil seeps from the pipe. This starts the oil man timer

  Phase 11: Escape!

  50. Navigate to (east=7, north=5) — the driveway. Wait for the truck to arrive (~30 time units)
  51. open truck — opens the back doors
  52. enter truck — you're in the back of the truck
  53. close door — critical! The door must be closed or you fall out
  54. Wait — the oil man returns, gets in, and drives away. "VaVoom! The truck has started up. Bump bump! You feel yourself being driven out
   of the yard."
  55. donate — when asked whether to sell or donate the land. +20 points. You win!

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  Dangers to Avoid

  ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
  │               Action                │           Result            │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
  │ Climb down from balcony             │ Death (caught in ivy)       │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
  │ Jump from balcony without mattress  │ Death (broken neck)         │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
  │ Flush toilet while standing         │ Death (head cracked on tub) │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
  │ Run out of insanity timer           │ Death (choke on tongue)     │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
  │ Leave truck door open during escape │ Fall out the back           │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
  │ Choose "sell" at the end            │ Moose gores you to death    │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
  │ Shoot speargun on land              │ Death (backlash snaps neck) │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
  │ Leave cube on lawn                  │ -50 points (arrested)       │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
  │ Leave marijuana on lawn             │ -20 points (police fine)    │
  └─────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

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  Score Ranks

  ┌─────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │  Score  │                    Rank                     │
  ├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ <20     │ "Hmm... I don't think you tried very hard." │
  ├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ 21-49   │ "Rank Novice!"                              │
  ├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ 51-79   │ "Beginning Ghost Hunter"                    │
  ├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ 81-139  │ "Reasonable Spirit Fighter"                 │
  ├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ 141-219 │ "Intermediate Haunt Hacker"                 │
  ├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ 221-289 │ "Advanced Monster Killer"                   │
  ├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ 291-359 │ "Master Haunter!!"                          │
  ├─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ 361+    │ "Fearless Vampire Killer"                   │
  └─────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────┘