Templum de Malum: Templum de Malum – Text Walkthrough

Game is really easy and it shouldn’t pose any problem to seasoned adventurers, I’m creating this guide in case you are new to this and get stuck, or just don’t have the patience.
One thing you only need to watch are the torches – you need to have always one lit, otherwise everything will go dark and you will not be able to light another one. So make sure that you have always one ready in Philip’s or Brimley’s hand, and light a new one before your current one goes out. The number of torches in the game is limited, but they should last long enough to finish the game with safe margin.
Also mind that there are plenty of hints available – if you don’t know what to do next, consult Brimley’s Journal or Talk to him directly for tips on the active screen.

Walk right to the Shipwreck
Take journal, torch top and torch handle from the ground
Open crate inside the shipwreck
Take flint (there is also a broken compass but you don’t need to take it as it’s not used anywhere)
Walk back and forward up to the Tower entrance – note the two fixed torches at each side of the door (these can’t be taken)
Use torch from your inventory on either Philip or Brimley hand in upper-right section of the screen to equip it
Use flint on equipped torch to light it
Use lit torch on both fixed torches to open the door, and Walk forward.

You will find yourself in a hall with several doors, corridor on the right and couple items here.

Look at the note that is posted on left pillar to read it
(There is also a plank with nail lying on the base of that pillar, but you don’t need to take it)
Open all doors
Walk west to the Dining hall
Use lit torch on the candelabrum on the table
Take the vial
Look at the paintings to investigate them
Open the painting that has hinges (investigation by Look will tell you which one it is)
Take mallet
You can Use the mallet on the crack in far wall to open passage, and then Walk forward, but there is really nothing of use in the next room (and if you’re hell-bent on trying that gong despite the warning, make sure you save the game first!)
Walk north-west to the Cellar
Take torch, Hound’s tooth and scroll
Open the scroll in your inventory to read it (note the runes on the top)
Look at the note placed on the shelf to read it
Notice also the boarded wall – you can try the mallet on it to see what happens, but to minimum effect. You’ll be able to do something with it later.
Walk back to the entry hall and then north to the Waterway
Use vial on the water to obtain Holy water
Use the two crates in the room on the water to create an improvised bridge
Take torch, and Look at the tapestry on the far wall
Use lit torch on the tapestry (never mind what the note in entry hall said…)
Walk forward into the Study
Take scroll from the bookshelf on the left and open it to read its contents
Open yellow and red books in the bookshelf (this is important for an achievement)
Use mallet on the vase
Take silver key
Walk back to Grand Entry hall, and then east into the Corridor
Look at the carving on the right
Use silver key on keyhole, and Walk forward.

The Courtyard actually has two parts – you’re now finding yourself in the first part which looks like a graveyard.

Look at the plaque – remember what the note in the cellar said?
Use holy water on grave number 5
Talk to the ghost that appears
Take the Disintegrator!
The Disintegrator is a wand that is very useful for opening many ways (as its name implies, by destroying things), so let’s give it a try to see what it does – Walk back into the Cellar, and Use the Disintegrator on the boarded wall (see, a new path is open!)
Walk forward into the new opening and you find yourself in Basement with a big cauldron; you can’t do much here right now, but the room will be important later after you’ve gathered more ingredients and learned some alchemy.
You can Take the Bottle of Lye from the shelf, but it’s not going to be of use until much later.
Walk back to the Courtyard and to its part 2
Take the torch that is lying by the door
Open the door and Walk forward into the Altar room
Open both doors at the right and left
Walk right into the room with levers – remember the carving you saw on a wall in the Corridor earlier?
Use the levers to put them in the following setting: down – up – up
Take Scroll of Secrecy from the proffered hand
Walk back and then left to the Waterfalls
Walk forward to the door at the far end
Use the button next to the door to open it
Walk a step back – you will notice that a tablet appeared on the right side of the path, Take it
Walk forward to the next closed door and other two doors on left and right
Look at the plaque above the front door
Open both doors, and examine the rooms behind them – they look identical, except one of them differs in one tiny little detail…
In the left room, you may notice an extra vase with runes on it – use Disintegrator on it
Take the T-key and Walk back
Use the T-key on the hole in the ground, the door is now open
Walk forward, and check the opening to the right (you’ll need another key for this)
Walk forward to 2nd Floor
Take another torch, and check the lever on the left side (it can’t be used now just yet)
Walk forward into the Mess Hall.

This is another hub with many branching doors, although the room itself doesn’t contain anything else.

Open all doors that can be opened (except the one to the east where you need a key)
Walk north-east into the Kitchen
Open the cupboard, and Take the blue orb inside
Walk back and into the north room
Take pickaxe (box on the table contains copper coin which you can take too, but it doesn’t have any real use)
Walk back and then north-west into the Headmaster’s room
Take the Shrine key on the nightstand (the gloves on the bed you can take too, but they are not needed)
Walk back, and Use the Shrine key on the keyhole to the left
Walk into the Shrine room – for now just Look at the plaque under the altar to see what’s written there
Walk back, and then west into the Tunnel – notice the ice block on the right, barring passage to you for now
Open doors to the left and front
Walk left into the Alchemy room
Take the torch from wall sconce and green potion from the alchemy table
Walk back and then forward into the – Latrines (yuck!)
Look at the mechanism on the left side and the plaque underneath it
Use blue orb on the mechanism slot, and then Use the button
Take the blue gem
Look at the blue glow coming from one of the latrine holes (we don’t have to go down there, do we?)
Walk into the blue-glowing latrine (yes we do!)
Take green scroll from the alcove (it’s for destroying magical barriers)
Look at the heap of boulders on the left
Use pickaxe on boulders
Take the crystal All-Seeing Eye from the skeleton
Walk up, and then right into the Corridor
Use blue gem on the crest by the front door
Walk forward into the Bedchamber
Take Bow of Nimrod from beneath the window (the golden chalice looks nice but is useless so you can leave it here)
Walk back to the Mess Hall and then to the Shrine
Use the Bow on the shrine altar
Take Red key
Walk back a bit more down to Courtyard 2
Use pickaxe on the coal deposit
Walk up to the Mess Hall again and go to Kitchen
Open the stove
Use coal on stove
Use lit torch on coal
Walk back and into the Tunnel
You will see that the block of ice is gone – Open the door that are now revealed and Walk in
Look at the writing beneath the grim-looking pedestal, and Take the tablet
Walk all the way into the Corridor, and head left
Look at the glowing stump in the lower left corner, and Take the Evergreen Seed from it
Use Red key on the keyhole
Walk forward and up to the 3rd Floor
Take torch, and Look at the suspicious rug
Use lit torch on rug – a trapdoor will be revealed, which you’ll be able to open later.
… and Walk forward.

This is pretty much the last “hub” that you will face, with couple doors that you can open and others that you can open only later.

Open all doors that can be opened (except the front one and the one to the right)
Walk west into the Classroom
Take Portum scroll from the front row, and oil flask from the shelf
Open the book on the back row to read it (remember the achievement)
Use Portum scroll on the pentagram – a portal into the unknown will open
Walk into the portal – To The Moon!
You can Look at the Earth in the distance, but be sure to Take the Sword of Lightning (packs quite a punch!)
Walk back into the hub, and check the room to the north-east – there’s a mean-looking Ancient there! Don’t worry, you’ll be able to deal with him later (just don’t use the sword on him!)
Walk back and then to the north-west
Use Scroll of Secrecy on the alcove
Look at the plaque, and Use the lever
Walk back, then north into the now opened doorway to the Passage, then left
Use the Evergreen Seed on the hollow in the dead tree
Take the green tablet that appears
Walk all the way back to the 2nd Floor (the room before Mess Hall)
Use oil flask on the lever to make it functional
Use the lever, and Walk inside the new opening
Take King’s key
Walk back a bit to the base of the stairway, and then to the right
Use the King’s key on the vault lock
Take King’s Medallion – what a find!
Walk back to the Altar room
Use King’s medallion on the altar (you can try using the bronze coin if you have it for fun, but be sure to save the game first)
Take Scroll of Banishment (now we can deal with some meanies!)
Walk all the way up to 3rd Floor, and then north-east to the Ancient’s lair
Use Scroll of Banishment on the Ancient (bye-bye!)
Take Ancient’s key
Walk back, Use the Ancient’s key on the eastern lock, and Walk into the Library
Open book lying on the globe
Notice four colored books in the bookshelves – Open each of them, especially the green book on the left (if you’ve opened all the books listed in this walkthrough, you should now get the Scholar achievement)
Look at the wall with runes
Use Disintegrator on the runed wall, and Walk inside
Take the Angelic key.

Now that we know from the Green Book that there is a Protection potion to be had, it’s time for some brewing (technically you could have done this earlier by combining the ingredients that you should already have in your inventory, but let’s stick to the flow).

Walk all the way back to Grand Entry hall
Walk north to the Waterway and Use empty vial to get another Holy water
Walk back and into the Cellar
If you haven’t opened the way to the Basement yet, use Disintegrator on the planks and Walk forward
Use Green potion, Hound’s tooth and Holy water on the cauldron
Look at the alchemy paddle on the shelf
Use alchemy paddle on the cauldron – the concoction is now ready!
Use empty potion on the cauldron to obtain Protection potion (ta-da!)
Take the Bottle of Lye from left shelf, if it’s not in your inventory yet
Walk all the way up to the 3rd Floor hub, and forward to the closed door
Use Angelic key on the pedestal
Walk forward and up to the 4th floor.

We’re just a few rooms more from the final showdown!

Take the torch (last one available), and Look at the tapestry (sadly you can’t burn this one)
Walk left to the Gateway chamber with two doors (one of them locked)
Open the right door and Walk in to the Jail room
Look at the bars – notice one section that has brighter color
Use bottle of lye on the bar
Take the now-loosened bar
Walk back to the 3rd floor trapdoor room
Use the bar on the trapdoor
Take the Eye key
Walk up again to the Gateway chamber
Use the Eye key on left door keyhole
Walk left into the Dark room
Look at the big raven and the plaque beneath
Use the All-Seeing Eye on plaque slot
Take the revealed tablet
Walk back to the Gateway chamber – now you should have all four tablets in your inventory, so you can slot them into their right places to open the way
Walk forward up to the Summit
Look at the green barrier
Use the green scroll on the barrier, and Open the stone door.

Be warned – once you step inside, there will be no way back! So make sure that you have the following items in your inventory:
– Sword called Lightning
– Potion of Protection
Walk forward and step into the Limbo… the dreaded Prince Evinco stands before you!
Use Scroll of Banisment on Evinco – doesn’t work!
Use Protection potion on Self, and on Brimley
Use the Sword of Lighting on Evinco and smash him into oblivion!
Walk into the blue portal to your freedom…

Thanks for playing! 🙂
Let me know in case anything needs to be corrected.