Keepsake: The Ultimate Keepsake Walkthrough

This guide is really complex, so here are the basics:

Steps are numbered, additional information has dashes
Puzzles and important things are bold, key items are underlined
is the step in (round brackets) it is optional
is the step in [square brackets] it’s a special step, that either requires the unofficial patch or the knowladge on how to solve the puzzle without hints
is the step italic you can skip this step only, if you did it earlier or if you should do it later, dependinh on your playstyle

Pictures for puzzles and steps will be added later, if you need only puzzle solutions, they are on my Discord and marked with #.

If you have the unofficial patch and want to skip the intro, start the game in Window Mode. When the introduction video starts, close the window, the game automatically creates a save after the video and will ask you directly, if you want to skip the tutorial.

For everyone else, enjoy the vid and finish the tutorial, this guide starts after that.

1. Go to the fountain and solve the #minotaur-doorbell puzzle
2. Enter school and walk right out of the Grand Hall to the Store room
3. Free Zak from the locker
4. Go back to the locker, open the left door and take the keys
– The keychain opens all doors except the door of the Caretaker Office
5. Walk back to the Grand Hall and up the stairs until reaching the Enchanted Crossway
6. Then take down the stairs and walk towards the Garden Watch
7. On the way, you’ll find a notebook on the floor, take it with you
– It contains the spell for the potion
8. From Garden Watch ascend to the Dinner Hall and pick up the notes on the table
– Without you won’t be able to pick up the Yewlock at the Waterway
9. Go back and enter the Garden area, Zak and Lydia start talking and move to the corner with the puppet and you will see the first Vision

After the first vision you wake up in front of the gate to the Whispering Stairway
1. Walk all the way back to the Garden Watch
1.5. Walk up the stairs to the Dinner hall and pick up the notes if you haven’t done that yet
2. Go to the basement and look for Mustavios Crates
2.5. [Open the [b]#secret-door[/b] to the Wine Cave and look for Mustavios Wine Barrels]
3. Search the gap in the wall and jump down to the Academy’s Waterway
4. After the tragic scene walk towards exit and pick up the Yewlocks from the ground
5. Continue until reaching the panel on the outer wall and solve the #mill-weight
6. To restore full power to the school, walk back and remove the tools from the door to the machine room
7. Enter the #machine-room and connect all machines with the pedestals
8. Exit through the Store Room and wak across the Grand Hall to the lever and pull it
9. Ascend the large stairs until the game takes over – second vision

1. Look at the door on the lefthand side
– Without you can walk up to the Guardians again to get the info on how to open the Trial Gates
2. Walk all the way to the top of the staircase and knock on the door
3. Talk to the Guardians and ask how to open the trial doors
4. Descend all the way, until you notice a key on the floor
5. Pick up the key
– This key opens the Caretaker Office’s door and it also has the code for the safe in his room
6. You can now enter the Caretaker’s Office
7. Here you first open the #caretakers-safe and take the tiara
8. Then walk to the left and take your staff
9. Last but not least, take the rolled up note from the table
9.2. (You can take the hint for the secret door in the basement as well, if you want to solve it on your own, and haven’t already opened it previously)
9.4. [Solve the [b]#trial-of-allegiance[/b] if you dare]
9.6. Go back to the basement and open the #secret-door
9.8. Search for Mustavios Wine Barrels
10. Walk towards Elvandar’s Galde, at the sign post the game will take over again – Third Vision

1. Look at the tree’s face, until Lydia says she needs spare parts and tools to fix the amulet
2. Go back to the sign post and click it, to create a bridge
3. Cross the bridge and talk to Mustavio about the caretaker, barrels and crates, he will hand you the figures for the maze
3.5. [Walk back across the bridge to the Machine Room and upstairs to the Store Room, take the [u]Tools[/u] from behind the door]
– This is only available if you have installed the Unofficial Patch, because it was cut from the final game, but the audio track and part of the logic was left. You will notice Lydia saying a different sentence
4. Walk to the Grand Hall and up the stairs until you reach the walkway around the Academy’s Facade
5. Walk along and take the first door and pick up the Notes from the floor
– Without you can’t grow the Nigilis Tree
6. Open the door to the Second Trial and explore it
– Without you can’t brew the potion

Everything in this part you either did earlier, if you knew all the answers, or you do later for time saving reasons. For first time players, it is recommended.

1. Go back to the Facade and walk through the open entrance at the back to enter the 1st Study Hall
2. Read the plaque on the floor to learn more about Nightingale and Winterowl
3. Solve the #study-hall-door to get to the 2nd Study Hall
4. Click on the Loose Pages on the table to get to the edge of the room and trigger a scene
5. Pick up the Notes from the table
– Without you won’t be able to get the Hayden Flower from Elvandar
6. Read the second plaque to learn more about Nightingale and Winterowl
7. Return to the Great Hall and read the plaque on the fountain
8. Walk up the first staircase to the Whispering Stairway and examine the right
9. If you did everything right, Lydia will open the door to the first trial now
10. Click on the statue to start the #trial-of-allegiance and answer all 3 questions correct

1. Walk down the stairs to the Aqueduct and solve the #water-pump puzzle
– Don’t forget to pull the lever on the lower floor!
2. Go to Garden Watch and solve the #minotaur-maze
3. Continue to the Garden and walk up to the small platform to start growing the #nigilis-tree
4. Activate the light from the control panel
5. Walk down the other side and pull the big lever to let the waters flow
6. Cross the bridge and put the seed into the ground, the game will take over from here
7. Because the tree is too high, you need to walk all the way back to the Academy’s Facade
8. Enter the Study Hall through the open gate
8.5. Solve the puzzle at the #study-hall-door
9. Walk until you reach the tree and take a Nigils Fruit

0.5. Enter the second Study Hall to get the Notes for the Flower
1. On the way back to the Enchanted Crossway you should see Mustavio walking through school
1. Go and find Mustavio next to the stairs to the Aqueduct and to to him about the pendant
– Without patch you will now be able to pick up the tools in the Store Room
2. Let Mustavio fix the pendant and take all the way back to Elvandar
3. Ask Elvandar about the Hayden Flower
4. Walk to the basement, then into the wine cave and take the elevator up to the kitchen
5. Look at the fire place to trigger the search for the cauldron
6. Use the Elevator to get back to the Wine Cave and move the Heavy Cauldron into the elevator
7. Walk through the Basement to the Garden and up the stairs into the Dinner Hall to reach the Kitchen’s elevator to pull up the cauldron
8. Click on the cauldron to start brewing a scene will be triggered and Zak will die
– Or you’ll see the fourth vision

1. You wake up in front of the Second Trial’s Door, go back ALL the way to the kitchen
2. Examine the window to get Zak out and enjoy the scene
3. Solve the #trial-of-wisdom

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The Steam version likes to crash at the bridge part, save often!

4. Leave the trial room and walk back to the Grand Hall
5. Ascend the Whispering Stairway all the way up to the trial door you examined all the way back after the second vision
6. Open the door and solve the #trial-of-triumph
7. Now you just need to go up the two remaining stairs to the Guardians Lair and use the teleporter

1. Go straight to Celests Room and trigger the fifth vision
2. You wake up near a disabled red teleporter, move to the Laboratory to meet Zak
2.5. (Read the plaque at the wall)
3. Use the yellow and black teleporters to reach the teleporter control room
4. Fix the #teleport to enable all teleporters
5. Leave the West Tower and walk across the Courtyard to the Main Tower and use the red teleporter at the right exit to reach the North Tower
6. Use the yellow teleporter to reach the east tower
7. Walk over the bridge to Nathaniel’s Office and examine everything
– It’s important to take the Notes from the table
7.5. (Go to the observatory and activate the rune)
8. Go back to the North Tower and try to cross the West Tower Skyway
9. A scene will trigger leading you to the Mountain Entrance
10. Pick up the tiara and talk to the ghost
– You need the info on how to activate the puzzles

1. Go to the north tower, disable the lock and solve #watch-tower puzzle
– You’ll get the numbers for the most complicated puzzle in the universe
2. Use the red teleporter back to the Main Tower
3. Take the yellow teleporter to enter the #dragons-lair to get roots for the dragon potion
– If you are willing to solve it, get pen, paper and a big mug of tea or coffee, if you skip it, you don’t need pen and paper, or do a toilet brake
4. Go back to the main floor and follow the path all the way to the Solarium
4.5. (Activate the second rune)
4.9. [Descend and go to the bowls to[b] grew a purple plant[/b]]
– It’s cheating, but it saves a lot of walking later
5. Enter the Atrium and walk through the middle gate to reach the Oracle
6. Follow the leads of the #floating-islands to reach the dragon’s skeleton and get moss
6.3. (Enter the forge and activate the third rune)
– You can now remove the ball from socket in the secret library
6.6. [solve all three puzzles for [b]#lighting-the-forge[/b]]
7. Take the red teleporter to the Laboratoy
8. Create a new potion for Zak and make him a dragon
9. Use the yellow and red teleporter to get to the Art Classroom
10. Walk past the Classroom to the North Tower to skip the next section

1. Enter the Art Classroom
2. Activate the rune in the back of the classroom
– only needed if you want the hints from the Secret Library
2.5. [You can already paint the picture]
– If you know how
3. Follow the stairs to get to portal 1 and reach the north tower
4. Cross the West Tower Skyway and enter the secret Library from the back side of the tower
5. Explore the whole #library and get the hints from the 4 tapestry
6. Return to the North Tower

1. Use the yellow teleporter to get back top the east tower
2. Go to Nathaniel’s Office and unlock the puzzle
3. Enter the bottle ship and solve the #mountain-bottle puzzle

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The Steam version likes to crash at this puzzle, save often!

4. In the alt dimension open the drawer and return to your reality
5. Open the drawer, and take the picture
6. Click the drawer again and push the button
7. Enter the secret office and check the note on table and try to unlock the puzzle

1. Leave the Office and go back to the East Tower
2. Below the teleporter you can unlock the season controller
3. Use it, and set it to winter
4. Use the blue teleporter to get to the observcatory
5. If you are really eager to solve the #telescope you’ll need the poem on the tapestry, the order of the signs shown in the upper part of the observatory and the connection between the numbers from the watch tower puzzle. Every quatrain of the tapestry is one sign and the according star to click in view finder (some langauges will need to install the unofficial patch thanks to mistranslation not hinting which star to click). The wheels of the telescope work in fixed patterns. The solution is 28 clicks if you know how it works, 23 if you broke the code.

6. Leave the Observatory and walk back to #art-classroom, the picture of celestes mother will disappear from your inventory on its own
6.5 Paint the picture with help of the color tapestry
7. Solve the picture combination puzzle, with the ? you will get hints from the game which pictures can be combined
8. Leave the Art Classroom to trigger the last vision

1. You wake up in front of the sanctuary
2. Leave it, walk to the North Tower, and use thered teleporter to get to the Main Tower
3. A scene with master Nightingale will be triggered, talk to him about the bookshelf
4. Go to the Solarium and grew the white and blue flower
– The hints for the Solarium are on the flower tapestry
4.5. If you already grew all flowers, you can now take the Container with you
5. Go back to the main Tower and use the red teleporter to the north Tower and the yellow teleporter to the East Tower
6. Walk into nathaniel’s Office and use the teleporter to the secret room
7. Solve the #bookshelf and get Nightingales Spellbook
7.5. If you haven’t solved the Solarium, yet, you need to set the season wheel back to Summer
8. Go back to Master Nightingale and give him the book to get the info about the potion ingredients

You can skip this part, if you already solved all classroom puzzles with future knowedge. For everyone else:

1. Go to the #solarium and grow the last flower
2. Take the Container
3. Continue with #lighting-the-forge to get the last Container, the solution for the pedestal is on the last tapestry, but the puzzle logic is broken without the unofficial patch
4. Use the blue teleporter back to the Atrium

If you skipped Part 3 you walk directly to the Atrium.

1. Use the red teleporter to the Laboratory and trigger a scene
2. (Talk with the owl)
3. Mix potions until Zak is human again
4. Go to the Sanctuary, the game now switches control to Zak
5. Solve the #sanctuary-portal puzzle, the hint is above the niches
6. Connect the ring and open the portal, to enter the Sanctuary
7. Go to Nathaniel for the #sanctuary puzzle
8. When the puzzle is solved you will see a short scene with Zak and Lydia and then the credits roll
– Without unofficial patch, the game will crash near the end, except the french version

LOWER PART:
Instead of opening the gate, walk down the river to meet Mustavio for the first time. If you visit him later with Zak the dialogue will be different. If you install the unofficial patch, the dialogue will also make more sense, especially on the first encounter.

After opening the main gate explore the school without Zak, if you take the notes earlier, the dialogue between Zak and Lydia will be different when you reach that spot.
You can also solve the light puzzle for the nigilis tree, examine the maze game and examine the gate that is locked with the lever.

The first kitchen elevator dialogue will be different depending on your location (Kitchen or Wine Cave).

UPPER PART:
When you reach the upper part for the first time, walk to the Courtyard instead of Celests Room and enter the teleporter room to encounter Nightingales Ghost earlier and change the dialogue after the 5th vision and infront of the sanctuary.