Автор: The Medium is a psychological horror game, the main action of which takes place in an abandoned hotel. The main character is trying to solve the mystery of the massacres that took place in this region many years ago. In this guide, you will find a detailed walkthrough of the game, as well as the solution to all riddles and puzzles. Let’s start this The Medium walkthrough!
The Medium Full Game Walkthrough | Jack’s Apartment
After the introductory video, examine the desk, study the diary, and leave the room. You can view Jack’s apartment in no particular order. In the kitchen, next to the sink, find some cat food and put it in your pet’s bowl. This way you will unlock a secret achievement. Also, read the newspaper here on the kitchen table.
In the developing room, examine the instructions for developing photographs and develop the photograph. This is necessary so that you understand how Jack should be dressed before the farewell ceremony.
How to develop a photo:
- Place an undeveloped photo under a special lamp for 5 seconds (you will hear clicks).
- Place the photo in each of the three trays for 3 seconds (from right to left).
Return to the corridor and follow to Jack’s office. Here you can see the icons on the wall to the right, a photograph on the desktop, and a nightstand with a clock. Here, use the abilities of the main character (hold down the Ctrl key) to find Jack’s tie clip.
It remains to examine the bedroom. In this room, you can examine a photograph on your desktop, a letter from the principal, and a patient’s resuscitation card. After that, you can leave the apartment and go down to the funeral home.
Funeral Home
The next part of our The Medium guide will be about Funeral home. Open the Funeral Home door with the key from the heroine’s inventory and go inside. The door to the morgue is locked. First, you need to find the key in the main bureau room. The key is on the table, next to the burial records and family photo. Use it on the locked door and go down to the basement.
Open the freezer and examine Jack. On the chair to his left, you will see a tie. Pick it up and combine it in inventory with a tie clip. Use the item on the deceased, after which a long cut-scene will begin. Climb to the funeral home and interact with the broken jug.
Hotel Territory: How to Open the Hotel Door in The Medium
Go to the small building to the left of the gate and pick up the postcard. Walk around the building on the left, climb onto the trash can and climb over the fence. This will take you to the hotel grounds. On the way to the parking lot, you can visit the memorial to the victims of the Second World War. Follow the path until the video starts. Use your intuition and follow the children’s tracks that will lead you to the stone structure. When you get inside, you will see a split-screen for the first time. Now you will observe two dimensions at once on your screen. Go forward to the electrical panel and take the drawing.
Run to the left side of the shield and find the accumulation of energy. It should be absorbed and returned. Stand next to the shield, hold down the «space» key and release the key. At this moment, the heroine will throw out all the energy, and the grate will open in front of you. Run along the path forward and get out to the parking lot in front of the hotel.
Examine the left side of the parking lot to find an old car. There is a postcard in the driver’s seat and a screwdriver in the trunk. The last item is needed to open the hotel’s auxiliary door.
Return to the hotel entrance. To the left of the front door is a door without a handle. Use the screwdriver and go inside. You need to move the extreme trash can and climb into the broken window.
Hotel Niwa: How to Solve the Puzzle With the Clock in The Medium
Examine the abandoned items at the entrance. Go to the front desk and find a postcard there. There you will also see a closed corridor, which is a must-see place. Having done this, go back to the lobby and interact with the bell at the front desk. The screen will split again.
Use the elevator and go up to the second floor. To restore power, leave the body (hold the F key), go down to the first floor, and run towards the bright glow at the entrance to the building.
Soak up the energy and return to the elevator. On the second floor, near the elevator door, you will see an electrical panel that needs to be charged. Having done this, go to the third floor. Leave the elevator and follow the corridor to the right. There is also a locked door. Walk past it and follow forward to an open room on the left. The passage will only be open in a parallel world, so you have to leave your body to explore it.
In this room, you will find the key to the locked door. Go back and open it. Go through the restroom, then go down to the second floor through the hole in the floor. Look at the bathroom downstairs and find some collectibles in the sink (tablets and diary). Return to the room and examine the book on the far left of it. Use the cursor to find the correct position and view the memory. Having done this, go out to the balcony. You will see a scene with the collapse of the balcony, after which you need to leave the body and follow on in a parallel world.
You need to get into the bathroom and pick up an old razor blade. Go back and use a razor to remove the skin walls. Go to the same room in the real world and take a dried sunflower. It must be placed in a vase that is in the very first room. Thus, you create an energy charge. Restore energy and walk along the corridor through the cluster of butterflies.
Climb to the third floor, move the cart with clothes and run to the right along the corridor. On the left, you will find the only open space — the hotel caretaker’s office. First, look around the reception area and find a drawing and a few notes. Enter the office. Examine the writing desk. Pick up a lantern, a small key, and a note from the stranger. Use the key to open the door on the clock and solve the puzzle.
You can solve the clock puzzle in the following way:
- Rewind time back to the very end and restore the energy of the heroine’s spirit.
- Find the time period in which the secret door in the parallel world is open.
- Enter the room in the spirit of the heroine and restore the power supply to the secret door.
- To find the switch and open the door, interact with the cabinet and use your intuition.
When you find yourself in the secret room, you need to find the following items:
- Three bottles of solutions.
- Tray.
- Photo paper.
- A note from a stranger.
Place the tray on a table next to similar items and pour the solution into each. It doesn’t matter in which order you do this. The only important thing is how you develop the photo. If you run into difficulties, use the following The Medium tips:
- Turn on the red light (switch next to the instruction).
- Place photo paper under the lamp for 5 seconds.
- Place the photo in the developer tray for 3 seconds.
- Then leave the photo in the tray with the solution for 3 seconds.
- And in the last solution, «fixer» for the same time.
Run Away From the Monster Guide
Now, this The Medium guide will tell you how to run away from the monster. After the video on the engine, continue to run forward from the monster, and when you find yourself at the fork (the monster will come right at you), turn left. Be sure to restore energy and leave the room. This level needs to be passed by stealth. Just wait for the monster to move away from you and sneak on your heels. When you get to the open area, wait for the enemy to move away and run towards the exit. Walk along the cliff and watch the cut-scene, after which the heroine will again find herself on the first floor of the hotel.
Enter the Break Room: How to Solve the Soul Puzzle Guide
To open this The Medium quest, check the radio at the front desk. A girl from a parallel world will advise you to go to the recreation room. Run towards the main entrance to the building, opposite which the door has opened. Enter the room with the pool and see all the useful items. Go to the dressing room through the shower room and go up to the large corridor. Follow to the end of the corridor and examine the bolt cutter. Go back to run the mirror script.
Use your intuition to find all the toys and recreate memories. In total, you need to find four items: a spinning top, a teddy dog, a bear, and a tank. When you find yourself in the dressing room again, examine one of the lockers. This will reveal a wooden cat and a torn illustration. Having done this, return to the corridor on the second floor and interact with the mirror. From this moment on, broken mirrors will be a portal to another dimension, as well as a key moment in the passage of the game.
Climb the stairs to the second floor and find Bernard’s Shackled Soul. There is a place of power in the next room. Restore energy and banish the butterflies from the room opposite. Pick up the mask here and return it to the constrained soul. Prepare to run — a monster will appear at this moment!
Once in the real world, the monster will not leave you. Now he will appear from time to time and chase the heroine. To hide from him, move in a squat, and also hold your breath if the monster comes too close (hold down the Alt key). Wait for him to leave the room and then move. Here you will find another mirror.
In the parallel world, examine the viewing room and pick up some collectibles. Leave the room. Here you will see two chained souls — a guy and a girl. After interacting with them you can find the key to the door. However, for now, this is not really necessary. First, you need to free the guy’s soul.
From this place, walk along the corridor to the left and pick up another drawing. Go upstairs, find the man’s mask and follow the mirror to get into the meeting room. Here you will find a list of those present in the hall, an ashtray with a memory, and numbered chairs.
Examine the ashtray and listen to the flashback. Go back to the list and mark place # 9. Walk up to it, then to place # 4. Go back to the list and mark place # 4. Thus, the heroine will understand the name of the man. If you do not mark the found places on the list, then the script will not work and you will not be able to continue The Medium Walkthrough.
Do not rush to head back down the corridor, as the monster will attack you here again. When this happens, return to the conference room, wait for him to enter, and leave the room. Free the guy and return to the real world through the very first mirror.
Use your intuition and find the key on the floor between the sink and the trash can. Use it to open the door next to the mirror. In the next room, examine the trash can on the left side of the room and pick up the postcard. In the far right corner of the room, interact with the mirror.
Walk along the edge of the landslide and travel back to the real world. In a large room, you will meet a monster. Try not to get caught by him and get out into the corridor. As soon as this happens, the monster will lag behind you. There is an unlocked room at the end of the corridor on the left. Here on the table, examine the business card and poster with a memory. Use the mirror to go to the next room. Take your time to return to the real world. Examine the dressing room under the guise of a spirit and find a woman’s mask.
To find out the girl’s name, use your intuition and find a snippet from the phone book by the bed. Apply it to the book itself and select the underlined phone number. You will find out the name of the friend of the room owner. Now examine the bracelet with the engraved names on the mirror cabinet. After that, leave the room, return to the imprisoned souls and free them. The shackles will come off, and you will be able to continue your walkthrough of The Medium.
Use the mirror, leave the room and pick up the bolt cutter in the corridor near the edge. Return to the hallway and use the bolt cutter to enter the Dayroom on the first floor and watch a cutscene.
Examine the Dayroom: How to Solve the Globe Puzzle
The next part of our The Medium all quests walkthrough is the Dayroom. Some of the passageways in this room are now locked, but you can collect available items. First, look around and find two sheets of music. Go to the door in the far right corner and leave the body of the medium. In this room, you need to pick up the missing piece of the globe to solve the puzzle. Go to the room with the globe and interact with it. Place the missing piece and solve the puzzle. From three plates you have to make a mask.
You can now open a way to the balcony in both worlds. Walk through the balcony and look around the piano room. Here, pick up the key to the teacher’s room in the real world (the room where you picked up the plate for the globe). In the staff room, on the table, you will find the third piece of a music book. Combine all the fragments in inventory, return to the piano and leave the notes here. Restore energy in the emerging place of power and go through the swarm of butterflies to the assembly hall.
Examine the painting on the left side of the hall, then use your intuition and find a few more important items. When a wheelchair appears in front of you, interact with it and find yourself in a parallel world.
Free Richard From the Demons
After a lengthy cutscene, you will play Thomas. His abilities are slightly different from the spirit of Marianne. For example, he knows how to destroy obstacles and parry the blows of enemies. Get to the estate and take the knife from the table to the left of the entrance. A passage to the office of the father of the family will get opened. Examine the following items:
- The pipe is on the table.
- Album in the drawer of the table.
- Medal on the fireplace.
- Photo.
- Burnt letter in the fireplace (you need to use a knife).
After that, go to the coffin and restore the supply of energy to get rid of the tentacles that block access to the painting.
Run through the maze, examining various objects, until you find yourself in the estate again. Return to the hall. You will see that the stairs on the left lead to the second floor. This will take you to your stepfather’s room.
Examine the chair. Stepfather asks to bring him an unknown item. You don’t have to try to please him: use your intuition and bring one by one any three objects that you find in the room. When the tentacle starts attacking you, come close to it and use the energy barrier to get rid of it.
Once in Richard’s room, restore energy and walk down the tentacled hallway. Get rid of the undergrowth in the second picture and examine the maze again. In the attic, you need to find three items to open the place of power and replenish the energy supply. These three items are the following:
- A plate with the inscription “collaborator.”
- Letter.
- A can of coffee.
After that, you can go to the maze from the third picture. The terrain here will be similar to the previous labyrinths, but only with the presence of tentacles. Don’t forget to parry blows with your shield. In the maze itself, you need to find several bushes with roses, after which you will again find yourself in the body of Marianne.
Walk Through the Forest (Ruins)
In the hotel’s courtyard, find a postcard and an echoing memory in a phone machine. Follow the path to the fork. It doesn’t matter which path you take, the heroine will eventually meet a stray dog. If you follow him, then you can feed the dog and find his dead owner in the tent. At this moment, a monster will appear, from which you will have to run away again.
Once in the ruins, walk along the wooden board, move the rack and go down into the tunnel. When the monster starts chasing you, interact with the concrete mixer and leave the tunnel.
How to Start the Generator
There is a passage to the ruins to the left of the generator. Here you will find a can of fuel, as well as the rise, which you need to climb. Run along the columns and wooden planks to the opposite side until a monster appears. Use stealth and cut the rope with a load to distract the enemy. Follow the hill until you find a lever. It makes no sense to return since the passage behind is already blocked. Use the bolt cutter, lower the wooden bridge and return to the generator.
Use the lever on the gate, pour fuel into the generator, and start the engine. Push the platform forward to get rid of the monster for a while.
The Road to the Red House | How to Open the Barn Door
When you leave the ruins, the screen will split into two again. Run to the barn and find the doll in the garage. Place it next to two similar dolls on the bench in front of the barn to activate the place of power. Go to the car pit that has a lift switch above it. Leave your body and walk around the building under the guise of a spirit. Here you will see an annex that you can use to climb into the attic and start the generator.
When you have this done, return to the real world and interact with the lift. The passage to the observation hole will open and you can pick up the lever. Interact with the jack and run to the burned down house. Find two powerful memories to progress through the story.
Stop Henry
You play as Thomas again. In addition to the abilities you already know, now the spirit of this medium is able to get rid of large objects blocking the path. In this part of the walkthrough, there are no difficulties: just run forward, use an energy shield and remove objects from the road. After reaching baby Henry, Marianne will again take control of the body.
Red House | How to Solve the Butterfly Puzzle
Let’s continue this The Medium walkthrough by the butterfly puzzle solution. Examine the ruins of the burnt house and find three photographs. Place them on the fireplace in the following order (from left to right):
- Wedding photo (rectangular frame).
- Photo of a family with one child (round frame).
- Photo of a family with two children (rectangular frame).
Interact with the mirror. Find a red butterfly and a mask of joy in the fireplace. Go back. The toy house is now open. You can move the toy mirror between three rooms. Go to the upper left room. Find here a toy fish on the table, a serenity mask under the pillow, and a blue butterfly. In the upper right room, attach the found fish to the «carousel» to get a white butterfly. Here, take the last yellow butterfly and place it at the foot of the bed in the following order (from left to right):
- Red.
- Yellow.
- White.
- Blue.
A chest will open from which you can pick up the mask of surprise. Return to the upper right room and arrange the masks in the following order (from left to right):
- Mask of joy.
- Mask of serenity.
- And the mask of surprise.
It is worth warning that after that a flock of butterflies will attack the heroine. Try to get back to the mirror as quickly as possible.
When the mirror is broken, a passage to the basement will open. Examine all available items and find the passage to the door with a combination lock. To open this door, you need to enter the password — 1966.
Bunker | Pump Station Puzzle Solution
Go down to the bunker and find the control room. First, you need to apply power to the electrical panel to activate the pumps. Go back a bit from the control room and stop at the stairs. Leave the body, restore the energy supply and transfer it to the electrical panel.
Pump water from the east chamber to the west and center. Go downstairs, find the valve and open the valve on the tank. Do the same for the western camera. When both tanks are open, pump out excess water and place the rest in the west chamber. You should have the same result as in the screenshot below.
Go down to the east chamber and find the opened pressurized door. At this moment, a monster will attack you again. The tactics of fighting him will change slightly:
- After the end of the video, immediately leave the body (key F).
- Run through the open door to the left of the monster and let yourself be caught.
- When the enemy catches you, press the F key again to be in the real world.
- Run to the pressurized door and interact with the lever.
In the bunker, find an electrical panel with switches. When interacting with it, a short circuit will occur. You need to replace the fuse. It can be taken in the next corridor from a similar dashboard. To stabilize the power supply, turn on the first, second, and fourth levers. Examine the bunker, find three shards in different rooms, and insert them into the mirror. Watch the game concluding video.
This is the end of our The Medium game full walkthrough. Hope you enjoyed it! For more The Medium guides, make sure to visit our sections related to this game. Good luck!