Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate

Rely on our Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate Walkthrough to shed some light on your investigation as you explore a vast ancient mansion in search of family secrets that might explain the unusual disturbances of late. Use our custom screenshots, detailed instructions, and comprehensive puzzle solutions to help make your way through the darkness.


Welcome to our Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate Walkthrough, your one-stop guide to solving the mystery behind the evil forces emanating from Dayona's family crypt in this exciting hidden object adventure game. Use our stunning custom screenshots, brilliantly marked, showing key item locations, our easy-to-understand instructions, and our comprehensive puzzle solutions to solve the mystery and survive yet another adventure into the darkness.

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Title Screen

Opening Story:

In Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate, you are called once again to aid a friend, this time to the ancient family estate of Dayona, a young woman who is convinced trouble is stirring within the confines of her family's crypt. Explore this vast mansion and help Dayona find the source of her problems travling between the light and the dark in search of the secrets this ancient home is hiding. Can you discover what mysterious force is behind this disturbance before it's too late? Of course you can, with a little help from our Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate Walkthrough!

General Tips for Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate

Difficulty - Three modes: Regual, Advanced, and Hardcore. In Regular Mode, sparkles indicate active areas and the hint and skip buttons charge quickly. In Advanced Mode, there are no sparkle indicators and the hint and skip buttons take longer to charge. In Hardcore Mode, there are no sparkle indicators, and no hint and skip buttons.

Journal - Your journal is found in the lower right hand corner of your screen. Game notes and observations that you make throughout the adventure can be found here.

Hand - When your cursor turns into a hand, it means you can pick the object up and add it to your inventory or interact with an object in some way.

Inventory -  Your inventory can be found at the bottom of your screen.

Magnifying Glass - When your cursor turns into a magnifying glass, it means you can zoom in and take a closer look on an area.

Hints -  The hint button is found in the lower right hand corner of your screen. Click here if you're stuck. Just remember, the button takes time to charge before you can use it again.

Menu -  The menu button is located at the bottom left-hand corner of your screen.

Mini-games - During mini-games you will have an instructions button. Click on this to get an explanation of how to solve the puzzle. There's also a restart button found in the lower right hand corner of your screen. Click on this to reset the puzzle if you've made a mistake. And finally, if you can't figure out the puzzle or don't feel like trying to solve it, you can click the skip button on the right to skip the puzzle and move on.

Navigation Cursor - When your cursor turns into an arrow, it means you can move in that direction.

Light/Dark Rooms - When you see a glowing disc, this means that you can change the room from light to dark. Certain objects or puzzles can only be found in one setting or the other.

Hidden Object Scenes - Hidden object scenes will sparkle. You will be provided with a group of items that you will then need to place back into the scene before you can get the necessary item.

And those are the basics for playing Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate. We wish you good luck and hope you enjoy our Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate Walkthrough!