The Silver Crow Walkthrough Chapter 1 – 3 Solution

The Silver Crow is a 2D puzzle adventure game available on Steam, developed by Dreamagination.

The story is set in Germany during the Renaissance in 1582, blending historical mystery, occult horror, political intrigue, and classic puzzle-solving.

You play as Conrad, the town’s executioner, whose mission is to uncover the hidden truth behind a conspiracy threatening society.

Throughout the game, you’ll investigate crime scenes, solve challenging puzzles, unravel occult mysteries, and expose the truth behind a dangerous political conspiracy.

In this guide, you’ll find the complete The Silver Crow Walkthrough, covering Chapters 1 through 3 with step-by-step solutions to help you progress through the game.

The Silver Crow Walkthrough Chapter 1 – 3 Solution

Chapter 1: Ash and Wax

Getting Started

• Open chest by bed → clothes not there
• Go downstairs → talk to wife → clothes are in backyard
• Pick up kitchen scraps from kitchen
• Go to backyard → feed scraps to animal → 🏆 Achievement
• Pick up clothes → get dressed
• Answer the door → noble lady needs help for her son Kaspar’s injured leg

Healing Potion Puzzle

1. Open cupboard → take spirits
2. Pick up herbs
3. Pick up bandages
4. Crush herbs in mortar
5. Mix crushed herbs + spirits
6. Apply bandages to potion bottle
7. Use potion on Kaspar’s leg → earn 10 coins

Crime Scene

• Follow the guardian to the murder scene
• Examine: painting (portrait of wine merchant), silver crow (heirloom), black feather (pick up), candle, floor (pentagram)
• Talk to witch hunter → exhaust all dialogue
• Examine body: wounds = bird beak sized, face = same wounds, bag
• Conclude: crows killed the painter → merchant is suspect → merchant arrested

Dungeon Interrogation

• Go to Council Chamber → Dungeon
• Visit torture chamber → examine everything → pick up pliers
• Talk to Bruno → enter prisoner’s cell
• Interrogate merchant → he denies guilt
• Describe all torture tools (pliers, iron maiden, rack) → 🏆 CSI Achievement
• Use pliers on merchant → ghost vision stops you
• New option: “Listen Carefully” → merchant reveals:
  • Painter had affair with magistrate’s wife
  • Merchant delivered love letters between them
  • A letter is hidden at his house
  • House key is in flower pot by window

Wenzil’s House

• Travel to Wenzil’s House → get key from flower pot → enter
• Examine wine barrels/bottles (needed later)
• Find and open the letter → reveals:
  • Kaspar is the painter’s son (not magistrate’s)
  • Painter hid a key behind Kaspar’s portrait in his home

Painter’s House Break-In

• Front door blocked by guardian → go to alley (back entrance)
• Back door locked, but 2nd-floor window is open
• Spot broken cart → needs a wheel

Getting the wheel:

1. Go to tavern (Town Hall → walk toward the bell)
2. 🏆 Examine feather barrel outside → talk to bartender about goose feathers
3. Bartender wants wine barrel in exchange for wheel
4. Go to Wenzil’s House → 2nd floor → pick up wine barrel
5. Return to tavern → trade wine for wheel

Climbing up:

1. Use wheel on broken cart → cart repaired
2. Climb to 2nd floor window

Inside Painter’s House

• Find key behind Kaspar’s painting
• Use sack on mouse hole (muffle noise) → then use pliers
• Pliers break → retrieve: key + silver crow head with blood
• Go to kitchen → talk to maid → painter had apprentice Hans who disappeared
• Go to cellar → use key on cupboard → find hair + painting of boy

Finding Hans

• Go to patrician lady’s house → servant blocks you
• Show lock of hair → servant lets you in
• Lady says Hans was raised at the church
• Go to church → priest refuses to help (all 3 options fail)
• Talk to beggar outside → he wants beer
• Go to tavern → buy beer → give to beggar
• Beggar reveals: priest sneaks out every midnight
• Conrad decides to follow the priest

Chapter 2: The Moon and Iron

Following the Priest

• Hide behind the church → wait for midnight
• Follow priest through: city gates → forest → fields → deeper forest → watermill
• Priest delivers bread to Hans, who’s been hiding here

Confronting Hans

• Enter watermill → talk to Hans
• Hans’s story: painter got drunk, stared at Kaspar’s painting, stumbled up stairs, tripped, fell through railing, hit head → died
• It was an accident — no murder
• Hans knows nothing about pentagram/feathers/candles — they weren’t there when he fled

Witch Hunter’s Betrayal

• Witch hunter appears — he followed you
• He kills Hans
• Truth revealed: witch hunter staged the entire crime scene (feathers, pentagram, candles)
• He sets the watermill on fire and locks you inside

Escape the Burning Watermill

1. Pick up rope from bag on floor
2. Try rope on window → too short
3. Hooded woman appears → gives you a 2nd rope → also too short
4. 🏆 Hidden Achievement: try placing ropes on window and door separately before combining
5. Combine both ropes in inventory
6. Attach long rope to lever → pull lever → door breaks open → escape!

Chapter 3: Fire and Feather

Waking Up

• Find clothes nearby → get dressed
• Hooded woman reveals: she’s the daughter of the woman from your nightmares
• Witch hunter is corrupt → she’s been gathering evidence
• She sends you to the patrician lady for help
• Pick up bell before leaving

Getting to the Lady

• 🏆 Go home first → talk to wife → Home Sweet Home achievement
• Go to lady’s house → witch hunter is there → hide in garden
• Meet Kaspar in garden → his dog swallowed his parrot
• Need to replace the parrot → boy gives you money

Buying the Parrot

• Go to market square → give coins to vendor
• Select correct parrot: red head, green wings, yellow back, purple tail
• Give parrot to boy → he delivers your message
• Receive reply letter → lady gives name of a notary with evidence

Street Musicians Puzzle

1. Go to notary → musicians too loud to talk
2. 🏆 Use bell on musicians (achievement, but doesn’t solve it)
3. Go to tavern → find sad jester (Carla left him)
4. Talk through all options → give him the bell → 🏆 Cowbell achievement
5. Jester leaves → pick up broken flute
6. Go home → pick up bandages → combine with flute → repaired flute
7. Return to musicians → play all melodies → they love one and leave

Stealing the Documents

• Talk to notary → he refuses to hand over documents
• 🏆 Tell him baby name → change name 3 times → achievement
• Trick: when you say a name, notary looks away → click bookshelf to steal documents

The Trial

• Go to Town Hall → accuse witch hunter → present documents as evidence
• Trial begins → witch hunter almost escapes
• Ghost of innocent woman appears → scares the guardian into confessing
• Guardian was witch hunter’s partner all along
• Witch hunter found guilty → justice served

Achievements

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