Welcome to Into Indie Games’ walkthrough for Chapter 9 of Crushed in Time.
As Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson manage to return to their apartment in 221B Baker Street, things seem fine. However, as Watson goes to talk with Holmes, the real problem begins. The entire world has turned into Watson, and they must figure out how to get everyone back to normal.
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Table of contents
Coming up with a Plan
After a long cutscene, Sherlock Holmes (who looks like Watson) and Dr. Watson get into the Sherlock-o-Motive to look for Emma in the Manor. Help them get on their way by cranking the starter of the vehicle.
When they reach the Manor, Emma Files comes out, also sharing Watson’s looks. While talking about the anomaly, Dr. Watson realizes the best person to figure this out is Mr. Wilhelm. Luckily, Sherlock still has the leaflet that Mr. Wilhelm gave us back in Chapter 1.
But the paranoid Mr. Wilhelm didn’t write out the address directly. You’ll have to decode the leaflet by folding the page to figure out the location of his secret Bunker.
To decode the leaflet, follow the steps below:
- Fold the left side
- Fold the right side
- Fold the top left corner
- Fold the bottom left corner
- Fold the top right corner
- Fold the bottom right corner.
If done correctly, the leaflet will reveal a map showing Mr. Wilhelm’s location.
As the group gets back into Sherlock-o-Motive, crank up the engine to reach Mr. Wilhelm’s Bunker.
After the cutscene, Mr. Wilhelm will ask Sherlock to vacuum him up using the machine on his bag. Drag Mr. Wilhelm towards the mouth of the vacuum and hold it until he disappears.
Next, pull on the machine on Sherlock‘s back to eject Mr. Wilhelm.
Finally, vacuum in Dr. Watson and learn how you can use him as a projectile.
After this, Mr. Wilhelm tells you of his plan to gather all the Watsons in the world to trigger an event he calls The Great Reset. Of course, the first step for you is to gather all the Watsons in one place.
Once the cutscene ends, you’ll be back on the map with five locations marked on it. You have to go to each of these locations and gather all the Watsons in the area.
You can do this in any order you want. Once you vacuum five Watsons into the machine, Sherlock and Dr. Watson will return to the Bunker to drop them off.
Dr. Watson’s Clones in London
We’ll head to the London location first, where you’ll find a total of 11 Watsons.
221B Baker Street
As soon as you arrive at 221B Baker Street, you’ll spot all three Watsons in the area. The first one is hiding under the fence on the left side of the door to Sherlock’s apartment.
You can simply drag him toward Sherlock to vacuum him up.
For the one hanging from the balcony, move Sherlock and Dr. Watson up the street by smacking their face. Then vacuum the real Dr. Watson into the machine.
Hit the hanging Watson using the real Dr. Watson so that he falls off. Now you can just scoop him up.
Head up the street toward the Watson on the lamppost next by smacking both Sherlock’s face. Try vacuuming the Watson on the lamppost. But he’s refusing to let go.
Stop vacuuming, and you’ll see the Watson fly up to the sky.
Wait in the location for a few seconds, and he’ll eventually drop back down. Vacuum him up afterwards. Use the yellow sign to head into the Back Alley.
Baker Street Back Alley
There are two Watsons to be found in the area. The first one is hiding behind the bush on the right, and the other is hiding behind the signboard and the pig mask.
Pull the bush into the vacuum to reveal the Watson hiding behind it. Then use the vacuum to scoop him in.
You have to do a bit more work for the next one. Interact with the barrel of tar twice to push it toward the screen.
Then use the blue guillotine device next to the barrel a couple of times until tar spills out of it.
Push the tar below the signboard where the fake Watson is hiding.
Then move Sherlock and Dr. Watson up the alley. Vacuum the real Dr. Watson and fire him at the signboard.
The fake Watson will fall off and get stuck in the tar, giving you an opening to vacuum him in. We’re done with the outside area, so you can head inside Sherlock’s Apartment to grab the rest of the Watsons.
Apartment Entry Hall
There are three Watsons in the entry hall of Sherlock’s Apartment. You can easily see two of them. The third one is hiding inside the dumbwaiter.
First, smack the Watson disguised as a lamp by pulling it from below. Then drag him toward the vacuum.
For the one hiding inside the grandfather clock, interact with the clock and set the time to 12 so that the alarm goes off.
The fake Watson will come out of the clock, and you can vacuum him in.
For the third one, set the time on the grandfather clock to 8:30 to activate the dumbwaiter. This will cause the fake Watson to peek out from the dumbwaiter.
Scoop the real Dr. Watson into the vacuum. Then pull the dumbwaiter door downwards so that the fake Watson pops out. Quickly fire the real Watson at the fake Watson to stun the latter.
Interact with the lever to send him upstairs to the study. You’ll have to vacuum him from Sherlock’s Study. Head up the stairs when you’re done.
Sherlock’s Study
After reaching the study, interact with the photo on the wall to reveal the Watson in the dumbwaiter and vacuum him in.
There are three more Watsons in the area. One is hiding behind the sofa, the second is inside the chimney, and the third Watson is hiding inside the telephone cabinet’s drawer.
Interact with the chimney three times to force the Watson hiding inside to come out. You can vacuum him in afterwards.
Push the sofa to the right by interacting with it. Vacuum the fake Watson hiding behind it.
For the final Watson in the cabinet, pull on the drawer handle. This will cause the telephone plug to pop out. Plug it into the socket on the left.
Suck in the real Dr. Watson into the vacuum and shoot him at the drawer.
As the fake Watson screams, quickly pull on the telephone. The fake Watson will answer the phone. When this happens, pull the drawer downwards to launch the fake Watson to the ceiling. You’ll have to be quick!
Vacuum him in using the machine. With the last of the Watsons recovered, you can now head on to the next location. For us, it’s the Countryside.
Dr. Watson’s Clones in the Countryside
There are four fake Watsons in total that you have to find in the Countryside. Two of them are hiding right at the entrance: one behind the Sherlock-o-Motive, and one behind the bush.
For the first one, simply shoot the real Dr. Watson three times at the vehicle to push it out of the way. The fake Watson (sheep) comes out, and you can scoop it up.
Then make Sherlock and Dr. Watson change position so you can interact with the bush. Drag the bush toward the vacuum.
Sherlock will scoop up the bush, revealing the Watson Clone hiding behind it.
Head to the next area using the yellow sign when you’re ready. The Watson Clone here is hiding in the apple tree.
Smack on Sherlock’s face to make him switch position. Then scoop in Dr. Watson and launch him at the fence three times to break it.
Smack Sherlock’s face once again to move him toward the apple tree. Then vacuum in the apple hanging on the tree.
Interact with the apple tree again to drop another one. Keep vacuuming apples and interacting with the tree until the Watson Clone peeks out. Then vacuum him in.
Head to the next location where you met Mr. Wilhelm the first time. You’ll find the last Watson Clone flying around as a bird.
Move Sherlock towards the barrel and vacuum the powder.
Interact with the bird Watson so that it sits on top of the fake wall. Then push the barrel to the right so that it tips over.
Fire the real Dr. Watson at the tipped-over barrel to push it toward the fake wall. Then pull it downwards so that the barrel is upright again.
Suck in the real Watson again and shoot him at the fake wall. The bird Watson will fall into the barrel.
Push the barrel back to the left and vacuum it in. With all four Watson Clones recovered in the Countryside, it’s time to head to Emma’s Manor.
Dr. Watson’s Clones in the Manor
Like London, there are 11 total Watson Clones that we must recover in the Manor, and some of them are pretty well hidden.
Manor Grounds
You’ll arrive at the Manor grounds where you can find two Watson Clones. There’s one hiding in the crooked tree behind the real Dr. Watson, and another inside the fountain.
Move the real Dr. Watson to the door of the Manor. Then slash him on the face with water from the fountain.
This will force him to move to the other side of the fountain. Move Sherlock toward the real Dr. Watson and vacuum him in.
Turn the statue toward Sherlock and fire Dr. Watson into the fountain’s opening to clog the flow of water.
Move Sherlock close to the Watson hiding in the fountain. Then start vacuuming the water until the Watson Clone is revealed and vacuum him in as well.
For the one hiding in the tree, ring the Manor’s doorbell. You’ll see something pop up over the tree’s shadow. When that happens, interact with the tree to make the fake Watson fall out.
Move Sherlock toward the Watson Clone and vacuum him in before heading inside the Manor.
Manor Entry Hall
There are three Watson Clones in the entry hall of the Manor. One is hiding behind the curtain above the door, one is behind Emma’s portrait, and the last one is inside a metal statue.
Move Watson close to Sherlock and suck him in using the vacuum. Move the curtain above the door by pulling on it. Then fire Watson toward the Watson Clone to make him fall. Vacuum the Watson Clone afterwards.
Pull on Emma’s portrait to reveal the second fake Watson. Move Sherlock towards him and vacuum him in.
Move Sherlock back to his original spot. Then vacuum in the real Watson and shoot him at the burning fire of the fireplace.
This will cause a hot coal to pop out of the fireplace. Move Sherlock toward it and scoop it up.
Interact with the metal statue to pop open the helmet and shoot the hot coal into its mouth.
As the fake Watson peeks out of it, quickly shoot the real Dr. Watson at the shield of the statue.
This will cause the Watson Clone to shoot out of the statue, and you can vacuum him in. Now that you’re done, head into the Laboratory on the right.
Laboratory
The laboratory has two fake Watsons: one hiding behind the coat rack, and another in the vents.
For the one in the vent, first flip the chalkboard so that the hook is out. Then shoot Dr. Watson at the chalkboard so that he grabs onto the hook.
With Watson hanging on to the hook, move Sherlock so that he’s standing right above the vent on the floor. Then pull on the chalkboard.
Watson will shoot into the vent and force the Watson Clone out for you to scoop up.
The one behind the coat rack is pretty easy to retrieve. Simply pull the coat upward to make it fall and vacuum the Watson in. Head down to the basement next.
Basement
Of the two Watson Clones in the basement, one is hanging on the valve that controls the bathroom water, and the other is hiding inside the barrel on the left.
First move Sherlock and Watson into the room. Then shoot Watson at the box below the hanging Watson Clone to pop the lid open.
Interact with the box once again for a lightbulb to fall out. Push the lightbulb all the way to the left below the last hanging cable.
Use the pulley on the left to bring the cable down. Then throw the lightbulb at the cable to hook it up.
Similar to the puzzle in Chapter 2, move the lightbulb along the cables all the way to the right. Then use the vacuum to suck in the light bulb.
Fire the light bulb at the hanging Watson Clone to make him fall off. Vacuum him in afterwards.
Suck in the real Dr. Watson and shoot him at the barrel on the left to reveal the second Watson Clone in the basement. Vacuum him in.
Before heading up to the bathroom, interact with the red valve where the fake Watson was hanging to turn the water on.
Bathroom
There are two Watson Clones in the Bathroom: one is hiding behind the door, and the other only shows up in the mirror when the real Dr. Watson is standing in front of it.
Close the door to the bathroom to find the first fake Watson.
Now that you’ve got the water turned on, turn the bathtub faucet on.
Move both Watson and Sherlock toward the bathtub. You’ll see the fake Watson appear as a reflection on the mirror.
Move Watson back toward the door. Also interact with the carpet so that it gets pushed toward the door.
Then interact with the tub to make it jump. It will spill some water on the floor and create a puddle.
Make Watson move in front of the mirror again. But this time, he’ll walk closer to the mirror because of the puddle.
The reflection will also be close enough for Sherlock to vacuum it in. With the last Watson Clone in the Manor recovered, we’ll be heading to the Bunker.
Dr. Watson’s Clones in the Bunker
There are only two Watson Clones in the Bunker: one is above the entrance, and the other is hiding in a hole behind a bush.
Using Sherlock, suck up the bushes shown in the images above.
The first one has an empty hole, and the other has the fake Watson hiding in another hole. When you move Sherlock toward the fake Watson, he’ll simply burrow down and come up through the second hole.
Move Sherlock to the starting position and suck in the real Watson. Then fire him straight at the hole closest to you.
Then make Sherlock move toward the fake Watson in the second hole. With no other hole to go to, he’ll simply reappear in the same hole, and you can vacuum him in.
For the second one, move both Sherlock and the real Dr. Watson to the large arrow sign. Then vacuum in the bush below the sign.
Interact with the switch below the sign once the bush is gone to move the sign out of the way.
Shoot the real Watson at the clone that’s sitting above the entrance to make it fall off.
Move over to him once he falls and use the vacuum to suck him in. There’s only one spot left for us, and that’s the Train Station.
Dr. Watson’s Clones in the Train Station
The Train Station has the final two Watson Clones that you need to retrieve. One of them is on the roof of the building, and the other is hiding behind the train’s chimney.
First things first, push the cart below the fake Watson on the roof all the way to the left so that it’s positioned under the coal funnel.
Move Sherlock and Watson toward the coal funnel and fire Dr. Watson at the pipe.
When the cart is filled with coal, push it back to its original spot. Also position Sherlock and Watson near the clone on the roof.
Shoot Watson at the clone so that it falls into the cart.
When the clone falls, push the cart all the way to the left. Move Sherlock close to the cart and vacuum it in along with the clone.
For the final Watson Clone that’s hiding behind the train’s chimney, shoot Dr. Watson at the chimney three times.
The clone will fall off, and Sherlock can scoop him in.
This will trigger a cutscene after which the next chapter begins.
This concludes the ninth part of our walkthrough for Crushed in Time. For more interesting articles related to indie games, check out the links below:
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Muhit Rahman lives off two things: gaming marathons and endless cups of tea. He writes guides, reviews, and occasionally forgets that real life doesn’t come with checkpoints. His favorite genres are Soulslike and Metroidvania, with Dark Souls III, Hollow Knight, and Dota 2 forever holding top spots on his all-time list.
