A Thief's Holiday 2004 - Cheat Sheet (Spoilers)
General Gameplay Hints
Generally, you use many objects in the mission as “tools”, that is, you use them on other objects.
On Expert, you'll want to find the rope arrow as soon as possible to make getting into the rafters and up
Cheats Table
This table gives the location of key items for each difficulty. Highlight a cell to reveal the spoiler.
For example, to light the fire, you should find the matchbox and then frob the fireplace log with it.
on the roof easier (although the mission can be completed on Expert without the rope arrow!)
Rope arrow location:
Stuck on the pantry wall in the kitchen, to the left of the fireplace.
To get to it, go up the ladder, walk to the edge, look down and grab it.
Normal
Hard
Expert
Front Door Key
Window sill by front door
Inside grandfather clock
in living room In rafters, far NE corner to the
right of the window
Back Door Key
N/A
On window sill behind Xmas Tree
Tool shed, in the bucket
on the left shelf
Broom
Pantry/storeroom off kitchen
Tool shed
On the roof, leaning against the
western chimney
Dustpile #1
Kitchen by fireplace
Kitchen by sink
In kitchen panty/storeroom
Dustpile #2
Kitchen by doorway leading to
north end of living room By front door
Under plant on front porch
Dustpile #3
Near back door
On front porch
Kitchen under vine
window (by fireplace)
Dustpile #4
By fireplace/Xmas tree
By Xmas tree
Back porch (porch)
Dustpile #5
In small sitting area by bookshelf
Under plant to left of fireplace
Behind Xmas tree
Dustpile #6
N/A
Up above pantry (go up ladder)
Out front at path intersection
Matches
On table to left of fireplace
in living room In lower left cupboard
in kitchen Under the back porch
next to the house
Victrola
Records Next to victrola and
on table by it On table in crawlspace
above storeroom In rafters at south
end (above library)
Ruby
N/A
Under apple on kitchen counter
Behind logs in living room fireplace,
AFTER lighting fire
Emerald
N/A
Behind plant in corner of living
room left of fireplace Inside cabbage (cut with knife)
Diamond
N/A
Outside on wall east of house
On edge of roof above back porch
Painting #1
N/A
N/A
In crawlspace above storeroom
Painting #2
N/A
N/A
Up in chimney in kitchen
Painting #3
N/A
N/A
Behind shelf in SE
corner of library
Painting #4
N/A
N/A
East rafters above tree
Painting #5
N/A
N/A
Under east end of back porch
Painting #6
N/A
N/A
On roof of shed in back yard
Cookie #1
On the counter by the sink
On the counter by the sink
On the back of the large
tree in the dark corner
of the back yard
Cookie #2
On the counter by the sink
On the counter by the sink
On the ground outside the
main gate opposite the front door
Cookie #3
On the counter by the sink
In the kitchen cupboard
with the goblets On a rafter beam above
the kitchen island
Cookie #4
On the counter by the sink
In the pantry on the top
shelf in a corner On a rafter beam above the
living room (fireplace end)
Cookie #5
On the counter by the sink
Behind the victrola
Atop a bookshelf in the
small sitting area
Knife
Kitchen counter by the cabbages
In the shed, stuck in the wall
Stuck in the frame above the large
doors leading off the property, if
you turn left when leaving through
the front door
Wine Carafe
N/A
In the kitchen fireplace
On the roof, atop the
living room chimney