Witch's House

01The boy's ball

Bring more cheese than you think you need. The mouse step is the one that gets repeated.

1. 1

   Talk to the boy by the eastern entrance to Taverley, along the hedges. His ball has gone over into the witch's garden and she has locked it in her shed.

02Breaking in

1. 1

   Go west then north around the hedge to the front door. It is locked — look under the pot to the north for the door key.

2. 2

   Read the whole diary on the table inside, then take the ladder down in the northern room.

3. 3

   Search the boxes in the basement for leather gloves if you have none. It can take a lot of attempts, so bringing your own is worth it.

   • Leather gloves
4. 4

   With gloves on, go through the gate and search the cupboard for the magnet.

5. 5

   Upstairs in the southern room, use the cheese on the mouse hole, then use the magnet on the mouse when it appears.

   You have only a moment before the mouse leaves, and the cheese is consumed either way. This is why you brought spares.

03Crossing the garden

1. 1

   The witch paces up and down the middle of the garden. Move around the outside using the hedges as cover until you reach the fountain, and search it for a key.

   Getting caught teleports you out and you have to redo most of the break-in, mouse included.

04The experiment

1. 1

   Use the key on the shed east of the courtyard, then attack the experiment rather than taking the ball.

   Touching the ball first drains your stats. Attack first, collect afterwards.

2. 2

   It has four forms and each must be killed in turn: a level 19 Skavid, a level 30 spider, a level 42 bear and a level 53 wolf.

3. 3

   Fleeing restarts the whole sequence, so bring enough food to see all four through in one go.