Escape from Grimazel's CottageEscape from Grimazel's Cottage

Game Details:  Fantasy, 2024

Links:  Steam

Walkthrough Updated:  4/7/2026

Suggested Listening:  Help Me Out (Ash 25)

Escape from Grimazel's Cottage is a fantasy first person adventure. You awaken inside a witch's house, and must learn to cast magical spells and solve a variety of puzzles in order to escape.

Waking Up

Try to close the window, but it is stuck. Pick up the candle from the right and use it on the window, then close the window. Look at the broom, then take some broom bristles. Pick up the logs from next to the fireplace. Put the bristles in the fireplace, then add the logs. Open the chest to find a candle holder. Light your candle in the fire, then put it in the candle holder to create a lantern.

Turn left and look at the plaque on the wall, then read the letter on the shelves.

Turn left again to see a bedroom area. Examine the pillow to find a hair clip. Pick up Spellbook Volume I from the nightstand, then click on all the books in the bookshelf until you find and take Wandcrafting Volume I. Open the bottom nightstand drawer and you will find a Magical Identification Guide. Lift up the corner of the rug to reveal a trapdoor, but you can't open it yet.

Turn left and examine the cupboard on the wall. Use your hair clip to unlock it. Open the cupboard and take the corkscrew from inside. Try to pick up the jar of amphibian extract, but you will drop it.

Turn right and use the corkscrew on the trapdoor, then open the trapdoor. Hang your lantern on the nail just left of the trapdoor opening, then go down the stairs.

Into the Basement

Take the rag and use it on the puddle of amphibian extract. Pick up the box and the bag of powder from the corner of the room. Examine the box the detect there is something hidden inside. Use the Magical Identification Guide on the bag of powder, then use the revealment powder on the box - you will find a curved sewing needle. Go back upstairs.

Close the trapdoor, then use the curved sewing needle on the rug to get a strong thread. Turn right and take the small weight from the shelves. Turn right again. Examine the Wandcrafting Volume I book and click on the recipe.

In your inventory, combine the weight and the thread, then add the curved sewing needle. Examine the window, then use your weighted hook on the window to retrieve the stick. Use the rag on the stick. Turn left and use your revealment powder on the coat stand. Take the cloak and use it on the slimy stick to create a basic wand.

Basic Wand

Examine Spellbook Volume I and click on each of the 4 spells to learn them. Use the moving spell on the lucky horseshoe over the door to retrieve it. Examine this in your inventory to discover it is a magnet.

Turn right and use the opening spell on the hatch in the ceiling. Pick up the diary and examine it, then take the torn page from within. Turn left and examine the glowing moon ornament, then use it to press a switch. Remove the plaque from the wall and take The Magic of Astronomy, then read it. Turn around and examine the planets ornament, then use your magnet on it. Once it turns blue, use it to press another switch. Now you can use the opening spell on the mysterious door and go through.

Pick up the small candle from the top of the drawers, and the jar of seawater from the box on the right. Search the bottom drawer to find Spellbook Volume II. Go back and turn left, then light the small candle in the fire. Turn right and go through the door again, then place the lit candle on top of the drawers. Take the piece of paper from the corner of the picture frame, which turns out to be a magic spell, then retrieve the lit candle. Examine the magic spell in your inventory and click on it to learn it.

Back out again, then turn right, open the trapdoor, and go down the stairs to the basement. Use the moving spell on the crowbar in the ceiling to get it, then use the crowbar on the planks of wood. Climb through the hole.

Greenhouse

Pick up the pumpkin, the pestle and mortar, the knife and Wandcrafting Volume II. Read this and click on the recipe. Use the Magical Identification Guide on the flowers at the back left corner of the main bench. Pick up the chamomile. In your inventory, use the drying spell on the jar of seawater to get a jar of sea salt.

Return back, then go upstairs and turn left. Use the moving spell on the tap to fill the bucket with water. Use your cleaning spell on the rag and the cloak, then on the mixed powder to get an unknown pink powder. Use the Magical Identification Guide on the unknown powder to identify it as vanishing powder. Dip the clean rag in the bucket of water to get a wet rag.

Turn left so you are facing the fireplace. Use your vanishing powder on your basic wand. Put the basic wand in the fire, then pick up the glowing hot wand using the wet rag. Turn right and put the glowing hot wand into the bucket of water. Click on the bucket to retrieve the cooled wand. Use your chamomile petals on the cooled wand. Turn left again and open the window. Use the jar of sea salt on the cooled wand. Once you open your eyes again, pick up the advanced wand from in front of the fireplace.

Advanced Wand

Examine Spellbook Volume II and click on each of the 2 spells to learn them. Use the firestarter spell on the embers, then use the ageing spell on the apples to get some compost. Turn around and go down the stairs to the basement, then through the hole in the wall to the greenhouse.

Pick up the plant pot, then the seeds that were behind them. Use the Magical Identification Guide on the seeds to identify them as spearmint seeds. Put the compost into the plant pot, then add the spearmint seeds and wet rag. Use the ageing spell on the plant pot to get fresh mint.

Use the knife on the pumpkin, then use the pestle and mortar with the pumpkin seeds. Use the drying spell on the wet rag to get a clean rag, then use this with the crushed seeds to end up with a jar of pumpkinseed oil. Go back out to the basement and take the spider's web, then head upstairs.

Turn around and use the unlocking spell, opening spell, cleaning spell and opening spell on the top drawer - you will get a small candle holder. Place the small candle in this, then go back down to the basement. Use the small lantern with the nail on the wall. Pick up the torn page from the floor, then examine the enchantment spell in your inventory and click on it to learn the spell.

Go back upstairs and turn around to see the fireplace. Put the fresh mint into the cauldron, then add the jar of pumpkinseed oil and the spider's web. Use your empty jar on the cauldron to collect the broom tincture. Use this on the broom, then use the broom enchantment spell on the broom.

Outside

Take the spider from the tree. Pick up the stick from the ground on the left. Look in the dark hole at the base of the tree, then use the spider on the dark hole. Use the stick on the toad to cover it with slime. Pick up the cloak and use it on the stick to get a basic wand. Use the ageing spell on the brambles, then use the puddle.