Acquiring the diamond for the time machine | Walkthrough Day of the Tentacle: Remastered Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Despite the fact that you managed to bring back power to Hoagie's and Laverne's capsules, you still have to find a new diamond for Dr Fred's machine to bring the friends back. As Bernard, go to the first floor and go through the first door. Switch on the television on the cupboard and you will see an advertisement of a perfect diamond. To get it, you will need to raise some serious funds.
Get to Dr. Fred's safe
Leave the room, go down to the reception and then to Dr Fred's room. Use the phone to call the bank and check the doctor's account state. It will turn out that he doesn't have enough money to buy a new diamond. Leave the office and go to the lab through the clock. Talk to the doctor. You will learn that there is a contract in Dr Fred's safe, which when executed, will provide the rest of the money. Unfortunately, the scientist forgot the combination. You have to find a way to extract the code from the doctor's sub consciousness.
Go back upstairs and go through the room with the fireplace. Take coffee and decaf coffee. Go to the laundry room, open the pink cabinet and take the tunnel. Go back to Dr Fred's laboratory and use decaf coffee on the mug standing on table. The doctor will start sleepwalking and repeating that he has to open the safe and sign the contract.
When Dr Fred goes to his office, switch to Hoagie and head to the second floor. Go to the room located opposite the horse. Open the door and go inside. Talk to Ned Edison. Notice that he keeps putting his hammer away onto the barrel and looks at his work. Choose the dialogue options as you wish and use the left-handed hammer that you have in your inventory on the right-handed hammer to switch them. The artist will ruin his work, but motivated by his brother, he will start again, using the left-handed hammer. It will change the statue in the present.
Now you can go back to Bernard. Go to the second floor and enter the room that you just visited as Hoagie. Push the nurse - Edna and notice that thanks to the new statue, she won't stop near the door, but go down the stairs instead. When you are alone, use videotape on the VCR on the left. Now look at the monitor and press the red button (1). You will record the scene where sleepwalking Dr Fred is opening the safe and then he's being taken by agents. After watching it, rewind (2) to the beginning and press 3 to switch slow motion on. Press Play (4) and read the combination: 101 999 57. Now you can take the tape out (5). It will return to your inventory. Leave the room and go downstairs, to Dr Fred's office. Use the safe and take the contract from inside.
Release the doctor and make him sign the contract
To get Dr Fred's sign on the contract, you need to first free the scientist from the loft. Leave the office and head to the fireplace room. Go through the chimney to the room. Go through the open window on the right and take the rope that ties the doctor. Go back to the roof and use the rope and the pulley. After you do that, go down through the chimney and go outside the motel.
Switch to Hoagie and give red paint to Bernard. As Bernard, use the paint on Dead Cousin Ted. When you do that, use the Dangling Rope on him. Go back to the roof through the chimney and try to pull the rope to transport the mummy up. Unfortunately, you will fall down when trying and you will have to do it again. Go through the window to the loft and use Dead Cousin Ted on the doctor to swap them.
After a humorous cut-scene, use the rope on the scientist. Go back to the roof and pull the rope. After a while, you will find yourself in the lab with unconscious Dr Fred. To wake him up, use the tunnel on the doctor and use coffee on the tunnel. When the scientist is conscious again, talk to him and choose the following dialogue options:
- Oh, forget it. I'll get rid of Purple Tentacle myself!
- I'm starting up a petition to ban all tentacles.
When the conversation is over, you will get the doctor's signature.
Send the contract and buy the diamond for the time machine
Before sending the contract, you still need to obtain a postage stamp. Leave the lab and head to Weird Ed Edison's room (second floor, the second door on the right). Use the disappearing ink on the stamp album. Angry Ed will throw you out of the room and then he will throw out the album. One stamp will fall out. Take the stamp and the album. Give the album back to its owner and Ed will forgive you. He won't notice the lack of one stamp.
Now that you have the signed contract and the stamp, send these items to Hoagie. As Hoagie, use the stamp on the signed contract and go outside the building. Use the contract on the mailbox to send it. After a while, you will watch a cut-scene from the present, in which Dr Fred answers a call from a LucasArts representative. He will inform him that the company has transferred 2 million dollars to his account for using his family's image in a video game. You can now switch back to Bernard and go to Dr Fred's office. Use the phone standing on the desk to buy the diamond. It will be quickly delivered to you. Using the diamond, the doctor will bring Hoagie and Laverne back to the present.