The Cursed Cottage map in Escape Room: The Sealed Castle has several puzzles that you need to solve before you can escape. You’ll work with pumpkin symbols, hidden codes, a spooky button sequence, cat statues, and carved pumpkins scattered around the cottage.
In this guide, I’ll walk you through every puzzle in the correct order, from finding the first key to opening the final gate. I’ve included the codes and symbol combinations so you can follow along without getting stuck.
Escape Room The Sealed Castle Cursed Cottage Walkthrough
If you’re trying to finish the Cursed Cottage map quickly, follow each section below and use the listed solutions whenever you reach a new puzzle.
1. Solve the Pumpkin Size Puzzle
At the beginning of the map, you’ll find a puzzle involving plates marked with pumpkins of different sizes. Your job is to match each plate to the size shown by its corresponding pumpkin.
Use these size categories:
- Largest: Set the plate to the maximum size.
- Medium: Set the plate to the medium size.
- Smallest: Set the plate to the minimum size.
Match the two largest pumpkins first, then set the two medium pumpkins accordingly. The remaining smallest pumpkin should be set to the minimum size.
Once you solve the puzzle, you’ll receive a cutter.
Find the Hidden Keypad
Use the cutter to remove the nail holding the poster on the wall. Behind the poster, you’ll discover a keypad.
The combination comes from the words Happy Halloween. Look at the lettering upside down and match the colored letters to numbers:
| Color | Letter appearance | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | Looks like 7 | 7 |
| Brown | Looks like O | 0 |
| Light blue | Looks like E | 3 |
Enter the code 703 to receive a key. Use this key to unlock the nearby door and enter the cottage.
2. Unlock the Bookshelves With the HAUNT Code
Inside the cottage, look for a removable tile. Click it to reveal a set of letters with different heights.
The letters are not arranged in the correct order yet. You need to compare their heights with the candles nearby and arrange them from tallest to shortest.
The correct letter order spells:
HAUNT
Enter HAUNT into the letter puzzle. Once you enter the correct word, the bookshelves downstairs will move, revealing a hidden passage.
3. Complete the Skull, Ghost, and Bat Puzzle
Follow the newly opened passage until you reach a puzzle with buttons representing Halloween symbols.
A nearby poster provides the pattern you need to follow. Start with the skull and then match the remaining symbols in the correct order.
The complete sequence is:
Skull → Ghost → Bat → Ghost → Skull → Ghost → Bat
Press the buttons in that exact order. Be sure to check the symbols carefully, as pressing them in the wrong sequence may prevent you from completing the puzzle.
When you solve it, you’ll receive a yellow cat statue.
4. Rotate the Four Cat Statues
Take the yellow cat statue upstairs, where you’ll find four cat statues that need to be positioned correctly.
The solution is hidden in the spider webs around the cottage. Examine the colored web clues and match each color to its indicated direction.
Use these positions:
| Color | Direction |
|---|---|
| Green | Up |
| Purple | Left |
| Red | Down |
| Yellow | Diagonally up-left |
Rotate each cat statue until all four match the directions above. Completing this puzzle rewards you with a broom.
5. Use the Broom to Reveal the Graveyard Pumpkins
The broom is used to clear away the debris blocking the next area. Find the object you need to sweep and interact with it using the broom.
After clearing it, pumpkins will appear on the graves or tombstones. These pumpkins have different faces and shapes, and you must match them with clues hidden around the cottage.
You’ll also find a poster that helps you identify which pumpkin belongs to each location.
6. Match Every Pumpkin to Its Hidden Clue
This is the final major puzzle in Cursed Cottage. You need to inspect different locations around the cottage and use their clues to set the correct pumpkin faces.
Work through the locations one by one.
Heart on the Tombstone
Look for the ribbon clue. When you approach the ribbon, a skull appears, revealing a heart-shaped symbol with a sad expression.
Find the tombstone with a heart at the top and rotate its pumpkin until it displays the sad heart face.
Pillow on the Bed
The next clue resembles a pillow, so head upstairs and inspect the bed.
You’ll find a star-shaped symbol with crossed-out eyes. Locate the pumpkin with the star shape and crossed eyes and set it to match.
Stairs
Next, inspect the stairs. The clue shows a six-sided shape with crossed eyes.
Find the pumpkin with the six-sided shape and crossed eyes, then rotate it into the correct position.
Sink
Go to the sink and look inside it. The clue shows a circular shape with sad eyes.
Find the circle-shaped pumpkin with sad eyes and set it accordingly.
Chimney
Finally, inspect the chimney. Its clue shows a square shape with triangular eyes.
Locate the pumpkin with the square shape and triangular eyes and rotate it to match.
Once you have matched all six pumpkin clues, the final gate will open, allowing you to complete the Cursed Cottage map.
The Cursed Cottage map in Escape Room: The Sealed Castle is all about carefully observing your surroundings and connecting clues from different rooms. The most important solutions to remember are the keypad code 703, the bookshelf password HAUNT, and the seven-symbol sequence.
After solving the cat statue puzzle, use the broom to reveal the graveyard pumpkins and match all six clues. Follow the steps in order, and you’ll be able to open the final gate and finish the map.