Loco Motive Walkthrough – Part 4: Contributory Negligence

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Walkthrough Table of Contents

1. Prologue: Adversary Proceeding & Part 1: The Late Lady Unterwald
2. Part 2: Burden of Proof
3. Part 3: The Curious Case of Mr Liu
4. Part 4: Contributory Negligence
5. Part 5: Family Division (In progress!)
6. Part 6: False Pretences (In progress!)
7. Finale: Dispute Resolution (In progress!)

Welcome to the Into Indie Games walkthrough for Loco Motive.

This is a point-to-point walkthrough that takes you through the critical path to completing the game. Loco Motive has a lot more to offer apart from the steps outlined in this walkthrough, so we highly recommend that you explore and interact with its world as much as possible.

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Part 4: Contributory Negligence

• Go right and talk to Brian in the inner room.
• Ask about getting a specific idol, and he’ll ask you two things: the gesture the idol was making, and what was written on it.
• Back in the main room, investigate the smudge on Lady Unterwald’s painting.

• Exit the room and go to the dining carriage.
• Go to where Mr Masson had been seated, and you’ll find a briefcase under  the table.
• Rummage through the briefcase to get a bottle of surgical spirit.
• Now go to the bar and pick up the napkin from the right side of the bar.
• Return to the secret meeting room.

• In your inventory, use the bottle of surgical spirit with the napkin.
• Then, use the napkin on the smudge on the painting of Lady Unterwald.
• With this we learn that the gesture the idol was making was the index finger pointing out.

• Leave the room again and go to the lobby carriage.
• You’ll find a plaque below a miniature train model in the middle of the carriage here.
• Attempt to read the plaque by interacting with it.
• Use the magnifying glass you got from the shoeshine girl on the plaque.
• Return to the secret meeting room and talk to Brian in the inner room.
• Once again ask about the idol and answer his questions correctly: single finger, and Junebug.

• Return to the main room and give the idol to the leader.
• After the initial voting, you’ll find that the vote is in a deadlock because Mr Masson’s vote is incomprehensible.
• Exit the room and go to the kitchen carriage.
• Use the paper cup from your inventory on the stockpot with the spiciest soup in the world.
• Return to the meeting room and give the spicy soup to Mr Masson.

• Talk to the leader again and ask for another emergency vote.
• Exit the room now.
• After the conversation, go to the lounge carriage and enter the green room where the band is.
• Show them the horn and ask to borrow the reed. Then, leave the band to their game.
• We’ll need to make Knifey Stab Stab difficult for Byron the bassist to win.
• Head to the kitchen carriage and pick up the butter on the central table.

• In your inventory, combine the butter with the hand cream.
• Then, combine the slippery mixture with the knife.
• Return to the band, talk to them, and accept their challenge.
• Exit the room and hand over the fixed horn to Mrs Gudrun.

• After the sequences that follow, interact with Mr Liu.
• Use the slippery mixture on his hand.
• Flip the photo you get.
• After the next sequence, exit the room and return to the sleeper carriage.
• Go to the very far left side of the carriage to find the fusebox.

• Examine it and then use your lockpick on it. Then, disconnect the wiring.
• Next, use the blue suit on the wooden hanger.
• After some time skip sequences, Herman will be disguised.
• You can return to the sleeper carriage, but you’ll find that the Gudrun twins are blocking the way to your quarters.
• You’ll have to bypass them by climbing onto the roof of the train, but you’ll need better footing for it.
• Go to the washroom next to Lady Unterwald’s quarters and grab the blue plunger to the left.

• Now go all the way to the kitchen carriage and grab the red plunger next to the tap.
• Head to the far left from the kitchen carriage to reach the exterior carriage.
• In your inventory, combine each of the plungers with the boots.
• Use the suction boots on the ladder.

• The sequences that follow will conclude this part.

Check out the next part of our walkthrough of Loco Motive here! (Part 5: Family Division) (Coming soon!)