In Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch, Nancy finds Dirk Valentine’s last clue at the adobe cliff dwellings. Decode his symbols and unscramble his anagrams to learn the colored rock path to reach his secret location. Along the path, look inside the vases to collect all 5 rusty keys that will unlock the door at the end of the maze.
Adobe Decoded Directions:
1. BROWN,
2. LIME,
3. YELLOW,
4. RED,
5. BLUE,
6. ORANGE,
7. LIME,
8. YELLOW,
9. BROWN,
10. BLUE,
11. LIME,
12. ORANGE,
13. BLUE,
14. BROWN,
15. LIME,
16. ORANGE,
17. RED,
18. BLUE,
19. YELLOW,
20. LIME,
21. BLUE,
22. LIME,
23. BROWN,
24. YELLOW
Detailed Directions:
1. From Dirk’s directions, click right
2. Choose the right door with BROWN
3. Click forward to pass under, then click left
4. Forward to LIME, click forward to pass under
5. Right, forward, then check the pot and get the key
6. Back up twice from pot, left, forward, forward
7. (See a pot through the orange door, forward to go in
8. Click pot twice, take the key
9. Back up twice, turn around/U-turn, forward)
10. Turn left to YELLOW, forward to pass under
11. Right, forward, right to face ladder for RED
12. Forward, up, up, up-right
13. Right, forward, check the pot and get the key
14. Back up twice from pot
15. Right to BLUE, down, forward to go down
16. Back up 3 times to climb down ladder
17. Forward to pass under ORANGE
18. Right, forward, forward to pass LIME
19. Right, click on the ladder
20. Up 3 times to climb ladder
21. Left, right, forward to pass BROWN
22. Right, forward, forward to pass BLUE
23. Right, left, forward to pass LIME
24. Left, forward to ORANGE
25. Right, forward to BLUE
26. Left, forward to BROWN, right (see green, but do not pass yet)
27. Turn around (U-turn) to find a pot, get the key
28. Back up, turn around from pot
29. Forward to pass LIME, forward to pass ORANGE
30. Right, forward, right to pass RED
31. Forward, left, forward, left to pass BLUE
32. Forward, forward to YELLOW
33. Left, forward to LIME
34. Forward to BLUE
35. Look (click) right, forward to look closer at the pot
36. Get key in pot, then back up and notice the floor
37. Back up 3 times away from hole
38. Left, forward to pass LIME
39. Left, forward, forward to BROWN
40. Climb ladder 3 clicks
41. Forward, forward, forward, right
42. Forward, right to look at the door
