All ‘A New Clue’ book puzzles and how to solve them in Blue Prince

“A New Clue” is a book that can be purchased from the Bookshop in Blue Prince.

Written by Mary Marigold, “A New Clue” is full of riddles and hints in which you constantly hit wall after wall. To make things worse, there are clues relating to major keys, other books, and hidden signs — as long as you can find them.

Here’s how to solve all of the puzzles in “A New Clue” in Blue Prince and find all of its hidden secrets.

All ‘A New Clue’ book puzzles in Blue Prince

There are four puzzles inside the book “A New Clue” in Blue Prince:

Prior to starting, we’ll be referencing page numbers a lot throughout the guide, and it’s important to know that the title page will always be page one.

How to solve the ‘low case clue’ puzzle in ‘A New Clue’

On page six of “A New Clue” in Blue Prince, you’ll find tiny opaque font beside some of the words. The font is slightly visible if you really squint at it, but it’s best to use a magnifying glass.

The magnifying glass will reveal that some of the words on the page are numbered, and when the words are put in numerical order, you’ll find the hidden phrase, “All checked corner case rooms had a low case clue found in the rooms.”

The message might mean nothing to you now, but, if you look at the image on page five, you’ll see that clipboard with a list of “Corner Cases.” Four of the rooms on the list have a check mark beside them: Patio, Nook, Office, and Pantry.

Unfortunately, this means that you’ll need to draft each of these rooms and search for a “low case clue” inside each of the rooms. Inside each room, you’ll find a note that has one word in all lower case letters, and, when put in the same order as the “Corner Cases” list, you find the message, “Buried beside west bridge.”

Head back outside to the bridge on the West Path with a shovel, and dig on the the grass beside the bridge. It will take a little bit of time for the shovel icon to appear, so you might need to hover your cursor over the area for a short period of time. After you successfully dig beside the bridge, you’ll find a Microchip, which is one of three microchips needed to open the door in the Blackbridge Grotto.

How to solve the signs puzzle in ‘A New Clue’

On pages 18 and 19 in “A New Clue”, you’re asked, “Have you seen all the signs?”, which may sound a little belittling, but it’s actually a clue for a puzzle hidden inside the book.

Starting from the beginning of the book, take note of each sign in every image — Route 8, Depart, Keep Left, To Tanner Fork, “Right Turn”, Dead End, Record, Each, Stop, On The Way.

This may seem like gibberish for now, but that’s because you’re missing a bit of information. On page 19, you may have noticed a metro map partly covered by an open book. The metro map can be found in the train station in the Safehouse, which can only be reached through the boat in the Reservoir when the water level is set to six in the Pump Room.

In the Safehouse, turn right to enter the train station and find the metro map on the wall. Using the message from the signs found in “A New Clue”, start at station 8 and reach the dead end station while recording each stop along the way. When the route is completed, you’ll have passed through stations 8, 7, 3, 10, 1, and 13.

For now, you won’t be able to use this information, but it’ll be used in the next puzzle found in “A New Clue.”

How to solve the book anagram puzzle in ‘A New Clue’

In the image on page 19 in “A New Clue”, you’ll find an annotated version of “A New Clue” that features an order of colors, page numbers, word numbers, and the sequence of letters X, Y, Z, A, B, C. These notes might be a bit incomprehensible at first, but it might seem a little familiar if you’ve taken a close look at the images inside the book.

On page 11, you’ll find a stack of four colored books that matches the Red, Green, Violet, Blue note in the page 19 image. Additionally, on page 13, you’ll find the investigator rearranging the title of the blue book, “Draft the Sixes”, to “The Fixed Stars”, which is the same title as the book found in the Library and the Observatory.

This does mean that you’ll need to rearrange the titles of the four books on page 11 to books found around the Mt. Holly estate:

Looking back at the notes found on page 19, you’ll need to find a specific word inside each book using the sequence X, Y, Z, A, B, C, but what exactly does that mean? If you look at paper beside the book on page 19, it’ll tell you that “Dead End” is “C”. Taking the message found in the signs puzzle, we can substitute the station numbers (8, 7, 3, 10, 1, 13) with the letter sequence (X, Y, Z, A, B, C).

As a result, you’ll need to find the following information:

For ease, the words reveal the hidden message, “turn scorched sundial base.” The only sundial on the estate can be found in the Apple Orchard, but first you’ll need to get a Burning Glass (Magnifying Glass + Metal Detector). Use the Burning Glass on the sundial’s base, and then rotate the base so that the lines align with one another.

Once the base is aligned, the sundial’s face will rise — revealing three microchip slots. Grab all three microchips from the Blackbridge Grotto or their original locations, and place them inside the slots to raise the Satellite Dish from behind the hills. The Satellite Dish is a permanent addition that unblocks inbound e-mail and communications on terminals and uploads new experimental data packets to the Laboratory terminal.

How to solve the suspect puzzle in ‘A New Clue’

The suspect puzzle can be found in the image on the last page in “A New Clue.” The pages in the image note the presence of a suspect along with details such as the suspect being a minor and “A. key.”

Using a magnifying glass on the image on page five will reveal a list of suspects along with their ages. After eliminating everyone who isn’t a minor, you’ll narrow the suspect list down to four:

Now, what can you do with this information? Looking back at the notes in the image, the suspect is also an “A. key” which is short for admin key and the only location where you can enter an admin key is on the terminal in the Blackbridge Grotto.

Head to the Blackbridge Grotto and type in the suspects following the admin key format, which can be found in the trash can in the Servant’s Quarters. The admin key is always the first four letters of the last name followed by the name’s first initial, and the initials should be capitalized.

As you attempt each admin key, only one out of the four will give you access — LeeB. This admin key will allow you to access the following:

Save data controls are currently disabled due to a bug that can potentially wipe your save data, but we’ll update this guide once it’s been reinstated!