Hints for West Wing Escape

Your first job is to gather the obvious hidden tools.

• Open the hutch in the Dining Room to find the candle.
• Open the desk in the Study to find the matches.
• Open the cabinet/hidden furniture in one of the offices to find the screwdriver.
• Search the suit jacket to find the receipt.
• Search desks and containers. Several useful items are hidden this way.

The Oval Office contains an early hidden passage clue.

1. Search the rug in the Oval Office.
2. This reveals a trap door.
3. The trap door is important, but you will need other items before everything opens up.

Also remember the red phone in the Oval Office. It becomes useful with the key card.

The sprinkler hallway puzzle requires two steps.

1. Get the candle from the Dining Room hutch.
2. Use the candle with the sprinkler.
3. Then use the matches with the candle/sprinkler setup.
4. This creates a distraction and changes which hallways are safe to use.

The tape recorder is part of another distraction puzzle.

1. Find the tape recorder by opening/searching the proper hutch or cabinet.
2. Find the AC adapter.
3. Use the screwdriver with the attached AC adapter to free it.
4. Use the AC adapter with the outlet.
5. Use the tape recorder with the powered adapter/outlet setup.

This clears another hallway route.

Some rooms are connected by awkward window routes.

1. Use the big chair with the window to climb into the Advisor room.
2. In the Advisor room, use the chair with the window to climb back out.

The chair is not meant to be carried around forever. It is mostly a way to use the window route.

The computer in the Advisor room gives the elevator code.

1. Find the computer in the Advisor room.
2. Enter the pet name clue: spikers.
3. You receive the elevator code: 5963.
4. The code is saved as a sticky note so you have it later.

The terminal in the West Hallway activates the elevator.

1. Go to the terminal in the West Hallway.
2. Enter 5963.
3. The elevator becomes functional.
4. Use the elevator button to go downstairs.

If you are playing the free preview, this is where the full-game unlock appears.

This chain starts with the figure/body in the Security Advisor area.

1. Search the figure/body to find the keys.
2. Use the keys with the tool chest.
3. This reveals the wrench.
4. Use the wrench with the iron pipe.
5. This frees the iron pipe so you can take/use it.

The guard puzzle uses the iron pipe.

1. Use the iron pipe with the guard.
2. Search the guard afterward.
3. You find a note.
4. Find the book from the desk in Advisor 2.
5. Use the book with the note to translate or understand it.

This clue helps with later locked areas.

The key card works with the correct red phone.

1. Use the key card with the red phone in the Oval Office.
2. This triggers an action and changes the state of the phone situation.
3. If another red phone appears later, it may not do the same thing.

The fireplace/radiator path leads to another clue.

1. Search the fireplace to find the tongs.
2. Search the radiator to notice something behind it.
3. Use the tongs with the radiator.
4. This gets the paper note.

The glass can be filled at sinks.

1. Find the empty glass.
2. Use the glass with a sink to fill it with water.
3. Use the full glass with the figure/body area.
4. This reveals a key.
5. Use the key with the locked Secret Service door.

You need access to the armory to continue toward the endgame.

1. Use the key card with the steel door to enter the armory.
2. Search the duffel bag.
3. You find the crowbar.
4. The crowbar is used on the airduct cover.

The airduct route requires preparation.

1. Use the crowbar with the airduct cover.
2. This opens the airduct.
3. You need the cell phone/light before entering safely.
4. Use the airduct to move between the connected rooms.

If the airduct is too dark, you need a light source.

1. Search the trash can to find the inkpen.
2. Find the correct desk.
3. Use the inkpen with the desk.
4. This reveals the cell phone.
5. The cell phone lets you use the dark airduct route.

The video conference computer needs a DVD.

1. Open/search the desk in the Press Area to find the paper clip.
2. Find the small hole/manual eject near the DVD equipment.
3. Use the paper clip with the small hole.
4. This opens the DVD tray and reveals the DVD disc.
5. Use the DVD disc with the video conference computer.
6. Enter the code krychek.

If the code works but says something is missing, the DVD has not been loaded yet.

The Situation Room path opens after the video conference computer sequence.

1. Complete the DVD/computer/code sequence.
2. The Situation Room clears.
3. Find the terminal near the Data Room.
4. Enter 7521.
5. This unlocks access to the Data Room.

The explosives need a working detonator.

1. Find the detonator.
2. Use the detonator with the oven to dry or repair it.
3. Find the explosives.
4. Use the working detonator with the explosives.
5. This creates armed C4.

Do not try to use matches with explosives. That ends badly.

The final destructive action happens in the Data Room.

1. Enter the Data Room.
2. Use the armed C4 with the jammer.
3. You escape into the damaged elevator sequence.

This is the final escape route.

1. In the damaged elevator, search/use the panel to open a hole in the floor.
2. Use the hole/ladder to reach the shaft floor.
3. Use the switch with the floor panel to open the shaft doors.
4. This reveals the passageway.
5. Use the passageway to end the game.

Open the Dining Room hutch for the candle.
Open the Study desk for matches.
Search the Oval Office rug to reveal the trap door.
Use the candle with the sprinkler, then use the matches with the candle/sprinkler to create a distraction.
Find the screwdriver, free the AC adapter, plug it into the outlet, and use the tape recorder with the powered adapter to clear another hallway.

Use chairs and windows to move through the Advisor room path.
At the Advisor computer, enter spikers to receive elevator code 5963.
Enter 5963 at the West Hallway terminal to activate the elevator.

Search the figure/body to find keys.
Use the keys with the tool chest to find the wrench.
Use the wrench with the iron pipe.
Use the iron pipe with the guard, then search the guard to find a note.
Find the book and use it with the note.
Use the key card with the correct red phone and steel door as needed.

Search the fireplace for tongs, then use the tongs with the radiator to get the paper.
Find/fill the glass at a sink and use the full glass with the figure/body area to reveal the key.
Use the key with the Secret Service door.

Search the duffel bag to get the crowbar.
Use the crowbar with the airduct cover.
Find the inkpen and use it with the desk to get the cell phone, which lets you use the dark airduct route.

Use the paper clip with the small hole/manual DVD eject to get the DVD.
Use the DVD with the video conference computer, then enter krychek.
Use the Situation Room terminal code 7521 to unlock the Data Room.

Use the detonator with the oven, then use the working detonator with the explosives to make armed C4.
Use the armed C4 with the jammer in the Data Room.
In the damaged elevator, open the hole, climb down, use the switch/floor panel to open the shaft doors, then use the passageway to escape.