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Ely Walkthrough: Every Key, Password, and Escape Code

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Ely is a mouse-controlled point-and-click escape game in which you must reach the basement and free a kidnapped girl. The complete solution uses four entries: type aarah into the laptop, place the keys in the white-blue-green-red order, enter 12011994 at the blue hiding-place keypad, then enter 23146 on the basement hatch. The steps below explain exactly where to find every key and clue, in the order needed to finish the game.

Ely dates from May 18, 2009, and its original browser release relied on Flash. A current Miniplay listing warns that the Flash game is no longer supported, so the walkthrough is reliable for the original puzzle sequence but does not guarantee that the old browser build will still run on a modern device.

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What is the objective in Ely?

The objective is to escape the opening area, unlock the way forward, and reach the basement where a kidnapped girl is being held. Ely is controlled with the mouse: you move between fixed viewpoints, inspect objects, collect items and enter codes when a lock or keypad appears. The game does not present a conventional inventory tutorial, so the order in which you inspect the room matters.

If you only need the entries, keep this sequence in mind:

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  • Laptop password: aarah
  • Four-lock tie order: white, blue, green, red
  • Blue hiding-place keypad: 12011994
  • Hatch padlock: 23146

Entering a code at the wrong object will not advance the game. Follow the room views and item locations below rather than trying the numbers randomly.

What do you need before starting?

You need a version of Ely that still loads and accepts mouse input. The game was published as a legacy Flash browser title; Miniplay now labels its listing as no longer supported. The original game page is also listed on Kongregate, but an archived listing should not be treated as proof of present-day compatibility.

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Once the game opens, use the mouse to turn between views. Click only when the cursor or scene indicates an object can be examined. Keep track of each item as you collect it; the game expects the keys and clues to be used in a specific chain.

How do you get the laptop password?

The first password is assembled from two paper clues. You do not discover it by guessing: the scrap that falls from the poster and the paper beside the laptop combine to reveal aarah.

  1. From the starting view, turn left or right twice. This brings you to the view facing the door.
  2. Click the blinking point beside the door. This switches on the light. The light is needed to make the room objects readable and interactable.
  3. Return to the original starting view.
  4. Click the poster. A scrap falls down; pick it up.
  5. Take the separate paper lying beside the laptop.
  6. Combine the scrap with the paper in your collected items. The completed clue gives the password aarah.
  7. Click the laptop, type aarah in lowercase and press Enter.
  8. Take the white key revealed by the laptop.

The password is easy to miss because neither paper is the password by itself. If the laptop rejects your entry, check that both scraps were collected and combined, then re-enter the five letters exactly as shown. Do not add spaces, punctuation or capital letters.

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Where are the blue, red, and green keys?

After obtaining the white key, return to the view containing the cardboard box and the wooden cabinet. The remaining three colored keys are all in this part of the room, but each is hidden in a different place.

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  1. Click the left-corner hiding place and take the blue key.
  2. Open the cardboard box and take the red key.
  3. Inspect the wooden cabinet and take the green key.

At this point you should have four keys total: white from the laptop, blue from the hiding place, red from the cardboard box and green from the cabinet. If one color is missing, revisit those three objects before trying the four-lock mechanism.

What is the correct order for the four-lock tie?

The tie with four locks accepts the keys from top to bottom in this exact order: white, blue, green, red. The order is not the same as the order in which you find the keys, so place them deliberately.

  1. Click the tie showing four locks.
  2. Place the white key in the top lock.
  3. Place the blue key in the second lock.
  4. Place the green key in the third lock.
  5. Place the red key in the bottom lock.
  6. Collect the green diary and the key inside it.

If the mechanism does not open, remove or reposition the keys and check the colors again. The critical detail is that green comes before red in the lock sequence, even though the red key is found before the green key during room exploration.

How do you open the box beneath the poster?

The key taken from inside the green diary opens the box beneath the poster. That box contains the clue for the next keypad rather than another general-purpose item.

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  1. Return to the poster view.
  2. Click the box positioned beneath the poster.
  3. Use the diary key on the box.
  4. Take the scrap inside. It supplies the date-based clue needed at the blue hiding place.

Do not try the final hatch code here. This box is an intermediate step, and the scrap you remove from it is required before the blue hiding-place lock can be solved.

What is the blue hiding-place code?

Go back to the blue hiding place and use the date clue from the box. Enter 12011994 as one uninterrupted eight-digit number, then click OK.

  1. Open the blue hiding-place view.
  2. Click its keypad or code-entry panel.
  3. Type 12011994 with no spaces or separators.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Take the key released inside the hiding place.
  6. Use that key on the padlock attached to the door.

The code is entered as digits, not as a written date with slashes or dashes. If the keypad refuses the entry, make sure you collected the scrap from the box under the poster and that every digit is present. Once the door padlock opens, move into the next room.

How do you open the basement hatch?

In the next room, the hatch has its own padlock and a five-digit entry. Click the hatch padlock and enter 23146.

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  1. After opening the door, inspect the new room.
  2. Click the padlock on the hatch.
  3. Enter 23146.
  4. Confirm the entry to unlock the hatch and continue toward the basement.

This is the final code in the documented walkthrough. If the hatch does not respond, confirm that you are entering the number on the hatch lock rather than returning to the earlier blue hiding-place keypad. The two locks use different entries and different numbers of digits.

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Why is my Ely puzzle not advancing?

Most apparent dead ends come from an item being collected in the wrong order or from entering a valid code at the wrong lock. Use this checklist before restarting:

  • The scene is too dark: return to the door view and click the blinking point to switch on the light.
  • The laptop rejects the password: combine the poster scrap with the paper beside the laptop, then enter aarah in lowercase.
  • The tie will not open: verify that all four keys are present and arranged white, blue, green, red from top to bottom.
  • The blue keypad rejects the number: open the box beneath the poster with the diary key and use the eight digits 12011994 without punctuation.
  • The door or hatch remains locked: make sure the key from the blue hiding place was actually collected before clicking the door padlock, and use 23146 only on the hatch in the next room.
  • The game itself will not load: Ely’s original Flash delivery is obsolete. The Miniplay listing explicitly reports that Flash is no longer supported, so a failure to launch may be a compatibility problem rather than a missed puzzle step.

Because the game is an older fixed-view title, returning to a previous scene is often necessary. Recheck the poster, box, cabinet and hiding place rather than assuming an object disappeared permanently.

Can you still play Ely in a modern browser?

Availability is the main uncertainty, not the puzzle solution. Ely was released as a Flash browser game, and the Miniplay page now marks that version as unsupported. The Kongregate listing preserves the game information and credits falkom88, but the existence of a listing does not establish that the embedded game works in a current browser.

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No currently supported edition, official remake or separate purchase option is established by the sources for this walkthrough. If you find an archived or community-hosted copy, check that it is authorized and compatible with your device before relying on it. The sequence in this article describes the original game documented by the EscapeGames24 walkthrough and the CheatBook hints page.

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Complete Ely solution in one checklist

  1. Turn twice to the door view and click the blinking point to turn on the light.
  2. Return to the starting view, click the poster and collect the falling scrap.
  3. Collect the paper beside the laptop.
  4. Combine the two papers, enter aarah in the laptop and take the white key.
  5. At the box-and-cabinet view, collect blue from the left hiding place, red from the cardboard box and green from the wooden cabinet.
  6. Use the tie’s locks from top to bottom: white, blue, green, red.
  7. Take the green diary and its key.
  8. Use that key on the box beneath the poster and collect the scrap/date clue.
  9. At the blue hiding place, enter 12011994, confirm and take the key.
  10. Use the new key on the door padlock.
  11. In the next room, enter 23146 on the hatch padlock.

That order prevents the most common backtracking problem: trying to solve the blue keypad before opening the poster box or trying to open the hatch with the earlier code.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who made Ely?

The game is credited to falkom88 on its browser listing. The title appeared as a small independent Flash escape game rather than as a modern commercial release.

Is Ely controlled with a keyboard?

Movement and object interaction are mouse-based. You only use the keyboard to type passwords and numeric codes into the laptop or lock interfaces.

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When was Ely released?

The game listing dates Ely to May 18, 2009. That age explains why instructions written for the original Flash player may not match the behavior of current browsers.

Is there an official modern version of Ely?

The sources used for this walkthrough do not establish a currently supported remake, downloadable edition or alternate platform release. Treat any mirror or re-host as unverified until its legitimacy and compatibility are clear.

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