Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

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Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink, 100% Achievement Guide, Collectable Locations and Full Video Walkthrough.
By anrkyuk
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink, 100% achievement guide, collectables locations and complete video walkthrough earning all achievements and showing all mini-game puzzle and hidden object game solutions and collectable locations.
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Notes.
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink has a total of 19 Steam achievements, of these 11 are missable and the remaining 8 are story related, as for completion time, this is in the region of 3 hours.

To ensure the swiftest 100% possible I would advise following this roadmap to completion...

MAIN GAME.
Start the Main Game selecting the expert mode difficulty and during this playthrough...

  • Do not skip the first 5 cut scenes in-game (the one that plays before the main menu is not counted). As soon as the "MOVIE WATCHER" achievements pops, you are free to skip from here on if you so wish.
  • Do not skip ANY puzzles, there are 2 achievements relating to not skipping them.
  • Make sure to grab all 30 collectables (there are 4 achievements related to these), a full list of collectables and their locations can be found after the achievements section of this guide and my video walkthrough also shows all collectable locations.
  • From the start of the game, make sure to speak with every NPC that you meet, every time that you meet them. This is required for the "PEOPLE PERSON" achievement, and it is easily missed. If you are unsure about the exact requirements of this achievement, watch my Video Walkthrough Part One up to the 8:37 mark which will show all the people and when I spoke to them to earn the achievement.
  • From the start of the game, make sure to interact with any notes, letters, newspapers etc that you come across to earn the "THAT PAPER SMELL" achievement. I honestly can't imagine anyone missing this, but, if you are unsure about the exact requirements of this achievement, watch my Video Walkthrough Part One up to the 2:32 mark which will show all the items I interacted with to earn the achievement.
  • Lastly, complete one of the hidden object game with "no more than a single misclick" (a misclick is clicking on an item that is not on the list of items for you to find at the bottom of the scene). There are 14 opportunities to do this in the game, I unlocked this achievement on the first HOG in the Main Game, as such I am unsure if this can be earned in the bonus chapter.

BONUS CHAPTER.
After completing the Main Game head back to the title screen, click play and select "Ink's Story" to play the bonus chapter (which becomes available only after completing the main game).

Assuming all achievements other than "PREQUEL" are unlocked (as all missable achievements can be unlocked by the end of the main game), you are free to play at which ever difficulty you wish and you are free to skip puzzles & cut scenes as you wish.

The final achievement is earned simply for completing the bonus chapter.
Achievement Guide.
The achievements listed below are in order of which I earned them during my playthrough.

FIRST OF MANY.
Find your first steambug.
***MISSABLE***
There are a total of 30 Steambug collectables in Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink and there are 4 achievements related to collecting them...

"FIRST OF MANY" is earned for collecting your first (which ever that may be).
"ENTOMOLOGIST" is earned for collecting all 11 Steambugs in Hochwald.
"MASTER DEBUGGER" is earned for collecting all 8 Steambugs in the Castle.
"CATCH THEM ALL" is earned for collecting all 11 Steambugs in the Underground.

I have added screenshots in the next chapter showing the location of all 30 Steambugs in the game and my Video Walkthrough also shows all the Steambugs being collected, with time stamps for each of the collectables.
AMONGST BUGS.
Finish your first FROG puzzle.
A "FROG" is just a hidden object game (HOG) with a twist, in that you are shown pictures of items you must find rather than having a list of names of items. The first HOG you encounter in the main game is a "FROG" and thus the achievement is unmissable.
MARKSMAN.
You Eagle-Eye, you... no more than a single misclick in a HO scene.
***MISSABLE***
To earn this achievement you must complete a HOG with no more than one misclick (a misclick is clicking on an item in the scene which is not on the list of items to find). Note I do not know if this can be earned in the Bonus Chapter, there are 14 HOG's in the main game, aim to earn it in one of these to be on the safe side.
PEOPLE PERSON.
Nothing wrong with a little jibber-jabber.
***MISSABLE***
This perhaps the most easily missed achievement of them all, so ensure to prep for it. To earn this achievement you must make sure to speak with every NPC that you meet, every time that you meet them, from the start of the game, until the achievement pops.

If you are unsure about the exact requirements of this achievement, watch my Video Walkthrough Part One up to the 8:37 mark which will show all the people and when I spoke to them to earn the achievement.
HELLO, BIRDIE.
Get Matthew up and running.
This is a story related achievement that cannot be missed.
THAT PAPER SMELL.
Read 10 pop-ups throughout the game.
***MISSABLE***
From the start of the game, make sure to interact with any notes, letters, newspapers etc that you come across to earn the "THAT PAPER SMELL" achievement. I honestly can't imagine anyone missing this, but, if you are unsure about the exact requirements of this achievement, watch my Video Walkthrough Part One up to the 2:32 mark which will show all the items I interacted with to earn the achievement.
NO SKIPPING.
Finish 3 puzzles without skipping.
***MISSABLE***
If you are trying to 100% Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink, do not skip ANY of the mini-game puzzles during the Main Game, after you complete the third, this achievement will pop and after completing the 22nd "THE CHALLENGE" will pop (you are free to skip puzzles on the Bonus Chapter if you wish).
MOVIE WATCHER.
Watched 5 cutscenes without skipping.
***MISSABLE***
To earn this achievement do not skip the first 5 cut scenes in the Main Game (does not include the cut scene that plays before you reach the main menu every time the game is loaded). Once the achievement pops you are free to skip them if you wish to do so.
TOO MANY LEGS.
Get rid of Barber's Myriapod.
This is a story related achievement that cannot be missed.
ENTOMOLOGIST.
Find all Hochwald steambugs.
***MISSABLE***
See notes on the "FIRST OF MANY" achievement for more information.
GLIDING OVER ALL.
Get to Barber's castle.
This is a story related achievement that cannot be missed.
MASTER DEBUGGER.
Find all castle steambugs.
***MISSABLE***
See notes on the "FIRST OF MANY" achievement for more information.
EVEN DEEPER.
Enter Barber’s underground laboratory.
This is a story related achievement that cannot be missed.
MY SAVIOR.
Rescue Dr. Ink.
This is a story related achievement that cannot be missed.
CATCH THEM ALL.
Find all underground steambugs.
***MISSABLE***
See notes on the "FIRST OF MANY" achievement for more information.
THE CHALLENGE.
Solve all puzzles without skipping.
***MISSABLE***
This achievement applies to the Main Game only, simply complete the 22 mini-game puzzles in the Main Game without skipping any and this achievement is yours (feel free to skip them in the Bonus Chapter if you wish).
WORLD OWES YOU.
Destroy Barber’s Tremor Machine.
Pops at the end of the Main Game.
SPY MASTER.
Complete the game on Expert Mode.
***MISSABLE***
To earn this achievement, you must complete the Main Game on Expert difficulty (this pops at the end of the Main Game, you can play the Bonus Chapter on whichever difficulty you please).
PREQUEL.
Finish the bonus chapter.
Pops at the end of the Bonus Chapter.
Hochwald Steambug Collectables.
Hockwald steambug #1: Tabera formica.
Inside the Hockwald Inn, crawls out from behind the beam in the top left.


Hockwald steambug #2: Papyrus phagus.
Hockwald Inn, Upstairs Corridor, crawls out from behind the painting on the left wall.


Hockwald steambug #3: Xyleborini Ips.
Hockwald Inn, Ruined Room, crawling up the fallen beam.


Hockwald steambug #4: Nix cimex.
The Gate, crawls out from behind the guardhouse, at the top.


Hockwald steambug #5: Pulveri pyrio ips.
The Zeplin Landing, crawling on the crates to the bottom left.


Hockwald steambug #6: Horae bruchus.
Hochwald Inn, Guest Room #2, on the chair backrest.


Hockwald steambug #7: Vapore lucernae odonata.
Hockwald Main Street, click on the lamppost on the bottom right, click on the access panel and the steambug appears and lands on the top of the lamppost.


Hockwald steambug #8: Vesica philia.
Airship Cargo Deck, crawling up the pipe in the top left.


Hockwald steambug #9: Sextant formica.
Airship Cockpit, on the map table to the right.


Hockwald steambug #10: Zwephyrus Odonata.
Airship Exterior, flies in from the right and lands on the above overhang, to the left of the rope.


Hockwald steambug #11: Nonvolans bruchus.
Runway Balcony, crawling around on the cupboard doors.
Castle Steambug Collectables.
Castle steambug #1: Hortus cimice.
Frozen Garden, zoom in on steam vent to the left of the wall, the steambug is sat on the lantern.


Castle steambug #2: Carcer bruchus.
Dungeon, appears from behind the venting duct to the right of the door.


Castle steambug #3: Tineam coquina.
Kitchen, crawls up the wall from out behind the grinding wheel to the left.


Castle steambug #4: Golemus Parasitus.
Downstairs Lobby doorway, sitting in the top right.


Castle steambug #5: Coccinellidae orbi.
Salon, sitting on the ornament located on the table in the middle of the room.


Castle steambug #6: Lobby sphinx vespa.
Upstairs Lobby, sitting on the chandelier.


Castle steambug #7: Erratum phagus.
Study, on the ceiling, to the right of the hanging light.


Castle steambug #8: Fulmen Ips.
Hidden Room, moves along the back wall, behind the stuff on the table.
Underground Steambug Collectables.
Underground steambug #1: Rhino bruchus.
Cave Entrance, on the stalactite to the top left.


Underground steambug #2: Lux fungi philis.
Bridge, sitting on top of the machine to the right.


Underground steambug #3: Threma Vespa.
Golem Parts Storeroom, use your bird to grab the red flag which will reveal the steambug on the pipe beneath.


Underground steambug #4: Numera cimica.
Differential Machine, zoom into the ladder and the steambug is sitting on the overhang to the left of the ladder.


Underground steambug #5: Lava formica.
Golem Factory, stood on the floor towards the back wall, below the saw blade.


Underground steambug #6: Talpa cicada.
Ink's Cell, zoom into the bed and the steambug is under the white sheet.


Underground steambug #7: Myriapoda farina.
Barber's Office, sitting on the pipes to the right.


Underground steambug #8: Tremor musca.
Central Part, crawls out of the left side of the tallest vertical pipe on the left.


Underground steambug #9: Vapor Venator.
Right Balcony, sitting on the pipe above the mine cart.


Underground steambug #10: Caementum cimica.
Left Balcony, sitting on the pipe above the sink.


Underground steambug #11: Fulgur Vespa.
Machine Bowels, enters from the left and crawls along the duct in the top left.
Main Game Part 1 Walkthrough.
Video contains...
@ 0.00 = "MOVIE WATCHER" achievement starts.
@ 1:42 = "PEOPLE PERSON" achievement starts (To earn the "PEOPLE PERSON" achievement, make sure to speak with every person each time you meet them from the beginning of the game until the achievement pops).
@ 2:07 = Hochwald steambug #1.
@ 2:07 = "FIRST OF MANY" achievement.
@ 2:32 = "THAT PAPER SMELL" achievement starts.
@ 3:26 = Hochwald steambug #2.
@ 4:25 = Hochwald steambug #3.
@ 4:36 = HOG #1 (In the Runined Room, formerly Guest Room #1).
@ 4:36 = "AMONGST BUGS" achievement.
@ 4:36 = "MARKSMAN" achievement.
@ 8:37 = "PEOPLE PERSON" achievement pops.
@ 9:37 = Hochwald steambug #4.
@ 9:41 = HOG #2 (At the Castle Gate).
@ 11:15 = Puzzle #1 (Dolls house puzzle, Inn Upstairs Corridor).
@ 13:11 = Hochwald steambug #5.
Main Game Part 2 Walkthrough.
Video contains...
@ 0:00 = Hochwald steambug #6.
@ 0:07 = Puzzle #2 (Briefcase lock puzzle, in Guest Room #2).
@ 1:30 = "HELLO, BIRDIE" achievement.
@ 3:33 = Hochwald steambug #7.
@ 4:18 = "THAT PAPER SMELL" achievement pops.
@ 5:20 = HOG #3 (At the Castle Gate again, 2nd time).
@ 7:49 = Puzzle #3 (Mixing up a Steam Horse drink in the Hockwalk Inn).
@ 7:49 = "NO SKIPPING" achievement pops.
@ 9:18 = "MOVIE WATCHER" achievement pops.
@ 10:12 = Hochwald steambug #8.
@ 11:18 = Puzzle #4 (Hook puzzle, inside the crate on the Airship Cargo Deck).
@ 11:53 = "TOO MANY LEGS" achievement.
@ 12:45 = Hochwald steambug #9.
@ 13:05 = Hochwald steambug #10.
@ 13:37 = Puzzle #5 (Gear puzzle in Airship Cockpit).
Main Game Part 3 Walkthrough.
Video contains...
@ 0:49 = Hochwald steambug #11.
@ 0:49 = "ENTOMOLOGIST" achievement pops.
@ 1:01 = HOG #4 (Runway Balcony).
@ 3:17 = Puzzle #6 (Building the glider wing, at the Runway Balcony).
@ 4:11 = "GLIDING OVER ALL" achievement.
@ 4:58 = Castle steambug #1.
@ 6:25 = Puzzle #7 (Gate lock puzzle, in the Frozen Garden).
@ 8:01 = Castle steambug #2.
@ 9:46 = Castle steambug #3.
@ 10:49 = Castle steambug #4.
@ 11:02 = Puzzle #8 (Keys sliding block puzzle, in the Castle Kitchen).
@ 11:57 = HOG #5 (Castle Kitchen).
@ 13:27 = Castle steambug #5.
Main Game Part 4 Walkthrough.
Video contains...
@ 0:26 = Castle steambug #6.
@ 0:35 = Puzzle #9 (Red tiles puzzle, Castle Upstairs Lobby).
@ 1:12 = Castle steambug #7.
@ 1:48 = Puzzle #10 (Clock face puzzle, in the Castle Study).
@ 4:19 = HOG #6 (Castle Salon).
@ 5:48 = Puzzle #11 (Three ring pattern puzzle, in the Castle Salon).
@ 6:45 = Puzzle #12 (RGB slight beam puzzle, in the Castle Study).
@ 7:46 = Castle steambug #8.
@ 7:46 = "MASTER DEBUGGER" achievement pops.
@ 8:11 = HOG #7 (Castle Kitchen again, 2nd time).
@ 9:23 = HOG #8 (Castle Salon again, 2nd time).
@ 10:26 = Puzzle #13 (Gear maze puzzle, in the Castle Upstairs Lobby).
@ 11:39 = Puzzle #14 (Making gunpowder, in the Castle Hidden Room).
Main Game Part 5 Walkthrough.
Video contains...
@ 0:24 = Puzzle #15 (Door lock puzzle, in the Castle Downstairs Lobby).
@ 0:24 = "EVEN DEEPER" achievement pops.
@ 1:30 = Underground steambug #1.
@ 1:41 = Underground steambug #2.
@ 2:35 = Puzzle #15 (Three fuse electrical flow puzzle, in the Underground Golem Parts Storeroom).
@ 4:03 = Underground steambug #3.
@ 5:32 = Underground steambug #4.
@ 5:56 = HOG #9 (Golem Parts Storeroom).
@ 6:56 = Puzzle #16 (Coloured balls door lock puzzle, in the Underground Golem Parts Storeroom).
@ 8:30 = Underground steambug #5.
@ 9:03 = Puzzle #17 (Constructing the gauntlet puzzle, in the Underground Golem Factory).
@ 9:58 = Puzzle #18 (Door lock puzzle, Ink's prison cell, in the Underground Differential Machine).
@ 9:58 = "MY SAVIOR" achievement pops.
@ 11:25 = Underground steambug #6.
@ 12:31 = Underground steambug #7.
@ 12:45 = HOG #10 (Barber's Office).
Main Game Part 6 Walkthrough.
Video contains...
@ 1:46 = Puzzle #19 (Chalkboard puzzle, inside Ink's Prison Cell).
@ 2:48 = HOG #11 (Golem Parts Storeroom again, 2nd time).
@ 4:22 = HOG #12 (Barber's Office again, 2nd time).
@ 5:10 = Puzzle #20 (Four animal gear puzzle, in Barber's Office).
@ 6:05 = Puzzle #21 (Reprogram the Myriapod puzzle, at the Underground Differential Machine).
@ 8:09 = Puzzle #21 (Three shape combination puzzle, the Underground Bridge).
@ 9:27 = Underground steambug #8.
@ 9:35 = Puzzle #22 (Assembling the gear puzzle, at the Underground Central Part).
@ 11:48 = Underground steambug #9.
@ 11:51 = HOG #13 (Underground, Underground Right Balcony).
@ 12:51 = Underground steambug #10.
@ 13:10 = HOG #14 (Underground, Underground Right Balcony again, 2nd time).
Main Game Part 7 Walkthrough.
Video contains...
@ 1:19 = Underground steambug #11.
@ 1:19 = "CATCH THEM ALL" achievement pops.
@ 2:07 = Puzzle #23 (Wiring puzzle, in the Underground Machine Bowels).
@ 2:07 = "THE CHALLENGE" achievement pops.
@ 2:07 = "THE WORLD OWES YOU" achievement pops.
@ 3:26 = "THE SPYMASTER" achievement.
Bonus Chapter Part 1 Walkthrough.
Video contains...
@ 2:34 = Puzzle #1 (Torn up map puzzle, in your Hotel Room).
@ 5:17 = Puzzle #2 (Manhole cover lock puzzle, Hockwald Main Street).
@ 7:00 = HOG #1 (At the Gate).
@ 7:56 = HOG #2 (The crates, at the Zeplin Landing).
@ 10:30 = HOG #3 (In the window, at the Zeplin Landing).
@ 11:59 = Puzzle #3 (Record puzzle, in the Hockwald Inn).
Bonus Chapter Part 2 Walkthrough.
Video contains...
@ 0:05 = Puzzle #4 (Church door lock portrait puzzle).
@ 1:49 = HOG #4 (In the window, at the Zeplin Landing, again, 2nd time).
@ 2:51 = Puzzle #5 (Bottle puzzle, behind the bar in the Hockwald Inn).
@ 3:34 = HOG #5 (At the Gate again, 2nd time).
@ 5:38 = HOG #6 (The crates, at the Zeplin Landing again, 2nd time).
@ 7:31 = Puzzle #6 (Battery puzzle, on the pedestal, inside the Church).
@ 7:31 = "PREQUEL" achievement pops.
Complete Video Walkthrough Playlist Link.
For anyone with problems viewing the embedded videos in this guide (such as those in China having to use a VPN to watch videos on YouTube) here's a link to the playlist...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgrKGjfHCc0jv_9O4bGnyUOZBvlHhpSWN
Other 100% Achievement Guides.
I hope you found this guide of help, all comments, suggestions and criticism (constructive) is gratefully received.

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13 Comments
anrkyuk  [author] 2 Sep, 2023 @ 6:39pm 
Thanks for the thanks Simone :happystar2022:
Tizzie 2 Sep, 2023 @ 6:11pm 
Thank you very much 🤩
anrkyuk  [author] 19 May, 2023 @ 9:27am 
Most kind Mz Cookies, thank you very much :2017catheart:
Mz Cookies 19 May, 2023 @ 4:52am 
Fantastic guide, thank you! :wombathappy:
anrkyuk  [author] 29 Jan, 2022 @ 12:03pm 
You are most kind as always Saena :lunar2019wavingpig: hope you enjoyed the game :steamthumbsup:
Saena 6 Jan, 2022 @ 3:31am 
Another excellent guide by Anrkyuk. Much obliged! :brightidea:
anrkyuk  [author] 23 May, 2021 @ 5:00am 
Thanks for the thanks KENJI86, you are most kind :steamhappy:
KENJI86 22 May, 2021 @ 11:44pm 
Your HOG guides are the greatest man.. Thank You..Hope you do all HOG guides on steam! :ily:
anrkyuk  [author] 1 Feb, 2021 @ 5:19pm 
Hi there Averi_Nat, thanks for the thanks, hope the guide helped :)
Averi_Nat 1 Feb, 2021 @ 1:07pm 
Thanks you! :prlove: